Dozois, Gardner (ed) - Dangerous Games / Дозуа, Гарднер - Опасные игры [2008, EPUB, ENG]

The Prize of Peril / Премия за риск short story by Robert Sheckley Anda's Game / Игра Энды novelette by Cory Doctorow Ladies and Gentlemen, This Is Your Crisis! short fiction by Kate Wilhelm Stroboscopic short story by Alastair Reynolds Synthetic Serendipity / Комплексная интуиция short story by Vernor Vinge How We Got in Town and Out Again / Чужие в городе novelette by Jonathan Lethem Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland short story by Gwyneth Jones The Halfway House at the Heart of Darkness / Дом на полпути из тьмы short story by William Browning Spencer Her Own Private Sitcom short story by Allen Steele The Ichneumon and the Dormeuse short story by Terry Dowling Winning Mars short story by Jason Stoddard

Now he knew about the alley. It was guarded, just like the door. He lay at full length on the cracked linoleum, staring at the bullet hole in the ceiling, listening to the sounds outside the door. He was a tall man with bloodshot eyes and a two-day stubble. Grime and fatigue had etched lines into his face. Fear had touched his features, tightening a muscle here and twitching a nerve there. The results were startling. His face had character now, for it was reshaped by the expectation of death. There was a gunman in the alley and two on the stairs. He was trapped. He was dead. . . .