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  “Harlan was not just a great fantasist and/or science fiction writer; he was a great writer, period. When he was at the top of his form, from the late 60s through the 70s and well into the 80s, there was no finer short-story writer in all of English literature.”  —George R. R. Martin

  “A mix of classics from the past as well as original contributions by popular living writers, such as Laurell K. Hamilton and R.L. Stine…Readers who hope for a comprehensive history of Weird Tales or a definitive collection of its most notable or representative stories will find that the book includes elements of both but in fact is neither. It’s a wild mashup of uneven content, in the custom of the monthly magazine it seeks to celebrate.”  —Wall Street Journal

  “Fun and quirky tales and ruminations about a genius, a hero, and a role model for the ages!” —David Brin, author of The Postman and The Ancient Ones

  “You should buy this book immediately, because this is a book that knows perfectly that you are seething inside.” —Algis Budrys, winner of the Pilgrim Award for Lifetime Achievement in Speculative Fiction

  “An interesting celebration of the century that has passed since the start of the titular fiction magazine. This anthology is highly recommended for fans or students of the classic magazine, as well as enthusiasts of the genres it helped nurture.”  —Mystery & Suspense

  “A richly imagined collection from a stellar group of writers. Do not miss it!” —Jason M. Hough, New York Times bestselling author of The Darwin Elevator and Instinct

  “In his stories of fantasy and horror, he strikes closest to all those things that horrify and amuse us (sometimes both at the same time) in our present lives…Most of all, we sense outrage and anger—as with the best Ellison stories, we sense personal involvement, and have a feeling that Ellison is not so much telling the tale as he is jabbing it viciously out of its hiding place. It is the feeling that we are walking over a lot of jagged glass in thin shoes, or running across a minefield in the company of a lunatic.” —Stephen King

  “Categories are too small—even the catch-all category of science fiction—to describe Harlan Ellison. Lyric poet, satirist, explorer of odd psychological corners, moralist, one-line comedian, purveyor of pure horror and of black comedy; he is all these and more.” —Washington Post

  “A furiously prolific and cantankerous writer [who] looked at storytelling as a ‘holy chore,’ which he pursued zealously for more than sixty years. His output includes more than 1,700 short stories and articles, at least 100 books, and dozens of screenplays and television scripts…ranked with eminent science fiction writers like Ray Bradbury and Isaac Asimov.” —New York Times

  “Harlan Ellison was, after all, one of the most interesting humans on Earth. He was one of the greatest and most influential science fiction writers alive. He marched with Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, lectured to college kids, visited with death row inmates, and once mailed a dead gopher to a publisher. Ellison brought a literary sensibility to sci-fi at a time when the entire establishment was allergic to any notion of art. To say he was one-of-a-kind would be trite, and he would likely hate that. What he was, was a legend.” —NPR

  “There’s a real power to the way he uses the language and how he draws pictures in your mind.” —Ron Moore

  “You see Ellison’s unswerving social conscience throughout his fiction and critical essays…forcefully and eloquently—and at some length—lamenting the failure of the Equal Rights Amendment and railing against the scourge of misogynistic ‘knife-kill’ films.” —RogerEbert.com

  “The words—there is an attention to the words. There is an attention to the sound of the words. You’re reading them in your head, and they sing.” —Neil Gaiman

  “The spellbinding quality of a great nonstop talker, with a cultural  warehouse for a mind.” —New York Review of Books

  “Feisty, furious, yet extraordinarily kind and generous; Harlan Ellison was one of a kind.” —Leonard Maltin

  “Harlan Ellison—terrific prose, razor-sharp intellect, pulp gut punches and invention when needed, terse poetics…An original.” —Guillermo del Toro

  “An original and valuable writer…A twentieth-century Lewis Carroll.” —Los Angeles Times

  “Saul Bellow, Philip Roth, Norman Mailer, stand aside. Harlan Ellison is now a better short-story writer than you will ever be again during the rest of your lives.” —Ray Bradbury

  “The incredible Harlan Ellison writes as if an inner fuse is about to blow before he can get all the words on his pages.” —Anne McCaffrey

