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Carina is a widow whose only focus is raising her young son. The last thing she needs is adventure. But when a mysterious bard comes to town, that is exactly what finds her. Because while he seems to hold the entire town in a spell, the Piper's focus is entirely on her. Just because adventure is the last thing Carina needs doesn't mean it's not what she longs for. And whether it wants her or not, it is coming for her. Because where the Piper goes, danger follows . . .

Once every generation there is a Chosen One, who will stand between humanity and darkness. But why is the Chosen One so often a teenager? Why do only children get swept through portals to save the fantastic world on the other side? Whose idea was it to put the fate of the world in the hands of someone without a fully developed prefrontal cortex? In Never Too Old to Save the World, nineteen authors explore what would happen if the Chosen One were called midlife.

I'm Thane Stone, a simple man that wants nothing more than to put down a few crops in the plot of land I purchased at the edge of town. My dream might very well have come true were it not for what I found in the forest. It called to me, woke something buried deep within, a bloodline that raises far more questions than it answers. So, I suppose I'm a bastard with royal blood? To be frank, I'm not sure I give a damn.

Ethan didn’t believe in magical swords until one transported him to a fantasy world. A world with monsters, martial arts guilds, and elemental powers beyond imagining. In fact, it’s almost like he died and went to heaven. If heaven contained rivals bent on killing him, elf tutors who want to bed him, and a feisty spearmaiden with something to prove.

After Dylan moves to Osaka, a strange interaction grants him the power to see demons and monsters from Japanese folklore. Burning with a desire to help the people being harmed by these terrible forces, Dylan finds an answer in the devastatingly beautiful and mysterious Ayane. Through her, Dylan learns there are more sinister and deadly monsters than anyone could imagine. Evil yokai have plagued Japan for centuries and the threat is escalating. But not all yokai are evil. Will his new-found power be enough to protect the innocents and vanquish the spawn of the abyss?

From the internationally bestselling author of The Song of Achilles and Circe comes a remarkable new short story A cursed father, a gifted daughter Mestra, daughter of the King of Thessaly, is gifted a unique ability by Poseidon: metamorphosis into any being she can imagine. Her father, on the...

She claims she can spin gold, but it is a lie. With her life at stake, she has no other choice. She gets one chance to turn her lie into truth, and she is shocked when she succeeds. But now the cruel human king demands she become his wife—passing between his bed and being locked away in a tower, spinning gold until her last breath. Her only way out is to summon him. A brutal Fae prince. The deal she strikes is sickening, but it is the only way she will live after she is caught escaping.

After being an unwitting pawn in a nefarious plot to overthrow the Emerald City, the once proud and noble Leopard King of Oz has returned home to the Quadling Wilds to recover from his challenging ordeal. Alas, the intended respite becomes quickly engulfed by the intentions of another: one of the great demigods of the forest, a mysterious white stag who takes the animal on a spiritual journey into a past full of trauma, excitement and tragedy.

In this 2026 anthology, 10 top men's adventure, fantasy, and litrpg authors will entertain you with their special, never-before-published stories. A witch love potion, elves, a journey home, succubi and turkey legs, feats, monsters, holy wars, portal lords, waifus, and the 7th Fleet–each author created their own legend and tale.

The final omnibus in the best selling Crossroads Queen urban fantasy series is here.

The four rules of freelance villainy are as follows: 1. Always wear a mask 2. Never hurt civilians 3. Never kill the heroes you’re paid to fight. 4. And the bad guy always loses. Victor, better known as the super villain Magneron, always played by those rules. He fought the bad fight, got beat, and got paid. And that worked well for him and the many women who loved him. What it didn't work for was the Guild of Villainous Foes, the premiere bad guy organization on the planet!

Quincy, seines Zeichens der Anführer ein kleinen, aber schlagkräftigen Truppe von Elite-Kämpfern, bemüht sich diese Gruppe durch gemeinsame Abenteuer zusammen zu halten und zu erweitern. Ihr Weg führt sie durch den ganzen Kontinent Aaranthos, auf dem sie als Gruppe oder aber auch nur zu zweit, zahllose Abenteuer erleben. Ihre Hauptaufgabe ist jedoch das Beschützen des Gebietes Stormland, sowie seiner Bewohner, vor dem Bösen und den mächtigen Gegnern, welche die Stadt und deren Einwohner, ja sogar den gesamten Kontinent bedrohen.

When a distraught woman calls Drummond in the middle of night, he races across the city to stop her from being murdered. Only problem—she’s been dead for hours. Welcome to the Marshall Drummond Case Files. These stories explore the dark mysteries and thrilling adventures of 1940s PI, Marshall Drummond, before he died and became the ghost detective found in the bestselling Max Porter Paranormal Mysteries.

After saving the world and defeating his enemies, Sloan has gained an incredible title and unmatched power in the system. Enjoying a decade of peace, his calm life is suddenly disrupted, pushing him towards a new journey and a new mission. A new enemy, known only as the Architect has emerged, causing chaos and breaking the balance. As new rifts appear, Sloan must explore unknown realms, find strong allies, and learn ancient secrets to stop the Architect's plans.

Get ready for a wild ride through an alternate universe of music in Rock & Roll Nightmares: Parallel Lines. These short stories, written by award-winning and bestselling authors, cover everything from hilarious antics to deep reflections, all set in a music world that's not quite what you remember. What ties them together? Each tale takes a real rock star's story and spins it in a whole new direction.

No resources. No memories. No help. Jak awakens, cold and confused, on the shore of an unknown island at the beginning of a dangerous nightfall. With nothing but his name and a head drained of memory, he stumbles into the nearby forest and is quickly forced to fight for his very survival. When he meets Niri, a beautiful elf exiled from her people and left to die in the wilderness, he begins the quest to build his own tribe in a land of blood, brutality, and wild adventure.

New Suns 2 brings you fresh visions of the strange, the unexpected, the shocking-breakthrough stories, stories shining with emerging truths, stories that pierce stale preconceptions with their beauty and bravery.

Nachdem die Fäulnis den Kontinent verwüstet und alle Lebewesen in blutrünstige Bestien verwandelt hatte, verschanzten sich die überlebenden Völker hinter den mächtigen Gebirgen und Mauern des Reiches. Seit Jahren herrscht nun schon Ruhe an den Grenzen – zum Leidwesen des jungen Legionärs Daros, der in einer nördlichen Grenzfestung stationiert ist und auf einen Kampf brennt.

B.D. Anklevich, the jolliest old elf, brings you his collection of twisted Christmas short stories for the holidays. Filled with the strange, the creepy, the unusual, the nasty, the heartwarming, and the jolly, this holiday collection is sure to become an annual staple of your Christmas traditions. The book is packed full of stories, with one novella, four novelettes, and three short stories to brighten...or darken your Yule. It even includes one novelette co-written by the Dunesteef's Rish Outfield. No holiday is complete without Christmas Creatures.

Join us for a fascinating, dangerous, and often irreverent romp through the most bizarre aviary ever encountered. Discover the wily machinations of the friendliest show-crows, negotiate borders between territorial landfowl, and take a trip through the stars to find your alien-parasite self stuck in a chicken. Each story in the Murderbirds anthology features a different species of feathered fiend, who is either the villain or intended victim of a deadly scheme.