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A collection of gothic romance short stories by emerging writers from around the world
Edited by Sersa Victory
Illustrated by Kayla Cline
Immerse yourself in dark, haunting, and romantic short stories celebrating the beloved, enduring genre of gothic romance. Written in the style of mid-century pulp fiction, these stories embrace the genre’s familiar tropes and... [click here for more] |
Storytelling Collective |
$8.99
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COLLECTED HERE ARE KLEIN’S RARE AND OBSCURE SHORT STORIES, HARD TO FIND EVEN FOR DEDICATED FANS.
Creatures sinister but unseen. Madmen who may not be so mad. Realities that twist into astonishing patterns. Insidious new technologies beyond our understanding or control. Welcome to the existential weird fiction of master storyteller T.E.D. KLEIN, the acclaimed editor of Twilight Zone... [click here for more] |
Stasheff Literary Enterprises |
$5.99
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For over a decade, the Bards and Sages Quarterly has been a showcase for both new and established authors to share their speculative works. The short stories presented in each issue serve as a delightful sampler of the speculative genres. Whether your preference is sword and sorcery, time-travel, space exploration, gothic horror, urban fantasy, or any of the speculative genres, you are sure to find... [click here for more] |
Bards and Sages |
$4.99
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Written by Monica Valentinelli, into shadow: a poetic exploration of personal fears is the author's debut collection of twenty-one poems. The collection's theme is broken into three books inspired by parts of the shadow: the umbra, penumbra, and antumbra. In book one: umbra, twenty-one original poems expose the author’s shadow. Notes and references for each poem follows in book... [click here for more] |
Books of M |
$2.99
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For over a decade, the Bards and Sages Quarterly has been a showcase for both new and established authors to share their speculative works. The short stories presented in each issue serve as a delightful sampler of the speculative genres. Whether your preference is sword and sorcery, time-travel, space exploration, gothic horror, urban fantasy, or any of the speculative genres, you are sure... [click here for more] |
Bards and Sages |
$4.99
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A definitive look at the life and work of horror writer H.P. Lovecraft, by a leading scholar of the fantasy and horror field.
INTRODUCTION, by Darrell Schweitzer
NOTES ON AN ENTITY, by Robert Bloch
A LITERARY COPERNICUS, by Fritz Leiber, Jr.
THE FOUR FACES OF THE OUTSIDER, by Dirk W. Mosig
THE FIRST LEWIS THEOBALD, by R. Boerem
STORY-WRITING: A Letter from H. P. Lovecraft
CHARACTER GULLIBILITY IN... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
$4.99
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WELCOME TO THE BIG SHOW!
Once a year, the greatest tabletop gamers in the world descend upon Indianapolis for Gen Con — the Best Four Days in Gaming — to play games, see friends, and have fun. They play things like Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Warhammer 40,000, Settlers of Catan, Munchkin, and everything else they can get their hands on. Mostly... [click here for more] |
Full Moon Enterprises |
$4.99
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The author writes:
This book began as an expansion of my essay, "H. P. Lovecraft: The Decline of the West," in The Weird Tale, but very quickly became something quite different, to the degree that the two works have little save the title in common. I have always been interested in Lovecraft the philosopher, and in my Starmont Reader's Guide to Lovecraft (1982) I attempted a very compressed... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
$4.99
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For over a decade, the Bards and Sages Quarterly has been a showcase for both new and established authors to share their speculative works. The short stories presented in each issue serve as a delightful sampler of the speculative genres. Whether your preference is sword and sorcery, time-travel, space exploration, gothic horror, urban fantasy, or any of the speculative genres, you are sure... [click here for more] |
Bards and Sages |
$4.99
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Haunted houses. Vengeful spirits. Wronged women. A glimpse of a grim future and a visit to a terrifying past. Step inside for a taste of nightmare, a bit of the unexpected and a touch of the weird. 12 stories by award-winning author Catherine Lundoff. ... [click here for more] |
Queen of Swords Press |
$1.99
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Coventry is a typical university town in West Texas. Football is king, local festivals abound, and secrets run deeper than the roots of the Blood Pecan. Buck and Jabez are outsiders who couldn't get into any other school and were thrown together by the housing office. Can their new friendship survive the hazards of a town where breaking trust, going beyond the Narrow Way, is deadly dangerous? Ghouls,... [click here for more] |
Jay Pustějovskeý Bennett |
$9.99
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Source criticism--analysis of a writer's source material--has emerged as one of the most popular approaches in exploring the work of J.R.R. Tolkien.
