A young man of manifest destiny wrangles with the world in pursuit of a vision of love.

1984. New Amsterdam, a city on Variant 23, also known as Earth. Cara and Charity are an adolescent yin and yang in every way, from the color of their hair, to their taste in fashion. But they do have one thing in common, one thing that sets them apart from all others in a world ruled by an intergalactic corporation operating a prison called Earth. Separated at birth, their mother murdered and their father’s fate unknown, Cara and Charity struggle for control of reality even as they struggle with their own burgeoning understanding of the complex motives they were raised to serve. The beautiful, blonde-haired Charity wants for nothing, and her life on the Rusk Estate is a privileged one. Guided and molded from infancy by Colonel John G. Rusk, Charity earns her keep in blood, operating as a Preserver in the employ of The Dremchak Corporation. Identical to Charity in every way save her dark hair, Cara has been raised by the enigmatic Bodum, an accomplished, possibly ancient adept of The Blackened Hand, a cabal of metaphysical warriors who have resisted Dremchak down through the centuries with their knowledge of symbiotic, extra-dimensional technology. But, even as they battle in this ages old conflict, the twins battle another terrible power: themselves. For Cara and Charity are alike in another very fundamental way—their shadows have the seemingly supernatural ability to manifest physically, an ungodly power that is sometimes beyond their teenage ability to fully control. But when Cara and Charity discover evidence of each other's existence, they begin to grasp their true place in a conspiracy spanning space and time. What they uncover is a prehistoric legacy, a key to the secret of their incredible powers…and their interwoven destinies. __________ Described by one reviewer as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Philip K. Dick".

Max Allan’s déjà-vu leads to a comprehensive reality re-write. "The Penteract Factor" appears in the short story collection Night Alleys, recently published by Paranoia Press. "The Penteract Factor" © James C. Stewart 2014

After experimenting with altered states of consciousness, a botanist finds himself in contact with a university student 41 years in the future. "The Wasonica Correction" first appeared in The Fifth Science Fiction Megapack (Wildside Press 2012). It can also be found in the short story collection Night Alleys, recently published by Paranoia Press. "The Wasonica Correction" © James C. Stewart 2010

Tomoko in her early twenties is always trying to find a different ways to lose weight. One night, she happens to watch an informercial about a particular kind of implant put in dogs which can suppress their desire to chew things. A light bulb goes off in Tomoko's head and she embarks on most daring procedure of her life.

Reality bleeds have unpredictable side effects at a local department store. "Plato's Bastards" first appeared in The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack (Wildside Press 2012). It can also be found in the short story collection Shivering on Acid, recently published by Paranoia Press. "Plato's Bastards" © James C. Stewart 2012

Sometimes, a certain combination of numbers you encounter in everyday life intrigue you, because they seem too much of a coincidence. In this case the numbers are 8.15. What's 8.15 got to do with anything? 8:15, August 15th, Are these numbers cursed or blessed? It all starts with a long distance call to a public phone near a Navajo reservation in Arizona from Tokyo. A university student gets stabbed to death in his apartment in Tokyo. His close friend goes missing and becomes a suspect. An alcoholic, washed-up detective gets a second chance and starts investigating. He's intrigued with numbers 815 as well. Will he able to connect the dots?

A young boy, Adam, discovers a gold medallion in a lump of coal. He keeps it as a curious good luck piece for the next twenty years, until as a scientist, he discovers it contains a message and is clearly alien. Join Adam and his colleague, Linda, as they embark upon an adventure of revelation, ultimately giving up all they hold dear to discover who we are and who put us here.

In a Futurist-Victorian London, Ex-Carnie Victor Hart makes his living as a dinner party entertainer and mountebank, using the skills taught to him by his Romani mother – the Patterns. When tragedy strikes a wealthy friend, Victor Hart puts his skills to use in an alternative manner. This Steampunk London has its fair share of psychos, sickos, and sadists, and it takes a special kind of mind to hunt them. Victor sees human behaviour in a way few others can understand but only as an outsider; certain parts of his humanity are missing and that disturbs him. As he solves each seemingly unrelated case, a dark pattern slowly begins to reveal itself threatening the heart of the British Empire and even what we feel makes us human. A Steampunk-detective-noir, darker than most, the first volume features four thrilling cases; the first novel in a Duology.

Bringing together "Oryx and Crake" and "The Year of the Flood," this thrilling conclusion to Margaret Atwood's speculative fiction trilogy points toward the ultimate endurance of community, and love. Months after the Waterless Flood pandemic has wiped out most of humanity, Toby and Ren have rescued their friend Amanda from the vicious Painballers. They return to the MaddAddamite cob house, newly fortified against man and giant pigoon alike. Accompanying them are the Crakers, the gentle, quasi-human species engineered by the brilliant but deceased Crake. Their reluctant prophet, Snowman-the-Jimmy, is recovering from a debilitating fever, so it's left to Toby to preach the Craker theology, with Crake as Creator. She must also deal with cultural misunderstandings, terrible coffee, and her jealousy over her lover, Zeb. Zeb has been searching for Adam One, founder of the God's Gardeners, the pacifist green religion from which Zeb broke years ago to lead the MaddAddamites in active resistance against the destructive CorpSeCorps. But now, under threat of a Painballer attack, the MaddAddamites must fight back with the aid of their newfound allies, some of whom have four trotters. At the center of MaddAddam is the story of Zeb's dark and twisted past, which contains a lost brother, a hidden murder, a bear, and a bizarre act of revenge. Combining adventure, humor, romance, superb storytelling, and an imagination at once dazzlingly inventive and grounded in a recognizable world, MaddAddam is vintage Margaret Atwood—a moving and dramatic conclusion to her internationally celebrated dystopian trilogy.