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Fantasy fanatics hang on because The Year's Best Fantasy, Volume 2 will take you on a fantastic journey like no other! Prepare to embark on yet another fantastic adventure with award-winning fantasy editor Paula Guran. Delve into realms that exceed the limits of your imagination and embrace the surreal! Enjoy tales ranging from wonderful to wicked. From lore and legends to myths and fables of alternative realities, you will discover bewitchment with every story.

A misfit crew of relic hunters armed with magical weapons set off on a series of action-packed quests. Their mission: Seek out and recover magical artifacts that might be used in the battle against the Dark Lord. They never anticipated that their actions might send their world hurtling toward a dire fate.

Des dieux aux héros, les épopées de la Grèce antique s'ouvrent à vous ! Dans ce voyage épique à travers le cosmos, découvrez un monde où la réalité flirte avec le mythique. Rencontrez Zeus et son Panthéon Olympien, et marchez sur les traces des héros, des titans et des nymphes qui peuplent la mythologie grecque. Ce livre audio comporte des dialogues enrichis de musiques, et est joué par une trentaine de comédien.ne.s. Retrouvez la quasi-totalité des récits les plus connus de la mythologie grecque, écrits d'après les textes fondateur.

In diesem Buch folgt der Leser Elias, einem Mann, der mit den Herausforderungen des Lebens in einer Welt voller Erwartungen und Missverständnisse kämpft. Als Autist fühlt er sich oft missverstanden und verloren, besonders im Umgang mit den sozialen Normen und Anforderungen seines Alltags. Durch die Auseinandersetzung mit seiner Arbeit, seinen inneren Konflikten und seiner Suche nach einem Platz in der Gesellschaft entwickelt er sich weiter. Elias beginnt, sich selbst zu hinterfragen und kämpft mit der Frage, wie er seinen Platz in einer Welt finden kann, die ihn nicht immer versteht.

Three Ghost Stories is just that: a collection of three different stories that are true Gothic classics. The three stories, The Signal Man, The Haunted House and The Trial for Murder were sensational for their time and continue to hold up well, thanks to Charles Dickens' superb skills at storytelling. The Signal Man is the most well known of the three, chronicling the haunting of a railroad signal man who is visited by a ghost just before a tragic event is to happen on the railway. If you like Dickens and tales of spectres and the supernatural, you'll love Three Ghost Stories.

Mayor Of Mythos, Dungeon Realms, Isekai Warden, Conquering New Earth, Spartan Justice, Colony Builders, Reincarnation Trials, Jespa: The Space Trader, Dean Hawthorne, And My Girlfriend Is A Sorceress From Another World. These great books in one omnibus offering! If you like high fantasy, science fiction, action, adventure, and great storytelling, give this bundle a try!

Brought to you by Altrusian Grace Media. The Book of Wonder is a collection of short stories by Lord Dunsany, published in 1912. It is a remarkable work that showcases Dunsany's imaginative storytelling and his mastery of creating vivid and fantastical worlds. The book consists of numerous individual tales, each offering a glimpse into a unique realm filled with magic, mythology, and mystery. Dunsany's prose is rich and lyrical, transporting listeners to extraordinary landscapes and introducing them to a variety of enchanting characters.

Beast Hunt invites you to step into the claws, wings, and scales of the creatures humanity has feared for centuries. From mighty dragons to forgotten forest spirits, from mechanical monstrosities to cursed beings of the deep—these are the stories of the unseen, the unheard, and the misunderstood.

This collection contains a mixture of stories about ghosts and contacts from spirits, some by celebrated authors, together with essays on psychical research. As Joseph French notes in the preface, even for the skeptic, tales of ghostly activity retain a distinct fascination. The widespread interest in psychic phenomena in the early twentieth century proved to be a significant stimulus to literary production.

Known as the wicked witch of Russian fairy tales, Baba Yaga is not one woman, but rather a title carried by a chosen few. They keep the balance of nature and guard the borders of our world, but don't make the mistake of crossing one of them . . .

