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Join James, our intrepid adventurer, streamer, and bug hunter, as he jumps headfirst into the first true immersion VRMMORPG game and explores the digital reality that the dev's have kept under lock and key. No previews? No class or race info before launch? What could possibly go wrong? Especially starting in the empire inspired by ancient Egypt. Rolling a character reminiscent of an old-school D&D cleric, James takes on the world of Sosaku Online with spear, shield, and holy fire.

Some truths are carefully concealed; others merely forgotten. In this spellbinding collection, seven acclaimed fantasy authors create characters who venture into the depths where others fear to tread. But when forbidden knowledge is the ultimate power, how far can they go before the darkness...

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.

Dive into the enchanting world of Irish folklore in this captivating compendium of fairy tales, songs, and poems compiled and co-written by Nobel Prize-winning Irish wordsmith W. B. Yeats.

The Unidentified Funny Objects series delivers an annual dose of funny, zany, and unusual science fiction and fantasy stories. All-new fiction from the genre's top voices!

“Short stories have to accomplish a nearly impossible magic trick: to introduce a world often much stranger than our own and make you care about it in a matter of pages,” writes R. F. Kuang in her introduction. “The most important part of this magic trick is just a willingness to get weird...

Charlaine Harris, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels and the Harper Connelly Mysteries, and New York Times bestselling author Christopher Golden present The Cemetery Girl trilogy. She calls herself Calexa Rose Dunhill—names taken from the grim surroundings where she awoke, bruised and bloody, with no memory of who she is, how she got there, or who left her for dead. She has made the cemetery her home, living in a crypt and avoiding human contact. But Calexa can’t hide from the dead—and because she can see spirits, they can’t hide from her.

Welcome to New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller Brandon Sanderson's first collection of short fiction. These wonderful works, originally published individually, have been collected for the first time and convey the true expanse of the Cosmere. Telling the exciting tales of adventure...

UN JUEGO QUE NO DEBERÍA EXISTIR. Y QUE NO TE DEJARÁ APAGARLO. 1987, un aula de informática de un instituto de California. Peter teclea RUN en un IBM y la pantalla titila. Su código desaparece. En su lugar, el fósforo verde dibuja una ciudad antigua, un puente, una criatura de barro con los...

Nine interconnected tales.The thrilling conclusion to the trilogy.For centuries, the town of Wendlelow has stood in a place where the veil is thin.Ancient gods whisper from forgotten places, and dark creatures stalk the borderlands.A Crow's Scream, the gripping conclusion to The Wendlelow...

8 authors. 8 short, stabby love stories. 1 bloody anthology. From masked men to demons, to sapphic vampires, to vengeful witches and goddesses, to sexy unknown entities, each unique, fast-paced story will unlock something dark and new, leaving you saying, “good for her.”

Science Fiction and Fantasy stories of STRANGEST ilk. Other Tales: Volume IX contains six bizarre and incredible tales of science fiction and fantasy, including a quaint English first contact story by H.G. Wells (author of War of the Worlds and The Time Machine), three science fiction tales by...

The Firebird rises—not from legend, but from the heart of a star. Technician Brianna Wells is supposed to monitor solar activity, not chase myths. But when the rhythmic pulses of a distant sun begin to match the ancient chants of the Firebird legends, data and folklore collide. Her warnings are dismissed, her findings erased, and her belief ridiculed. Then the impossible happens. The star awakens.

Brianna is lost; Evan, the other half of her heart, is gone, and she is slowly fading into the Void. If it weren't for the small boy in her arms, she might have already followed him. But Drake needs her, and she can't just abandon him. When her luck runs out, she expects to die at the hands of her own family, but what she doesn't expect is to be saved by the 'Ghost Flame,' a ruthless, wandering Vampire who doesn't hesitate to kill.

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.

The Unreal and the Real is a major event not to be missed. In this two-volume selection of Ursula K. Le Guin's best short stories--as selected by the National Book Award winning author herself--the reader will be delighted, provoked, amused, and faced with the sharp, satirical voice of one of the best short story writers of the present day. Where on Earth explores Le Guin's earthbound stories which range around the world, from small town Oregon to middle Europe in the middle of revolution to summer camp.

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). 

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.

Outer Space, Inner Lands includes many of the best known Ursula K. Le Guin nonrealistic stories (such as "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," "Semley' s Necklace," and "She Unnames Them") which have shaped the way many listeners see the world. She gives voice to the voiceless, hope to the outsider, and speaks truth to power - all the time maintaining her independence and sense of humor.