Books tagged with: melancholy

  • Terminal EarthMichael Stewart
    Terminal Earth
    by Michael Stewart
    Science Fiction

    Terminal Earth is a collection of original short stories that all feature the end of the world in some way, edited by Michael Stewart and Neil Thomas. With 23 tales of the apocalypse, Terminal Earth offers a great deal of compelling tales from talented authors. Despite the common theme there are som...

  • Crow ShineAlan Baxter
    Crow Shine
    by Alan Baxter
    Horror

    A well respected novelist, Australian writer Alan Baxter is also the author of many short stories, appeared in various venues, but never before assembled in a single volume. Crow Shine is a massive collection of Baxter's dark tales which will pleasantly surprise the reader not yet acquainted with th...

  • The CabinetUn-Su Kim
    The Cabinet
    by Un-Su Kim
    Science Fiction

    I love genre fiction that deals with people who have developed superpowers;  X-Men ,  The 4400 ,  The Boys . All of them have ordinary people gaining extraordinary powers. Some become superheroes, other supervillains. However, what about those mutations that are a little naff? Do you deserve to be s...

  • The ButcherLaura Kat Young
    The Butcher
    by Laura Kat Young
    Horror

    I find sometimes find myself wondering how a dystopian world became so bad. What happened in a society that they thought making children battle to the death was a good idea? Or how a world forced woman to bear children? Sometimes it is better not to know how a society got there, but just embrace the...