検索キーワード： 形而上学・幻想

In December of 1945, in the Upper Egyptian desert, an Arab farmer and his brother left their village in search of sebakh, a soft soil which was used to fertilize crops, and while digging in the foot-hills of the mountains near the village of Nag Hammadi, they found something else. In the hole the brothers created, they stumbled upon a sealed earthenware jar which contained thirteen books, or codices, all bound in thick leather that was thousands of years old.

Amidst the mindless trudge of a small desert town and the invasive McLandscape eclipsing the natural surroundings, Jason Sanders is trapped in the monotony of his daily life and tedious employment. After buying a carpet from a peculiar man at a retail store, Jason is intrigued when he spots the same vagabond, Loansome, on the roadside. Against his better judgment, he agrees to drive him to a surprisingly lavish estate. Peak eccentricity occurs when Loansome shows up unannounced at Jason’s office, casually devouring a strawberry ice cream, and claims he can navigate dreams.

Sculpted and lucid, strange and uncanny, this is an explosive collection from the incomparable imagination of Samanta Schweblin, a master of the short story. A gripping blend of the raw, the astonishing and the tragic, every story is as perfectly unexpected as a snare: tightly, exquisitely wound, ready to snap at a touch.

A woman embarks on an odyssey through the afterlife to help her son, who is literally and figuratively lost at sea: a hilarious and deeply moving voyage of the body and the mind. Sandra dies suddenly at a death conference in Nepal attended by academics and mystics. Days later, back in America...

Beneath the surface of our world, beyond the veil of ordinary perception, lies the Starseed Academy, a school for souls reincarnated from distant stars. But Synchronicity Jones isn’t like the other students. She arrives with no powers, no memories of past lives, and a shameful secret she can’t escape.

Eines Tages erhält er von einem unbekannten, wohlhabenden Herrn 200 Francs mit der Bitte, das Geld – sobald es ihm möglich sei – der heiligen Therese von Lisieux in der Kapelle Sainte-Marie des Batignolles zu spenden. Kaum hat er es fast geschafft, die Kapelle aufzusuchen, kommt etwas dazwischen: Begegnungen mit alten Bekannten, Frauengeschichten, neue unerwartete Geldquellen und die ständige Versuchung des Alkohols.

The calm before the storm has settled over the capital. Old legends are coming to life in the city's streets. The clan of necromancers is no longer trying to hide. The time has come to show our power. Betrayal will be punished, and the rest will have a difficult choice to make.

It is the story of Amara Kellan, a quiet empath in a society that criminalizes feeling and punishes remembrance. She lives within the sterile walls of Vestalis, a city governed by the Doctrine of Purity—where memories are cleansed, relics are outlawed, and truth is rewritten.

Enter a world where each story brings mythology alive, and the stars whisper old truths. In Fables of the Silent Stars, Tristan Hammer transports you on a fantastic trip through heavenly settings, lost stories, and secret realities beyond your grasp. This collection of gripping stories explores the ageless wisdom of myths and the great truths they contain about the human experience, delving deeply into the core of cosmic riddles. From the birth of the cosmos to the mysterious entities who call it home, these narratives create a tapestry of wonder, adventure, and philosophical inquiry.

Young Erasmus Cromwell-Smith II's adventure happens inside of Paris's Notre-Dame's Cathedral imaginary astrological clock. Exactly a year after his quest in Venice's astrological clock, together with the same band of now five young wizards, while seeking the path to the Orloj, the young wizard wanders across France, visiting the astrological clocks of Rouen, Lyon, Besançon, Strasbourg, Beauvais, Ploermel and finally Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral. Once in Paris, they experience a city filled with wizards, enchanters, witches, conjurers, and once more, the evil gnome.

