Títulos em Antologias e Contos

The fight to save British magick rages on—and it’s taking the Society’s beleaguered champions away from Home. Far, far away, to worlds long lost; worlds no one could ever have imagined existed. Dangers and mysteries abound, which is way up Ves’s street. Jay isn’t quite so sure. Severed as they are from the Society’s support, will magick’s unlikely heroes make it Home unscathed? It’ll be fine. After all, these lost magickal domains are the Society’s ultimate dream. What could possibly be so bad about that?

A man awakens in silence, surrounded by darkness. He believes he has died—but the truth is far more haunting. Unclaimed is a literary short story exploring memory, mortality, and the invisible thread that binds us to others. Told in lyrical, intimate prose, it reflects on the relationships we build—and what remains of us in the silence after we're gone.

This is the complete collection of The Martinelli Family, containing You Belong With Me, Underboss, Headhunter and Off the Record.

Entdecken Sie den Zauber des Gardasees in einer einzigartigen Sammlung von Kurzgeschichten, die weit mehr enthüllen als die bekannten Genüsse von Pizza und Wein! „Mehr als Pizza und Wein – Kurzgeschichten vom Gardasee“ nimmt Sie mit auf eine emotionale Reise durch das lebendige, facettenreiche Leben am größten See Italiens.

What if the world's society as you know it fractured? We call it civilization – a sturdy house built of habit, law, and the quiet consensus of generations. Its walls are papered with sacred norms, its foundations sunk deep in shared belief. But what happens when that bedrock shatters, not with a single quake, but through the insidious creep of new ideas, unforeseen scarcities, or the chilling dawn of intelligences that judge their creators? The paper shreds. The foundations liquefy. The scaffolding of our days collapses into bewildering ruin.

Diese etwas anderen Weihnachtsgeschichten zeigen auf erstaunliche Weise, was die aktuellste KI bereits zu leisten im Stande ist. Die Kurzgeschichten nicht nur den Stand der aktuellen Leistungsfähigkeit künstlicher Intelligenzen abbilden, sondern gleichzeitig auch noch lustig und leicht verständlich geschrieben sind. Auch für die Erstellung des Hörbuchs nutzte der Verlag eine künstliche Intelligenz. Die sogenannte TTS-Produktion dieses Titels zeigt die atemberaubende Entwicklung der letzten Jahre im Bereich der Audioproduktion mit Hilfe von künstlicher Intelligenz.

Es herrscht Krieg im Weltenrund. Um die abtrünnige Kolonie wieder unter Kontrolle zu bringen, wird die königliche Armada nach Tirnanog entsandt. Die Paladin Artio begleitet den Heereszug als Gesandte der Kirche, denn sie ist die Einzige, die mit den Wäldern des wilden Landes vertraut ist. Während die Rückeroberung nicht verläuft wie geplant, wird Artio zunehmend mit ihrer Vergangenheit konfrontiert. Bald steht sie vor einer Entscheidung, die alles infrage stellt, woran sie glaubt.

Heinz Strunk lädt uns wieder ein in eine Welt, in der es viel zu staunen und zu lachen gibt, obwohl sie im Großen und Ganzen voller Schmerz und Schauer ist. Berichtet wird von ganz schön merkwürdigen Krankheiten, beunruhigenden Vorgängen im Nachbarhaus der Vorortsiedlung, es werden abgrundtief elende Familiengeschichten und Paartragödien erzählt.

As love blooms, Darcy and Elizabeth resolve to meet, but they soon realise that appearances can be deceiving. Together, they must unravel the mystery of the Lake House and discover who—or what—is conspiring to keep them apart.

Quando la protagonista, chiamata semplicemente la Scrittrice, ha un aborto spontaneo, nel mezzo di un periodo già turbolento della sua vita caratterizzato da relazioni sbagliate e lotte professionali, perde del tutto non solo la capacità di parlare e scrivere ma anche quella di comprendere il proprio posto nel mondo. In questo scenario di smarrimento interiore, dal Dipartimento di Ricerca Celeste viene inviato sul posto uno Spirito Guida per aiutarla.

Cris estava linda naquela réplica de seu vestido que lembrava muito o século XVIII. Seus cabelos estavam em um tom preto, muito além da cor verdadeira, sua maquilagem; embora fosse escuro, não escondia em nada sua beleza inferior, seus lábios carnudos estavam envoltos de um batom vermelho sangue muito atraente. [...] Tudo isso para encontrar seu namorado? Na verdade, era pra ir com o namorado até o cemitério curtir com seu grupo de amigos góticos. Tudo parecia perfeito para ele, até Cris se mostrar de verdade.

One of the last true classics of Russian literature and 1933 Nobel Laureate for literature, Ivan Bunin brings you a series of relationship tales as diverse as the seasons and far more engrossing.

What is the price of insanity? 13 tales of the macabre reside in this tome. Do you have what it takes to pay the price?

In ten thrilling stories, lonely young women lost in the confines of modernity are forced to confront the price of human connection through brushes with everyday fears. In London, an American student lives next door to unimaginable horrors in "The Couple in 2B." A successful actress is stalked by a former classmate in "Daisy Bell." And in "This Time Tomorrow," a writer is invited on a weekend getaway by a coworker and her charismatic older boyfriend.

Kyosei Biotech's genetic experiments have pushed civilization to the brink. The mutagen crisis has spread across entire cities, creating a new breed of people—those who have adapted and those who are being erased. Kaito Nakamura knows the truth: Kyosei isn't just experimenting on the population. They are controlling evolution itself. The ones who mutate too far are disposed of. The ones who mutate the "right" way become something else—faster, stronger, smarter, but no longer human.

This twist on the Hades and Persephone myth offers a short but incredibly moving tale of love, betrayal, and destined purpose. On the eve of Esme Fischer's christening as the next Tender of Erstwhile Garden, she is tricked into marrying the God of Eternal Rest by his betrothed—her twin sister. Now, bound to the Infernal, Esme struggles for purpose in the dark and compassion from the husband who doesn't want her. But as she finds her footing in the life meant for her sister, a terrible fate befalls the realm she was born to govern.

More craziness, oddball stories from the muse inspired pencil of Canada’s foremost off the wall author.

He wakes in a white room with no doors, no windows, and no memory. Silence presses in from every side. Objects appear and vanish. Time bends. And something unseen is watching. As strange visions bleed through the walls—a shadow, a chair, the smell of toast—he begins to remember fragments of a life just out of reach. Outside the room, voices call his name. A flatline echoes. The world is slipping away, but he’s still here.

Natalie Reed was born with the blood of a werewolf, a legacy that made her a target. Ruthless vampire trackers hunt down young werewolves before they can transition, and the night they find her family, everything shatters. Left clinging to life after a brutal attack, she watches her world burn—her parents lost, her home destroyed. Rescued by her uncle, Natalie is thrust into a world of survival, training, and the harsh truths of what it means to be hunted. She learns the ways of the werewolf, the strength hidden within her, and the relentless enemies who seek to wipe out her kind.

At Moran and Moran, haunted relics whisper secrets of the past, drawing James into a world where spirits refuse to rest. Each one tests his resolve as he faces vengeful entities, cursed objects, and echoes of his own family’s past. Join James as he investigates a cursed money clip that brings fortune at a deadly price, searches for answers after his father's passing, and confronts a spirit claiming to be the devil itself. Each case leads him deeper into the hidden world of haunted items, where power, grief, and deception bind the living and the dead in ways he never expected.