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In einer Welt, die von uralten Göttern und vergessenen Mächten zerrissen wurde, gerät der junge Soldat Casias nach einem blutigen Massaker in den Besitz einer Bastardklinge – eines der sechs legendären Schwerter, die das Schicksal von Nakhan für immer verändern könnten. Doch er ist nicht allein: Khara, die Tochter einer Hexenkönigin, Suta, eine Frau mit mysteriöser Verbindung zu einem uralten Wesen, Tune, eine gläubige Dienerin eines undurchschaubaren Gottes, Tororthran, ein Gelehrter der Naturkräfte, und Gales, ein Krieger mit einer tragischen Vergangenheit, schließen sich ihm an.

Ein alternatives New York im Jahr 1920: Wohlstand und imperiale Architektur prägen das Bild, doch unter der Oberfläche lauert ein schleichendes Gift. Willkommen in der Welt von „Der Wiederhersteller von Rufen", der berühmtesten Kurzgeschichte aus Robert W. Chambers' legendärem Sammelband „Der König in Gelb". Wir folgen Hildred Castaigne, dessen Geist sich nach einem schweren Sturz und der Lektüre eines mysteriösen, verbotenen Theaterstücks verändert hat.

1 – LA MARQUESA: Casada a los 16 con un Marqués entrado en años, viuda 6 meses después, la marquesa de R, tuvo una mala primera experiencia con el sexo opuesto, que le llevó a despreciar a los hombres. Pero una mujer sin marido o amante no tiene apoyo en la sociedad depravada de la época y sufre la humillación, el sarcasmo, el ridículo, al que le acosa su entorno social.

Os leitores que percorrem essas páginas fazem uma incursão pelas narrativas repletas de alumbramento da autora, que mais uma vez os arrebata com seu dom único para criar mundos fascinantes e os convidar a habitá-los. Marina Colasanti é uma das mais premiadas escritoras brasileiras, com livros de destaque em todos os segmentos. Em 2023, esse reconhecimento se tornou ainda maior: Marina recebeu o Prêmio Machado de Assis – o mais antigo e importante do país – pelo conjunto de sua obra. Este Sereno mundo azul é seu primeiro livro inédito a ser publicado após a premiação.

Other Tales: Volume V contains eight bizarre and incredible tales of science fiction and fantasy, including stories by eminent genre writers Fritz Leiber (author of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser) and Arthur Conan Doyle (creator of Sherlock Holmes) and an original Dungeons & Dragons-esque yarn by author and narrator Adriel Brandt.

Welcome to Aearth Brave Adventurers Wanted! This collection of six short stories will introduce you to the broken world of Aearth. Glimpse moments in time. Where magic and the gods still influence the world. Step foot into the world since the loss of magic. Where monsters haunt more than nightmares. Aearth was once a place of magic and wonder. A world where the gods were said to walk among its people and gift champions with great power. Aearth, once so powerful and grand, fell to the Great War over two-thousand years ago.

Des voyageurs surpris par l'orage se réfugient chez un homme qui a autrefois passé un pacte avec le DIABLE... Repenti, il attend vainement que son pacte cesse. Or, cette nuit-là, nos voyageurs mi-goguenards mi-effrayés vont le tenter… Un récit fantastique ou SF, qui grâce à l'interprétation magistrale de Marc Deroy vous fait dresser les poils et vous donne la chair de poule !

Chegou a hora do último acerto de contas... Conheça o desfecho da aclamada trilogia legado do coração de dragão! Após a derrota de Odran na Batalha do Portal da Escuridão, seu plano de tomar Talamh foi interrompido – por enquanto. Mas as consequências do terrível embate abalaram a...

In der Dunkelheit verbergen sich Geheimnisse, die selbst die Götter erschüttern können. Eine Schuld will beglichen werden und ruft nach Vergeltung. Priester tanzen in ihren blutigen Tempeln, denn sie preisen den Neun. Das Spiel von Tag und Nacht verlangt den nächsten Zug. Der vierte Teil der Chroniken von Ereos. »Tretet ein und lasst alle Hoffnung fahren, denn ihr befindet euch nun im Schattenland, dem Reich der Schatten, aus dem es kein Entrinnen gibt.

