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Familiar Trials - Fledgling by Taki Drake
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSlave or partner? Bond or shackles? Dascha swore that she would never become a slave to a Witch, used for energy and reduced to the role of an animated battery. Zhanna never thought that she would have a Familiar since none of the Russian Witches seemed to have them. Now Dascha has found her Witch and Zhanna has found her Familiar... -
![Coven Codex by Taki Drake]()
Coven Codex by Taki Drake
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZhanna has a vision, one that will return honor to the Witches and Mercenaries of Russia. Making that hope a reality is more difficult as time goes on, as the young woman battles prejudice from her neighbors and attacks from other Magic users... -
![The Lumberjack's Dove by GennaRose Nethercott]()
The Lumberjack's Dove by GennaRose Nethercott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Serious art does not need to be weighty or explicitly topical. It can be, as it is here, apparently as light as a feather: The Lumberjack’s Dove is, in its manner, a folktale; it is also a meditation on attachment, on loss, on transformation... -
![Tapping the Dream Tree by Charles de Lint, Charles Vess]()
Tapping the Dream Tree by Charles de Lint, Charles Vess
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWorld Fantasy Award-winning author of The Onion GirlThe city of Newford could be any contemporary North American city...except that magic lurks in its music, in its art, in the shadows of its grittiest streets, where mythic beings walk disguised. And its people are like you and me, each looking for a bit of magic to shape their lives and transform their fate...Categorized as:
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![Two Strange Tales by Mircea Eliade]()
Two Strange Tales by Mircea Eliade
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"No event in our world is real, my friend. Everything that occurs in this universe is illusory... And in a world of appearances, in which no thing and no event has any permanence, any reality of its own—whoever is master of certain forces can do anything he wishes.. -
![J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator by Wayne G. Hammond, Christina Scull]()
J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator by Wayne G. Hammond, Christina Scull
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsJ.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) renowned author of THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS and THE SILMARILLION, was an artist in pictures as well as in words. Though he often remarked that he had no talent for drawing, his art has charmed his readers and has been exhibited to large and appreciative audiences the world over... -
![Southwest Nights by Kal Aaron, Michael Anderle]()
Southwest Nights by Kal Aaron, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFive years ago, everyone knew sorcery and magic were nothing but myths. One spectacular incident proved them wrong. Now men and women of power flaunt their supernatural abilities openly, using them for both good and evil.Sorceress Lyssa likes her reality TV and strawberry ice cream, but her day job of hunting down rogues and criminals doesn’t leave her much time for either...Categorized as:
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![Tasha Tudor Book of Fairy Tales by Tasha Tudor]()
Tasha Tudor Book of Fairy Tales by Tasha Tudor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRepresentative fairy tales by master...Categorized as:
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![Familiar Shadows by Taki Drake]()
Familiar Shadows by Taki Drake
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSome days are just BAD. A couple of thousand feet in the air, hanging from eagle talons and bleeding out. Just a typical bad day for a rebellious cat. Meet Dascha, a perfect example of contrariness and smarts. This young Russian Blue is not interested in following the family business, at all! But a moment of inattention leads to danger and pain, and she is left with some hard decisions to make... -
![Silver Hill by Catherine Cooper]()
Silver Hill by Catherine Cooper
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith Nora away on a vitally important mission in Annwn, Jack Brenin has to take sole responsibility for rescuing the last two Dragonettes left on earth from being roasted for a Spriggan feast... -
![Czerwona baśń by Wiktoria Korzeniewska]()
Czerwona baśń by Wiktoria Korzeniewska
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsW pewnej wiosce był obyczaj. Obowiązywał w czasach, kiedy jeszcze słyszano w lesie klaskanie, w południe unikano wychodzenia w pole, a kobiety szeptały o wilku, który uśmiechał się jak człowiek. Każdego roku, pierwszego dnia lata, wieś wspólnie wybierała jedną dziewczynkę. Nie najładniejszą, nie najzdolniejszą. Wybór zawsze padał na najbrzydszą w wiosce. Taką, której nikt nie chciał...Categorized as:
