| 01. |  | The collected works of Griselda, as told by Oliver Dickinson. A picaresque - or perhaps we should say Runyonesque - view into the rough-and-tumble life of an adventurer in Pavis.
Fiction set in Greg Stafford's world of Glorantha, setting of the RuneQuest RPG. First published in 2001.
Contents
Oliver and Me, by Greg Stafford Introduction
Points of View LuckyEddi Griselda Gets... [click here for more] |
| 02. |  | COMBAT IS THEIR BUSINESS…
And business is good in the 31st century as the Third Succession War rages on battlefields ruled by the almighty BattleMech: ten-meter-tall humanoid machines of pure destruction. Continuous warfare between the five Great Houses of the Inner Sphere has led to a steep technological decline, forcing the nobility of these vast interstellar empires to rely... [click here for more] |
| 03. |  | A Guide to the Mythic Fantasy World of Glorantha
The Glorantha Sourcebook is an essential resource for Greg Stafford’s world of Glorantha, one of the most extensively developed and renowned fantasy settings of all time. A world of mythology, gods, and heroes, Glorantha has inspired roleplaying games, board games, computer games, comics, fiction, and more, a setting beloved and revered worldwide.... [click here for more] |
| 04. |  | Have You Found the Yellow Sign?
"I was turning to go into the dining-room when my eye fell upon a book bound in serpent skin, standing in a corner of the top shelf of the last bookcase." —Robert W. Chambers, "The Yellow Sign"
The King in Yellow. Robert W. Chambers’ unearthly book has inspired millions of shivering readers since the death of the Gilded Age. This beautiful,... [click here for more] |
| 05. |  | Be a good dog. Protect your home. Be loyal to those who are true. These are the words of the Code of Man.
- Sister Picassa Collie, Shepherd of the Church of Man
Dogs have inherited the world, building the kingdom of Pugmire untold centuries after the Ages of Man are over. These dogs have been uplifted to use tools and language, and they seek to rediscover the ruins of the Old Ones.... [click here for more] |
| 06. |  | King of Sartar is comprised of:
Annotated Argrath’s Saga – the complete saga of Argrath’s adventures in the Hero Wars
An overview of Orlanthi Mythology, including some of the most important Orlanthi Myths
The Composite History of Dragon Pass from the Dragonkill to Argrath’s marriage to the Queen of Saird
The Argrath Book – a compilation of material on Argrath
Jalk’s... [click here for more] |
| 07. |  | DARK RUINS, DARKER SECRETS...
Vaquita has had a rough go of it lately. She was doing all right, building a career as a London-based rigger, when something went wrong inside her head. Suddenly the mental space she used to have all to herself was shared as a foreign personality carved out a section of brain for herself. It wasn’t exactly madness, but it sure felt like it.
It... [click here for more] |
| 08. |  | THE FIRST TRILOGY IN THE EPIC SAGA OF FUTURE WAR...
Thirty meters tall, seventy tons of quick-striding death and destruction, the armored war machines called BattleMechs are the front-line forces of the crumbling star empire locked in the horror of the endless Succession Wars. Their pilots are MechWarriors, 31st-century knights riding armored machines powerful enough to destroy an entire city.
AND... [click here for more] |
| 09. |  | The monks of the Togashi Order are known for their wisdom, their strength, their mystery, and the superhuman powers they gain from their unique tattoos. For Togashi Kazue, completing her training is only the beginning— discovering the true power of her enigmatic tattoo may be the true test.
Accompanied by the experienced monk Togashi Mitsu, Kazue embarks on a journey to learn the... [click here for more] |
| 10. |  | Ten Tales of Dark & Secretive Orders
Lovecraft envisioned a world in which humanity is ignorant of cosmic realities. When the bleak truth is revealed, it terrifies us, for it offers no hope of our salvation. Cultists are the gatekeepers to this knowledge. Their aim is to keep secret the existence of their gods by any means possible, and to free their gods from their slumbering prisons —... [click here for more] |
| 11. |  | FURIOUSLY PROGNOSTICATING represents the journey of the Normal Horoscopes blog over its first seven months. The blog is still updating daily now on Tumblr, and the Caretaker, the blog's tender, can be found on twitter and patreon as well at @NormalHoroscopes
Funny, touching, and at times just downright spot on, the Caretaker takes on the burdens, worries, and fortune requests of all their readers... [click here for more] |
| 12. |  | THE COMPLETE MYTHOS FICTION OF PIERRE V. COMTOIS
In the glory-days of pulp magazines many editors abused and exploited their writers. They would hand a writer a piece of cover art and ask for a story crafted to match that art. Some of these authors were quite skilled at writing marketable tales, but the prize must go to the extraordinarily versatile Pierre Comtois — always happy to craft a... [click here for more] |
| 13. |  | DURING THE DECADES since H.P. Lovecraft first wrote of the Cthulhu Mythos, many authors have crossed his themes into other genres, enhancing his original vision with stories taking place in the distant past, in the far-flung future, and in myriad places in-between.
