検索キーワード： 選集・短編小説

This is a prequel to Sebastian's Witch. This collection of short stories explains the origin of the Gatteo Mammone (Cat King) ability in the DeLuca family.

Finney ha tredici anni, è solo e in un terribile guaio. Da due anni a questa parte, qualcuno perseguita i ragazzi di Galesburg, li porta via, facendoli sparire per sempre. E ora, Finney rischia di fare la stessa fine: è rinchiuso nel seminterrato di uno psicopatico, un luogo macchiato dal sangue di una mezza dozzina di bambini uccisi. Con lui, in quella cella sotterranea, c'è un telefono antico, nero e da tempo disconnesso. Eppure, di notte squilla, e all'altro capo dell'apparecchio si sentono le voci delle precedenti vittime.

By 2194, years of wars, apocalypses and calamities gave way to a new world order known as the Accords. Governed by powerful magic, a pantheon of like-minded gods and the unified goal to preserve humankind from extinction, most magical beings are aligned within these rules. When Frode serves as a guard for his twin brothers' wedding negotiations, he never imagined his head would end up on the chopping block. Content Warning: This audiobook contains an explicit sex scene.

Jace Warin never wanted anything more than to attend the School of Swords and Serpents to escape the labor camps and restore his family's stained honor. But the determined young martial artist soon discovers the school he's always dreamed about is teeming with secret plots and sinister designs. To survive, he will have to master long-lost jinsei techniques, repair his wounded soul, and face down a most unexpected enemy: The Academy's ruthless headmaster and cunning professors.

Before she became the World Breaker, Kul'sheda was something far simpler: a woman who loved. For half a million years, she watched him die: Thir'yan, reborn into a thousand lifetimes, always hers for a few decades before death claimed him again. She was eternal. He was not. And the cycle that governs all existence refused them mercy. When the Myr'ides-masters of the magic known as Prismyr-gave her a chance to break the rules, she seized it, making him immortal like her. But immortality is a poison for one not made for it.

Jason and his friends just wanted to spend a week at the lake house. Time to relax, hang out, and catch up on old times. Then the System arrived. It only took a few hours for their world to become a real-life roleplaying game; trading some downtime for the need to learn new skills and powers while trying to defend their new home, their families, and survive. They don’t know the rules. They don’t know what’s coming next. What they do know is; they need to reinforce and expand their fort while protecting it, keep leveling up, and explore a dangerous new world.

Deep in the elbow skin of the Fae Wilds, far from the teeming fortress of the Goblin King and the glittering palace of the King and Queen of the Elves, there lies a forgotten hideaway of crumbling single-wides and rusty Airstreams. A lonely clan of beautiful women, clad in tube tops, overall shorts, and tacky Asian-print house-dresses, yearn for a man who can unstop their sewer lines and get the internet working again. Torn from his mundane life on Earth, Colton Winchester could be that man.

Never go to the darkwood. Always hide your hair. Never share your magic. Wren’s life is full of rules. And if anyone knew that the shadow magic whispered to Wren every day, her life would be over. So when she sees an irritatingly handsome knight, alone in the darkwood and under attack, his strong arms holding up a gleaming sword – why is it so, so tempting to give in to the whispers? Knight Finn serves the kingdom by hunting down shadow magic. So if Wren exposes her secret powers, Finn will be duty-bound to take her prisoner – or worse.

This short story collection delves into the origins of our civilization. How we came to be and where we will end up if we are not careful. One story is about a small alien sent to Earth to help a primitive couple become more civilized and what kind of chaos ensues. The other involves a NASA astronaut discovering the truth about our origins and what harm it cause once he delves further into the truth. Enter if you dare....

Discover the vast worlds and pocket universes of Michael Swanwick (Stations of the Tide), the only author to win science fiction’s most prestigious award five times in six years. In his dazzling new collection, the master of speculative short stories returns with tales in which magic and science improbably coexist with myth and legend. With two stories original to this collection, Swanwick aptly demonstrates with poignant humor why he is widely respected as a master of imaginative storytelling.

Als der Gaming-Nerd Charly überraschend einen der heiß begehrten Beta-Testplätze von Ascendreya ergattert, beginnt für ihn das Abenteuer seines Lebens. Zwei Jahre später kommt endlich der große Release – doch Charly steht draußen vor der Tür. Plötzlich kann er wieder nach Ascendreya zurückkehren – doch das vertraute Reich Uposia brennt. Intrigen zerreißen das Königreich, dunkle Kräfte steuern aus dem Schatten heraus jeden Konflikt, und Charly landet mitten in einer Verschwörung, die weit über ein simples Spiel hinausgeht.

