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The Robert E. Howard Omnibus: 99 Collected Stories (Halcyon Classics) by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings97 short stories and novellas DRM free, active table of contents for easy navigation... -
![The Best of Kage Baker by Kage Baker]()
The Best of Kage Baker by Kage Baker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKage Baker’s death in 2010 silenced one of the most distinctive, consistently engaging voices in contemporary fiction. A late starter, Baker published her first short stories in 1997, at the age of forty-five. From then until the end of her life, she wrote prolifically and well, leaving an astonishing body of work behind... -
![The Betrayal of the Living by Nick Lake]()
The Betrayal of the Living by Nick Lake
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTaro is at a crossroads: He has vanquished Lord Oda for good, but with no land and no title, he has no hope of marrying Hana, the daughter of a daimyo. So when Taro receives news of a murderous dragon and the large reward for killing it, he and his friends find themselves on a dangerous quest to slay the beast... -
![Judgment of The Witch by Robert McCammon]()
Judgment of The Witch by Robert McCammon
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter a decade, New York Times bestselling author Robert McCammon returns with an epic novel of suspense that reinstates him as one of the great storytellers of our time.... The Carolinas, 1699: The citizens of Fount Royal believe their town is cursed by a witch... -
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![The Great Change by Joe Abercrombie]()
The Great Change by Joe Abercrombie
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Great Change (and Other Lies) is a novella-length collection that gathers four short stories related to Joe Abercrombie's The Age of Madness, featuring old friends and new: from smugglers to kings, from diamond-cutters to dress-makers, from the most apparently insignificant of slaves to the most feared man in the Union, Old Sticks himself...Categorized as:
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![Roaring Shadows: Macey Book 2 by Colleen Gleason]()
Roaring Shadows: Macey Book 2 by Colleen Gleason
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe saga of Macey Gardella continues in the second volume of award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Colleen Gleason's Roaring Trilogy...In the dark underworld of Jazz Age speakeasies and gangsters, Macey Gardella finds herself caught up in a dangerous alliance with Al Capone... -
![Ava's Revenge by Teyla Branton]()
Ava's Revenge by Teyla Branton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo Seek Revenge, The First Step is to Survive Ava O’Hare just wanted to love her child and live in peace, but a normal life was never her destiny. One stark day in 1745, everything she loved was taken from her, ripped away by the very man who should have protected her. Somehow, miraculously, Ava survived. Now it was time for revenge... -
![The Fear Street Saga Collection by R.L. Stine]()
The Fear Street Saga Collection by R.L. Stine
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis special Fear Street Saga Collector's Edition features a see-through vellum and foil dual stepback cover, and comes with an exclusive, fold out four-color poster of the Fear Family Tree that explains character relationships throughout Fear Street's dark history. All three titles included in this Fear Street Saga omnibus edition were USA Today bestsellers and have combined for nearly two of R... -
![The Revenge of Lord Oda by Nick Lake]()
The Revenge of Lord Oda by Nick Lake
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNow that the vile Lord Oda is dead, Taro and his friends are safe in the mountain lair of the ninjas. Or so they think. When a homing pigeon arrives with news of Taro's mother's whereabouts, Taro sets out for the Tendai monastery - without stopping to consider why the pigeon, which was given to his mother months ago, took so long to arrive...Categorized as:
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![ابق حيا by إبراهيم أحمد عيسى]()
ابق حيا by إبراهيم أحمد عيسى
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsجاءت (أبق حيا) لتحمل نذيرا ما، من بقعة بعيدة في التاريخ، القاهرة الفاطمية و احدي حقبها التي غاب عنها التدوين حد ان جهل عنها البعض.المعاناةُ تجعلنا أقوى. تُجبرنا على الصمود. تصنعُ ما نحن عليه، لنتحلى بالإصرارِ على مواصلةِ الطريق. تجعل أحلامنا المستحيلةَ قريبةً. فقط علينا أن نصبرَ حتى نجني ثمار الإيمان؛ فالكوارثُ تختبرُ إيمانَ البشر، والتضرُّع وحده لا يكفي، فالإيمانُ قولٌ وعملٌ... -
![Broken Window by Amy Cross]()
Broken Window by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHE NIGHTMARE BEGINS!Lost and alone one night on the streets of London, Maddie Harper knows she shouldn't go near the abandoned house on Cathmore Road. She's heard stories about the place, about how everyone keeps away. But tonight Maddie's scared and hurt, and she's being hunted through the city's dark, rain-lashed streets... -
![The Dragon Coin by Aiden James]()
The Dragon Coin by Aiden James
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsASIN B00DPVP5ME moved to the most recent edition with new title Immortal DragonFree of the threat of Viktor Kaslow, William Barrow (aka Judas Iscariot) is tantalizingly close to finally having the life he has dreamed of with Beatrice and Alistair. A life blessed with youthful optimism and renewed companionship—things he once feared were forever lost. But such optimism is short lived...Categorized as:
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![The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch, Volume Two: Empire Decayed by Daniel Kraus]()
The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch, Volume Two: Empire Decayed by Daniel Kraus
