The Neurodiversiverse: Alien Encounters

The Neurodiversiverse: Alien Encounters
Author: Anthony Francis
Publisher: Thinking Ink Press
Total Pages: 407
Release: 2024-06-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 194248027X

Would neurodiversity be an advantage in an encounter with aliens? Let's find out! Heartbroken starships. Human-sized hamster balls. Superpowers unleashed by anxiety. A planet covered in mathematical fidgets. And we finally learn why aliens abduct cows. A diverse, hopeful anthology of neurodiversity-themed science fiction short stories, poetry and art for anyone who loves science fiction, who cares about neurodiversity, or who wants to see optimistic visions of the future. Featuring stories, poems and art from Tobias S. Buckell, M. D. Cooper, Ada Hoffmann, Jody Lynn Nye, Cat Rambo, and nearly forty other contributors, The Neurodiversiverse: Alien Encounters was edited by Anthony Francis, author of the award-winning urban fantasy novel Frost Moon, and Liza Olmsted, editor of the writing inspiration book Your Writing Matters. The Neurodiversiverse includes themes of autism, ADHD, PTSD, OCD, synesthesia, several kinds of anxiety, avoidant attachment disorder, dissociative disorder, and more.

Some Time Later

Some Time Later
Author: A J Sikes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2017-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781942480204

The creators of Twelve Hours Later and Thirty Days Later are back for another time-turning read with adventure in the offing, steam in the air, and tongue occasionally in cheek. Join us for new stories from fifteen authors, including Harry Turtledove, Kirsten Weiss, Anthony Francis and T.E. MacArthur as we journey through time and genre.

The Hereafter Bytes

The Hereafter Bytes
Author: Vincent Scott
Publisher: Thinking Ink Press
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2020-08-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781942480280

COME FOR THE CYBERSPACE, STAY FOR THE LAUGHS. COME FOR THE LAUGHS, STAY FOR THE CYBERSPACE. Romeo is a digital copy of his dead bio self-a ghost-in a spindly robot body. When Romeo's friend Abigail-a dominatrix with a gift for uncovering secrets-tells Romeo she's at risk because of dangerous info from a client, Romeo agrees to help her investigate. Pursued by digital Golden Retrievers and a real-world assassin, Romeo slips in and out of cyberspace in a madcap race for survival. Can he unmask the criminal who threatens the integrity of cyberspace and the real-world economy before it's too late?

Luna's Lament

Luna's Lament
Author: David Colby
Publisher:
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2020-08-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781942480242

Publishers Weekly calls Lunar Cycle Book 1 "Appealingly reminiscent of an updated Heinlein juvenile." As Drusilla Zhao begins her new life on Earth with her girlfriend Sara, she struggles to adapt while suffering from PTSD. When Sara's home is threatened, Dru must fight to defend the Alliance while battling enemies inside her own head.

Debris Dreams

Debris Dreams
Author: David Colby
Publisher: Thinking Ink Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2016-11-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9781942480136

Sixteen-year-old Drusilla Zhao lives in a space station. When terrorists destroy the space elevator, in a flash Dru's parents are dead and she's cut off from her girlfriend Sarah on Earth. Can Dru survive a war and deadly debris to find her way home to Sarah?

Blood Rock

Blood Rock
Author: Anthony Francis
Publisher: BelleBooks
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2011-07-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1611940362

Dakota Frost is back, and the ink is about to hit the fan-again. Graffiti comes to life in the dark heart of Atlanta's oldest cemetery, slaying one of the city's best loved vampires before the eyes of his friend Dakota Frost. Deadly magick is at work on the city's walls, challenging even the amazing power of Dakota's tattoos to contain it. The hungry, graffiti magick loves to kill, and the Edgeworld is no longer safe from its own kind. Dakota begins a harrowing journey to save those she loves and to discover the truth behind the spreading graffiti-even if that truth offends the vampires, alienates the werekin and creates police suspicion of her every action. Saving Atlanta may cost her everything, including custody of her "adopted" weretiger daughter, Cinnamon. But failure is not an option. If the graffiti isn't stopped, Cinnamon could be the next victim. Epic Award winner Anthony Francis writes the Skindancer series while working fulltime for "that famous search engine whose name begins with a 'G'."

Steampunk

Steampunk
Author: Ann VanderMeer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 373
Release: 2008
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781892391759

Presents stories about mechanistic golems, infernal machines, airships, alternative histories, other planets, and how the genre has influenced movies, television, comics, and the Internet.

Frost Moon

Frost Moon
Author: Anthony Francis
Publisher: BelleBooks
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2010-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1935661078

In an alternate Atlanta where magic is practiced openly, where witches sip coffee at local cafes, shapeshifters party at urban clubs, vampires rule the southern night like gangsters, and mysterious creatures command dark caverns beneath the city, Dakota Frost's talents are coveted by all. She's the best magical tattooist in the southeast, a Skindancer, able to bring her amazing tats to life. When a serial killer begins stalking Atlanta's tattooed elite, the police and the Feds seek Dakota's help. Can she find the killer on the dark fringe of the city's Edgeworld? Among its powerful outcasts and tortured loners, what kind of enemies and allies will she attract? Will they see her as an invader, as a seducer, as an unexpected champion ... or as delicious prey?

Jewish Mysticism and the Spiritual Life

Jewish Mysticism and the Spiritual Life
Author: Lawrence Fine
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2011
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1580234348

In this thoughtful and lucid exploration of the Jewish mystical tradition, leading scholars and teachers come together to share their favorite texts-many available in English for the first time-and explore why these materials are meaningful and relevant to contemporary life.

The Two Georges

The Two Georges
Author: Richard Dreyfuss
Publisher: Tor Books
Total Pages: 596
Release: 1997-09-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780812544596

A story of murder, intrigue, and a stolen painting portrays America as it might have been, had George Washington surrendered to George III