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Author: Joel Puga Publisher: Joel Puga ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 21
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This collection brings together five different fantasy tales. The Last – Terrorized by the thought of death, a man lets himself be contaminated by vampirism to prolong his life indefinitely. However, when Hell and Heaven’s legions face each other in the ultimate battle, he becomes the last human being on Earth. Will he let himself be dragged peacefully into one of the afterlife kingdoms? Sasabonsam – During the War of Guinea, a group of Guinean guerrilla fighters bring down a Portuguese airplane. When investigating the wreck, they discover not only that the pilot survived, but also that he isn't human. Intellectual, one of the guerrilla fighters, is forced to face the monster, as well as the tribalism that infects the minds of his comrades. The Castle – Thomas gets a last minute invitation from his cousin Michael to Christmas dinner. But Michael's motives are darker than Thomas could have ever imagined. Susan – After a short and awful life, Susan faces death. Recalling her days on earth, she tries to deduce to which of the postmortem kingdoms she will be sent. However, her final destination reveals itself as surprising in more than one way. A Literary Quest – In his search for rare books, Cirio finds the elusive bookstore of Mormont, the location of which changes constantly, but is said to contain some volumes almost impossible to find. However, even after everything he went through to get there, will Cirio's quest be completed?
Author: Joel Puga Publisher: Joel Puga ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 21
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This collection brings together five different fantasy tales. The Last – Terrorized by the thought of death, a man lets himself be contaminated by vampirism to prolong his life indefinitely. However, when Hell and Heaven’s legions face each other in the ultimate battle, he becomes the last human being on Earth. Will he let himself be dragged peacefully into one of the afterlife kingdoms? Sasabonsam – During the War of Guinea, a group of Guinean guerrilla fighters bring down a Portuguese airplane. When investigating the wreck, they discover not only that the pilot survived, but also that he isn't human. Intellectual, one of the guerrilla fighters, is forced to face the monster, as well as the tribalism that infects the minds of his comrades. The Castle – Thomas gets a last minute invitation from his cousin Michael to Christmas dinner. But Michael's motives are darker than Thomas could have ever imagined. Susan – After a short and awful life, Susan faces death. Recalling her days on earth, she tries to deduce to which of the postmortem kingdoms she will be sent. However, her final destination reveals itself as surprising in more than one way. A Literary Quest – In his search for rare books, Cirio finds the elusive bookstore of Mormont, the location of which changes constantly, but is said to contain some volumes almost impossible to find. However, even after everything he went through to get there, will Cirio's quest be completed?
Author: Shouhua Qi Publisher: LONG RIVER PRESS ISBN: 9781592650682 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 256
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Part autobiographical, the stories offer a depiction of the myriad world of jaded entrepreneurs, overzealous cops, karaoke fanatics, dog lovers, liberated coeds, and frustrated urbanites who move in and out of China's colorful neon-lit cities and dusty rural villages; transitioning from one world to the other. Red Guard Fantasies can be viewed as a corollary to the work of noted classical Chinese writers such as Pu Songling (1640-1715) and Wu Jingzi (1701-1754), who challenged ideas of Chinese society and culture through the use of allegory, satire, and the blending of realistic and fantastic elements, often leading the reader through a dream-like, fantasy state where the real and the surreal become one.
Author: Joel Puga Publisher: Joel Puga ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 8
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Terrorized by the thought of death, a man lets himself be contaminated by vampirism to prolong his life indefinitely. However, when Hell and Heaven’s legions face each other in the ultimate battle, he remains the last human being on Earth. Will he let himself be dragged peacefully into one of the afterlife kingdoms? This is one of the short stories included in the anthology "Dark Fantasies and Other Stories " by the same author .
Author: Clark Ashton Smith Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0698137469 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 400
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A much-awaited collection of prose and poetry from one of the great cosmic masters of the supernatural Not just any fantasy, horror, and science fiction author could impress H. P. Lovecraft into calling him “unexcelled by any other writer, dead or living” or compel Fritz Lieber to employ the worthy term sui generis. Clark Ashton Smith—autodidact, prolific poet, amateur philosopher, bizarre sculptor, and unmatched storyteller—simply wrote like no one else, before or since. This new collection of his very best tales and poems is selected and introduced by supernatural literature scholar S. T. Joshi and allows readers to encounter Smith’s visionary brand of fantastical, phantasmagorical worlds, each one filled with invention, terror, and a superlative sense of metaphysical wonder. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Author: Steve Rasnic Tem Publisher: Crossroad Press ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages :