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA murdered teen is resurrected to walk the earth for more than a century in the second and final book in the sweeping epic that Entertainment Weekly called “utterly riveting.”Zebulon Finch has faced more violence, lust, and heartbreak than any other seventeen-year-old in history. But nothing can prepare him for what is coming next...Categorized as:
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![The Brothers Grimm Volume II: 110 Grimmer Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm]()
The Brothers Grimm Volume II: 110 Grimmer Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWe all know the stories — or do we? We know who Snow White is, but what about Rose Red? And what happens to an all-too willful child? Learn more intriguing stories about "Wise Folks," "The King's Son Who Feared Nothing," and . . . well . . . "Donkey Cabbages"--to name a few...Categorized as:
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![The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant by Douglass Wallop]()
The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant by Douglass Wallop
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook of the Month Club edition with the BOMC pamphlet laid in. Book is near fine with a small bump at the upper right corner. Dust jacket is VG+ with corresponding bump at the upper right corner and fading to the spine... -
![A Dangerous Climate by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro]()
A Dangerous Climate by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe vampire Count Saint-Germain, disguised as a missing Hungarian count, is on a spy mission in the heart of Czarist Russia. But when a man shows up in St. Petersburg claiming to be the Count, the vampire must figure out how to protect his title and wealth without revealing either his true identity or his true nature... -
![Midnight Harvest by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro]()
Midnight Harvest by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFleeing Spain as it becomes engulfed in Civil War, the immortal vampire Saint-Germain heads for California, where he is reunited with Rowena Saxon, unaware that Cenere, a ruthless assassin, is pursuing him and will do anything, even kill those under Saint-Germain's protection, to achieve his objective. Reprint... -
![A Candle for d'Artagnan by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro]()
A Candle for d'Artagnan by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOlivia Atta Clemens, immortal vampire, Roman noblewoman, beloved of the Count Saint-Germain-has come to Paris seeking only peace. But the year is 1637, and there is no peace to be found in the Court of Louis XIII, where Cardinal Richelieu maneuvers to control the throne... -
![Jassy by Norah Lofts]()
Jassy by Norah Lofts
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe was the daughter of a preacher and a gypsy. A strange and elusive child with powers of prophecy, she grew into an even stranger woman. From those around her she inspired love and admiration or furious hatred. Nothing in between. And somehow Jassy could transform even those who loved her into her enemies. Barney Hatton, the disposessed heir of Mortiboys, loved her but not enough... -
![Circle of Fire by R.L. Stine]()
Circle of Fire by R.L. Stine
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMia Saxton has no friends at Miss Pemberthy's School for Young Ladies--until she gets invited to join a group of girls who perform spells. But their practices become dangerous and someone ends up dead...Categorized as:
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![Commedia della Morte by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro]()
Commedia della Morte by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChelsea Quinn Yarbro's modern classic, Hotel Transylvania, introduced the Count Saint-Germain and his beloved, Madelaine de Montalia. The Count is one of the most critically acclaimed vampire characters ever created, with dedicated fans who have followed his adventures through more than twenty novels, dozens of short stories, and thousands of years of human history... -
![Witch of the Wild Beasts by Catherine Stine]()
Witch of the Wild Beasts by Catherine Stine
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Evalina is imprisoned for witchcraft, will her supernatural bond with animals be her curse or salvation?In 1854, Evalina Stowe witnesses the murder of her brother by Dr. Dowdrick, an enraged client at the tailor’s where they work. Desperate to stop him, she rouses a swarm of wasps that sting the doctor while she stabs him with scissors, and then flees... -
![The Wolves of Solomon by R.L. Blackhurst]()
The Wolves of Solomon by R.L. Blackhurst
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEngland, 1307 . . .Templar Knight Galeren de Massard is sent to investigate an incident where a nun claims to have been attacked by “a man who became a wolf.” When Galeren meets Catherine, he instinctively knows that her attacker was Esquin de Floyran, an old foe, and that his return is dangerous for the increasingly unpopular Templar Order... -
![The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories: Volume One by James D. Jenkins, Bernard Taylor]()
The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories: Volume One by James D. Jenkins, Bernard Taylor
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSpanning two hundred years of horror, this new collection features seventeen macabre gems, including two original tales and many others that have never or seldom been reprinted. Table of ContentsForeword by James D... -
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![Imaginary Lives by Marcel Schwob]()
Imaginary Lives by Marcel Schwob
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 14 ratings'Imaginary Lives' contains 22 mythopoeic literary portraits of figures from ancient history, art history, and the history of crime and punishment... -
![The Dragon Lantern by Alan Gratz]()
The Dragon Lantern by Alan Gratz
