Enter a world filled with mystery and suspense an in DB Jones’s magical debut novel, Willow of Endless Waters, the Journey Begins. Readers will instantly become enchanted with the vivid fantasy of a young woman's journey toward self-discovery that leads her on a path she never imagined.Brimming with suspense Willow of Endless Waters, is a surreal journey to a world where anything is possible..Enter a world filled with mystery, suspense and adventure in DB Jones’s magical debut novel, Willow of Endless Waters, the Journey Begins. Readers will instantly become enchanted with the vivid fantasy of a young woman whose journey toward self-discovery leads her on a path she never imagined.Willow is, by all appearances, an ordinary young woman living an ordinary life. That is, until she begins hearing a voice at night that lures her toward Endless Waters. As the voice become stronger, Willow is continuously pulled closer to the water’s edge. She will often spend hours there, gazing at her reflection and trying to grasp the meaning of the voice that relentlessly urges her ever nearer to this special place.One night, however, Willow catches a glimpse of a reflection that is not her own. Instead, she sees the image of a beautiful woman with long silver hair who appears just beneath the surface of the water. She seems so real that Willow swears she can feel the woman’s hair brush against her arm before she disappears back underneath the water.Convinced that this brief appearance of a mysterious woman must surely be her imagination, she leaves the shore of the Endless Waters and returns home once more. But as she will soon learn, it was not her imagination that conjured the woman under the water--it was Ellura, the Spirit of the Sea.Unbeknownst to Willow, the appearance of Ellura beneath the water signals the start of something unimaginable and from that moment on, her life is changed forever. Willow has glimpsed another world and ignited powers she never knew she had. Now free to travel between the two worlds, Willow soon rises to meet the challenges as she attempts to decide to which world she truly belongs. As her mysterious powers continue to develop, she soon realizes that her choices will directly affect both herself and the future of her entire race.Brimming with suspense, magic, and mystery, Willow of Endless Waters, the Journey Begins is a surreal journey to a world where anything is possible.

A princess discovers the stranger who gatecrashed her engagement has a horrifying secret.In the ancient kingdom of Tian Xia, princess Silvermoon is getting married - but then a stranger barges in to the ceremony while the young woman is still choosing a groom. First Silvermoon is accused of being a thief, and then she's threatened with terrible danger. Who is the mysterious Tsung Po, and what is the tragic secret he guards beneath the snowbound mountain peaks of the Dragon's Nape? Can the princess escape the hermit's punishment?

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Terry Brooks's The Measure of the Magic. The time of the Shannara follows in the wake of an apocalypse that has destroyed the old world and very nearly annihilated its people as well. A thousand years of savagery and barbarism have concluded at the start the series with the emergence of a new civilization in which magic has replaced science as the dominant source of power. A Druid Council comprised of the most talented of the new races–Men, Dwarves, Trolls, Gnomes, and Elves, names taken from the old legends–has begun the arduous task of rebuilding the world and putting an end to the racial warfare that has consumed the survivors of the so-called Great Wars since their conclusion. But the wars continue, albeit in a different form. Magic, like science, is often mercurial, can be used for good or evil, and can have a positive or negative effect on those who come in contact with it. In The Sword of Shannara, a Druid subverted by his craving for magic’ s power manipulated Trolls and Gnomes in his effort to gain mastery over the other races. He failed because of Shea Ohmsford, the last of an Elven family with the Shannara surname. Shea, with the help of his brother and a small band of companions, was able to wield the fabled Sword of Shannara to destroy the Dark Lord. Subsequently, in the Elfstones of the Shannara, his grandson Wil was faced with another sort of challenge, one that required the use of a magic contained in a set of Elfstones. But use of the Stones altered Wil’s genetic makeup, so that his own children were born with magic in their blood. As a result, in the third book of the series, the Wishsong of Shannara, Brin and her brother Jair were recruited by the Druid Allanon to seek out and destroy the Ildatch, the book of dark magic that had subverted the Warlock Lord, and was now doing the same with the Mord wraiths. The story that follows takes place several years after the conclusion of The Wishsong and again features Jair Ohmsford, who must come to terms with his obsession with the past and his use of his magic that his sister has warned him not to trust Indomitable by Terry Brooks, appearing soon in the Legends II anthology. ** TERRY BROOKS adds an exciting epilogue to The Wishsong of Shannara in “Indomitable,” the tale of Jair Ohmsford’s desperate quest to complete the destruction of the evil Ildatch . . . armed only with the magic of illusion.

