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A young Austin, Texas, wizard must make a deal with demons to save his hometown in this entrancing urban fantasy sequel. Screenwriter and noted film critic C. Robert Cargill continues the story begun in his acclaimed debut Dreams and Shadows in this bold and brilliantly crafted tale involving fairies and humans, magic and monsters . . . Six months have passed since the wizard Colby lost his best friend to an army of fairies from the Limestone Kingdom, a realm of mystery and darkness beyond our own. But in vanquishing these creatures and banning them from Austin, Colby sacrificed the anonymity that protected him. Now, word of his deeds has spread, and powerful enemies from the past—including one Colby considered a friend—have resurfaced to exact their revenge. As darkness gathers around the city, Colby sifts through his memories desperate to find answers that might save him. With time running out, and few of his old allies and enemies willing to help, he is forced to turn for aid to forces even darker than those he once battled . . . Following such masters as Lev Grossman, Erin Morgenstern, Richard Kadrey, and Kim Harrison, C. Robert Cargill takes us deeper into an extraordinary universe of darkness and wonder, despair and hope to reveal the magic and monsters around us . . . and inside us. Praise for Queen of the Dark Things “[A] powerful sequel. . . . Brimming with philosophical conundrums and littered with myth and lore, Cargill’s world is abundant in detail and imagery in the service of the story. Not a page is wasted; secondary characters are used sparingly and well, and every word is carefully chosen for maximum effect. Colby’s journey through a world of demons and fears made real will keep readers entranced.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review “Highly impressive . . . fans of the first book won’t be disappointed.” —Kirkus Reviews

On the borderland between this world and the world of Quiddity, the sea of our dreams, sits Everville.For years it has lived in ignorance of the gleaming shore on which it lies.But its ignorance is not bliss. Opening the door between worlds, Clive Barker delivers his characters into the heart of the human mystery; into a place of revelation, where the forces which have shaped our past—and are ready to destroy our future—are at work.

Jacob Wier, a four-hundred-year-old dwarf, is hounded by the minions of hell who are looking for a book written by Satan himself and will stop at nothing to get it

The third chilling instalment in the new Spook's legend . . . An assassin lurks in the darkness between earth and oblivion - but who are they, and what is their mission? The people of the County live in fear of the beasts bent on bringing the war to their home. How can they possibly hope to survive when their fearsome enemies are fortified with the power of a god? Could the creature that moves in the darkness be the saviour the County seeks? Praise for A New Darkness: 'A solid, suspenseful, and spooky adventure' Publishers Weekly Praise for The Dark Army: 'Unbeatable stuff for readers who like to be terrified!' Andrea Reece, lovereading4kids

The first short story set in Peter Newman’s incredible world of THE VAGRANT. 'It's a story that grabbed me by the scruff of the neck and refused to let go...' Fantasy Faction

A community of moles in a forest near Oxford faces a bleak and evil-laden future unless two of their number, young Bracken and his mate Rebecca, can revive the ancient beliefs and traditions linked to the great stone -- Publisher.

The trilogy about the moles of Duncton Wood reaches its conclusion with the publication of this book. Duncton Wood is a last refuge for moledom's ageing and diseased outcasts, and yet it is here that the Stone Mole has been born, whom Tryfan must prepare for his great task.

Gravesend, which takes its name from the English town at the mouth of the Thames, revisits the genre of the ghost story and, through fragmentation, juxtaposition, and allusion, powerfully summons the uncanny, the spectral presence. Cole Swensen delves into ancient fables, the Bible, medieval records, Victorian ghost stories, contemporary interviews, and more to explore the effects of the ghostly on our daily lives, at times returning to the notion of "gravesend," implicitly asking if all ends in the grave or if death itself has an end. Swensen's focus on language shapes these visitations--glimp.

Book Contains the following: + About Zothique, and Clark Ashton Smith: When the World Grows Old - essay by Lin Carter + Zothique - [Zothique] - (1951) - poem by Clark Ashton Smith + Xeethra - (1934) - novelette by Clark Ashton Smith + Necromancy in Naat - (1936) - novelette by Clark Ashton Smith + The Empire of the Necromancers - (1932) - short story by Clark Ashton Smith + The Master of the Crabs - (1934) - short story by Clark Ashton Smith + The Death of Ilalotha - (1937) - short story by Clark Ashton Smith + The Weaver in the Vault - (1934) - short story by Clark Ashton Smith + The Witchcraft of Ulua - (1934) - shortstory by Clark Ashton Smith + The Charnel God - (1934) - novelette by Clark Ashton Smith + The Dark Eidolon - (1935) - novelette by Clark Ashton Smith + Morthylla - (1953) - short story by Clark Ashton Smith + The Black Abbot of Puthuum - (1936) - novelette by Clark Ashton Smith + The Tomb-Spawn - (1934) - short story by Clark Ashton Smith + The Last Hieroglyph - (1935) - short story by Clark Ashton Smith + The Isle of the Torturers - (1933) - short story by Clark Ashton Smith + The Garden of Adompha - (1938) - short story by Clark Ashton Smith + The Voyage of King Euvoran - (1933) - novelette by Clark Ashton Smith + Epilogue: The Sequence of the Zothique Tales - essay by Lin Carter

For the people in this novel, the concerns of everyday life are beginning to transmute into the extraordinary and to reveal the forces, dark and light, that truly govern their lives. So it is for Pierce Moffett, would-be historian and author, who has moved from New York to the Faraway Hills, where he seems to discover -- or rediscover -- a path into magic, past and present. And so it is for Rosie Rasmussen, a single mother grappling with her mysterious uncle's legacy and her young daughter Samantha's inexplicable seizures. For Pierce's lover Rose Ryder, another path unfolds: she's drawn into a cult that promises to exorcise her demons -- the same cult that Samantha's father has joined. It is the dark of the year, between Halloween and the winter solstice, and the gateway is open between the worlds of the living and the dead. A great cycle of time is ending, and Pierce and Rosie, Samantha and Rose Ryder must take sides in an age-old war that is approaching the final battle.... Or is it? Winner of an American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Award for Literature, Crowley in this tale conducts us on a journey into the very mystery of existence: what is, what went before, and what could break through at any moment into our lives.