Cyberpunk tales are written in dark, gritty, film-noir styles. Their protagonists live and die at the bottom echelon of an electronic... [click here for more] |
| 14. |  | S.PETERSEN’S FIELD GUIDE TO LOVECRAFTIAN HORRORS A Field Observer’s Handbook of Preternatural Entities and Beings from Beyond The Wall of Sleep "With its clear visuals and hard-won information, this guide has saved my bacon on more thanvone occasion!"
—Ernest P. Wilderbeast, Visiting Professor of Preternatural Studies Miskatonic University Weird shapes... [click here for more] |
| 15. |  | Listen Carefully
They say everyone’s got a devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other, giving them advice and trying to influence them. Well, in the Sixth World, the angel’s drunk in a gutter somewhere, and the devil Just. Won’t. Shut. Up. What’s worse, three-quarters of the time, that devil’s advice sounds downright reasonable and even moral compared to the drek... [click here for more] |
| 16. |  | When priests from the Temple of the Night Sun called for the most heroic adventurers in the land to help them with their dragon problem, they maybe expected a bit more than Shea, Shirtless, Tooth, Tinaris, and Ruby.
But like it or not, this crew of foul-mouthed, incompetent, and surly murder hoboes go on a dragon hunt, racing a much more capable group of adventurers through undead wastes, treacherous... [click here for more] |
| 17. |  | This collection of short fiction from Greg Stolze runs the gamut from the horrifying to the disgusting to the actually very funny. Crack its covers for stories about...
- A plague of nonviolent zombies
- A desperate space craft fleeing the awakened Cthulhu
- Deadly new chocolate
- Celebrities with chelicerae
- A very finicky serial killer
- The theory that Earth is another world's Hell,... [click here for more] |
| 18. |  | This is a compilation of the entire Clan Novel Saga. Vivid writing and a gripping plot' -- Jonathan Fesmire, SF Site
The Vampire Clan Novel series broke all records for World of Darkness fiction when, throughout 1999 and 2000, it told an epic story through cross-cutting novels and carefully time-stamped chapters. Now, the entire epic is represented in four beautiful trade-format volumes. The Clan... [click here for more] |
| 19. |  | Down a lonely alleyway, under a starless sky, lies a city that never was, yet is: the Mad City, where nightmares walk the streets, and a good night's sleep can get you killed.
Here, then, is a book from that place. Within these recovered pages are the tales of the Awake, insomniacs who've walked those perilous streets, bringing a bit of the power of dream with them to fight back the... [click here for more] |
| 20. |  | A 21st CENTURY BESTIARY
The magic of bestiaries, or dictionaries of mythological creatures, has been captivating the human imagination since ancient times. Now, Stone Skin Press brings a fresh take on these compendiums of the fantastic with its latest anthology—Gods, Memes and Monsters. Featuring over sixty authors, this stunning international volume offers entries and short stories that range... [click here for more] |
| 21. |  | FIVE RUNNERS. ONE JOB.
And a Whole Lot of Trouble...
It should have been a simple walk in the corp. Stroll into a mid-level corporation disguised as a nameless mid-level manager in a suit, deliver an unknown data package to an isolated network, and stroll out again.
But nothing is ever simple in the shadows.
Now five shadowrunners... [click here for more] |
| 22. |  | Every civilization has some story or legend of creatures half man and half beast. Indigenous native peoples around the world held beliefs about shamans and witch doctors who could transform themselves into animals. The ancient Egyptians worshiped a whole pantheon of animal-headed gods. The superstitious folk of medieval Europe believed that a witch or a gypsy could curse a man to become a werewolf... [click here for more] |
| 23. |  | MYTHOS TERROR IN THE AGE OF STEAM
“We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein,... [click here for more] |
| 24. |  | A GALAXY AFLAME...
The universe has gone dark. Interstellar communications has been lost across the Inner Sphere, threatening the corporate giant ComStar—and maybe civilization itself. Risking everything on a last chance for survival, Comstar has kidnapped the engineering genius Tucker Harwell, hoping he can unravel the mystery of the blackout. But Tucker isn’t just working... [click here for more] |
| 25. |  | THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE INVENTION OF THE BATTLEMECH...
Break-Away is the first of six novellas detailing the struggle to create the next awesome weapon to rule the battlefield—the BattleMech.
