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A succubus has an epiphany. A monster has an itch he can't scratch. A simple man has a revelation about life after death. A young woman refuses to bite her tongue under the weight of overbearing patriarchy. Tytus Berry's fiction has been compared to that of Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury, Theodore Sturgeon, and Stephen King. This slim volume features a collection of irreverent stories that explore timeless questions, nightmarish visions, and haunting portents.

A student sorcerer just can’t seem to get a break after he transmogrifies his assistant into a palm tree. Alien Bleeders are coming for Earth, ingesting one terraformed planet after another. A ghoul hungers for souls but still finds time to enjoy art. And a shoeshine boy struggles to make ends meet at the far edge of the Oberon Galaxy.

So harmlos das „Einhorn“ im Titel anmutet, so grausam und blutig ist die Fährte, die es legt... Denn die Dämonen werden stärker – auch jener in Lormak selbst. In Calsinthar treffen die Gefährten auf Xurodas, einen Gezeichneten wie Lormak. Diese neue Konstellation stellt die Gruppe auf die Zerreißprobe, denn mehr als nur einmal geraten die beiden aneinander. Während Lormak in Raserei verfällt, sobald der Dämon von ihm Besitz ergreift, äußert sich dies bei Xurodas durch Spielsucht und Vielweiberei.

Luzifers Tod ist eine Katastrophe, die die Welt betrifft. Der plötzliche Verlust seiner Magie wendet das Blatt zum ersten Mal seit über zwei Jahrzehnten. Die Menschen versammeln sich. Sie randalieren. Es fühlt sich an wie der Anfang eines Krieges. Als ob das nicht genug sei, ist Bree nicht mehr die Schwester, an die ich mich erinnere – und ihr Wunsch, in die Hölle zurückzukehren, verursacht mehr Feuer, als ich zu löschen vermag.

When she decides to try and discover her past, against the advice of Frayrith, she ends up as a slave in the temple of Thynitic, the Lady of Chaos. She will eventually come to serve Thynitic as her Daughter of Chaos.

Quinlan knows the truth of who she is–mostly. She and Eli are beginning to make a life. Luna, James, and Tine are all going to be part of their lives. But Fintan has other plans.

Continuing the adventures of a small group as they make their way through dangerous lands while facing evil being with items of incredible power. New friends emerge as new challenges arise. Come along to see the Sunset Castle.

Sable would do anything to break free from the ruthless gang boss she's indebted to before he corrupts her younger sister or discovers Sable's magical ability to sense the truth in people's words. In a last desperate attempt at freedom, Sable stumbles into unexpected help—Atticus, the famous playwright, and his traveling theater troupe. Far more than a means of escape, the mismatched band of actors is destined to become the family Sable never knew she wanted. They help awaken her magic until she becomes the burning symbol of truth that the entire land needs.

Squid Match: More than a mere tale of horror and carnage, this story is a powerful study in class struggles and inequality. Some Body to Love: Join Sally as she embarks on a quest to get chlamydia while helping her classmate's father secure a corpse in time for his sex doll convention . . . and maybe find love along the way. The Lepercorn: Lucy and her father are just like any working-class family trying to make an honest living scamming blind people out of hot dogs. But their lives are turned upside down when a small misunderstanding manifests as a grotesque abomination.

For these wolf shifters, mating isn't just for pleasure or even for love. It's for survival. When their enemies learn that the full moon weakens them enough to be easily killed, the entire wolf pack is threatened. Only one thing can keep them strong through the moonsong: a bonded mate. Now the race is on to find perfectly matched females for this band of rough and rowdy wolves. This box set collection contains books 4-6 of P. Jameson's bestselling Apex Mountain Shifters series.

Sternzeichenmagie. Elementarkräfte. Zauberei. All das ist real. All das stellt Olivias Welt plötzlich auf den Kopf. Kurz vor ihrem siebzehnten Geburtstag erfährt Olivia, was ihr ihre Mutter so lange verschwiegen hat: Sie ist ein Stellari. Und als solcher besitzt sie magische Kräfte himmlischen Ursprungs, bedingt durch ihr Sternzeichen und ihren Aszendenten. Als sie ihre magische Ausbildung an der Dahlow-Akademie beginnt, erfährt sie von einer düsteren Prophezeiung: Olivia soll dafür verantwortlich sein, dass den Stellari erneut ein blutrünstiger Krieg bevorsteht.

Five short stories that give glimpses into the lives of Griffin, Jorie, and the other characters from Second Nature.

Today the names of H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, August Derleth, and Clark Ashton Smith, all regular contributors to the pulp magazine Weird Tales during the first half of the twentieth century, are recognizable even to casual readers of the bizarre and fantastic. And yet despite being more popular than them all during the golden era of genre pulp fiction, there is another author whose name and work have fallen into obscurity: Seabury Quinn. The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin collects all ninety-three published works featuring the supernatural detective Dr. Jules de Grandin.

Exploring grief, affection, and the ties that bind us all together, this thought-provoking and diverse set of a dozen fantastical stories takes listeners on a riveting trip around the galaxy. Whether it's venturing into the criminal underworld with a wizard or delving into tough questions about how society treats the differently abled, Villyard's elegant prose infuses each otherworldly scenario and cleverly evokes critical contemplations on expectations, reality, and humanity's future.

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.

Se trata de una colección de tres relatos ambientados en entornos muy distintos. El primero de ellos, “Alboroto en la orden,” se desarrolla en Londres y se inspira en un episodio de la vida del poeta irlandés William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), cuando protagonizó un rudo encontronazo con el ocultista Aleister Crowley (1875-1947). El segundo, “Nacarado atardecer”, trata de una historia familiar que tiene lugar en los alrededores de Niza, la vieja oposición entre los enemigos hermanos.

Meet Sidney Grace: Quirky journalist, Hesitant witch, Professional butterfingers. Her grandmother believes Sidney’s talent for communicating with the dead makes her the most powerful witch in the family, but Sidney just wants to make it through the day without getting fired.

Two childhood friends, an orc and a goblin, have long dreamed of adventure. When a magic school dropout stumbles into their lives, they jump at the chance to realize their ambitions. This found family realizes the world of Galevyn is a much bigger place than the jungle they grew up in.

Cyberpunks, swordswomen, centurions, grifters, and monsters stalk through Matthew X. Gomez’s first collection of short stories. It is a grab-bag collection of fantasy and science fiction, seasoned with a dash of horror. The stories have a focus on action and conflict, designed to deliver a spike of adrenaline to the listener's cerebral cortex.

There are dragons in Lagos and witches who wear their sons’ skins, while a cabal of otherworldly beings are collecting intelligent life forms in the depths of the universe. This collection features some of Falowo’s most notable previously published stories alongside new tales of magic and terror.