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Welcome to the dark side of suburbia.

Barely employed millennials Tom and Jenny Decker have to grow up fast when they lose their cheap Manhattan apartment. Leaving "the city" is hard, but the blow is softened when they stumble upon a surprisingly affordable house in the suburbs.

For Tom, the bills, the mortgage, and Jenny's unexpected pregnancy add up to terror. He's not ready for this kind of responsibility.

Then he finds the thing in the basement. It makes him feel like a winner even as it scrambles his senses. A new job soon has him raking in the big bucks--enough that Jenny can start making her entrepreneurial dreams come true.

The Deckers' dream home conceals more than one deadly secret. As Tom's obsession with the basement grows, Jenny realizes that to save her family, she must expose everything. Before it destroys them all.

No one ever really wants to grow up... but sometimes behaving like an adult is the only way to survive.

Nebula Award nominated novella. It originally appaered in Asimov's Science Fiction, September 1996. The story can also be found in the anthology The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection (1997), edited by Gardner Dozois and the collection The Dragons of Springplace (1999).

The future could be tomorrow--or two thousand years from now...

Table of Contents:

• 8 - Discovery of the Ghooric Zone — March 15, 2337 - [Cthulhu Mythos short fiction] - novelette by Richard A. Lupoff
• 44 - The Magnificent Conspiracy - novelette by Spider Robinson
• 79 - Allies - novelette by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
• 123 - The Curandeiro - novelette by Thomas F. Monteleone
• 170 - Harry's Note - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
• 194 - Mindseye - short story by Elizabeth A. Lynn
• 209 - The Man Who Was Pregnant - short story by Elizabeth A. Lynn
• 216 - The Dark of Legends, the Light of Lies - novelette by Charles L. Grant
• 253 - How's the Night Life on Cissalda? - short story by Harlan Ellison

Table of Contents:

• 9 - Introduction (Chrysalis 2) - essay by Theodore Sturgeon
• 11 - Don't Look at Me - short story by Elizabeth A. Lynn
• 25 - Quiz Ship Loose - [Habitable Worlds] - novelette by R. A. Lafferty
• 57 - Where Is Next Door? - short story by Mildred Downey Broxon
• 79 - The Bulldog Nutcracker - short story by Robert Thurston
• 91 - One More Song Before I Go - short story by Craig Shaw Gardner
• 107 - Just in the Niche of Time - novelette by Thomas F. Monteleone
• 141 - Dragon Story - short story by Alan Ryan
• 149 - The Devil's Hop Yard - novelette by Richard A. Lupoff
• 173 - Emma - short story by Evelyn Lief
• 183 - Canary Bird - short story by Katherine MacLean
• 199 - Caught in the Crossfire - [Hammer's Slammers] - short story by David Drake
• 221 - Eclipse of the Son - short story by Jayne Tannehill
• 239 - The Last Rise of Nick Adams - short story by Philip José Farmer
• 255 - The Works of His Hand, Made Manifest - novelette by Karen G. Jollie
• 283 - Afterword (Chrysalis 2) - essay by Roy Torgeson

Table of Contents:

• 9 - Introduction (Chrysalis 3) - essay by Theodore Sturgeon
• 17 - Chrysalis Three - novelette by Karen G. Jollie
• 59 - Bright Flightways - short story by R. A. Lafferty
• 71 - The Fossil - short story by Susan Janice Anderson
• 76 - Circus - short story by Elizabeth A. Lynn
• 92 - Kicks Are for Kids - short story by Edward Bryant
• 98 - Dragon's Teeth - novelette by Karl Hansen
• 127 - Seedplanter - short story by Robert Thurston
• 134 - Couples - short story by Dennis R. Caro
• 145 - Best Interests - short story by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
• 160 - It Must Be by His Death - short story by Alan Ryan
• 171 - The Imperfect Lover - short story by Thomas F. Monteleone
• 178 - Alone and Palely Loitering - novelette by David Bischoff
• 214 - Vernalfest Morning - short story by Michael Bishop
• 223 - The Man Who Walked Through Cracks - novelette by R. A. Lafferty
• 246 - In Time, Everything - short story by Mildred Downey Broxon
• 254 - The Spoiled Wife - short story by Robert Bloch
• 264 - The Peace That Passes Never - [Oxrun] - short story by Charles L. Grant
• 283 - Afterword (Chrysalis 3) - essay by Roy Torgeson

