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  Short Fiction from the Author of Paradox and Context

  “The first important new SF writer of the 21st century.” -The Times

  Explore the worlds of a Navajo space pilot burdened by a terrible secret, a young girl destined for sainthood and sacrifice, a race of beings who teach and learn through cannibalism, a man granted a strange and disturbing gift by alien intelligences, and a haunted policewoman on a horrifying vendetta in a dark future California. These stories and many more are waiting for you in John Meaney's Dreamlode.

  John Meaney’s first and second novels were shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Association Award. Now Scorpius offers a volume of his short fiction that ranges from his first fiction sale, through stories that helped form the universe of his novels, to his most recent writings.

  Includes the BSFA Finalist Story “Sharp Tang”

  ISBN: 1-931305-86-2

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  Scorpius Digital Publishing Titles

  After the Vikings, by G. David Nordley - Interwoven Stories of a Future Mars

  The Algis Budrys Omnibus, Volume One - Some Will Not Die and selected short fiction

  Ariel, by Steven R. Boyett - A magical adventure through a world where fantasy and reality have collided

  Beyond the Valley of the Cyberpunks, by Bruce Bethke - Short fiction by the Campbell and Philip K. Dick Award-winning author of Headcrash and Cyberpunk

  Dark Corners, by Barry B. Longyear - A master of science fiction takes you to the darkest places in the human soul

  Dreamlode, by John Meaney - Short fiction from the BSFA Award-nominated author of To Hold Infinity, Paradox, and Context

  Fine Cuts, by Dennis Etchison - View the bright lights of Hollywood through the dark lens of Dennis Etchison’s imagination

  Flesh Wounds, by Brian A. Hopkins - 30 subtle and disturbing stories by the Stoker Award winner

  Ghostland -Three haunting novellas by the Nebula Award-winning master of the modern ghost story

  The Goddess Letters - A timeless myth made new again by the Western States Book Award winner

  Hardwired, by Walter Jon Williams

  - The science fiction cult classic reissued with sequel novella “Solip:System”

  The Hedge, the Ribbon, by Carol Orlock - A storyteller, a hedge, and a ribbon weave a magical spell into the everyday reality of a small town. Winner of the Western States Book Award, by the author of The Goddess Letters

  Hemogoblins, Stories to Chill the Blood, by Alan M. Clark and Friends - Stories to astound, startle, and amuse, illustrated with paintings by award-winning illustrator Alan M. Clark

  Hong on the Range, by William F. Wu - Louie Hong’s adventures through a New West of cyber-enhanced cowboys and mechanized singing steers, by the author of A Temple of Forgotten Spirits

  Hours of Darkness - 21 of the 21st century’s best horror writers spin tales about what happens in the dark

  Immortal Khan, by H. Doug Matsuoka - A tale of taoist masters, love, and laundromats, told in screenplay form

  Living Midnight, by H. Doug Matsuoka - A dark future tale of mystery, music, and murder from the IEB Award finalist, author of Immortal Khan

  Mars Dust and Magic Shows, by Mark Bourne - Unforgettable Stories from “science fiction’s best-kept secret”

  Mobius Highway, by Howard V. Hendrix - Science fiction stories from the brilliant and daring author of Empty Cities of the Full Moon

  Naming of Parts, by Tim Lebbon - Winner of the British Fantasy Award

  Nearly People, by Conrad Williams - The British Fantasy Award and International Horror Guild Award-nominated novella

  Orphans, by Steven R. Boyett - The best short fiction from the author of Ariel

  Pieces of the Sky, by Marina Fitch - Tales of love, loss, laughter, and yes, lust, from a rising star of sf and fantasy

  Rags and Old Iron, by Lorelei Shannon - A novel of childhood betrayed, love lost, and secrets rediscovered, by the author of Vermifuge

  Something Rich and Strange, by Carrie Richerson - Extraordinary Tales of Fantasy from the Campbell Award finalist

  The Sorcery Within, Book 1 of War of the Dragons, by Dave Smeds - A novel of magic, new worlds, and high adventure by the Nebula Award finalist

  Street, by Jack Cady - A novel about horror and heroes, by the Nebula Award winner

  Tales for the Long Rains, by Kij Johnson - Beautiful and enchanting short fiction by the author of The Fox Woman

  Talking to Shadows, by Phoebe Reeves - A Story About Murder, Art, and Transformation, from the Stoker Award Nominee

  A Temple of Forgotten Spirits, by William F. Wu - Jack Hong’s adventures in the world of spirits and the world of men, following the kei-lin, by the author of Hong on the Range

  Triad, by Sheila Finch - A Novel of Alien Contact by the Nebula Award winner

  Vermifuge, and Other Toxic Cocktails, by Lorelei Shannon - Stories to make you shudder, weep, and laugh out loud, by one of today’s best new talents, and the author of Rags and Old Iron

  Wildest Dreams, by Norman Partridge - A novel of death, deliverance, and the Devil in California by the Stoker Award winner

  A Writer’s Life, by Eric Brown, winner of the BSFA Award - A tale of literary obsession and haunting discoveries

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