To escape his mother’s relentless matchmaking, fire Dragon Prince Asante makes a desperate choice—he plucks a hard-headed baker from a small village and declares her his fiancée. It’s a harmless ruse, meant only to buy him time. After all, what threat could a woman with flour-dusted hands pose to the throne? But Kiala is no ordinary baker. She is the lost Ice Dragon Princess, a woman thought to have perished an avalanche. Hiding in plain sight, she has spent years concealing her identity, waiting for a day when she could truly be free.

Damien was a simple man, cruising on the highway of life. A goddess of temptation lures him into a deal he scoffs at. To him, superstition is for the foolish. Small problem: she's real, her ritual works, and Damien is magically teleported into a strange new realm. He awakens in Nordan, a land of myth and magic. A realm where humans battle legendary creatures for the amusement of the gods. In a war between man and myth. Damien's powers set him above the rest, a lord of life and death - enemy of all. Stranded, but not alone, will he perish, or conquer his way home?

Survival is no salvation. In the heart of a cursed desert, Sergeant Gideon Ward leads a doomed convoy escorting a mysterious VIP and a sealed briefcase. Their cargo? A celestial Key—capable of opening a gate between worlds. Their pursuer? Remiel, a fallen angel made of smoke and judgment, commanding an army of the possessed.

Michael Connelly, le roi du thriller contemporain écrit, dans son best-seller Le Poète : « Un des poèmes, Le Palais Hanté , figure dans une nouvelle, La Chute de la maison Usher , je suis sûr que vous l'avez tous lue. Ce poème est une description cachée du personnage principal, Rodrigue Usher » Preuve qu'à notre époque on considère encore cette œuvre comme une référence en matière de littérature étrange ou fantastique. Et d'Edgar Allan Poe, Jules Verne écrivait : « Un romancier américain de haute réputation ; vous connaissez son nom, beaucoup sans doute, mais peu ses ouvrages.

Um einem grausamen König zu entkommen, beschwöre ich einen Feenprinzen – und werde zu seiner Gefangenen. „Ich kann Gold spinnen“, lüge ich. Ich habe nur eine Chance, meine Lüge wahr zu machen, und bin schockiert, als es mir tatsächlich gelingt. Zu spät erkenne ich, dass mir dadurch ein Leben im goldenen Käfig droht: Der König will mich zu seiner Gemahlin machen. Ich soll sein Bett mit ihm teilen – und bis zu meinem letzten Atemzug in einen Turm eingesperrt werden, um dort Gold für ihn zu spinnen.

Find out what sort of game the Senior Girls Bayonet Drill Team play. Discover haunted toilets, strange beasts, the hungry dead, weird off-trail shops that sell unique hats and twisted dreams. Spend time with a courageous barber, meet a mythological being that may be part of all our myths, and is well-versed in the various games of shooting marbles. Ghostly cars, ghostly hotels, a shrinking world, gorillas in the yard, a brave and industrious mouse and a less than noble elephant are also here.

Tuzin opowiadań Roberta J. Szmidta po raz pierwszy zebranych w jeden, niepowtarzalny tom. Prześmiewcze fantasy, akcyjne science fiction, horrory i oczywiście ponura postapokalipsa. Bohaterowie zmagają się z nieznanym, z własnymi demonami i kryzysami. Wyobraźnia autora nie zna granic. Przekracza je.

Soldark. A city where stories are written, destinies ignited. Caz Coppersdown wants nothing to do but stay in Soldark and get a job as a journalist. But when her parents ship her off to her aunt’s country estate, she fears she won’t find anything newsworthy to write about. Until she realizes this small town is harboring a few surprises: Her aunt isn’t the fussy old lady Caz thought she was. The local air show is hiding a catastrophic secret. And soon fingers are being pointed at innocent people. Caz has found her story. But can she solve the mystery behind it?

A mysterious island, a tribe of lovely monster gals, and a fight for survival. Troy Thunder, ex-US Secret Service, finds himself stuck on a mysterious island with nothing more than a knife and the shirt on his back. To survive, his skills will be put to the test.