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In this issue: short stories from the creator of MHI, the British Empire extends outward into the solar system, and where to look for extra-solar life. All that, plus the winner of this year’s Jim Baen Memorial Short Story contest!
   June 2018
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Larry Correia Takes Aim at the Short Story

Together for the first time, fourteen action-packed tales of demons, monsters, vampires, and cosmic horrors too terrible to name—and the men and women who take them all down. Oh, and toss in an interdimensional insurance salesman for good measure. You’ll also find: An elven princess from the pages of Monster Hunter International, a samurai pirate with a blood vendetta against an extremely large sea beast, a magic-wielding P.I. who walks the mean streets of Detroit, and much, much more!

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book cover The Union Jack Takes to Space

In an alternate future where the British empire never crumbled, the space ships of Her Majesty’s Navy work to keep the spaceways safe. But there are those among the stars who are not so happy being subjects of the British Empire. In the Tau Ceti system, a cauldron of trouble brews as a terrorist faction of the rebellious Sons of Arnold attacks the empire from within, and warships of the theocratic Caliphate enter the system, prepared to do their worst to destroy the hated empire head on. Yet standing against the coming anarchy and tyranny is one intrepid spy prepared to risk all for queen and empire.

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New Fiction and Nonfiction at Baen.com

Winner of the Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Contest

A lot can go wrong when you’re conducting research on Titan—even if you’re comfortably situated in a ship orbiting Saturn, piloting a “homunculus” remotely on the surface. Stephen Lawson presents a most unique vision of the future of space exploration in this year’s Jim Baen Memorial Short Story contest winner.

Read “Homunculus” by Stephen Lawson here.


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To Seek Out New Life

Even before Giovanni Schiaparelli announced that he had discovered canals on the planet Mars, we here on Earth have dreamed of making contact with alien life. And while we now know that the Red Planet doesn’t host any advanced civilizations, that hasn’t stopped humanity from searching for extraterrestrial life. The question is: Where do we look? In this month’s nonfiction essay, Kerry Hensley points us in what may be the right direction.

Read “Life Beyond Earth? Look to Small Stars” by Kerry Hensley here.


Vote for The Year’s Best Military and Adventure SF Readers’ Choice Award

Baen Books is pleased to announce the forth annual Year’s Best Military and Adventure Science Fiction Readers’ Choice Award. The award honors the best of the best in this grand storytelling tradition, and its winner will receive an inscribed plaque and a $500 prize. And YOU are the judge! Choose your favorite story from the contents of The Year’s Best Military and Adventure SF, Vol. 4 and reward its author for excellence.

Find out more here.


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Don’t Touch that Dial: It’s the Baen Free Radio Hour

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Coming soon to the Baen Free Radio Hour: Grantville Gazette VIII editors Eric Flint and Walt Boyes, plus authors from the collection, discuss their stories and the Ring of Fire alternate history universe. And don’t miss part two of the author spouses roundtable featuring Sharon Rice-Weber, Bridget Correia, Emily Butler, Mona Pinette, Maggie Nowakowska, and Dan Hoyt!

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Baen Ebook Releases

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Target Rich Environment - HALF
Larry Correia


Together for the first time, fourteen action-packed tales of demons, monsters, vampires, and cosmic horrors too terrible to name—and the men and women who take them all down. Oh, and toss in an interdimensional insurance salesman for good measure. The first-ever collection of short fiction from New York Times best-selling author Larry Correia.

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Ashes of Victory
David Weber

The People's Republic of Haven made a tiny mistake when it announced the execution of Honor Harrington. It seemed safe enough. Unfortunately, they were wrong. Now Honor has escaped from the prison planet called Hell and returned to the Manticoran Alliance—and she’s brought a few friends with her.
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Her Majesty’s American - HALF
Steve White


In an alternate future where the British empire never crumbled, the space ships of Her Majesty’s Navy work to keep the spaceways safe. But there are those among the stars who are not so happy being subjects of the British Empire, and they will do their worst to destroy the hated empire head on. Yet standing against the coming anarchy and tyranny is one intrepid spy prepared to risk all for queen and empire.
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Sheepfarmer’s Daughter
Elizabeth Moon


Paksenarrion—Paks, for short—refuses her father's orders to marry the pig farmer down the road and is off to join the army. And so her adventure begins—the adventure that transforms her into a hero remembered in songs, chosen by the gods to restore a lost ruler to his throne.
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Tinker
Wen Spencer

Inventor, girl genius Tinker lives in a near-future Pittsburgh which now exists mostly in the land of the elves. She runs her salvage business, pays her taxes, and tries to keep the local ambient level of magic down with gadgets of her own design. When a pack of wargs chase an Elven noble into her scrap yard, life as she knows it takes a serious detour.
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The Alexander Inheritance
Eric Flint, Gorg Huff & Paula Goodlett

What was supposed to be a relaxing cruise becomes a nightmare when the modern-day cruise ship the Queen of the Sea is transported through time and space. Now two thousand years in the past and afloat in the middle of the Mediterranean, the passengers and crew of the Queen of the Sea must band together to find a way to survive in a chaotic world—and start to build a brighter future.
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Straight Outta Tombstone
ed. by David Boop