From the bestselling author of the Blood Curse Series... Mina Louvet is a fighter, a human with a powerful will to survive in a world dominated by warlocks, soul-eaters, and shifters. Identified by the king’s witch as one of the rare, invaluable females in Dragons Realm who can give birth to a dragon’s son, she was stolen from her parents as a child and taken to the Keep to be reared in the ways of the Ahavi. As one of the few, the elect ~ the Sklavos Ahavi ~ Mina is expected to feed her master’s fire, reanimate his blood, and above all else, give him strong dragon offspring: children who will one day rise to power. But Mina, to her great misfortune, is far too intelligent for her own good: She has a stubborn sense of justice, and she is wholly incapable of blind submission. Dante Dragona is as cunning as he is lethal, as methodical as he is dangerous, and as terrifying as he is powerful. As the eldest of three dragon princes, he is destined to succeed his merciless father to the throne of Castle Dragon. But first he must do his duty to the Realm by governing one of its harsh, unforgiving districts and claiming a Sklavos Ahavi. Hardened by the sadistic abuse he endured as a child and shaped by the tragic suicide of his twin, the prince lives only to fulfill his obligations to the monarchy: to maintain law and order in a bestial land, to contain its magical inhabitants, and to keep the kingdom safe from its mortal enemies, the Lycanian shifters across the sea. Like all primordial dragons, he rules with an iron fist, dominates with absolute power, and punishes with fire. Those who oppose him die a swift and brutal death ~ subject, enemy, or slave ~ the Realm has no tolerance for weakness. When the iron resolve of a dragon prince clashes with the stubborn will of a slave, bonds will be broken, alliances will be tested, and a kingdom will be set ablaze. DRAGONS REALM by Tessa Dawn

Megan promises listeners to her new radio call-in show that she'll "slay their personal demons," and they believe her. So do the personal demons... although she doesn't know it, Megan is the only human without a demon on her shoulder! Megan and her allies -- a demon lover who both protects and seduces her with devilish intensity, a witch with poor social skills, and three cockney guard demons -- have to deal not only with the personal demons, but a soul-sucker, ghosts of Megan's past, and a reporter who threatens to destroy Megan's career!

Contents: · The Oogenesis of Bird City · ss Amazing Sep ’70 · Riders of the Purple Wage · na Dangerous Visions, ed. Harlan Ellison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1967 · Spiders of the Purple Mage [Thieves’ World] · na Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn, ed. Robert Asprin, Ace, 1980 · The Making of Revelation, Part I · nv After the Fall, ed. Robert Sheckley, Ace, 1980 · The Long Wet Purple Dream of Rip van Winkle · nv Puritan, 1981

The Prince of Darkness has been given one last shot at redemption, provided he can live out a reasonably blameless life on earth. Highly sceptical, naturally, the Old Dealmaker negotiates a trial period - a summer holiday in a human body, with all the delights of the flesh. The body, however, turns out to be that of Declan Gunn, a depressed writer living in Clerkenwell, interrupted in his bath mid-suicide. Ever the opportunist, and with his main scheme bubbling in the background, Luce takes the chance to tap out a few thoughts - to straighten the biblical record, to celebrate his favourite achievements, to let us know just what it's like being him. Neither living nor explaining turns out to be as easy as it looks. Beset by distractions, miscalculations and all the natural shocks that flesh is heir to, the Father of Lies slowly begins to learn what it's like being us.

When a pothead falls asleep while smoking a doobie, the resulting fire threatens the college, other students, and, more importantly, his stash. A 4500 short story by fantasy/humor author Norm Cowie, previously published in the anthology The Heat of the Moment.Kimberly Jordan never meant to hurt anyone.But once a DNA test reveals her longtime boyfriend, Damien, is her half-brother, plus she finds out she’s pregnant, she will go to any length to hide her horrible secret. Unfortunately for Kent Davenport, he’s the perfect fall guy for her plan, having recently revealed his love for her. But unfortunately for Kimberly, dirty little secrets always come out.A Tangled Web is the first book in the Dangerous Secrets series—a series of unrelated stories involving interracial romances with one other thing in common: one or more of the main characters has a secret so big, it threatens to derail, or even destroy, their most important relationships, their personal character, or their entire lives.The secrets are ‘dirty.’ Scandalous. Taboo.Secrets anyone would be wise to remain tight-lipped on.But in these tales, one way or another, that horrible secret gets out.Let the fallout begin.

