From Award-Winning Curator Nicole Petit Best Beloved, have you ever wondered why the whale has such a small throat? Why the elephant has such a long nose? Why cats are such jerks? In 1902, Rudyard Kipling answered these questions in a collection of fables explaining the whys and wherefores of the world in whimsical ways. Kipling answered many of life’s questions, but there are so many more questions to be answered. How did time learn to be bedtime? Who found the letters of the alphabet, and first minded P and Q? Why does gravity hold us so tight? Why do ducks have such silly voices? How did the firefly receive her flame? Nicole Petit gathered nine stories to answer these questions, and more, from some of the very best of today’s authors. Additionally, she includes one of Rudyard Kipling’s rarely seen Just So Stories (omitted from most editions), and his all the more rarely seen introduction. HOW THE READER BOUGHT THE BOOK In the days when everyone sought books to read, O Best Beloved, there was a reader ‘sclusively interested in Fairy Tales. ‘Member, it wasn’t Mystery Tales or Magic Tales or Dragon Tales, but the ‘sclusively rich, glimmering, jubilationy Fairy Tales. After a long time—things went for ever so long in those days—the reader found this very book, O Best Beloved, Just So Stories. Opening the pages—why these stories were the most ‘sclusively rich, glimmering, jubilationy Fairy Tales of all. The reader bought the book. And from that day to this, the reader has loved Just So Stories best of all.

Just So Stories

Children's Books

Hogan, Liam

Ahern, Edward

MacGregor, Ken

Alama, Pauline J.

Bowne, Patricia S.

Powers, Arthur

Walden, Robert

Petit, Nicole

Bickerstaff, Russ

Snook, Jan

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

18thWall Productions

One in twelve species will go extinct in the near future. The finger points to us.Can we bring a species back from extinction? Why are dragons not with us today? Would you condemn a species to die so you could live? Explore these tales of species extinction. Hold fast against the winds of death with the caretakers of the future. Decipher warnings from the past, the future and worlds between worlds. Be more dangerous than the big game hunters. Doggedly track down the last specimen across three continents. Recognize messages aliens have left for us, so we don't continue on the destructive path we're on. Are our successors already waiting in the wings?

Triangulation: Extinction (Triangulation Anthologies)

Bellin, Joshua David

Jessop, Blake

Rossman, Jennifer Lee

Povey, Jennifer R.

Payne, Isaac

Lackey, Jamie

Balder, Bo

Literature & Fiction

PARSEC Ink

Sci Phi is an online science fiction and philosophy magazine. In each issue you will find stories that explore questions of life, the universe and everything and articles that delve into the deep philosophical waters of science fiction universes. This month we have, Flash Fiction When Things Go Wobbly by Gregg Chamberlain - A story of giant ants and unexpected results Last Stand by E.J. Shumak - Another giant bug story, but this time a tale of loss and hope for the future Fiction Idle Hands are the Devil's Worship by Mark Andrew Edwards - A fun lesson in why curiosity isn't always a good thing Strange Matter by Brian Niemeier - What would do if the world kept ending and you were the only one who knew it? Pathways by Liam Hogan - Life takes different paths, are we sure we are on the right one? A Quadrillion Occupied Planets by Marc Anthony - What is the price of peace and is it worth paying? Detritus by Jason Kimble - How do you live when your world gets shaken to its core? An Alternative Ending by Saligrama K. Aithal - A look at another world and their differing customs Articles Philosophical Reflections on The Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special by David Kyle Johnson - The title pretty much nails the content A Deeper Rabbit Hole: Reconsidering the Philosophy of the Matrix Trilogy by Joseph Moore - Our first essay written in response to an earlier essay, and an interesting read The Tyrants Headache by Eric Schwitzgebel - An interesting exploration of Functionalism and you will need to read it to find out what "anesthesia by genocide" is Khan as Nietzschean Übermensch and as Moral Actor in “Space Seed” by Patrick S. Baker - More Star Trek, this time looking at Khan and Nietzsche Our serial, Beyond the Mist by Ben Zwycky continues in this issue as well, with Chapters 4 &amp; 5. Finally we have a review of the Atopia Chronicle by Peter Sean Bradley.

Sci Phi Journal #3, January 2015: The Journal of Science Fiction and Philosophy

Politics & Social Sciences

Niemeier, Brian

Moore, Joseph

Johnson, David Kyle

Edwards, Mark Andrew

Kimble, Jason

Schwitzgabel, Eric

Baker, Patrick S.

Aithal, Saligrama K.

Shumak, E.J.

Philosophy

Sci Phi Productions

Third Flatiron's speculative fiction anthology, "Monstrosities," contains 20 stories about things that are dauntingly large or outrageous. A flash humor section, "Grins and Gurgles," is also featured. An international group of new and established contributors to "Monstrosities" makes this an original and varied collection that is sure to please fans of science fiction/fantasy, humor, and horror. Writers include Keyan Bowes, Larry Hodges, Carl R. Jennings, Mark Pantoja, Ray Daley, Brian Trent, James Dorr, Liam Hogan, Salinda Tyson, Jennifer R. Povey, Ville Merilainen, Sita C. Romero, Martin M. Clark, Sharon Diane King, Julia August, Robert Bagnall, Barry Charman, Russell Hemmell, and Joseph Sidari. With a special reprint from Edward Bryant. Edited by Juliana Rew.

