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We are all going to die. But how? Will it hurt? Where will we go? What will we find there? What will happen to the people we leave behind? Jonathan Strahan, award-winning editor of The Book of Dragons and The Book of Witches, has compiled a stunning collection of brand-new stories of murder...

神々と怪物が支配する忘れられた架空の世界を舞台に、人間が自らの運命を切り開くための痛切な選択と代償を描き出す、全10編の壮大な創作ファンタジー短編集。静寂に包まれた夜のひとときや、日常から離れたい通勤...

Bloomsbury presents Mestra by Madeline Miller, read by Georgina Campbell. 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...

Featuring the masterful prose of some of today's most accomplished writers, Forged in FIYAH is a celebration of Black speculative fiction unlike anything seen before! This program features multicast narration. Forged in FIYAH showcases the extraordinary talent and innovation of contemporary...

The team has grown to three, but the workload isn’t getting any smaller. With reports of Hell’s Angel's werewolves, dead relatives returning to haunt their loved ones, unspeakable aberrations hiding in the shadows, and the unwanted attention of a macabre serial killer, the team at Blue Moon Investigations are in even more trouble than usual.

Eigentlich hatte Tarikh al-Sal-ka-Nar sich nach seiner Rückkehr aus Ochben-Marai endlich seinen Studien widmen wollen, doch der errungene politische Frieden ist zerbrechlich. Ein überraschendes Angebot des Herrscherpaares rückt ihn erneut ins Zentrum tödlicher Intrigen und zwingt ihn zu einer folgenschweren Entscheidung.

Everyone else sees chaos and monsters. I see opportunity. Back on Earth, I was a history teacher. Now I’m Lord Nathan Cavendish, young, titled, and carrying the potential to become something more. In this world, every winter brings monstrous hordes. Magic exists, but it's weak and unreliable. The exception? Wild Sorceresses, women overflowing with raw power so vast they’re feared and hunted. Not by me. I see potential in them, and I have the means to harness it.

Nick Summerland traded in the hectic pace of Seattle for the familiar haunts of his hometown, Silvervale. He thought the move would dampen his curse: the ability to see life ticking away from those with less than a year to live. Instead of relief, he discovers one of the cursed death clocks hanging over his best friend. Nick learns Silvervale has its own secrets, including a beautiful, magic-wielding Medium who sees the same things he does, and a portal to an all-women’s college known as the Ghost Academy that might have the answers Nick needs.

H. P. Lovecrafts Mystery-Box: Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890–1937), meist nur H. P. Lovecraft, war ein amerikanischer Schriftsteller. Er gilt als einer der weltweit einflussreichsten Autoren im Bereich der phantastischen und anspruchsvollen Horror-Literatur.

Amadeus Knödlseder: Die Geschichte gehört zu den Tiergeschichten bzw. phantastischen Novellen Meyrinks und ist unter anderem in der Sammlung [Fledermäuse] enthalten. Im Mittelpunkt steht die humorvolle, aber auch skurrile Figur des Amadeus Knödlseder – ein Lämmergeier mit bayerischem beziehungsweise münchnerischem beziehungsweise bajuwarischem Kolorit, der in Konflikt mit anderen Tieren (wie dem Steinadler Andreas Humplmeier) und seiner Umwelt gerät und sich etwa um sein Abendessen gebracht sieht.

Seit der Drachenprinz Lira entführt hat, um sie zu seiner Braut zu machen, steht Tavish vor den Trümmern seiner Welt. Der skrupellose König der Unseelischen hat seine Schicksalsgefährtin verloren – und nun droht auch noch sein eigenes Volk mit Aufstand. Als wäre das Maß nicht voll, fordern die Seelie die Rückkehr ihrer Tochter und bringen das zerbrechliche Bündnis endgültig ins Wanken. Doch Tavish sind Allianzen und Rebellionen gleichgültig. Er kennt nur noch ein Ziel: Lira dem Drachenprinzen zu entreißen.

Tyler Thorn worked all his life to rise above the hand he'd been given. His reward? Constant agony and six figures of medical debt. Now humanity has been abducted to the multiverse, and he wakes up in the midst of alien ruins, barely able to stand and faced with a swarm of vicious monsters. He must accept a Curse just to survive—forever sealing his magic within his body and rendering most forms of power completely inaccessible to him. But with the upside of an enormous mana pool, Tyler finds himself thriving—even if it’s only with the force of his relentless physical might.

His solution to all of it: throw a Zone Faire. Games, monster trucks, a joust, friendly competition, and absolutely zero drama. That last part is not going to happen. Mrs. McGillicuddy has declared war on Jolene the Wasp Queen, the assassin is not going to wait for the pie-eating contest, and someone is apparently getting married. The harem keeps growing. The LitRPG progression keeps delivering. The chaos has fully committed to being unhinged, and this installment is the most bonkers one yet—which is saying something.

A single choice can shatter a world. A single death can ignite a war. And a single spark of love can rewrite destiny. Seven years after severing every tie to the Sanctuary and the Fae they once fought beside, Lucas and Mark vanished into the dark. Hidden. Haunted. Determined to protect the only family they have left. But the past has teeth, and it always finds a way to bite back. When an old enemy rises stronger than ever, their shadows are torn open. A violent confrontation exposes a truth Lucas never wanted to face. Opal. The daughter he abandoned in the name of severance.

Seasoned Tales is a collection of seven short stories for every mood, for every season, for every genre from fantasy to romance to ghost story to something quietly, unexpectedly moving, and one for every kind of reader you have ever been. In spring, young Margaret learns about fun from a mischievous fairy. Meanwhile, Lord Duke Ravenwood's gloomy outlook on the season is suddenly manifested much to his neighbors' dismay. In summer, an eavesdropping college student sets out to unmask a secret admirer while Hannah seeks out the man her husband becomes every summe.

This is a collection of the ninth six short stories in the Caverns & Creatures series.

Ken Liu, author of the Nebula and Hugo Award–winning The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories and The Hidden Girl and Other Stories—his second short story collection and the basis of the groundbreaking anime Pantheon—returns with a bold new anthology. Thought-provoking, heartbreaking, and...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Step into the enchanting world of medieval chivalry, where honorable knights, mysterious pilgrims, and tales of legendary rings intertwine. Follow young Otto von Trautwangen as he leaves the peaceful banks of the Danube to earn his knighthood, driven...

Isidore, a veteran on the eve of battle, is visited by an angel. Angelia informs him that Death awaits and there is no escaping what if fated. Headed for the warrior's prison, Isidore will have to fight his way through hell to reach Paradise. Charon, the ferryman, will be waiting there to escort him over the River Styx as long as he makes it to the boat on time and has an oblation. Most souls never make it. Most go mad battling hordes of ghost men full of rage, grief and hopelessness. Most lose all purpose and reason. Will Isidore become one of the hopeless and lose his way?

From award-winning author Cadwell Turnbull comes a brilliant collection of short stories, including old favorites and brand-new adventures Fourteen stories. Unseen places that lie just within, beneath, beyond our reality. A father and daughter traverse postapocalyptic America seeking safe haven...