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![The Vengeance of Indra by Shatrujeet Nath]()
The Vengeance of Indra by Shatrujeet Nath
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsVENGEANCE IS A CAGE. FORGIVENESS IS FREEDOM.In their greed to possess the deadly Halahala, the devas and the asuras have employed every dirty trick against Vikramaditya and his Council of Nine. But the humans are still standing, bloodied but unbowed... -
![Lost Shadow by Chanda Hahn]()
Lost Shadow by Chanda Hahn
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNot all shadows are monsters.And some were never meant to die.Wendy is on a quest for vengeance after Hook kidnapped the lost boys and destroyed their school. Stuck as a shadow, Peter’s body is weakening because each time he dies and regenerates, may be his last. Meanwhile, Wendy is running out of time to track down Hook, save the boys, and rescue Peter before he’s lost as shadow forever... -
![Muse and Reverie by Charles de Lint]()
Muse and Reverie by Charles de Lint
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 21 ratings"Muse and Reverie "is an all-new collection of short fiction in Charles de Lint's "Newford" universe--the fifth such collection since 1993, and the first since 2002. Previous collections are "Dreams Underfoot," "The Ivory and the Horn," the World Fantasy Award-winning "Memory and Dream," and "Tapping the Dream Tree...Categorized as:
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![Poseidon's Academy and the Vanishing Students: A Middle Grade Fantasy Series by Sarah A. Vogler]()
Poseidon's Academy and the Vanishing Students: A Middle Grade Fantasy Series by Sarah A. Vogler
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith the nereids banished from Poseidon’s Academy, Hailey expects her third year of high school to finally be normal—no monsters trying to eat her, no incurable disease sweeping through the Academy, and no one trying to resurrect the gods. But the Fates have different plans in mind for Hailey.Only a few weeks into the school year a student vanishes... -
![Captured by Brandi Elledge]()
Captured by Brandi Elledge
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCaptured.I have been touched by the archangels themselves, but I am no match for the betrayal that I never saw coming. The darken now have me, locked away in the Empowered Academy’s dungeon.The fate of the Empowered Academy and all the innocents held captive within its walls now rest in my hands. I must decide whether to free the innocents or save myself... -
![The Hidden Myths in Harry Potter: Spellbinding Map and Book of Secrets by David Colbert]()
The Hidden Myths in Harry Potter: Spellbinding Map and Book of Secrets by David Colbert
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHidden in the Harry Potter stories are references to mythical creatures, legendary characters, real history and J.K. Rowling's own life. This magnificent poster-sized map takes you on a worldwide treasure hunt to uncover those hidden clues. The accompanying book of secrets reveals even more incredible facts behind the magical places and people you will come across on your journey... -
![Eight Muses of the Fall by Edgar Calabia Samar]()
Eight Muses of the Fall by Edgar Calabia Samar
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis novel is on the one hand a young man’s frustrated attempt to write the great Filipino novel, and on the other, his coming to terms with the futility of his search for his lost mother. Along the way, he is guided and misdirected by some muses and demons to reimagine his personal past without the burden of national history... -
![Immortal Destiny by Aiden James]()
Immortal Destiny by Aiden James
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn this third installment of The Judas Chronicles, William Barrow (AKA Judas Iscariot) is faced with recovering the silver coin he dreads above all others. Known as the "Singing Coin" among the ancients, this shekel was originally lost long ago...on the very night of Jesus Christ's arrest in Jerusalem...Categorized as:
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![The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighth Annual Collection by Ellen Datlow]()
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighth Annual Collection by Ellen Datlow
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is one installment of a prestigious annual anthology of fantastic and "horror" genre writing—mostly fiction, with a smattering of poetry and an essay. The over 50 selections represent both established names in the field and relatively less known authors, and the structure of the book is typical of "year's best" collections... -
