<p>This anthology of 21 original fantasy stories explores humanity’s most dynamic and forceful creationthe city. Featuring tales from fantasy heavyweights such as Hal Duncan, Catherynne M. Valente, Jay Lake, and Barth Anderson, the collection whisks readers from dizzying rooftop perches down to the underpasses, gutters, and the sinister secrets therein. Mutilated warrior women, dead boys, mechanical dogs, and escape artists are just some of the wonders and horrors explored in this bizarre assembly of works from voices new and old.</p>

Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy

Literature & Fiction

United States

Senses Five Press

Where can you find a television that sees five minutes into the future? Where can you find dragons trapped in a jar and an illness which turns people into glass? Where might you find families who sell their brainpower to corporations for penny wages, or dead relatives that sit down for family meals? Why, in the pages of Sybil's Garage No. 7, of course. In this seventh issue of the highly acclaimed series, you will find twenty-seven original works of fiction and poetry from today's top talent, with suggested musical accompaniment, our trademark design aesthetic, and much more. But be sure to leave a trail of breadcrumbs on your way into Sybil's Garage, or you may not find your way out. Published by Senses Five Press, the World Fantasy Award-winning publisher of Paper Cities, An Anthology of Urban Fantasy. Contributors include Kathryn E. Baker, Cheryl Barkauskas, Kelly Barnhill, Tom Crosshill, Hal Duncan, Lindsey Duncan, Amal El-Mohtar, Lyn C. A. Gardner, Juliet Gillies, M.K. Hobson, Swapna Kishore, Avi Kotzer, Terence Kuch, Megan Kurashige, Sam Ferree, Richard Larson, Alex Dally MacFarlane, Anil Menon, E.C. Myers, Adrienne J. Odasso, Eric Schaller, Alexandra Seidel, Amelia Shackelford, Amy Sisson, Sonya Taaffe, Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, Jacqueline West, & A.C. Wise

Sybil's Garage No. 7

Hal Duncan

Sonya Taaffe

Amal El-Mohtar

Tom Crosshill

M. K. Hobson

Alex Dally MacFarlane

Anil Menon

Amy Sisson

Short Stories & Anthologies

King of Shards: Book One of The Worldmender Trilogy

Kressel, Matthew

Genre Fiction

<p>Product Description      Queen Mashit has usurped the throne of Sheol from Ashmedai, who now swings in a cage above a river of fire. Mashit wants to bring life to Sheol and the myriad Shards—shattered universes where demons dwell in abject misery. Mashit has captured a quartet of Lamed Vav—special humans with the power to sustain universes—and tries force them to her will. Meanwhile, she sends her daughter, Daphna, to Earth, hoping to establish rule over humanity there. But Daphna, long estranged from her mother, is not keen on her mother’s schemes. And neither is the imprisoned Ashmedai. While Ashmedai and Daphna hatch plans of their own, Daniel Fisher, once a Lamed Vavnik himself but beset by a dark and all-consuming curse, travels to the far corners of Earth seeking a doorway to Sheol, determined to save humanity no matter the cost.Queen of Static continues the Worldmender Trilogy, a series that The Huffington Post has referred to as a “unique fantasy cosmos” and that NPR has said is a “feast for hardcore fantasy fans.”Praise for King of Shards“A surreal and exotic adventure in a unique mythological setting. Scary, exhilarating fun!” – N.K. Jemisin, multiple Hugo Award-winning author of The Broken Earth trilogy“His skill at extrapolating traditional religious lore into the stuff of fantasy bodes well for future books in the series.” — Publishers Weekly“With surprising twists and a deep and detailed universe, King of Shards, the first in a trilogy, is likely to be remembered for more than its Jewish roots.” – Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog      Review      Praise for King of Shards"A surreal and exotic adventure in a unique mythological setting. Scary, exhilarating fun!" - N.K. Jemisin, multiple Hugo Award-winning author of The Broken Earth trilogy"A fantastic twist on Jewish mythology...a radical reinvention of Jewish faith and folklore, not to mention the portal fantasy..." One city's rubble is the next city's foundation," Kressel writes. Not only does that simple, profound idea underpin King of Shards' plot, it's the method to the book's majestic, resonant, reality-twisting madness." - NPR Books"Kressel draws heavily on Hebrew legend and biblical lore to build a robustly imagined fantasy world...Kressel advances his plot briskly through a series of alliances, betrayals, separations, and reunions, and the veiled motives of several of his characters keep his story pleasingly unpredictable. His skill at extrapolating traditional religious lore into the stuff of fantasy bodes well for future books in the series." - Publishers Weekly"With surprising twists and a deep and detailed universe, King of Shards, the first in a trilogy, is likely to be remembered for more than its Jewish roots." - Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog      About the Author      MATTHEW KRESSEL is a writer and a software developer. He is a three-time Nebula Award Finalist, a World Fantasy Award Finalist, and a Eugie Award Finalist. NPR Books called his first novel King of Shards, Majestic, resonant reality-twisting madness. His many works of short fiction have appeared in such publications as Lightspeed, Clarkesworld, Analog, Tor.com, Nightmare, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and multiple Year's Best anthologies, as well as many other anthologies and magazines. His work has been translated into French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Czech, Romanian, Polish, and Japanese. As a software developer, he created the Moksha submissions system (moksha.io), in use by many of the largest fiction publishers today. And he is the co-host of Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series in New York beside Ellen Datlow.Find him at @mattkressel or at www.matthewkressel.net.</p>

Queen of Static: Book Two of the Worldmender Trilogy

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