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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...

Dans ce Cabinet des Fées, le merveilleux français déploie ses fastes: un recueil de contes classiques signés Gérard, Leprince de Beaumont et Perrault. Entre palais ensorcelés, forêts profondes et épreuves secrètes, s’entrelacent magie, morale et destin. Ici, l’esprit l’emporte sur la force, la vertu se révèle à l’épreuve, et chaque enchantement recèle une leçon. La prose vive et délicate de l’époque confère à ces récits une grâce intemporelle.

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.

Mark wanted to clock out of work, like an average guy, to have an average night with dreams of kicking his feet up. Fate happened to have another plan. After a dust storm envelops him, Mark awakes in the mythical land of Lathinia where adventure awaits. The land is teaming with magical monsters, and yes, fearsome dragons. Armed with a legendary sword and a very unique mount, he'll utilize a skill point system in the hopes of returning home.

Les Contes du vent et de la nuit, c'est avant tout une atmosphère. une sensation d'étrange, voire de fantastique, le sentiment angoissant que l'inconcevable va surgir du quotidien, la folie de la sagesse, la mort de la vie. Anatole Le Braz sonde les tréfonds de l'âme bretonne, en dévoile les pans les plus obscurs et passionnés. Nul étalage tapageur ici, mais l'amour, la vengeance, le remords, le chagrin sont autant de passions sourdes, rentrées, qui couvent silencieusement, mais débouche sur la folie ou la mort, sur le don total de tout son être.

The order requires three things: Dedication, Discipline, and complete Obedience. Chiara is anything but obedient. She has too many secrets. Chief among them Ness, her soul-bound Jaguar. On a mission gone wrong, Chiara must choose between the order she's always dreamed of joining, and the people she's sworn to protect.

In March 1987, Mercedes Lackey, a young author from Oklahoma, published her first novel, Arrows of the Queen. No one could have envisioned that this modest book about a magical land called Valdemar would be the beginning of a fantasy masterwork series that would span decades and include more than two dozen titles.

Schauer, Spannung und Schwarze Romantik, Vol. 2: 10 weitere spannende Meisterwerke der klassischen Literatur. Von der schwarzen Romantik eines Edgar Allan Poe und Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mystery von Robert Louis Stevenson und Washington Irving, Grusel von Guy de Maupassant und Rudyard Kipling bis hin zur Spannung à la Jack London und H.P. Lovecraft! Mit dabei: 1. Der Untergang des Hauses Usher (Poe, Track 1), 2. Der junge Goodman Brown (Hawthorne, Track 2), 3. Das Flaschenteufelchen (Stevenson, Track 3–4), 4. Das Fräulein von Scuderi (Hoffmann, Track 5–7), 5. Blutrache (Maupassant, Track 8), 6.

After traveling across the entirety of the Sealance Empire and the deserts of Lowenthal, Larek has returned home to the Kingdom of Androthe to find that the situation is quite different from what he remembered. Not only are there massive Apertures called Calamities consuming large portions of the landscape, but most of his friends are also scattered to locations unknown around the Kingdom. Worse yet, they have no idea who he is because of the Dominion magic used on them before he was transported to the Empire.

Tauchen Sie ein in die düstere Welt von Edgar Allan Poe – dem Meister der unheimlichen Erzählung, des psychologischen Schreckens und der morbiden Poesie. Diese umfangreiche Hörbuch-Compilation versammelt 30 seiner besten Geschichten: von frühen phantastischen Erzählungen wie Metzengerstein und Das Manuskript in der Flasche, über legendäre Krimiklassiker wie Doppelmord in der Rue Morgue und Der entwendete Brief, bis hin zu psychologischen Meisterwerken wie Das verräterische Herz und Die schwarze Katze.

My family has run Sugarville’s one and only B&B for years. Sure, it's a little rundown and the gardens are overgrown, but it’s still got what I like to call rustic charm. If things go my way, it’ll become a cozy shelter for Hellhounds, Alicorns, Kobolds, and more! Yup – I’ve just become the manager of a government-run home for monster girls. Not only will I need to patch the roof, fix the barn, and master my burgeoning magic, but I’ll also need to help our guests adapt to living on Earth! However, unscrupulous forces are prowling about, trying to exploit monster girls for their arcane power.

From the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of The Everlasting and StarlingHouse comes a new collection of stories about tricksters and ghosts, ordinary magic and mundane spectacle. Alix E. Harrow spins tales never-told and seen just outside the periphery of reality–in the...

After years of service in the Imperial Expeditionary Force, Jol Rivers has found a tentative home in Littlereach, where he makes a living as a blacksmith. One day, however, a beautiful mage arrives and tells him that he has a mysterious magical power hidden within the items he forges, one that could defeat the malignant forces threatening the Second Empire. She invites him to the Lyceum, an institute for mages where he can develop this power. Little does Jol know that he has his own knowledge to impart to the other students, the kind of forbidden talents that binds them to him…

Dragon Dreams and Stranger Things is a collection of thirteen dynamic stories from the fantastic world of Maera! These tales take listeners to exotic places where complex characters encounter incredible monstrosities, battle dangerous adversaries, and seek spectacular treasures, all while facing harrowing challenges and weaving the vibrant tapestry of history that makes Maera come alive! Wars are fought, heroes become legends and the gods stride freely across a world influenced by the presence of magic wielding dragons in the skies above!

Books 4-6 of the White Haven Witches series in one binge-listening volume!

The Cassidyverse is vast. It spans centuries, stars, and stories whispered in orbit, shouted from rooftops, or muttered into a whiskey glass at the end of the world. In The Shape of the Fire, Adam Gaffen returns to the sprawling, genre-bending universe that began with Into the Black and The Heart of Space — and he’s brought some of your favorite chaos agents with him.

Crown of Magic, Vengeful Magic, and Chaos Magic, in one volume.

Eine ganze Zivilisation in einem Wasserglas – und ein göttlicher Uhrmacher, der alles verändert. In Robert Louis Stevensons „Der Uhrmacher“ entwickelt sich in einer unbeachteten Karaffe eine mikroskopische Welt voller Wissenschaft, Religion und Philosophie. Ein Kult verehrt die mysteriöse Uhr an der Wand, bis der „Uhrmacher“ selbst erscheint – nur um die gesamte Zivilisation mit einem Schluck zu zerstören.

From the Author who brought you the Parsec Award-Winning Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine comes a new collection of his best short stories. Nine stories of fantasy, horror, and science-fiction wonder that will take you to exciting new worlds and set your imagination alight. In "From Another World," a space station is overrun by invading aliens. Three men retreat to a storage room to hide out, but soon they realize that one of them is an alien in disguise. They desperately need to determine which one doesn't belong if they want to get out of this situation alive.

She's a rebel with a cause. He represents everything she's fighting against. But they need each other to survive the land of endless winter. Gerta was raised wild and free in the winter tundra, and she will fight to remain free of the foreign oppressors alongside her clan. When the Empire sends a new garrison to the fortress, Gerta and her clan are ready to teach them a lesson. But they are unprepared for just what kind of garrison has come. Kay was trained to bring law and order to the far corners of the Empire.