Fantasy Adventure Short Stories

Chrysalis, the glass-skinned queen of the Joker underworld, has been found brutally murdered in her popular restaurant, the Crystal Palace. Now two men are out to find her killer: Jay Ackroyd, the Ace private investigator who discovered her ruined body, and the vigilante archer known as the Yeoman, who has been framed for the crime. Their quest leads them on a nightmare odyssey of madness, violence, passion, and political intrigue that will forever alter the fates of Aces and Jokers everywhere.

Free Bonus Novel Included "For one split second, my heart stopped. Every care I had in the world ceased to exist. I knew it was only the calm before the storm, but I was willing to ride this one out. Either our love would sail off into the sunset, or sink into oblivion. I didn't care. I had never felt this way before about anyone. Giving in to my unbridled desire was the only option at this point..." Far beneath the wild waves of the Atlantic ocean lies the sacred city of Atlantis. Alexander Tuor, mermaid hunter and mourning brother, is going to destroy it. In steps Rameses, the reluctant ...

Twelve classic tales of the unknown from the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of Way Station.

Evil lurks in the shadows and waits to pull a young dreamer into a nightmare... Keo spends her evenings watching the stars traverse the sky above and dreams about the world being different than it is. She gets her wish as an ancient enemy emerges from the darkness to pull her into a nightmare. Before the evening ends she is thrust into an adventure that may be told as a legend for ages to come. Eyes in the Darkness is a standalone horror fantasy action adventure short story in the world of Isiir set thousands of years in the past from the novels Within the Ice, Out of the Ice, and Eryn's Tale.

This volume contains ten stellar short stories by Clifford D. Simak. In "Grotto of the Dancing Deer," a man carrying an ancient secret finally speaks up, unable to bear any longer the loneliness he has experienced for millennia. In "Over the River," which Simak wrote in memory of his beloved grandmother Ellen, children from an embattled future are sent back for safekeeping to their ancestors in the peaceful past. And in "Day of Truce," the inhabitants of a suburban subdivision must barricade themselves against bands of roving attackers.

A sweet, sentimental, and sexy Christmas story that you'll enjoy any time of the year! The Wolves of Twin Moon Ranch have earned a hard-won break after another eventful year in the dark and dangerous shifter world. In this sweet, sentimental, and sexy Christmas story, you’ll get to see new characters take center stage and relationships evolve. Has the big, bad alpha’s mate finally taught him to delegate? Has the wounded warrior learned to let go of the past? And the leading she-wolf of the clan — how is she getting along in her new life with her once-forbidden mate? While some couples...

Major Sharpe finds himself a fugitive, hunted by enemy and ally alike. Major Richard Sharpe awaits the opening shots of the army's campaign with grim expectancy. For victory depends on the increasingly fragile alliance between Britain and Spain - an alliance that must be maintained at any cost. Pierre Ducos, the wily French intelligence officer, sees a chance both to destroy the alliance and to achieve a personal revenge on Richard Sharpe.

Dive into Drunken Tales, where you can experience Eight comedic stories that follow Fujio, the local drunk of the Zaria Kingdom through his whimsical everyday life. Things sure do get chaotic. From challenging his crush to an intense game of Muggy Ball, to accidentally joining a cult whose only goal is to summon a demon, who knows what will happen? This novel is a One-shot Volume!

The Origin series is empire building at its finest, with 100 episodes and over 2.5 million words in the military science fiction serial detailing the rise of Star Force from corporate entity into an interstellar empire over the course of more than a millennium. Follow a core group of characters known as the Trailblazers as they use alien technology and knowledge discovered in Antarctic ruins to obtain limited immortality and lead humanity out into the galaxy, encountering, befriending, and fighting hundreds of alien races.

Hot on the heels of Gardner Dozois's acclaimed anthology The Book of Swords comes this companion volume devoted to magic. How could it be otherwise? For every Frodo, there is a Gandalf... and a Saruman. For every Dorothy, a Glinda... and a Wicked Witch of the West. What would Harry Potter be without Albus Dumbledore... and Severus Snape? Figures of wisdom and power, possessing arcane, often forbidden knowledge, wizards and sorcerers are shaped - or misshaped - by the potent magic they seek to wield.

