Résultats pour "Rue" dans Science fiction et fantaisie

The world of Faerie never disappeared: it merely went into hiding, continuing to exist parallel to our own. Secrecy is the key to Faerie’s survival—but no secret can be kept forever, and when the fae and mortal worlds collide, changelings are born. Half-human, half-fae, outsiders from birth, these second-class children of Faerie spend their lives fighting for the respect of their immortal relations.

La Rue est une nouvelle écrite à la fin de 1919 et publiée pour la première fois dans le numéro de décembre 1920 du journal amateur Wolverine. L'histoire retrace l'évolution de la rue éponyme dans une ville de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, vraisemblablement Boston, depuis ses débuts comme chemin à l'époque coloniale jusqu'à un événement quasi-surnaturel dans les années qui ont suivi immédiatement la Première Guerre mondiale.

Edition spéciale avec un bonus. Devant la chute drastique de la fécondité, la république de Gilead, récemment fondée par des fanatiques religieux, a réduit au rang d'esclaves sexuelles les quelques femmes encore fertiles. Vêtue de rouge, Defred, "servante écarlate" parmi d'autres, à qui l'on a ôté jusqu'à son nom, met donc son corps au service de son Commandant et de son épouse. Le soir, en regagnant sa chambre à l'austérité monacale, elle songe au temps où les femmes avaient le droit de lire, de travailler...

Phoebe Winchester’s beloved Aunt Eudora has a taste for adventure—and a knack for making magical tea. It’s even rumored that she just might be a witch. So when Eudora passes away and leaves everything to her niece—her Victorian mansion, her bookshop/tea store The Earl’s Study, and one very chubby orange cat named Bob—Phoebe gets more than she bargained for. And she knows she’s in deep when a dead man is found on the shop’s back step, apparently killed while trying to break in. Now she must put her newfound power to the test and cast a spell that could catch a killer.

Amateur witch Phoebe Winchester is excited to host her first big author event at the Earl’s Study, her book and tea store. The author, Sebastian Marlow, is a famous birder excited to put Raven Creek on the map for his rediscovery of a presumed-extinct bird. When Sebastian is found dead before his planned bird hike, where he expected to prove the existence of the bird to fellow birding enthusiasts, it’s obvious someone wanted him to be extinct, too.

Aster Wildes is not only a witch on a mission, she's about to be a mother. In one tragic event, Aster lost everything she treasured most—the home she fought so hard to keep and the vampire who had stolen her heart. But Aster is no quitter. Once her daughter is born, she'll risk everything to resurrect her vampire, even when there's no guarantee such a dangerous spell will work.

The frontier is a weird and terrible place ruled by orcs, gunsmoke, bandits, and cults with singing gods. In the mining town of Marrow, tensions are high between the social elite true-kin orcs and the lower class mining skrud. The local law has given up on breaking up the daily gunfights. Morris, the barber, struggles to make a living away from the big city, Galendis. It's election season, and the current mayor finds himself running against an industrial tycoon. When the dead begin to rise and cast their vote for a skin eating monster, the town must band together to fight back.

A family gift of reading the spirits in flames has taken everything from her, but can it give her everything she needs? In The Stars Will Guide Us Back, 13 short stories encapsulating the elements of speculative fiction and magical realism travel the themes of mental health, loss, mortality, self-confidence, and finding hope through difficult circumstances. Explore the immersive worlds within, along with a range of peculiar, distinct, and queer characters.

In this comedy by the legendary Piers Anthony, the six-year-old son of a wealthy man wants a pet for his birthday. So, he promises his son to get him whatever he wants. Well - the boy wants a Pegasus! The father, knowing such an animal does not exist, proves it to the boy by grabbing the encyclopedic edition for that very entry. Not only do they find the Pegasus doesn't exist, but the animals they know exist in fact - do not!

A single mom on the run. A detective with a wolfish secret who is compelled to save her. A small, curious town off of a train stop that is home to psychics, clairvoyants, shifters, and supernatural folk with secrets to share.

Ein außergewöhnlich grausiger Doppelmord erschüttert Paris. C. Auguste Dupin schaltet sich in die ergebnislos verlaufenden Ermittlungen der Polizei ein...

Ein Mensch ohne Namen. Und ohne jeden Hinweis auf seine Identität. Das ist der Fremde, der bewusstlos in die Irrenanstalt eingeliefert wurde und jetzt entlassen wird. Diagnose: unheilbarer Gedächtnisverlust. Er begibt sich auf eine Reise zu sich selbst. Es wird eine Reise in sein Unterbewusstsein, aus dem schaurige Dinge aufsteigen. Woher kommen sie? Was ist passiert?

All three of The Chesapeake collection of tall tales, fishing stories, and tidewater turmoil are combined in one set.

As a rogue princess and ex-chief enforcer, I know all their magic tricks. And now that I’m mated not just to a wolf shifter, but his bear shifter best friend, I’ve got two good reasons to fight for the opposite side. But the Mage Council is used to winning, and they’ll stop at nothing to ensure we lose. The more I try to help the shifters, the worse their lives seem to get.

Escritor, poeta y crítico estadounidense, más conocido como el primer maestro del relato corto, en especial de terror y misterio. Nació en Boston el 19 de enero de 1809. Sus padres murieron siendo niño y fue criado por John Allan, un rico hombre de negocios de Richmond. En 1836 se casó con su joven sobrina y durante la década siguiente Poe trabajó como redactor para varias revistas en Filadelfia y Nueva York.

Seguramente un sentimiento de inquietud se apodera del oyente y lo empuja a seguir con la escucha. Un sentimiento que se alimenta de un homicidio terrible, y se convierte en el motor que crea el suspense propio de toda narración de estas características.

Varulvskrönikorna: Uppkomsten av det månbelysta rovdjuret Av James Rondepierre. Under månens kallt lysande sken väcks uråldriga krafter till liv. Amara har alltid känt sig annorlunda, som om hon inte riktigt hörde hemma i den lilla staden Crescent Falls. Hon plågas av drömmar som känns alltför verkliga – drömmar där hon springer genom natten, styrd av instinkter som inte är hennes egna. På sin 21-årsdag förändras allt. En oförklarlig dragning leder henne djupt in i skogen, där hon konfronteras med sitt öde.