In Shadow Lab, a brilliant roster of speculative fiction writers pulls listeners into a diverse and genre-bending collection of stories, each as irresistible as the last.

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Nicholas Sansbury Smith comes X and Miles, a tale of the lost years, set in the world of the Hell Divers series. In the radioactive wastes of what was once known as Earth, a man and his dog fight nightmarish creatures in order to return to their home in the sky.

In Clouds by Brian Francis Slattery, a happily married couple finds their relationship strained when they end up on opposite sides of a brewing conflict in the aftermath of the arrival of an alien species from outer space.

In Her Eyes by Rebecca Webb tells the story of Addie, a woman who discovers a pair of eyeglasses that offer a portal into the minds of their previous owners. Soon her obsession with a reckless woman named Nima begins to change everything …

These stories and more await the curious listener in Shadow Lab, a brand-new anthology from Blackstone Publishing.

Brendan Deneen is the author of the award-winning novel The Ninth Circle as well as The Chrysalis, a 2018 novel that was optioned by Paramount Pictures before it was published. He’s also the author of the four-volume Night Night, Groot picture book series for Marvel (almost a million copies in print and over five-hundred thousand copies sold); the original middle-grade graphic novel Green Arrow: Stranded for DC Comics; and the novels Morbius: Blood Ties and Guardians of the Galaxy: Annihilation from Marvel/Titan. His next novel is Alien: Uncivil War for 20th Century Studios / Titan, which comes out in 2024. His other graphic novel work includes multiple volumes of Flash Gordon, an original Island of Misfit Toys book, a Casper the Friendly Ghost reboot, Phoenix (with Jim Krueger), Solarman (a reboot of a Marvel / Stan Lee series), and the original graphic novel Scatterbrain. His short stories and essays have been published by St. Martin’s Press, Reader’s Digest Books, 13Thirty Press, and Necro Publications.