Download or read book Fellowship Fantastic written by Martin H. Greenberg and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2008-01-02 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 13 new stories about TESTING the bonds of fellowship on fantastical worlds The bonds of friendship and fellowship are key to many fine fantasy and science fiction novels, most notably Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring. Now top tale-spinners offer their own unique takes on fellowship in thirteen original stories, featuring a girl who finds her best friend through a portal to another world, an adventure on an alternate Earth where a not-quite Holmes and Watson take on a fascinating challenge, a group of urban mages playing the "True Game" for high stakes, a squire determined to help his master's ghost fulfill his final mission, and more. Together, these stories dramatically illustrate how fellowships can alter destiny and change worlds.
Download or read book Fellowship Point written by Alice Elliott Dark and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-07-05 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER “Engrossing...studded with wisdom about long-held bonds.” —People, Book of the Week “Enthralling, masterfully written...rich with social and psychological insights.” —The New York Times Book Review “A magnificent storytelling feat.” —The Boston Globe The “utterly engrossing, sweeping” (Time) story of a lifelong friendship between two very different “superbly depicted” (The Wall Street Journal) women with shared histories, divisive loyalties, hidden sorrows, and eighty years of summers on a pristine point of land on the coast of Maine, set across the arc of the 20th century. Celebrated children’s book author Agnes Lee is determined to secure her legacy—to complete what she knows will be the final volume of her pseudonymously written Franklin Square novels; and even more consuming, to permanently protect the peninsula of majestic coast in Maine known as Fellowship Point. To donate the land to a trust, Agnes must convince shareholders to dissolve a generations-old partnership. And one of those shareholders is her best friend, Polly. Polly Wister has led a different kind of life than Agnes: that of a well-off married woman with children, defined by her devotion to her husband, a philosophy professor with an inflated sense of stature. She strives to create beauty and harmony in her home, in her friendships, and in her family. Polly soon finds her loyalties torn between the wishes of her best friend and the wishes of her three sons—but what is it that Polly wants herself? Agnes’s designs are further muddied when an enterprising young book editor named Maud Silver sets out to convince Agnes to write her memoirs. Agnes’s resistance cannot prevent long-buried memories and secrets from coming to light with far-reaching repercussions for all. “An ambitious and satisfying tale” (The Washington Post), Fellowship Point reads like a 19th-century epic, but it is entirely contemporary in its “reflections on aging, writing, stewardship, legacies, independence, and responsibility. At its heart, Fellowship Point is about caring for the places and people we love...This magnificent novel affirms that change and growth are possible at any age” (The Christian Science Monitor).
Download or read book Gamer Fantastic written by Martin H. Greenberg and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2009-07-07 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let the games begin! These thirteen original stories by veterans of the fantasy realms take role-playing games and universes to a whole new level. From a teenager who finds a better future in virtual reality; to a private investigator hired to find a dying man's grandson in the midst of a virtual reality theme park; from a person gifted with the power to pull things out of books into the real world; to a psychologist using fantasy role-playing to heal his patients; from a gaming convention where the real winners may not be who they seem to be; to a multi-layered role-playing game that leads participants from reality to reality and games within games-these imaginative and fascinating new tales will captivate both lovers of original fantasy and anyone who has ever fallen under the spell of role-playing games.
Download or read book Catopolis written by Martin H. Greenberg and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2008-12-02 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventeen original stories about the ?city of cats? Set in a world that exists on the same plane as humans, yet is hidden from us, Catopolis introduces readers to an assortment of cats, ranging from a feline Seer who must take destiny into her own paws to defeat a dictatorial tomcat thug...to a black cat who can call upon the powers of the ?big cats? to wage a war against evil...to a cat who would be king...to the ins and outs of cat politics and the perils of using mice as ballots...to a cat burglar looking for a musical treasure for his ?boss.?
Download or read book Front Lines written by Denise Little and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2008-05-06 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War—what is it good for? It’s good for 19 all-new tales from the battlefield... Nineteen all-new tales that look at war from the perspective of everyone from human to alien, pixie to toy. From epic intergalactic struggles for the future of humankind to the microcosm of a single abandoned toy soldier in a boy’s backyard; from a chemical experiment gone horribly wrong to a young recruit who may hold the key to “understanding” the enemy; from a half-mortal knight trying to avert a war with the Elfin Host to a Battle of Trenton fought against seven-foot tall Saurians, Front Lines brings together a diverse array of imaginative explorations of the phenomenon of war.
Download or read book Future Americas written by John Helfers and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2008-06-03 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Predicting the future has long been a cornerstone of science fiction. Now seventeen farseeing authors have taken up the challenge of gazing into the future and seeing where America may be the day after tomorrow. From an America where history has become myth and misinformation amid the ruins of a once-vast land...to a place where the only existence for genetic misfits is as slaves to the "Gawders"...to a company intent on cloning the world's species, both extinct and endangered, back to a balanced ecosystem, here are original stories that will have readers thinking about the future, and about how their own actions now could make a difference tomorrow.