Since Tolkien drew from many disparate sources, an understanding of these sources, as well as how and why he incorporated them, can enhance readers' appreciation.
This set of new essays by leading Tolkien scholars describes the theory and methodology... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$15.99
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"The invitation was a trap..."
In this stand-alone character-driven fantasy thriller debuting a brand-new, original world, desperate people vie to find a kidnapped prince before magical and political pressures threaten the stability of the entire continent and millions of lives.
For menial palace servants Sot and Lama, the infant prince represents a means to finally escape... [click here for more] |
MWS Media |
$4.99
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Australia has a long tradition of weird fiction, stretching back to colonial times. The stories in this anthology showcase the richness and variety of Australia horror and supernatural stories in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Among the authors included are: Mary Fortune, Lionel Sparrow, Marcus Clarke, Guy Boothby, B. L. Farjeon, J. E. P. Muddock, Ernest Favenc, Hume Nisbet, Rosa ("Mrs.... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
$2.99
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2021 Sir Julius Vogel Award Finalist for Best Collection
Dapper. Lesbian. Capybara. Pirate.
Cinrak the Dapper is a keeper of secrets, a righter of wrongs, the saltiest capybara on the sea and a rider of both falling stars and a great glass whale. Join her, her beloveds, the rat Queen Orvilia and the marmot diva Loquolchi, lead soprano of the Theatre Rat-oyal, her loyal cabin kit, Benj the chinchilla,... [click here for more] |
Queen of Swords Press |
$2.99
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First launched in January 2009, The Bards and Sages Quarterly is a celebration of short speculative fiction. Each issue brings readers a vibrant collection of speculative works from both new and established writers. Our goal remains the same today as when we began: to create a showcase in which to introduce readers to amazing voices they might have otherwise missed.
In this issue: Stories by Ibba... [click here for more] |
Bards and Sages |
$0.99
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BY NO MEANS VULGAR is a collection of short stories inspired by The Play's The Thing, a Shakespearean roleplaying game.
Within these pages is a world of newly crafted Shakespearean delight: remixed, reimagined, and reinvented by a collection of amazing authors. From "true crime" tales of acting to behind-the-scenes glimpses of our favorite characters, these stories explore the... [click here for more] |
Magpie Games |
$2.99
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The Society of Misfit Stories Presents this eclectic collection of novelettes and novellas from some of the most unique voices in the speculative genres. This diverse anthology offers readers an enticing assortment of high fantasy, alien adventure, paranormal investigations, haunts both real and imagined, and more.
CONTENTS
By Force and Against the King’s Peace... [click here for more] |
Bards and Sages |
$5.99
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Clark Ashton Smith (1893-1961) was a major writer of fantasy and science fiction during the first half of the twentieth century. Together with H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard, Smith was one of the "Three Musketeers" of legendary Weird Tales magazine, and contributed some of the most distinctive (and controversial) fantastic fiction to ever appear in Hugo Gernsback's Wonder Stories.
His... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
$4.99
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Now in our 12th year, The Bards and Sages Quarterly has provided fans of speculative fiction with a unique mix of tales from both new and established authors. With each issue, we strive to introduce readers to exciting and entertaining voices in the horror, science fiction, and fantasy genres.