In the mid-25th century, factions of mankind are desperate to invent the next technological leap in warfare—a machine that would give each group an overwhelming advantage... [click here for more] |
| 26. |  | THE RULES OF THE GAME HAVE JUST CHANGED…
Morgan and Patrick Kell have just landed on Galatea, the mercenary planet known for its brutal arena ’Mech combat games. They intend to found their own merc unit, building it from the ground up, but there are a few obstacles in their way. The first is a corrupt general fronting for the second, a local crime lord named Haskell... [click here for more] |
| 27. |  | DANGER FROM AN UNLIKELY SOURCE…
MechWarrior brothers Morgan and Patrick Kell have successfully faced their first challenge in forming their new mercenary unit The Kell Hounds, toppling a criminal kingpin from atop his illegal empire on Galatea.
But while enjoying their recent success, the brothers Kell, along with the capital city of Galaport, come under threat by a new... [click here for more] |
| 28. |  | A LETHAL MIX OF POLITICS AND PERIL…
Morgan and Patrick Kell, founders of the Kell Hounds mercenary unit, are riding high. First, they deposed the crime lord that had been ruling the mercenary world of Galatea, then they saved that planet again from a religious zealot who tried to starve the government into submitting to his new theocracy. Along the way, they assembled a crack... [click here for more] |
| 29. |  | Something stirs within Cliffside Shrine...
Shiba Tsukune wasn’t supposed to become the Champion of the Phoenix Clan, but their ancient sword chose her. Trained as a samurai warrior, she was to be the bodyguard of Isawa Tadaka, a powerful shugenja—and the man she loved. Although her new duties have drawn them apart, she refuses to stand by and watch as Tadaka falls to... [click here for more] |
| 30. |  | Before we were six. Now we are one. We differ on many points, but on these we agree: Always trust our instincts, always reward loyalty, and always pounce upon minions of the Unseen. Without these tenets, we are no longer worthy of the adoration of Man.
Monarch Trillani Persian von Mau, deceased
Cats have inherited the world, unifying their six fractious monarchies after untold... [click here for more] |
| 31. |  | Liminality - existing in between two states of being - has never been easy for anyone. But what if government conspiracies and secret societies use you as pieces in some great plan to stop the end of the world on top of it all?
What decisions can you really make about your life, when someone uses your very destiny, for their own nefarious purposes?
For a group of young people, these questions are... [click here for more] |
| 32. |  | Upside Down: Inverted Tropes in Storytelling is an anthology of short stories, poetry, and essays edited by Monica Valentinelli and Jaym Gates.
Over two dozen authors, ranging from NYT-bestsellers and award winners to debut writers, chose a tired trope or cliche to challenge and surprise readers through their work. Read stories inspired by tropes such as the Chainmaille Bikini, Love... [click here for more] |
| 33. |  | Danger awaits on the Sand Road...
Shinjo Shono is heir to the Khan of Khans, destined to one day lead the Unicorn Clan. But the young warrior is torn with anguish and doubt, haunted by the memory of facing his former betrothed on the field of battle—and leaving her to die. His duty feels like a chain, and he longs for freedom. He soon learns that longing has a cost.
Shono travels west to... [click here for more] |
| 34. |  | THEIR MISSION: ACQUIRE BATTLEMECH PLANS, NO MATTER THE COST...
There are three ways to accomplish a difficult objective: Be first. Be smarter. Or cheat.
The Intelligence Directorate of the Capellan Confederation, otherwise known as the Maskirovka, is well-versed in all three. But when the first two methods do not achieve the desired results, they have no problem resorting to the... [click here for more] |
| 35. |  | In 2004, the World of Darkness Rulebook introduced a concept that intrigued, tantalized and inspired readers and players, and left them with the question:
What is the God-Machine?
You hold in your hands the book that might answer that question...or might simply complicate it. The God-Machine Chronicle Anthology contains new fiction by Justin Achilli, Eddy Webb, Stew Wilson, David... [click here for more] |
| 36. |  | From the Patriots' raid on the necromancer Joseph Curwen to the Special Forces' assault on Leng in 2007, this unique document reveals the secret and terrible struggle between the United States and the supernatural forces of Cthulhu.
In this war, immortal cultists worship other-dimensional entities and plot to raise an army of the dead. Incomprehensible undersea intelligences infiltrate and colonize... [click here for more] |
| 37. |  | The d'Bois Escapades: Volume One
The Crystal Void
The year is 1810 and as Napoleon's marshals chase Wellington's expeditionary force to the lines of Torres Verdras, the dashing if rather dim French Hussar Gaston d'Bois is astonished to encounter the love of his life. But the fragrant Odette is soon abducted by the Marquis Da Foz, a ruthless and sadistic Portuguese noblemen.
Joined... [click here for more] |
| 38. |  | When Kham, an ork living in the Seattle ghetto in the year 2053, is suddenly snatched from his day-to-day existence and thrust into a world of dragons, he learns the hard way whom to trust.