Monstrosities (Third Flatiron Anthologies)

Bowes, Keyan

Bryant, Edward

Trent, Brian

Hodges, Larry

Jennings, Carl R.

Dorr, James

Rew, Juliana

Daley, Ray

Pantoja, Mark

Third Flatiron Publishing

Weirdbook returns with another jam-packed issue full of great fantasy and horror tales by current and upcoming masters of the genre. Included this time are: • The Demon in the Doughnut Shop, by Bret McCormick • A Kiss for the Mirrorman, by Adrian Cole • Mukden, by Sean Patrick Hazlett • In the Gallery, by J. Michael Major • Excavation, by Franklyn Searight • Bunnies of the Apocalypse, by Gregg Chamberlain • Zhar’s Outré House, by Frederick J. Mayer • The Devil Is Anonymous, by Frank Duffy • Touched, by James D. Mabe • The Singing Tree, by Lawrence Buentello • Blood of God, by DJ Tyrer • Bum Fights and Blood Feuds, by Scott Harper • Beauty Treatment, by Liam Hogan • My Personal Dream, by James Ward Kirk • Mischa in the Window, by Jason Rubis • Thrill My Soul, by Greg Jenkins • Trick, by Rish Outfield Plus a selection of poetry by Steve Dilks, Ashley Dioses, Darrell Schweitzer, and Lucy A. Snyder.

Weirdbook #34

Jenkins, Greg

Cole, Adrian

KIrk, James Ward

Tyrer, DJ

Harper, Scott

Buentello, Lawrence

Rubis, Jason

Mabe, James D.

Outfield, Rish

Genre Fiction

Wildside Press

Of Airships & Automatons: Tales of Steam and Science

Walton, John

Dean, Ray

Baxter, Ross

Jones, A Victoria

Lavigne, Nicole

Parry, Lee

Sweeney, Seamus

Short Stories & Anthologies

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

13 award winning poets and authors celebrate the journey of the human soul from birth, to death, on the road and through time. From the Pacific Northwest to Texas, London, India, and Russia these authors tell of struggle, adventure, and modernity.

The New Frontier: Short fiction and poems for an old and new world.

Larrea, Phillip

Campbell, Ashley

Vignes, Ian Rene

Elam, Kay

Bassen, L. Shapley

Fox, Vixyy

Krstic, Nemanja

Lescher, James

Unmasked: Tales of Risk and Revelation

When the mask comes off, can you handle what's underneath?When your secret identity is revealed ...When the monster is unleashed ...When the superhero's child has no power ...When Death himself is caught unawares ...Pull back the mask to reveal 21 tales from seasoned and award-winning authors, of magical masks, gas masks, death masks, superheroes, secret identities, disguised robots, alien symbionts, a Napoleonic thief, a swindling demon-even a hidden clown.Who will take the risk?Explore the masks we wear, the mysteries they conceal, and the price we pay when they're stripped away.Join us in our unmasquerade as we revel in-revelation!

Anderson, Kevin J.

McGuire, Seanan

Davis, Russell

Stone, Eric James

Foster, Eugie

Knight, Edward J.

Romag, James

Christopher, Andi

Zubko, Keltie

WordFire Press, LLC

Artificial intelligence. Virtual reality. Genetic engineering. These and other technologies are changing the way we live--and the way we work. What will our jobs be like in a future marked by such radical change? In Working Futures, science fiction authors share possible answers to that question. From surveillance auditors to AI chaperones to high-tech trash collectors, the workers found in these speculative stories provide a glimpse of what our future might look like-- perhaps sooner than we think. With stories by Keyan Bowes, Katharine Dow, Timothy Geigner, Liam Hogan, Christopher Alex Hooton, Andrew Dana Hudson, Randy Lubin, Mike Masnick, Ross Pruden, N. R. M. Roshak, Holly Schofield, and James Yu.

Working Futures: 14 Speculative Stories About The Future Of Work

Masnick, Mike

Dow, Katharine

Geigner, Timothy

Hooton, Christopher Alex

Hudson, Andrew Dana

Roshak, N. R. M.

Schofield, Holly

Yu, James

Independently published

Chronos is an anthology of drabbles (a story told in exactly one-hundred words) themed around time. Seventy-five talented authors from around the world come together to present ninety-eight stories of time, time travel, time zones, time manipulation, flash-forwards, space-time, time freezes, and so many other variations on the theme.

Chronos: An Anthology of Time Drabbles (Shacklebound Books)

Fomley, Eric S.

Murphy, Mike

Lowe, Brian K.

Dromey, John H.

Matsuura, Kelly

Patterson, Jez

Hoggard, John

Frost, Jack Wolfe

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