That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made

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"That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made" won the 2010 Nebula Award for Best Novelette, awarded by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and is a nominee for the Hugo Award for Best Novelette, awarded at the World Science Fiction Convention. The story was originally published in the September 2010 issue of Analog Science Fiction & Fact.

Harry Malan is the president of a Mormon congregation on a station in the center of the Sun, where humans interact with "swales"--gigantic star-dwelling plasma beings. When a Mormon swale has a problem, Harry is determined to resolve it, even if it means confronting Leviathan, the largest swale.

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Tabloid Reporter to the Stars

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Lawrence Jensen is a disgraced science reporter forced to earn a living working for a tabloid. Then he wins the lottery to pick the journalist who will go on mankind's first interstellar mission. It's his shot at redemption -- but can he ever overcome his past?

"Tabloid Reporter to the Stars" is a novelette that was originally published in Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show, February 2007.

Eric James Stone is a Nebula Award nominee and a Writers of the Future Contest winner. He is the author of over two dozen stories that have been published in venues such as Year's Best SF, Analog, and Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show.

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The Robot Sorcerer

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A Multi-Environment Robotic Lander (Intelligent Navigation) -- MERLIN, for short -- is sent through a wormhole to see what's on the other side. It ends up in a fantasy world where magic works.

"The Robot Sorcerer" is a short story that was originally published in Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show, December 2008.

Eric James Stone is a Nebula Award nominee and a Writers of the Future Contest winner. He is the author of over two dozen stories that have been published in venues such as Year's Best SF, Analog, and Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show.

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THE LIVING ROOM OF THE DEAD (The Ray Sharp Novels)

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The first Ray Sharp detective thriller, set in Asia and based on true stories.

Introducing Ray Sharp, American expatriate journalist, detective, confused human being just trying to do at least a little something right in the world. Helping out the brother of a colleague, Ray gets tangled up in the sleazy and deadly world of the Russian white slave trade. Based on a true story, the action moves from Hong Kong to Macau to an island brothel run ty the Chinese Navy in the South China Sea and finally to its conclusion in Vladivostok in Russia's wild far east.

"The Living Room of the Dead is a well-written suspenseful, enthralling, and very uncomfortable book to read... Not a cheerful book, but a compelling book. Gritty and violent, difficult to put down even in the ugly parts. A fine first novel inspired by a true story." - PJ Coldren, Crimespree magazine.

"The author gives the readers descriptions of HOng Kong, Macau and Vladivostok on a par with Paul Theroux's travel pieces...a successful debut." - Bernard Trink, Bangkok Post

“It's enjoyable, all the more so for plotting that is a bit close to the edge sometimes. It's all very "noir", filled with introspection, editorial asides, snide commentary and swearing (impressively in at least three languages.) [Stone] can actually write: the pages turn very quickly.” - Peter Gordon, Asian Review of Books.

“I was taken for a ride through a slime pit of horrors that had me turning the pages. A very interesting debut. Not for the faint of heart.” - Sally Owen, Bookaholic.

"The Living Room of the Dead is a stylish, fresh take on classic noir themes. You won't soon forget Eric Stone's vivid depictions of Macau and Vladivostok -- or the sad, doomed characters who think they're simply passing through." - Laura Lippman

"Auspicious debut thriller by a former journalist who knows the exotic locales whereof he writes: the story is original and compelling, a page-turner with the spare, relentless style of Dennis Lehane or Michael Connelly." - John Farris

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ONE TURBO-CHARGED NIGHT IN DELHI

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A taxi driver, an ox-drawn cart, a Ferrari, widows and orphans, strippers, Gandhi and really bad beer. A true short story.

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Resonance

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The race to win the prize for the first functioning space elevator turns deadly when terrorists destroy one of the competitors. But Grant Sullivan has risked his whole company on building a space elevator, so he must overcome lawsuits, unfriendly governments, technical difficulties, and other problems in order win.

"Resonance" is a novelette that was originally published in Analog Science Fiction & Fact, September 2005.

Eric James Stone is a Nebula Award nominee and a Writers of the Future Contest winner. He is the author of over two dozen stories that have been published in venues such as Year's Best SF, Analog, and Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show.

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