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Book Synopsis The Unclean: A Fantasy Short Story by : Jacquelyn Smith
Download or read book The Unclean: A Fantasy Short Story written by Jacquelyn Smith and published by WaywardScribe Press. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An appointment with the Mage-Lord. Jared can sense the fulfillment of his destiny approaching as he rushes through the cobbled streets with his blue mage robes flapping behind him. The kingdom of Galdavia prizes the mage gift above all others. And Jared takes pride in his abilities. He knows he belongs at the Mage-Lord’s side. Nothing can come between him and his rightful place. A stand-alone dark fantasy story and winning entry of the Writers’ Journal Fiction Contest (2010) by the author of the World of Lasniniar series, Jacquelyn Smith.
Book Synopsis Rubicon: A Fantasy Short Story Collection by : Jacquelyn Smith
Download or read book Rubicon: A Fantasy Short Story Collection written by Jacquelyn Smith and published by WaywardScribe Press. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A high-priced thief who can’t turn down a challenge. A cocky, young mage whose power has caught the attention of the local Mage-Lord. A royal scribe who stands on the brink of an imperial invasion. Three people whose fates hang in the balance at a point of no return... This dark fantasy short story collection includes three twisting, stand-alone adventures by the author of the World of Lasniniar series, Jacquelyn Smith: The Unclean (Winning entry of the Writers’ Journal Fiction Contest, 2010) Wayward Scribe The God’s Eye (Overall winner of the Writers’ Journal Fiction Contest, 2011) The Unclean: An appointment with the Mage-Lord. Jared can sense the fulfillment of his destiny approaching as he rushes through the cobbled streets with his blue mage robes flapping behind him. The kingdom of Galdavia prizes the mage gift above all others. And Jared takes pride in his abilities. He knows he belongs at the Mage-Lord’s side. Nothing can come between him and his rightful place... Wayward Scribe: An invading empire. A fallen kingdom. I watch from the shadows at our usurper’s side as history repeats itself... In a game of power and thrones, only a nameless, royal scribe stands to make the difference between the kingdom’s uprising or complete submission. Death lies on both sides of the knife’s edge. And in this game, only the victor can claim to know hero from traitor. The God’s Eye: Raena never could turn down a challenge. Tales of her exploits travel across the land in soft whispers. The finest thief in Midnight Reach. Only the most intriguing (and high-paying) jobs appeal to her. The more challenging, the better. She holds herself above those of her kind who might do any dirty job for a bit of coin. No risk, no reward, after all…
Book Synopsis The God’s Eye: A Fantasy Short Story by : Jacquelyn Smith
Download or read book The God’s Eye: A Fantasy Short Story written by Jacquelyn Smith and published by WaywardScribe Press. This book was released on 2011-07-14 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raena never could turn down a challenge. Tales of her exploits travel across the land in soft whispers. The finest thief in Midnight Reach. Only the most intriguing (and high-paying) jobs appeal to her. The more challenging, the better. She holds herself above those of her kind who might do any dirty job for a bit of coin. No risk, no reward, after all… A stand-alone fantasy story and overall winner of the Writers’ Journal Fiction Contest (2011) by the author of the World of Lasniniar series, Jacquelyn Smith.
