Vandana Singh

A book of stories of how uncertainly we move through space and time by ourselves and with others.

And Other Stories

Ambiguity Machines

S.B. Divya

Elizabeth Bear

Arkady Martine

Fran Wilde

Sunny Moraine

Vivian Shaw

Marissa Lingen

R.K. Kalaw

The January/February 2018 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. Featuring new fiction by Elizabeth Bear, S.B. Divya, Arkady Martine, Marissa Lingen, Sunny Moraine, Vivian Shaw, and R.K. Kalaw, reprinted fiction by Vandana Singh, essays by Fran Wilde, John Wiswell, Iori Kusano, Rebecca Roanhorse, and Sarah Monette, and poetry by Sofia Samatar & Del Samatar, Nitoo Das, Sonya Taaffe, and Ana Hurtado, interviews with S.B. Divya and Sunny Moraine by Caroline M. Yoachim, a cover by Tran Nguyen, and an editorial by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas.

January/February 2018

Uncanny Magazine Issue 20

Already A Name In The World Of Science Fiction And Fantasy Writing, Vandana Singh Brings Her Unique Imagination To A Wider Audience With Her First Collection Of Stories. In The Title Story, A Woman Tells Her Husband Of Her Curious Discovery: That She Is Inhabited By Small Alien Creatures. In Another, A Young Girl, Making Her Way To College Through The Streets Of Delhi Comes Across A Mysterious Tetrahedron: Is It A Spaceship? Or A Secret Weapon? Each Story In This Fabulous Collection Opens Up New Vistas &Mdash; From Outer Space To The Inner World&Mdash;And Takes The Reader On An Incredible Journey To Both. The Book Also Includes The Author&Rsquo;S Own Critical Essay On The Future And Importance Of Speculative Fiction As A Genre.

The Woman who Thought She was a Planet

Dehli

Science fiction. A collection of stories, in which, the title story features a woman who tells her husband of her curious discovery: that she is inhabited by small alien creatures. In another, a young girl making her way to college through the streets of Delhi comes across a mysterious tetrahedron. Is it a spaceship? Or a secret weapon?

The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet and Other Stories

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When Younguncle And His Family Head Go Off On A Himalayan Holiday, You Know The Hills Are Never Going To Be The Same Again. Carrying A Message From The Monkeys Of The Plains To Their Mountain-Dwelling Relatives, Younguncle And The Three Children Embark On A Series Of Hilarious Encounters At The Gloomy, Mysterious And Haunted Hotel Pine-Away. As Younguncle Chats With The Monkeys, Debates The True Nature Of Reality With An Off-Beat Sect Of Quantum Banana Spiritualists, The Fate Of The Picturesque Little Valley Hangs In The Balance. Who Is The Strange Rat-Girl, Who Charms The Rodents Out Of Their Hotel? Can The Children And Their Eccentric Uncle Thwart The Plans Of That 50-Lakh Bridegroom, Pradeep Dalmakhni? Can Younguncle Help Dalmakhni S Intended Bride To Escape A Fate Worse Than Death? Or Has He, Finally, Met His Match? For All Those Who Have Been Enchanted By Younguncle In The First Book, This New Adventure Will Be A Delight. And If You Haven T Met Him Before, Younguncle Will Be A Friend For Life!

