Fantasy

For once, Joanne Walker's not out to save the world. She's come to terms with the host of shamanic powers she's been given, her job as a police detective has been relatively calm, and she's got a love life for the first time in memory. Not bad for a woman who started out the year mostly dead. But it's Halloween, and the undead have just crashed Joanne's party. Now, with her mentor Coyote still missing, she has to figure out how to break the spell that has let the ghosts, zombies and even the Wi... more info>>

Bree-Anna, a witch, has been searching for true love her whole life, with no success, thanks to Gerard, a warlock. As her two-hundredth birthday approaches, she has given up and knows she must face Gerard and culmination of the curse he put on her. If she doesn't find true love, she must marry Gerard or give him her powers. She flees Gerard and moves to Los Angeles to reinvent herself. There she meets Quinton Lawrey, a man whom she knows she can love. He comes under her spell and wants nothing m... more info>>

In this second book of the Witch Clan series, Emma Silverlock is the current matriarch of her ancient clannad and has two new mentors for her ten year old, hybrid grandson. The first to come is John Little Fox, a Mohawk, ex-commando from the Korean Conflict, who gives Johnny his first taste of martial arts training. His next mentor is the mysterious Sidhe Master Shabriri and his assistant. In order not to violate world treaties, they conduct Johnny's Sidhe training out-of-body, where he is whisk... more info>>

This is not a typical Marion Zimmer Bradley novel; it's the result of a bet between her and Don Wollheim, who edited her Darkover novels at DAW Books. Additionally, it's her response to the Gor novels that were also being published by DAW. So, yes, this book does start out with a heroine who has been captured and is being sold as a slave, who has amnesia and remembers nothing of her life before the trip across the desert with the slavers - and, due to a head injury, remembers mercifully little o... more info>>

In a land brought to life by warriors and lovers, war and honor, the legendary tower, Tornor Keep, is invaded by raiders. No longer the watchtower at the winter end of a summer land, Tornor turns to a young prince with the hopes that he might protect the future of the enchanting land.

Amid assassinations, rebellions, and the pyres of too many dead, a new government forms in the land of Shaftal--a government of soldiers and farmers, scholars and elemental talents, all weary of war and longing for peace. But some cannot forget their losses, and some cannot imagine a place for themselves in an enemy land. Before memory, before recorded history, something happened that now must be remembered. Zanja na'Tarwein, the crosser of boundaries, born in fire and wedded to earth, has falle... more info>>

After a year of coasting rather that living, destroyed by her boyfriend Eliot's death, Shane Valentine matriculates into his college. She begins to build a new life as a college freshman, only to have it stolen from her one night, when she is trying to drown her sorrows at the bottom of a daiquiri. She wakes the next day in a strange apartment with three scars she can't remember and a bloody shirt. On her walk of shame in stolen clothes, she realizes that no one aside for her roommate Rosely... more info>>

Grimm Afelnor, the youngest Mage Questor in Arnor House, has sworn to expunge the stain from his reviled family name. Grimm's arduous first Quest with his best friend, Dalquist, seems simple enough at first: to retrieve a magical gem from a magic-using Baron. Along the way, Grimm has to kill a man, destroy a demon, conquer unwitting drug addiction and break free of magical infatuation cast by a young witch-nun. Grimm regards the wealth and title of Baron as more than ample recompense for his pai... more info>>

With both the traitorous Kazan and the hated White Sister Malgora now dead, Kitarisa and High Prince Assur begin their new life together. However, once they return home to Daeamon Keep, trouble begins again. One by one, the Sacred Weapons, the holiest symbols of the three dominant tribes in Talesia, have been stolen. Evidence points to the Qualani People, savage nomads of the north, who, so far, have kept a tenuous peace with the Talesians. But Prince Assur and his uncle, the Swordmaster, Ramele... more info>>

This is what happens when you ignore the instructions...

Liza Tarvie is an apprentice weaver, but when her weaving mistress dies she must find a job until she can secure a new apprenticeship. Work in the city of Graybury is hard to come by, though. Discouraged, Liza visits the temple of the wolf-headed god Sikivis, known as "Eraser of Worries," where she meets a monk who suggests she look for work as a spinner. That afternoon Liza finds a job at Grayson's Spinsters. She enjoys the work, but begins to be troubled by dreams of spinning black thread--... more info>>

The 357th issue of Weird Tales magazine is a celebration of short fiction, with a selection of great new stories. As evidence of the awesome weirdness in store for you here at Weird Tales, just take a closer look at this issue in your hands. Karen Heuler is back with another wild tale; this time about an unsatisfied woman. Be careful what you wish for, especially when your wish comes from a fish. And J. Robert Lennon invites us to cross through "The Portal" from our world into various others. K... more info>>

