Weird Fantasy

The wild American West was a dream and hope for many, but for some it was a place to die. Lucky Tom Turner has finally run out of the good fortune that kept him alive for so long. Rescue the brilliant scientist, elude the New Confederacy, and escape the Prussians determined to torture him for secrets only he has - that's all his country asked of him.

Utah can be a weird place, but do you really know just how weird it can be? Find out with this collection of strange tales set in the Beehive State. We're not going to say they're true...but they're true.

Residents of Austin, Texas, so value individualism that most (but not all!) of them rally around the phrase, "keep Austin weird". In the midst of that off-kilter vibe are two mildly weird kindergarten teachers, Eleanor Cooprider and Kim Park. One of them possesses a superpower and the other recognizes superpowers in others (and she can talk to plants, though they never answer). Once they share this super-secret, their mutual attraction blossoms into love, and there is nothing weird about that.

The stories of Weird Fauna of the Multiverse explore what happens to love and work when pushed beyond the boundaries of human decency.

Fifty-something librarian Shona is a proud former pupil of the Marcia Blaine School for Girls but has a deep loathing for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, which she thinks gives her alma mater a bad name. Impeccably educated and an accomplished martial artist, linguist and musician, Shona is selected by Marcia Blaine herself to travel back in time for a crucial mission involving Macbeth, the weird sisters and a black cat.

Jarek leaves the safety of the City to travel far and wide. A cursed priestess Hidden chambers Strange afflictions Danger lurks at his every step. In order to survive, Jarek must learn the secrets of the road! Discover the epic deeds of Jarek the Scholar, a new pulp hero, inside this anthology of fantasy and mystery.

One of the author’s earliest pieces of short horror fiction, ‘On the Embankment’ introduces us to London’s homeless population as they fight for space on seats to sleep each night. However, no matter how busy it is or desperate the sleepers are, there’s always one seat that is mysteriously left empty....

A postman encounters a strange letterbox in this spooky story. He’s never seen the occupants of the house, the windows and doors are shuttered and any letters posted through the mysterious letterbox disappear into a void of black. It isn’t long before the postman and the local community must investigate.

12-Year-Old Gwendolyn is a Dream-Shifter. She Becomes the Animals She Dreams About. When she wakes normally, she becomes human again. But just as she's leaping around as an elk, a fire alarm jars her awake. It's elk hunting season, and she doesn't know how to change back to a girl, or how to stay alive. But she still speaks English, and she still thinks like a girl. The thing she wants most is to attend journalism camp. The camp only admits humans. She goes to the magician for help. He gives her access to his magical library, and trains her to put on magic shows. He does have a book that ...

In acclaimed author Steve Berman's second collection of 13 stories and essays, he again guides listeners through the darker pathways of his imagination. These are stories of regret: the scent of loneliness enticing odd children to eat away a fussy caretaker's historic house; a depressed accountant turns to monster hunting; and a young lover's temptation by handsome nursery rhyme. After each tale Berman provides a tangential author note that offers insight into his past trysts as well as his fears and dreams.

Blithecraft II0II0 is the second collection of short stories by C.R. Tyroak. Eleven new strange tales. The stories are of the horror, fantasy, and sci-fi genres and are in the same vein as the Weird Tales pulp magazine fiction from authors such as Robert E. Howard, H.P. Lovecraft, etc.

Something must be done. Vlad Luxor continues to rule the Timeless Province with a cruel hand, and now he's screaming about Inners and Outers, Others and Us. Then when the meanest boy in school is turned into the stinkiest, weirdest creature ever, Henry, Jo, Apollo, and Pirate Girl are asked to do the impossible. Breaking this spell will force them to go on their most dangerous, frightening adventure yet - through the Wilds, the Forest of Knives, and a lodge in the woods belonging to the most terrible bully of all...Vlad Luxor himself.