![Eve by Patti Larsen]()
Eve by Patti Larsen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat if Death fell in love with Life and they had a daughter...? Her unique parentage ensures Eve isn't like her angel siblings. She brings Death at the beginning of Life and Life to those meant to die. Her continuing failures create constant disaster for her parents and the mortals she tries so hard to serve...Categorized as:
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![Ikimetsien sydänmailla by Mikko Kamula]()
Ikimetsien sydänmailla by Mikko Kamula
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Äkkiä Heiska kavahti taaksepäin. Naisen selässä oli jotain kovaa ja kyhmyräistä. Hän tuijotti Heiskaa kaipaavasti mutta selvästi varuillaan, olkapäät jännittyneinä. Muistutti jälleen villiä kissaeläintä. Silloin Heiska ymmärsi. Nainen ei ollut ihminen."Mitä tiedät suomalaisesta mytologiasta? Metsänhaltijoita, maahisia, jättiläisiä, noitia, tietäjiä ja nykyään jo lähes unohtuneita jumalia... -
![The Trojan War Museum: and Other Stories by Ayse Papatya Bucak]()
The Trojan War Museum: and Other Stories by Ayse Papatya Bucak
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA debut collection of inventive, fresh, and richly human stories at once uncanny and startlingly real.The Greek god Apollo reckons with his personal history as he tries to memorialize—and make sense of—war, in “The Trojan War Museum.” A Turkish student at an American university stops eating, and her family, teachers, and soon, the world at large, demand to know why, in “Iconography... -
![Hekate'nin Kızları by Ekin S. Koch]()
Hekate'nin Kızları by Ekin S. Koch
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsErin büyüye olan ilgisini ve son zamanlarda edindiği gotik tarzını çevresindeki herkes gibi bir ergenlik evresi sanmaktadır. Benzemeye çalıstığı o cadılardan biri olabileceğine ihtimal vermez. Fakat bir gün, kendini Vhartlox Cadı Akademisinde bulur.Her şey bundan ibaret değildir. Karanlık doğası ve sınırları zorlayan gücüyle Erin; tehlikeyi kendine çeken kişi değil, tehlikenin bizzat kendisidir... -
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![The River Wife by Heather Rose]()
The River Wife by Heather Rose
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is the story of a river and the making of water and the nature of love. Some would say that any story of water is always a story of magic, and others would say any story of love was the same …’The River Wife is a simple and subtle story of love. The river wife—part human, part fish—has a duty to tend the river, but instead falls in love with a man...Categorized as:
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![Tales of Falling and Flying by Ben Loory]()
Tales of Falling and Flying by Ben Loory
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 11 ratings“Mesmerizing and magical. . . . A stunning book.” —NPR.org“Short stories so imaginative — and yet so perplexingly familiar — they could have formed in a dream. . . . Taut, meticulously balanced and written in Loory’s direct, witty prose, his own stories take a page from Aesop: high-flying tales nonetheless boiled down to the essentials... -
![The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor by John Barth]()
The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor by John Barth
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNational Book Award winner John Barth offers a rambunctious story full of narrative high jinks in this lively, inventive epic. Journalist Simon Behler finds himself in the house of Sinbad the Sailor after being washed ashore during a seagoing adventure... -
![Walking Words by Eduardo Galeano]()
Walking Words by Eduardo Galeano
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn Walking Words world-renowned author Eduardo Galeano draws on the folklore of rural and urban Latin America to discover and retell "the stories of ghouls and fools that Id like to write." These tales are beautifully illustrated by his collaborator, the Brazilian woodcut artist José Francisco Borges, and become testaments to the power of stories to make and remake and enchant the world... -
![Дайте им умереть by Henry Lion Oldie, Генри Лайон Олди]()
Дайте им умереть by Henry Lion Oldie, Генри Лайон Олди
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsШестое тысячелетие стояло на пороге. Вдруг в одночасье оружию сделалось больно и оно стало мстить за это людям, взрываясь у них в руках. Почему? Мажет быть, об этом знает ржавый меч, лежащий под стеклом в музее и помнящий те времена, когда на бескрайних Дурбанских равнинах темные силуэты всадников сшибались с оглушительным лязгом, криками и ржанием.Люди не сразу поняли, что случилось... -
![Oracles: A Pilgrimage by Catherynne M. Valente]()
Oracles: A Pilgrimage by Catherynne M. Valente
