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81) Goblin War Chief
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The day of reckoning has arrived.
But what use does a goblin war party have for a sage-in-training?
Thistle will go to any lengths to get payback on the humans who murdered her family and to ensure that such a tragedy will never happen again.
Leading the goblins is the warrior Noe. Her solution to the human problem? Kill them all, or at least drive them away from the goblin homeland.
As Thistle will discover, the world has changed since the goblins...
83) Strainge Times
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In these five stories, a woman is drawn to a shop that looks like an antique store; she's looking for furnishings for her home in the French Quarter, where she lived a very, very long time ago. Jim Cable has been sent to stabilize the Grenlow, a Morgan-class interplanetary transport, and bring it home. The engine room holds a mystery he didn't bargain for. Marco and the author chase down Joey Bones to teach him a lesson. Joey's been trash talkin'...
84) The Ringers
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Every time a bell rings, someone's going to die.
Around Christmas, many towns and villages are full of wonder and magic, full of smiling people who live to spread seasonal joy. But in the dreary village of Dekwood, the midnight bells are ringing once again...
The days are silent and the nights are filled with terror in the little village. Adults and children alike hide under their covers when the jingling bells sound. No one wishes to hear...
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"THE BLOOD OF WINTER" is a dark fantasy about a soldier with the premonition of Death trying to stop a brutal king from spilling enough blood to wake an ancient darkness imprisoned beyond the stars.Winter could remember Death's voice in the womb. It calls to him still, filling his mind with visions of all the ways he can die. King Drohn's conquest is destroying everything and everyone, leaving the world in ruin. Branded a traitor and forced to escape...
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Vampires and werewolves and zombies, oh my! But not how you'd usually expect them. How about a retelling of The Three Little Pigs were the wolves aren't exactly what they seem? Or a warrior who's getting a little long in the tooth facing an unbeatable elder foe? Or a blood-sucking fiend who'd like to tell you her origin story-if you can believe a word of what she says. Award-winning writer Annie Reed puts her unique twist on these updated stories...
87) Dusk Travellers
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A town in the desert of Australia once known for the heavy industries of mining and steel has a new glamorous attraction. A prison where the worst criminals aren't just locked away but are used to satisfy the hungers of a new type of visitor, vampires. With the steady influx of vampires, the town must struggle with its new identity as humans and vampires fight to control the hottest new tourist destination, The Vamp Strip. Detective Jenkins is a local...
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"Whispers of The Forgotten" In a quaint seaside town, mysterious whispers from the past echo through the narrow streets, drawing a curious young woman named Amelia into a world filled with forgotten secrets. Each chapter unravels a different aspect of the town's history, revealing hidden connections between its residents and a long-lost relic that holds the key to their intertwined fates. As Amelia delves deeper, she discovers love, betrayal, and...
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Galen is an innkeep, a humble man who cares about his work and his patrons.He also lives on the edge of a haunted forest.One inhabited by a fell wizard far too many of his guests are intent to meet.Despite Galen's warnings and admonitions, most travelers passing through his doors only stay long enough to ask a few questions before entering the dark wood.Far too few come back.These are the tales of some of those adventurers who return.These are the...
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Years after a mysterious plague wipes out humanity, Halley Clarke leaves the safety of home to search for other survivors. She finds Nate Reynolds, a young man devastated by loneliness and despair. Instantly, there is an inexplicable connection between them, and it becomes clear that this was no ordinary virus. They soon discover they aren't the only ones changed by the virus or guided by strange feelings or voices. Their lives and the survival of...
91) Royal Secrets
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On the hunt to take down the Falcar and stop Halo from rising, Sophie stops at nothing, even risking her life as she travels to a lost city in the Rainforest to obtain an ancient sword.
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In a world dominated by the austere religion Ixmarity, a charismatic prophet arises – Resenence Jeopardy. Once a vibrancer of the Ixmaritian Church, a sacred dancer, Jeopardy has escaped his bonds of faith and is drawing the sons and daughters of the rich families of Gleberune to his heretical movement. The Church moves against him and his followers with increasing zeal and cruelty.Lucien Earthlight, also a former vibrancer, is obsessed with Jeopardy...
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Navvy Dypes is twenty-seven years old and lives at the bottom of a swimming pool in Palm Springs, California. By an "act of will," he has changed himself into a fish-complete with gills and scales-much to the chagrin of his father, who devises an insidious cure for his son's affliction. But Navvy is determined to retain his new identity, for it is only in the water that his consciousness expands beyond the limits of the human sensibility. A trip to...
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People send their dreams and wishes floating down the Mae Ping River with the hope that those dreams will be captured, read and come true. It is a surprise what some wish for and why. One can never know what's inside someone's heart - what they really truly want, and those dreams sometimes reveal our true selves.
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I don't like to think about the past. But, I cannot stop remembering my son.
Emma Nightingale prefers to remain grounded in reality as much as possible. Yet she's willing to indulge her nine year-old son Rupert's fascination with trains, as it brings him closer to his father, Gunnar, from whom she is separated. Once a month, Gunnar and Rupert venture out to follow the rails and watch the trains pass. Their trips have been pleasant, if uneventful,...
96) Reaper Girl
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Leliel is a grim reaper who made a mistake. She tried to reap the soul of a man who wasn't dead, and now she has to fight the Underworld to get it back...and somehow resist falling in love with him at the same time.
Originally appeared in Under Her Protection: Stories of Women to the Rescue.
97) Fury
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As Lady Champion, Bethany has always made the big sacrifices, the ones that plague her with nightmares so that others can sleep. Trapped behind enemy lines and powerless to take down the barrier surrounding the Magi army, Bethany struggles to keep herself and her small team of soldiers alive — no matter the cost. However, when Apexia's daughters discover the true source of Magic, Bethany is forced to make the biggest sacrifice imaginable in the...
98) Campout
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An abandoned town, a forgotten graveyard and sleeping demons waiting to trap the unwary await a group of teens preparing for a memorable summer campout.
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Finding true love, mastering angelic genes, enjoying vampire life - pure bliss. Or so Jade thought until vampire high council member Lobelia Glasston upturns Jade and Shane's happy ending, sending it crashing down around them. Shane is forbidden by vampire law to love Jade. Lobelia knows Jade is different, a supernatural weapon; however, she is missing a few crucial details, like the fact that she is a vampire-angel hybrid. Will she break them down...
100) Axe and Emerald
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Rhone McLean can only watch his entire world burn as his wife's lifeless body disappears into the raging inferno. A mysterious cowboy in black emerges from the ashes of Rhone's home with a message of hope. His words push McLean into a quest to free Clara, but how much of himself is he ready to sacrifice?
As the nation heals from the deep wounds of a bloody Civil War, McLean ventures into the underbelly of the Western frontier. Here, Rhone must confront...
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