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War has come in this sequel to the best-selling novel THE LOST LEVEL. The snake-like Anunnaki have always been a blight for the people living in the hidden dimension known as the Lost Level, but now, the denizens are fighting back. After their community is decimated and their loved ones are enslaved in the aftermath of a devastating Anunnaki attack, Aaron Pace leads a diverse group of warriors -- including the bowwoman Tolia, the mighty Karenk, a baby Triceratops, and a time-displaced Ambrose Bierce -- on a trek through primordial jungles, dark forests, and a sun-blasted desert while battling pterodactyls, man-eating worms, and other dangers.Can their small band lay siege to the Anunnaki city and rescue their friends, or will they suffer the same cruel fate so many others have before them? Find out in Brian Keene's RETURN TO THE LOST LEVEL.Includes a bonus short story!

White brings with it dreams of respect, of wealth, of simply being treated as a human being. It's the one thing Walter will never be. But what if he could play white, the way so many others seem to do? Would it bring him privilege or simply deny the pain? The title story in this collection asks those questions, and then moves on to challenge notions of race, privilege, personal choice, and even life and death with equal vigor.From the spectrum spanning despair and hope in "What She Saw When They Flew Away" to the stark weave of personal struggles in "Chocolate Park," Let's Play White speaks with the voices of the overlooked and unheard. "I Make People Do Bad Things" shines a metaphysical light on Harlem's most notorious historical madame, and then, with a deft twist into melancholic humor, "Cue: Change" brings a zombie-esque apocalypse, possibly for the betterment of all mankind. Gritty and sublime, the stories of Let's Play White feature real people facing the worlds they're given, bringing out the best and the worst of what it means to be human. If you're ready to slip into someone else's skin for a while, then it's time to come play white. Blurbs:"These raw, brutal stories, often with intriguingly open endings, display an odd and unsettling relationships to the poetry of violence. These dark tales announce the arrival of a formidable new master of the macabre." -Samuel R. Delany, author of Dhalgren and Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders"What a stunning collection. Let's Play White... and so on time. [Chesya Burke has] touched something special in [her] stories. I'm a big Octavia Butler fan and I see a peek of that as well as some latter-day Toni Morrison [within these pages]. I see the light and warmth [Chesya is] offering. There definitely is magic in that. The short story, next to poetry, is the most difficult writing form. [Chesya has] tamed it and made it yield to [her] touch."-Nikki Giovanni, Grammy-nominated spoken word artist and poet Cover Artist:Jordan Casteel About the Author:Chesya Burke has published over forty short stories in various venues including Dark Dreams: Horror and Suspense by Black Writers, Voices From the Other Side, and Whispers in the Night, each published by Kensington Publishing Corp. as well as the historical, science, and speculative fiction magazine, Would That It Were, and many more. Several of her articles appeared in the African American National Biography, published by Harvard and Oxford University Press, and she won the 2004 Twilight Tales award for short fiction. Chesya attends Agnes Scott College, where she studies creative writing and the African diaspora as it relates to race, class and gender. Many of these themes find themselves appearing in her fiction.

Visit the edgier side of science fiction. From funkadelic airships to post-apocalyptic advertising, you're sure to find brilliant and original short fiction in our second Book of Apex. These stories represent the second year of original online content from Apex Magazine. Enjoy work from acclaimed story masters such as Jennifer Pelland, Ekaterina Sedia, Mary Robinette Kowal, Peter M. Ball, Seanan McGuire, Mark Henry, and many more! Table of Contents"She Called Me Sweetie"-Glenn Lewis Gillette"...That Has Such People in It"-Jennifer Pelland"Pimp My Airship"-Maurice Broaddus"Kenny 149"-Brad Becraft"Advertising at the End of the World"-Keffy R.M. Kehrli"Fungal Gardens"-Ekaterina Sedia"Ghost Technology from the Sun"-Paul Jessup"A Poor Man's Roses"-Alethea Kontis"To Dream of Stars: An Astronomer's Lament"-Peter M. Ball"Benjamin Schneider's Little Greys"-Nir Yaniv"After the Fire"-Aliette de Bodard"Overclocking"-James L. Sutter"59 Beads"-Rochita Loenen-Ruiz"Wondrous Days"-Genevieve Valentine"White Christmas"-James F. Reilly"The Lady or the Tiger"-J.M. McDermott"p.a. chic"-Tobias Amadon Bengelsdorf"Beyond the Garden Close"-Mary Robinette Kowal"The Bride Replete"-Mary Robinette Kowal"Dying with Her Cheer Pants On"-Seanan McGuire"Seafoam"-Mark Henry"The Last Stand of the Ant Maker"-Paul Jessup"City of Refuge"-Jerry L. Gordon"Sol Asleep"-Naomi Libicki"Laika's Dream"-Holly Hight"Artifact"-Peter Atwood"Schrodinger's Pussy"-Terra Lemay

Visit the darker side of science fiction. From post-apocalyptic punkbands to the unearthing of ancient beings in a coal mine, from Moreau'sbeast men to a dreamy theatrical wonderland, explore the fiction thatdescends from the darkest pits of the human mind. These storiesrepresent the first year of original online content from Apex Magazine.Enjoy work from acclaimed masters such as Theodora Goss, EkaterinaSedia, Mary Robinette Kowal, Lavie Tidhar, Gord Sellar, JenniferPelland, George Mann, and many more!Contains the following dark SF stories published in Apex Magazine from January 1, 2008 through June 30th, 2009: Table of Contents¿Post Apocalypse¿ ¿ James Walton Langolf¿These Days¿ ¿ Katherine Sparrow¿In the Seams¿ ¿ Andrew C. Porter¿The Nature of Blood¿ ¿ George Mann¿Scenting the Dark¿ ¿ Mary Robinette Kowal¿The Limb Knitter¿ ¿ Steven Francis Murphy¿I Know an Old Lady¿ ¿ Nathan Rosen¿Blakenjel¿ ¿ Lavie Tidhar¿Behold: Skowt!¿ ¿ Jason Heller¿A Splash of Color¿ ¿ William T. Vandemark¿A Night at the Empire¿ ¿ Joy Marchand¿Organ Nell¿ ¿ Jennifer Pelland¿Starter House¿ ¿ Jason Palmer¿On the Shadow Side of the Beast¿ ¿ Ruth Nestvold¿Cai and Her Ten Thousand Husbands¿ ¿ Gord Sellar¿Dark Planet¿ ¿ Lavie Tidhar¿The Pumä ¿ Theodora Goss¿Mind of a Pig¿ ¿ Ekaterina Sedia¿Waiting for Jakie¿ ¿ Barbara Krasnoff¿Hindsight, In Neon¿ ¿ Jamie Todd Rubin¿Clockwork, Patchwork and Ravens¿ ¿ Peter M. Ball¿Hideki and the Gnomes¿ ¿ Mark Lee Pearson¿Plebiscite AV3X¿ ¿ Jason Fischer¿Shaded Streams Run Clearest¿ ¿ Geoffrey W. Cole