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Wars in the Stars Short Stories

Series: Gothic Fantasy
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Collecting the very best stories of war and escapades from across the galaxy, Wars in the Stars Short Stories brings together narratives in which political allegiances are formed, other worlds discovered, aliens confronted, and empires built and destroyed. Often impacted by environmental factors, governments, technology, and... Read More
Format: Hardback
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Collecting the very best stories of war and escapades from across the galaxy, in which political allegiances are formed, other worlds discovered, aliens confronted and empires built and destroyed. This is a gripping new collection of stories from contemporary and classic authors.

A mix of new and classic stories, a must for fans of thought-provoking space opera adventures.

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Collecting the very best stories of war and escapades from across the galaxy, Wars in the Stars Short Stories brings together narratives in which political allegiances are formed, other worlds discovered, aliens confronted, and empires built and destroyed. Often impacted by environmental factors, governments, technology, and heroic individuals, the stories in this anthology ask us to explore all perspectives.

This collection celebrates the epic adventure of space travel while also asking hard-hitting questions about war, offering a gripping new selection of stories from both contemporary and classic authors.

New, contemporary and notable writers featured are: Dr. Miles J. Breuer, Ray Cummings, Geoffrey A. Landis, Nancy Kress, Gwyneth Jones, Garrett P. Serviss, Cory Doctorow, Aliette de Bodard, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Yoon Ha Lee, and Tobias S. Bucknell.

This deluxe edition is printed on silver, matt laminated, gold and silver foil stamped, and embossed.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781835628058

Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 18 August 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Flame Tree Publishing

Contributors:

  • Literature and Science Flame Tree Studio
  • Foreword by Lisa Yaszek

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 36.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 792g

Pages: 432

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Fiction General Fiction Sci-Fi & Fantasy Science Fiction Series: Gothic Fantasy

About the Author

Created and developed at Flame Tree Publishing, independent publisher and creator of fine books, journals, notebooks and art calendars, with a focus on myths, gothic fantasy and great works. Lisa Yaszek is Regents' Professor of Science Fiction Studies at Georgia Tech and an award-winning author and editor whose work explores science fiction as a global storytelling tradition connecting past, present, and future. Her books include Sisters of Tomorrow, Literary Afrofuturism in the Twenty-First Century, and the Future Is Female! series. She received the Science Fiction Research Association's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2024.

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