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsArchie Dent is convinced that he and his friends Hachi and Fergus are the first three members of a new League of Seven: a group of heroes who come together to fight the Mangleborn whenever the monsters arise to destroy humanity. His belief is put to the test when they are forced to undertake separate missions. Archie and his faithful Tik-Tok servant Mr... -
![Blood Ninja by Nick Lake]()
Blood Ninja by Nick Lake
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIs Taro, a fisherman's son, destined for greatness?In the course of a day, Taro's entire life changes: His father is murdered before his eyes, and Taro is taken by a mysterious ninja on a perilous journey toward safety...Categorized as:
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![The King in the Golden Mask and Other Stories by Marcel Schwob]()
The King in the Golden Mask and Other Stories by Marcel Schwob
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFirst published in French in 1892 and never before translated fully into English, The King in the Golden Mask gathers 21 of Marcel Schwob’s cruelest and most erudite tales. Melding the fantastic with historical fiction, these stories describe moments of unexplained violence both historical and imaginary, often blending the two through Schwob’s collaging of primary source documents into fiction... -
![The Temple and the Stone the Temple and the Stone by Katherine Kurtz, Deborah Turner Harris]()
The Temple and the Stone the Temple and the Stone by Katherine Kurtz, Deborah Turner Harris
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe military Order of the Knights Templar was founded during the time of the crusades. Said to possess magical abilities, their original mission was to protect pilgrims en route to the Holy Land. Now, during the final decade of the 13th century, the Templars find themselves deeply involved in Scotland's wars of independence...Categorized as:
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![A Flame in Byzantium by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro]()
A Flame in Byzantium by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOlivia Clemens, a vampire, is caught up in the complex political plots of sixth century Byzantium.546-551 AD. Vampire Atta Olivia Clemens is forced to leave Rome and journeys to the Constantinople of Justinian and discovers how much she has lost.Number 4 chronologically in the Saint-Germain series. First in the Olivia Clemens series... -
![The Cold Eye by Laura Anne Gilman]()
The Cold Eye by Laura Anne Gilman
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the anticipated sequel to Silver on the Road, Isobel is riding circuit through the Territory as the Devil's Left Hand. But when she responds to a natural disaster, she learns the limits of her power and the growing danger of something mysterious that is threatening not just her life, but the whole Territory...Categorized as:
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![The Temple and the Crown by Katherine Kurtz, Deborah Turner Harris]()
The Temple and the Crown by Katherine Kurtz, Deborah Turner Harris
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Knights Templar battle an occult order in this “soundly researched [and] briskly paced” alternate history set during the Scottish War of Independence (Booklist)...Categorized as:
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![Louisa The Poisoner by Tanith Lee]()
Louisa The Poisoner by Tanith Lee
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings'There are three things that grow in March Mire,' said the aunt, in a silly sing-song voice, her eyes half closed, 'and that grow nowhere else together, and seldom anywhere. Find them in one spot, take them and make them up. From them comes this dew. Oh Louisa. Listen carefully. This stuff grants the gift of death.'Louisa widened her eyes but she was not actually impressed... -
![Dark of the Sun by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro]()
Dark of the Sun by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt is the 6th century of the common era. The vampire Saint-Germain, known in this time as Zangi-Ragozh, is peacefully doing business in Asia when the island of Krakatoa explodes in a massive volcanic eruption. Tidal waves swamp harbors hundreds of miles away, destroying trade ships and their cargoes; tons of ash and dirt are flung into the air... -
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![Roman Dusk by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro]()
Roman Dusk by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRome is crumbling. The child-emperor, Heliogabalus, diverts the Roman populace with parties, circuses, and celebrations, while his mother and grandmother jockey for power behind the scenes. The government is riddled with scandal and no business is conducted without bribes which grow ever larger... -
![Borne in Blood by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro]()
Borne in Blood by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe year is 1817. In Switzerland, the Count Saint-Germain leads a comfortable life with his paramour Hero whose husband died fighting Napoleon. Saint-Germain's loving kindness cannot keep Hero from missing her children who are being raised by their hard-hearted grandfather... -
![Communion Blood by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro]()
Communion Blood by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOlivia Atta Clemens, Saint-Germain's love from the days of Imperial Rome, has died the True Death and left her lavish estates to her servant, Niklos Aurilios, but they have been claimed by a young noble who says he is the long-lost son of Olivia's dead husband. Saint-Germain may not be able to convince a court of Niklos's rights without revealing Olivia's true nature, and therefore, his own... -
![Come Twilight by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro]()
Come Twilight by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBeginning in the 600s, Spain's old blood rituals of animal sacrifice were replaced by the new gods of Christianity and Islam, who demanded no less obedience and allegiance. Saint-Germain becomes trapped in this cauldron of blood, fear, and faith when, he makes a vampire of the beautiful, haughty, tempestuous Csimenae.Csimenae kills without mercy... -
