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Für Cruv und Roxane spitzt sich die Lage auf "Coor" gegen den Mord-Magier und dessen teuflische Schlange gefährlich zu. Unterdessen kämpft das restliche Ballard-Team auf dem Meer vor der Küste Cullkirks eine mörderische Schlacht mit den Untoten Piraten. Als dann Mr. Silver auch noch entführt wird und die Jugendlichen dem Lockruf der Zombies verfallen, wird die Situation auch hier immer brenzliger.

Es war uns gelungen, den Todesvogel Paco Benitez und seinen Sohn zurück zur Hölle zu schicken. Doch Benitez hatte uns noch einen Fluch nachgerufen: "Ein Dämon wird kommen und für unsere Rache sorgen! Ihr werdet sterben, alle sterben! Für das, was ihr getan habt!" In New York wurde der Fluch erhört und Rufus, der Dämon mit den 1000 Gesichtern, und seine Satansdragoner machten Jagd auf uns. Rufus schmiedete einen mörderischen Plan und es sah so aus, als würde sich der Fluch des Paco Benitez erfüllen.

In der Nähe von Honkong verschwinden in der sogenannten Höllenbucht immer wieder Menschen. Fritz Baymer, ein Freund Tucker Peckinpahs, bittet Tony Ballard um Hilfe, denn auch sein Sohn und dessen Freundin zählen zu den Vermissten. In der Bucht angekommen, gesellt sich ein mysteriöser Mann zu Tony und Silver, der sich Daryl Crenna nennt. Ehe die drei sich versehen, finden sie sich in Protoc, der Welt der Pavian-Dämonen, wieder. Dort treffen sie nicht nur auf die mörderischen Affenbestien, sondern auch auf Metal, einen Silberdämon, der auf der Seite der Hölle steht, und dessen Partnerin, die dunkle Hexe Arma.

Schwer und klobig stand der Sarg im Keller. Ein Silbersarg war es, der sogar einen Namen hatte. Man nannte ihn den "Sarg der tausend Tode", und das hatte seinen guten Grund, denn wer in diesen Totenbehälter geriet, nahm ein grauenvolles Ende, starb tausend Tode. Es war eine Falle, innen gespickt mit langen, silbernen Stacheln. Metal, der Silberdämon, hatte ihn zurückgelassen. Und in dieser Nacht wurde der Sarg der tausend Tode wieder aktiv.

In the darkest parts of the City of Light, Eva Scott is searching for her brother's killers. She is caught up in a tangle of deception he left behind, facing violent assault, brutal murderers and deeply embedded corporate corruption. At the heart of it is a dirty biotech business making a lethal profit from compromising human health. Behind that, an organisation with a devastating viral blackmail tool. Their targets? Global power, capital and manipulation. And Eva.

Jilly thinks she's figured out how life works. But when her sister Emma is born deaf, she realizes how much she still has to learn. A big fantasy reader, Jilly connects with another fan, Derek, who is African American and a deaf ASL user. She goes to Derek for advice but doesn't always know the best way to ask for it and makes some mistakes along the way. Jilly has to step back to learn to be an ally, a sister, and a friend, understanding that life works in different ways for different people, and that being open to change can make you change in the best possible ways.

I’m Lou Vitalis, dragon-robber, mobster-killer, end-of-the-world-preventer. Big job titles, and it’s hard to fit them on a business card, so most people just know me as “that weird alchemist down the street.” And I’ve got some problems. There’s this angry soul that occasionally takes over my body. I probably could have handled that, but Pandora’s Box is slowly opening in my apartment. Also, an Inkslinger is trying to kill me. Yeah, when it rains, it pours. In my case, it hails.

There’s an underground magical vault, protected by sorcery, security cameras, guards, and whatnot. Think of the most impenetrable place in the world. Now triple it. It belongs to a dragon, and I was hired to break into it and steal his hoard. I might be an alchemist extraordinaire and the best burglar on the East Coast, but this is not a solo job. I’ll need a team for this one. Accompanied by a powerful sorcerer, a fortune teller, a scam artist, and a hacker, I embark on the heist of the century. If we succeed, we’ll be legends. If not - crispy dragon snacks.