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Oracles of the ancient world spoke for the gods, they spoke for the future: but they could not speak for themselves... -
![Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice by A.S. Byatt]()
Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice by A.S. Byatt
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom the Booker Prize-winning author of Possession comes this richly imaginative story collection that transports the reader to a world where opposites--passion and loneliness, betrayal and loyalty, fire and ice--clash and converge.A beautiful ice maiden risks her life when she falls in love with a desert prince, whose passionate touches scorch her delicate skin...Categorized as:
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![パレード [Parēdo] by Hiromi Kawakami, 吉富 貴子]()
パレード [Parēdo] by Hiromi Kawakami, 吉富 貴子
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA brief, disquieting companion to the bestselling Strange Weather in Tokyo, set during a summer afternoon and featuring a mischievous pair of creatures called tengu.On a summer afternoon, Tsukiko and her former high school teacher have prepared and eaten somen noodles together.“Tell me a story from long ago,” Sensei says...Categorized as:
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![Why God is a Woman by Nin Andrews]()
Why God is a Woman by Nin Andrews
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhy God Is a Woman is a collection of poems written about a magical island where women rule and men are the second sex... -
![How to Move Spheres and Influence People by Marko Kloos]()
How to Move Spheres and Influence People by Marko Kloos
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor over 25 years, the Wild Cards universe has been entertaining readers with stories of superpowered people in an alternate history. In Marko Kloos's short story "How to Move Spheres and Influence People" an outcast learns how to fit in at her school and much more...T. K. hates a lot of things, but at the moment, it's how she becomes the #1 target during dodgeball at gym...Categorized as:
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![The Grudge Keeper by Mara Rockliff]()
The Grudge Keeper by Mara Rockliff
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNo one in the town of Bonnyripple ever kept a grudge. No one, that is, except old Cornelius, the Grudge Keeper.Ruffled feathers, petty snits, minor tiffs and major huffs, insults, umbrage, squabbles, dust-ups, and imbroglios--the Grudge Keeper received them all, large and small, tucking each one carefully away in his ramshackle cottage... -
![La sinfonía del unicornio by Tiffany Calligaris]()
La sinfonía del unicornio by Tiffany Calligaris
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“¿Han oído hablar del unicornio blanco y de su cuerno espiralado? ¿Del dragón que navega por los cielos y respira fuego? ¿Y qué hay del astuto zorro de nueve colas? ¿O del ave en llamas que renace de sus propias cenizas? ¿O del espíritu en forma de caballo que habita en las lagunas?En Estarella tales criaturas son mucho más que una fábula. Existen. Son seres mágicos que rondan a su antojo... -
![Dogland by Will Shetterly]()
Dogland by Will Shetterly
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Nix family has arrived. And Latchahie County will never be the same. In an effort at improving his family's lot, the Nixes have moved to rural Florida to open Dogland: a combination zoo, restaurant and motel. But it isn't long before Nix and his clan of eccentric supporters run afoul of unsympathetic locals. The problem? Luke Nix has hired Ethorne Hawkins.Hawkins is black. And it's 1959... -
![Sleipnir by Linda Evans]()
Sleipnir by Linda Evans
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOnly one angry and determined G.I. stands between the fiery death of the world and the survival of the human race. Our hero begins a quest, not for gold nor glory, but for vengeance . . . vengeance against the gods themselves. But in the end, he must save the gods from Ragnarok... -
![Kappa Quartet by Daryl Qilin Yam]()
Kappa Quartet by Daryl Qilin Yam
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLonglisted for the 2015 Epigram Books Fiction PrizeKevin is a young man without a soul, holidaying in Tokyo; Mr Five, the enigmatic kappa, is the man he so happens to meet. Little does Kevin know that kappas—the river demons of Japanese folklore—desire nothing more than the souls of other humans... -
![The Sun, the Moon, & the Stars by Steven Brust]()
The Sun, the Moon, & the Stars by Steven Brust
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsOnce upon a time there was a kingdom that lived in darkness, for the sun, the moon and the stars were hidden in a box, and that box was hidden in a sow's belly, and that sow was hidden in a troll's cave, and that cave was hidden at the end of the world... -