Since mankind crept out of the caves, violence and injustice has been a common thread. And since those early times, the most harmed have called out for justice. For those most harmed, most in need, a strange object offers hope. Made from the skin of its first owner, the Skullmask provides its wearer with the knowledge, skill, speed, and intelligence of the countless others who have called on its power. But the Skullmask demands its price, and the Skullmask only appears when all else fails, and i... more info>>

When the Princess of the Elven kingdom is taken by a Well Spirit, the Elven King enlists the aid of Avari, the heroic Water Nix who was instrumental in the fall of Veemox the Ur'hunglav only months before. When Avari's attempt to free the Princess results in Fyrnn being taken by the same Spirit, along with the Princess's best friend, Avari is off on an ocean voyage to a distant, near-mythical island with a reputation from which it earned its name--the Island of Death. Once there, he must con... more info>>

Enter into a kaleidoscope of atmospheres, landscapes, characters, and alien worlds, and along the way meet: * A murderer forced to confess by pressure from his own confederates; * A monstrous creature that slaughters ruthlessly by day, and that by night?dreams; * A psychic vampire with a curiously restrained taste for fine chocolate; * An alien with the inexplicable ability to create beauty?and death; * A world whose polluted environment means extinction for one species?and life renewe... more info>>

As a normal human, Glenda was a failure, with nothing left to live for. But when she hid from a street gang in the yard of a "haunted" house, she discovered that she was not a normal human and that there was a new life waiting for her.

Set on a distant planet, far in the future, WEST OF JANUARY tells the story of a world in which the sun moves across the sky with agonizing slowness. It takes lifetimes for a region to experience dawn, midday and dusk and because of this the planet's population does not remember the catastrophes that occur as the sun moves across the sky--entire civilizations have been scorched into oblivion. The only people who remember the dangers of the past are the planet's "angels"--a people who have tried ... more info>>

Westchester Station. An interdimensional train depot lying somewhere between Chicago and eternity. I, Robert Winstead, was brought here by someone I did not know for some purpose I had yet to discover. But I also knew that only by fulfilling that purpose would I be allowed to leave … assuming I survived the journey. Somewhere among the hallways and denizens of this haunted environment I would find the answer. I had to.

Political correctness can be carried too far--you can give everyone equal rights, but that's a very different thing from making everyone equal.

Far and away from the troubles of our world, resides a place of wonder. A place of birth that holds the crystal waters of creation. Wetbridge: The Tale of the Water Princess is a fantastic tale set in a glorious landscape rich in beauty and adventure. Elexa is a young, stubborn but very beautiful princess. She resides besides her father the king, who is not at all "proper." He rules openly and allows for those of his land to carry on as they should. Others however do not agree with this, and fur... more info>>

This is where Beauty and the Beast meets Cinderella. Beowulf is the handsome warrior of legend from sixth century Daneland. Kyla is a twenty-first-century university student studying the tale of Beowulf in London, England. In a classic case of "be careful what you wish for" Kyla opens her dormitory door to the Viking hero, who has been misplaced in her century by a quirky witch. The flames of passion begin from here, where the love between them is unstoppable. Beowulf immerses himself in the mo... more info>>

After defeating an evil sorceress and warlock, banishing a demon and even battling a psychic vampire, Eli Hawke would get a break. But no such luck, vampires are a lot harder to kill, especially when they have magick running through their viens. And if he thought Henry was tough to fight before, now's even harder, especially after his soul swapped bodies before death could claim him. Then there's his faery Guardian Selena. After living nearly a thousand years she's decided she wants to settle d... more info>>

King of Kings, Lord over Men and Demons Alike: Only one ruler had ever held that title, and now Iraj Protarus, an orphaned prince exiled to a small village high in the Valley of the Clouds, dreamed of being the next great conqueror. The key to his destiny would be Safar Timura, a youth with an awesome gift for sorcery, whose visions foretold Iraj's rise to power. And in those visions, Safar stood at Iraj's side, his soul-blasting spells enabling his friend to attain his dreams. But Safar had oth... more info>>

To him, Earth was a prison of the mind and body. Only on the world of the Green Star would he walk -- in the borrowed body of a primitive youth. A thrilling adventure in the grand tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs, as only Lin Carter can tell it! This edition includes an afterword by Lin Carter.

Fledging guardian angel and yoga teacher Serena St. Clair dares enter Devil's Paradise nightclub on a mission-to retrieve the wayward Hollywood "It Boy" she's assigned to protect. But she's ambushed by the club's owner, arch demon Julian Ascher. The most powerful demonic entity in Los Angeles, Julian is handsome as sin, a master of temptation who loves nothing more than corrupting pleasure-seeking humans. He won't release the lost soul Serena is supposed to guard. Unless she accepts his dangerou... more info>>