This is a New York rotten to its magical core. This is the Secret City, where gargoyles roost on fire escapes, were-rats work the night shift at hex-diners, and sorcery and circuitry sing the same siren song. Navigating these garish canyons is Nova Swann, a renegade urban druid and veil-walker...

One age ends... and another begins. With the coming of Dorothy Gale from the plains of Kansas, the Wicked Witch of the East has been destroyed, and now her sister in the west assembles an arsenal of wizards and wrong-doers to decide the fate of their villainous order! While the wicked men contemplate life beyond the literal realm, however, their leader seethes at the prospect of running from this new suspicious threat, vowing instead to stand and fight against whatever magic she or Glinda might send her direction.

Este livro reúne dois contos do escritor e abolicionista cearense Manuel de Oliveira Paiva. Em "O ar do vento, Ave Maria", o autor volta a explorar o sobrenatural, fazendo bom uso de uma narrativa em primeira pessoa. O enredo? Uma cabeça de mulher encontrada pelo narrador... E também a morte – de Jesus – está no centro do enredo de "A paixão", onde o leitor mergulha no fluxo de pensamento do narrador, em meio à celebração da paixão de Cristo.

Elin's across-the-street neighbor has gotten a little obsessive about mowing the lawn. Shadow Hill's HOA isn't that strict. Is there something darker going on? Or is Elin just letting her imagination run away with her?

Este livro reúne dois contos do escritor e abolicionista cearense Manuel de Oliveira Paiva. Com ares de realismo fantástico, o protagonista de "Ao cair da tarde" sonha estar morto... em meio à visita a um cemitério! Em "A barata e a vela", o autor segue na mesma linha, trazendo uma fábula moderna que tem por estrela central uma barata!

The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey. He, along with many other wealthy nobles, hosts a masquerade ball in seven rooms of the abbey, each decorated with a different color. In the midst of their revelry, a mysterious figure disguised as a Red Death victim enters and makes his way through each of the rooms. Prospero dies after confronting this stranger, whose "costume" proves to contain nothing tangible inside it.

"The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade" is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849). It was published in the February 1845 issue of Godey's Lady's Book and was intended as a partly humorous sequel to the celebrated collection of Middle Eastern tales One Thousand and One Nights. The tale depicts the eighth and final voyage of Sinbad the Sailor, along with the various mysteries Sinbad and his crew encounter; the anomalies are then described as footnotes to the story.

Whatever doubt may still envelop the rationale of mesmerism, its startling facts are now almost universally admitted. Of these latter, those who doubt, are your mere doubters by profession—an unprofitable and disreputable tribe.

"Morella" is a short story in the Gothic horror genre by 19th-century American author and critic Edgar Allan Poe. An unnamed narrator, deeply affected by his friend Morella, marries her despite not feeling romantic love, drawn instead by an indefinable, intense connection. Morella, a reclusive and profoundly erudite woman, immerses him in her mystical studies, particularly German metaphysical texts on identity, pantheism, and reincarnation. Over time, the narrator grows disturbed by her eerie presence, her cold touch, and her otherworldly voice, which shift his joy into horror.

"A Tale of the Ragged Mountains" is a fantastical short story written by Edgar Allan Poe. Set near Charlottesville, Virginia, it is the only story the author set in the state. It was first published in Godey's Lady's Book in April 1844. It was anthologized the following year in Tales, published in New York by Wiley and Putnam. In late November 1827, the unnamed narrator meets Augustus Bedloe. Because of ongoing problems with neuralgia, Bedloe has retained the exclusive services of a 70-year-old physician, Dr. Templeton, a practitioner of mesmerism.

Science Fiction and Fantasy stories of STRANGEST ilk. Other Tales: Volume IV contains seven bizarre and incredible tales of science fiction and fantasy, including rare comedies from Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury, three mysterious and moving yarns from prominent women of genre fiction, and an original science fiction tale by author E.S. Raye, writer of Gas Giant Gambit: A Tall Tale from Beyond the Cygnus Rift.