“What you’ll find in this volume are stories that demonstrate a mastery of plotting; stories that compel you to keep turning the pages because of plot and because of setting; stories that wield suspense like a sword; stories of people getting their comeuppance; stories that utilize superb point of view; stories that plumb one particular and unfortunate attribute of a character,” promises guest editor Elizabeth George in her introduction. The Best American Mystery Stories 2016 is a feast of both literary crime and hard-boiled detection, featuring a seemingly innocent murderer, a drug dealer in love, a drunken prank gone terribly wrong, and plenty of other surprising twists and turns.

The vast and mysterious universe is explored in this reprint anthology from award-winning editor and anthologist Neil Clarke (Clarkesworld magazine, The Best Science Fiction of the Year). The urge to explore and discover is a natural and universal one, and the edge of the unknown is expanded with each passing year as scientific advancements inch us closer and closer to the outer reaches of our solar system and the galaxies beyond them. Generations of writers have explored these new frontiers and the endless possibilities they present in great detail. With galaxy-spanning adventures of discovery and adventure, from generations ships to warp drives, exploring new worlds to first...

Самую, пожалуй, мрачную картину – «Комнату в Нью-Йорке» – выбрал Стивен Кинг, подаривший сборнику зловещий рассказ о семье Эндерби и о их способе выжить во времена Великой депрессии. Самая изысканная – «Одиннадцать утра» – вдохновила «живого классика» американской литературы Джойс Кэрол Оутс на элегантную и безжалостную историю, где практически стирается тонкая грань между любовью, ненавистью и… преступлением. А самая знаменитая – «Полуночники» – «досталась» Майклу Коннелли. И это справедливо: кому, как не любителю джаза, детективу Гарри Босху, и пытаться разгадать тайну этого полотна? Также в работы Эдварда Хоппера вдохнули «литературную жизнь» Джеффри Дивер, Ли Чайлд и Лоренс Блок. Хотя,...

Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s 1998 publications will include the last two novels in her Fey series—Fey 4: The Resistance and Fey 5: Victory—as well as her mainstream hardcover, Hitler’s Angel. She and her husband, Dean Wesley Smith, will also publish a novel, Captain’s Table, in this summer’s Star Trek crossover series. Her latest story for us is a heartbreaking tale about the many different kinds of loss.