Younguncle in the Himalayas

Deborah Biancotti

David Sandner

Marie Brennan

Laird Barron

John Grant

Catherynne M. Valente

Leah Bobet

Tanith Lee

Erin Hoffman

John C. Wright

Ekaterina Sedia

Cat Rambo

Cat Sparks

Joanna Galbraith

Michael J. DeLuca

Jennifer Crow

C.S. MacCath

The first volume in the ground-breaking, genre-bending, boundary-pushing Clockwork Phoenix anthology series, newly available in digital format. Includes critically-acclaimed and award-nominated stories by Catherynne M. Valente, David Sandner, John Grant, Cat Rambo, Leah Bobet, Michael J. DeLuca, Laird Barron, Ekaterina Sedia, Cat Sparks, Tanith Lee, Marie Brennan, Jennifer Crow, Vandana Singh, John C. Wright, C.S. MacCath, Joanna Galbraith, Deborah Biancotti and Erin Hoffman. With a whimsical introduction and new afterword by Nebula Award-nominated editor Mike Allen. CONTENTS The City of Blind Delight • Catherynne M. Valente Old Foss Is the Name of His Cat • David Sandner All the Little Gods We Are • John Grant The Dew Drop Coffee Lounge • Cat Rambo Bell, Book and Candle • Leah Bobet The Tarrying Messenger • Michael J. DeLuca The Occultation • Laird Barron There Is a Monster Under Helen's Bed • Ekaterina Sedia Palisade • Cat Sparks The Woman • Tanith Lee A Mask of Flesh • Marie Brennan Seven Scenes from Harrai's 'Sacred Mountain' • Jennifer Crow Oblivion: A Journey • Vandana Singh Choosers of the Slain • John C. Wright Akhila, Divided • C. S. MacCath The Moon-Keeper's Friend • Joanna Galbraith The Tailor of Time • Deborah Biancotti Root and Vein • Erin Hoffman Praise for CLOCKWORK PHOENIX . . . . Selected for the Locus Magazine 2008 Recommended Reading List Author and editor Allen (Mythic) has compiled a neatly packaged set of short stories that flow cleverly and seamlessly from one inspiration to another. In “The City of Blind Delight” by Catherynne M. Valente, a man inadvertently ends up on a train that takes him to an inescapable city of extraordinary wonders. In “All the Little Gods We Are,” Hugo winner John Grant takes a mind trip to possible parallel universes. Modern topics make an appearance among the whimsy and strangeness: Ekaterina Sedia delves into the misunderstandings that occur between cultures and languages in “There Is a Monster Under Helen’s Bed,” while Tanith Lee gleefully skewers gender politics with “The Woman,” giving the reader a glimpse of what might happen if there was only one fertile woman left in a world of men. Lush descriptions and exotic imagery startle, engross, chill and electrify the reader, and all 19 stories have a strong and delicious taste of weird. — Publishers Weekly, May 12, 2008 A very strong first volume … Established writers and new names all are in good form here … A series of great promise. Prospects on the anthology front look ever better. — Locus, July 2008 I would have bought this book for its mysteriously gorgeous cover art alone, but the stellar lineup of contributing writers sold me completely … CLOCKWORK PHOENIX editor Mike Allen describes the anthology as “a home for stories that sidestep expectations in beautiful and unsettling ways, that surprise with their settings and startle with the ways they cross genre boundaries, that aren’t afraid to experiment with storytelling techniques.” His choices here don’t disappoint. — PhillyBurbs.com Even if you’re not into the genre, this is a welcome read that’ll hopefully strike an emotional chord in you. — Bibliophile Stalker Another “new weird” collection, perhaps? A slipstream opus? Whatever — set somewhere between fantasy, SF, and something else, the stories selected by editor Mike Allen have an unique property: they are never tedious … I highly recommend the book to anyone looking for top-notch fiction irrespective of genre labels. — The Harrow