Siblings procure a new drug designed to eradicate Alzheimer’s in patients with a family history... [click here for more] |
Bards and Sages |
Pay What You Want
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You are about to witness a revelation
There is an inquisition that the world has never known
on the most famous sea disaster in living memory.
Its location and contents have remained clandestine.
Until now.
The case is not about not scrutinising the White Star Line.
Instead, friends, lovers, even God, are called to the dock
It is a microcosmic view, an entirely personal claim,
one young woman’s... [click here for more] |
Rushbrook Books |
$12.40 $10.03
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A REAL GAME-CHANGER
Liam Parker has come a long way in the past two years, from gaming-industry noob to the new head of security for Gen Con, the largest tabletop gaming convention in America. He just got married, and his first game is up for the Diana Jones Award. The last bit of dirty work he needs to do to put the past behind him is help lock his old nemesis Tollak Spielmacher... [click here for more] |
Full Moon Enterprises |
$2.99
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Welcome Back, Gamers!
Every August, the greatest tabletop gamers in the world converge on Indianapolis to gather for Gen Con, the largest such gaming convention in America. After a momentous first year in which he solved the murder of a world-famous game designer, Liam Parker is back to debut his first game design ever. Unfortunately, Tollak Spielmacher, the mastermind he failed to put behind bars,... [click here for more] |
Full Moon Enterprises |
$4.99
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Every issue of the Bards and Sages Quarterly strives to bring readers and entertaining and eclectic collection of speculative fiction tales by both new and established authors in the genres. In this issue: stories by Rick Danforth, Lisa Fox, Brad Goldberg, Michelle Ann King, Shi-Li Kow, Michelle Muenzler, and Lisa Voorhees. ... [click here for more] |
Bards and Sages |
$2.99
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Each issue of The Society of Misfit Stories Presents… is a celebration of long-form fiction. These novelettes and novellas will entertain and surprise fans of the form. In this issue: Theodore Singer, Christian Riley, Christine Grant, Franco Aversa, Nicole Tanquary, Jay Lowrey, J. S. Dewey.
Stories in this issue include:
The successor to King Arthur becomes embroiled... [click here for more] |
Bards and Sages |
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James Arthur Anderson takes a structuralist approach to dissecting the horror fiction of H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937. This book offers both scholars and fans alike new insight into the work of the best-known American horror writer of the first half of the 20th century. As S. T. Joshi states: "Anderson's thorough familiarity with Lovecraft's texts (essays and letters, as well as stories), and with the... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
$4.99
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The Saki Megapack assembles no less than 140 works by H.H. Munro, who also wrote under the name "Saki." Munro influenced such later talents as P.G. Wodehouse. Included in this volume are both of Munro's novels, THE UNBEARABLE BASINGTON and WHEN WILLIAM CAME, plus the short story collections THE CHRONICLES OF CLOVIS, THE TOYS OF PEACE, REGINALD, REGINALD IN RUSSIA, and BEASTS AND SUPERBEASTS. In addition,... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
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"Agane met every day of exile with anticipation and grateful delight..."
In this literary fantasy novelette, a follow-up and companion to the novel LIGHT OF THE OUTSIDER, three exiled travelers, Kug, Agane, and Dennick, search for the healer who can cure Agane of a devastating illness.
But an unexpected development forces difficult choices. Can they face the consequences... [click here for more] |
MWS Media |
$2.99
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A Literary Fiction Short Story.
Samantha’s celebrating her tenth birthday, but turning “double digits” isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Her special day is dampened not only by her mom burning the chicken fingers and making her go to Girl Guides, but also by the fact that she knows "the robber" will be coming later that night. After all, birthday cards mean birthday money, and birthday... [click here for more] |
Rainbow Crush |
$1.99 $0.99
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This exhaustive volume catalogs nearly three thousand demons in the mythologies and lore of virtually every ancient society and most religions.
