Fantasy Short Stories

They won't stop until they've had all of me. I've been a bad little omega. I tried to double-cross five strong, powerful alphas. Dumb idea. It didn't take long for them to capture and collar me. As they unleash their fury on me, I discover my deepest desire is to be dominated. But I slowly realize this is more than just revenge. What if the alphas won't stop at punishing me for my crimes? What if they want to own me - forever? (Owned By The Alphas is a standalone paranormal reverse harem romance with dark elements. For mature readers only!)

SKIN - An anthology of dark fiction. A collection of stories from some of the best up-and-coming authors of horror.

Story 1 – Beautiful Surprise Story 2 – The Exchange Student Story 3 – The Bus Ride Story 4 – The Hero Story 5 – Just another Day Story 6 – Rosebud Story 7 – The Sex Machine **All Characters depicted in this book are Eighteen years of age or older**

I wanted to give my husband a great birthday present, but it turns out the one thing he really wanted was also a present for me. He wanted to share me with his best friend…and I was promised the night of my life. What girl can turn down two sexy men who want to pleasure her all night long and make all her desires come true? Warning: This naughty story is packed full of hot threesome action. Adult readers only…and be ready for the night of your life!

In April 2020, the world faced imminent lock-down, so a group of filmmakers started a virtual support group. Once a week, these diverse voices would assemble to do what they do best: tell each other stories. Campfire horror tales, emotional cosmic mysteries, and anything else that either made them take their minds off what was happening to the world, or help them understand it. HAUNTED REELS is the best of those stories.

Dog Star was first published in the April 1962 issue of Galaxy. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most-influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

Sympathy with the sea, with the weird, and with monsters fills the stories of Imperfect Commentaries. Ruthanna Emrys' collection offers listeners feminist and #ownvoices Neo-Lovecraftian fiction, anthropological science fiction, and fantasies of belonging, plus miscellaneous deleted scenes, poems, and secret story origins. Listeners familiar with her novels (Winter Tide and Deep Roots) will see the first appearance of Aphra Marsh, an Innsmouth survivor, still recovering from her losses and making a life for herself in late-1940s San Francisco.

Author Yiyun Li, honored as one of Granta’s 21 Best Young American Novelists under age 35, continues her illustrious career with this insightful collection of short stories. With compelling visions of the scrapes and unpleasant situations in which people find themselves, Li’s works trigger emotional responses of all types - whether through a tale of unrequited love, an unburdening of guilt, or something else entirely.

The essential short story collection set in the universe of Ninefox Gambit. An ex-Kel art thief has to save the world from a galaxy-shattering prototype weapon.... A general outnumbered eight-to-one must outsmart his opponent.... A renegade returns from seclusion to bury an old comrade....

The Sentinel was first published in the spring 1951 issue of 10 Story Fantasy. It later served as the starting point for the film and novel, 2001: A Space Odyssey. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most-influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

We have always fought. War is the furnace that forges new technologies and pushes humanity ever onward. We are the children of a battle that began with fists and sticks, and ended on the brink of atomic Armageddon. Beyond here lies another war, infinite in scope and scale. But who will fight the wars of tomorrow?

A classic tale featuring two of the most-memorable characters in sword and sorcery, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. Over a span of 50 years, the late Fritz Leiber wrote dozens of adventures, set in the fictional city of Lankhmar, featuring the seven-foot-tall barbarian and the diminuitive thief. The stories were recognized with both the Hugo and Nebula Awards.

A classic tale featuring two of the most-memorable characters in sword and sorcery, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. Over a span of 50 years, the late Fritz Leiber wrote dozens of adventures, set in the fictional city of Lankhmar, featuring the seven-foot-tall barbarian and the diminuitive thief. The stories were recognized with both the Hugo and Nebula Awards.

"The Food of the Gods" was first published in the May 1964 issue of Playboy. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a grand master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

Aadhya was raised to do what her parents said. As a young woman in the farmlands of India, she was expected to marry who they chose for her. Aadhya knew that she didn’t want that life and had dreams of becoming an artist in the big city. So when her father brought home a man for her to meet, one of two that she was to be married to, Aadhya left in the night to start her new life. The realization of what she had done came the next morning after walking all night and not seeing one car willing to give her a ride. Two foreign men pass-by and offer Aadhya a ride to Delhi and hearing some of ...

When John Forental agreed to adopt his late ex-wife's child, he didn't know that he'd also be inheriting so much more. As the sole male member of the Rochester Heights Montessori PTA, and now, somehow, its President, he's having to deal with far more drama than the business he built and eventually sold. Having spent the last ten years alone, lamenting how he screwed up his marriage, John insists on not tying himself down, but apparently the trophy wives of the PTA would rather be using ropes for something else. As he settles into his new role as father, he's having to navigate the growing ...

The Shadowcallers of Nidal are some of the most feared spellcasters on Golarion, known for their remorseless cruelty and ruthlessness. When the newly minted Shadowcaller Isiem agrees to accompany his estranged friend Ascaros on a journey to investigate his aunt's death and reclaim her possessions, he finds himself face to face with a powerful artifact of great interested to the pair's academy, the infamous Dusk Hall of Pangolais.

Presenting 36 stories of lightning-quick reads in a variety of genres, Tales with a Twist III is like a box of chocolates, rich and delicious. It's full of lessons, too, many from the school of hard knocks. It's an introduction to criminology, a primer on running a business, a rule book for the dating game, a guide to pet training, an eatery, wisdom from a philosopher of darkness and angst, a call to arms, and much, much more. Players discover that cheating is no bed of roses. The VP of Marketing never expected his wife's recent renovations would include a tunnel of love. A date with Daphne...

Tales with a Twist IV of Michael Williams's Twisted Tales series serves up 34 delectable flash fiction stories. Like those in the preceding three volumes, those in this one also burlesque, lampoon, satirize, spoof, and otherwise spindle, fold, and mutilate pretense, pomposity, and pedantry as well as cultural and societal madness. In the process, these twisted tales also entertain, as they cross genres as diverse as action and adventure, fantasy, horror, humor, mystery, and science fiction. Lying in wait for readers are exorcists, self-help gurus, the builder of a roadside attraction, an ...

Only two things matter to Dwayne, his Harley and the military… until he meets Ava. Dwayne doesn’t do relationships, doesn’t do feelings, and he doesn’t talk about Afghanistan. When this sharpshooter returns home on forced leave, the last place he wants to be is in doctor’s office discussing all the nightmares he wishes he could forget. After meeting is curvy therapist, he can barely contain himself not to throw her down and have his way with her – she is like no women he has ever met. Ava is no stranger to soldiers, but she isn’t accustomed to patients who defy every textbook ...