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Magic is often seen as wondrous and benevolent. But T.W. Grim, a celebrated author of eerie NoSleep tales, offers a different kind of sorcery: one that pulls at the very threads of reality, weaving tales of terror and wonder.

Curious Tales of Redemption is a modern parable collection from comedian and writer Andy Kind, weaving humour, wonder and grace into four unforgettable stories for all ages. Each tale begins in the ordinary and ends somewhere eternal: a talking tree that learns its true purpose, an exhausted Easter Bunny who meets the real giver of gifts, two children who find healing in their tears, and a planet of machines rediscovering their Maker.

Blake finds himself torn between friendship and lust when his best friend suddenly tries to seduce him. When Preston starts sleeping with a beautiful man he met at work, he's faced with the shocking revelation his lover has a girlfriend. Leah has worked hard for years to establish her reputation as a respected businesswoman, but when a coworker ignites her passions, she risks losing everything over a quickie in the supply closet. Conrad has finally met the woman of his dreams. Unfortunately, she's in a relationship with not one but two other men.

Stranded in the center of Grand Central Station, a pretentious nightmare of a woman who makes everyone else's life hell finds she has a first class compartment on a very special train....

Harmon Tomeral and his friends wanted nothing more than to go to space, and they have beaten the odds, time and again. They developed a mech and won the Top Fleet Marine Competition. They brought back a battlecruiser from an unknown system and made it their own. They made allies who helped them achieve great victories, and they ultimately founded new colonies in what has become known as the Salvage System.

How does a Mexican American, the son of poor immigrants, leave his border home and move to the heart of gringo America? How does he adapt to the worlds of wealth, elite universities, the rush and power of New York City? How does he make peace with a stern, old-fashioned father who has only known hard field labor his whole life? Troncoso tells his luminous stories through the lens of an exile adrift in the 21st century, his characters suffering from the loss of culture and language, the loss of roots and home as they adapt to the glittering promises of new worlds that seem so empty.

This collection of short stories displays Ed Gorman's talents as a masterful storyteller across a range of genres.

A mysterious and beautiful girl who teaches arrogant young men about true love, a lonely traveling salesman who learns that his passenger is Death, children who can absorb the psychic pain of their parents, a desperately pursued serial killer who hides his face under gauze in a hospital room, and a woman who loves the alien infant nobody else wants - these stories and 10 others make up this collection by award-winning author Ed Gorman. Here are stories that led him to be called "one of the best" by Dean Koontz and "one of the most original writers in crime fiction today" by Kirkus Reviews. Here, you'll find the extraordinary range of storytelling skill and powerful emotions that won Gorman the prized International Fiction Award.

Included in Different Kinds of Dead, and Other Tales are "Different Kinds of Dead", "Deathman", "A Girl Like You", "Loverboy", "Muse", "Riff", "The Brasher Girl", "Survival", "Masque", "Second Most Popular", and others.

This collection reveals the extraordinary range of storytelling skill and powerful emotions that won Gorman the prized International Fiction Award. His protagonists, gritty and gruff, are strangely likable, and his writing, according to Mystery News, is "powerful, disturbing, [and] often poetic".

Eduard Fährmann sitzt wegen Diebstahl und Unterschlagung im Gefängnis. Sein Sohn Paul, der von seiner Mutter vernachlässigt wird, möchte ihn daraus befreien. Doch vor Ort angekommen, wird Paul von einem Wächter angeschossen. Als Eduard Fährmann von dem angeblichen Tod des Jungen erfährt, kann er außer sich vor Kummer fliehen. Doch wohin? "Des Kindes Ruf" ist eine Kurzgeschichte. Sie wurde bereits in "Aus dunklem Tann" (Band 43 der Gesammelten Werke) veröffentlicht.

Four short stories with a bit of a twist. In these delightful short stories we find churchmen who are a little eccentric, a woman who can't keep her nose out of things and another woman trying to keep her family together.

An original unique collection of mystical stories, fables and verse to nurture the inner child in us.

