Can an AI write a novel? In 2174 authors are obsolete. With the exception of a few human 'Author' titles printed in the small basement and back room Libraries, all stories are created by the Artificial Intelligence of the Archive. Most believe the 'Authors' are only brands to lure people into spending their credits on print. One woman believes that one of them, author Hugh Howey, is real, and still alive. Her Librarian feeds her belief that Hugh Howey is still sailing around the world, uploading his work to the Archive. Convinced she has found clues in his stories as to where he now resides,...

This edition of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of three stand alone short stories. Two from Daniel Arthur Smith and one from Bob Williams. In the first story TESLA performs an experiment to prove he can provide electric WI FI to the world. In the BLUE ORB we learn the result of that century old Shoreham test. Then a BONUS story from Bob Williams. Looking to get in out of a brutally cold night Daniel enters the club "SMOKE." What he discovers within will force him to make his greatest decision.

Nate spent his entire career in special operations, four deployments in all. Today was going to be a fresh start in a civilian job. Now he's trapped in the Freedom Tower and the only thing the Ranger has against what's in the mist is a two-foot blade from the office paper cutter. This homage to Lovecraft, Ligotti, and King and should be read with a coffee, beer, or a glass of wine - and the light on.

This edition of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of three stand alone short stories. They are a homage to Lovecraft, Ligotti, and King and should be read with a coffee, beer, or a glass of wine - and the light on. In this edition Jed McGuire, a third generation SANDHOG mining the bowels of the city, revives from a disaster to discover that he and his team are not alone. A glass tower dweller laments his day stranded in his PENTHOUSE, and a midwestern housewife discovers that the city and the HARBOR aren't all that she thought they'd be.

Human cloning. Technology evolves faster than we do. The law shields us from our worst temptations. But the opportunity is there, dangling just out of reach-perfection and ascension... or delusion and destruction. In this collection of clone-themed stories, ten of today's top speculative fiction writers explore our morality, our built-in societal restraints, and reflect upon our state of grace. Similar is not necessarily the same. "CLONES: The Anthology" features stories from Amazon bestselling authors Rysa Walker (the Chronos series), R.D. Brady (the Belial series), Susan Kaye Quinn (the...

This edition of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of four Mindbending stand alone short stories - each from a different featured author. A.K. Meek's Thoughts as Water is a tale of perspective like none you've ever experienced. Will Swardstrom's Razor will have you leaving the light on. Bob Williams leads us through a possible afterlife and Daniel Arthur Smith takes us to Central Park... after dark.

This Color Omnibus edition of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of Eighteen Mindbending stand alone short stories from Nine of todays top speculative fiction writers, and full color renderings of each of the first five Canyons Covers. Slipstream Tales like you've never read before.

This Omnibus edition of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of Eighteen Mindbending stand alone short stories - from Nine of todays top speculative fiction writers. Slipstream Tales like you've never read before.

This edition of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of Three Spellbinding stand alone short stories - each from a different featured author. Kevin Lauderdale mixes Lovecraft with humor with his tale James and the Dark Grimoire Hank Garner takes us back to Weston, where we meet an author with Writer's Block. And Daniel Arthur Smith introduces us to The Don.