King Arthur is one of the greatest legends of all time. The story of Arthur is a complex, and has been written by numerous writers for different purposes over a dozen centuries. To some, King Arthur was a mythic figure, never having lived, created to establish a line of descent. To others, King Arthur was a composite of numerous men who'd fought against the Saxon wave of immigration and invasion. They assert that Arthur was made from portions of each man, conflated and inflated in achievem...

After centuries of constant war the dwarves have outlasted every invader until now. Orcs and most other races have joined forces to crush the dwarves of the Empire of Stone. In epic poem and narrative prose, the story of the last stand of the Empire is told. An epic and violent tale, this is a conflict to end all conflicts.

Catastrophic Discoveries is not a book about great moments in science or exploration. It is a series of short stories and verse describing what happens when humanity discovers the children of Cthulhu living upon the Earth, and the curse of their existence here. Horror comes in many places, but when you are alone and find out humans are not alone upon this world, the only word that fits is catastrophe.

'To paraphrase the famous words of the Three Great Shoguns of Japan:"Little Bird - if you do not read this book, you will miss something good in the wind."In these stories and excerpts Alex and Josh show their deep interest in samurai, and approach the subject with the respect and sophistication due to the twofold Way of the pen and the sword.'—Sean Michael Wilson, author of manga versions of The Book of Five Rings and The 47 Ronin"Stories as sharp as a samu...

Long ago in distant lands, a great explosion struck the heart of the Daggar Mountain range, causing every race and city, as well as nearly all animal and plant life, to collapse.Seven-hundred years later there are very few who dare venture to the Winterlands. The elves massed a great evacuation going eastward across the ocean, and the Dwarves tunneled their way underground in a ten-year mass effort called the great migration. The humans by and large tried to adapt but couldn't. Som...

A new version of this much-loved anthology, with a brand-new story featuring the brand-new Thirteenth Doctor from literary sensation Naomi Alderman!Twelve wonderful tales of adventure, science, magic, monsters and time travel - featuring all twelve Doctors - are waiting for you in this very special Doctor Who book.And now they're joined by a very exciting, and very exclusive, new tale - written by Naomi Alderman, author of The Power - that...

Twelve bestselling authors, twelve Doctors, twelve brilliant adventures in time and space for all Doctor Who fans!This collection features all twelve original Doctor Who eshort stories, covering each of the twelve Doctors and written by a selection of wonderful children's authors.

Strange. Beautiful. Shocking. Surreal.APEX MAGAZINE is a digital dark science fiction and fantasy genre zine that features award-winning short fiction, essays, and interviews. Established in 2009, our fiction has won several Hugo and Nebula Awards.EDITORIALEditorial by Jason SizemoreORIGINAL FICTIONThe Life & Death of Mia Fremont by A.K. HudsonThis Is the Moment, Or One of Them by Mari NessThrow Rug by Aurelius Raines IIMi...

The Queen of Scottish Gangland Thrillers is back!Donnie Black. Charming, successful... and utterly terrifying, he rules the Glasgow underworld with an iron fist. Nothing - or no one - will stop him and he's not afraid to get his hands dirty to grow his fortune.Layla Black. She's been married to Donnie for twenty years, enjoying the lavish world he has worked hard to create. But behind the perfect image, Layla is crumbling, numbing her pain with alcohol. But Layla doesn't kn...

Die Neuauflage der Jubiläumskollektion - mit zwei neuen Geschichten! Ein spannendes Abenteuer von jeder Inkarnation des Doktors - von einigen der berühmtesten Autoren unserer Galaxie: Eoin Colfer, Neil Gaiman, Richelle Mead, Charlie Higson uvm.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Doctor Who: 12 Doctors 12 Stories.A brand-new Twelfth Doctor story for a brand-new Twelfth Doctor!Following on from the success of the 50th anniversary paperback anthology, 11 Doctors 11 Stories, this highly-acclaimed collection of short Doctor Who stories contains all of the original eleven adventures plus an exciting new Twelfth Doctor story written by bestselling US author, Holly Black.

Different for Boys Ant Stevenson has many questions, like when did he stop being a virgin? Are there degrees of virginity? And is it different for boys? Especially for boys who like boys? Ant tries to figure out the answers to his questions as he balances his relationships with three very different boys: Charlie, who is both virulently homophobic and yet close friends with Ant; Jack, whose camp behaviour makes him the target of Charlie's rage; and finally Freddie, who just wants Ant to try...