<div><B>Winner of the Nebula Award: &ldquo;A lovely and literate exploration of the dark moment where myth and science meet&rdquo; (Samuel R. Delany).</B><BR /><BR /> When night falls over the Yucatan, the archaeologists lay down their tools. But while her colleagues relax, Elizabeth Butler searches for shadows. A famous scientist with a reputation for eccentricity, she carries a strange secret. Where others see nothing but dirt and bones and fragments of pottery, Elizabeth sees shades of the men and women who walked this ground thousands of years before. She can speak to the past&mdash;and the past is beginning to speak back.<BR /><BR /> As Elizabeth communes with ghosts, the daughter she abandoned flies to Mexico hoping for a reunion. She finds a mother embroiled in the supernatural, on a quest for the true reason for the Mayans&rsquo; disappearance. To dig up the truth, the archaeologist who talks to the dead must learn a far more difficult skill: speaking to her daughter.</div>

The Falling Woman

<div><B>A chilling postapocalyptic novel of hope, despair, art, and war from the Nebula and Philip K. Dick Award&ndash;winning author of <I>The Falling Woman.</I></B><BR />  <BR /> A plague wiped out most of the population, but some have been spared. In San Francisco, those who were left&mdash;painters, writers, dreamers&mdash;began rebuilding the city in their image: a society based on art, community, and peace. But not everyone has the same pacifist ideals.<BR />  <BR /> When a mysterious young woman, Jax, appears in San Francisco, she brings disturbing news. There&rsquo;s a power-hungry man, a general, moving across California, annexing cities and rebuilding his own version of America, willing to destroy anyone who stands in his way. His sights are set on the Golden Gate Bridge, and his army will soon descend, bringing guns, determination, and violence.<BR />  <BR /> If Jax and her allies are to survive, they&rsquo;ll have to defend themselves with nothing more than their creativity&mdash;and the soul of a city that refuses to be dominated.<BR />  <BR /> Drawing comparisons to the mind-bending work of Gabriel Garc&iacute;a M&aacute;rquez, this lush and thought-provoking dystopian novel is an examination of human spirit, for better or worse, and a magical journey into what it means to survive.<BR />  </div>

The City, Not Long After

<div><B>Winner of the Philip K. Dick Award: Nineteen stories of power and humanity from a science fiction master with otherworldly talent</B><BR /><BR /> In a small house in the desert, a chimp named Rachel watches Tarzan on TV. Although her body is an ape&rsquo;s, her mind is something different&mdash;a hybrid between those of a chimpanzee and a young girl. When his wife and child died, the doctor who created Rachel implanted his daughter&rsquo;s brain into that of the chimp. Rachel remembers the jungle; she remembers high school. And when her father passes away, she will embark on the adventure of a lifetime.<BR /><BR /> The Nebula Award&ndash;winning novella &ldquo;Rachel in Love&rdquo; anchors this haunting collection of stories, along with nominees &ldquo;Bones&rdquo; and &ldquo;Dead Men on TV.&rdquo; Pat Murphy, whose electric imagination is a testament to how wonderful science fiction can be, writes characters who struggle with alien lovers, vegetative wives, and the burden of seeing into the future. And always, like Rachel, they search for something more: not just what it means to be human, but what it is to be alive.</div>

Points of Departure

<div><B>Two novels of adventure: One set in the hills of the Old West, the other across the Bermuda Triangle</B><BR /><BR />In <I>Wild Angel</I>, Sarah sits by the river with her mother, watching her father pan for gold. The calm of the California hills is broken by a rifle shot, the start of an ambush that leaves Sarah&rsquo;s parents murdered and scalped and forces the three-year-old to flee into the woods. Hungry, cold, and terribly lost, she is rescued by a she-wolf named Wauna, who feeds Sarah as if she were one of her own pups. As Sarah grows up among the wolves, she will tame the wilderness, and her adventures&mdash;chronicled by a writer named Max Merriwell&mdash;will make her a legend of the frontier.<BR /><BR />Unlike the hero of <I>Wild Angel</I>, the women of <I>Adventures in Time and Space with Max Merriwell</I> do not expect danger when they set off on their journey. But when Pat and Susan&rsquo;s cruise ship sails into the Bermuda Triangle, reality begins to twist. As supernatural creatures menace the ship, these two would-be vacationers will have no choice but to hang on for the ride.<BR /></div>

Bad Grrlz' Guide to Reality

<div><b>Harlan Ellison, Richard Christian Matheson, Connie Willis, and many more contribute to a compelling psychological exploration of the many shades of love </b><BR>An incubus disguised as a high school girl puts a disturbing spin on the teacher/student fantasy. An engineer creates a robot with unexpected consequences during the end of the world. A man becomes the pet of alien invaders. From stories of aliens in other worlds to those living among us, these tales will move you out of your comfort zone and open you up to experiencing something&mdash;or someone&mdash;completely different. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Ellen Datlow, including rare photos from the editor&rsquo;s personal collection.</div>