![The Unreal and the Real: Selected Stories, Volume One: Where on Earth by Ursula K. Le Guin]()
The Unreal and the Real: Selected Stories, Volume One: Where on Earth by Ursula K. Le Guin
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Unreal and the Real is a major event not to be missed. In this two-volume selection of Ursula K. Le Guin's best short stories—as selected by the National Book Award winning author herself—the reader will be delighted, provoked, amused, and faced with the sharp, satirical voice of one of the best short story writers of the present day...Categorized as:
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![That Way Lies Camelot by Janny Wurts]()
That Way Lies Camelot by Janny Wurts
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this superb collection of unforgettable stories, muti-talented artist/writer Janny Wurts, one of today's bestselling fantasy authors, takes the reader to a very special Camelot that is both deeply familiar and delightfully foreign. Here are myriad tales of wonder and fantasy, all rendered with an artist's eye and a writer's voice... -
![Songs of Enchantment by Ben Okri]()
Songs of Enchantment by Ben Okri
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn this remarkable sequel to his Booker Prize-winning novel The Famished Road, Okri continues the story of the spirit-child who is a reluctant but keen observer of his family's turmoil and the political convulsions of a struggling new Africa. Through his shimmering consciousness and hallucinatory visions, the boy finds the strength to survive... -
![The Tiger and the Acrobat by Susanna Tamaro]()
The Tiger and the Acrobat by Susanna Tamaro
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLittle Tiger is not like other tigers. Not content to spend her days alone, roaming the snow forests of Siberia hunting prey, she prefers instead to ponder the ways of the world. One day, eager to discover her own place within it, she sets out on a remarkable journey to discover the secret of life, and to meet the creatures she has heard most about: humans... -
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![The Log Goblin by Brian Staveley]()
The Log Goblin by Brian Staveley
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn a cold winter's night, a goblin is caught stealing firewood. Then things start getting weird... -
![The Fourth Island by Sarah Tolmie]()
The Fourth Island by Sarah Tolmie
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDark, mournful, and beautiful, Sarah Tolmie's The Fourth Island is a moving and unforgettable story of life and death on the hidden Irish island of Inis Caillte. Huddled in the sea off the coast of Ireland is a fourth Aran Island, a secret island peopled by the lost, findable only in moments of despair... -
![Horse, Flower, Bird by Kate Bernheimer]()
Horse, Flower, Bird by Kate Bernheimer
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn imaginative, hauntingly poetic collection of contemporary fables that redefine the fairy tale for the modern woman. In Kate Bernheimer's familiar and spare--yet wondrous--world, an exotic dancer builds her own cage, a wife tends a secret basement menagerie, a fishmonger's daughter befriends a tulip bulb, and sisters explore cycles of love and violence by reenacting scenes from Star Wars...Categorized as:
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![The Girl Aquarium by Jen Campbell]()
The Girl Aquarium by Jen Campbell
Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJen Campbell’s first collection The Girl Aquarium explores the realm of rotten fairy tales, the possession of body and the definition of beauty. Weaving between whispered science and circus, she turns a cracked mirror on society and asks who gets to control the twisted tales hiding in the wings... -
![The Swallowed Man by Edward Carey]()
The Swallowed Man by Edward Carey
Rated: 3.62 of 5 stars · 13 ratings'Profound and delightful. It is a strange and tender parable of two maddening obsessions; parenting and art-making' - Max Porter 'Strange, moving and musical, it's a delight' - A. L. Kennedy I am writing this account, in another man's book, by candlelight, inside the belly of a fish. I have been eaten. I have been eaten, yet I am living still... -
![The Fox and Dr. Shimamura by Christine Wunnicke]()
The Fox and Dr. Shimamura by Christine Wunnicke
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Fox and Dr. Shimamura toothsomely encompasses Japan and Europe, memory and actuality, fox-possession myths and psychiatric mythmaking. The novel begins near the story’s end, in Dr. Shimamura’s retirement. A feverish invalid, he’s watched over by four women: his wife, his mother, his mother-in- law, and a nurse (originally one of his psychiatric patients)...
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