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In the post-Break world of superpowers, necromancy is the one gift nobody wants. But an invitation to the Free States' Academy of Superheroes means that same gift might be Damian Banach's ticket to a brighter future... if only he can avoid the madness ingrained in his powers. There has never been a Crow Cape, but Damian isn't the sort to give up. He'll take control of his destiny or die trying... and he just might bring the post-Break world to its knees along the way.

Yamada no Goji is a minor nobleman of ancient Japan who has lost everything - except a single purpose: keep a promise to the woman he loved. In order to fulfill his vow, all he has to do is fight a horde of demons and monsters, bargain with a few ghosts, outwit the sinister schemers of the emperor's court, find a way to defeat an assassin who cannot be seen, heard, or touched - and change the course of history.

After learning of Sin's dark deceptions, Wren travels to The Feral Vale, where she is introduced to therustic land of the elves. She vows to protect her family at all expense, even if that means keeping the Black Art's treacherous secret. When a realm divided draws the unwanted attention of a neighboring king, Wren and the elves mustresort to clever schemes to gain leverage in the impending war. Wren and her family are determined to lay low—a challenging feat when the entire kingdom guard is searching for the "white-haired witch."

ONE OF THE WASHINGTON INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF BOOKS' BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR From the author of the breakout novel Thistlefoot: a collection of dark fairytales and fractured folklore exploring how our passions can save us—or go monstrously wrong. “Real magic, real delight, doled out...

He was kissing her with a fury that threatened to devour her. She needed this. Needed the wrath and the desire. One last time.

The stakes have never been higher as Rumpelstiltskin, Laila, and Tristan race against time. Briar Rose is the final key to end free will and begin Fate's new world order. Unless Rumpelstiltskin can find the only two beings who can stop him. Tensions flare and suspicions burn as they trek across kingdoms, dealing and bargaining for any information. But nothing prepares Rumpelstiltskin and Laila when a man from their past brings a diary that could jeopardize their entire mission.

The Queen of Smiles has long been a mystery, even to herself. A storm of steel wrapped in a human shell, she's spent decades crossing the continent in search of answers about her origin and the rules she has been forced to live by. Three years ago, under a bright New Mexico sun, she found those answers... and they were as unsatisfactory as they come.

Whispers flow around Lazy River Townhomes about the man in G-5. He has lived there as long as anyone can remember, and to anyone’s knowledge, has not left his place or even stepped outdoors. The only thing they do know about him is that his name is Mr. Green. He has become an urban legend. Billy, an 11-year-old boy, lives across the parking lot from the old recluse. He’s heard the gossip for two years and always wondered if the rumors were true.

Jane is haunted. Since she was a child, she has carried a ghost girl that feeds on the secrets and fears of everyone around her, whispering to Jane what they are thinking and feeling, even when she doesn't want to know. Henry, Jane's brother, is ridden by a genius ghost that forces him to build strange and dangerous machines. Their mother is possessed by a lonely spirit that burns anyone she touches. In Swine Hill, a place of defeat and depletion, there are more dead than living. 

As the world trembles on the edge of change, Joseph, Clara, and the scattered Resistance face a landscape shaped by invisible forces and unfinished wars. The collapse of old structures has left more questions than answers—and the cost of hope is higher than ever. In the ruins of control, new threats are stirring. Old loyalties fracture. And somewhere deep within the tangled remains of what once ruled them, something waits... patient, evolving, and far from defeated.

Dopo aver partecipato a un funerale ad Aberdeen, Helena incontra un membro del Consiglio europeo dei vampiri. Vincent condivide la sua preoccupazione per i pericoli immediati che affrontano i vampiri della zona. I cacciatori si stanno radunando a Londra, branchi locali di lupi mannari combattono per il territorio e Eliza sta tramando qualcosa che `li salverà tutti`.

The police take Terrell Boyd to Malcolm Bliss Mental Hospital. Diagnosis: Schizophrenia, paranoid type. Can the paranormal powers he claims really work? What if Jesus Christ returns to Earth the second time, only to have the world drive him insane? Unavailable for over 30 years, until now. This short story first appeared in the July 1982 issue of Rod Serling's Twilight Zone Magazine.