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Die siebzehnjährige Tilly Taylor ist begeistert, als sich ihr Traum erfüllt und sie ihre Ausbildung bei der berühmten irischen Whiskey-Brennerei Breath of Fire absolvieren darf. Allerdings bemerkt sie sehr schnell, dass die Distillery beunruhigende Rätsel verbirgt – die Mitarbeiter treffen sich heimlich, gekleidet in altertümliche Gewänder, offenbar, um mysteriöse Rituale zu zelebrieren. Der gleichaltrige Aidan bietet Tilly an, mit ihr gemeinsam herauszufinden, was in den Gewölben der Brennerei wirklich vorgeht.

Legends of the fearsome shieldmaidens of Valhalla, the Valkyries, take surprising modern twists in this fantasy anthology featuring short stories from #1 New York Times bestselling authors Jim Butcher, Charlaine Harris, Kim Harrison, Maggie Stiefvater, and more... In Norse mythology, fierce...

For the God of War, death has always been a part of life. Violence was sweet meat to his mouth. But now Ares is faced with a new dilemma, one unlike any he has ever faced before. He's been accused of an unrighteous murder. This accusation has placed a dark stain on his bloody reputation and struck a disturbing chord in his black heart.

À l’heure où la lumière vacille, ces contes brefs invitent à tendre l’oreille aux frémissements du monde: un détail qui déraille, une rencontre qui se teinte de mystère, un souvenir qui se ranime. Entre chien et loup, le quotidien se fissure et laisse passer l’inattendu — tantôt tendre, tantôt ironique, parfois délicatement inquiétant.

Una antología sobre los animales y el miedo: cada cuento, una criatura que te aterrorizará Bestiario del miedo es una antología fascinante y feroz de cuentos de terror anglosajones de los siglos XIX y XX, donde los animales –naturales o sobrenaturales– se convierten en protagonistas del...

Other Tales: Volume III contains eight bizarre and incredible tales of science fiction and fantasy, including the first ever Conan novella by Robert E. Howard, a science fiction story evidently about autism written in 1955, and an original Vonneguttian tale by author Robert Westley, writer of Natural Magic: A Helminverse Novel.

A collection of short stories in the award winning world of Paragon Exordium. 11 Stories, 12 narrators! Produced by Atlas Creed. Narrated by Aaron Smith, Cormac Brennan, Atlas Creed, Wesley Wright, Leumas Llewtnac, River Seabrook, Hel, Zack Rosenfeld, Sean Chaussee, Amber McCulloch, Mikel Melwasul and David Tullius

Alex knew life with an angel and demon would bring its challenges. After feuds with monsters and the lords of Hell, he’s got the scars to prove it. Yet between each crisis, Alex, Rachel, and Lorelei share a deep romance and a daily life that makes the dangers all worthwhile—even if some of those days between crises aren’t entirely peaceful, either. COZY SHADOWS collects twenty novelettes and short stories threaded in between the novels of the Good Intentions series, ranging from pure steamy romance and fun to supernatural action and adventure.

Carina is a widow whose only focus is raising her young son. The last thing she needs is adventure. But when a mysterious bard comes to town, that is exactly what finds her. Because while he seems to hold the entire town in a spell, the Piper's focus is entirely on her. Just because adventure is the last thing Carina needs doesn't mean it's not what she longs for. And whether it wants her or not, it is coming for her. Because where the Piper goes, danger follows . . .

Jordan Cash woke up in the heart of a Pinnacle Dungeon with no memories, a dead adventurer at his feet, and a Legendary Tablet fused to his hand. The Dungeon Core offered him a deal: take the fallen warrior's power, rescue the low-level adventurers trapped in its depths, and destroy the Demon Core threatening the Fae Wilds. In exchange, Jordan gained the Battle Scholar class—a team-management specialization that lets him control the skill trees and class abilities of every party member under his command.

Once every generation there is a Chosen One, who will stand between humanity and darkness. But why is the Chosen One so often a teenager? Why do only children get swept through portals to save the fantastic world on the other side? Whose idea was it to put the fate of the world in the hands of someone without a fully developed prefrontal cortex? In Never Too Old to Save the World, nineteen authors explore what would happen if the Chosen One were called midlife.

I'm Thane Stone, a simple man that wants nothing more than to put down a few crops in the plot of land I purchased at the edge of town. My dream might very well have come true were it not for what I found in the forest. It called to me, woke something buried deep within, a bloodline that raises far more questions than it answers. So, I suppose I'm a bastard with royal blood? To be frank, I'm not sure I give a damn.

Ethan didn’t believe in magical swords until one transported him to a fantasy world. A world with monsters, martial arts guilds, and elemental powers beyond imagining. In fact, it’s almost like he died and went to heaven. If heaven contained rivals bent on killing him, elf tutors who want to bed him, and a feisty spearmaiden with something to prove.

After Dylan moves to Osaka, a strange interaction grants him the power to see demons and monsters from Japanese folklore. Burning with a desire to help the people being harmed by these terrible forces, Dylan finds an answer in the devastatingly beautiful and mysterious Ayane. Through her, Dylan learns there are more sinister and deadly monsters than anyone could imagine. Evil yokai have plagued Japan for centuries and the threat is escalating. But not all yokai are evil. Will his new-found power be enough to protect the innocents and vanquish the spawn of the abyss?

From the internationally bestselling author of The Song of Achilles and Circe comes a remarkable new short story A cursed father, a gifted daughter Mestra, daughter of the King of Thessaly, is gifted a unique ability by Poseidon: metamorphosis into any being she can imagine. Her father, on the...

She claims she can spin gold, but it is a lie. With her life at stake, she has no other choice. She gets one chance to turn her lie into truth, and she is shocked when she succeeds. But now the cruel human king demands she become his wife—passing between his bed and being locked away in a tower, spinning gold until her last breath. Her only way out is to summon him. A brutal Fae prince. The deal she strikes is sickening, but it is the only way she will live after she is caught escaping.

A collection of rediscovered fantasy, horror, and speculative stories from an icon of the Harlem Renaissance and cofounder of the NAACP, many published here for the first time...

The long-awaited next collection by the master of short stories and author of the award-winning Paper Menagerie and Other Stories. Thought-provoking, heartbreaking, and wonderous are some of the many ways the thirteen stories in this collection will engage readers. Ken Liu continues to delight...

Award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan collects brand-new stories of murder, myth, and misadventure including contributions from international bestsellers Garth Nix, Paul Tremblay, Stephen Graham Jones, Tamsyn Muir, and featuring stunning illustrations from Galen Dara. We are all going to die...

In the aftermath of a destructive invasion against the Emerald City, Nikidik Pipt, the Crooked Wizard of Oz, flees into the Munchkin countryside, carrying the dangerous magical imprint of an ancient being whose whispers threaten to unravel his very sanity. Suspecting that severing the bond can be done through the dark arts, he seeks out the only person he can trust: his elder brother Alticar, a hermit who lives alone in the deepest part of the forest.