A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Earth's dominant species.

Here are six stories from the January and February 2003 issues of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, at once more current and more human than today's headlines.

"Ich bin kein Junge, ich bin ein Mädchen", würde Melissa am liebsten laut schreien, wenn ihre Mutter "Mein Junge" zu ihr sagt. Aber sie traut sich nicht. Noch nicht einmal ihre beste Freundin weiß, was mit ihr los ist. Aber eines Tages entscheidet Melissa, dass alle es wissen sollen... Melissa erzählt vom Anderssein, von Träumen und Wünschen und macht Mut, seinen eigenen Weg zu gehen. Zu sein, wer man ist. Der Musiker Rainer Bielfeldt begleitet Melissas Weg mit einfühlsamer Klaviermusik.

While looking for ghosts among Mardi Gras revelers in New Orleans, Annja Creed is asked to help recover sacred objects stolen from a church. Instead, her efforts lead her into a vast conspiracy and blackmail scheme that stretches thousands of years into the past. Joined by Garin Braden, who has his own score to settle, Annja follows the path of seven ancient coins into the lair of Spider, one of history’s deadliest assassins. Will Annja and Garin find Spider’s legendary treasure, or fall into her web, never to see the light of day again?

Archaeologist and TV show host Annja Creed trades in her dig tools and dirty excavations for the sunny climes of Hollywood. Serving as a prop consultant for a popular TV fantasy series, Annja's enjoying the lights, camera, and much less action. Until a scrying crystal is stolen off the set…and it turns out to be something more than a prop.

In Prague researching the legend of the Golem, a fantastical "living" creature made of clay, archaeologist Annja Creed is faced with an even bigger mystery on her hands when someone begins murdering the homeless. And every day there's a fresh corpse. As the suspicion that Golem is behind the deaths circulates quietly on the streets of the city, Annja cannot resist unraveling the thread that binds science to superstition. According to Czech history, these aren't new attacks.

After shooting an episode of Chasing History's Monsters at a dig in Australia, Annja Creed is left feeling mildly unimpressed. The artifacts being uncovered are considered fringe by experts who doubt their authenticity. Annja is disappointed by the general lack of mystery involved. But her boredom is quickly replaced with fear when all that's left of her cameraman is a drop of blood on his hotel-room carpet. 

They're baaaaaaaaaaaaacckkkkk!!! Rocky Coast Radio Theatre returns with yet another copious cornucopia of classic concoctions, crafted and compiled for the captive congregation (gotta love that thesaurus!). Nightmares on Congress Street, Part V offers dramatized adaptations (complete with music and sound effects) of chilling stories penned by Edgar Allan Poe, Hugh B. Cave, and H. P. Lovecraft, as well as a few additional treats.

Rick's never questioned much. He's gone along with his best friend Jeff even when Jeff's acted like a bully and a jerk. He's let his father joke with him about which hot girls he might want to date even though that kind of talk always makes him uncomfortable. And he hasn't given his own identity much thought, because everyone else around him seemed to have figured it out.

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Annja Creed has faced constant danger in her quest for the ancient scepter that inspired the legend of the Monkey King, the beloved trickster hero of the Chinese classic Journey to the West. After defeating the protector of its secrets and winning him to her side, Annja has learned of the scepter’s coveted power… which may rival the power of her own mystical sword. Now, Annja’s party of adventurers continue their journey in the footsteps of China’s most legendary explorer, racing against devious and ruthless foes in pursuit of his lost treasure.

Vuelve Álex Rovira, líder de ventas en autoayuda y especialista en psicología del liderazgo, en coautoría con Francesc Miralles, autor del éxito Ikigai. Muchas personas se pierden las pequeñas alegrías esperando encontrar la gran felicidad. Mitad género narrativo, mitad género de...