A band of adventurers flee from Sloe, the fabled Blue City of the south. At first, they are lowly outlaws wanted for stealing a glamorous princess. Now, their fate is a perilous plod through the Brauvn forest to come to the gates of Farling’s Wall and the realm of the Wickles. Be wary! not scary, and don’t tarry by the gloom of Farling’s Wall... —Old limerick Don't miss this weird adventure in the spirit of Fritz Leiber and Jack Vance... Contains bonus content. Other books in this series Sea Outlaw Rogues of Bindar

"Bogi Vtorogo Mira" - fantasticheskij roman Artema Kamenistogo, tret'ja kniga iz cikla "Samyj strannyj nub". Vtoroj Mir - virtual'noe prostranstvo bez nerushimyh granic i strogih zakonov. Polnaja svoboda dejstvij v rasplyvchatyh ramkah igrovyh uslovnostej. Plati i naslazhdajsja, a ostal'noe ne tvoja zabota, za vsem prosledjat iskiny poslednego pokolenija. Oni nesposobny oshibat'sja, ih nel'zja podkupit', oni ni na shag ne mogut uklonit'sja ot glavnyh pravil Vtorogo Mira.

"Rab Zapertyh Zemel'" - fantasticheskij roman Artema Kamenistogo, vtoraja kniga iz cikla "Samyj strannyj nub". Telega istorii nashego mira predpochitaet dvigat'sja po pologoj spirali, i, zavershaja vitok, ty ochen' blizko podbiraesh'sja k ego nachalu. Istorija Vtorogo Mira, pohozhe, uprostila svoj put' do kol'ca, vyhoda iz kotorogo ne vidno. Vzjavshis' za posoh maga, ne zhdi, chto ego u tebja nikto ne otnimet.

"Samyj strannyj nub" - fantasticheskij roman Artema Kamenistogo, pervaja kniga iz cikla "Samyj strannyj nub". Pozabyty vse bylye dogovorennosti o nejtralitete i dazhe druzhbe. Vcherashnie sojuzniki smotrjat drug na druga volkami, i esli by tol'ko smotreli: zvenjat mechi, svistjat strely, gremjat raskaty magicheskogo groma. Vchera eshhe nikomu ne nuzhnyj, pochti ubytochnyj rudnik, stal arenoj ozhestochennyh srazhenij.

It takes a demon to hunt a demon... When a powerful demon crosses the Farfall Mountains, the task of tracking and slaying it falls to a man not expected to succeed: Jebediah Skayne, lothario, hustler, hunter of nightmares. Jeb follows the demon's "blood trail" to the fishing town of Portis, where it vanishes. All that remains are the demon's leftovers: corpses, half-dressed, killed in the throes of passion. Forced to rely on more mundane methods of investigation, Jeb uncovers a town rife with corruption, where a man will kill you for looking at a woman the wrong way. A town where his own ...

When Bethany moves to Windy Falls and into a new house, she doesn't know anything about the weird woman who once lived there or the mysterious cloud that hangs over the gloomy village. Being a born explorer, Bethany seeks the answers to a host of strange events and discovers a magical world in a very unexpected place. She finds a witch in a magical kitchen who teaches her how to cast spells of her own; but is Mrs Etherington-Strange everything she appears to be?

Apocalypse stories, fairie changlings, deals with sexy demons, court intrigue, steamy consummations, and deadly merfolk appear in this book (along with sexy aliens, deadly aliens, and indifferent aliens). From bite size flash to full course short stories, enjoy these standalone science fiction and fantasy stories from Geneva Oleander's collection of musings. Bonus Content: Two excerpts from The Promised Queen, Book 1 of the Moons Over Avalon fantasy series.

When a petrol yacht catches fire in the South Atlantic, its lone survivor, Patterson, swims to safety. He is relieved when he washes up on a tropical island inhabited by four other ship-wrecked characters. But when he discovers one of the men was cast adrift by the Titanic, he is forced to question where he really is and if he will be able to escape.