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The regulars at the magical Cafe Funiculi Funicula are well acquainted with its famous legend and extraordinary, secret menu time travel offering. Many patrons have reunited with old flames, made amends with estranged family, and visited loved ones. But the journey is not without risks and there are rules to follow. Travellers must have visited the cafe previously and most importantly, must return to the present in the time it takes for their coffee to go cold.

When ballet dancer Clara Campbell arrives in New Orleans, lonely and homesick, she is immediately captivated by the story of Windisle Plantation and the tragic tale that is said to have transpired beyond its gate. Legend has it that it is abandoned by all living souls, but to Clara’s great surprise, it is not a ghost she hears through the stone wall surrounding the property, but a flesh and blood man: a scarred stranger with a pain deeper and darker than the churning waters of the Mississippi river that flows beside his self-imposed prison.

The Jazz Age is in full swing, but Casiopea Tun is too busy cleaning the floors of her wealthy grandfather’s house to listen to any fast tunes. Nevertheless, she dreams of a life far from her dusty small town in southern Mexico. A life she can call her own. Yet this new life seems as distant as the stars, until the day she finds a curious wooden box in her grandfather’s room. She opens it - and accidentally frees the spirit of the Mayan god of death, who requests her help in recovering his throne from his treacherous brother.

In Manhattan, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes he doesn't remember who he is, where he's from, or even his own name. But he can sense the beating heart of the city, see its history, and feel its power. In the Bronx, a Lenape gallery director discovers strange graffiti scattered throughout the city, so beautiful and powerful it's as if the paint is literally calling to her. In Brooklyn, a politician and mother finds she can hear the songs of her city, pulsing to the beat of her Louboutin heels.

During a séance in 1924, Houdini―the greatest entertainer in the world―was cursed by a vengeful spirit, who said his days were numbered. Houdini laughed. He believed talking to the dead was impossible. By 1926, Houdini was dead. This is the untold story of the last performance of Harry Houdini, who―inspired by his hero Abraham Lincoln―devotes himself full-time to a personal crusade against Spiritualism, the practice of speaking to the dead.

In a special seat in a fabled Tokyo cafe, you're offered something irresistible – not just a warm, comforting coffee, but the chance to go back in time to revisit the ones you love . . . In Before I Knew I Loved You , Toshikazu Kawaguchi takes us back to the warm heart of the mysterious Funiculi Funicula Cafe, with another four guests whose luminous stories of love, lost and won again, will reaffirm your belief in its eternal potential.

The sun blasts through David Pilcher’s pipe and the light snatches him into the void. He careens away into nothingness, immobilized and helpless. He can neither move nor speak within his glutinous suspension, and it carries him with purpose. Through a darkling shroud he sees the spotlight on the stage at Woodstock. He watches Napoleon sip his wine in France. Davy sees the stars of the southern cross and hears the sea crash at the feet of chiclet teethed Bikini ladies walking the beaches of Australia.

Mucha gente experimenta irse a un lugar o conocer a alguien por primera vez, sintiéndose como si los reconociera como familiares desde siempre. La indagación científica y la neurociencia ahora exploran en serio el fenómeno de memorias de vidas pasadas, y están descubriendo evidencia cada vez más convincente de que nuestra consciencia no se limita al presente.

Dr. Jonathan Murray fears his newborn daughter is not as harmless as she seems. Sammy Agnew is wrestling with his dark past, and fears the violence in his blood lurks in his son, too. The city is in flames and the authorities are losing control. As matters fall into frenzy, and as the lines between fantasy and truth, right and wrong, begin to blur, who will these two fathers choose to protect?

The tales collected in Julie Rogers's Seven Shorts can be compared to a wintry landscape: what lurks beneath is cloaked by deceptive beauty. They hold literary garments elegant and genteel, belying curves and forms patiently waiting at any moment to shock, or even enlighten. Cover your eyes, spin you a few times, and shove you into a room with . . . never mind.

When James O'Sullivan returns to his hometown of Cuanmore to settle his estranged father's estate, he uncovers a life-altering secret: his family's pub holds a portal to a magical speakeasy, one that connects to worlds James once thought only existed in fantasy stories. Now James must learn how to manage a bar, deal with being trapped in a town he's tried to escape his entire life, plus handle a steady stream of patrons that include orcs, dwarves, gnomes and dragon riders, who are all seeking rest from their own adventures.

What if a town could remember what you forgot? Fairchance, Pennsylvania was always quiet—a sleepy town where the days blurred and the past stayed buried. But when Wayne Clark receives a mysterious letter with no return address and a hauntingly familiar message, the stillness begins to tremble. As memories long-lost begin to surface, Wayne and childhood friend Lucille are pulled into a journey through forgotten summers, hidden tunnels, and a town that seems to breathe with memory itself.

Канадская писательница Люси Мод Монтгомери (1874–1942) известна во всем мире как автор книг о девочке Анне из Зеленых Мезонинов. «Голубой замок» — первый и самый популярный роман Монтгомери для взрослого читателя, вдохновляющая история любви и преображения «безнадежной старой девы» Валенсии Стирлинг, ведущей скучное существование в окружении надоедливой родни. В двадцать девять лет Валенсия узнает, что жить ей осталось не больше года, и принимает решение вырваться из плена однообразных будней навстречу неведомой судьбе.

Deep in a maze of hallways, Mudito rummages through piles of old newspapers. The mute caretaker of the crumbling former abbey, he is hounded by a coven of ancient witches who are bent on transforming him into the terrifying imbunche: a twisted monster with all of its orifices sewn up, buried alive in its own body. Once, Mudito walked upright and spoke clearly; once he was the personal assistant to one of Chile's most powerful politicians, Jerónimo de Azcoitía.

Jetzt, wo eine Freundin gekidnappt wurde, müssen er und der Rest seiner Gruppe einen Weg finden, Cordellia zu retten, bevor ihr etwas zustößt. Erschwerend kommt hinzu, dass Bob, seine schwarze Fertigkeit, verschwunden und irgendwo verschlossen ist, seit sie die Regeln des Turms gebrochen und Rakonath eingeschleust haben.

After a long and happy life with a loving human family, tabby cat Fuuta has passed into the afterlife. Eager to see Michiru again, Fuuta interviews for a position at Café Pont, which sits in the liminal space between the two worlds. Fuuta must investigate and deliver his messages without unnerving the living, or worse, upsetting the balance of the universe itself.

After unexpected adventures while helping DPREM determine the fate of a research submersible lost off the coast of a Hawaiian island, Logan returns home. With two demons and a homicidal elf still at large, Logan certainly has enough to worry about. After a day of exploring other worlds with his friends, he heads west with his leprechaun mentor to pursue an emergent clue that might lead to one of the demons. While the evidence is slight, it can't be ignored. Luckily for Logan, he finds groups of magic users eager to help him at every turn in his journey.

Nach dem Tod seiner Eltern hatte Alex Roth nur einen Wunsch: ein Zauberer zu werden. Durch harte Arbeit wurde er an der Universität von Generasi angenommen, der besten Zauberakademie der Welt. Das Schicksal hatte aber andere Pläne. An seinem 18. Geburtstag wird er durch eine Prophezeiung als einer der fünf Helden des Königreichs gezeichnet, die dazu bestimmt sind, den Ravener zu bekämpfen, den größten Feind des Landes. Sein Zeichen ist aber das des „Narren“. Das schlimmste der Zeichen.

O que você procura? Essa é a pergunta que a enigmática Sayuri Komachi faz a quem visita a biblioteca do Centro Comunitário de Tóquio em busca de ajuda. A lista de livros que ela recomenda sempre contém um título inusitado que se torna o agente de uma mudança. Em cinco histórias independentes que se entrelaçam de maneira sutil, você conhecerá pessoas que estão em momentos diferentes da vida, lidando com situações como a frustração no trabalho, a falta de oportunidades, o medo do fracasso e a vontade de começar de novo.

In a cosy photography studio in the mountains between this world and the next, someone is waking up as if from a dream. A kind man will hand them a hot cup of tea and gently explain that, having reached the end of their life, they have one final task. There is a stack of photos on their lap, one for every day of their life, and now they must choose the pictures that capture their most treasured memories, which will be placed in a beautiful lantern. Once completed, it will be set spinning, and their cherished moments will flash before their eyes, guiding them to another world.