a world without principles , high school student sheng tze-ho is thrown to the abandons of violence and hypercapitalism in contemporary hong kong. he meets sam lau ka yan, recently arrived from a childhood in california, where the two attempt to find honour in an age that has abandoned the future.
Two wrong people, in the wrong place, at the wrong time. This is the story from the man's point of view. But in the second chapter, the woman gives her version of events.
Unconventional Dr. Wieland is making history vital at his sleepy English university. But could he possibly be far more than meets the eye? (Brit Comedy, short chapters)
The five cities of man surround the Sea of Dekatos. The ancient city-states are filled with towers, stone pyramids, soaring catwalks, arching bridges and jade castles. The bronze age men and women fight, love, war and conquer against the backdrop of five massive, sprawling cities. Char, city of chariots, deploys her a...
If you're a writer, you'll understand. If you're not, you won't. And if you're thinking of becoming a writer, this might just sway your decision,
Shapeshifting alien telepaths accidentally cause havoc at a fete in a sleepy seaside town.
A group of canonized, dead authors hang out in the afterlife. Desecrating the Canon is tragicomedy that offers myriad meanings and commentary. Strictly speaking, it is a procedural literary satire set in the afterlife, a strange world populated with the deceased canonized authors who fill our academic literature and...
photographs and snapshots are all that remain in the urban square, haunted in geometric designs now almost without reason, no baroque pedestal that upheld severed marble heads. only forming ledges to compose stairs and boxes containing soil. somehow, the static on tv with the intertwined signals producing nothing seem...
Set amidst a rapidly industrializing world just breaking into the modern era, All That Will Be Said follows a young logophile name Nimrel who becomes entangled in a metaphysical struggle that threatens his very reality. Though he was raised in the slums of the seaside city of Coras, Nimrel eventually grows up to becom...
WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 Margaret Atwood's dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid's Tale, is a modern classic. Now she brings the iconic story to a dramatic conclusion in this riveting sequel.
Nat, a 47 year-old veteran of Britain's secret intelligence service, believes his years as an agent Runner are over. He is back in London with his wife, the long-suffering Prue. But with the growing threat from Moscow centre, the Office has one more job for him.
A young woman is waiting in an underground station. A young man sits down next to her, and proceeds to tell her everything about her life - the tragic, the heartwarming, the amazing, the catastrophic. What on earth is he? Angel, ghost, or something else?
Six months ago, Frank McQuire’s life changed forever when he attended a business seminar called “Sales is a Jungle.” The presentation taught Frank to rule over the sales force of his company. Since the presentation, Frank has been able to conquer his competitors one by one. Now he will face his greatest enemy, the...
Dive into the mind of a girl who silently walks this journey. Journal entries made public from an individual who struggles with depression and anxiety. Dive into uneasy waters, feel the emotions many hide, put on her shoes. *Trigger Warning*
Everyone who stops by a coffee shop is on their way somewhere...and each of them of have a story to tell.
After his brother died, Hitoshi Watanabe quit his job and decided to walk to the hot spring waterfall at the end of the world. Originally published in Strange Horizons
"So after that, you found religion?" Livius asked "Well at first I did, how could you not? but after a while, that feeling came back" "What feeling is that?" Livius asked "That something just isn't right"
Chrono Is a boy that only wants one thing. The one thing he wants is to be human "WHY WONT I DIE" Chrono screamed
Hailey Davis always felt compelled to work in the psychiatric field. She knew it was her calling since she was a little girl. Working on the most dangerous unit at Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital isn't always a breeze, especially when a patient becomes fixated on the staff. Is Hailey okay, or will the institute consume...