Tales of Beauty and Strangeness

Clockwork Phoenix

EDIZIONE BILINGUE ITALIANO/INGLESE - DUAL LANGUAGE EDITION ITALIAN/ENGLISH"I giorni del Cavaliere Solitario erano finiti; questa era l'et� dei milioni di eroi."Un viaggio intorno al mondo attraverso le azioni di gente comune che combatte il cambiamento climatico: dalle perdite di metano nel Mar Artico, all'Amazzonia resa arida dalla siccit� fino alle pianure alluvionali del Gange e al fenomeno del fracking in Texas, tutti quanti sono collegati mediante il progetto Milioni di Occhi, una rete sperimentale che unisce virtualmente le persone quando hanno bisogno di ispirazione e supporto.Con "Entanglement" Vandana Singh ci regala una storia che unisce l'accuratezza scientifica della climate fiction alla narrativa post-coloniale di fantascienza. L'autrice: Vandana Singh, di origini indiane, vive a Boston ed � una scrittrice di fantascienza. � laureata in fisica delle particelle e insegna in una piccola e vivace universit� statale. Tra i suoi racconti pi� recenti, "Sailing the Antarsa", inclusa nell'antologia "The Other Half of the Sky". Molte sue storie sono state ripubblicate nelle raccolte della serie "Year's Best," ed � vincitrice del premio Carl Brandon Parallax. Ha un sito web, vandana-writes.com e un blog, vandanasingh.wordpress.com."The days of the lone ranger were gone; this was the age of the million heroes."A journey around the world through the actions of ordinary people fighting climate change: from methane leaks in the Arctic Sea, to the Amazonia made arid by drought, to the floodplains of the Ganges and the phenomenon of fracking in Texas, all of them are linked together through the Million Eyes project, an experimental network that virtually connects people when they need inspiration and support.With "Entanglement" Vandana Singh gives us a story that combines the scientific accuracy of climate fiction with post-colonial Science Fiction.The Author: Vandana Singh is an Indian SF writer living in the Boston area. She has a Ph.D. in theoretical particle physics and teaches physics full-time at a small and lively state university. Her recent short fiction includes "Sailing the Antarsa" in the anthology The Other Half of the Sky. Many of her stories have been reprinted in Year's Best anthologies, and she is a winner of the Carl Brandon Parallax Award. She has a new website at vandana-writes.com and a blog at vandanasingh.wordpress.com.

Entanglement

Distances, a story of science, art, and deception, is fascinating far-future science fiction, set in a far-future desert city. When mathematicians from the planet Tirana, 18-light-years-distant, ask Anasuya's help in solving a series of equations, she finds the new geometrical space they present her with intriguing. But as she explores the new space, she soon comes to suspect that it represents an actual physical system, and that the equations she is being asked to solve have a significance the Tiranis are concealing.

Volume 23 in the Conversation Pieces Series

Distances

“Arctic Sky” tells of a young climate activist who discovers her own courage in the frozen depths of a Russian prison. “Palimpsest” is set on a bionic (living)space station that launches explorers into the farthest reaches of Time and Space. In “The Room on the Roof” an ancient culture meets modern mysteries with unexpected results. Our non-fiction title piece, “Utopias of the Third Kind,” is a first look at actual utopias that are responding to our looming dystopian nightmare. “Hunger” is a short story that finds both understanding and forgiveness for humankind’s original sin. Our Outspoken Interview and a bibliography round out this new collection.

Utopias of the Third Kind

"Arctic Sky" tells of a young climate activist who discovers her own courage in the frozen depths of a Russian prison. "Palimpsest" is set on a bionic (living)space station that launches explorers into the farthest reaches of Time and Space. In "The Room on the Roof" an ancient culture meets modern mysteries with unexpected results. Our non-fiction title piece, "Utopias of the Third Kind," is a first look at actual utopias that are responding to our looming dystopian nightmare. "Hunger" is a short story that finds both understanding and forgiveness for humankind's original sin. Our Outspoken Interview and a bibliography round out this new collection.

This tale is an unusual take on an engineering exam that explores new concepts in machine design and function. All new machine discoveries must be investigated and classified. This is the story of three such machines and the truth or lie of their existence. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A Tor.Com Original

Ambiguity Machines: An Examination

In A Small, Sleepy Town In Northern India, Three Children Gaze Out Onto A Rain-Drenched Street, Waiting For A Most Unusual Guest. Their Father S Younger Brother Is Coming To Stay. Who Is Younguncle? What S His Real Name? Was He Really, Truly Kidnapped By Monkeys When He Was Little? Can He Really Make A Noise Like A Sewing Machine? Will He Ever (Heaven Forbid!) Settle Down And Get Married? When He Finally Arrives, Sarita, Ravi And The Baby Know Instantly That Their Lives Will Never Be The Same Again. Meet India S Newest And Most Engaging Literary Creation, As He Outwits The Local Hoodlums, Rescues The Town S Finest Milk-Cow, Evades The Baby S Schemes To Eat His Shirts, Flummoxes Unwanted In-Laws, Plucks The Hair From A Sleeping Tiger S Tail, And Generally Turns The World Upside-Down.

