The Holiday Spectacular #2

The Holiday Spectacular #2

Edited by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

An Annual Holiday Celebration!

Read a holiday story per day from the end of November to January first…or binge the entire collection.

This volume contains 37 stories—ranging in genre from mystery to fantasy to romance—that center around traditional holidays such as Christmas and New Year’s but also fictional holidays like Hogswatch. Featuring works from award-winning and bestselling authors Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Dean Wesley Smith, Anthea Lawson and many more, each story comes presented as it first appeared in a newsletter that went to subscribers every single day for 37 days.

The second volume in an annual series, The Holiday Spectacular #2 will bring joy and so much more any time of year!

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Paperwork to Come: A Sweet Young Things Mystery

Sweet Young Things
Mystery

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Paperwork to Come:
A Sweet Young Things Mystery

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

The closing hangar doors haunt Alaina. They represent failure.

But Alaina refuses to fail again. Not on this mission. Not with the fate of a child on the line.

For a decade, SYT launched missions to rescue women. But this new organization—with a slightly different mission and much higher stakes—demands its volunteers risk their own freedom to right wrongs committed by the highest levels of government.

A heart-wrenching mystery, “Paperwork to Come” demonstrates the power a handful of people hold when they must make their own justice.

“Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s crime stories are exceptional, both in plot and in style.”
—Mystery Scene Magazine

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That’s Really Messed Up

Pulphouse Books
Pulphouse Fiction Magazine
Anthology

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That’s Really Messed Up

Edited by Dean Wesley Smith

A crazy collection of twisted stories in the tradition of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, from the editor of Pulphouse, Dean Wesley Smith.

Head-shaking stories such as the one about a cop with a rose for a head in search of the evil murderer The Pruner. Or the one about sentient boogers, or the tale of those pesky Martians…

A truly hilarious batch of stories from some of the best writers working today.

“Resolutions ’R Us” by Annie Reed
“The Birth of Booger Nation” by David H. Hendrickson
“A Menagerie of Messed Up Shorts” by Mark Leslie
“Sniff the Source” by Stephannie Tallent
“In which Dean Wesley Smith Is Forced to Buy a Story about a Queen for Pulphouse Magazine” by Brigid Collins
“Fatal Plot Device” by Kelly Washington
“Goddamn Martians” by Ezekiel James Boston
“Killing Confucius” by Tina Back
“Bodacious Billy and the Bazooms of Droom” by Jason A. Adams
“Why the Cop with a Rose for a Head Wears a Rose-Head Mask” by Robert Jeschonek

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Stories from the Original Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine

Pulphouse Books
Pulphouse Fiction Magazine
Anthology

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Stories from the Original Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine

Edited by Dean Wesley Smith

The original Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine published stories in a twisted, Twilight Zone style. Sort of a half-beat off kilter, yet still high-quality fiction and great stories. And most of all highly entertaining.

This collection showcases some of the best from the original magazine, with stories from some of the top fiction writers working today.

Includes:
“Spud Wrangler” by Kent Patterson
“Cooties” by J. Steven York
“There is Danger” by Ray Vukcevich
“Nanoturds” by Ray Vukcevich
“Women Are Like Streetcars” by O’Neil De Noux
“Shadows on the Moon” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
“One Last Gift” by Jerry Oltion
“The Ghost in the Machine” by Jerry Oltion
“Group” by Ray Vukcevich

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Stories from Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine

Pulphouse Books
Pulphouse Fiction Magazine
Anthology

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Stories from Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine

Edited by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine changed the publishing landscape when the anthology series first appeared in 1988. The series won the World Fantasy Award as a recognition of the power of its fiction and the transformative nature of the publication. From the beginning, award-winning author and editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch demonstrated her talent for publishing the cutting edge of late 20th century short fiction—and much of it still slices pretty deep.

The stories in this volume still resonate in the 2020s. While some stories no longer define the cutting edge, they show how the short fiction field followed the template that Pulphouse laid out in its years of publication. Powerful, thought-provoking, well-told, these stories from Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine will keep readers breathless on the edge of their seats. 

Includes:
“While She Was Out,” by Edward Bryant
“The Murderer Chooses Sterility,” by Bradley Denton
“The Two-Headed Man,” by Nancy A. Collins
“Savage Breasts,” by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
“Bits and Pieces,” by Lisa Tuttle
“Willie of the Jungle,” by Steve Perry
“Clearance to Land,” by Adam-Troy Castro
“Soft Whisper of Midnight Snow,” by Charles de Lint
“Offerings,” by Susan Palwick
“On a Phantom Tide,” by William F. Wu

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