(This zip file contains two versions of Never Trust an Elf: one epub file (for use with many popular e-readers) and one azw file (for use with the Amazon Kindle). This book is based on an advanced reader copy... [click here for more] |
| 39. |  | Fear the full moon; for on that day of lunacy the wrath of the werewolves is unleashed.
For thousands of years, from the depths of the dark forests to the dimly lit city streets, these beasts have stalked us from the shadows. This book is the only thing standing between humanity and an overwhelming horde of lycanthropes.
It reveals the huge variety of werewolf types, including viral, shamanic,... [click here for more] |
| 40. |  | The Mythos Society Guide to New England is an expansive universal sourcebook by veteran game designer Clint Staples that can be used to enhance any horror, mystery, or adventure roleplaying scenarios set in New England. It is particularly suited for Mythos-oriented games like Call of Cthulhu and Cthulhu Live. It is also a fun and provocative read... [click here for more] |
| 41. |  | THE STRUGGLE FOR BATTLEMECH SUPREMACY CONTINUES...
Fifteen years after the Terran Hegemony first fielded the Mackie, the very first BattleMech, the Great House has been running rampant over the other Houses in the Inner Sphere. Any who try to fight the Terrans and their death machines are utterly defeated. But there are other ways to level the battlefield...
And the Lyran Commonwealth... [click here for more] |
| 42. |  | SOMETIMES THE BEST PRIZES AREN'T FOUND ON THE BATTLEFIELD...
In the 25th century, the Free Worlds League is fighting for its life against the encroaching Lyran Commonwealth and its new weapon, the BattleMech.
With a new, untested leader on the FWL throne, a precarious plan is hatched to gain the Great House the edge to fight off the invaders. Using guile and seduction, a small team of infiltrators... [click here for more] |
| 43. |  | ON THE HUNT AGAIN…
It is the Dark Age—3139—and the famed mercenary regiments of Wolf’s Dragoons have returned to the employ of House Kurita after a century of bitter enmity. Somehow, mercenaries and Kuritans must find a way to work together in a combined invasion of the Dragon’s oldest enemy, House Davion.
Thrust into the middle of this new conflict,... [click here for more] |
| 44. |  | For the first time, the Book of Nod has been restored with new files that perfectly replicate the first edition, but cleaned up so that the text can all be read, and many previously-lost details of the art are finally able to be discerned.
Legends of the Undead
The first vampires remember their first nights, but do not speak of them. Others... [click here for more] |
| 45. |  | It is 1810 and as autumn turns to winter, Napoleon's Armee Iberian settles down to its winter siege of Wellington's "accursed earthworks" at Torres Vedras. After his exploits in the adventure of the Crystal Void, dashing French Lieutenant, Gaston d'Bois, is reassigned to the XIIIth Imperial Death's Head Hussars and given his first independent command: leading a detachment of these "thieves on... [click here for more] |
| 46. |  | Palym thought she and her best friend Xiao were on an adventure. They had left their rural home in search of something greater, but neither could have anticipated the monster's attack their first day in the city. Before she knew it, Palym was swept into a world beyond her wildest imagination, the world of the Sidereal Exalted and Yu-Shan.
Where will the road of this Chosen of Journeys take her? And... [click here for more] |
| 47. |  | Novia Claro made him up to cover her own tracks while she investigates the murders of Hushanti's priests in Nexus. He's a convenient ruse, a rumor to spark the people's imaginations, distract them from her actions, and nothing more... until the day he bursts forth from the river and offers Novia his help.
Now he's hunted by several Dragon-Blooded, and Novia has to figure out whether she can trust... [click here for more] |
| 48. |  | Includes .pdf, .epub, and .mobi (kindle) formats
ENTER THE HAUNTED LAND OF AVEROIGNE
Collected into one volume are all of Weird Tales author Clark Ashton Smith's short stories of Averoigne, the sinister, monster-haunted province of medieval France. Werewolves and satyrs stalk the dark forests, witches and necromancers lurk in the swamps, and gargoyles and giants... [click here for more] |
| 49. |  | THERE'S MORE THAN ONE WAY TO ACQUIRE A BATTLEMECH...
In the year 2456, the Great House of the Federated Suns is between the rock of the Terran Hegemony and its fielded BattleMechs, and the hard place of the Lyran Commonwealth, which has just acquired the plans to build its own walking war machines.
Beset by enemies on all sides, what is Prince Simon Davion to do? Why, employ his... [click here for more] |
| 50. |  | Clark Ashton Smith's Cthuhu Mythos Fiction
The Ghoul, A Rendering from the Arabic, The Hunters from Beyond, The Vaults of Abomi, The Nameless Offspring, Ubbo-Sathla, The Werewolf of Averoigne, The Eidolon of the Blind, Vulthoom, The Treader of the Dust, The Infernal Star
Clark Ashton Smith finished “The Ghoul” on November 11, 1930 and was pleased with the result. He mentioned... [click here for more] |
| 51. |  | LAKE HOUSE DESTROYED. 38 DEAD. CAUSE UNKNOWN.