Table of Contents:

• 9 - Introduction (Chrysalis 4) - essay by Roy Torgeson
• 13 - When Dark Descends - novelette by Charles L. Grant and Thomas F. Monteleone
• 46 - The Word - novella by Gregory Long
• 90 - St. Poleander's Eve - [Men Who Knew Everything] - novelette by R. A. Lafferty
• 118 - Wires - short story by Karl Hansen
• 134 - Local Champ - short story by Spider Robinson
• 142 - Fugitive Colors - novelette by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
• 163 - Near of Kin - short story by Octavia E. Butler
• 176 - Vibrations - novella by Robert Thurston
• 237 - Eumenides in the Fourth-Floor Lavatory - novelette by Orson Scott Card
• 262 - Good Night, Thou Child of My Heart - novelette by Alan Ryan

Table of Contents:

• 9 - Introduction (Chrysalis 5) - essay by Roy Torgeson
• 17 - Adagio and Benediction - short story by Orson Scott Card
• 29 - Returning to Center - short story by Susan Janice Anderson
• 49 - And Weary of the Sun - novelette by Charles L. Grant
• 70 - Wave Rider - short story by Hilbert Schenck
• 89 - Sheets - short story by Alan Ryan
• 104 - My Father's Head - novelette by Tim Sullivan
• 142 - Portrait for a Blind Man - short story by Karl Hansen
• 159 - Nightbird at the Window - short story by Pat Murphy
• 171 - Comets and Kings - short story by S. P. Somtow [as by Somtow Sucharitkul]
• 191 - All the Stage, a World - short story by David Bischoff [as by Dave F. Bischoff]
• 202 - The Faces of Men - novelette by Glenn Chang
• 245 - Reading Day - short story by Barry N. Malzberg and Bill Pronzini [as by Barry Malzberg and Bill Pronzini]
• 250 - A Long, Bright Day by the Sea of Utner - short story by Cherry Wilder
• 261 - Gods in the Fire, Gods in the Rain - novelette by Jay A. Parry

The Chrysalis series presents the very best writing by recognized masters of the art of science fiction, established professionals and brillian mewcomers. 13 stories are included.

Table of Contents:

• 7 - Introduction (Chrysalis 6) - essay by Roy Torgeson
• 13 - The Star-Filled Sea Is Smooth Tonight - (1977) - short story by Thomas F. Monteleone
• 31 - The Wood for the Trees - short story by Leanne Frahm
• 44 - Who Calls Me Villain? - novelette by James A. Corrick
• 68 - With Mingled Feelings of Anticipation and Apprehension the Emigrants Leave Their Native Earth for a Far-Off Destination - short story by Ward Moore
• 79 - A Lingering Scent of Jasmine - short story by Pat Murphy
• 98 - The Rec Field - short story by Bill Pronzini
• 107 - The Wizard of Shensi Province - novelette by Glenn Chang
• 132 - Try to Remember - (1960) - short story by R. A. Lafferty
• 139 - Horatio Hornblower and the Songs of Innocence - short story by Rick Wilber [as by Richard Wilber]
• 154 - Thirty-Six Views of His Dead Majesty - novelette by Barry N. Malzberg [as by Barry Malzberg]
• 178 - Apollyon Ex Machina - short story by Stephen Goldin
• 192 - Ultima Thule - short story by Arline Todd
• 200 - The Burden of Their Song - novella by Karl Hansen

Table of Contents:

• 4 - Introduction (Chrysalis 7) - essay by Roy Torgeson
• 10 - Deus Ex Corporus - novelette by Leanne Frahm
• 32 - We'll Have Such a Good Time, Lover - short story by Edward Bryant
• 44 - Stretch Forth Thine Hand - novelette by Gregory Long
• 75 - Sonata for Three Electrodes - short story by Thomas F. Monteleone
• 90 - Forests of Night - novella by Karl Hansen
• 182 - The Artist in the Small Room Above - short story by Al Sarrantonio
• 194 - A Cross-Country Trip to Kill Richard Nixon - novelette by Orson Scott Card
• 217 - A Long Way Home - novelette by Paul Cook [as by Paul H. Cook]
• 249 - Of Crystalline Labyrinths and the New Creation - novelette by Michael Bishop