Alien Sex

<div><b>A dangerously seductive collection of tales that&mdash;like the sirens themselves&mdash;are impossible to resist</b><BR>Sensuality mingles with fantasy in this sultry anthology starring fairies, sphinxes, werewolves, and other beings by masterful storytellers including Joyce Carol Oates, Neil Gaiman, Jane Yolen, Ellen Kushner, and more. <i>Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers </i>features a vampire who falls in love with her human prey, an updated Red Riding Hood fantasy, an unsuspecting young man who innocently joins in seductive faerie revelry, and a cat goddess made human. Alluring and charismatic, this collection from master editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling will stimulate more than just your imagination. This ebook features illustrated biographies of Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, including rare photos from the editors&rsquo; personal collections.</div>

Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers

<div><B>Dark and decidedly grown-up stories inspired by fairy tales&mdash;from <I>New York Times</I> bestsellers Karen Joy Fowler, Joyce Carol Oates, Susanna Clarke, and more.</B><BR /><BR />  This collection from World Fantasy Award&ndash;winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling proves that fairy tales don&rsquo;t have to be for little children and that <I>happily ever after</I> doesn&rsquo;t necessarily mean forever. Here, the plights of Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Rapunzel, and others are reimagined by some of today&rsquo;s finest literary talents.<BR />  <BR /> Hansel and Gretel make several appearances, not the least being at their trial for the murder of a supposedly helpless old woman. The real, shocking reason for Snow White&rsquo;s desperate flight from her home is revealed. And the steadfast tin soldier, made flesh and blood, pays a terrible price for his love and devotion.<BR />  <BR /> The twenty-one stories and poems in this collection run the gamut from triumphant to troubling to utterly outrageous, like Don Webb&rsquo;s brilliant merging of numerous tales into one wild, hallucinogenic trip in his &ldquo;Three Dwarves and 2000 Maniacs.&rdquo; All in all, they mine the fantastical yarns we loved as children for new and darker gold.<BR />  <BR /> Includes stories by Michael Cadnum, Karen Joy Fowler, Michael Blumlein, Nalo Hopkinson, Esther M. Friesner, Joyce Carol Oates, Steve Rasnic Tem, Garry Kilworth, Anne Bishop, Gregory Frost, Sten Westgard, Midori Snyder, Harvey Jacobs, Don Webb, Bruce Glassco, Pat Murphy, John Crowley, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Susanna Clarke, Nancy Kress, and Jane Yolen.<BR />  </div>

Black Swan, White Raven

<div><B>A time-travel adventure from the Nebula Award&ndash;winning author: &ldquo;Murphy&rsquo;s [blend] of fantasy and reality honorably recalls the novels of Margaret Atwood&rdquo; (<I>Publishers Weekly</I>).</B><BR /><BR /> For generations, the people of the valley have hunted the bear, killing it to draw on its mystical power. On his first hunt, a young member of the tribe pursues the bear through the wilderness. Moments before their battle begins, the boy plunges into darkness&mdash;and awakes in a world beyond his wildest imagination, where nature is corrupted and the boundaries of time mean nothing at all.<BR /><BR /> The researchers who brought him into the future call the Neanderthal boy &ldquo;Sam.&rdquo; The portal he fell through is the plaything of a billionaire intent on repopulating the world of its many extinct animals: birds, wolves, and bears. Sam was brought along by accident, but he will find a purpose in these alien surroundings. Guided by one woman who can see the past and another who can look into the future, the boy who hunted the bear will unlock the mysteries of time itself.</div>

The Shadow Hunter

<div><B>Stories of dark desire and wicked payback from Jonathan Lethem, Joyce Carol Oates, Caitl&iacute;n R. Kiernan, Richard Christian Matheson, and more.</B><BR /><BR /> From Shakespeare to Poe, revenge has always been one of the great themes in literature. This anthology contains eighteen stories of ruthless vengeance. A philanderer spends a night with one nameless woman too many. A second-rate music video talent turns down a chance at superstardom and escapes a deadly contract. A comedy duo realizes that retribution is no laughing matter. And a single woman must face the shocking reasons for her solitary lifestyle.<BR />  <BR /> Multiple-award-winning editor Ellen Datlow commissioned these and fourteen other tales from some of the most talented authors of our time to make up <I>Lethal Kisses</I>. Available for the first time in the United States<I>, </I>this is a collection of eighteen horrifying tales on evening the score.<BR />  <BR /><I>This ebook features an illustrated biography of Ellen Datlow, including rare photos from the editor&rsquo;s personal collection.</I></div>

Pat Murphy

Books By Pat Murphy (9 Books)