![Chamber of Fear by R.L. Stine]()
Chamber of Fear by R.L. Stine
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this chapter of the Fear Street Sagas Carolyn takes a job as assistant to a famous magician. Carolyn's own mother died trying to unlock the secrets of the Chamber of Fear, the magician's most dangerous prop. No one has ever entered the Chamber and lived, and the spirits of those who tried are still trapped there. Carolyn is determined to master the Chamber to free her mother's spirit... -
![States of Grace by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro]()
States of Grace by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFranzicco Ragoczy di Santo-Germano is a successful merchant in Venice. His lavish lifestyle and rumored cache of magnificent jewels have attracted the wrong sort of attention, and without Santo-Germano's noble—and papal—connections, he might be imprisoned, his property confiscated. Also under surveillance is the vampire's mistress, the lovely and talented musician Pier-Ariana Salier... -
![Night Blooming by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro]()
Night Blooming by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSet in the court of Charlemagne the Great, this is the 15th novel in the popular series about the immortal vampire, Le Comte de Saint-Germain, who meets an albino woman afflicted with stigmata who is accused of witchcraft... -
![A Feast in Exile by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro]()
A Feast in Exile by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Feast in Exile draws readers back to the time when the Mongol hordes of Timur (known in the West as Tamerlane) swept across fourteenth-century India and Asia. Delhi's civilized veneer crumbles along with its walls... -
![Blood Roses by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro]()
Blood Roses by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Comte de Saint-Germain is living in relative peace and prosperity in the village of Orgon in fourteenth-century France. He has won a grudging acceptance from the local populace, who are uneasy with his strange and foreign ways but appreciative of his generosity. But a new threat has upset the precarious balance: Plague has come to France, and the people's fear turns to xenophobia... -
![Crusader's Torch by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro]()
Crusader's Torch by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe time is 1189 A.D. and war rages all around the Mediterranean. Any woman would fear travelling among the pirates, bandits, and renegade Christian Knights, but Atta Olivia Clemens is no ordinary woman--rather, she is a vampire and the perils she faces are even more deadly... -
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![Satan Wants Me by Robert Irwin]()
Satan Wants Me by Robert Irwin
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSex, drugs, satanism, rock and roll and the 1960s. Irwin is a writer of immense subtlety and craftmanship, and offers us a vivid and utterly convincing portrait of life on the loopier fringes of the Sixties. Satan Wants Me is black, compulsive and very, very funny... -
![The Wicked Garden by Lenora Henson]()
The Wicked Garden by Lenora Henson
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA prophecy brought them together. A curse tore them apart. Gretchel Shea is a beautiful woman with a lovely family, a gorgeous house, and a country-club membership. As far as her neighbors are concerned, she’s living the dream. It’s just that the dream she’s living is not her own, and a nightmare festers beneath all the luxury. Eli Stewart has never gotten over Gretchel... -
![Morbus Dei: The Arrival by Matthias Bauer, Bastian Zach]()
Morbus Dei: The Arrival by Matthias Bauer, Bastian Zach
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVolume 1 of the highly gripping Morbus Dei-TrilogyGetting caught in a snowstorm, deserter Johann List ends up in a secluded mountain village ridden by fear and superstition. Soon he realises that there is something wrong with this village, that it lies beneath a grim shadow - animals get killed, people disappear, hooded shapes lurk in the dark woods...Categorized as:
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![Bo the Brave by Bethan Woollvin]()
Bo the Brave by Bethan Woollvin
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA feisty little girl learns who the real monsters are in this brilliantly funny medieval adventure.Once, there lived a little girl called Bo. Bo wanted to be just like her brothers and capture a fearsome monster. Bo is small, too small to catch a monster--or so her brothers say. But Bo isn't one to take no for an answer, so she sets off on a quest to catch a monster of her own...Categorized as:
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![Burning Shadows by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro]()
Burning Shadows by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe conquest of Europe by Attila the Hun is one of the great stories of history. The swift-moving bands of warriors, the inventive military tactics, Attila’s commanding personality—all are the stuff of legend. But to the ordinary people who lived in the Huns’ path, Attila and his men were the stuff of nightmare... -
![The Tree of Life by Vaughn Heppner]()
The Tree of Life by Vaughn Heppner
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe final battle for Earth draws near. The giants have gathered otherworldly weapons to defeat the guardian Cherub before the Tree of Life. If they win, they will rule the world as gods. Lord Uriah marches with a hardy band of warriors to stop them. He has little hope for victory, but he prefers to die fighting. Hope rests on young Joash, a prisoner of the giants...Categorized as:
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