From Aamon, the demon of life and reproduction with the head of a serpent and the body of a wolf in Christian demonology, to Zu, the half-man, half-bird personification of the southern wind and thunder clouds in Sumero-Akkadian mythology, entries offer descriptions... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$37.95 $17.99
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Judgment Day & Other White Lies is a short fiction collection that deconstructs whiteness by retelling versions of Greek, Roman, and Christian myths, concepts, and characters through a contemporary lens that reads whiteness into history as a force of destruction for white characters (in addition to those they oppress).
From an alternative biblical Genesis about apes having... [click here for more] |
Madville Publishing |
$9.95
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Look around at the world we live in.
Isn't there something wrong?
Don't you feel powerless to make a positive change? Don't the problems of the world feel so big, so overwhelming, that you feel defeated? Like you can't possibly make a difference? So you don't even start?
What if I told you, you could change that? What if I said that the interests and influence of a select few groups have purposely... [click here for more] |
All Day Breakfast Productions |
$7.99 $1.99
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Embark on an epic fantasy adventure in A Hunter Rises, the captivating first book of the Jacob Crestmore Trilogy by Sean Clarke.
Dive into a modern world on the brink of war, where Jacob Crestmore, a disillusioned hunter, is thrust into a perilous journey to recover a long-lost artifact and unlock an unimaginable power. With an evil empire relentless in their pursuit and the fate... [click here for more] |
Sean Clarke |
$2.99
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Long before the association with "Weird Tales" magazine and H.P. Lovecraft that led to his enduring fame, Clark Ashton Smith was a well-regarded regional poet whose tastes ran to the romantic and the fantastic.
This collection of poems -- originally published in 1918 -- presents some of his best early work.
Note: This digital edition includes the ePub and Mobi (Kindle)... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
$0.99
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The "Christmas Story" (often a "Christmas Ghost Story") was a popular Victorian tradition. Charles Dickens, who surely needs no introduction today, took part with gusto, penning dozens of Christmas tales (the most famous being "A Christmas Carol"). We are delighted to include not just the standard fare of "A Christmas Carol," but a total of 25 great stories (more... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
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With its fiery breath, scaly armour, and baleful, malevolent stare, the dragon became the ultimate symbol of evil and corruption in European folklore and mythology.
Often serving as a stand-in for Satan, or the power of evil gods, dragons spread death and hopelessness throughout the land. Only heroes of uncommon valour, courageousness, and purity could hope to battle these monsters and emerge victorious.... [click here for more] |
Osprey Publishing |
$17.95 $7.46
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M.E.T.A. Force Origins: Bobbi Sue Jackson
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Length: 12,100 words (34 pages)
Format: PDF, EPUB, AZW3
M.E.T.A. Force Origins is a series of short stories revealing the backgrounds and early adventures of the greatest heroes of M.E.T.A. Force and their most villainous adversaries. In this issue we explore... [click here for more] |
Bloodstone Press |
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"The Classic American Short Story Megapack (Volume 1) assembles 34 of the greatest stories ever written by American authors -- including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, Ambrose Bierce, Edgar Allan Poe, Bret Harte, Sherwood Anderson, Mark Twain, O. Henry, Jack London, and Stephen Crane. Includes multiple stories per author, their most famous short works, along with... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
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The Frances Hodgson Burnett Megapack collects 40 classic works by the author of "Little Lord Fauntleroy," "A Little Princess," and "The Secret Garden." Almost 5,000 pages of great reading! THE SECRET GARDEN LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY A LITTLE PRINCESS THE LOST PRINCE A LADY OF QUALITY HIS GRACE OF OSMONDE THE LAND OF THE BLUE FLOWER THE LITTLE HUNCHBACK ZIA LITTLE SAINT... [click here for more] |
Wildside Press |
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No Evil is Wide is the violent story of an unnamed narrator, the prostitute he is tasked to “find,” and Carpenter Wells, a man who has lost his soul and wanders, empty, unable to quench his desire. The remembrances of the narrator revolve around sexual awakening, family distance and dissolution—how they crumble to common and inevitable animalism. It is filled with philosophical epistles... [click here for more] |