Table of Contents:

• vii - Introduction (Chrysalis 8) - essay by Roy Torgeson
• 1 - You Are My Sunshine - novelette by Tanith Lee
• 20 - Beachcomber - short story by Mike Resnick
• 24 - Emily Dickinson - Saved from Drowning - [Sigmund Freud] - short story by Barry N. Malzberg [as by Barry Malzberg]
• 32 - The King Is Dead! Long Live— - short story by Jayge Carr
• 43 - Hart's Hope - novella by Orson Scott Card
• 134 - Wryneck, Draw Me - novelette by Margaret St. Clair
• 148 - The Cathedral in Dying Time - short story by Sharon Webb
• 152 - Proteus - short story by Paul Cook [as by Paul H. Cook]
• 161 - Angels' Wings - novelette by S. P. Somtow [as by Somtow Sucharitkul]
• 177 - Filmmaker - short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• 189 - Crocodile - short story by R. A. Lafferty
• 199 - Barrier - short story by Leanne Frahm

Table of Contents:

• 1 - Introduction (Chrysalis 9) - essay by Roy Torgeson
• 4 - A Child of Earth and Starry Heaven - novelette by S. P. Somtow [as by Somtow Sucharitkul]
• 20 - Tomorrow Mourning - short story by Simon Hawke [as by Nicholas V. Yermakov]
• 31 - The Hashed Brown Buggy - short story by Margaret St. Clair
• 38 - Dancing in the Dark - novelette by Glenn Chang
• 67 - Orange Blossom Time - short story by Pat Murphy
• 77 - Again, the Hit-and-Miss - short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• 80 - A Good Place to Be - short story by Cynthia Felice
• 93 - The Ballad of Lady Blue - novella by Karl Hansen
• 141 - That They Be Saved - short story by Al Sarrantonio
• 150 - Hunting the Dragonblood - short story by Patrick H. Adkins
• 162 - The Sound of Hawkwings Dissolving - short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• 171 - Gemini - novelette by Tanith Lee

Table of Contents:

• vii - Introduction (Chrysalis 10) - essay by Roy Torgeson
• 1 - Moulder Moulder - short story by Jay A. Parry
• 14 - The Warmth of the Stars - novelette by David Bischoff [as by David F. Bischoff]
• 39 - As Time Goes By - short story by Tanith Lee
• 53 - Mechanic - short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• 56 - One More Time - short story by Andrew Weiner
• 66 - Devil and the Dancer - [Dilvish] - (1982) - novelette by Roger Zelazny
• 100 - The Mechanical Boy - short story by Thomas F. Monteleone
• 111 - The Legend of the Paper Spaceship - novelette by ????
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• 1978) [as by Tetsu Yano]
• 131 - Lost - short story by Leanne Frahm
• 137 - A Little Moonshine - short story by Connie Willis
• 146 - A Traveler in an Antique Land - novelette by Gardner Dozois

Like millions of people around the world, Jeremy Logan (famed enigmalogist, or investigator of unexplained things) has grown to rely on his incredible new tech device. Made by Chrysalis, the global multibillion dollar tech company, the small optical device connects people in a stunning new way, tapping into virtual reality for the first time on a wide scale.

And yet, when Logan is summoned by Chrysalis to investigate a disturbing anomaly in the massive new product rollout, Logan is shocked to see the true scope of the massive company. He also quickly realizes that something in Chrysalis's technology is very wrong, and could be potentially devastating. The question is what, and where, is the danger coming from? In Lincoln Child's wildly inventive new novel, high tech comes to life alongside the myriad dangers it poses, making for one of Child's most infectious, entertaining thrillers to date.

When the sensors of the U.S.S. Voyager detect abundant plant life on an unexplored planet, Captain Janeway leads an Away Team in search of fresh food supplies. They find lavish gardens inhabited by an enigmatic alien race that holds the gardens sacred. The fragrent blossoms are beautiful, enticing -- and far more dangerous than they appear. One by one, the Away Team begins to fall into deep comas from which they cannot be revived.

Unwilling to spread the affliction to Voyager, the Away Team is trapped on the planet until a cure can be found, but their investigation is perceived as desecration by the devout worshippers of the gardens. Pursued by a fanactical mob, slowly succumbing to the insidious effect of the blossoms, Janeway faces either a violent death -- or an endless sleep.