Federal Agent Roland Banks has always done things by the book. It was the only way to avoid being dragged into the mire of corruption and quid pro quo that is government in Prohibition America. But when Agent Banks busts the wrong bootlegging operation in backwoods Virginia, his punishment is a bizarre assignment near Arkham, Massachusetts.
It is clear... [click here for more] |
| 52. |  | In the Age of Sorrows heroes were chosen by the gods to stand or fall as champions of Creation. Whether they narrowly escaped death, struck a death-bargain with the goddess of sharks, or faced hellish aberrations, their heroic deeds ring throughout the ages.
Tales from the Age of Sorrows gathers a dozen tales about the Solar Exalted, Chosen of the Unconquered Sun, and their mighty foes.
Stories... [click here for more] |
| 53. |  | AGE IS MORE THAN JUST A NUMBER
Keandra’s been around for a long time, outliving most Shadowrunners twice over. With a legacy of runs under her belt, she has the solid reputation and wisdom that comes with surviving the shadows longer than most.
Looking for a way to cash in on her street cred, Keandra comes up with a novel idea: Why not set herself up as a Johnson? With her... [click here for more] |
| 54. |  | Two decades ago, sidhe changeling Morgan Daniels watched her oathmates cross through Silver’s Gate and enter the faerie homeland of Arcadia. Now no longer a childling, Morgan hears a call, letting her know it is time for her friends to come home.
In Arcadia, Morgan’s oathmates engage in a battle to return to Morgan and the Mortal Realm they left behind. A new quest awaits them, one for... [click here for more] |
| 55. |  | TYRANNY. REBELLION. WAR.
Treachery, tribulation, and a relentless slide into the bloody jaws of Armageddon! Insurrection sweeps through the fragmenting Federated Commonwealth, pitting Steiner against Davion forces, and civilians against their petty oppressors. On Caledonia, it's no different—except that the mercenary Gray Death Legion is caught in the middle of it all.
Alex... [click here for more] |
| 56. |  | By day, London is the greatest metropolis of the 19th century. By night, it is the hunting ground of monsters older than the empire itself. Above it all lurks Prince Mithras, Methuselah of Clan Ventrue and godhead of a cult infecting vampire and mortal alike.
This product includes all three books in the Victorian Age Vampire Trilogy:
Book 1 - A Morbid Initiation
Book 2 - The Madness of Priests
Book... [click here for more] |
| 57. |  | 16 LOVECRAFTIAN TALES FROM AN UNFORGETTABLE JOURNEY
Trains embody the promise and peril of technological advance. They unlock opportunities for wealth and travel, but also create incredible chaos—uprooting populations and blighting landscapes. Work on or around the rails leads to unwelcome discoveries and, in light of the Mythos, dire implications in the spread of the rail system as a whole.... [click here for more] |
| 58. |  | YOU is a second person novel that puts you in the role of Leo Evans. Leo is disgruntled, middle-aged, unhappily divorced, and a cultist who has developed genuine extra senses and paranormal abilities by adhering to a set of beliefs he freely admits seem preposterous. Join him as he gets punched, kicked, and mystically enjoined to fell hatred for the person he loves most in the world. Thrill to middle-aged... [click here for more] |
| 59. |  | "Born of the U.S. government's 1928 raid on the degenerate coastal town of Innsmouth, Massachusetts, the covert agency known as Delta Green spent four decades opposing the forces of darkness with honor, but without glory. Stripped of sanction after a disastrous 1969 operation in Cambodia, Delta Green's leaders made a secret pact: to continue their work without authority, without support, and without... [click here for more] |
| 60. |  | Got Questions About RPG Design? Wolfgang Baur, Monte Cook, Ed Greenwood, Michael Stackpole, and other industry veterans have the answers you asked for...and the advice you need!
Get ready to create great new adventures, monsters and magic for your RPG campaign! The Complete Kobold Guide to Game Design offers 240 pages of in-depth essays on what makes RPGs tick. Get... [click here for more] |
| 61. |  | Histories of the Elder Magi, Episodes of Eibon of Mhu Thulan, Papyrus of the Dark Wisdom, Psalms of the Silent, and the Eibonic Rituals
Tales of lore tell of the Book of Eibon, a tome so ancient that it was originally written in the Hyperborean language of Tsath-Yo, long before Atlantis was born from the sea. It goes by dozens of names and predates even the Necronomicon... [click here for more] |
| 62. |  | Lovecraftian cosmic terror meets modern-day conspiracy in 18 tales of horror and personal apocalypse:
"The Color of Dust" by Laurel Halbany.
