Henry Carter Hull

Ho ho... oh hell!Is that sleigh bells ringing in your ears or a few rounds from an M60?You wanted the jolly fat man to bring Yuletide joy, but the season has gifted you with a heart breaker and a life taker - Badass Santa.Grab your eggnog and camouflage candy canes, strap on your bulletproof holiday stockings, and prepare for thrills and kills.From blood-stained rebellion at the north pole to a black ops raid on a distant planet, these eighteen action-packed...

We kick off this issue with A. B. Robinson's amazing "Sonnet Crown for Third Officer Ripley." Then there are stories of beasties and strange places and stranger people; long, long journeys; and questions, so many questions. Also: Nicole Kimberling's lovely food column looks at white asparagus.

D-503 is a mathematician and citizen of One State, a totalitarian society whose inhabitants live passionless lives under the all-powerful 'Benefactor'. However, when D-503 discovers that he has an individual soul, everything changes. Set in the twenty-sixth century, "We" is the dystopian science fiction novel that inspired George Orwell's famous "1984" and was the first work to be banned by the Soviet censorship board. A frightfully thought-provoking...

Imagine a time when vast helium-fueled airships took the place of aircraft, and where the hunger for adventure and exploration took the human race into stranger places than we ever imagined. The Steampunk Tarot imagines this in an alternate-reality tarot where The Technomage is king and the Punk Diva is queen. Tumble down the rabbit hole into a construction of technology, machines, retro-art and culture, full of fantastic visions in a time and place...

Author Hugh A. D. Spencer collects more, of his previously published short fiction in this fun collection. Featuring a series of interconnected stories about the Progressive Apparatus, a sometimes anti-muse, sometimes amoral high-tech firm, and a Galactic Super-culture that meddles in human life through heavy drugs and museum exhibits, this collection asks the big questions in science fiction. Like what happens to those breakthrough scientific projects...

The Mask of Pxi The fantastic conclusion of the Salamander Man Trilogy. The new Galactic President is struggling to consolidate his power. Planet Casimeer may hold the solution to his problems, but the situation there is far more volatile than he knows. Ulrich De Vrei continues to evade capture and is planning to liberate the remnants of his Legiac army for a death-or-glory assault on his enemies. Vadim "Ghost of the Swamp" will do anything to...

Minotaur Maze is Robert Sheckley's modern take on the myth of the Minotaur. It is a tour de force of imagination, fantasy, and creative confusion. Through brief chapters running from "How Theseus Got His First Mintoauring Job" to "I Hate to Blame Daedalus for Everything," "The Attack of the Self Pity Plant," "Daedalus Dispenses with Causality," and finally, "Falling Through the Story," we travel a maze as lethally complicated as the Minotaur's and...

Detectives Harvey Havoc and Shay Smith have teamed up with Sergeant Anteka Sokola on a case that's gotten personal, and the chaotic trio's actions have landed them on the wrong side of the interrogation table. Chief of Police Riley Mitchell must navigate their conflicting stories to find out what really happened. Meanwhile, danger is looming for Detectives Jason Bishop and Bob Randel as they try to discover the identity of the Jane Doe at the center...

The First Collection of Short Stories by J. R. Kruze. Known for a unique take on common situations, and a dry wit, Kruze is also able to look at usual circumstances and see unusual aspects to write about. These stories will let you start wondering about the world around you. Contemporary, fantasy, paranormal, romance and science fiction are a few of this mixed genre collection. This anthology contains: - Death by Advertising - The Lazurai - The...

The RSA is finally eliminated. Looking to the future, President Sherman founds an elite squad of soldiers-the Hunters-who he will use for strategic missions as part of restoring the stability of the country. Their first mission will take them to the heart of a city ravaged by Morningstar…but not everyone agrees with Sherman's vision for the future. Threatened by new enemies on all sides, will Sherman and his allies be able to survive long enough...