John Gardner

This collection gathers a diverse set of critical, personal, and artistic reflections on the trials and epiphanies of Fante’s bio-fictive hero, Arturo Bandini, as he makes his way through the dust and dread of 1939 Los Angeles. As his quest for love and compassion turns to ethnic questioning and scorn, Fante’s protagonist comes alive for new...

Soar to new heights of Science Fiction & Fantasy. Who are the top science fiction writers and illustrators of the future? The answer is here. Get to know tomorrow’s brightest creative talents chosen by some of today’s bestselling authors and celebrated artists including Kevin J. Anderson, Orson Scott Card, Larry Elmore, Brandon Sanderson, Dan dos...

Jack Wheatcroft (1925–2016) had a transformative impact on five decades of Bucknell students. This collection of essays is a testimony to an extraordinary teacher, writer, and innovator and trailblazer in creating a community and infrastructure of literary culture at a distinguished liberal arts college.

A look inside the historic mental hospital that served as the location for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest —includes photos.   Seen through the eyes of those who lived there, this book examines the world of a mental hospital established in Salem, Oregon, in 1883—where, in desperate attempts to cure their patients, physicians injected them with...

1898: i tripodi marziani devastano le città della Terra. Gli eserciti di tutto il mondo sono incapaci di fermare l'ondata di distruzione. Quando ogni speranza sembra perduta, dei comuni batteri uccidono gli invasori alieni. Risorgendo dalle proprie ceneri, la razza umana usa la tecnologia lasciata dai marziani per costruire nuove e più avanzate...

1898: As imensas máquinas de guerra marcianas - os temidos tanques tripods - levam o caos às cidades da Terra. Nenhum exército humano foi capaz de conter a maré de destruição. Quando toda esperança parecia perdida, bactérias comuns matam os invasores alienígenas. Das cinzas, renasce a raça humana, que passa a usufruir da avançada tecnologia...

1898 : Les tripodes martiens semèrent la désolation dans les villes de la planète Terre. Les armées du monde furent incapables de contenir la fureur de la destruction. Alors que tout semblait perdu, une bactérie ordinaire  extermina les extraterrestres. Utilisant les technologies abandonnées par les Martiens, les humains construisirent des...

New Authors and collections. A collection of new tales with brilliant new writers and lost souls from the darkest corners of literature and legend: Morrigan’s ravens in Celtic myth mingle with Dante’s infernal spirits and the work of John Milton. And with the dark fiction of William Hope Hodgson and Arthur Machen this promises to be a haunting,...

Following the great success of our Gothic Fantasy deluxe edition short story compilations, Supernatural Horror , Murder Mayhem, Lost Souls and many others, this latest title takes housebound trapped spirits and creepy gothic mansions as its chilling subject. Contains a potent mix of classic and brand new writing, with authors from the US,...