"PAPERCLIP" by Kenneth Hite.
"A Spider With Barbed-Wire Legs" by Davide Mana.
"Le Pain Maudit" by Jeff C. Carter.
"Cracks in the Door" by Jason Mical.
"Ganzfeld Gate" by Cody Goodfellow.
"Utopia"... [click here for more] |
| 63. |  | The western-horror story is far older than what most of us would even consider “the west”. For generations the American Indians told dark tales of their own, of spider women, skin-walkers, cannibals, witches, and thunderbirds. When white men ventured into the west, they learned some of these nightmarish stories from the natives—and they brought or created their own as well: tales... [click here for more] |
| 64. |  | A DARK MOON RISES OVER THE SLEEPY STREETS OF ARKHAM Jenny Barnes never guessed that she would be returning to America so soon, or under such circumstances. Arkham, Massachusetts, is a far cry from Paris, but when her sister’s regular correspondence became increasingly deranged before stopping entirely, Jenny could not shake the feeling that something terrible had happened to her. As Jenny... [click here for more] |
| 65. |  | In the City of Lies, whom do you think you can trust?
Bayushi Yojiro is known as the “only honest Scorpion” in the samurai clan
infamous for its liars, schemers, and secrets. As an Emerald Magistrate, his duty is to uphold the Emperor’s laws and ensure justice is done. As a Scorpion, his duty is to loyally serve the interests of his clan—even if that means... [click here for more] |
| 66. |  |
Horror, science fiction and fantasy short stories by Greg Stolze, featuring sailing, swordplay, witty rejoinders, emotional turmoil and also the physical kind. Scary Face collects some of Greg Stolze's renowned short work for Delta Green and Unknown Armies along with entirely new works about alien pornographers, teen mothers, sailors, gangsters and nocturnal physicians.
... [click here for more] |
| 67. |  | A tough, hard-nosed career officer in the male-dominated world of British policing, DCI Claire Pierce of North Yorkshire Police heads Northern England’s underfunded and understaffed Ritual Crime Unit. Unregarded by the traditional police, struggling with an out-sized caseload, Pierce is about to tackle her most shocking case so far. Following reports of unlicensed shapeshifters running wild... [click here for more] |
| 68. |  | Delta Green: Tales from Failed Anatomies is a collection of stories by award-winning author and game designer Dennis Detwiller.
These tales of cosmic terror and personal horror span the life of Delta Green, the desperate organization that Detwiller helped create: a group of men and women who have seen the awful truths of reality and struggle to keep those realities at bay as long as they can.... [click here for more] |
| 69. |  | Includes .pdf, .epub, and .mobi (kindle) formats
YOUR CALL TO CTHULHU IS IMPORTANT TO US. PLEASE HOLD.
Red tape. Catch-22s. Circular chains of command. Whether you're a customer or co-worker, bureaucracies drive us all insane. Even management is just a cog in a vast machine. Information, items, and even people get lost in the system, never... [click here for more] |
| 70. |  | BEWARE THE SCORPION’S STING…
Rashida bint Tariq bin Feroze al-Nazari steals through the deadliest shadows in the world: Dubai, in the Caliphate of Arabia. In a merciless land policed by the Caliphate Guard, under a government that exacts harsh penalties against any shadowrunner, Rashida has to break into the Saqr Tower and get out with the intel she’s getting paid... [click here for more] |
| 71. |  | THE QUEST FOR BATTLEMECHS TAKES ITS TOLL ON ALL WHO SEEK THEM...
The BattleMech. King of the battlefield. Prized. Feared. Coveted.
Fearing being left behind in the arms race among the other Great Houses, the Draconis Combine will do anything—anything—to possess this fearsome technology.
Even grind its most loyal subject into useless husks in a decades-long attempt... [click here for more] |
| 72. |  | The Essential Elements for Building a World
Roleplaying games and fantasy fiction are filled with rich and fascinating worlds: the Forgotten Realms, Glorantha, Narnia, R'lyeh, Middle-Earth, Barsoom, and so many more. It took startling leaps of imagination as well as careful thought and planning to create places like these: places that readers and players want to come back to again and again.
Now,... [click here for more] |
| 73. |  | THANK YOU FOR SCREAMING compiles years of Greg Stolze's short horror stories alongside other works of crime fiction, fantasy, SF, alleged 'realism' and one piece of award-winning creative nonfiction. It's got vampires in therapy, a 'perfect murder,' and a lonesome robot longing for its original feet.
That's without even discussing the works in the Lovecraft Mythos vein, in which a bronze-age grandma... [click here for more] |
| 74. |  | THREE COMPLETE SHADOWRUN NOVELS IN ONE VOLUME!
