The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1.The Best Short SF of 1987 - Dan Simmons
Small is beautiful! The best Science Fiction is often written as short stories or novelettes. Here is the cream of 1987's crop, including two Nebula Award-winning stories, and others by previous Nebula and Hugo Award-winning writers.
Torkel's Chosen - Michelle Howard
What would you do if Earth didn’t have enough men? Would you take a chance and leave the only world you knew behind? This is the decision Faith Reid faces. Placing all her hope in a new government program, she seizes the opportunity that offers a chance for the women of Earth to find love among
The Beta - Annie Nicholas
Three days of hell, in charge, and running out of antacids. As the pack's Beta, Robert needs to watch over the Vasi werewolf pack for a few days. He hates the responsibility, but his job is to dissolve any problems while his alpha honeymoons. Nevertheless, trouble comes to town and her name is
Stars & Stripes - Abigail Roux
Special Agents Ty Grady and Zane Garrett have managed the impossible: a few months of peace and quiet. After nearly a year of personal and professional turmoil, they're living together conflict-free, work is going smoothly, and they're both happy, healthy, and home every night before dark. But
Gang - Artur Górski
To miała być opowieść o Januszu Cz., szefie gangu, działającego w strukturach tzw. mafii młodego Wołomina, skazanym na dożywocie za podwójne morderstwo w podwarszawskim lesie. Jednak wydarzenia, które miały miejsce dziesięć lat temu, doskonale obrazują, na czym w ogóle polegała rodzima
Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy - Cassandra Clare
Simon Lewis never thought he’d become a Shadowhunter…and now he has the chance. One of ten adventures in Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy. After living as a Mundane and a Vampire, Simon never thought he would become a Shadowhunter, but today he begins his training at Shadowhunter Academy. This
The Consumer - Michael Gira
This weird-press offering is both deliriously repulsive and very well-crafted. It's a collection of short pieces -- sort of like stories, but more like wild fantasies -- that take surrealistic organ distortions, drug-infused hallucinatory sexual nightmares and grotesque organic urban-machinery
Calm - The School of Life
Few life skills are as neglected, yet as important, as the ability to remain calm. Our very worst decisions and interactions are almost invariably the result of a loss of calm - and a descent into anxiety and agitation. Surprisingly, but very fortunately, our power to remain calm can be rehearsed
