Resultados para "Angels" en Antologías y relatos breves

This time Heaven means business!... Ricky has been secretly in love with his best friend Jez forever, but he's never dared confess his feelings because he thinks Jez is too high-class for him. One day, while sharing a quiet evening with Jez, a mysterious angel, Madred, appears and tries to persuade Ricky to take a chance on love.

Half vampire and half angel, Violet was abandoned amongst the humans in London as a baby. Suddenly discovering monstrous powers on her 21st birthday, she thinks she's the most dangerous creature to prowl the streets. She's wrong. When a snarky angel falls into her lap and her adopted sister disappears, she's forced into a new role: huntress.

The songs of Christmas do more than fill the air with music. They tell stories that stay with us for a lifetime. Carol of the Tales and Other Nightly Noels brings beloved Christmas carols to life through twenty-five heartwarming stories filled with wonder, humor, hope, and redemption. Inspired by the timeless music of the season, these tales invite readers to experience Christmas in new and unforgettable ways. Throw your cares away with stories inspired by sweet silver bells. Discover the tale of the one creature who truly was stirring on Christmas Eve.

Not only is Dominick Vicario tall, dark, and wickedly attractive, but he’s also the head of the world’s most powerful underworld family. And the leader of the Fallen—former heavenly Watchers banished to earth who’ve become wealthy playboys. When I meet him, my life is circling the drain. My job is going nowhere, my boyfriend is a jerk, and I’m in debt up to my eyeballs.

In "Sins of the Flesh", the mutilated corpse of a wealthy author is discovered with occult objects. Then, in "Sins of Treachery", twin brothers Simon and Gestas inherit a map covered in alchemical symbols that could lead them to great wealth and power. And finally, "Sins of Violence": In a brutal post-apocalyptic world, a young girl is about to be taken to The Minotaur. Can her sister gain access to the fortified city of Dis in time to stop the ritual and avenge her own lost youth?

Auralie lebt mit der Schuld, für den geistigen Verfall ihrer unsterblichen Mutter verantwortlich zu sein. Als Gabriel, ein Engel schön wie die Sünde, vor ihrer Haustür auftaucht und beschließt, ihre Mutter als Pfand mitzunehmen, folgt sie, ohne zu zögern. Doch im Reich des Fürsten angekommen, erkennt Auralie, dass sie diejenige ist, die beschützt werden muss … Vor den Mächten der Unterwelt, vor ihrer eigenen Familie und vor ihren Gefühlen zu Gabriel.

When two chrononauts from the 24th century travel back in time, they inadvertently disrupt the ill-fated voyage of the Hindenburg, causing it to land successfully. Now, lost in a parallel universe, their mistake will be felt by every single human being.

Bei einem Wochenendausflug in den kanadischen Wäldern wird Rose wie aus dem Nichts angegriffen wird. Sie schafft es, zu einer einsamen Hütte zu fliehen. Panisch hämmert sie gegen die Tür, woraufhin ihr ein reichlich verblüffter Mann öffnet, der sie nur widerwillig einlässt. Kaum hat sich Rose von ihrem Schock ein wenig erholt, muss sie feststellen, dass der Fremde, der sich ihr als Damian vorstellt, genauso dunkel wie gefährlich scheint.

A child’s body surrounded by candles in misty woodland, scripture stuffed in his mouth. A jockey pinned down by horseshoes on desolate fenland, linked to a secret society called The Horsemen. A university student in black robes drifting on a river, dead, Satanic symbols carved into their flesh. As head of the Ritualistic Behavioural Crime unit, Harrison specialises in murders others can't solve. Secret societies. Occult practices. Religious obsession turned deadly.

For almost thirty years, Shirley Jackson Award–winning horror author Gemma Files has consistently served up tale after tale celebrating monstrosity in all its forms: the imperfect, the broken, the beautifully alien, and the sadly familiar. Her characters make their own choices and take their own chances, slipping from darkness into deeper darkness yet never losing their humanity—not even when they’re anything but.

Olympias City wird von einer Reihe unsäglich brutaler Morde erschüttert. Keiner darf die schockierende Wahrheit darüber erfahren, wer die Opfer sind: Guardian Angels. Jemand macht Jagd auf die fast unbesiegbaren Cyborgs mit den neonblauen Augen. Jemand, der ihre Geheimnisse kennt und der eine bisher unbekannte Technologie verwendet.

Lausche dem Konzert der Himmelswesen. Die Schönheit ihrer Harmonie berührt nicht nur das Herz des Schöpfers , sondern wird auch Dein Herz verändern.

They arrive alive. They always leave dead. But before they go, they tell me everything. My name’s Jack Steen, night nurse in an asylum for the criminally insane—where mercy is optional, and every secret comes with a pulse that’s fading fast. My job isn’t to save them. It’s to listen. For years, I’ve recorded their deathbed confessions in the dead of night, one story at a time. What began as whispers caught on tape has now been transcribed—unedited, unfiltered, raw. These aren’t stories meant to be read so much as listened to, in the quiet hours when even your own heartbeat sounds too loud.

A collection of short stories featuring the women you've grown to love. From girls' night shenanigans to holiday parties, Moves and Grooves, the ladies will keep you entertained! Join Ellie, Hunter, Jessie, Blaise, Piper, Rebecca, Cass, Eve, Lainey, Patty, Mo, Dani, Claire, and Aunt Wills as these short stories give you more insight into their close knit circle of friends. Includes an all new, never before published short story.

Warrior angels, vampire hunters and angels gone bad heat up this altogether sizzling paranormal alternate universe. This anthology of novellas features Angels' Wolf, Angels' Judgement, Angels' Pawn and the never-before-published Angels' Dance.

From the Author who brought you the Parsec Award-Winning Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine comes a new collection of his best short stories. Nine stories of fantasy, horror, and science-fiction wonder that will take you to exciting new worlds and set your imagination alight. In "From Another World," a space station is overrun by invading aliens. Three men retreat to a storage room to hide out, but soon they realize that one of them is an alien in disguise. They desperately need to determine which one doesn't belong if they want to get out of this situation alive.

By the bestselling author of The Talented Mr Ripley, Carol and Strangers on a Train 'By opening this book, you've given Patricia Highsmith permission to follow you, catch you, take you apart. Get ready to run' CARMEN MARIA MACHADO 'Every story shimmers like a dark gem as Highsmith turns her...

Lisa Keepence grew up playing football, climbing trees and racing pushbikes with the lads. Lisa had no doubt that she was a boy, but every time she looked in the mirror, she saw what everyone else saw – the face and body of a girl. When her world was plunged into disaster by a broken home, she drifted into a life of despair, drugs, abuse, crime and imprisonment.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Robopocalypse comes a fascinating and fantastic collection that explores complex emotional and intellectual landscapes at the intersection of artificial intelligence and human life. In "All Kinds of Proof," a down-and-out drunk makes the unlikeliest...

Talismans & Temptations collects short stories, songs, poetry, and fragments of novellas by beloved lesbian-feminist author Chris Anne Wolfe. As a special gift for listeners worldwide, the collection includes first-ever previews of Sands of Aggar and Oceans of Aggar - the last two books in the series that began with Chris Anne's Shadows of Aggar and Fires of Aggar. With the exception of the powerful "Death, Sweet Suitor Mine", all the offerings in Talismans & Temptations have never before been published.