Jessica Amanda Salmonson
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A unique, extensive A-to-Z encyclopedia of history's warrior women. This is an astounding collection of female fighters, from heads of state and goddesses to pirates and gladiators. Each entry is drawn from historical, fictional, or mythical narratives of many eras and lands. With over one thousand entries detailing the lives and influence of these heroic female figures in battle, politics, and daily life, Salmonson provides a unique chronicle of...
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For the sake of an enchanted sword, Tomoe revolts against her father. In all of Naipon, there is no samurai more famous than Tomoe Gozen. Her skill with the blade is legendary, her honor unquestioned, and evil men everywhere fear her name. No challenge is too great for Tomoe, but she is not ready for marriage. When her father announces that he has arranged a match for her - one that will mean laying aside her sword - Tomoe responds as she always does...
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Tomoe turns to religion to escape her past, but destiny is not through with her yet. The young girl crashes through the underbrush, desperate to escape the cackling soldiers at her back. After catching her in a tryst with a local farm boy, they intend to execute her for her sin. She runs for as long as she can, finally collapsing outside a shrine where a traveling nun sits with her flute. When the soldiers arrive, the nun sets her flute aside, drawing...
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When Cthulhu calls...W. Paul Ganley answers! This volume collects a treasure trove of Cthulhu Mythos and dark fantasy stories - all told, a baker's dozen - by the World Fantasy Award-winning editor of WEIRDBOOK magazine! The 13 stories featured are:
ANCIENT EVIL
OTHERS, WHO ARE NOT MEN
ESSENTIAL SALTES
I AM HUMAN
WORMS
FALLOUT
THE VAULT OF KARNUNNA
THE GREAT HERO
IN THE TEMPLE OF PHTHATHNEE
MEMORY
FORERUNNERS OF DOOM
THE CUBE OF XANXES:...
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Weirdbook #32 presents a selection of great fantasy and horror tales by current and upcoming masters of the genre. Included are:
Childhood's Dread, by Taye Carrol
The Other Neighbors, by Daniel Davis
Rare Air, by Mark Slade
The Children, by J.E. Álamo
The Radiant Boy, by Kevin Wetmore
The Whisperer in the Woods, by Peter Schranz
Sweet Oblivion, by Andrew Darlington
An Unsolicited Lucidity, by Lee Clark Zumpe
Black Carnival, by Bobby Cranestone
The...
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Here is a grab-bag collection of great fantasy stories - modern and classic, adventure-filled and serious, funny and sad - by authors whose work you may already know, or may be discovering for the first time. Included are:
THE COPPERSMITH, by Lester del Rey
DOGS QUESTING, by John Gregory Betancourt
OF WITHERED APPLES, by Philip K. Dick
YELLOW EYES, by Marylois Dunn
SEA TIGER, by Henry S. Whitehead
THE BLACK TOWER, by R. H. Barlow
THE SHADOW...