Urban Short Stories

One family rule has shaped Esson’s life: never open a door. Esson comes from a family of doormakers - people who unleash otherworldly violence when they open something even as simple as a refrigerator door. Esson’s family lied to him. Esson didn’t die when he opened a door.

W Tarnowskich Górach pączkują niebezpieczne wytwory ludzkich myśli, pragnień i życzeń. Niebezpieczne sztuczne inteligencje sterują ludzkimi zachowaniami, spersonalizowane reklamy odbierają wolność, choć jednocześnie zapewniają perfekcyjną wykrywalność przestępstw. Od czasu do czasu mogą objawić się narcystyczne antyczne bóstwa. Słowem - dzieje się wiele. W trzecim tomie znajdziecie wszystko, czego czytelnicza dusza zapragnie - wysmakowany cyberpunk, SF w najlepszym wydaniu, szczyptę urban fantasy doprawioną odrobiną kryminału. Humor i powagę.

Un circo representa una última función que acaba en tragedia, un periodista busca la historia que jamás podrá permitirse contar, una vaca argentina vislumbra el instante antes de que todo cambie para siempre, varios niños desaparecen en un pueblo alemán, un hombre trata de recrear el momento más feliz de su vida....

Eidolon Avenue: Where the secretly guilty go to die. One building. Five floors. Five doors per floor. Twenty-five nightmares feeding the hunger lurking between the bricks and waiting beneath the boards. All thrown into their own private hell as every cruel choice, every drop of spilled blood, every silent, complicit moment of cowardice is remembered, resurrected, and relived to feed the ancient evil that lives on Eidolon Avenue.

Best-selling urban fantasy author M.D. Massey welcomes listeners back to the world of the Junkyard Druid in a brand-new short-story collection! This volume features characters from the Colin McCool series, starring in three separate novelette-length stories: "Carnival of Blood", "Serpent’s Daughter", and "The Vigil".

Like all great metropolises before it, when a city gets big enough, old enough, it must be born; but there are ancient enemies who cannot tolerate new life. Thus New York will live or die by the efforts of a reluctant midwife...and how well he can learn to sing the city's mighty song.

Eindringlich, unheimlich, unwiderstehlich - Stephen King in Bestform: 14 düstere Überraschungen, blutige und unblutige, die von der unbändigen Schaffenskraft eines Autors zeugen, der als Größter seines Faches anerkannt wird. Unter den preisgekrönten Storys befindet sich auch die Erzählung "Der Mann im schwarzen Anzug", die mit dem O.-Henry-Preis ausgezeichnet wurde, dem renommiertesten Literaturpreis für Kurzgeschichten.

From Folk Tales to Seductive Aristocrats. The best, most complete compilation of Vampire stories from the 18th century to early 20th century.

Llewyn Glass, a former Catholic priest, was deceived into making a deal with the Devil. Now, with Halloween looming, he must find a way to break the pact or be condemned to an eternity in Hell. Guided by the enigmatic and powerful Sister Abigail, Llewyn embarks on a perilous journey across the globe, confronting gods and monsters at every turn. Each step toward salvation demands a sacrifice, and the cost may be more than just his soul - but all of humanity.

Fogwill se dio a conocer como autor de cuentos y relatos breves, terreno en el cual fue un maestro indiscutido de la literatura argentina de la última parte del siglo XX. Sus primeros libros fueron Mis muertos punk, Música japonesa y Pájaros de la cabeza, aparecidos durante principios de la década de los 80. Alfaguara publica ahora, en ediciones aniversario, dos de los títulos en formato facsimilar, reproduciendo las versiones originales y respetando los usos y costumbres editoriales de ese momento inaugural en la trayectoria literaria de Fogwill.

"Fantasmas de la ciudad" es una colección de cuentos enmarañados y armoniosos, laberínticos y lógicos, tensos y a la vez reflexivos. Una reflexión permutada sobre la vida humana, sobre las vidas humanas, y sobre la geografía interior de las personas. Obsesiones, reencuentros, familias, no-lugares y hasta nuevas sociedades emergentes se dan cita en esta elegante antología.

Mason Dixon is a vlogger making hilarious videos about hunting down monsters in the wilds of Missouri. But his vlog is just a ruse to spread disinformation so he can secretly relocate endangered cryptids. Join the team with Mason, his sidekick Emma, and their tech guru Himari as they battle humans and monsters alike to protect these vulnerable creatures. Snarky humor meets full-throttle action in this can’t miss urban fantasy adventure!

Whether it's kitsune running rampant in the museum, were-gorillas rampaging at the zoo, or a cupid wreaking havoc on her daughter's birthday party, Jess Friedman can handle any monster the supernatural community of Cleveland can throw at her. Except maybe the disapproving stares from the women at her daughter's day care. Or the awkward conversations with her rabbi about her working for the Catholic Church as a New Templar, hunting down the things that go bump in the night.

From the pulpy pages of Black Mask Magazine in the 1920s and '30s, through the film noir era of the 1940s, to today, noir fiction has lured many a reader and movie-goer away from the light and into the dark underbelly of society. Names such as Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, and James M. Cain; titles like The Big Sleep, The Maltese Falcon, The Postman Always Rings Twice...these have inhabited our collective consciousness for decades. Humanity, it seems, loves the dark. And within the dark, one figure stands out: that of the femme fatale.

Here there be monsters. Dive into New London’s gritty underbelly in this dark fairy tale spanning worlds. Follow Kal and his bloodthirsty sylph familiar, Bell, as they navigate a complex web of challenges that serve to weave together their fates.

A promise given with great love cannot be broken, even by death. This is the third audibook in the AngelStories short story collection from award-winning author Michael Lynes.

In Billionaire Romance, Sarah is trying to settle in better into her new life and pregnancy is looking good on her. She, however, is beginning to have a few doubts in her mind about the whole arrangement that they have with Nick, and she feels like he is distracted and distant from her. Nick provides and cares for her, but she hardly sees him, the story takes a whole different turn when Tracy, her former workmate reveals to her that she is also pregnant but will not tell her who the father of the child is.

This bundle includes four novels (5-8) in the Strangely Scary Funny Series. It follows the adventures of the librarian of Eden. One of his duties as librarian, in addition to checking out books, is protecting the town and its supernatural population. This includes dealing with a variety of witches, demons, angels, a hellhound, a monster or two, occasional god, and an assortment visitors from the nearby haunted forest.

Damballah, Hiding Place, and Sent for You Yesterday provide a stunning introduction to the uncompromising work of John Edgar Wideman, whose literary achievements have inspired The New York Times to name him “one of America’s premier writers of fiction”. Damballah’s narratives examine the vexed history of Homewood, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, neighborhood whose origins are rooted in a time when slavery was still legal in the United States of America.

Everyone's favorite werewolf DJ is here to mix it up just one last time. Here you will find, or even newly discover, the irrepressible Kitty Norville with friends and enemies alike: Rick the vampire; Jessi Hardin, paranormal detective; Kitty's husband, Ben; Cormac, the bounty hunter; and the villainous Dux Bellorum. These irresistible tales are full of unpredictable twists and turns: lupines experimenting with astronomy, a cheating boxer with preternatural strength, vampires arriving from the Philippines.