Younguncle Comes to Town

Neil Gaiman

Thomas Day

Marie Pavlenko

Il y aura des gens pour vous affirmer que l’habit fait le moine et, en général, ils ont tort. Toutefois, il serait justifié de dire que, quand le jeune marquis en devenir avait enfilé ce manteau pour la toute première fois, se contemplant dans le miroir, il s’était alors redressé et sa posture modifiée tant il savait, à observer son reflet, que le personnage qui arborait un tel manteau n’était pas un adolescent quelconque, pas un quelconque chapardeur et trafiquant de faveurs. Le garçon revêtu du manteau qui, à l’époque, était trop grand pour lui, avait souri à son image et s’était remémoré une illustration vue dans un livre : le chat d’un meunier dressé sur ses deux pattes de derrière. Un chat décidé, habillé d’un beau manteau et de grandes et fières bottes. Aussi s’était-il attribué un nom. Un tel manteau, il le savait, était d’un genre que ne pouvait porter que le marquis de Carabas... Neil Gaiman Comment le marquis retrouva son manteau

Bifrost n° 82

At age seventeen, Arun, the narrator of /Of Love and Other Monsters, /emerges from a fire, his memories and identity vanished with the flames. He finds a refuge and home with Janani and soon discovers his unique ability to sense and manipulate the minds of others around him. Intimately connected yet isolated by this insight, he inhabits a dangerous place outside conventional boundaries: man/woman, mind/body. When someone who shares his ability, Rahul Moghe, arrives on his doorstep, he senses a power beyond any he has known. Janani warns of the grave danger posed by Rahul and sends Arun on his journey, fleeing the one person who may have answers to the mystery of his past...

Volume 18 in the Conversation Pieces Series

Of Love and Other Monsters

Michel Pagel

Alfred E. van Vogt

Franck Ferric

Thierry Di Rollo

Avant leur départ pour Mars, on les appelait les « explorateurs de la nouvelle frontière ». Après le crash dans un désert martien qui avait tué tout l'équipage à l'exception — miraculeuse — de Bill Jenner, ce dernier cracha plusieurs fois cette formule au vent incessant chargé de sable. Il s'en voulait d'avoir éprouvé de la fierté en l'entendant prononcer la première fois. Au fil des kilomètres, sa colère se calma. Le noir chagrin que la mort de ses compagnons lui avait inspiré se changea en morne grisaille. Peu à peu, il s'avisa qu'il avait commis une terrible erreur de calcul. Il avait mal jugé la vitesse du vaisseau. D'après son estimation, il devrait couvrir à pied cinq cents kilomètres pour rejoindre la mer polaire peu profonde que ses camarades et lui avaient vu scintiller depuis l'espace ; l'astronef avait franchi en un éclair une distance considérable avant de s'abîmer dans le désert. A.E. van Vogt Le Village enchanté

Bifrost n° 98

Kim Stanley Robinson

Madeline Ashby

Ramez Naam

Karl Schroeder

Steven Barnes

Jim Bell

Clark A. Miller

Roland Lehoucq

Eileen Gunn

Deji Bryce Olukotun

Carter Scholz

Sara Imari Walker

Lawrence Dritsas

Linda T. Elkins-Tanton

Emma Frow

Andrew D. Maynard

Steve Ruff

William K. Storey

G. Pascal Zachary

A Collection of Space Futures

Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities

Anil Menon

A long time ago, a young prince, the heir to a great South-Asian kingdom, wielded Siva’s mighty bow and won the heart of a brave princess. The story of what happened next to the married couple—the Ramayana—told and re-told countless times over the centuries, begins where most stories end. The twenty-five stories in Breaking the Bow take a similar courageous leap into the unknown. Inspired by the Ramayana and its cultural importance, the anthology dares to imagine new worlds. Stories by some of the best writers in contemporary south-Asian fiction, including Abha Dawesar, Rana Dasgupta, Priya Sarukkai Chabria, Tabish Khair, Kuzhali Manickavel, Mary Anne Mohanraj and Manjula Padmanabhan. Stories from India, Sri Lanka and Thailand, but also Holland, Israel, the United Kingdom and the United States. Published by Zubaan.

Speculative Fiction Inspired by the Ramayana

Breaking the Bow

Vandana Singh

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