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Other Tales: Volume V contains eight bizarre and incredible tales of science fiction and fantasy, including stories by eminent genre writers Fritz Leiber (author of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser) and Arthur Conan Doyle (creator of Sherlock Holmes) and an original Dungeons & Dragons-esque yarn by author and narrator Adriel Brandt.

Human Francis Sandow is amused when the alien Pei'ans mistake him for Shimbo of Darktree, God of Thunder, but the Shimbo's enemy, Belion—a true supreme being—arrives for a showdown...

"Porque la sangre es la vida" (For the Blood is the Life, 1905) es un clásico relato de vampiros de Francis Marion Crawford que utiliza la frase bíblica para ilustrar el terror vampírico: la sangre es el motor físico y espiritual que sostiene la existencia. Ambientado en Calabria, Italia, el cuento narra cómo una mujer joven se convierte en vampiro por venganza, requiriendo sangre humana para mantener su vida no-muerta.

The Romans have abandoned Britannia. It is now 425 CE, and the islands have been brutally invaded by barbarian tribes coming from all directions. These lands are now a series of lawless, squabbling kingdoms that haven’t been united since the death of High King Coel Hen roughly a decade before. Roman rule failed the Britons, and a former Roman auxiliary, Hall, has been asked to return and provide a safer future for the people of Britannia’s northmost kingdom, Ebrauc. Word has it that a Saxon warlord has united many tribesmen from Germania and Gaul.

The bestselling author of Chocolat and The Girl with No Shadow returns to Lansquenet in this enchanting new novel When Vianne Rocher receives a letter from beyond the grave, she has no choice but to follow the wind that blows her back to Lansquenet, the beautiful French village in which eight...

Explore the intriguing world of The New Atlantis, where imagination meets reality. This captivating podcast unravels the mysteries of a utopian society, blending elements of philosophy, science, and human experience to challenge our perceptions and inspire new ideas. Join us on a journey that will expand your mind and spark your creativity.

Five long years have passed since Drysten was thrown into a cell. All hope of his escape or release left him with the realization that his people had no idea he was alive. He was once a great warrior who fought proudly and ferociously for the very same king who cast him aside. He didn’t know how, but he knew he would find his revenge. One man placed into the cell beside him gave him the knowledge needed to wage war across the kingdom of Ebrauc.

Die acht ins Leben zurückgekehrten "Altmutanten" sehen nur eine Möglichkeit zu ihrer Rettung: die Landung auf Asporc beim PEW-Meteoriten. Dort erleben sie als Kollektivmutant fast einen Weltuntergang mit. Der Riesenmeteorit startet aus der Erdkruste von Asporc ins All und lässt millionenfachen Tod und Verwüstung zurück. Perry Rhodan lässt das riesige Gebilde verfolgen, in dem die Mutanten eine phantastische Welt für sich entdecken und halbwegs zu beherrschen lernen. Der Kurs des Meteoriten führt ins Zentrum der Galaxis, ins Trümmersystem der Paramags.

Die Menschen der Milchstraße und ihre Verbündeten liegen seit 15 Jahren in einem erbitterten Kampf. Ihr Gegner: die Ewigen Krieger aus der Mächtigkeitsballung Estartu, deren Soldaten die Galaxis beherrschen. Schon lange versuchen Perry Rhodan und seine Freunde, die Macht der Krieger zu brechen. Doch der Gegner scheint lange Zeit unüberwindbar. Endlich bietet sich die Chance, einen entscheidenden Schlag zu führen.

40 Millionen Lichtjahre von der Erde entfernt: Menschen aus der Milchstraße - die sogenannten Vironauten - sind in den Galaxien der Superintelligenz ESTARTU unterwegs. Dort manipulieren und beherrschen die Ewigen Krieger alle anderen Intelligenzen. Unter den Raumfahrern sind Reginald Bull, der älteste Freund Perry Rhodans, sowie Ronald Tekener und Rhodans Sohn Roi Danton. Sie lehnen sich gegen das Regime auf - und werden deshalb gezwungen, am "Spiel des Lebens" teilzunehmen.

What the Universe Learned is a speculative love story about two people whose connection destabilizes the systems meant to protect reality. As unseen forces attempt to separate them, the universe itself is forced to confront a radical question: can love be integrated rather than erased? Quiet, intimate, and philosophical, this novel explores consequence, choice, and what remains when control gives way to trust.

The story continues where Bloody Eventide, the first book in the Ember series, left off. Ember is still searching for Sandra, hunting the elusive Ashe, and plotting revenge and justice for her lost loved ones. She is far from the place that she once called home, but the apocalyptic world full of Fallen (dead that have risen, becoming something else) that she has known from birth is still the same, wherever she goes.

On this podcast I will be talking about video games in a unique perspective. I will be talking about open world games it might be philosophical, medical or just to vent frustration on how a game could have been better

Francis Stein, a determined woman driven by a singular, chilling vision: to engineer the perfect man. Her ambition fuels the establishment of a state-of-the-art lab, a sanctuary of science where she believes she can defy the very laws of nature. But her audacious scientific pursuits are dangerously entangled with the notorious Gualtieris crime family. From the shadows, the Gualtieris watch, their influence stretching like a dark web across the city. They've heard whispers of Francis's experiments, whispers of creations that could shift the balance of power in their favor and profit trillions.

Im Herbst des Jahres 3583 erwacht in einer verlassenen Relaisstation des ehemaligen Solaren Imperiums ein geheimnisvoller Mann. Das besondere an ihm: In seinem Körper leben sieben menschliche Bewusstseine. Der "Mensch aus dem Nichts", der auch als "Mehrheitsmensch" bezeichnet wird, ist das erste der so genannten Konzepte... Wie es scheint, leben in den Konzepten die Bewusstseine jener zwanzig Milliarden Menschen, die verschwanden, als die Erde und der Mond durch den mysteriösen Schlund in eine andere Galaxis versetzt wurden.

"A truth we all know...but agree not to talk about..." was how the Clapping Lady from the secretive Consilience Foundation described it to a teenage Methuen Pryce in 2012 as they discussed his Segmented World model. But it was also a "truth" that Nick O’Grady, ambitious young CEO of the high-tech Allied Answers, had not "talked about" - that was until he invited Methuen to his plush New York office in the summer of ’23.

Pollen is a visitor from the far reaches of space, and his mission is to save the Earth from human destruction with the power of his mysterious, living ring. Accompanied by a ragtag group of friends, he journeys across the United States to deliver a message to the president and the world.

Saving Christ is a love story between Jesus and a modern-day woman sent back in time. Time travel sends the woman to the last seven days of Jesus’ life from a modern viewpoint. This tale is a new telling of the greatest story ever told, in religious science fiction, the first of its kind. We invite you to read along to discover the human side of Jesus.

In the book of Revelation, the Apostle John wrote about a great religious system and organization that would be present and influential during the so-called Seven Years Tribulation Period, in which the Anti-Christ will be revealed and reign supreme. With his own divinely inspired words, he described this religion as, "mystery Babylon the great," and, judging by his statement, it's interesting that this mystical religion can be traced all the way back to the times recorded in the book of Genesis.

From the author of the literary pulp phenomenon Spaceman Blues comes a future history cautionary tale, a heist movie in the style of a hippie novel. Liberation is a speculation on life in near-future America after the country suffers an economic cataclysm that leads to the resurgence of ghosts of its past (such as the human slave trade). Our heroes are the Slick Six, a group of international criminals who set out to alleviate the worst of these conditions and put America on the road to recovery.