Weird Fantasy

Tanesca, a small town in eastern KS, faces a rash of cattle mutilations, strange weather, an invasion of strangers, crop circles, and weird sightings. Can Frieda and her niece, Anne, stop the vicious woman behind it all?

Earwig takes a rare day off, which he spends drinking by himself in Au Metro, a seedy bar full of drunks, dancers and eccentrics. It is St Martin's day, and in the evening, as crowds parade through the street carrying lanterns through the snow, he is drawn reluctantly into a conversation with a sinister stranger called Tyre. As a result Earwig accidentally maims a waitress with a broken bottle. He understands that on some level Tyre meant this to happen. Shortly afterwards a black cat is delivered to the flat, unasked for.

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.

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.

"A Witch Shall Be Born" is one of the original novels by Robert E. Howard about Conan the Cimmerian (a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian). The story concerns a witch replacing her twin sister as queen of a city state, which brings her into conflict with Conan who had been the captain of the queen's guard. Themes of paranoia, and the duality of the twin sisters are paramount in this story but it also includes elements of the conflict between barbarism and civilization that is common to the entire Conan series.

Mike Vendetti's mesmerizing voice brings "The Valley of the Worm" to life, capturing the essence of Howard's vivid characters and thrilling plot twists. Listeners will be transported to a world where swordplay and ancient beings collide in an epic battle for survival. Whether you're a fan of Fantasy Science Fiction or just looking for an exciting new adventure, "The Valley of the Worm" is sure to captivate and enthrall you from start to finish.

Combinando a sensibilidade gótica do século XIX de Edgar Allan Poe com uma visão interna ousada, os contos de Lovecraft prenunciam um século psiquicamente conturbado. Situado em uma paisagem da Nova Inglaterra descrita de modo minucioso e historicamente fundamentada, suas histórias angustiantes exploram o colapso da sanidade sob o peso dos eventos caóticos. O universo de Lovecraft é um mundo de sombras onde a realidade e o pesadelo se entrelaçam e a redenção ninguém sabe de onde vem.

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 collection of stories written by Ethan Obi-wan Couldrey before his untimely death in 2024 aged 24. These are tales including ghost stories, modern myths and unique stories of human triumph.

Henry Grimshaw prides himself on his dual personality. By night, he is a socialite and eligible bachelor; by day, he is a clothing factory tyrant, with fugitives working for him who he hands over to the authorities if they step out of line. When Cyrus Sabinette meets Grimshaw at a party, he initially wants in on the operation, but when Grimshaw refuses to be blackmailed, he devises a cunning plan to get back at the factory owner. Is he just a master of illusion, or can he conjure the dead?

In 2025, neutron bombs wipe out much of the world’s drinkable water. For the next several years, survivors exist in deplorable conditions and their rations are dwindling. One woman arises from the camp, determined to improve conditions. Charlotte is ready to do whatever it takes to ensure clean water for her fellow survivors. Water is almighty. Whoever controls the water rules the world. Can Charlotte prevent the power from falling into the wrong hands?

This story was written on a Joe Konrath dare. It's a tale of wine drinking and the taste of pure regret. It is a story of ganja bums and frat boys and squid pirates and whoreboards and bloodsuckers. If you REALLY need to classify this story - it is your basic bizarro steam-driven cyberpunk neo-fantasy that takes place in a setting that was inspired by Munden's Bar - (how many Grimjack fans out there?) - and in short is a fast, fun and very weird read. Pick it up and down it at a swallow.

Content Warning: Be advised, this book contains very strong language and violence, including violence against women. Recommended for mature audiences only. Behold The Palace of Maids, where the illegitimate daughters of nineteen elven kings are forced to live in solitude. They're chained to their beds and cut off from the world until they're “lucky” enough to be chosen for marriage. When Princess Alore is chosen as the bride of a twisted prince, her grandmother sends her to the Hall of Mirrors, where she escapes to an unfamiliar world of rifles, cowboys and whiskey. As she struggles to ...

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.

These are tales of the darkest fantasy. “These are the literary spawn – bastards though some may be – of the stories that one would have read in the pages of Weird Tales, that venerated pulp magazine of the early part of the twentieth century. That pulp rag that birthed the stories of Robert E. Howard, August Derleth, Seabury Quinn, C. L. Moore, and many others. These stories have percolated in those pages as well as through the fiction of Robert Bloch, Harlan Ellison, Fritz Leiber and Michael Moorcock. They have been steeped in heroic fantasy fiction, sword and sorcery, and outright ...

Ernest Roydon is distressed by a mysterious apparition that appears around his house. What he initially thinks is a trick of the light soon starts taking on a more human form, until he’s too scared to stay in the house on his own and must enlist the help of a friend.

This compelling collection will engage the lovers of horror, fantasy, and science fiction and marry their eccentric desires in the church of Blithecraft. Twelve stories suitable for the discerning fantasist. A blithely return to the eccentric craft of weird short stories. Tales of other dimensions, eldritch beasts, and seditious sirens. Ancient witchcraft, necromancers, and giant arthropods. Worlds of past, present, and future are presented in a classical style with contemporary beguile.

Sterling Page never thought that, some day, he'd be sailing across the ocean with a robot, a fairy, a hot-tempered teddy bear, and a sewer lizard. But when a strange creature breaks into his house and tells him his sister is still alive, Page embarks on an adventure to another world to find her. Unfortunately for Page, this is a world that rarely makes sense, a world where boats get stuck in clouds, storks deliver baby dragons, and leftover biscuits turn into flying monsters. Blending together The Odyssey and Alice in Wonderland, The Second Page is filled with both silly humor and dangerous...

No one should ever come between a man’s family and his guns. Not if they want to live. Not even a dragon. Especially when those guns belong to a spellslinger. The dragon who had killed his brother had a death wish. Koren D’uene is a ja’lel, a gun knight, and his is the job of granting wishes. His guns spoke and the world listened. Spellslinger is a weird western, a Wild West-inspired fantasy novel full of cowboy wizards and spell-slinging outlaws of roughly 40,000 words.

On the abysmal fringes of sanity itself lies a repository of tales from realms untold. The Bizarchives: Weird Tales of Monsters, Magic and Machines holds secrets of far flung galaxies, haunted dimensions, and fantastical heroes.