Fantasy Short Stories

The last time Matteo tried out for the Rangers, he lost an arm. In a world plagued by monstrous threats, Matteo is granted a second chance to join the elite Rangers—the monster hunters protecting the city atop a giant turtle. With the promise of wielding a powerful magical artifact, he vows to excel in boot camp and make this opportunity count. Yet, as he endures the grueling trials of the Ranger training, a dark revelation surfaces: their ranks are thinning at an alarming rate.

"Encounter in the Dawn" was first published in the June/July 1953 issue of Amazing. This story inspired the opening sequence of 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.

It’s a story you may think you know - an aging baseball coach is challenged by the very boy he took in and raised. But in this near future world, "smart” houses talk and listen, and - privy as they are to the secret life of the household - family life gets interesting. Creepy and funny, unsettling and entertaining, this is a story that stands on its own even as it proves the perfect follow up to Gish Jen’s critically acclaimed novel The Resisters.

College never felt this exhilarating. I felt crushed under the weight of college life, watching my confidence shrink with each passing day as I pined after a girl I couldn't bring myself to approach. Then Claire walked into my life with her knowing smile and an offer I couldn't refuse - she'd teach me everything I needed to know about being a man. My education started in this little café downtown, the kind of place where the coffee came in actual cups and the pastries looked like art. But it was her home that changed everything--that first night with her blew past every fumbling fantasy ...

I wasn't sure I was into guys, but a chance encounter with a stranger made me realize I needed a man to satisfy me. When it turns out he is a billionaire, I realize that everything I could ever want is closer than I could have ever expected. Hot sex, money, and big, sexy billionaire action. What's a guy to do? Warning: This book is packed with naughty gay action. Adult readers only.

An ABDL modern fantasy short story. Wayne's love life was in the crapper. He didn't have a love life, unless nights alone with his hand counted. He tried various tactics and ways to approach women-even genuine honesty- but nothing worked. He had no luck with dating services and websites. All he wanted was a partner in life. Someone to share his innermost secrets with. Someone to marry. Someone who could accept him despite his deepest, darkest secret- his love of diapers. Enter Satomi. She was the most gorgeous woman he'd ever seen. She had an otherworldy air about her, like she was too good...

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An unlikely vigilante slips through the alleys of Old Korvosa, the armor of the insidious Gray Maidens - former stormtroopers of an insane queen - imprisoning her within a past she can neither forget nor atone for. But when an innocent comes to her in need, this mercenary avenger must test her mettle against a foe just as resolute and merciless as she once was.

"The Crystal Cup" reveals the struggle a young artist faces when he is taken from his family and forced to work for the king. He is promised freedom in return for his hard work making a perfect crystal vase. But the story takes a tragic twist when he dies immediately following his completion of the vase. The king jeopardizes his reign after displaying the artist's remains alongside the vase during a feast at the castle.

Jim Luck is a covert scout trained to operate undetected within the verdant forests bordering enemy lines. Luck is assigned a new partner named Ken Loveall, a man with an unhuman-like ability for tracking down enemy targets. Deep in the forest with only each other as company, Luck is about to discover the passion that can brew between two soldiers – especially when one of them is a vigorous alpha werewolf! Satisfy your fantasy and get this standalone HEA shifter story now for FREE with Kindle Unlimited! And for a naughty preview of the book, make sure to Look Inside!

This is a SHORT STORY set within the ongoing THE UNSEEN franchise. Potential spoilers ahead! This short story stars the youngest character in the intense THE UNSEEN franchise, Hope Diaz. Her survival is one of heartache, terror, and perseverance, an event that occurs during book two of the main series, DESOLATION.

"Out of the Sun" was first published in the February 1958 issue of If. 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.

How far will magical women go to save their people and perpetuate their civilization? When killer hornets invade the land of Oksay, an island in the Pacific Ocean, the women of the isle must use wit, perseverance and a bit of magic, to concoct a plan, that rewrites history and re-creates mankind using......yep, bears. Enjoy this fantasy of the rise of a people after having a face to face encounter with destruction.

The world of Arkaria is a dangerous place, filled with dragons, titans, goblins and other dangers. Those who live in this world are faced with two choices: live an ordinary life or become an adventurer and seek the extraordinary. The guild of Sanctuary is replete with an amazing cast of adventurers, wanderers and rogues. In their pasts linger secrets that define them and shape the course of their lives. For every one of them has a tale, each with something different to show - and even in the most honorable guild of Sanctuary, not everyone is exactly what they seem to be. AUTHOR'S NOTE: This...

Evette and Evan only need to find a dead dragon. Mission accomplished but now something else had found them.

Science fiction is a portal that opens doors onto futures too rich and strange to imagine. Fantasy takes us through doorways of magic and wonder. For more than a decade award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan has sifted through tens of thousands of stories to select the best, the most interesting, the most engaging science fiction and fantasy to thrill and delight readers.

A thrilling horror short story from #1 bestselling Kindle author, J.R. Rain! One parasitic vampire is about to meet his own worst nightmare. Click BUY NOW or READ FOR FREE!

On Mars, a scientist experiments with a new engine that will one day become the drive that fuels humanity's journey into the stars. On an asteroid station, a group of prisoners are oblivious to the catastrophe that awaits them. On a future Earth beset by overpopulation, pollution, and poverty, a crime boss desperately seeks to find a way off planet. On an alien world, a human family struggles to establish a colony and make a new home. All these stories and more are featured in this unmissable collection of short fiction set in the hardscrabble world of The Expanse.

Kameron Hurley, award-winning author and expert in the future of war and resistance movements, has created eighteen exhilarating tales giving glimpses into the warfare of tomorrow. A bleak future, yet there is hope for us. With Hurley's characteristic grim optimism, her characters fight for what they believe is right. They exhibit degrees of humanity only possible in the worst of circumstances. It is these characters, driven by a murky sense of honor and written with sincere, deep empathy, that make Future Artifacts: Stories a powerful collection you won't soon forget.

She needs a way out from under her parent's abuse. He wants her to be his wife. Will an arranged marriage give them both what they desire most? Marriage wasn't in Kassandra's plans. Not at all. Not ever. But when her parents declined all her college scholarships and took away her money, her options vanished into thin air...until he requested her hand in marriage... From the moment Quinn saw her, he fell instantly in love. He asked for the church to grant him permission to marry her and with their approval and her acceptance, he thought he had everything. On the day of their wedding ceremony...