The year is 2050. The power of magic and the creatures it brings have returned to the earth, and many of the ancient races have re-emerged. Elves, Orks, Mages, and lethal Dragons find a home in a world where technology and human flesh have melded into deadly urban predators. And the multinational megacorporations hoard the only thing... [click here for more] |
| 75. |  | THE TRUE FATE OF A CLAN…
Every member of modern Clan society knows of the Not-Named Clan, the Clan that was erased from history for perpetrating acts of heresy against the Way of the Clans. But what truly happened to Clan Wolverine?
Long before the Clans invaded the Inner Sphere in 3049, their ancestors escaped the brutal Succession Wars by braving uncharted space and forming a new society,... [click here for more] |
| 76. |  | The Final Call to Battle
This first book of White Wolf's exciting new Tribe Novel series shows the Garou – the werewolves of the World of Darkness – at their best and at the worst.
In Shadow Lords, we see how the fractious Garou struggle for dominance over one another, and the Get of Fenris at a Concolation – the largest gathering of Garou – we... [click here for more] |
| 77. |  | During the last battle of the War of Darkness and Light, Darkwalker was sealed in the Realm of Shadows along with his Dardel. For a thousand years, his anger and frustration grew. He plotted and waited for the world of Diatentia to grow weak and divided.
A prophecy has been found that foretells of Darkwalker's return. It is tied to the mysterious group of children called the Onishar. The Onishar... [click here for more] |
| 78. |  | The year is 1947, and World War II rages on with no end in sight.
Massive Axis war walkers stalk the fronts, pitted in furious, mortal battle with the Allied forces and those of the newly formed Sino-Soviet Union. Soldiers jet across the skies on rocketpacks and engage in desperate dogfights with mechanized foes. They fight over power -power over nations, power over people, and power over the precious... [click here for more] |
| 79. |  | The prophecies come true as the Antediluvians rise to devour their offspring. Beckett, researcher among the undead, struggles to stave off or find meaning to Gehenna before it’s too late. His search takes him from the burning cities of southern California to the grand chantry of the sorcerous Tremere, and beyond.
... [click here for more] |
| 80. |  | COMRADESHIP. HONOR. REBELLION. JIHAD. A Star League Gunslinger fights against overwhelming odds during a rebellion. A dauntless warrior faces his most painful trial yet, far from home and all but alone. Mercenaries, betrayed from within, lash out at all who threaten them. And the Word of Blake, always present, plots and schemes and maneuvers allies against each other. Thirteen stories... [click here for more] |
| 81. |  | Published by Ronin Arts, sold under permission by Atomic Overmind Press
He has exposed The Cainite Heresy, and dug up the Secrets of the Ruined Temple. He has broadcast the Suppressed Transmissions, and ventured through Infinite Worlds. Now, horror heresiarch Kenneth Hite, the author of GURPS Horror 3rd Edition and Nightmares of... [click here for more] |
| 82. |  | Five years ago, it all went wrong for Cason Cole. He lost his wife and son, lost everything, and was bound into service to a man who chews up human lives and spits them out, a predator who holds nothing dear and respects no law. Now, as the man he both loves and hates lies dying at his feet, the sounds of the explosion still ringing in his ears, Cason is finally free. The gods and goddesses are real.... [click here for more] |
| 83. |  | Android Novels
The world changed, but crime did not…
Dive into the futuristic dystopia of the Android universe in these novels! You'll find troubled detectives, fast-paced firefights, and bioroids searching for the meaning of existence within the pages of these books. Enter the future, but always remember to watch your back!
Golem
In a dystopian future, a bioroid detective... [click here for more] |
| 84. |  | This anthology collects some of the best original short fiction published in Apex Magazine over the past six years. The stories include our numerous award-nominated works, our readers' Story of the Year selections, and personal favorites chosen by Apex Magazine editor-in-chief Jason Sizemore and managing editor Lesley Conner.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Jackalope Wives by Ursula Vernon Going Endo by Rich... [click here for more] |
| 85. |  | This product includes the complete Trilogy of the Fallen. Included books are:
Volume 1 - Demon Ashes and Angel Wings
Volume 2 - The Seven Deadlies
Volume 3 - The Wreckage of Paradise
... [click here for more] |
| 86. |  | From the moment a quirky medical examiner falls in love with Jane Doe, he is drawn into the hidden supernatural world behind her murder: a World of Darkness.
This novel set in the new World of Darkness was previously serialized on the White Wolf website, and is now collected together for the first time!
About the Author:
JOSHUA ALAN DOETSCH once built a flesh golem... [click here for more] |
| 87. |  | 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... [click here for more] |
| 88. |  | Dream
a surreal realm where delusions roam free and nightmares hold court.
A man called Rube is on a perilous quest, searching this unhinged land for something more precious than life or sanity – his own lost child. Captive on a black ship crewed by the dreaded Men of Leng, he finds himself crossing the Slumbering Sea in chains, brought face-to-face with a mischievous... [click here for more] |
| 89. |  | HONOR. DESPERATION. JIHAD.