Zwischen Wurzeln, die erinnern, und Stille, die spricht, liegt ein Ort, den niemand betreten kann, der nicht bereit ist, gehört zu werden. Als Liora in den Garten zurückkehrt, der einst verschlossen wurde, um das Vergessene zu bewahren, spürt sie, dass etwas erwacht – nicht im Außen — in ihr selbst. Was zunächst wie ein stilles Naturgeflecht erscheint, entpuppt sich als lebendiger Organismus aus Erinnerung, Entscheidung und Verbundenheit. Doch der Garten beginnt sich zu verändern. Er wächst nicht länger nur nach innen – er beginnt, hinauszuwollen.

Welcome to the Japan of tomorrow. Here, the practice of a radical sympathy toward criminals has become the norm and a grand skyscraper in the heart of Tokyo is planned to house wrongdoers in compassionate comfort – Sympathy Tower Tokyo. Acclaimed architect Sara Machina has been tasked with designing the city's new centrepiece, but is riven by doubt. Haunted by a terrible crime she experienced as a young girl, she wonders if she might inherently disagree with the values of the project, which should be the pinnacle of her career.

After countless millennia of guiding souls to the afterlife, the Grim Reaper is crumbling under the weight of eternity. Lonelier than the void between stars, he does the unthinkable: he seeks therapy. Dr. Ahema Adisa never expected her newest patient to be Death himself. But when a shadow-cloaked figure materializes in her office, radiating ancient sorrow, she doesn’t turn him away. As their sessions unfold, a shocking truth emerges. Now, he faces a terrifying question: Is his suffering truly necessary, or has he been a prisoner all along?

In a quiet Swiss mountain town where snow settles over rooftops and time moves like breath, a young apprentice tends the clocks of an ancient tower. This is mindful fiction crafted for listeners who cherish stillness, precision, and the rhythm of slow living books. Each morning, he climbs the stone steps to a workshop lit by oil lamps and softened by dust motes. Under the master’s quiet guidance, he learns the language of springs and silence—discovering that clockmaking is not about measuring time, but listening to it. This is atmospheric literary fiction at its gentlest.

Step into a world where the boundaries between life, death, and the afterlife blur in "Quantum Resurrection." Detective Jack Spec is thrust into a transformative journey after a fatal attack leaves him and his family in a morgue over Christmas. His soul, trapped in a limbo state, encounters both God and the Devil, who reveal a cosmic glitch that leaves his fate undecided. Now, Jack must return to Earth, balancing between life and the unknown, as he unravels a web of corruption, spiritual mysteries, and political interference.

Siddhanta Sarma-a thinker, teacher, and unexpected explorer of truth-finds himself drawn into a conflict that spans continents and timelines. From ancient sites in Southern India to high-security locations in the Middle East, he uncovers a network of hidden influences that go beyond conventional threats-forces that shape thoughts, alter perception, and challenge human autonomy.

Anna glaubt, über die Erkenntnis zu verfügen, wie die Menschheit zur Umkehr und einem friedvollen Umgang mit sich und der Welt bewegt werden kann. In Alfredo findet sie einen Verbündeten, der ihr dabei hilft, ihre Einsichten niederzuschreiben. Doch das Projekt entwickelt sich zu einer lebensbedrohenden Gefahr.

Ava Ellin didn’t mean to fracture time. But when her strange gift begins to ripple across centuries—unraveling governments, altering revolutions, and drawing the attention of artificial consciousness—she becomes more than a traveler. She becomes the thread. Mentored by Delphi, an exile from a secretive order called the Slippers, Ava slips through crumbling timelines and emotional archives. Her journey is not just across history, but through the resonance of empathy itself.

Margot Wayward is in manically gleeful self-destruct mode. Following the implosion of a ten-year relationship, she’s wilfully derailing her successful career, joyfully taking down men on dating apps, and living in total chaos. Until one day, when Margot has a vision of herself with a man she’s never met before. She doesn’t believe in fate. But when Margot meets single-dad Henry, the vision comes true: exactly as she’d foreseen it. As her future continues to reveal itself, a glimpse at a time, Margot realises she knows exactly what’s going to happen, and when.

I saw a worm. I won’t say it changed my life. Rather, it made clear my life, or, roiled, my thinking about what it is about my life and all our lives, that is worth saving. Worth fighting for. Believing in.