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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.

From a kitsune slinking through the mists … to an elven champion tied to every crossroad in the moment of Midnight … to the heir of Underhill ruling the road on a Harley, the mystical and magical intersect nearly unrealized with the world of man. Do you dare to walk among them with open eyes? Do you seek a glimpse of their power? Take care and proceed with soft steps among the folk of magic and moonlight.

This pretty much is what the title says. Many of the stories/novellas here will have only been done in limited print runs, such as in fanzines, magazines, pamphlets, special editions or online magazines. It’s a mixed genre of stories and these are what Brian considers the best of the rest of the stories in his body of work. We’ve got 111,000+ words in this collection so that means lots of enjoyment in what is likely the last collection coming from Brian.

L'un des écrivains les plus influents de toute l'histoire des comics nous offre un ouvrage « merveilleux, brillant et souvent émouvant » (Neil Gaiman), qui nous emmène dans l'envers occulte et fantastique de la réalité. Avec son tout premier recueil de nouvelles, couvrant quarante années d'activité, Alan Moore nous présente une palette de personnages aussi variés qu'inoubliables qui découvrent - et dans certains cas, font et défont - la trame diverse et encore largement inexplorée de l'existence. Dans la première des nouvelles, la relation intime entre deux spécialistes de l'amour sorcier connaît de tragiques ramifications.

This short story collection of alternate reality what-ifs explores dystopian societies where rules are ignored and questionable comedy is the only safe haven. Prophetic dreams cause comet chaos.

Zaid has one mission: hunt down rogue Anunnaki and bring the magical beings to justice. But when he discovers the nightmare of his ancient civilization in the form of a seemingly ordinary young girl, he knows he must capture her and take her back to his homeland – whether she likes it or not. Kinza’s parents were murdered when she was a child. She’s spent her entire life wondering why they were killed – along with the source of the bizarre tattoo on her stomach.

“Implacable destiny is no match for courage, sisterhood, stubbornness, and a good working knowledge of fairy tales.” —Katherine Arden, bestselling author of the Winternight trilogy, on A Spindle Splintered Follow professional fairy-tale fixer, Zinnia Gray, as she helps women get the...

You're off the edge of the map, elf. Here there be monsters. A mysterious ancient dragon city discovered, a pirate crew on the edge of greatness, and a lone man caught in the middle of two worlds. Jon, Lilly and the crew must bring together every drop of power, skill and cunning to strike back at the Illuminous Empire. But, all is not elven rum and sea lilies.

Fear is universal—a shared human experience that provokes awe, curiosity and terror. It feeds our anxieties, elevating our heartbeats and driving the instinct to survive. But what are we afraid of—and why? Each story in this anthology seeks to answer that question, blurring the boundaries between horror and fantasy fiction.