Book Synopsis Elements of Fiction Writing - Characters & Viewpoint by : Orson Scott Card
Download or read book Elements of Fiction Writing - Characters & Viewpoint written by Orson Scott Card and published by Writer's Digest Books. This book was released on 1999-03-15 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vivid and memorable characters aren't born: they have to be made. &break;&break;This book is a set of tools: literary crowbars, chisels, mallets, pliers and tongs. Use them to pry, chip, yank and sift good characters out of the place where they live in your memory, your imagination and your soul. &break;&break;Award-winning author Orson Scott Card explains in depth the techniques of inventing, developing and presenting characters, plus handling viewpoint in novels and short stories. With specific examples, he spells out your narrative options–the choices you'll make in creating fictional people so "real" that readers will feel they know them like members of their own families. &break;&break;You'll learn how to: &break; draw the characters from a variety of sources, including a story's basic idea, real life–even a character's social circumstances&break; make characters show who they are by the things they do and say, and by their individual "style"&break; develop characters readers will love–or love to hate&break; distinguish among major characters, minor characters and walk-ons, and develop each one appropriately&break; choose the most effective viewpoint to reveal the characters and move the storytelling&break; decide how deeply you should explore your characters' thoughts, emotions and attitudes
Download or read book Mogworld written by Yahtzee Croshaw and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2018-05-29 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world full to bursting with would-be heroes, Jim couldn't be less interested in saving the day. His fireballs fizzle. He's awfully grumpy. Plus, he's been dead for about sixty years. When a renegade necromancer wrenches him from eternal slumber and into a world gone terribly, bizarrely wrong, all Jim wants is to find a way to die properly, once and for all. On his side, he's got a few shambling corpses, an inept thief, and a powerful death wish. But he's up against tough odds: angry mobs of adventurers, a body falling apart at the seams — and a team of programmers racing a deadline to hammer out the last few bugs in their AI. *Mogworld is the debut novel from video-game icon Yahtzee Croshaw (Zero Punctuation)! With an exclusive one-chapter preview of Yahtzee Croshaw's next novel, Jam—coming to bookstores in October 2012! *Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw's video review site, Zero Punctuation, receives over 2,500,000 unique hits a month, and has been licensed by G4 Television. *Yahtzee's blog receives about 150,000 hits per day. "The first legitimate breakout hit from the gaming community in recent memory." -Boing Boing
Book Synopsis Wayward Scribe: A Fantasy Short Story by : Jacquelyn Smith
Download or read book Wayward Scribe: A Fantasy Short Story written by Jacquelyn Smith and published by WaywardScribe Press. This book was released on 2011-08-17 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An invading empire. A fallen kingdom. I watch from the shadows at our usurper’s side as history repeats itself. In a game of power and thrones, only a nameless, royal scribe stands to make the difference between the kingdom’s uprising or complete submission. Death lies on both sides of the knife’s edge. And in this game, only the victor can claim to know hero from traitor. A twisting, stand-alone fantasy story by the award-winning author of the World of Lasniniar series, Jacquelyn Smith.
Book Synopsis The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year by : Jonathan Strahan
Download or read book The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year written by Jonathan Strahan and published by Start Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2013-04-18 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In print and on-line, science fiction and fantasy is thriving as never before. A multitude of astonishingly creative and gifted writers are boldly exploring the mythic past, the paranormal present, and the promises and perils of myriad alternate worlds and futures. There are almost too many new and intriguing stories published every year for any reader to be able to experience them all. So how to make sure you haven’t missed any future classics? Award-winning editor and anthologist Jonathan Strahan has surveyed the expanding universes of modern sf and fantasy to find the brightest stars in today’s dazzling literary firmament. From the latest masterworks by the acknowledged titans of the field to fresh visions from exciting new talents, this outstanding collection is a comprehensive showcase for the current state of the art in both science fiction and fantasy. Anyone who wants to know where the future of imaginative short fiction is going, and treat themselves to dozens of unforgettable stories, will find this year’s edition of Best Science Fiction and Fantasy to be just what they’re looking for!
Book Synopsis The Space Between Worlds by : Micaiah Johnson
Download or read book The Space Between Worlds written by Micaiah Johnson and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE • An outsider who can travel between worlds discovers a secret that threatens the very fabric of the multiverse in this stunning debut, a powerful examination of identity, privilege, and belonging. WINNER OF THE COMPTON CROOK AWARD • FINALIST FOR THE LOCUS AWARD • “Gorgeous writing, mind-bending world-building, razor-sharp social commentary, and a main character who demands your attention—and your allegiance.”—Rob Hart, author of The Warehouse ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—NPR, Library Journal, Book Riot Multiverse travel is finally possible, but there’s just one catch: No one can visit a world where their counterpart is still alive. Enter Cara, whose parallel selves happen to be exceptionally good at dying—from disease, turf wars, or vendettas they couldn’t outrun. Cara’s life has been cut short on 372 worlds in total. On this dystopian Earth, however, Cara has survived. Identified as an outlier and therefore a perfect candidate for multiverse travel, Cara is plucked from the dirt of the wastelands. Now what once made her marginalized has finally become an unexpected source of power. She has a nice apartment on the lower levels of the wealthy and walled-off Wiley City. She works—and shamelessly flirts—with her enticing yet aloof handler, Dell, as the two women collect off-world data for the Eldridge Institute. She even occasionally leaves the city to visit her family in the wastes, though she struggles to feel at home in either place. So long as she can keep her head down and avoid trouble, Cara is on a sure path to citizenship and security. But trouble finds Cara when one of her eight remaining doppelgängers dies under mysterious circumstances, plunging her into a new world with an old secret. What she discovers will connect her past and her future in ways she could have never imagined—and reveal her own role in a plot that endangers not just her world but the entire multiverse. “Clever characters, surprise twists, plenty of action, and a plot that highlights social and racial inequities in astute prose.”—Library Journal (starred review)
