Ergebnis für "Songs" in Anthologien & Kurzgeschichten

Two terrifying classics by “the best kept secret in contemporary horror fiction” (The Washington Post) Thomas Ligotti’s debut collection, Songs of a Dead Dreamer, and his second, Grimscribe, permanently inscribed a new name in the pantheon of horror fiction. Influenced by the strange...

The anthology Songs of the Dying Earth has assembled one of the most distinguished casts of authors ever - including Dan Simmons, Neil Gaiman, George R. R. Martin, Paula Volsky, Mike Resnick, Robert Silverberg, Lucius Shepard, Tad Williams, Tanith Lee, Liz Williams, Glen Cook, and eleven other famous writers - to write stories in honor of the genius of Jack Vance, stories using the bizarre and darkly beautiful far future setting of the Dying Earth, near the very end of Earth's lifespan.

A newborn’s absent face appears on the back of someone else’s head, a filmmaker goes to gruesome lengths to achieve the silence he’s after for his final scene, and a therapist begins, impossibly, to appear in a troubled patient's room late at night. In these stories of doubt, delusion, and paranoia, no belief, no claim to objectivity, is immune to the distortions of human perception. Here, self-deception is a means of justifying our most inhuman impulses—whether we know it or not.

June 1958 issue of If. It was later expanded into the novel of the same name. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most-influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

A collection of stories from the most famous Western author of all time! Desert Death-Song is a compilation of some of Louis L’Amour’s greatest stories, many of which might otherwise be difficult to find. Whether he was writing under his early pen name, Jim Mayo, or his own, L’Amour’s stories are unforgettable, touching on rough and rugged American ideals, and set in the untamable frontier of the Western United States.

Willkommen auf dem Konzert der Band "Treehouse Promises"! Hier erwarten euch dramatische und mitreißende Liebesgeschichten. TEIL 1: ONLY ONE SONG (gelesen von Emilia Weinert) "We're all born as dreamers ..." Bei ihrem Nebenjob in einem Londoner Club lernt Theo den gutaussehenden Winston kennen. Der Kerl, den sie erst für die Thekenaushilfe und das perfekte Klischee eines Instagrammodels hält, entpuppt sich als Drummer der aufstrebenden Band "Treehouse Promises".

In this lyrical and deeply moving tale, Ingo Swann weaves a story of love, memory, and reincarnation — of souls who find one another again and again across lifetimes, carried by the invisible winds of destiny. Through radiant, visionary prose, Swann explores the mystery of consciousness and the unseen threads that bind one life to another. Fictional yet deeply personal, The Windy Song reflects his lifelong inquiry into the enduring journey of the soul — and the gentle forces of love that guide it.

Thirty original stories - each inspired by a Janis Ian song - from some of the biggest names in science fiction and fantasy, including: Tad Williams, Harry Turtledove, Orson Scott Card, Joe Haldeman, John Varley, Mercedes Lackey, Judith Tarr, Janis Ian, and others.

A SONG OF WAR Troy: city of gold, gatekeeper of the east, haven of the god-born and the lucky, a city destined to last a thousand years. But the Fates have other plans—the Fates, and a woman named Helen. In the shadow of Troy's gates, all must be reborn in the greatest war of the ancient world...

Infatuation and violence grow between two girls in the enchanting wilderness of postwar Australia as they spin disturbing fantasies to escape their families. Two young men in the midst of the 1968 French student revolts navigate—and at times resist—the philosophical and emotional nature of love. An orphaned boy and his estranged aunt are thrown together on a quiet peninsula at the height of the Troubles in Ireland, where their deeply rooted fear attracts the attention of shape-shifting phantoms of war.

""A dozen interlinked, music-oriented stories set in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, where Garricks was raised... Each songlike story feels like a breakout hit encapsulating the brokenness and the beauty in life’s soundtrack.""—Booklist, starred review “Beautifully woven . . . a magical delight...

Four classic TV novelisations in which the Doctor and friends are witnesses to alien invasion. In Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet, by Gerry Davis, the First Doctor, Ben and Polly help the crew of an Antarctic tracking station as they resist invasion by the Cybermen, intent on enslaving humanity...

Una fotógrafa comprende algo que hubiera preferido no comprender. Un veterano de la guerra de Corea se enfrenta a su pasado durante un encuentro que parecía inofensivo. Tras el hallazgo por internet de un libro de 1887, un escritor acaba descubriendo la vida de una mujer apasionante.

In this moving collection of short stories and essays, Gordon Lee Johnson (Cupeño/Cahuilla) cements his voice not only as a wry commentator on American Indian reservation life but also as a master of fiction writing. In Johnson’s stories, all of which are set on the fictional San Ignacio reservation in Southern California, we meet unforgettable characters like Plato Pena, the Stanford-bound geek who reads Kahlil Gibran during intertribal softball games; hardboiled investigator Roddy Foo; and Etta, whose motto is “early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise”.

In the void of space, alien creatures puppet dead flesh through darkened corridors. A simple date becomes a dance with a shapeshifting horror, while shadow creatures stalk forgotten towns. And in quiet suburban homes, doors to nightmare realms appear in ordinary basements.

It's been a year since Bubba settled things with his crazy brother Jason once and for all, and what a year it's been! The third volume of collected Bubba stories contains more monsters, more inter-dimensional travel, more duels to the death, and more guitar solos than any other season of Bubba yet! Wine, Women, & Song is a collected edition including the novellas Moon over Bourbon Street, Night at the Museum, Midsummer, Oh Bubba, Where Art Thou?

Náidin, a young, dwarven bard, finds himself the target of an assassination plot. He must make it home before the assassin finds him. He is accompanied by Ariena, an elf from the Star Paths who was there at the beginning of his world and the creation of his people. Together, they find their destiny.

Amongst the snow on a late November day in New York City, Alina is struggling to move forward after losing her heart a year before. But through the flakes, on a church's steps, she sees a man with an energy that can thaw any hardship. As their eyes lock, this encounter connects them, giving Alina purpose and Ezra hope. Through the power of music and the light of the Hannukah season, two lost souls find what they need. However, as they learn about each other, is it enough to melt the fate they are frozen in?

Songs of a Befuddled Muse contains thirteen surprising short stories that draw you into the lives of people facing life-changing inflection points in their realities. These stories reflect the quirky nooks and crannies of the author’s mind. They include: a historian who becomes increasingly obsessed with saving a doomed Tudor queen; a dolphin who sees herself in an old prophecy; a future where humans live on separatist worlds—some with excellent pizza.

Songs of the Dead is a collection of 19 short stories with varying themes, ranging from creepy to the supernatural. In “The Dinner Guests,” a man finds himself experiencing an unusual hunger. In “She Had a Good Heart,” a young heart transplant survivor meets her donor's family for the first time. What could go wrong? In “Dobie's Last Ride,” a man finds himself at odds with a seemingly harmless black Lab, who turns out to be a bit less harmless as he first thought. This book contains graphic violence and is not suitable for listeners under the age of 18.