Blutige Straßen, brennende Schiffe und eine Stadt voller Geheimnisse erwarten dich in dem dritten unabhängig spielbaren Fantasy Abenteuer Spielbuch aus der Reihe der Klabauter Chroniken. Die Klabauter, eine verschworene Gemeinschaft mutiger Seefahrer, rufen dich in ihre Reihen. An ihrer Seite kämpfst du gegen die gefährliche Purpurne Rose, schmiedest Bündnisse mit geheimnisvollen Verbündeten, anderen Gangs und trittst in packenden Wettkämpfen an.

Nach Jahren der Gefangenschaft bekommt der Eismagier Taler die Möglichkeit, seine Freiheit wiederzugewinnen: Er soll eine kleine Elfe an Rebellen übergeben, die sich gegen die männerfeindliche Herrschaft der Sonnenkaiserin wehren wollen. Doch bei einem Angriff im Reich der Kaiserin wird Taler verletzt und die Elfe wird von seiner Gefangenen plötzlich zu seiner Beschützerin. Die beiden machen sich auf den Weg, um Hilfe für den lädierten Magier zu finden. Unterdessen sind die Schergen der Kaiserin ihnen bereits auf den Fersen...

Auch falsche Wege führen an ein Ziel... Taler steht vor den Trümmern seiner eigenen Taten. Während er herausfinden muss, wie es um seine Schwester steht, verfolgt Finja ganz andere Pläne: Sie will eine alte Schuld begleichen und Jasper aus Sonnström befreien. Trotzdem können die beiden sich aus irgendeinem Grund nicht voneinander trennen... Unterdessen schlägt Mayree sich mit pubertierenden Teenagern und einer stolzen Herzogin herum. Und dann war da ja noch das Problem mit den Rebellen: Niemand ahnt, wie nah die Gefahr ihnen allen ist und wer wirklich die Strippen zieht...

African literary scholars struggle to reconcile African mysticism with literary labels. Between Dystopias: The Road to Afropantheology encapsulates the essence of African mysticism and dystopia through original stories. Afropantheology explores various aspects of African mysticism and dystopia. "Mother's Love, Father's Place" and "02 Arena" are examples. It acknowledges Africa's journey from its origins to the future.

31 Brand-New Dark Fantasy Horror Stories. Bloody corridors of ancient rock. A castle surrounded by poisonous thorns. A lost temple of traps and corpses. A subaqueous cave at the bottom of a cursed lake. These are the places where secrets are buried, where ancient evils are summoned, where beasts are imprisoned, where the insane lie in wait. These are tombs of darkness and nightmare, where if you stare into the abyss, the abyss will stare back. Heed the warnings of your elders and return from whence you came. Ahead lie monster lairs.

This Book Holds all four stories within the series. 1. The Train Watcher 2. The Last Stop Before Dawn 3. The Break of Dawn 4. The Conductor Gideon goes on an epic story of mystery, loss and repetitiveness. Can he break the cycle or will he succumb to the endless loop of time? Living the same day, in the same job. Can he discover the secret to his memory loss? Who is the Blonde lady? Bruisers, Robots, Mafia, Car chase, and George, who just wants to clock off for the last time.

Spannend. Magisch. Schillernd. "Sie töten dich, wenn sie herausfinden, was du bist." Bereits als Dreijährige erkennt Shaia, dass sie anders ist. Sie versteht die Sprachen der Tiere, kann Krankheiten heilen und DAS FEUER entfachen. Nach einem schrecklichen Unfall wird sie von ihrer Familie verstoßen und schlägt sich fortan allein durch das altertümliche Ruwandien, in dem magisch Begabte wie sie verfolgt und getötet werden. Doch immer wieder trifft sie auf Menschen, die ihr weiterhelfen – und verliert sie wieder.

Dearest Listener, Welcome to a world of imagination and wonder—100 Stories. This extraordinary book is a celebration of creativity, featuring 100 unique tales that transport you through diverse realms, emotions, & experiences. Each story is a vivid world waiting to be discovered, savored, & cherished. Within this collection, you will encounter heroes & heroines, villains & sorcerers, love & loss, laughter & tears—a rich tapestry of human emotions that transcends time & space.

