Maxima Library

The future holds endless possibilities…

Here are 16 intriguing visions of tomorrow

Features stories by: Esther M. Friesner

Brenda Cooper

Kevin J. Anderson

P. R. Frost

Mike Resnick and James Patrick Kelly

Lisanne Norman

Dean Wesley Smith

Irene Radford

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

And more

For all of those who thought that by now that they'd be driving along the skyways in their own personal jet car, who assumed that humans would have established bases on the Moon and Mars, or that diseases would have been conqured, the aging process slowed to a crawl, and war eliminated along with social injustice-here are 16 stories of futures that might someday be reality.

An anthology of stories edited by Loren L Coleman and Martin H Greenberg

Sixteen original stories about magic-fueled crimes and those who investigate them

When magic is used for criminal purposes, all sorts of ethical and logistical questions arise beyond the realm of everyday law and order.

Now, sixteen top tale-tellers offer fascinating new stories of those who commit magic crimes, those who investigate them, and those who prosecute them. From a young woman who uses out-of-body excursions to research paranormal crimes to a bookie who's been paying for hex protection against magical interference to an artist who does divination through his sketched visions which may lead to a murderer's undoing, here are powerful tales of magical crimes and punishments.