Ebook Stories of a Dying Planet - Flame Tree Publishing

Resources are running out, the population is exploding, and the planet is in danger: are we masters of our own destruction, or have we been attacked by aliens seeking mass extinction? Is this a pattern across the universe, or just in our small sector of cosmic life?

This new title from our popular Gothic Fantasy Short Stories series explores the theme of a dying planet, written by a fantastic mix of classic, ancient, and entirely new writers, with contemporary authors from around the world. For the first time, we have made a conscious effort to go beyond our usual submissions, seeking broader voices. This book offers a wonderful blend of American, British, Canadian, Italian, Indian, Spanish, and Chinese writers, with contributions from Elizabeth Rubio, John B. Rosenman, Francesco Verso, Marian Womack, Zach Shephard, EE King, Raymond Little, Ken Liu, Shikhandin, Alex Shvartsman, and many others.

Also appearing for the first time in these pages are works by Camille Flammarion, Clark Ashton Smith, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Jack London, William Hope Hodgson, HG Wells, and, reaching much further back, Norse Eddas and Sagas, as well as ancient Egyptian myths of humanity’s demise.

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