Julian never thought that graduating from the Ironfist Academy would be the easy part. He returns to his ancestral manor and is greeted by crumbling walls, growing debts, and a father who’s conveniently disappeared. To top it all off, someone is intent on making his new role as lord of the estate as difficult as possible. Armed with magic and a purpose, Julian must juggle the ancient art of estate management. Luckily, he's not alone.

Three standalone monster-girl mono-romances for men, collected in one volume!

Brian was a book lover, always seeking the solace of dusty bookstores and the scent of well-worn pages. His tastes veered towards contemporary fiction, but he couldn't resist the allure of antiquated shops filled with stories from ages past. Fate intervened on one such visit when a seemingly ordinary book tumbled from a shelf and struck him, becoming slightly damaged in the process.

This collection of short stories and novelettes includes the previously published stories "The Potter's Daughter" (a prequel to the novel The Element of Fire), "Holy Places", "Rites of Passage", "Houses of the Dead", "Reflections" (the Giliead and Ilias stories, prequels to the Fall of Ile-Rien trilogy), as well as "Night at the Opera" (a Nicholas and Reynard story original to this collection, set before the Nebula-nominated novel The Death of the Necromancer).

"In The Falling World", Jade, sister queen of the Indigo Cloud Court, has traveled with Chime and Balm to another Raksuran court. When she fails to return, her consort, Moon, along with Stone and a party of warriors and hunters, must track them down. Finding them turns out to be the easy part; freeing them from an ancient trap hidden in the depths of the Reaches is much more difficult. "The Tale of Indigo and Cloud" explores the history of the Indigo Cloud Court, long before Moon was born.

Every novella by Ursula K. Le Guin, an icon in American literature, collected for the first time - and introduced by the legendary author - in one breathtaking volume. Ursula K. Le Guin has won multiple prizes and accolades, from the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters to the Newbery Honor, Nebula, Hugo, World Fantasy, and PEN/Malamud awards. She has had her work collected over the years but never as a complete retrospective of her longer works.

Gotrek Gurnisson was once the greatest Slayer of the Old World, meeting his doom in the great cataclysms of the End Times. The heroic duardin stepped forth into the Realm of Chaos to fight the daemons gnawing at the world's ending and satisfy his death oath, leaving behind his companion Felix Jaeger. Now, he finds himself in a strange new realm where gods walk the earth and dark forces are ascendant.

Gotrek Gurnisson was the greatest monster slayer of the age, who met his doom at the End Times. The heroic duardin stepped forth into the Realm of Chaos to fight the daemons gnawing at the world's ending and satisfy his death oath, leaving behind his companion Felix Jaeger. Now Gotrek has returned, having outlived the old gods and the Old World. Spat from the ruinous depths with his redemption unfulfilled, he emerges into the Mortal Realms, a strange new world where gods walk the earth and dark forces are ascendant. Nothing is as he remembers.

The John Broadway The Complete Omnibus in a single offering!

It’s fate when a man accidentally drops his phone off the bridge. It’s fortune when it’s retrieved by a friendly shape sloshing in the muck underneath. From that day forward, as they share a coffee every morning, an unlikely friendship blooms. Considering the reality for the man above, where life seems perfect, and that of the sharp-witted creature below, how forever after can a happy ending be?

>The Screwtape Letters, now in its 70th anniversary year, is an iconic classic on spiritual warfare and the power of the devil. This profound and striking narrative takes the form of a series of letters from Screwtape, a devil high in the Infernal Civil Service, to his nephew Wormwood, a junior colleague engaged in his first mission on Earth trying to secure the damnation of a young man who has just become a Christian. Although the young man initially looks to be a willing victim, he changes his ways and is ‘lost’ to the young devil.

If you give Oberon the Irish wolfhound a bath, he's going to ask you for a story. Fortunately, his human, Atticus, has many centuries of life under his belt as the Iron Druid, and a whole lot of stories to share. Enjoy twelve new short stories from the New York Times bestselling series the Iron Druid Chronicles. Join Oberon and his Boston terrier buddy, Starbuck, in the tub as they hear about Corrie Ten Boom, Junko Tabei, Francisco de Miranda, Johannes Kepler, and many other figures from history spanning centuries. Sack Rome with King Alaric of the Visigoths or have a think with Auguste Rodin!