Fantasy Short Stories

John goes to the university therapist to discuss his secret kink, and to explain how it's starting to interfere with his love life. Fiona is all ears, finding herself particularly aroused by his conundrum. She understands why he's shy about it, and why she's better built to deal with it than his much younger girlfriend. She just so happens to share the same kink, and decides to take a hands-on, straight forward approach to relieving his mommy issues, feeling it would be best for him to explore his desires, and get it out of his system. She might even want to take over the role full time. ...

Here for the first time the stories and short novels of the war with the Outs are collected into a novel-length chronicle. The Outs had mental powers they could use to make humans see illusions and convince them to change sides. Obviously, they were unbeatable - until some troublesome humans found their Achilles' heel.

"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.

Prepare to meet the wicked progeny of the master of modern horror. In Lovecraft's Monsters, H. P. Lovecraft's most famous creations--Cthulhu, Shoggoths, Deep Ones, Elder Things, Yog-Sothoth, and more--appear in all their terrifying glory. Each story is a gripping new take on a classic Lovecraftian creature. Contributors include such literary luminaries as Neil Gaiman, Joe R. Lansdale, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Karl Edward Wagner, Elizabeth Bear, and Nick Mamatas.

One Hour of fated mates erotica! ..scorching smut, just the way it should be! So hot they'll make you close the door to your own private lair! If you’ve ever wanted your own hard-muscled shifter, well-equipped gargoyle, alien overlord or a witchy encounter that will fulfill all your lustful warlock fantasies, this smutty collection of erotic fated mates stories will get you where you’re going, fast. Guaranteed to help you explode over and over again! These bite-sized stories are a bundle of eight fifteen-minute reads which include the Delazney Witches 1-4. Mated to the Enemy, Mated to ...

"The Other Tiger" was first published in the June/July 1953 issue of Fantastic Universe. 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.

If you like Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, Outer Limits, One Step Beyond, Thriller, Serials with Surprise Endings, and stories with a plot, Billy Wells Horror is for you. Billy Wells Horror's average review rating for all horror collections is 4.3! Twelve stories from the warped mind of Billy Wells. Scary Stories-Volume 5 is the eighth collection of short stories mostly in the horror genre with surprise endings by Billy Wells. Please be aware that some of these offerings are quite gruesome and not for those readers whose parents did not let them watch scary movies and TV shows as a child. ...

Sviska is a man of the shadows, an assassin without any one place to call his own. But in the Far North, he discovers a secret. Magic, long thought lost to the world, is alive. The genocide to destroy every elf, wizard, and sacred being of old is not yet complete. Sviska's masters work the strings of the world and he has been sent for a task he does not even fully understand yet. When at last he feels he has what he has always wanted, darkness falls upon the world.

A gripping historical romance with time-travel, espionage, and an irresistible love story, perfect for readers who crave strong heroines, adventure, and passion that defies time. Time-traveling agent Jed must protect the Liege World Expo from sabotage, yet his ruthless intergalactic foes, the Tresians, are determined to spread despair, corrupt the press, and trigger a catastrophic flood. Eva, a bold, forward-thinking woman, is eager to shape the future. But when she’s kidnapped, she realizes the danger runs deeper than she imagined. Reunited with Jed, their growing connection is tested as...

After 25 years serving as the human Monitor of the Interstellar Ark, Hermes, Orion is scheduled to be placed back into hibernation with the other crewmembers. Knowing he'll die there and be replaced before the ship's voyage is over, he decides that he won’t — can’t — accept that fate. Whatever it takes, Orion will escape Hermes and see what's beyond, even if it means defying the regulations of his only friend — the ship-wide artificial intelligence known as Dan.

Kynzie is new to the world of modeling and online influencing, and her boyfriend Ryan doesn't like it one bit. The only reason he doesn't say anything is because he's not working, and she pays all the bills. After a long weekend photo shoot, she comes home to discover that he's been cheating, and spending what little money he has on purchasing content from other girls. She's livid, and kicks him out of the apartment so she can process how to move forward. Her new friend Morgan comes over right away, and they devise a plan for dealing with Ryan. Kynzie tells Ryan he can sleep on the couch, ...

For the first time as an Orbit special edition, Brent Weeks's blockbuster novella Perfect Shadow tells the origin story of the Night Angel trilogy's most enigmatic character: Durzo Blint. Gaelan Starfire is a farmer, happy to be a husband and a father; a careful, quiet, simple man. He's also an immortal, peerless in the arts of war. Over the centuries, he's worn many faces to hide his gift, but he is a man ill-fit for obscurity, and all too often he's become a hero, his very names passing into legend.

The colonies of Mistria are in turmoil. They face wars between the competing empires and insurrection from natives and colonists alike. Prince Vladamier is a Norillian noble, and Nephew to King Richard. He has little political power, but struggles to ensure the colonists interests are represented back in the court. The one thing he does have is a wurm... one of the few existing "dragons" from a clutch of eggs discovered in the old world, hundreds of years ago.

Harper thought she left the past behind—especially Jace Maddox, the man who broke her heart when his ex showed up pregnant and he did what he thought was “right.” Now she’s back in his life as his last-resort night nurse, tasked with helping him care for his newborn… and trying not to care about him again. But Harper’s body remembers. The moment she hears a baby’s cry—and sees Jace’s exhausted, shirtless, still-too-damn-hot self—her milk comes in like it never left. She’s leaking, aching, and dangerously close to falling all over again. Jace is a mess: sleep-deprived, ...

Swords. Sorcery. Dick Jokes. Truly do the gods smile upon you, dear listener, for the first four books in the hilarious Caverns and Creatures series are now available in one audiobook set. Join Tim, Dave, Julian, and Cooper as they are thrown into a hostile fantasy world filled with magic and monsters, and ruled over by a cruel and sadistic game master who taunts and harasses them while he sits back and eats their fried chicken.

The title story of this collection - a devilishly ironic riff on H. P. Lovecraft's "Pickman's Model" - was nominated for a World Fantasy Award, while "Probiscus" was nominated for an International Horror Guild award and reprinted in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 19. In addition to his previously published work, this collection contains an original story.

Out of the Cradle, Endlessly Orbiting... is a short story by Arthur C. Clarke, originally published in Dude magazine in 1959. It's a science fiction narrative that, like Clarke's other works, explores the intersection of science, technology, and humanity. The story's title also serves as a fitting tribute to Clarke himself, as it was his idea to put a communications satellite into geosynchronous orbit, a concept that has been instrumental in modern communications.

"Children of the Bedtime Machine”, a story by Robert McCammon, was originally published in the 2012 anthology Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury.

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 ...

"History Lesson" was first published in the May 1949 issue of Startling Stories. 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.