Science fiction and fantasy stories about Japan by the multiple-award winning author and New York Times best seller Catherynne M. Valente. A collection of some of Catherynne Valente's most admired stories, including the Hugo Award-nom...
Thieves' World: Enemies of Fortune (T...
Lynn AbbeyWhen a ship of exotic cargo and arcane secrets washes up on the shore of lawless Sanctuary, the city’s world-weary residents endure new power struggles among rival political factions, in a collection of short works by such contr...
The Very Best of Charles de Lint
Charles de LintAt turns whimsical, dark, and mystical, this extraordinary collection of retold fairy tales and new, modern myths redefine the boundaries of magic. Compiling favored stories suggested by the author and his fans, this delightful treasu...
Fans of Lucy A. Snyder's Jessie Shimmer series won't want to miss this book, which includes a trio of stories featuring Miko, Sara, and Charlie: characters who appear in her urban fantasy novel Shotgun Sorceress. The fiction, poe...
The living dead are more alive than ever! Zombies have become more than an iconic monster for the twenty-first century: they are now a phenomenon constantly revealing as much about ourselves - and our fascination with death, resurrect...
Once Upon A Curse: 17 Dark Faerie Tal...
Yasmine GalenornSeventeen magical stories from NY Times and USA Today bestsellers and award-winning authors that will entice you to the darker side of faerie tales. More Grimm than Disney, in this collection you'll find twists on Snow White, Hansel &...
Homeward: Tnds: Tales from the World ...
Barb HendeeHomeward contains six connected stories set in the world of the Noble Dead Saga as taken from the "Homeward" collection in T·N·D·S: Tales from the world of the Noble Dead Saga. Follow the adventures and budding romance of Jan, a ha...
Night is falling, and shadows are gathering in crowds across the city, bronze and sable, flickering, or still as stone. There is always an audience here, for anything - human, beast or object - that comes close to tell its story, or ...
Last Defender of Camelot (Ibooks Fant...
Roger ZelaznyThe Last Defender of Camelot is a collection of breathtaking stories that showcase the incredible abilities of several authors. Edited and with an introduction by award-winning author Robert Silverberg, it includes such tales as For a...
You can't kill the dead! Like any good monster, the zombie has proven to be ever-evolving, monumentally mutable, and open to seemingly endless imaginative interpretations: the thralls of voodoo sorcerers, George Romero's living dead, ...
Strangers Among Us: Tales of the Unde...
Kelley ArmstrongThere's a delicate balance between mental health and mental illness . . . Who are the STRANGERS AMONG US? We are your fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, friends and lovers. We staff your stores, cross your ...
The spirits of the dead have walked among our legends, myths, and stories since before recorded history. Ghostly visitations, hauntings, unquiet souls seeking the living, vengeful wraiths, the possibility of life beyond the grave that...
Realms of Darkover (Darkover antholog...
Deborah J. RossMarion Zimmer Bradley's beloved world of Darkover encompasses many realms, from glacier-shrouded mountains to arid wastelands, from ancient kingdoms to space-faring empires. Now this all-new anthology welcomes old friends and new fans...
The Ghost Pirates and Other Revenants...
Available for the first time in trade paperback, the third of five volumes collecting the complete fiction of William Hope Hodgson, an influential early twentieth-century author of science fiction, horror, and the fantastic. William H...
Wastelands - Stories of the Apocalyps...
John Joseph AdamsAFTER THE APOCALYPSEPrescient tales of Armageddon and its aftermath, by twenty-two of today's finest writers, including:Paolo BacigalupiNeal Barrett, Jr.Tobias S. BuckellCory DoctorowDavid GriggNancy KressJack McDevittMary RickertDale...
What the #@&% Is That?: The Saga Anth...
John Joseph AdamsFear of the unknown--it is the essence of the best horror stories, theneed to know what monstrous vision you're beholding and the underlyingterror that you just might find out. Now, twenty authors have gatheredto ask--and maybe answer...
Silver Pitchers: and Independence: A ...
Louisa May Alcott"Silver Pitchers: and Independence, a Centennial Love Story" is a 1888 collection of short stories by written by American author Louisa May Alcott. Louisa May Alcott (1832 – 1888) was an American short story writer, noveli...
Before I Forget: Short Stories from C...
John Robert Allen"I write to mend those places that got snagged, ripped, or frayed while being human, with other humans," is a quote from Erika Harris. BEFORE I FORGET, is a compilation of short stories that had its birth at the Villas of Ca...
Tales Before Narnia: The Roots of Mod...
Douglas A. AndersonIn his acclaimed collection Tales Before Tolkien, Douglas A. Anderson illuminated the sources, inspirations, and influences that fired J.R.R. Tolkien’s genius. Now Anderson turns his attention to Tolkien’s colleague and fr...
The Imago Sequence and Other Stories
Laird BarronTo the long tradition of eldritch horror pioneered and refined by writers such as H.P. Lovecraft, Peter Straub, and Thomas Ligotti, comes Laird Barron, an author whose literary voice invokes the grotesque, the devilish, and the perver...
What would you do if a tornado wanted you to be its Valentine? Or if a haunted spacesuit banged on your door? When is the ideal time to turn into a tiger? Would you post a supernatural portal on Craigslist? In these nineteen stories, ...
We Never Talk About My Brother
Peter S. BeagleModern parables of love, death, and transformation are peppered with melancholy in this extraordinary collection of contemporary fantasy. Each short story cultivates a whimsical sense of imagination and reveals a mature, darker voice ...
Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the D...
Elizabeth BearThe sea is full of mysteries and rivers shelter the unknown. Dating back to ancient Assyria, folkloric tales of mermaids, sirens, rusalka, nymphs, selkes, and other seafolk are found in many cultures, including those of Europe, Africa...
Sleepside: The Collected Fantasies
Greg BearCollecting six stories in old paradigms, Sleepside features Greg Bear’s outstanding fantasy writing: “Webster,” “The White Horse Child,” “Sleepside Story,” “Dead Run,” “Through Road No Whither,” and “Petra.” ...
Ghosts in the House: Tales of Terror ...
A. C. BensonA collection of rare ghosts and horror stories by the brothers of one of the finest writers of the genre, E. F. Benson.The Benson brothers – Arthur Christopher, Edward Frederic and Robert Hugh – were one of the most extraordinary ...
Lace. Leather. Open collars over exquisite collarbones. A single red drop on paper-white cuffs. From the brocade extravagance of the Unseelie courts to the ubiquitous leather of supernatural detectives to the old-fashioned good taste ...
Now and Forever: Somewhere a Band Is ...
Ray BradburyA journalist bearing terrible news leaps from a still-moving train into a small town of wonderful, impossible secrets . . . The doomed crew of a starship follows their blind, mad captain on a quest into deepest space to joust with...
The New Uncanny: Tales of Unease
A. S. ByattPerforming a deft metaphorical evisceration of Sigmund Freud's classic 1919 essay that delved deeply into the tradition of horror writing, this freshly contemporary collection of literary interpretations reintroduces to the world Freu...