Download or read book The Dimension Next Door written by Martin H. Greenberg and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 13 original stories about the realities just around the corner... Movements glimpsed out of the corner of your eye, inexplicable sounds, knowledge for which there is no rational explanation, dreams that seem as real as our own everyday life-products of overactive imaginations, or unexpected glimpses into dimensions beyond our own? Join thirteen intrepid writers as they explore those unknown territories that may be found in any of countless Dimensions Next Door. From a Celtic knot maze that could trap an unwary archaeologist; to an Internet site that offers to bring karmic balance into one man's life; to a man bespelled to walk the future in the service of his queen-here are tales of the strange, challenging, and often wondrous worlds just waiting to be discovered by those with the ability to perceive them.
Download or read book We Think Therefore We Are written by Peter Crowther and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2009-01-06 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen original stories about our fear of and fascination with artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence has captured the imaginations of writers, readers, and scientists alike, from Karl Capek?s R.U.R. to Isaac Asimov?s Three Laws of Robotics, from Robby the Robot to The Terminator and The Bicentennial Man, and?of course?Arthur C. Clarke?s Hal 9000. Now some of the most innovative thinkers in science fiction offer an intriguing variety of tales featuring the many forms of AI, from frightening to funny. These authors confront one of contemporary mankind?s deepest concerns?what do we do when the machines we created evolve beyond us?
Download or read book Nebula Awards Showcase 2010 written by Bill Fawcett and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-04-06 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year's best science fiction and fantasy in one essential volume. An annual commemoration, the Nebula Awards are presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America to those members whose imaginations refine and re-define the infinite storytelling possibilities found within the genre. The Nebula Awards Showcase represents the best of the best in fantasy in one indispensible collection. This year's compilation includes stories by: ?Ursula K. LeGuin ?Catherine Asaro ?John Kessel ?Nina Kiriki Hoffman ?Harry Harrison, this year's Grandmaster
Download or read book Stories That Make History written by Lynn Stephen and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-20 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From covering the massacre of students at Tlatelolco in 1968 and the 1985 earthquake to the Zapatista rebellion in 1994 and the disappearance of forty-three students in 2014, Elena Poniatowska has been one of the most important chroniclers of Mexican social, cultural, and political life. In Stories That Make History, Lynn Stephen examines Poniatowska's writing, activism, and political participation, using them as a lens through which to understand critical moments in contemporary Mexican history. In her crónicas—narrative journalism written in a literary style featuring firsthand testimonies—Poniatowska told the stories of Mexico's most marginalized people. Throughout, Stephen shows how Poniatowska helped shape Mexican politics and forge a multigenerational political community committed to social justice. In so doing, she presents a biographical and intellectual history of one of Mexico's most cherished writers and a unique history of modern Mexico.
Download or read book Imaginary Friends written by John Marco and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2008-09-02 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen original stories about friends conjured in times of need We?ve all had them. We?ve all needed them. In this fun fantasy anthology, readers are given thirteen variations on what kinds of friends come in handy indeed in times of need. From a toy Canadian Mountie who suddenly comes to life, to a boy and his dragon, to a young woman held captive in a tower and the mysterious being who is her only companion, these highly imaginative tales entertainingly explore the nature of what constitutes a ?real? friendship.
Download or read book The American Odd Fellow written by and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lest Our Passage Be Forgotten Other Stories written by Bradley P. Beaulieu and published by Quillings Literary. This book was released on 2013-05-29 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With The Winds of Khalakovo, Bradley P. Beaulieu established himself as a talented new voice in epic fantasy. In his premiere short story collection, Beaulieu demonstrates his ability to weave tales that explore other worlds in ways that are at once bold, imaginative, and touching. Lest Our Passage Be Forgotten & Other Stories collects seventeen stories that range from the epic to the heroic, some in print for the first time, including two new stories set in the world of The Lays of Anuskaya.
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Download or read book The Little Red Book of Adoration written by Carolyn Williams and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wanted to feel closer to God while praying? Have you ever been praying and felt like God did not hear you and your prayers go unanswered? Have you ever started your prayer time telling God about his amazement and wonderous ways? Sometimes, we start our prayers asking God for things instead of reminding Him how important He is in our lives. Can you imagine your loved ones coming to you asking for your help and never asking how you are doing?! They only come to you when they want something from you. Well, think how God feels when we do that very thing to Him. We all want to feel appreciated and this powerful little red book is a game changer! Start your prayer time giving God adoration. Open your mouth and voice the words that is in this powerful little red book. I know that your prayer life is getting ready to change for the better. I pray that you are blessed just as praying these words have blessed me and helped me to have a more meaningful relationship with my Daddy God. God wants to hear from you.
Download or read book A Home in His Heart written by Jean Kincaid and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: KAYLA GUERRERO HAS NEVER HAD A HOME So when she inherits her grandmother's place in the Rio Grande Valley, she settles in for good—until her tall, dark and handsome neighbor offers to buy her out. She tells Marcelo Fuentes she'll never leave. Marc offers to buy Kayla's land because her house is gone. He doesn't have the heart to tell her she's living in his storage building. Soon the rancher is falling for the feisty newcomer, and is unprepared for her fury when she learns the truth. How will Marc convince Kayla that the only home she needs is…in his heart?
Download or read book Fellow Captains written by Sarah Norcliffe Cleghorn and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
