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In this issue: Magic and mayhem throughout time, and humanity reaches for the stars. Plus, a new Time Trials short story by D.J. Butler!
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For Love of Magic by Simon R. Green Science vs. Magic in a Time Travel Escapade

Once upon a time, there was a forgotten era of magic and monster. But the old world has been replaced by the sane, the scientific, and the rational. But sometimes the magical past isn’t content to stay past. That’s where Jack Daimon comes in. It’s his job to protect our present from the supernatural remnants of an earlier time, a different history. Jack is called to the Tate Museum, where dozens of people have disappeared beneath the surface of a painting. While investigating, he finds himself smitten with a mysterious art expert, Amanda Fielding. But Amanda has plans of her own, and soon the two are traveling through time. As they explore histories past as written and overwritten, the balance of magic and science shifts, and the choices the two make could change the world forever.

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Life Under a Crimson Sun

Traveling to the stars will be difficult, but not, perhaps, the most difficult part. What about when we get to another star? What then? Will the planets be immediately habitable? Not likely. Will those who undertook the journey be able to easily turn around and come home if they don’t find “Earth 2‌.‌0”? Almost certainly not. Therein lies the challenge: Finding worlds that are potentially habitable and then taking the time, perhaps centuries, to make them compatible with Earth life. They will encounter mysteries and unexpected challenges, but the human spirit will endure. Join this diverse group of science fiction writers and scientists as they take up the challenge of The Ross 2‌4‌8 Project.

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The Ross 248 Project edited by Les Johnson and Ken Roy



New Fiction at Baen.com

story graphic Strange Spirits

Young Aksil, his uncle, and his brother, Udad, venture out into the wilderness in search of a spirit to heal Udad's twisted legs. There, they find that perhaps all is not what it seems and that the spirits of the wilderness may have dark intentions. Aksil will have to use his wits to keep himself and his family safe—and maybe save his brother's life.

Read “The Quail Runs,” by D.J. Butler.

And if you liked “The Quail Runs,” check out Time Trials by M.A. Rothman and D.J. Butler.



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Baen Books

coverFor Love
of Magic
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Simon R. Green


Once upon a time, there was a forgotten era of magic and monster. But the old world has been replaced by the sane, the scientific, and the rational. But sometimes the magical past isn’t content to stay past. That’s where Jack Daimon comes in. It’s his job to protect our present from the supernatural remnants of an earlier time, a different history.

coverThe Ross
2‌4‌8 Project
- HALF
edited by
Les Johnson
& Ken Roy


Traveling to the stars will be difficult, but not, perhaps, as difficult as finding worlds that are potentially habitable and then taking the time to make them compatible with Earth life. Join this diverse group of science fiction writers and scientists as they take up the challenge of The Ross 2‌4‌8 Project.

coverBlack Tide Rising: The Graphic Novel - Forthcoming
John Ringo
& Chuck Dixon


New York Times Bestseller John Ringo’s epic zombie series, adapted by comics legend Chuck Dixon! Experience John Ringo’s Black Tide Rising series as never before.

coverAurora Borealis Bridge
Jane Lindskold

Summoned to Over Where, Peg, Meg, and Teg, along with the “inquisitors” Xerak, Grunwold, and Vereez, will uncover the startling truth about what lies on the other side of the Aurora Borealis Bridge—a truth that holds the secret of Over Where, and that will change all their lives forever.

coverA New Clan
David Weber &
Jane Lindskold


Freshly home from an internship on Manticore, teenaged Stephanie Harrington is up to her eyebrows in trouble. In trying to get enough proof to get the understaffed authorities of her pioneer planet to act, Stephanie will be called upon to attempt things she never imagined doing. . . .

coverThe Jigsaw Assassin
Catherine Asaro

When a serial killer plot points to the Royalist political party, Major Bhaajan must return to the capital city. And there, she must face her most deadly foe yet: interstellar politics.


coverEinstein’s Bridge
John Cramer

Experimental physicist George Griffin makes a startling discovery: the existence of other universes and a wormhole link to one of them. He establishes communication with the denizens of that universe, only to learn that an invasion of Earth is imminent. Now, he and his colleague must travel back to 1‌9‌8‌7 and undertake the task of manipulating three presidential administrations . . . or time will run out for humanity.


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Beyond Terra Press

cover Murphy’s Lawless
Charles E. Gannon

Major Rodger Y. Murphy should have died when his helicopter crashed off the coast of Mogadishu in 1993. Instead, he woke up in 2125, in a binary star system 152 light years from home. Without any memory of the otherworldly abductors who spirited them away in cold sleep, Murphy and 100 other “Lost Soldiers” have been retrieved and awakened by officers of the Consolidated Terran Republic.

cover Watch the Skies
Charles E. Gannon

In the six months since the raid that destroyed the makeshift transmitter, the Lost Soldiers have scratched out a permanent base on the world of R’Bak. But life in an often surprising and very alien binary system has not become any easier. But all the dangers are not just the price of success; they are the price of survival.

Read more about Murphy’s Lawless—a new series in Charles E. Gannon’s Terran Republic universe.




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