Amazon Publishing Brings Together Bestselling and Award-Winning Authors Blake Crouch, N. K. Jemisin, Veronica Roth, Amor Towles, Paul Tremblay, and Andy Weir for a Sci-Fi

NASDAQ AMZNAmazon Original Stories an imprint of Amazon Publishing announced today the forthcoming sixpart sciencefiction collection iForwardi featuring original short stories from some of todays most celebrated voices in fiction including Blake Crouch N K Jemisin Veronica Roth Amor Towles Paul Tremblay and Andy Weir iForward iwill be available for free on September 17supthsup 2019 to Prime and Kindle Unlimited customers Readers can download the collection as a Kindle eBook or Audible audiobook pblockquotep idpullquotepblockquote p iForward iexplores a central theme the resounding effects of a pivotal technological moment While each author started with this same prompt readers will discover that each story unearths a unique corner of the scifi genre ranging from intimate to epic grounded to far future hopeful to harrowing p p bAndy Weirb iArtemisii The Martianii iimagines a hightech Las Vegas casino heist bPaul Tremblayb iThe Cabin at the End of the Worldi immerses readers in a patients mysteriously slow healing process bAmor Towlesb iA Gentleman in Moscowii iexplores a fertility clinics godlike abilities to alter an unborn childs life path bVeronica Rothb Divergent trilogy spins a story of finding connection in the face of our worlds certain destruction bNK Jemisinb The Broken Earth series subverts all expectations when an explorer returns to the ravaged Earth his ancestors fled and bBlake Crouchb iDark Matteri follows a video game designer whose character Maxine unexpectedly wakes up p p Each story in the iForwardi collection stands alone as a singular achievement in science fiction imagined by a storyteller at the top of their game said Mikyla Bruder Publisher Amazon Publishing In this ambitious collection these writers deliver a formidable reading experience that will delight their fans and thrill readers new to their work p p I find the theme of the iForward icollection particularly exciting said Veronica Roth iNew York Times ibestselling author of the Divergent trilogy Scifi often skews toward wariness of the future for good reason but this collection prompted me to tap into the other side of it into wonder and imagination It was a welcome challenge p p The short story is one of the hardest most rewarding forms in fiction and with Amazon Original Stories we had the tools to gather together the best of the best in scifi fantasy YA horror and historical and bring these groundbreaking stories to a true mass audience said Blake Crouch bestselling author of iDark Matteri and the curator of iForwardi Crouchs Wayward Pines trilogy and his novel iGood Behaviori both of which were adapted for television were also published by Amazon Publishing under the Thomas amp Mercer imprint p p Amazon Original Stories is all about innovating on what storytelling looks like today and iForwardis allstar cast of beloved authors is helping us do just that said Julia Sommerfeld Editorial Director Amazon Original StoriesWe think of our story collections as readings answer to podcasts and are proud to offer our readersand listenersfresh ways to fit bingeworthy narratives into their lives p p Launched in 2017 Amazon Original Stories brings unforgettable short fiction and nonfiction to Kindle Past collections include the Amazon Original Stories and Amazon Studios joint acquisition iThe Fairer Sexi by Michelle Miller iWarmeri by Lauren Groff Jane Smiley Jess Walter and more and iDark Cornersi which features Lisa Ungers Edgar Awardnominated short iThe Sleep Tight Moteli Each story is available free to Prime members as well as Kindle Unlimited subscribers and is available for download for nonsubscribers beginning at 199 p p a referrerpolicyunsafeurl targetblank hrefhttpsctsbusinesswirecomctCTidsmartlinkampurlhttp3A2F2Fwwwamazoncom2Famazonoriginalstoriesampesheet51968930ampnewsitemid20190416005033amplanenUSampanchorwwwamazoncom2Famazonoriginalstoriesampindex1ampmd5d933fee5cb71091b927d0fee18588053 relnofollowwwwamazoncomamazonoriginalstoriesa p 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