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Patrick Lafcadio Hearn, was an Irish writer known also by the Japanese name Koizumi Yakumo. His book Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, comprises two parts, the first being the "Kwaidan Proper" and the second, "Insect-Studies", which consists of an essay each on ants, butterflies and mosquitos. According to the author, most of the folk tales and ghost stories in the first part were translated from old Japanese texts. The themes encompass resurrection, sacrifice, magic, and the realm of dreams.

Heralded as an instant classic of fantasy literature, Maguire has written a wonderfully imaginative retelling of The Wizard of Oz told from the Wicked Witch's point of view. More than just a fairy tale for adults, Wicked is a meditation on the nature of good and evil.

Amidst the roots and thorns of her ancestral home, Ivy Midwinter is bound by a curse that has trapped her bloodline for generations. The brambles claw at her path, and a Raven watches over her, a harbinger of truths Ivy cannot yet understand. The land is alive, pulsing with an ancient hunger, its roots reaching for the heart of her past. It calls to her with a voice as old as time, luring her into a pact sealed in blood and bone, an oath her family could never break.

Prince Jasim dreams of freedom, so when his mother commands him to select a bride, he flees the palace. Wandering the marketplace, he’s rescued by a beautiful woman. Ali is far from a pampered princess—she wields a blade and has an even sharper tongue, and Prince Jasim is entranced by her. Ali can’t resist the pull she feels towards the hapless stranger, who introduces himself as Jase. But before they can explore their connection, the royal guards find them and arrest Ali for unknowingly kidnapping the prince.

Jake is an effortless young man whose best friend is the gremlin he accidentally wrote into existence when he was a little boy. Now, when he saves a mermaid from a reef off the coast of beautiful Laguna, California, he’s not sure if he brought her into existence through his dreams or why it is that she came into his life.

My take on Snow White with a Nordic twist.

Dragons circle the Oneskan palace at night, shrouding the kingdom in fear and mystery. Only Princess Emelia and her sisters know the fiends fly them to the enemy country of Tsantar under cover of darkness, where Prince Leonnar hopes to steal their secrets and gain control of Oneska. Their father’s proclamation that the man who drives away the hovering dragons will marry one of his daughters incites the princesses to redouble their efforts to escape Prince Leonnar’s tyranny.

In this haunting and deeply moving tale, Hans Christian Andersen weaves a powerful contrast between the serenity of the natural world and the heavy burdens of the human soul. A Story follows an earnest pastor whose thunderous sermons warn of eternal punishment—yet outside his church, the world is radiant with warmth, blossoms, birdsong, and the quiet kindness of creation.

The queen has been cursed, and no one knows who's behind the plot to threaten the realm's fragile peace. Desperate to help, Jocasta hatches a plan to find Circe's Garden, a fabled island where she hopes to discover an antidote. But she can't do it alone. She needs the strong arm and unflinching bravery of the warrior she's loved since childhood—her brother's right-hand-man and captain of the guard, Flynn of Sinta. Together they can do the impossible. Yet with treachery brewing on Mount Olympus, one thing is clear: Thalyria and its new royals are still pawns in an epic game of power.

Dans ce Cabinet des Fées, le merveilleux français déploie ses fastes: un recueil de contes classiques signés Gérard, Leprince de Beaumont et Perrault. Entre palais ensorcelés, forêts profondes et épreuves secrètes, s’entrelacent magie, morale et destin. Ici, l’esprit l’emporte sur la force, la vertu se révèle à l’épreuve, et chaque enchantement recèle une leçon. La prose vive et délicate de l’époque confère à ces récits une grâce intemporelle.

Dans cette nouvelle, Alexandre Dumas avec tout le talent qu'on lui connaît, décrit les derniers moments de la vie de la Marquise de Ganges et la machination qu'ourdissent contre elle ses deux beaux-frères. Un récit émouvant qui raconte la grandeur de cette femme et ce que sont devenus chacun des criminels. Un récit plein d'aventures, de suspens, de grandeur humaine aussi !

Tara and her friends are devastated by the defeat of the Turrains and the capture of Glaren. Desperate, they travel back to the interior of the southern continent to rescue Glaren. At every turn, they uncover more mysteries of the Turrain's evil and their unnatural use of magic. Confronted by an enemy they don’t understand, and who vastly outnumbers them, they search for answers to solve the Turrain puzzle. Along the way, they forge new alliances and uncover the Turrain’s plans for the people of Ligo.

Ritorna nel mondo incantato dell'infanzia con la magica raccolta di racconti di Kenneth Grahame che catturano l'essenza dei fugaci "giorni di sogno" della giovinezza. In questo amato seguito de "L'Età dell'Oro", ci uniamo ancora una volta ai nostri giovani eroi mentre trasformano il loro quotidiano mondo vittoriano in un paesaggio di infinite meraviglie e avventure. Dalla storia di un drago gentile che preferisce recitare poesie piuttosto che sputare fuoco a incontri immaginari con cavalieri, principesse e creature fantastiche, ogni racconto brilla della speciale logica dell'infanzia.

The Vale of Twill is a beautiful land and its dwellers enjoy lives of merriment and plenty. But ever and anon this peaceful idyll is disturbed - a warning of encroaching danger is heard. A company of three departs to seek an audience with a wise hermit. As well as advice, he gives them a magical object, crafted by the Elves in the days of old. And, as magical objects always lead to strange and unexpected things, so it happens this time. In this, the first book of the trilogy, we meet with the Folk of the Twill, and learn about their ways and unusual friendships they form sometimes.

A cozy slice-of-life romantic fantasy set in a Regency-inspired world where humans and fairies compete for artistic supremacy, from Sylvie Cathrall, author of A Letter to the Luminous Deep. On her first day working in the prince’s galleries, art conservator Florrie Hyverfell discovers that the...

“These events forged a seed in her soul, and that seed helped her to grow a sense of her own sovereignty, independent of the script the system was trying to force-feed her." Life is an ongoing spiral of circles: the sacred hoop of birth, death, and rebirth. Frances is a modern American mystic, a curandera and a chingona of sorts. She has arrived in the autumn phase of her life—a time when a woman possesses wisdom from all her lifelong experiences. She has been pursuing her soul’s journey of decolonization.

Tale Of Two Tribes is a beautifully crafted historical novel that weaves together themes of love, identity, and cultural reconciliation. Set against the backdrop of the Pacific Northwest, it follows Aiyana, a young woman of the Smulkamish tribe, as she navigates the deep-rooted conflicts between her people and the Skopamish. Through her secret meetings with Nakoda, a Skopamish young man, Aiyana begins to question long-held divisions and seeks a path toward unity between the tribes.

Una visión actualizada de los cuentos clásicos desde una perspectiva feminista. Con el humor característico de la autora.

Witches, wizards, and one judgmental, talking cat. Welcome to my new life. I'm Clementine Cole. I thought I was a normal nineteen-year-old with anger issues, but I was wrong. I’m not angry, I'm just a witch. After my cat started talking to me one night, I made a few discoveries: First, magic is real and nightmares aren’t just in your dreams. Second, I'm the last witch in the world. Third, there's an academy for magic users just like me. Trouble is, I don't quite fit in at the academy. Witches get a bad rap, and everyone thinks we're destined to turn evil.

What if a single act of kindness could change a young girl’s fate forever? In Cinderella by the Brothers Grimm, a gentle and kind-hearted girl, mistreated by her cruel stepmother and stepsisters, faces hardship with courage and grace.