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In an ancient Japan where the incursions of gods, ghosts, and demons into the living world is an everyday event, an impoverished nobleman named Yamada no Goji makes his living as a demon hunter for hire. With the occasional assistance of the reprobate exorcist Kenji, whatever the difficulty - ogres, demons, fox-spirits - for a price Yamada will do what needs to be done, even and especially if the solution to the problem isn’t as simple as the edge of a sword.

Dog Star was first published in the April 1962 issue of Galaxy. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most-influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

"Crusade" was first published in 1968 in The Farthest Reaches. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most-influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

For over three decades, Ellen Datlow has been at the center of horror. Bringing you the most frightening and terrifying stories, Datlow always has her finger on the pulse of what horror listeners crave. Now, with the eighth volume of the series, Datlow is back again to bring you the stories that will keep you up at night. Encompassed in the audio of The Best Horror of the Year have been such illustrious writers as: Neil Gaiman; Kelley Armstrong; Stephen King; Linda Nagata; Laird Barron; Margo Lanagan; and many others.

Today's hottest urban fantasy authors come together in this delicious brew that crackles and boils over with tales of powerful witches and dark magic! For anyone who's ever wondered what lies beyond the limits of reality, who's imagined the secret spaces where witches wield fearsome magic, come and drink deep. Let yourself fall under the spell of this bewitching collection!

Fall under the intoxicating spell of their hex appeal…In the magical world that lies hidden beneath our own, witches and conjurers play deadly games. They know just the right spell to kill a man with one kiss—or raise him back again. And they’re not afraid to exact sweet revenge on those who dare to cross them. But what if you’re the unlucky soul who falls victim to a conjurer’s curse? And if you had the power to cast a magic spell of your own, would you use it?

"The Longest Science-Fiction Story Ever Told" was first published in the October 1966 issue of Galaxy. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a grand master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

"Earthlight" was first published in the August 1951 issue of Thrilling Wonder Stories. It was later expanded into the novel of the same name. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most-influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

Jane Yellowrock, her best friend Molly Trueblood, an earth witch, police detective Paul "Brax" Braxton, and Molly's husband Evan go after a blood-family of rogue-vampires who killed a local family.

When police officer Rick LaFLeur is infected with the taint of black were-leopard, he goes to Jane Yellowrock for help. But her idea of "help" is not quite what he was expecting: she knocks him out and he wakes up in a cage.

June 1958 issue of If. It was later expanded into the novel of the same name. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most-influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

You were on your way home when you died. It was a car accident. Nothing particularly remarkable, but fatal nonetheless. You left behind a wife and two children. It was a painless death. The EMTs tried their best to save you, but to no avail. Your body was so utterly shattered you were better off, trust me. And that’s when you met me." A short story about the universe.

Los cuentos de Alberto Chimal tratan de las proyecciones y los demonios de una «inteligencia» que desplaza y suplanta lo humano hasta su extinción, del poder absoluto de una tecnología adictiva, propiedad de unos pocos, de la ingenuidad de creer en sus buenas intenciones y de las horribles fantasías de poder absoluto y saqueo de este mundo (y hasta de otros mundos). Porque incluso aunque esas máquinas «enfermaran», nuestra fe en ellas podría ser suficiente para que triunfasen sobre nosotros.

En los cuentos de El comienzo del paraíso, Edmundo Paz Soldán explora cómo, al cambiar dramáticamente lo que nos rodea, nosotros también nos hemos vuelto seres extraños en este planeta. En estos cuentos impactantes y de vigoroso ritmo narrativo –escritos con una prosa envolvente capaz de construir atmósferas variadísimas– aparecen peces monstruosos de las profundidades abisales, árboles estranguladores y animales de una península devastada, que van de mutación en mutación.

Humans have always been fascinated by darkness. Especially the darkness of a city at night, when the black sky is made ever more inky by the pools of illumination dropped under streetlights. Whether the mean streets be in an alternate past charmed with dark magic or the dirty alleyways of futuristic crowded space stations, the city—and its darkened streets—will always fascinate us. Here then, an anthology of all new stories of science fiction and fantasy with a hardboiled noir twist that acknowledge that the city is a living, breathing entity...and it isn’t always on our side.

In a world of criminals, thugs, con artists, cheats, and swindlers, there must be a man to stand against the powers of darkness and corruption. A man not afraid to walk the mean streets—whether they be those of 1930s Los Angeles, an ancient fantasy realm, or some far-flung planet of a future star empire. He is a man who knows that a “good man” is not always a “nice guy”. But when the chips are down, he understands that a hero does the right thing, even if it means losing everything.

1939-1945: il Fascismo, alleato dei Grandi Antichi - i mostri della mitologia horror di H.P. Lovecraft - progetta di trascinare il mondo libero in un totalitarismo culminante in un’apocalisse cosmica! Questa la minaccia prospettata nei racconti di questa antologia, dove alcune fra le migliori penne del Fantastico italiano descrivono la più nefasta delle distopie. Il regime fascista, grazie alla tecnologia aliena degli osceni Mi-Go “provenienti dal nero cosmo al di là dello spazio e del tempo”, minaccia di conquistare il mondo - e non solo.

La capitana Naila di Mondo9 è da poco al comando della nave senziente Syraqq quando si attira addosso un letale sciame d’api proveniente da uno pneumosnodo – un antico relitto di guerra che si crede essere pieno di ricchezze. Quando l’automa meccanico si lancia all’attacco della nave, a Naila non resta che raccogliere i suoi migliori ufficiali e tentare una manovra disperata per sopravvivere.

Aud ama la piccola Ellie, la sua bambina. Ma nessuno sa chi è il padre di Ellie, neppure Aud. Spinta dalle precarie condizioni economiche e con il rischio di vedersi togliere la piccola dai servizi sociali, Aud deciderà di lasciare Londra insieme a Danny, un suo amico, pur di non svelare il segreto della nascita di sua figlia. Una storia toccante e cupa, di maternità negata e scelte pericolose.

L’antologia “Gli undici numeri sacri dell’anima meccanica” dell’autrice greca Natalia Theodoridou – tradotta per la prima volta in italiano da Lia Tomasich – affronta temi difficili e impegnativi come la sopravvivenza in un mondo ostile, lo sfruttamento del corpo femminile e la ribellione contro un regime distopico in modo poetico e affascinante. Il racconto “Gli undici numeri sacri dell’anima meccanica”, pur ispirandosi a un artista olandese molto singolare – Theo Jansen – e alla sua opera geniale, si sviluppa come una storia a se stante.