Book Synopsis Trouble the Saints by : Alaya Dawn Johnson
Download or read book Trouble the Saints written by Alaya Dawn Johnson and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE WORLD FANTASY AWARD “Juju assassins, alternate history, a gritty New York crime story...in a word: awesome.” —N.K. Jemisin, New York Times bestselling author of The Fifth Season The dangerous magic of The Night Circus meets the powerful historical exploration of The Underground Railroad in Alaya Dawn Johnson's timely and unsettling novel, set against the darkly glamorous backdrop of New York City, where an assassin falls in love and tries to change her fate at the dawn of World War II. Amid the whir of city life, a young woman from Harlem is drawn into the glittering underworld of Manhattan, where she’s hired to use her knives to strike fear among its most dangerous denizens. Ten years later, Phyllis LeBlanc has given up everything—not just her own past, and Dev, the man she loved, but even her own dreams. Still, the ghosts from her past are always by her side—and history has appeared on her doorstep to threaten the people she keeps in her heart. And so Phyllis will have to make a harrowing choice, before it’s too late—is there ever enough blood in the world to wash clean generations of injustice? Trouble the Saints is a dazzling, daring novel—a magical love story, a compelling exposure of racial fault lines—and an altogether brilliant and deeply American saga. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Book Synopsis The Language of the Night by : Ursula K. Le Guin
Download or read book The Language of the Night written by Ursula K. Le Guin and published by Ultramarine Publishing. This book was released on 1979 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Ikessar Falcon by : K. S. Villoso
Download or read book The Ikessar Falcon written by K. S. Villoso and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Intricate, intimate, and intensely plotted." - Nicholas Eames on The Wolf of Oren-yaro "The Ikessar Falcon retains the excellent characterization and intrigue of The Wolf of Oren-yaro while expanding both its world and the plot at a head-spinning rate. It does everything the middle book of a trilogy should with an uncommon degree of authorial skill, and is a thoroughly entertaining read in its own right."―BookPage The stunning sequel to The Wolf of Oren-yaro where the queen of a divided land struggles to unite her people. Even if they despise her. K. S. Villoso is a "powerful new voice in fantasy." (Kameron Hurley) The spiral to madness begins with a single push. Abandoned by her people, Queen Talyien's quest takes a turn for the worst as she stumbles upon a plot deeper and more sinister than she could have ever imagined, one that will displace her king and see her son dead. The road home beckons, strewn with a tangled web of deceit and impossible horrors that unearth the nation's true troubles - creatures from the dark, mad dragons, and men with hearts hungry for power. To save her land, Talyien must confront the myth others have built around her: Warlord Yeshin's daughter, symbol of peace, warrior and queen, and everything she could never be. The price of failure is steep. Her friends are few. And a nation carved by a murderer can only be destined for war. The Chronicles of the Wolf Queen The Wolf of Oren-yaro The Ikessar Falcon The Dragon of Jin-Sayeng
Book Synopsis People of the Book by : Rachel Swirsky
Download or read book People of the Book written by Rachel Swirsky and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects twenty short stories of Jewish science fiction and fantasy from the 2000s, including Eliot Fintushel's "How the Little Rabbi Grew," Neil Gaiman's "The Problem of Susan," Tamar Yellin's "Reuben," and others.
Book Synopsis The City on the Other Side by : Mairghread Scott
Download or read book The City on the Other Side written by Mairghread Scott and published by First Second Books. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Isabel breached an invisible barrier her world completely changed.
Book Synopsis Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by : Kim Fu
Download or read book Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century written by Kim Fu and published by Tin House Books. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The strange and wonderful define Kim Fu’s story collection, where the line between fantasy and reality fades in and out, elusive and beckoning." —The New York Times Book Review A LitHub, ALTA, and PureWow Best Book of the Month A BuzzFeed and WIRED Pick for a Book You Need to Read This Winter In the twelve unforgettable tales of Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century, the strange is made familiar and the familiar strange, such that a girl growing wings on her legs feels like an ordinary rite of passage, while a bug-infested house becomes an impossible, Kafkaesque nightmare. Each story builds a new world all its own: a group of children steal a haunted doll; a runaway bride encounters a sea monster; a vendor sells toy boxes that seemingly control the passage of time; an insomniac is seduced by the Sandman. These visions of modern life wrestle with themes of death and technological consequence, guilt and sexuality, and unmask the contradictions that exist within all of us. Mesmerizing, electric, and wholly original, Kim Fu’s Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century blurs the boundaries of the real and fantastic, offering intricate and surprising insights into human nature.