The continuing Saga. Completely re-done. JimmytheStone's final cut version of this popular tale. If you think you've read this story of the Fall of Man and Angels, think again. Don't miss this exciting new story.How dis we get here to the place where the world is today? Mankind has wondered forever, everyone has believed that they were living in the 'Last Days'This is a creative version, albeit fictional, of the Fall of Angels and ultimately Us.

A dreamer has woken. Chaos engulfs the Kingdom of Avalen. Dreams fighting dreams. War is on the horizon.Can the palace of Fenngaard maintain order? Can the ancient kings survive? At the centre of the storm is Anthony Hallow. The mortal, the dreamer. A man of prophecy, a man of destiny, a man of doom. Walk with him beyond the dream and see what fate is written.There is a world far from our own. A world that lay beyond every horizon. A world populated by dreams. Dreams which live and die just as the mortals who created them do. Dreams who love and hate and make war with the same brutal ruthlessness of mortals. That world is Avalen and it has known a century of peace which is about to come to an end.For a dreamer has woken in the land, the natural order is thrown into chaos. War is on the horizon. In Mirgarden the dragons stir, in Torabane the giants roar. In Archaven the angels ponder, in Bloodren the demons plot.The Fenngaard palace sends out its champions to return the dreamer to the mortal realm, but the talented jackals have reached him first. They will attempt to use his power to their own advantage.In the midst of the confusion and discord there are older, darker shadows being cast across the land. Long dead nightmares are rising from the grave, Avalens greatest threat is emerging from the darkness.At the centre of it all is Anthony Hallow, the dreamer. A mortal man whose prophesied presence will spell the end of harmony. He is a man of destiny whose awakening will herald the birth of an age of blood and death. Walk with him beyond the dream and see what fate is written.

Cougar shifter, Dr. Kate Parker, is planning her annual camping vacation alone this year. She runs into trouble before she even starts her trip in the form of one wounded, hot cougar, undercover cop—or so he says. He’s not going along with just her tender loving care because he came into town as a cougar, and he needs her help to get him back to where he can take up the search to look for an arms dealer, who just happens to be a cougar too. Leyton Hill slipped into the unlocked, darkened clinic, figuring his luck had just changed. Except he doesn’t plan for the good doctor to be napping in her office. Taking him on her vacation wasn’t in the plan, and taking her hostage, hadn’t been either, but now she’s stuck with him until he can get back to his mission and the chase at hand. It appears the roles have reversed and who’s holding whom hostage now?

Celebrate New Writers, New Winners, and New Worlds in Writers of the Future, Volume 30This is your window into incredible worlds of wizardry, warfare and wonder. This is your escape into fantastic realms of the human mind lurking just beyond your imagination...and reaching deep into your wildest dreams. This is your ticket to tomorrow. Celebrate the future of science fiction and fantasy...now. "Keep the Writers of the Future going. It's what keeps sci-fi alive." — Orson Scott CardIncluded: Bonus short stories by Orson Scott Card, Mike Resnick & L. Ron Hubbard & a color spread highlighting the story illustrations

A story in the style of Roald Dahl. Mad Mr Viscous, the owner of a glue factory, is hell-bent on making his fortune, selling glue made from his secret ingredient – horses. Determined to put a stop to it, Jimmy and his best friend Eric set off on a fantastic adventure; in a world of witches, warlocks and animalistics, that, up until then, they had no idea even existed.A story in the style of Roald Dahl. Mad Mr Viscous, the owner of a glue factory, is hell-bent on making his fortune, selling glue made from his secret ingredient – horses. Determined to put a stop to it, Jimmy and his best friend Eric set off on a fantastic adventure; in a world of witches, warlocks and animalistics, that, up until then, they had no idea even existed. Roald Dahl, eat your heart out(!?!)

Do you ever feel that the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence? Well, so did Johnny Town-Mouse and Timmy Willie. One was a town mouse and one was a country mouse, and when they end up in each other's worlds they soon discover that they were much happier where they started! The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse is number 13 in Beatrix Potter's series of 23 little books, the titles of which are as follows: 1 The Tale of Peter Rabbit 2 The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin 3 The Tailor of Gloucester 4 The Tale of Benjamin Bunny 5 The Tale of Two Bad Mice 6 The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle 7 The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher 8 The Tale of Tom Kitten 9 The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck 10 The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies 11 The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse 12 The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes 13 The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse 14 The Tale of Mr. Tod 15 The Tale of Pigling Bland 16 The Tale of Samuel Whiskers 17 The Tale of The Pie and the Patty-Pan 18 The Tale of Ginger and Pickles 19 The Tale of Little Pig Robinson 20 The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit 21 The Story of Miss Moppet 22 Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes 23 Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes