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A cruel lover who refashions her prey. A bioengineered warrior on the run. An internet mapping service with a stalker\u2019s eye. A carjacker with a conscience. A Victorian thespian turned super-criminal. A murderer of video game characters. All these and more meet in the poison-soaked pages of Schemers, a genre-spanning short fiction exploration of grand schemes, Machiavellian maneuvering, and the knotty, micro-scaled twistings of the human heart.<\/p>\n
Together these writers, hailing from the disparate precincts of poetry, fantasy, science fiction, comics, gaming, crime writing, and literary fiction have entered a dark room to put their knives on the table for you. Here\u2019s a goblet of wine, to parch your thirst. Don\u2019t worry if it tastes slightly off.<\/p>\n
You can trust us.<\/p>\n
Bending genres and crossing boundaries are: “All the stories in Schemers<\/strong> were well done… A few, such as the ones I mentioned, will be stories I am not likely to forget. If you like speculative mysteries with twisty endings, give Schemers<\/strong> a try.”<\/em><\/p>\n
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\nTobias S. BUCKELL<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2022\u00a0 Jesse BULLINGTON<\/strong> \u2022\u00a0 Tania HERSHMAN<\/strong>
\nEkaterina SEDIA<\/strong> \u2022 Jonathan L. HOWARD<\/strong> \u2022\u00a0 Kyla Lee WARD<\/strong>
\nRobyn SEALE<\/strong> \u2022 Laura LUSH<\/strong> \u2022 Nick MAMATAS<\/strong> \u2022 Molly TANZER<\/strong>
\nJohn HELFERS<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2022 Gareth RYDER-HANRAHAN<\/strong>
\nElizabeth A. VAUGHAN<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 Kathryn KUITENBROUWER\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n