Sinister Regard

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Sinister Regard is a small publisher of fine print and electronic books, based in New York City.

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Inclination
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 19,110. Language: English. Published: May 26, 2020 by Sinister Regard. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Hard sci-fi, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Science Fiction
Jude is not your typical teenage boy, even among the other kids in his cloistered religious enclave. He belongs to the Machinist Guild, a group that forbids the use of any technology more advanced than a doorknob. But advanced technology can be hard to avoid when you live in an overlooked corner of Netherview Station—a giant wheel in space, twelve light-years from earth. Hugo and Nebula nominee!
An Alternate History of the 21st Century: Stories
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 34,370. Language: English. Published: September 3, 2019 by Sinister Regard. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories, Fiction » Science fiction » Hard sci-fi
“Shunn is a fine writer; ingenious, stylish, closely in touch with current global trends and expert in producing thought-provoking near-future SF, and at last he has a collection to show off that keen ability.”—Nick Gevers, Locus Magazine From time travel to nanoterrorism, Los Angeles to Lagrange Point 2, discover a world that’s always surprising but never unfamiliar. Discover the 21st century.
Cast a Cold Eye
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 23,130. Language: English. Published: July 30, 2019 by Sinister Regard. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Horror » Ghost
“A genuinely spooky story that lies somewhere near the place where fantasy, horror, and science fiction meet.” —Harry Turtledove From Aurora and Sunburst Award nominee Derryl Murphy and Hugo and Nebula Award nominee William Shunn comes a chilling ghost story set in the aftermath of the worst pandemic the world has ever known.
Our Dependence on Foreign Keys
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 11,220. Language: English. Published: May 2, 2017 by Sinister Regard. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Hard sci-fi, Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
When high-tech partycrashers swarm his exclusive soirée high above the floodways of New York City, billionaire Pell Franziskaner can't be sure whether it's a garden-variety annoyance or a prelude to murder. His own. Environment, economics, and augmented reality collide in this tale of reputation, revenge, and artificial intelligences so advanced they run directly on the fabric of spacetime.
After the Earthquake a Fire
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 10,900. Language: English. Published: April 25, 2017 by Sinister Regard. Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Coming of age
Elder Rigby is a young Mormon from Utah serving a mission in northern Idaho, though to him it's more like serving a prison sentence. Then, between the boredom and broken rules, he meets Minnie, an elderly Russian Jew scarred by some of the worst atrocities of the early 20th century, and Elder Rigby must confront the bleakness of his own existence, and the limits of faith.
The Accidental Terrorist: Confessions of a Reluctant Missionary
Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 126,580. Language: English. Published: November 10, 2015 by Sinister Regard. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » Biography » Cultural heritage
1987. A faltering missionary named Bill Shunn lands himself in a Canadian jail on charges of hijacking. 1844. A frontier prophet named Joseph Smith lands himself in an Illinois jail on charges of treason. This riveting memoir weaves from these stories a spellbinding tapestry of deception, desperation and defiance. Answer its call and you'll never look at a Mormon missionary the same way again.
The Revivalist
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 29,720. Language: English. Published: August 11, 2015 by Sinister Regard. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Apocalyptic, Fiction » Science fiction » Hard sci-fi
Forty years ago, a military experiment in nanotechnology ran amok, wiping out most of North America and rendering it an uninhabitable plain of silvery goo. Against all odds, the town of Wellington, Nevada, has held off the threat, and survived. But when a wagon train appears on the horizon, somehow crossing the silver tide without harm, all that will change.
The Conscience of the King
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 21,980. Language: English. Published: July 14, 2015 by Sinister Regard. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Fantasy » Dark
Pascal Demain is the new young court magician at Montravel Keep, charged by King Philip with maintaining the deep energies that support the castle—at the expense of the realm itself. Troubled, Pascal has just begun to question his role in the land’s depletion when the troupe of actors appears on the horizon. Do they bring answers or evil—or both?
Whether We Are Mended: Three Love Stories
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 41,780. Language: English. Published: June 16, 2015 by Sinister Regard. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories, Fiction » Science fiction » Hard sci-fi
Here, in three wildly different stories, Perry Slaughter gives us romance as only he could—or would. With settings ranging from Earth to distant planets to parallel worlds, with characters running the gamut from human to cyborg to alien, he shows us love in all its dirty, wretched, heartfelt squalor.
Deus Ex Machina
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 17,370. Language: English. Published: May 19, 2015 by Sinister Regard. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » High tech, Fiction » Science fiction » Cyberpunk
With the computer called ARTHUR, Cliff Peabody has made a major breakthrough in artificial intelligence. It should be the most triumphant event of his professional career—but why, then, is the federal government invading his laboratories? Why is half the country suffering an inexplicable power outage? And, most disturbing of all, why is reality going haywire in the vicinity of Cliff’s office?
Chairman of the Board
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 24,820. Language: English. Published: December 10, 2014 by Sinister Regard. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Occult, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller
Though a major chess and computer nerd, Sam Pauling finds himself caught up against his will with the local party crowd and their decadent entertainment of choice — a ouija board with a particularly nasty sense of humor. When a moment of temptation leaves the occult device in his possession, Sam learns to his horror that every slope is slippery and all morality relative.
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