Inhuman cybernetic soldiers invade a peaceful world, bringing terror and misery in the name of a new flag. A young soldier, part of the most maligned military machine in history, struggles to find meaning in his service. And the prince of a star-spanning empire discovers that not even he can protect the people he loves.
Ten stories of combat, honor, betrayal,... [click here for more] |
| 90. |  | ONE WRONG MOVE COULD BE HIS LAST...
Continuing the mission given to him by the Dragon Dunkelzahn, Ryan Mercury promises to deliver the magical Dragon Heart safely to the metaplanes, where Thayla and her song are all that defend the earth against the onslaught of the Enemy. But when the protector of the world is swallowed by the Chasm, all hope for the future disappears with her. Now... [click here for more] |
| 91. |  | NEW TO THE DARK STREETS…
Megacorporations are the new world superpowers, ruling from the safety of vast arcologies. But outside the corporate enclaves, the dregs of society are at war. Organized crime gangs and other, more nefarious organizations struggle to carve out their own small empires. Sliding through the cracks in the between are shadowrunners—professionals of... [click here for more] |
| 92. |  |
"The Apex Book of SF series has proven to be an excellent way to sample the diversity of world SFF and to broaden our understanding of the genre's potentials." --Ken Liu, winner of the Hugo Award and author of The Grace of Kings
These stories run the gamut from science fiction, to fantasy, to horror. Some are translations (from German, Chinese, French, Spanish, and... [click here for more] |
| 93. |  | War is everywhere. Not only among the firefights, in the sweat dripping from heavy armor and the clenching grip on your weapon, but also wedging itself deep into families, infiltrating our love letters, hovering in the air above our heads. It's in our dreams and our text messages. At times it roars with adrenaline, while at others it slips in silently so it can sit beside you until you forget it's... [click here for more] |
| 94. |  | Mischief, Magic, Love and War.
It is the Year of Our Lord 1601. The Tuscan War rages across the world, and every lord from Navarre to Illyria is embroiled in the fray. Cannon roar, pikemen clash, and witches stalk the night; even the fairy courts stand on the verge of chaos.
Five stories come together at the end of the war: that of bold Miranda and sly Puck; of wise Pomona and her prisoner Vertumnus;... [click here for more] |
| 95. |  | Now firmly established as the benchmark anthology series of international speculative fiction, volume 4 of The Apex Book of World SF sees debut editor Mahvesh Murad bring fresh new eyes to her selection of stories.
"A truly unforgettable collection, showcasing the best of speculative fiction that the world has to offer." —Strange Horizons
"The fourth... [click here for more] |
| 96. |  | In The Apex Book of World SF 2, editor Lavie Tidhar collects short stories by science fiction and fantasy authors from Africa and Latin America.
An expedition to an alien planet; Lenin rising from the dead; a superhero so secret he does not exist. In The Apex Book of World SF 2, World Fantasy Award nominated editor Lavie Tidhar brings together a unique collection of stories from around... [click here for more] |
| 97. |  | A flash of steel, a thin crimson line, and a foamy gurgle of confusion marked the beginning of Takashi's rule, and the passing of Theodore's grandfather.
Theodore Kurita is the son of Takashi Kurita, and heir apparent to the Draconis Combine, one of the most powerful realms of the Inner Sphere. But the Draconis Combine has never been a place of smooth transitions. Historically, a Kurita proves himself... [click here for more] |
| 98. |  | ENnie Award Nominee for 2018: Best Writing
Lovecraftian cosmic terror meets modern-day conspiracy in these 33 brief tales of horror and personal apocalypse.
The Key
The Junk Shop
Into the West
Inside
At the Shore
In the Back Seat
Kay’s Voice
The Witness
Dear Cind
The Phone Man and I
The Lady of the Rock
Between Here and Forever
It Was Not Her
Words
End of the World of the End
What... [click here for more] |
| 99. |  | Not all patients can be cured—or want to be.
Visiting psychologist Carolyn Fern’s newest patient is Josephine Ruggles, an heiress whose nightmares leave glyph-shaped wounds across her back. Miss Ruggles’s case is unusual, even for an institution like Arkham Sanatorium. Her case takes an even stranger turn after she claims to have met Malachi—Carolyn’s... [click here for more] |
| 100. |  | WHAT SECRETS HAVE BEEN DROWNED IN DEVIL REEF?
Silas Marsh has always felt called to the sea. As a young lad, he left his family in fear-shadowed Innsmouth and made a name for himself sailing the seven seas. But after the death of his parents, the sea’s call has only grown stronger. Silas has dreams—nightmares—of pointed teeth grinning, webbed hands reaching, and eyes glowing in... [click here for more] |
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