Book Synopsis Void Walker Lasniniar Collection by : Jacquelyn Smith
Download or read book Void Walker Lasniniar Collection written by Jacquelyn Smith and published by WaywardScribe Press. This book was released on 2020-05-14 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Felara always gets her way. ...Especially when it comes to Iarion—whether he likes it, or not. Her obsession with the wandering elf drives her almost beyond reason. And her god-like powers make it nearly impossible for anyone to stand in her way. Follow Iarion and Barlo beyond the boundaries of Lasniniar in his collection from the World of Lasniniar epic fantasy series by award-winning author, Jacquelyn Smith. This collection includes one novel and two shorts: Void Walker: A Novel of Lasniniar (The World of Lasniniar Book 7) Legends of Lasniniar: Quicksilver Legends of Lasniniar: Goddess Almighty Void Walker: A Novel of Lasniniar (The World of Lasniniar Book 7) Felara’s obsession with Iarion knows no bounds. Barlo knows the Unborn woman would do anything if she thought it in his elf friend’s best interest. Absolutely anything. And Barlo can do no less. With Lasniniar in chaos and Iarion named as the culprit, Felara comes to Barlo for help. ...Little does the dwarf realize just what his aid might cost him. Journey beyond the World of Lasniniar and into the unknown in this seventh novel in the epic fantasy series. Legends of Lasniniar: Quicksilver (Short Story) Hero of Lasniniar. Dwarvenhome’s Chief of Clans. Barlo can claim both these titles, and more. (But never ‘Master Chef.’) Brave, stubborn, and loyal to a fault, he takes pride in his judgment of character. And he holds no qualms about sharing his opinions. (Much to his elf friend Iarion’s chagrin.) ...Even when it means he must tell an unwelcome truth. A stand-alone story of the infamous Barlo and Iarion from the World of Lasniniar epic fantasy series. Legends of Lasniniar: Goddess Almighty (Short Story) Felara watches over the Light Elves’ wood from above, unseen. She knows Iarion wanders somewhere beneath the ancient trees. Willful, mercurial, and more than a bit fey, some of her Unborn siblings consider her in danger of becoming obsessed with the elf that freed them from the Void. Others might even argue she crossed that line some time ago. None of that matters to Felara. She follows a vision only she can see. A stand-alone origin story from the World of Lasniniar epic fantasy series.
Book Synopsis Fantasy Short Story Collection by : Shirley Vallee Hiter
Download or read book Fantasy Short Story Collection written by Shirley Vallee Hiter and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-09-17 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five wonderous fanatsy and science fiction stories. Delve into another time, and another world. Stories with magic beyond imagination.
Book Synopsis Fantasy Short Story Collection Volume 1 by : Connor Whiteley
Download or read book Fantasy Short Story Collection Volume 1 written by Connor Whiteley and published by CGD Publishing. This book was released on with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 4 enthralling action packed fantasy short stories in one great collection! BUY NOW! Dragon Rider An Exiled Prince. A New Problem. A Dragon Training Facility. Dragons need Riders. Exiled Dragon Rider Cato loves dragons. He trains them. He waits for a recruit. But what trouble does the recruit bring? If you enjoy enthralling unputdownable epic fantasy short stories with a wonderful romantic twist, you’ll love this! Emissary of Blood A Diplomatic Mission. A Lust for Blood. A Cult to Kill them all. I always serve my Empress. I love my country. When a mission goes wrong, all seems lost. Can I survive and stop the threat? Or will I lose everything to the Bloody Hand? The Bloodied Rose An old man. A dead body. A conspiracy to burn a country. Alvis always serves his Empress. Regardless of the trouble he finds. Discovering a dead body is normal for Alvis. Especially on a diplomatic mission for his Empress. Yet the Bloodied Rose on the body is weird. Can Alvis unravel the conspiracy before war is declared and innocent people die? If you love action-packed urban fantasy adventures. You will love this fantasy short story. Feline of The Lost An exiled soldier. A land of enemies. A Feline his only hope. Trevis loves his country as a soldier. Trevis walks the desert alone. He knows he deserves it. Trevis disgraces his country with his actions. Can he find salvation? Can he fight for his country a final time? Or will he die forgotten and unloved in a hostile country? If you love action packed, page turning fantasy short stories with twists giving you the perfect escape, you need this great short story! BUY IT NOW!