  “He doesn’t write like anybody else. What emerges is a surprising, eclectic, almost protean series of visions, often disturbing, always strongly felt.” —Michael Crichton

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  • Dangerous Visions

  • Edited by Harlan Ellison

    Stories by Harlan Ellison, Philip K. Dick, Robert Silverberg, Samuel R. Delany, and various authors

    Foreword by Isaac Asimov

    Read by various narrators

  • Release Date: 3/26/24

  • Formats: Hardcover, Trade Paperback

  WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY PATTON OSWALT

  Dubbed “the most significant and controversial SF book” of its generation, Harlan Ellison’s groundbreaking collection launched an entire subgenre: New Wave science fiction. With contributions from legendary authors and multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards, Dangerous Visions returns to print in a stunning new edition perfect for new and returning fans alike. 

  A landmark short story collection that put the more character-based New Wave science fiction on the map, Dangerous Visions won several prestigious awards and was nominated for many others. This now-classic anthology includes thirty-three stories by thirty-two award-winning authors, over half of whom have won multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards. Contributing authors include: Robert Silverberg, Frederik Pohl, Brian W. Aldiss, Philip K. Dick, Larry Niven, Fritz Leiber, Poul Anderson, Theodore Sturgeon, J.G. Ballard, Samuel R. Delany, and Ellison himself.

  As relevant now as it was when first published, Dangerous Visions is a phenomenal collection that deserves a place on every bookshelf.

  • Dangerous Visions

  • Edited by Harlan Ellison

    Stories by Harlan Ellison, Philip K. Dick, Robert Silverberg, Samuel R. Delany, and various authors

    Foreword by Isaac Asimov

    Read by various narrators

  • Release Date: 3/26/24

  • Formats: Hardcover, Trade Paperback

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  • Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird

  • Edited by Jonathan Maberry

    Classic and New Tales by R. L. Stine, Laurell K. Hamilton, Ray Bradbury, Victor LaValle, Robert E. Howard, Hailey Piper, H. P. Lovecraft, Tennessee Williams, Usman T. Malik, James Aquilone, and more

    Read by Scott Brick, Bronson Pinchot, Richard J. Brewer, Natalie Naudus, Joe Hempel, Dion Graham, Neil Hellegers, Zura Johnson, Simon Vance, Peter Berkrot, James Patrick Cronin, Gabrielle de Cuir, Grover Gardner, James Anderson Foster, Ramiz Monsef, Eric G. Dove, Hillary Huber, Stefan Rudnicki, Edoardo Ballerini, Robin Miles, Kirsten Potter, Vikas Adam, and Kimberly Alexis

  • Release Date: 10/10/23

  • Formats: Hardcover

  Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first issues of Weird Tales Magazine, 100 Years of Weird is a masterful compendium of new and classic stories, flash fiction, essays, and poems from the giants of speculative fiction, including R. L. Stine, Laurell K. Hamilton, Ray Bradbury, H. P. Lovecraft, Tennessee Williams, and Isaac Asimov.

  Marking a century of uniquely peculiar storytelling, each part of this anthology features a different genre, from Cosmic Horror, Sword and Sorcery, Space Opera, to the Truly Weird—things too strange to publish elsewhere, and the magazine’s raison d’etre. Landmark stories such as “The Call of Cthulhu,” “Worms of the Earth,” and “Legal Rites” stand beside original stories and insightful essays from today’s masters of speculative fiction.

  This visually stunning hardcover edition is a collector’s dream, illustrated throughout with classic full-color and black & white art from past issues of Weird Tales Magazine.

  • Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird

  • Edited by Jonathan Maberry

    Classic and New Tales by R. L. Stine, Laurell K. Hamilton, Ray Bradbury, Victor LaValle, Robert E. Howard, Hailey Piper, H. P. Lovecraft, Tennessee Williams, Usman T. Malik, James Aquilone, and more

    Read by Scott Brick, Bronson Pinchot, Richard J. Brewer, Natalie Naudus, Joe Hempel, Dion Graham, Neil Hellegers, Zura Johnson, Simon Vance, Peter Berkrot, James Patrick Cronin, Gabrielle de Cuir, Grover Gardner, James Anderson Foster, Ramiz Monsef, Eric G. Dove, Hillary Huber, Stefan Rudnicki, Edoardo Ballerini, Robin Miles, Kirsten Potter, Vikas Adam, and Kimberly Alexis

  • Release Date: 10/10/23

  • Formats: Hardcover

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  • Weird Tales Magazine No. 367

  • Edited by Jonathan Maberry

    Stories by various authors

    Read by Scott Brick, Robert Fass, James Anderson Foster, Heath Miller, Neil Hellegers, Roger Clark, Joe Hempel, Edoardo Ballerini, Eunice Wong, Simon Vance, Holly Adams, Chris Henry Coffey, Ralph Lister, and Natalie Naudus

  • Release Date: 8/29/23

  The first issue in the second century of Weird Tales features a new HELLBOY story by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden. Editor Jonathan Maberry has built a collection of cosmic horror that will destabilize your worldview.

  “The Eyrie” by Jonathan Maberry
  “The City in the Sea: A Hellboy Story” by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden
  “When the Stars Are Right: The Weird Tales Origins of Cosmic Horror” by Nicholas Diak
  “A Ghost Story for Christmas” by Paul Cornell
  “The Forest Gate” by Samantha Underhill
  “Night Fishing” by Caitlín R. Kiernan
  “The Traveler” by Francesco Tignini
  “Cosmic vs Abrahamic Horror” by F. Paul Wilson
  “The Last Bonneville” by F. Paul Wilson
  “Lost Generations” by Angela Yuriko Smith
  “Concerto in Five Movements” by Ramsey Campbell
  “Mozaika” by Nancy Kilpatrick
  “Inkblot Succubus” by Nikki Sixx
  “Laid to Rest” by Tim Lebbon
  “Call of the Void - L’appel du vide” by Carol Gyzander

  • Weird Tales Magazine No. 367

  • Edited by Jonathan Maberry

    Stories by various authors

    Read by Scott Brick, Robert Fass, James Anderson Foster, Heath Miller, Neil Hellegers, Roger Clark, Joe Hempel, Edoardo Ballerini, Eunice Wong, Simon Vance, Holly Adams, Chris Henry Coffey, Ralph Lister, and Natalie Naudus

  • Release Date: 8/29/23

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  • Thriller

  • Edited by Don Bruns

    Stories by Don Bruns, Dahlia Rose, Jennifer Graeser Dornbush, Heather Graham, William Kent Krueger, Neil S. Plakcy, David R. Slayton, Rick Bleiweiss, and Jeffery Deaver

    Read by Jesse Vilinsky, Bahni Turpin, Bailey Carr, Andrew Eiden, Kevin Kenerly, Patrick Lawlor, Keith Szarabajka, Eva Kaminsky, Pun Bandhu, Vikas Adam, Michael David Axtell, Johnny Heller, and Gary Tiedemann

  • Release Date: 7/11/23

  • Formats: Hardcover, Trade Paperback, Signed Hardcover

  From Beat It to Billie Jean, the songs we know and love take on a brand-new, thrilling connotation in this anthology edited by Don Bruns.

  In this second collection in the Music and Murder Mystery series, nine award-winning, bestselling authors have written their own interpretations of the Thriller song list. With original work from some of the best mystery authors out there, the anthology includes stories from Heather Graham, Jeffery Deaver, William Kent Krueger, Dahlia Rose, and David R. Slayton, among others.

  With poignant, frightening, and intriguing stories from some of the best writers in the genre, this eerie collection is sure to keep you up at night—and maybe even haunt your dreams.

