If a human girl is adopted by the fairies, can she ever truly be human again? Or has her life been altered forever beyond reclamation?Taken in by the wood fairy as an infant, Takara lives a blessed life with her friends Mouse and Toad, and especially the tiny orchid mantis known as Hana. Her extraordinarily long life is filled with carefree play and excursions throughout the Enchanted Realm. Given a full education by the Red Dragon, Takara learns of life both within the enchanted w...

Eight short stories. A smorgasbord of bite-sized delights, with a sprinkling of twisted bents and slight undertones of darkness.The Eighth AbigailThe Way Order is MaintainedFrog PrincessAsmund. Here and ThereDust Up at the Sun DownTwenty-Nine SecondsBest Kept SecretDown the Deep Timber

The 43rd issue of Weirdbook, under the editorship of Doug Draa, presents new tales of fantasy and horror in the grand Weird Tales tradition. Included this time are:Short StoriesAn American Story, by Darrell SchweitzerImpervious to Reason, Oblivious to Fate, by John R. FultzThe River, by Sharon CullarsTaking Out the Trash, by by D.C. LozarArthur Wardrobe And Asia Anastacia: A Love Story, by Andrew DarlingtonSnack Time, by Franklyn Searight

Weirdbook #45 continues its mission of celebrating fantasy, horror, and weird fiction, with another jam-packed issue of stories. Here are works by such talents as Adrian Cole, Darrell Schweitzer, Sharon Cullars, and John R. Fultz.The complete lineup:THE DRAGONS OF THE NIGHT, by Darrell SchweitzerLOVE AND SORCERY, by John R. FultzTHE RECKONING, by Sharon CullarsEVERY BONE IN HIS BODY, by Adrian ColeWE WERE X-MEN, by Abdul-Qaadir Taariq Ba...

Prepare to journey inside the pages...Meet a vigilante killer who speaks with the dead. Discover how an opium den in the Comstock becomes a newsman's final story. What secrets hide within the American wilderness? How powerful is a mother's love? Can anyone survive an isle that only welcomes the dead? Do you truly feel secure within the privacy of your own home?The answers to these and more await within these thirteen tiny windows that open to the dark side....

The first Weirdbook Annual -- The Witches MEGAPACK® -- presents a selection of all-new tales of witches! Included this time are:"Thou Shalt Not Suffer," by Matt Neil Hill"No Holds Bard," by Adrian Cole"Laying the Hairy Book," by Josh Reynolds"Here Is Where Your Proud Waves Halt," by Erica Ruppert"Vicious Circles," by Paul Dale Anderson"Assorted Shades of Red," by Franklyn Searight"Strange Days in Old Yandrissa," by John R. Fultz"Fert...

Shallow Waters—where secrets are buried, and nightmares are born.Dive into the depths of darkness with 21 chilling tales of horror and dark fiction in Shallow Waters Vol.4, the anthology series where morbid fates await and nothing stays buried. It's a collection of twisted love, karma, death, and spectral mysteries that promise to tear away the façade of the everyday and expose the haunting truths beneath.Shallow Waters is the official horror and dark ficti...

Weirdbook #36 presents another great assortment of stories and poems in the Weird Tales tradition: fantasy, horror, sword & sorcery, and the just plain unclassifiable find a home here! Included are:Burn on the Bayou, by L.F. FalconerThe Mumbler, by Gillian FrenchCleric at Sentinel Hill, by Franklyn SearightWhores and Criminals, by Dean MacallisterThe Quiet on the Water, by C. C. AdamsThe Haggard Brothers Go to Town, by James PrattThe Awaken...

The Weirdbook Annual returns featuring a Cthulhu Mythos theme. Stories abound featuring our favorite squamish elder god! Full of great fantasy and horror tales! Included this time are:•The Shining Trapezohedron, by Robert M. Price•A Noble Endeavor, by Lucy A. Snyder•Ancient Astronauts, by Cynthia Ward•The Thing in the Pond, by John R. Fultz•Enter The Cobweb Queen, by Adrian Cole•Tricks No Treats, by Paul Dale Anderson•Ronnie and the River, b...

This volume of Wildside Press's Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK® series assembles a second volume of George O. Smith's classic short stories. Here are—“Rat Race”“Alien”“Vocation”“The Answer”“Blind Time”“The Impossible Pirate”“Calling the Empress”“Fine Feathers”“Circle of Confusion”“Identity”“Lost Art”“The Fixer”“The Incredible Invasion”“Trouble Times Two”If you enjoy this volum...

Originally published in WEIRD TALES magazine in the 1930s, here is the complete Doctor Satan series -- fascinating tales about that weird genius of crime who calls himself Doctor Satan. He is no madman, but is as sane as you or I. An immensely rich man, he has turned to crime for the thrill of it, and strikes down those in his path ruthlessly, heartlessly, and thoroughly. He is master of amazing powers that make him the world's weirdest criminal. If you have not yet made the acquaintance o...

“Geoff St. Reynard” was the pseudonym used by Robert Wilson Krepps (1919-1980) for most of his science fiction and fantasy pulp work—he published adventure tales and mainstream stories in higher-paying “slick” magazines like The Saturday Evening Post, which tended to look down on the pulps and avoid stories by their “hack” writers.This volume collects 3 of his novels and two shorter works. Included are:BEWARE, THE USURPERS!BEYOND THE FEARFUL FORESTTHE...