All new stories of the weird, wild west. These tales aren’t the ones your grandpappy spun around a campfire, unless he spoke of soul-sucking ghosts, steam-powered demons and wayward aliens. Includes stories from Larry Correia, Jim Butcher, Kevin J. Anderson, Alan Dean Foster, Sarah A. Hoyt, Jody Lynn Nye, Michael A. Stackpole, and many more.
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Choosing Names: Man-Kzin Wars VIII
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created by Larry Niven


In the very earliest days of interplanetary exploration, an unarmed human vessel was set upon by a warship from the planet Kzin—home of the fiercest warriors in Known Space. And thus began THE MAN-KZIN WARS. Now, several centuries later, the Kzinti are about to get yet another lesson in why it pays to be polite to those hairless monkeys from planet Earth.
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Birds of Prey
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David Drake


Rome, 262 A.D. It has been the capital of the greatest civilization on Earth. Now both city and civilization are dying. One man stands between humanity and the Long Night. He is Aulus Prennius, an Imperial secret agent as tough and ruthless as the age in which he lives. Until now, though, his enemies have all been human . . .

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Wordfire Press

Residue
Steve Diamond

Stranger Things meets Monster Hunter International in a story about 17-year-old Jack Bishop, who can see the psychic residue left behind by monsters and murder victims.

Singularity
Bill DeSmedt

What if the Tunguska impact of 1908, the “cosmic mystery of the millennium,” was caused by a primordial black hole? What if that object—smaller than an atom, more massive than a mountain, older than the stars—has been orbiting inside the earth? What if only a rookie government agent and a clairvoyant consultant stand in the way of a Russian billionaire wielding that black hole to change history—or end it?

Escape Hatch
Kevin J. Anderson

As Earth’s Planetary Navy fights against an alien infestation in the oceans, the greatest military commanders are being massacred. Their only hope is an “escape hatch,” in which they can switch places at the last moment with an expendable “cannon fodder” soldier. But one of those cannon fodder recruits does not want to go quietly.

Prisoner of War
Kevin J. Anderson

Barto is a genetically engineered soldier in a future war. He has body armor, enhanced reflexes, a laser lance as a deadly weapon. His entire life has been designed for combat, to kill and die on the battlefield, to destroy the Enemy. That is all he knows. But when he is cut off from his squadron, freed from the constant drone of commands, he is confronted with the most terrifying crisis—the possibility of peace.


Theogeny Books

Red Tide
Chris Kennedy

For decades, the only thing that kept China from invading Taiwan was the American promise to defend it, even if that meant World War III. To date, China hasn’t been ready to go that far. But what if China figured out a way to put the United States on the sidelines of their fight to regain Taiwan? Would they do it then? Could China attack the United States to get back Taiwan? We thought the war against China would be fought in Asia. We were wrong.

Occupied Seattle
Chris Kennedy

Yesterday, China captured the cities of Seattle and Tacoma, Washington, in a surprise attack. The Chinese also captured six American nuclear warheads and are not afraid to use them on American soil. When all seems lost, America’s hopes are riding on a shot-down F-18 pilot, a retired Navy SEAL, and a platoon of Army Rangers.

Earth Song Overture
Mark Wandrey

When strange portals to other worlds appear in Central Park, no one knows if they are a gift from the Angels of God, or a way for them to invade Earth at its most vulnerable moment? Disgraced astronomer Mindy Patoy learns of an asteroid bearing down on Earth and finds herself drawn inexplicably to New York City, where she struggles to unravel the mystery of the portal. As the asteroid bears down, time is running out, and New York City has become a war zone. Civilization is shaking itself to pieces as factions around the globe battle over the portals, and the asteroid draws ever closer. Is the Song of Earth about to end, or is it just beginning?


JABberwocky Literary Agency

All Hail Our Robot Conquerors!
ed. by Joshua Palmatier & Patricia Bray

The robots of the 50s and 60s science fiction movies and novels captured our hearts and our imaginations. Now, with a touch of nostalgia and a little tongue-in-cheek humor, here are fifteen stories from today’s leading science fiction and fantasy authors that take us back to the time of evil robot overlords, invading armies, and not-quite-trustworthy mechanical companions.

Alien Artifacts
ed. by Joshua Palmatier & Patricia Bray

What might we run into as we expand beyond Earth and into the stars? As we explore our own solar system and beyond, it seems inevitable that we’ll run into alien . . . and what they’ve left behind. In this anthology, nineteen of today’s leading science fiction and fantasy authors explore how discovering long lost relics of alien civilizations might change humanity.

Were-
ed. by Joshua Palmatier & Patricia Bray

Werewolves rule the night in urban fantasy, but everyone knows there are other were-creatures out there just as dangerous and deadly. Here are seventeen stories of urban fantasy by today’s leading science fiction and fantasy authors that introduce you to some of those other were-creatures, the ones hiding in the dark background shadows, waiting to bite.

Temporally Out of Order
ed. by Joshua Palmatier & Patricia Bray

What would you do if you discovered your cell phone linked you to a different time? Or that your camera took pictures of the past? What if the techno-gadgets we rely on every day were to become “temporally” out of order? In this collection, seventeen leading science fiction authors share their take on what happens when gadgets run temporally amok. From past to future, humor to horror, there’s something for everyone.


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