Follows the lives of four women in a near-future United States as they receive their annual Universal Basic Income payment, including a middle aged mother who fled her abusive ex-wife, a pregnant teen, and a wealthy college freshman.

The mind has an amazing ability to heal itself, especially given the newest therapies, but Aaron's mind just won't cooperate. And neither will... he. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The heroes are eager to sail to Troy for war, but the wind is still. To fill their sails and set out, they must sacrifice Agamemnon's daughter Iphigenia-and how does a human girl become the wind? The starkness and psychological insight of Rachel Swirsky's Tor.com story earned it a place among the finalists for the 2010 Nebula Award. Rachel Swirsky's short fiction has appeared in Weird Tales, Fantasy Magazine, and Subterranean Magazine, among others,...

Chris would rather be anywhere but here, cleaning out his deceased, hateful grandparents' house with his relatives. Each room he visits takes him back in time to another traumatic memory. To escape this house and his grandparents and his past, he'll need to take time travel into his own hands. Content warning for fictional depictions of verbal, physical, and sexual child abuse.

Winter has always been a disappointment to his royal IceWing family. Now he has a chance to save his sister, Icicle, from making a terrible mistake--if he can find her. Winter's new clawmates, Moon, Kinkajou, and Qibli, insist on joining his dangerous journey. They don't understand that IceWings, the most superior of all dragon tribes, can fix their own problems. When their search leads the dragonets straight into Queen Scarlet's vicious talons, Winter...

Peril, formerly loyal to Queen Scarlet who killed countless dragons, must stop her former queen when she threatens Jade Mountain Academy, and Peril must decide who she is really loyal to when given a chance at a new life.

This eighth volume of the year's best science fiction and fantasy features over thirty stories by some of the genre's greatest authors, including John Barnes, Elizabeth Bear, C.C. Finlay, Yoon Ha Lee, Kelly Link, Ian McDonald, Seanan McGuire, Vonda N. McIntyre, Geoff Ryman, Catherynne M. Valente, Genevieve Valentine, and many others. Selecting the best fiction from Analog, Asimov's, Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, Meeting Infinity, and other top venues,...

Heroes can save the world, but villains can change it. We've assembled a great mix of science fiction, fantasy, and speculative fiction. Come with us while we explore villains of all stripes — sons and daughters, lovers and fighters, minions and masterminds, in this giant volume of thirty great stories by award winners, rising stars, and bold new voices. With masterful tales by: Camille Alexa, Erik Scott de Bie, Chaz Brenchley, Eugie Foster,

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Collects stories and poems nominated for the 2012 Nebula Award, as well as the winners of the Andre Norton, Dwarf Star, Rhysling, and Solstice awards.