Schemers

In this innovative anthology of genre-spanning short fiction, each never-before-published story relates the impact of a manipulative influence on the lives of hapless victims. These poison-soaked pages offer a cruel lover who refashions her prey, a bioengineered warrior who goes on the run, an internet mapping service with a stalker’s eye, a carjacker with a conscience, a Victorian thespian who turns supercriminal, and a murderer of video game characters. These stories, by writers including Jesse Bullington, Tobias S. Buckell, Ekaterina Sedia, and more, all explore the grand schemes, Machiavellian maneuvering, and the knotty, micro-scaled twistings of the human heart.

Robin D. Laws is an author, a game designer, and a podcaster. He is the editor of The Lion and the Aardvark and Shotguns v. Cthulhu, and the author of Blood of the City, New Tales of the Yellow Sign, and Pierced Heart. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.