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Jonathan Strahan, the award-winning and much lauded editor of many of genre's best known anthologies, is back with his 11th volume in this fascinating series, featuring the best science fiction and fantasy. With established names and new talent, this diverse and ground-breaking collection will take the listener to the outer reaches of space and the inner realms of humanity with stories of fantastical worlds and worlds that may still come to pass.

Michael Ende gelingt es mit seinen Geschichten, junge und alte Leser aus allen Ländern in seinen Bann zu ziehen. Mit den acht Erzählungen dieses Bandes entführt der große Geschichtenerzähler den staunenden Leser in die Welt der Fantasie, in eine Welt voller Wunder und Zeichen. Er erzählt von dem Korridor eines imposanten römischen Palazzo, dessen Ende niemals erreicht werden kann, von einer herrschaftlichen Villa, die durch ihr weites, einladendes Portal niemals zu betreten ist - und die Geschichte von einem, der auszog, das Wundern zu lernen.

Gaelan Starfire is a farmer, happy to be a husband and a father; a careful, quiet, simple man. He’s also an immortal, peerless in the arts of war. Over the centuries, he’s worn many faces to hide his gift, but he is a man ill-fit for obscurity and all too often he’s become a hero, his very names passing into legend: Acaelus Thorne, Yric the Black, Hrothan Steelbender, Tal Drakkan, Rebus Nimble.

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! The Empire State Building has vanished into thin air! Gone, too, are Grant’s Tomb and Grand Central Station, and all hell is breaking loose in New York City! What’s the story? One grizzled old newspaper reporter known simply as Pop - a role made for Walter Matthau - is on top of it...and better stay there, because his livelihood is on the line. If Pop fails to get to the bottom of the vanishing landmarks, his job will disappear as well - and land in the hands of the newspaper publisher’s son-in-law.

Harlan Ellison's masterwork of myth and terror as he seduces all innocence on a mind-freezing odyssey into the darkest reaches of mortal terror and the most dazzling heights of Olympian hell in his finest collection. Deathbird Stories is a collection of 19 of Harlan Ellison's best stories, including Edgar and Hugo winners, originally published between 1960 and 1974.  

Sam Wilson has a heavy shield to lift as the new Captain America. Listen to an action-packed anthology about Sam Wilson. Inspired by the Marvel comic book universe, the stories will see Sam prove he is ready to carry the shield as he faces Skrulls, Sabretooth, Kingpin, and other infamous villains.

A delightfully funny, fantastically inventive collection of twenty newly unearthed short stories by Sir Terry Pratchett, the award-winning and bestselling author of the phenomenally successful Discworld fantasy series. This special trove is a must-have for Pratchett fans of all ages. The...

Monster Hunter International may have had its roots in the United States of America, but there are plenty of monsters in the big old world. And wherever there are monsters, humans will need monster hunters. Here then, stories of the things that go bump in the night and the men and women who bump back—focusing on the myths, legends, and folklore of Czechia, by Czech authors. Includes a new short story by Larry Correia.

Don't start a war. Don't get your trainees killed. And most importantly, don't date them. Hunting monsters for coin was enough for me, until the King begged me to tame the wildest beast of all: a guild with no humans.

Ein gebrochener Körper. Eine geheimnisvolle Welt. Er braucht seinen ganzen Verstand, um zu überleben. Nachdem er knapp dem Tod entronnen ist, stellt Garrett fest, dass er sich in einer neuen Welt befindet. Und was noch schlimmer ist: Ihm fehlt ein Arm und er ist von der Hüfte abwärts gelähmt. Das hält den brutalen Bandenchef, auf dessen Fußboden er liegt, nicht davon ab, ihn auf die Straße zu werfen. Das Einzige, was zwischen Garrett und einem kalten Tod in den Händen der Plünderer der Stadt steht, sind sein eigener Verstand und eine mutige junge Frau.

Die Schlachteninsel liegt hinter ihnen – und doch hat der Kampf für die Bastardklingenträger kaum begonnen. Verfolgt von den Entscheidungen der Vergangenheit und gezeichnet von den Verlusten, die sie erlitten haben, sucht die Gruppe einen neuen Weg durch ein zerrissenes Nakhan. Während alte Bündnisse brüchig werden und verborgene Wahrheiten ans Licht drängen, wachsen Misstrauen und Zweifel in den eigenen Reihen.

Zeit, Vergänglichkeit & ein Leben rückwärts – F. Scott Fitzgeralds berühmte Kurzgeschichte über das Geheimnis des Alterns, atmosphärisch gesprochen von Jürgen Fritsche. Mit „Der seltsame Fall des Benjamin Button" schuf F. Scott Fitzgerald eine der außergewöhnlichsten Erzählungen der amerikanischen Literatur. Benjamin Button kommt als alter Mann zur Welt – und wird mit den Jahren immer jünger. Fitzgerald verbindet Fantasie, Melancholie und feine Gesellschaftsbeobachtung zu einer bewegenden Geschichte über Identität, Liebe und die Vergänglichkeit des Lebens.

From international bestseller Travis Baldree, Tales from the Territory is a beautiful collection of cosy fantasy tales, set in the much-loved world of Legends & Lattes. This program is read by the author. There are many tales yet untold . . . GOBLINS & GREATCOATS: Chaos goblin Zyll is involved...

Sheltered within an ancient oak at the heart of an old cemetery, a clan of winged guides waits for the storm’s eye. To human eyes they are omens of death. But, in truth, they are the gentle keepers who guide lost souls across the veil. When a powerful storm tears through the wards protecting Eternal Escapes Cemetery, one guardian senses a devourer rising from the darkness; an ancient, lost soul twisted by fear. As it reaches for the soul of the cemetery’s director, the guardian must risk its own essence to save her and restore peace to the dead and the living alike.

Ist es Sarkasmus, wenn man ein Drache ist? Nico, ein junger Drache von kaum fünfzig Jahren, wird von einer Gruppe mordlustiger Abenteurer rücksichtslos aus seiner Heimat vertrieben. Von seinem gesamten Gelege sind nur er und eine Schwester übrig geblieben, aber jetzt ist er allein. Isoliert und hungrig erwacht Nicos Magie, und er verbindet sich mit Cami, einer mutigen jungen Frau. Um sich vor der Verfolgung der Abenteurer zu verstecken, nimmt Nico menschliche Gestalt an.

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.

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.

It sounds insane, but asking a young dragon to watch over a flock of magical sheep might just be Timmy's ticket to financial freedom. To earn his pardon and help Everton win the war against the Eternal Empire, Timmy - Grand Necromancer extraordinaire - has his work cut out for him. Thankfully...

Enter the mythic beginnings of Robert E. Howard’s Hyborian world in this powerful collection featuring The Shadow Kingdom, The Hyborian Age, and A Witch Shall Be Born. Filled with ancient kingdoms, dark prophecy, and legendary sword-and-sorcery adventure, this volume is a compelling introduction to one of fantasy’s most iconic worlds.