Madville Publishing |
$9.99
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There’s something very wrong with this world. There is a war going on in the Middle East and, somehow, we are all involved without really wanting to be. The reality is that the common and the average North American doesn’t hate the people of the Middle East. This belief has been constructed by the untruthful media because the corrupted politicians of both parties need us to hate and fear each... [click here for more] |
All Day Breakfast Productions |
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As you bring up this novel, recall all the dark and scary books you've read in the past. Think, particularly of the devious writing you may have experienced from previous readings, particularly those by nineteenth century authors. That will set you on a mid-twentieth path to the thick, and problematical setting of this novel. Paul pulls no punches and gives no ground to readers' tender sensibilities.... [click here for more] |
Great God Pan Publishing, Inc |
$5.99
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Long ago the brother gods Osiris and Set ruled peacefully over the lands of Upper and Lower Egypt, each in his own kingdom. But over time Set came to covet his brother’s lands and crown, and eventually the temptation overwhelmed him. Usurping Osiris’s throne, Set began a blood feud that spread war, death and mutilation through both the heavens and the earth. Gods and men chose sides and took up... [click here for more] |
Osprey Publishing |
$17.95 $7.46
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Volume II of the Cryptid Series, Man and Brother, follows crypto-biologist Kalyani Sharma on her race to preserve endangered cryptid species while negotiating the perils of a newly awakened world.
Protecting and preserving cryptid species is the life's work of crypto-biologist Kalyani Sharma. Things get complicated in the forests of the Pacific Northwest after she's discovered by a legend.... [click here for more] |
IndieImprint |
$2.99
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Saito Izumi has struggled with what she is—a centuries-old vampire—ever since she was turned. But, it’s not until she confronts a couple of modern day zombies, is she forced to confront her deepest shame, the monster she really is. ... [click here for more] |
Dark Road Publishing |
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Do you remember your first doll, that loveable companion who saw you through your best and worst days? Yes? Then you were one of the fortunate ones... In Satan's Toybox, the first anthology by Angelic Knight Press, you will find demonic dolls bringing mayhem and murder to their living companions. Contained in this volume are tales of hauntings, possessions, demons, a serial killer, loneliness... [click here for more] |
Angelic Knight Press |
$16.95 $3.99
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After the Femme Fatale virus wiped out 20 percent of women, the world fell into chaos. One father has to make the ultimate sacrifice for his daughter. A short story of 2,000 words, plus samples of other short stories. Includes a PDF and an EPUB version.
This short story appears in the collection Short Lives, which contains 30 short stories for a dollar, and is available here. ... [click here for more] |
Dimension Comics |
$0.30
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National Endowment for the Humanities awardee and designated Keeper of the Hibernaculum of Imaginary Hedgehogs KJ Hannah Greenberg presents Friends and Rabid Hedgehogs, book four of the KJ Hannah Greenberg Short Story Series. This volume features almost five dozen of her flash fiction and short stories featuring a quirky cast of characters both human and anthropomorphic. ... [click here for more] |
Bards and Sages |
$4.99
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THE FOUR TRAVELLERS were greeted by the early morning light, as the coach rumbled on over the ragged ground of a barely maintained roadway. As the sun gently rose to push away the mist, the remnants of the night slipped off into shadow. The landscape of England was still beautiful, regardless of the terrors that lurked beyond the rolling hills, forested undulating ground, and castle dominated skyline.... [click here for more] |
SpaceOrange42 |
$2.90
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Essays on the Comics, Poetry and Prose
This collection of new essays looks carefully at the broad spectrum of Neil Gaiman’s work and how he interacts with feminism.
Sixteen diverse essays from Gaiman scholars examine highlights from Gaiman’s graphic novels, short stories, novels, poems and screenplays, and confront the difficult issues he raises, including femininity,... [click here for more] |
McFarland |
$15.99
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