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A black-armored knight, remembering only fragments of his past, must uncover the truth of his exile before a mysterious fire consumes him. With the quirky goblin Groggler at his side—motivated more by gold than loyalty—he journeys through a world of danger, deceit, and dark secrets. Every step brings him closer to answers... and to a revelation that could change everything he thought he knew about himself.

Este livro reúne dois contos do escritor e abolicionista cearense Manuel de Oliveira Paiva. Com ares de realismo fantástico, o protagonista de "Ao cair da tarde" sonha estar morto... em meio à visita a um cemitério! Em "A barata e a vela", o autor segue na mesma linha, trazendo uma fábula moderna que tem por estrela central uma barata!

"The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade" is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849). It was published in the February 1845 issue of Godey's Lady's Book and was intended as a partly humorous sequel to the celebrated collection of Middle Eastern tales One Thousand and One Nights. The tale depicts the eighth and final voyage of Sinbad the Sailor, along with the various mysteries Sinbad and his crew encounter; the anomalies are then described as footnotes to the story.

The best of the year's science fiction and fantasy stories as selected by the multiple award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan. Distant worlds, time travel, epic adventure, unseen wonders, and much more! The best, most original and brightest science fiction and fantasy stories from around the globe from the past 12 months are brought together in one collection by multiple award winning editor Jonathan Strahan.

A collection of the year’s best science fiction and fantasy short fiction selected by New York Times bestselling author of the Silo series Hugh Howey and series editor John Joseph Adams. “These are dangerous stories. The kind that warp reality and threaten to change the world” warns guest...

Join the adventure through dystopian worlds, to outer planets and into a speculative future. Welcome to the Future Days Anthology. Seventeen authors imagine a future with thrilling tales, starships, unlikely heroes, and exotic aliens, all of which combine to make Future Days a must-listen sci-fi fantasy short story collection.

“Short stories have to accomplish a nearly impossible magic trick: to introduce a world often much stranger than our own and make you care about it in a matter of pages,” writes R. F. Kuang in her introduction. “The most important part of this magic trick is just a willingness to get weird...

The Haunted Palace: Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories. In the greenest of our valleys By good angels tenanted, Once a fair and stately palace— Radiant palace— reared its head.

Science Fiction and Fantasy stories of STRANGEST ilk. Other Tales: Volume IV contains seven bizarre and incredible tales of science fiction and fantasy, including rare comedies from Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury, three mysterious and moving yarns from prominent women of genre fiction, and an original science fiction tale by author E.S. Raye, writer of Gas Giant Gambit: A Tall Tale from Beyond the Cygnus Rift.

"A Tale of the Ragged Mountains" is a fantastical short story written by Edgar Allan Poe. Set near Charlottesville, Virginia, it is the only story the author set in the state. It was first published in Godey's Lady's Book in April 1844. It was anthologized the following year in Tales, published in New York by Wiley and Putnam. In late November 1827, the unnamed narrator meets Augustus Bedloe. Because of ongoing problems with neuralgia, Bedloe has retained the exclusive services of a 70-year-old physician, Dr. Templeton, a practitioner of mesmerism.

The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey. He, along with many other wealthy nobles, hosts a masquerade ball in seven rooms of the abbey, each decorated with a different color. In the midst of their revelry, a mysterious figure disguised as a Red Death victim enters and makes his way through each of the rooms. Prospero dies after confronting this stranger, whose "costume" proves to contain nothing tangible inside it.

"Morella" is a short story in the Gothic horror genre by 19th-century American author and critic Edgar Allan Poe. An unnamed narrator, deeply affected by his friend Morella, marries her despite not feeling romantic love, drawn instead by an indefinable, intense connection. Morella, a reclusive and profoundly erudite woman, immerses him in her mystical studies, particularly German metaphysical texts on identity, pantheism, and reincarnation. Over time, the narrator grows disturbed by her eerie presence, her cold touch, and her otherworldly voice, which shift his joy into horror.

Whatever doubt may still envelop the rationale of mesmerism, its startling facts are now almost universally admitted. Of these latter, those who doubt, are your mere doubters by profession—an unprofitable and disreputable tribe.

Was würdest du tun, wenn du in einer fremden Welt aufwachst – in einem Körper, der nicht deiner ist? Olli hat keine Zeit für Antworten. Denn plötzlich ist er Luna – eine Fuchsfurra, gefangen in einer Welt voller Magie, Gewalt und grausamer Gesetze. Furrs sind hier Besitz. Ware. Leben ohne Freiheit. Sie lernt neue Menschen und Furr kennen, aus Misstrauen wird Nähe. Aus Angst wächst Mut. Und aus zwei gebrochenen Seelen entsteht etwas, das stärker ist als die Ketten, die sie halten sollen. Doch Freiheit hat einen Preis.

Of science fiction and fantasy, guest editor Nnedi Okorafor writes, “There are times when it feels like a box, but within it, technically, you can expect anything.” The twenty stories in this collection simultaneously fulfill and defy expectations of genre, showcasing boundary-pushing...

In The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories, you can dine at a restaurant at the end of the universe, cultivate to immortality in the high mountains, watch roses perform Shakespeare, or arrive at the island of the gods on the backs of giant fish to ensure that the world can bloom. Written, edited, and translated by a female and nonbinary team, these stories have never before been published in English and represent both the richly complicated past and the vivid future of Chinese science fiction and fantasy.

A dozen different realities. All of these stories are set in alternate realities. Some are a lot like the one we live in, some are very different. But all of them are interesting, sometimes a little too interesting.

A collection of the year’s best science fiction and fantasy short fiction selected by Olivie Blake, author of the bestselling Atlas Series, and series editor John Joseph Adams. The Best American series, launched in 1915, is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction...

Science fiction is a portal that opens doors onto futures too rich and strange to imagine. Fantasy takes us through doorways of magic and wonder. For more than a decade award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan has sifted through tens of thousands of stories to select the best, the most interesting, the most engaging science fiction and fantasy to thrill and delight readers. 

Eldorado: Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories. Gaily bedight, A gallant knight, In sunshine and in shadow, Had journeyed long, Singing a song, In search of Eldorado.