Eillea, a member of the Nightshade Brotherhood, is given an unprecedented challenge: assassinate the Crown Prince of Tezari. The problem? No one knows his true identity. She attends a ball at the palace to hunt down her target but finds her attention stolen by a handsome stranger who makes her heart race. When Kenix first spots the beautiful girl with stubborn eyes across the ballroom, his heart is lost. Though it’s clear she wants him too, the girl resists their attraction, fleeing his kiss at the stroke of midnight. When he sees her again, she’s in his chambers with a dagger in her ...

Tarn and Beck have reset the clocks and gone back to the beginning. They used the power of the elfin light to time travel and save their family and friends, changing their pasts. Now they’re living new lives, free from shadows, but they’re separated from each other. Tarn and Beck have never met, nor have they met their friends. But the villains Komotuvu, Tobias, Damian and Orfea have teamed up. They remember their past lives and how Tarn, Beck, and their friends ruined their plans before. The villains hold grudges against Tarn and Beck as they’re trying to reach the mystical city of ...

>The Screwtape Letters, now in its 70th anniversary year, is an iconic classic on spiritual warfare and the power of the devil. This profound and striking narrative takes the form of a series of letters from Screwtape, a devil high in the Infernal Civil Service, to his nephew Wormwood, a junior colleague engaged in his first mission on Earth trying to secure the damnation of a young man who has just become a Christian. Although the young man initially looks to be a willing victim, he changes his ways and is ‘lost’ to the young devil.

Longtime contributor to the Hellboy mythos Christopher Golden brings together a crew of luminaries including Joe R. Lansdale and China Miéville, cross-genre sensation Barbara Hambly, celebrated mystery writer Ken Bruen, best-selling science-fiction and fantasy novelist Tad Williams, and a bevy of other skilled storytellers eager to spin a tale or two about the world's greatest paranormal detective. Some of the biggest names in horror, mystery, and fantasy come together to pay homage to Mike Mignola's Hellboy!

Welcome to future-shock. Hold on tight and buckle yourselves in, because the future is on a relentless onslaught, for better or worse. This is a collection of the short speculative fiction of Gabriel Walker Land. Most stories are flash fiction, meaning less than 1000 words. Each contains a story of mystery, action, romance, and suspense.

A fast-paced fifty-page short story book about two budding astronauts, a space hound named Chewie and a rather pissed off creature in the form of a Kraken. Contains epic storytelling, dark humor and general silliness.

John O'Ryan is not a god...not exactly. He is an eternal warrior destined to combat the Dark Lord through all time for dominion of the Earth. Follow him, servant of a great race, as he battles his enemy down the halls of time, from the caves of our ancestors to the final confrontation under the hammer of nuclear annihilation.

“Sitting in his high chair, glaring down at me through crystal clear spectacles, the Angel of the Lord frowned. “You’re a bloody mess, John Brittle…” As Captain of the Guard, John Brittle was often regarded with respect. He was stationed at the most secluded Crossing in the Kingdom, Barron’s Pass. It was a difficult position to keep, the looming presence of the “Failsafe” often driving apprentices to the brink of insanity, but the Captain always managed to keep a level head. He led by honor, showing his men right from wrong. But as a mysterious rider appeared on the horizon,...

My new dance teacher had a rhythm that was impossible to resist. I thought I'd explored the depths of my desires with Jenny, Sophia, Claire, and Lisa, but my education in passion was about to take a mesmerizing turn. When Jenny introduced me to her friend Marisa, a captivating dance teacher, I was drawn into a world of movement and seduction. Marisa offered me a free private class, and with the encouragement of Jenny, Sophia, Claire, and Lisa, I stepped onto the dance floor. What I found was far more than just a lesson in dance. Marisa's graceful movements and intense gaze taught me the art...

On the way home from a gym, Mary starts noticing a large man stalking her. Whenever she tells people about it, they mysteriously forget about it the next day. When her friend tries to help her catch this stalker, he gets kidnapped instead and a few minutes later, everyone forgets about him except her and two others. Mary and her friends found themselves involved in big political games and now they should take some responsibility and make things go right. This is book 4 of the "Surviving Destiny"