Science Fictions Stuart

This collection of short stories contains several gothic tales to bear macabre and chilling witness to writers as diverse as Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jerome K. Jerome and Edgar Allan Poe. These tales are designed to unsettle you, just a little, as they lead you on a walk to places you’d perhaps rather not visit on your own. Our stories are "A Ghost Story" by Mark Twain, "Ollah" by Robert Louis Stevenson, "The Doctor’s Story" by Jerome K. Jerome, and "Murders In The Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe.

Alexis soon discovers there are no young people over the age of 18, they simply vanish into a mysterious place called Terminus. Other teens are attacked and dragged deeper into the dark mining tunnels by vicious alien predators. Death and danger seem to lurk around every corner. There's only two choices: rebel or die.

Join the brave friends Patch, Wren and Barver for another adventure of magic and music! Thrill as they meet the Pirates of the Eastern Seas! Marvel as they venture to the only city where dragons and humans live side by side! Gasp as they journey high into the snowy peaks, where the greatest secret of the griffins lies hidden! And tremble as they come face-to-face once more with the increasingly powerful and evil Hamelyn Piper....

Patch Brightwater is a boy in disgrace. Thrown in jail for playing a forbidden spell, he is no one's idea of a hero. But then he discovers a deadly truth - the evil Piper of Hamelyn is on the loose. With the help of Wren, a girl cursed to live as a rat, and Barver, a fire-breathing dracogriff, Patch must stop the Piper sparking the biggest battle of them all. Three accidental heroes versus one legendary villain...an epic adventure is born.

A young girl, Ana, sits in the interview room, while the uniformed man who followed her lies dead. After the girl escapes, Tears pursues her and enters a world similar—yet shockingly different—to ours. He soon learns of a mysterious group called the Silencers, and the Transference Engine, which has irreparably damaged the fabric of space and time.

Patch Brightwater and his friend Barver, the dracogriff, are trapped on a mysterious island full of monstrous beasts. Their shapeshifting friend, Wren, is being held prisoner by the Piper of Hamelyn, but she's working hard to escape. Clad in his suit of magical black armour and with dragons and a growing army on his side, the Piper of Hamelyn seems destined to bring chaos and destruction down on the world. Can anything stop him?

A stage magician who performs real witchcraft. A group of novices who attempt an expert spell. A police detective forced to face the secret world he has denied. And Marshall Drummond stuck in the middle of it all.

The Bluesman - musician, magician, lethal killer. Thrown into our world from a parallel universe, the Bluesman seeks to save the Earth from being overrun by the horrid, mutated creatures that came with him. Armed with magic, skill, and his companion, Scotch, he faces these monsters hoping to create a peaceful world for all.

Sometimes getting information is tough for a PI. But when Marshall Drummond visits his ol’ pal, Leroy, for some Christmas drinking and a little information, things become downright bizarre. Add in a couple of amateur thieves and spellcasters, and Drummond will start wishing he had stayed home for the holidays.

The Bluesman: musician, magician, lethal killer. Thrown into our world from a parallel universe, the Bluesman seeks to save the Earth from being overrun by the horrid, mutated creatures that came with him. Armed with magic, skill, and his companion, Scotch, he faces these monsters hoping to create a peaceful world for all.

The Bluesman - musician, magician, lethal killer. Thrown to Earth from a parallel universe, the Bluesman seeks to save our world from being overrun by the horrid, mutated creatures that came with him. Armed with magic, skill, and his companion, Scotch, he faces these monsters hoping to create a peaceful world for all. In Death House Jam Session, an after hours barroom jam session turns deadly when a ferocious monster that likes dark places attacks.

When your loneliness means your work becomes your obsession. What happens when that obsession becomes real? What happens when the virtual becomes flesh? Sci-Fi meets horror in this terrifying exploration of human dependency and dystopian ideas turned upside down. One man finds out what happens when the lines between humanity and electronic blur. Is emotion a solely human trait? Or can it be attained? Can a computer have a soul? This terrifying novella from the 2016 SIBA award-nominated author Rob Shepherd doesn't hold back the horrifying possibilities of the answers to these questions.

Have you ever wondered if we choose our loved ones during our lifetime - or before? Do you ponder the meaning of your existence; your destiny? What would life be like if your rivals didn’t exist at all? Researcher Brian Sunderland has been looking for answers to these questions for his entire life. As he journeys through years, he comes of age, surrenders to true love, stands up for his rights, helps others and finally, leaves his mark on this world.

Lin ist die Tochter des Kaisers und Erbin des Phönixreiches. Ihr tyrannischer Vater jedoch versklavt seine Untertanen und erschafft schreckliche Monster – mithilfe der geheimnisvollen Knochensplittermagie. Doch die Gabe, diese zu wirken, hat Lin durch eine Krankheit verloren, und seitdem versucht ihr Vater, sie als Thronfolgerin zu entmachten. Gefangen in einem Palast voller Geheimnisse und verschlossener Türen will Lin heimlich die Knochensplittermagie wiedererlernen – um ihren grausamen Vater und seine entsetzlichen Kreationen zu stoppen.

Die Zeit der Kaiser ist vorbei, doch wird Lin ihren Platz finden? – Das epische Finale der großen High Fantasy-Saga! Die Knochensplitterarmee ist besiegt. Aber Lin weiß, dass ihre Verbündeten im Kampf zwar hilfreich waren, aber eine neue Weltordnung fordern. Und darin hat kein Kaiser einen Platz – auch nicht Lin. Zudem wird der zerbrechliche Frieden von den Alanga ins Wanken gebracht, welche beginnen, die Seite zu wechseln.

Powerful and provocative, These Memories Do Not Belong to Us masterfully explores how governments and media manipulate history to control the collective imagination. It forces us to see beyond the sheen of convenient truths and to unearth real stories of sacrifice and love that, despite all odds, refuse to be eradicated.

The Bluesman - musician, magician, lethal killer. Thrown into our world from a parallel universe, the Bluesman seeks to save the Earth from being overrun by the horrid, mutated creatures that came with him. Armed with magic, skill, and his companion, Scotch, he faces these monsters hoping to create a peaceful world for all.

Taking a train home, Marshall Drummond thinks he’ll be able to sleep and look forward to a shot of whiskey. Or two. But when a supernatural visit wakes him, he finds that the dead have other plans for him. There’s never any rest for Marshall Drummond. Welcome to the Marshall Drummond Case Files. These stories explore the dark mysteries and thrilling adventures of 1940s PI, Marshall Drummond, before he died and became the ghost detective found in the best-selling Max Porter Paranormal Mysteries.

Die Fortsetzung des großen High Fantasy-Epos um die Heldin Lin, die das Phönixreich vor den schaurigen Monstern ihres Vaters retten muss. Der Kaiser ist tot. Endlich sitzt Lin auf dem hart erkämpften Thron, aber die Wunden der tyrannischen Herrschaft ihres Vaters sind tief und müssen heilen – bei den Untertanen sowie bei seiner Tochter. Im Nordosten des Phönixreiches sammelt sich währenddessen eine Rebellenarmee von Knochensplitter-Konstrukten, deren Anführer entschlossen ist, den Thron mit Gewalt zu erobern.

Kumiko is used to a dragon guarding her night and day, but why does she need one in the first place? When her little sister is kidnapped by a mysterious group of sorcerers, a terrible secret is revealed. To save her sister, Kumiko will have to be brave. Can she face the one thing that dragons are afraid of?