At the crossroads between Mieville's New Crobuzon and M.T. Anderson's Viriconium, on the border of Dhalgrin and D&D, just to the left of Terry Pratchett's Discworld and Mad Max's Fury Road ? lies Achten TanTales from the Year Between is a biannual anthology that brings together some of the most talented writers from around the globe to invent an original world from scratch, then explorethat world through their writing. After a week of intensive world-building, each author sets out to expand their new, fabulous universe through short-stories, flash fiction, poems, songs, and whatever other genres their boundless imaginations unleash ...In this inaugural volume, the world in question is Achten Tan, an at times brutal and at times humorous city located at the foot of the Godtree on the southern edge of the Bonewastes.Home to giant ants, mysterious mirror fragments, and the world's greatest barbecue rib joint, Achten Tan is bursting with stories of fantasy and wonder. One part Italo Calvino, one partFrank Herbert, with just a dash of George R.R. Martin and Frank L. Baum.

Achten Tan: Land of Dust and Bone (Tales from the Year Between)

Literature & Fiction

Vandyke, C

Genre Fiction

Skullgate Media

Review\n"Five stars to "Dog Town" by Anthony W. Harris, the first story in the upcoming anthology Skullgate Media Creepy, perfectly executed, and dare I say... titillating?" -- Sam Hendricks, Kyanite Publishing\n"I'm happy to say I can recommend it to any readers who enjoy weird fiction... this anthology touches on everything from living, breathing cities to relationships with appliances... if you're a fan of the genre, it's definitely worth checking out." - J.A. George\nA blood-soaked writing desk. A town where going missing is ominously routine. A portal to another dimension within a mirror. Inside these pages are tales of gods and monsters, of madness and obsession, of passion and unknowable terrors. Loathsome Voyages presents tales ranging from the delectably dark to the shockingly surreal. Some possess an uncanny horror, others a frightful beauty. All are journeys into strange worlds from which you may never return. Inspired by the work of weird fiction masters old and new--from Lovecraft to Miéville, from Hodgson to VanderMeer--this treacherous, eldritch volume brings together fourteen of today's best authors of speculative fiction. Join Skullgate Media as we embark on our most Loathsome Voyages.Contains stories by B.K. Bass, Chris Durston, Gary A. Fagan, Zack Friday, Anthony Harris, Christopher Harris, Mackenzie Litledale, Michael D. Nadeau, Michelle River, J.L. Royce, Mark J. Shultis, CD Storiz, and C. Vandyke. Edited by CD Storiz and Chris Durston. For more information about Skullgate Media go to www.skullgatemedia.com or follow us on Twitter as @skullgatemedia

Loathsome Voyages: An Anthology of Weird Fiction (Skullgate Media Presents)

Storiz, CD

After generations of warfare against the ominous Swarm, the United Planetary Alliance settles on a desperate gambit-send a squad of Marines to steal one of the Swarm's bio-organic battleships. However, it turns out the ship isn't merely alive but fully sentient... and it has a mission of its own. As the ship leaps across the galaxy, dimensions, and eventually reality itself, the crew has a new goal-stay alive Join Skullgate Media on an epic space-opera filled with sexy murder-queens, ring-planets, and freaking space-sharks, all fueled by psychedelic Venusian coffee and sixth-dimensional funk Tales From The Year Between is Skullgate's anthology series that brings together writers from around the globe to invent an original world from scratch. After two weeks of intense world-building, each author sets out to expand their new, fabulous universe through short-stories, flash fiction poems, songs or whatever else their boundless imaginations unleash. Each volume is new, exciting, and utterly unique.

Under New Suns (Tales from the Year Between)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

When an ancient evil is loosed upon the land of Lythinall, a young warrior is swept up into a perilous journey across his homeland to stop it. Drawn into a dangerous prophecy, he travels with the legendary bard Karis and the Princess of Evernight to realms he never knew existed. They will be tested as hidden forces watch with bated breath, knowing this could be the end...

The Darkness Returns: A Lythinall Novel: Book 1 (The Lythinall Series)

Nadeau, Michael D.

The Incarnation of death has been slowed, but at a cost. Rhoe and his companions must reach the city of Everknight and find a way to stop the Incarnation for good.Yet Everknight is not a safe city. Intrigue and assassins lie around every corner, and the mastermind behind it is eager for Rhoe to arrive. Revelations and long hidden secrets come to light, but will they help our heroes cause... or tear it all down? (Book 2 in the Lythinall series)

The Darkness Within: A Lythinall Novel: Book 2 (The Lythinall Series)

Fantasy

Chronicles of New Albion: Adventures in 1787 (Tales from the Year Between)

An anthology of urban fantasy tales set in the 1980's and filled with magic, faeries, and adventure.

Chronicles of New Albion: Adventures In 1987 (Tales from the Year Between)

Chronicles of New Albion: Adventures In 2187 (Tales from the Year Between)

The Darkness Falls: A Lythinall Novel: Book 3 (The Lythinall Series)

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