Werner Meier, der bekannte Liedermacher und Kabarettist, erzählt in 15 bairisch-verqueren Geschichten von seiner Bauernbuben-Kindheit zwischen Kuhmist, Zinkbadewanne und dem Besuch eines japanischen Bischofs. Ganz ohne falsche Sentimentalität – mal verschmitzt, mal tiefgründig und mal poetisch-leise – so kommen sie daher seine Geschichten. Fein verwoben mit dem zeitgeschichtlichen Hintergrund nehmen sie einen sofort mit auf den kleinen oberbayerischen Bauernhof der Fünfziger- und Sechziger-Jahre des letzten Jahrhunderts.

In A New Kind, Brian Shinomiya once again takes listeners on another suspenseful journey in this fictional apocalyptic short story. Our main character, Anatu, is a talented fighter who searches with ambition and drive, continuing the journey of finding her kind. Throughout the fall of society, Anatu faces terrifying cannibalistic creatures with spider-like legs and strength like an army. She fights and yearns for significance, a place to live in a world of destruction and distrust. When Anatu finally reaches a human settlement, she's interrogated and put to the test.

Asbith, the first dragon, must defend herself against a young upstart human who seeks to put an end to the reign of dragons in the land.

What does one do when issued an order by a superior that is contradictory to what one believes to be right? In this short fictional story from the American Civil War, the protagonist is faced with that very situation. When given an insulting and ridiculous order by his commanding general, he carries the order out. Then, when questioned by a subordinate, he passes it on to him in the same manner. Friendly fire in a fog is just as deadly as fire from the enemy.

Ambrose Bierce's "One Kind of Officer" is a story of the heartache of orders given without discretion in the field. Like so many of his Civil War stories, it is a thoughtful look at the problems facing soldiers during wartime. An abuse of power leads to a needless death in this classic American tale.

Alles, was du noch nicht über die Welt der "besonderen Kinder" wusstest: "Miss Peregrines Museum der besonderen Kinder" ergänzt die abenteuerliche Fantasy-Reihe von Bestsellerautor Ransom Riggs und ist ein unverzichtbarer Wegweiser durch die magische Welt – zauberhaft ausgestattet mit neuen geheimnisvollen Fotografien und Illustrationen. Miss Peregrine höchstpersönlich verrät alles, was du über Jacob Portman, seine Freunde und die Ymbrynen wissen musst.

Die Prosa von Joachim Ringelnatz gleicht einer großen Überraschungsbox, die im phantastisch-grotesken Gewand gesellschaftliche Schwächen und menschliche Verhaltensweisen scharfsinnig und humorvoll charakterisiert. "Die Walfische und die Fremde" erzählt von schiffbrüchigen Seeleuten und deren privaten Erlebnissen bei ihrem erzwungenen Landgang. "Vom Tabarz" berichtet über eine todesmutige Fliege, die glaubt aus der Eiszeit zu stammen und damit über tausend Jahre alt zu sein und die Philosophie für sich entdeckt.

Was ist PaleoLopolis eigentlich? So etwas gab es bisher noch nicht... PaleoLopolis ist ein imaginärer, zukünftiger Ort und schafft einen Vorausblick darauf, wie Paleo sich in der Zukunft weiterentwickeln könnte. Worum geht es in PaleoLopolis? Es geht um äußerst interessante und sehr lehrreiche Kurzgeschichten mit dem Paleo Lebensstil als Hintergrund. Es werden Situationen aus dem Leben im fiktiven PaleoLopolis beschrieben. Sie beleuchten die heutige Zeit kritisch und heben den Paleo Lebensstil hervor. Was steckt alles drin?

Charlie, Rick, and Katy have never seen a Bigfoot. Yet soon each of them will, separately, experience something inexplicable in the woods, something that makes them question their worldview, something that sets them on the path to their destiny. Father and son Charlie and Rick Bergren go through the same events together but react in vastly different ways. Katy Gallagher, while hiking alone in the woods, gets shaken up by a strange series of events that will alter her future in ways she hasn't yet imagined.

Zachary has a dilemma. His girlfriend, Reese, has a special birthday coming up soon and he has absolutely no clue what to get for her. It doesn't help that Zach does not share or really understand Reese's biggest hobby - comic books, superheroes, and everything that goes with them. Zach raids Reese's DVD collection for inspiration, and what he finds there gives him an idea...possibly the best one he's ever had.