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Mei Sky, the orphaned daughter of a famous dungeoneer, takes on a little too much debt with the elvish mafia. She did it in order to get her sister into a singing audition. Now her sister is in danger of being sold into slavery. Mei does the only thing she can in her situation - she brings up her father's name while bargaining with the elven debt collector.

Imagine Leaving Las Vegas meets City of Angels and American Gods, and you can imagine the power of Severed Wings. Brandon Jones, a handsome, hopeful young actor, stands on the verge of fame and fortune - when a car accident shatters his life, bringing his career to a screeching halt. Isolating himself, he cuts off his friends and family, turns to booze for companionship, and withdraws to a small apartment on Sunset Boulevard. Now, the only people he interacts with are a drag queen and a student working her way through college as an escort.

Maggie McCullough is a star reporter for the Daily Mirror. In her monthly column "Setting the Record Straight", she revealed the truth behind the fables you may remember from your childhood. Those interviews brought her to the attention of someone in another dimension - someone claiming to be Lucifer.

Smarter. Sexier. More athletic. Jenny Clay has always wished she were any of those things. Instead, she is just her plain, unremarkable self. When Jenny finds herself becoming far more gorgeous and far less intelligent, she realizes that her lecherous boss is attempting to make her into his next trophy wife. That wasn’t exactly what she had in mind when she wished to become more!

A war divided humans and fairy-tale creatures. When a little girl named Maria accidentally makes Nemoy, a garden gnome, sneeze, the treaty between them is broken. The two new friends go on an adventure to speak to the Elders to mend the broken treaty and hopefully stop a new war.

Endlich ist es soweit: Die Hochzeitsglocken sollen erklingen für die mutige Amulettforscherin Brenda Logan und den Arzt Dr. Daniel Connors. In Witham, einem kleinen Dorf, wo Daniel seine Kindheit verbrachte, rüsten seine Eltern bereits für das große Fest. Doch schon auf der Fahrt dorthin geschehen mysteriöse Anschläge, und in Witham begegnet Daniel ganz unvermutet offenem Hass. Von allen Seiten wird Brenda bedeutet, für einen besseren Mann als ihn bestimmt zu sein. Die junge Archäologin ist wie vor den Kopf geschlagen.

When John Hunter finds out he can get paid $5,000 for trapping a rogue chimera, it's game on. Now, he'll have a crash course on the goings-on of the secret underworld and more than a few bruises to prove his mettle. But not all is as straightforward as it may seem. There are those closest to Jonny who are more than they're letting on. And the humans in his life turn out to be the worst kind of monsters. Jonny may be able to save himself, if he wants to save the city from an unspeakable, ancient evil lurking in the shadows, he'll have to catch up fast.

ENtità è una selezione dei 5 migliori racconti di ENigmi e delle 5 migliori storie di IdenTITÀ. È formato dai seguenti racconti: Storia di famiglia, Il rospo che era un poeta, La caverna, L`uomo davanti allo specchio, Alba, Sogno, I mostri interiori (o favola in un atto), Passeggiata notturna, L`avaroFormiche.

It's a world like our own, but the emergence of superhumans has created shifts in culture that play out in changes both subtle and monumental.Those who share their abilities with the world do so for a price: either as superheroes, public-facing protectors; or as operators, who work from the shadows. They are...For Hire.

Helena’s encounter with a terrible creature whose kind are bent on destroying the world revealed a terrible truth: a cabal of rogue humans works with those monsters, intent on gaining power. Charged to remain silent while her superiors prepare to attack the traitors, Helena fears trusting her friends, her colleagues, even her secret lover Malcolm Campbell. Any of them might betray her. When an unexpected attack by the hidden enemy devastates magi around the world, it draws Helena deeper into the web of conspiracy.

When Jerry follows the trail of his missing uncle, he discovers a mysterious monster-girl and an equally mysterious region called Delom where everything works like a video game. But there isn't time to gawk, because Jerry's inherited his uncle's farm, once the most famous animal breeder in Delom, and everything is falling apart. The animals are low level, there's not enough food to keep their health up, and a greedy developer wants to put Jerry and the farm out of business.

Caleb Marshal was born with a pair of antlers and despite having an abundance of magic, can't use any of it thanks to a curse. Since he's majoring in magical theory at college, this is a bit of a problem. When an opportunity to break his curse presents itself, Caleb jumps at the chance only to find himself plunged into conflict with drug dealers and magically bound to his best friend's younger sister.

A heartbreaking betrayal cost Sam Wentworth a beloved member of her monster team, and she’s determined it won’t happen again. Humans suck. All Sam wants is to grieve alone with the surviving members of her team, but she has information people will kill for. Now she’s stuck between a delusional girl obsessed with an imaginary monster, an overbearing descendent of the game’s creator, and a violent hate group determined to end Maiyamon for good.

Её сюжеты продуманы, логичны и всецело захватывают читателя и слушателя. Её героини обладают сильным характером, железной волей и всегда встречают достойных мужчин. Наталья Жильцова, талантливая современная писательница, предлагает аудиоверсию романа Выбор.

Conrad Clarke, former RAF pilot and alleged gangster, gets a text – and a visit – from The Allfather. Odin has a challenge for Conrad: Sign up to protect England from wild magick and get a commission in the King’s Watch. All he has to do is find a missing witch. Simple. Conrad never could resist a challenge. Before you can say “Ragnarok”, he’s plunged into a world of gods, mages, witches, dwarves, and one very aggressive giant mole.

A story about an Demonic Angel in Heaven and an Angelic Demon in Hell. Damon always felt out of place in his surroundings and at his work. Most would consider it an ordinary problem but Damon was an angel working in Heaven. When Damon is redeployed to work on a mission on Earth, things start to become interesting. He is however dismayed to find out that he has been assigned as a shoulder Angel to the most boring man on Earth, Joe Smith.

Dungeon Party links a fantasy world and the people playing in it. When longstanding personality conflicts erupt, the volatile Randall Keller secedes from Alan Crandall's gaming group. In pursuit of a coveted prize at an upcoming convention, Alan replaces Randall with two female recruits who reinvigorate the campaign. Randall chooses a darker path by spreading infectious cynicism through the gaming community while plotting his revenge. When the Middle Mirth convention gets underway, Alan's group must stop Randall and his avatar.

Can Jaxon Hampton love the Moon Queen enough? If Zeth, the servant of her enemies the Shadow Giants, defeats Jaxon in battle, the Shadow Giants unleash chaos on Earth and destroy humanity. Every night Jaxon experiences vivid recurring dreams in which, 10,000 years ago, he escorts a beautiful woman through many dangers to the top of a cliff overlooking the Nile River. How come his boss's daughter dreams the same story? And why does a strange man hypnotize Jaxon to take the young woman to a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River during the next full moon?

She can speak all languages. He can smell evil intent. They're enemies. They crave each other. Secret magic, international settings, a conspiracy plot, star-crossed lovers, and sharp writing The Demon in Business Class is a stunning debut novel spanning continents and genres. Zarabeth travels the world for a shady executive, laying the groundwork for global war. Gabriel offers a second chance to the criminals that a visionary leader sees in dreams. One rainy night in Scotland, they meet...Now, it's complicated.

Two immortal, magical beings, Peace (Rayzan) and Chaos (Broza), are in constant battle. This time around, though, the embodiment of peace is defeated and thus has to undergo rebirth, losing his memory in the process. Tucker assumes himself an average, if abnormal teenager, who knows little else than the countryside, where he grew up. Tucker’s journey towards rediscovery begins when he loses control of what he believes are minor psychic abilities, as now, some strange dark and magical figure hunts him.