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Leave your preconceived notions at home as you embark on a mind-bending journey with six of today’s most visionary authors. Brimming with humor and heartache, this collection of short stories maps the roads we took to get here and the paths that lie ahead. The present may be a gift, but the future and the past both come with a price.

Time travel is real—and used for high-end tourism. Every moment of the past is open to visitors, and no matter what they do then, everything now waits for them, thanks to the sure hand of an experienced time travel technician. Come spend a day behind the controls of the time machine, and discover why, this day of all days, it’s time for this technician to make a change. Because sometimes, time travel is more than just an adventure. Sometimes, it’s a moral imperative.

Der Exoplanet Deuteragäa – zweite Erde.Hier haben die Menschen eine Zivilisation aufgebaut, die von mächtigen Konzernen geleitet wird und auf dem Prinzip des Wettbewerbs basiert. Nach einem Angriff der Mantis, wolfsgroßer Rieseninsekten, strandet die Journalistin Moira mit dem Konzernsoldaten Rho in der Wüste. Zunächst ist ihr Ziel nur, zu überleben, doch dann wirft das, was sie in der Wüste findet, viele Fragen auf. Wozu trainiert ein Konzern Soldaten? Wieso haben die Mantis begonnen, die Menschen anzugreifen?

Jess desperately wants to be a mother, so when she discovers a young boy lost in the woods near her home, her heart goes out to him. The boy, who Jess and her husband call “Buddy,” can’t tell them his name or anything about his family, but he’s clearly been through a lot. When her husband cautions her not to get too involved, Jess brushes him off. She would do anything for this child—and soon, she’ll have to prove it.

A time traveler gains a vista of the world’s unknown history—at the peril of his life!

In addition to these classic novels, the sents a captivating anthology of novels and stories from the visionary author. Renowned as one of the pioneers of science fiction, Wells's works continue to enthrall readers with their imaginative storytelling and thought-provoking themes. At the forefront of this anthology are some of Wells's most iconic works, including The Time Machine, a groundbreaking tale of time travel and its consequences, and The War of the Worlds, a gripping account of a Martian invasion that brings humanity to the brink of extinction.

Russ commutes to work—not across town but through time. An ambitious employee stuck in Oracle Marketing Solutions’ mundane “near past” division, he longs for the excitement of ancient eras and distant futures. But Oracle’s secretive management has refused every one of his transfer requests, and Russ can’t understand why…until he makes a devastating discovery about his own timeline.

Roy Court and his crew are taking the trip of a lifetime—several lifetimes in fact—duplicated and dispatched across the galaxies searching for Earthlike planets. Many possibilities for the future. Yet for Roy, no matter how many of him there are, there’s still just one painful, unchangeable past. In what world can a broken relationship be reborn? The universe is so vast, there’s always room for hope.

Yorkshire, 1943. Lily Baines, a bright young debutante increasingly ground down by an endless war, has traded in her white gloves for a set of headphones. It’s her job to intercept enemy naval communications and send them to Bletchley Park for decryption. One night, she picks up a transmission that isn’t code at all—it’s a cry for help.

If the past is prologue - what if the prologue never happened? When a team of scientists attempts to rewrite history, the story of the present turns out to have an ending they didn’t see coming. Over and over.

What do you get when you throw together a PTA president, a dissipated rake, a poor little match-girl, a colonial nun, and an elderly revolutionary? No, it’s not the start of a joke; it’s the cast of undead characters sharing a Victorian mansion in Santa Monica, California. The motley housemates can usually keep the bickering to a minimum—but when their clashing personalities get stuck in a rut, they suffer what could be a terminal case of déjà vu.

Nobody likes being on agricultural rotation, and with this heat wave, it’s almost more than Ester can take. She’s itching for something she can’t put words to—something she has no memory of wanting. But then, she can’t remember much beyond the past couple of years. She’s sent to the husband archive for a cure, but the man she checks out comes with baggage: stacks and stacks of paper he calls “books.” What they teach each other may prove hard to forget.

Fabulous tales from the vintage pages of Doctor Who Annual, brought to life by a host of Doctor Who voices. Dan Starkey, Geoffrey Beevers, Anneke Wills, Jon Culshaw, Louise Jameson and Colin Baker are our guides through these weird and wacky stories.

Estos emocionantes cuentos de ciencia ficción motociclista te transportarán a mundos imaginarios llenos de aventuras, desafíos y acción. Prepárate para un emocionante paseo en dos ruedas a través de estas historias inolvidables. ¡Sube a tu moto y adéntrate en el fascinante mundo de Moto Cuentos!

Shades of Mortality is a collection of short stories exploring the quiet, unsettling moments that define what it means to be human. Through themes of life, death, memory, regret, and transcendence, these stories linger in the spaces between what is lost and what is found—inviting the listener to confront the beauty and fragility of existence. Each story features a unique illustration by one of 9 different artists and draws the listener into a mixture of profound, touching, and comic tales unlike any you've ever listened to.

The long and prolific career of Clifford D. Simak cemented him as one of the formative voices of the science fiction and fantasy genre. The third writer to be named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America, his literary legacy stands alongside those of Robert A. Heinlein and Ray Bradbury. This striking collection of nine tales showcases Simak's ability to take the everyday and turn it into something truly compelling, taking listeners on a long journey in a very short time.

The Decimators have succeeded. Everything in the galaxy is either dead or dying. All hope destroyed. That is until a reality-wandering Syl'Va discovers that these events were never meant to happen. Interference from a supernatural creature altered the course of history, and the only way to save the future is to repair the past. The final story in the Resurrection arc brings the tale full circle and sets up the beginning of the end for the Dark Corner Series.

It has been generations since Vinkans settled on Keigos Rock, a planetoid in the Keigan belt of the Leigato system, many light years from their home country of Vinka, lost islands on earth. The colony split in half between the descendants of its founders, Keigos, and the descendants of his second in command, Gregora. Intrex Aristocles is the son of a town leader and gifted with enhancements that allow him to learn skills instantly. This spoiled teen, tired of the life being prepared for him, decides to take his life in his own hands and do something to help Gregora in his fight against Keigos.

Climate fiction author Richard Friedman takes the listener on a journey from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean to the edges of the universe with his collection of short stories. A narcissistic east coast billionaire receives a visit from three ghosts in a contemporary spin on a timeless classic. Judgment Day asks, is humanity worth saving? A family takes a tour through the Grand Museum of the Universe in The Docent and the crew of the space shuttle witnesses a nuclear holocaust in The World Burns Below.

Growing up, Liam was the guy who always had a clear idea about what he wanted out of every aspect of life. He knew what career he would pursue, he knew who he wanted to get married to, and not just that, he was well on track to do all of that in 2024. But the year is now 2104, and Liam has lived the life he wanted, achieving everything he set out to, only to wind up feeling disappointed and let down. The only issue? Liam can't remember a single minute of it.