  • Thriller

  • Edited by Don Bruns

    Stories by Don Bruns, Dahlia Rose, Jennifer Graeser Dornbush, Heather Graham, William Kent Krueger, Neil S. Plakcy, David R. Slayton, Rick Bleiweiss, and Jeffery Deaver

    Read by Jesse Vilinsky, Bahni Turpin, Bailey Carr, Andrew Eiden, Kevin Kenerly, Patrick Lawlor, Keith Szarabajka, Eva Kaminsky, Pun Bandhu, Vikas Adam, Michael David Axtell, Johnny Heller, and Gary Tiedemann

  • Release Date: 7/11/23

  • Formats: Hardcover, Trade Paperback, Signed Hardcover

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  • The Hitherto Secret Experiments of Marie Curie

  • Edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt and Henry Herz

    Stories and poems by Scott Sigler, Jonathan Maberry, Alethea Kontis, Jane Yolen, Seanan McGuire, Lissa Price, Bryan Thomas Schmidt and G. P. Charles, Henry Herz, Christine Taylor-Butler, Mylo Carbia, Jo Whittemore, Susanne L. Lambdin, Sarah Beth Durst, Steve Pantazis, Stacia Deutsch, Dee Leone, and Emily McCosh

    Read by Tim Campbell, Natalie Naudus, Nancy Peterson, Zura Johnson, Emily Ellet, Cindy Kay, Lisa Flanagan, Kimberly M. Wetherell, Emily Lawrence, Stina Nielsen, Shiromi Arserio, Stephanie Németh-Parker, Alex Picard, Kelli Tager, Anna Caputo, Natalie Duke, Amy Landon, and Natasha Soudek

  • Release Date: 4/11/23

  • Formats: Hardcover, Trade Paperback

  Luckily for humanity, scientist Marie Curie applied her brilliant mind and indomitable spirit to expanding the frontiers of science, but what if she had instead drifted toward the darkness?

  At the cusp of between child- and adulthood, at the crossroads between science and superstition, a teen Marie Curie faces the factual and the fantastic in this fabulous collection of stories that inspire, delight, and ask the question: What if she had used her talents for diabolical purposes?

  The Hitherto Secret Experiments of Marie Curie includes twenty short stories and poems by award-winning writers including New York Times bestselling authors Seanan McGuire, Scott Sigler, Jane Yolen, Alethea Kontis, Stacia Deutsch, and Jonathan Maberry, among others.

  • The Hitherto Secret Experiments of Marie Curie

  • Edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt and Henry Herz

    Stories and poems by Scott Sigler, Jonathan Maberry, Alethea Kontis, Jane Yolen, Seanan McGuire, Lissa Price, Bryan Thomas Schmidt and G. P. Charles, Henry Herz, Christine Taylor-Butler, Mylo Carbia, Jo Whittemore, Susanne L. Lambdin, Sarah Beth Durst, Steve Pantazis, Stacia Deutsch, Dee Leone, and Emily McCosh

    Read by Tim Campbell, Natalie Naudus, Nancy Peterson, Zura Johnson, Emily Ellet, Cindy Kay, Lisa Flanagan, Kimberly M. Wetherell, Emily Lawrence, Stina Nielsen, Shiromi Arserio, Stephanie Németh-Parker, Alex Picard, Kelli Tager, Anna Caputo, Natalie Duke, Amy Landon, and Natasha Soudek

  • Release Date: 4/11/23

  • Formats: Hardcover, Trade Paperback

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  • Weird Tales Magazine No. 366: Sword & Sorcery Issue

  • Stories by various authors

    Read by various narrators

  • Release Date: 1/10/23

  Tales of blood, magic, and steel by masters of the craft! Stories, essays, and poetry by:

  Kevin J. Anderson
  Bruce Boston
  Greg Cox
  Dana Fredsti & David Fitzgerald
  Neil Gaiman
  Teel James Glenn
  Maxwell I. Gold
  Howard Andrew Jones
  Brian W. Matthews
  Greg Mollin
  James A. Moore
  Weston Ochse
  Marguerite Reed
  Charles R. Rutledge
  Jane Yolen

  • Weird Tales Magazine No. 366: Sword & Sorcery Issue

  • Stories by various authors

    Read by various narrators

  • Release Date: 1/10/23

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