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THE HARVEST CHILD AND OTHER FANTASIES collects the wide range of Steve Rasnic Tem’s fantasy tales for the first time. These 39 stories include sword & sorcery sagas, chronicles of fairies, elves, witches, wizards, magical creatures, Robin Hood, funny fantasy, and a smattering of science fantasy, as well as some uncollected dark fantasy tales which emphasize the fantasy over the horror. These fictions originally appeared in both major markets and hard-to-find small magazines including, but not limited to: After Hours, Paradox, Asimov’s, Dragon Magazine, Elsewhere, Infinite Loop, New Frontiers, Jabberwocky, Chrysalis, Grue, Mythellany, Fantasy Book, Extro, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Stories included in this collection: The Harvest Child The Artist and His Mother Ancient Grass The Brollachan The Carl Paradox Eddie the Great Robin in the Mists Cornwoman Dune Shack The Dying Embrace of Clay, Embrace of Straw Garbage Hideout Daytimer The Orchard The Doors of Hypertext In All Things Moderation Janael Filmmaker Lost Cherokee Markers Tall Skies The Sound of Hawkwings Dissolving Riverbanks Teddy Bear Winter Time and the Exile Umbrellas Morning Talk Re: Vision Wanderlust War on the Downside Welcome to Rodeomart The World through the Tree Ten Things I Know About the Wizard Punishment Writing in the Dark The Night Market (with Melanie Tem) The Final Apprentice Dying on the Elephant Road
Author: Misha Burnett Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 184
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This short story collection will keep you on the edge of your seat to the last sentence. Misha Burnett has been published in a wide variety of modern fiction magazines, and here we've collected some of his best work. From the introduction: "I'm a tourist, not a colonist. I want to take a couple of pictures, hit an antique mall, get a meal, and get back on the highway. And that's what I write--what you'll get in this book is the casual visitor's view of other worlds than ours. I promise to have you back safe in your own home town by nightfall. "That having been said, I do revisit the same locations several times. These nine stories are trips to four settings, more or less. I like to think that these worlds are interesting enough to warrant the return trips. The first two stories, "A Hill Of Stars" and "In The Gloaming O My Darling" are set in what I like to call the Eldritch Earth. Early pulp writers were often fascinated by great antiquity, and I share that fascination. So I basically took Robert Howard's prehistoric Cimmeria and pushed it back in time--waaay back, all the way to Lovecraft's Precambrian Era of elder gods and alien monstrosities. "It's a mashup of time periods, with human beings and dinosaurs and shoggoths all existing on the same Pangaea-style continent. The concept has both obvious absurdities and an odd charm, and I was able to convince a few other authors to take a stab at the setting. "The next story, "Nox Invictus" is a one-off. The germ of the idea came from a discussion of elves in Fantasy being avatars of chaos, with the lawlessness of Elfland contrasted with the order of Christendom in works such as Poul Anderson's Three Hearts And Three Lions. I happened to be reading the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius at the time, so I thought I'd see how a Roman Stoic would fare in the realm of the fair folk--specifically the Svartalfheim of Norse mythology. "It was fun, writing the clash of three very different cultures, the civilized Empire, the Celtic barbarians, and the decadent Dark Elves. I hope you enjoy the trip. "The next stop on our itinerary doesn't have an official name, but the three stories "Candlemass Night", "Conessa's Sword", and "Through Dry Places" are all set in the same world. It's about the closest that I've written to a "typical" Fantasy world--vaguely Central European, vaguely Medieval. Adventurers from a Dungeons & Dragons campaign would feel at home here. The stories do have an Ashkenazi flavor--it's influenced by my love of Russian Jewish folklore and the places are more Anatevka than Lankhmar. "Next stop, Dracoheim. The last three stories, "She That Was So Proud And Wild," "The Hopeful Bodies Of The Young," and "An Interrupted Scandal" are set in the same Fantasy city. It's different than most Urban Fantasy, though, in that it isn't modern Earth with the addition of fantastic elements but instead a Fantasy world that has "grown up" into modern technology. Well, relatively modern, anyway--say mid-20th Century."
Author: Edith Nesbit Publisher: Wildside Press LLC ISBN: 1434446697 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 513
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This volume is a treasure-trove of rare 19th-century macabre stories for lovers of classic fantasy and horror. From ghosts of mind and spirit to paranormal experiences, from exotic Arabian Nights adventures to Deals with the Devil, each story in this volume is sure to delight the discerning reader of classic fantasy and horror. Included are: THE GRAY LADY, by Mary E. Lee THE EBONY FRAME, by Edith Nesbit THE DOOM, by Benedict THE CURSE OF THE CATAFALQUES, by F. Anstey THE STRIDING PLACE, by Gertrude Atherton SISTER SERAPHINE, by Edna W. Underwood EXTRAORDINARY INDIAN FEATS OF LEGERDEMAIN, by David Dawson Mitchell LAZARUS, by Leonid Andreyev THE TRANSFIGURED, by Heinrich Zschokke THE UNCANNY BAIRN, by Mrs. Alfred (Louisa) Baldwin UNCLE ABRAHAM’S ROMANCE, by Edith Nesbit MAN-SIZE IN MARBLE, by Edith Nesbit THE SECRET OF THE STRADIVARIUS, by Hugh Conway MR. LINDSAY’S MANUSCRIPT, by T. H. E. ROSAURA AND HER RELATIONS, by Baron Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué THE ENCHANTED GIFTS, by Mrs. Jane L. Swift THE GALLOWS MAN, by Baron Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué THE ROCK OF HANS HEILING, by Theodor Koerner THE VISION OF AGIB, by Anonymous WINDERHANS AND THE GENTLEMAN IN BLACK, by Anonymous And don't forget to search this ebook store for "Wildside Megapack" (or just Megapack if Wildside Megapack doesn't work) to see all the entries in the Megapack series -- including volumes of science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, westerns, and much, much more!
Author: Joel Puga Publisher: Joel Puga ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 9
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After Spain agrees to an alliance with Nazi Germany, Portugal is forced to do the same so as to avoid annexation. As a result, Portuguese soldiers at Lajes, in the Azores, come under attack from an American force that wants to occupy that strategic point. Frustrated by the stubborn resistance of the defenders, the Americans turn to a very unconventional weapon.
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Author: Joel Puga
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