Ryan North

The machine had been invented a few years ago: a machine that could tell, from just a sample of your blood, how you were going to die. No dates, no details. Just a slip of paper with a few words spelling out your ultimate fate -- at once all-too specific and maddeningly vague. A top ten Amazon Customer Favorite in Science Fiction & Fantasy for 2010, The Machine of Death is an anthology of original stories bound together by a central premise. From the humorous to the adventurous to the mind-bending to the touching, the writers explore what the world would be like if a blood test could predict your death. But don't think for a moment this is a book entirely composed of stories about people meeting their ironic dooms. There is some of that, of course. But more than that, this is a genre-hopping collection of tales about people who have learned more about themselves then perhaps they should have, and how that knowledge affects their relationships, their perception of the world, and how they feel about themselves. Features thirty-four stories by Randall Munroe, Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, Tom Francis, Camille Alexa, Erin McKean, James L. Sutter, David Malki !, Ryan North, and many others Features illustrations by Kate Beaton, Kazu Kibuishi, Aaron Diaz, Jeffrey Brown, Scott C., Roger Langridge, Karl Kershl, Cameron Stewart, and many others

The Spitball 8 Anthology! Spitball 8: A CCAD Comic Anthology is the eighth collaboration between some of comics’ top writers and specially selected students from Columbus College of Art and Design. In this issue: Meetings in the afterlife, gods in the woods, and robots that sing.

Among the stories in this collection, the there's a chance to be the Unbeatable Squirrel Girl in a choose-your-path encounter with Swarm.

A choose-your-own-path adaptation of Shakespeare's classic imagines riotous "what if" scenarios, inviting readers to explore the alternate stories of the star-crossed lovers as they fall for other partners, pursue unconventional interests and team up to take over Verona in robot suits.

COOKING IS HARD! Or, at least it is if you're a citizen of Ooo! Finn and Jake wake up one morning to realize that they've forgotten how to cook!? It looks like it's an epidemic that is spreading around Ooo and when there is no food to be had ... how soon will it be till the candy people realize they're made of candy?

When Finn is cursed with a forgetting spell by the Magic Man, he and his friends have to try to save the Land of Ooo before he loses his memory entirely.

Squirrel Girl is now the star of her own original graphic novel. It's a stand-alone adventure that's both great for new Squirrel Girl readers, and also for people who already know about how she can talk to squirrels and also punch really well!

"The competition for Best Princess Ever is in full swing! As Lumpy Space Princess, Fire Princess, Muscle Princess, and more compete for the title it's discovered that someone is sabotaging the games. With Finn and Jake on the case, Princess Bubblegum will have to keep the show going until they can track down the true culprit and save the day." --

This is a Kickstarter-exclusive chooseable-path mini adventure that takes place BEFORE Hamlet, leading into the action of To Be Or Not To Be. We're 25 years in the past and alas, poor Yorick: you're broke! While you may be a man of infinite jest and most excellent fancy, THAT DON'T PAY THE BILLS. Your one hope is an opening at the royal court for a jester. Seems easy enough: the listing says your responsibilities are "...to entertain Kid Hamlet and also to not end up dead at every turn". Will you survive? Or will you end up in a shallow grave?

Being a regular old human is kind of a drag. That s why Sal is not going to be a teacher or doctor or lawyer. She is going to grow up to be an awesome Tyrannosaurus Rex. Her brother thinks it s impossible, but Sal sure shows him!