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For decades the Magistrate has been a loyal servant of the Empire, running the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement and ignoring the impending war with the barbarians. When interrogation experts arrive, however, he witnesses the Empire's cruel and unjust treatment of prisoners of war. Jolted into sympathy for their victims, he commits a quixotic act of rebellion that brands him an enemy of the state.

Clare Cassidy is no stranger to murder. A high school English teacher specializing in the Gothic writer R. M. Holland, she teaches a course on it every year. But when one of Clare’s colleagues and closest friends is found dead, with a line from R. M. Holland’s most famous story, “The Stranger”, left by her body, Clare is horrified to see her life collide with the story lines of her favorite literature.

Lacking health insurance when he was diagnosed with cancer, Shawn Speakman asked friends in the science fiction and fantasy writing community to donate short stories he could use to counter mounting medical debt. The result was Unfettered, an anthology offering tales from some of the best authors working today. Now, in Unfettered III, Speakman continues to pay forward the aid he received, raising money to combat medical debt for SF&F artists and authors.

While Charity Shackleford might be considered far more outspoken than her twin sister Chastity, she was much less inclined to make a complete cake of herself. Something her twin appeared to be doing with increasing regularity. Indeed, when details of Chastity's latest faux pas threatened to travel beyond the confines of Blackmore, it appeared that removing her from the vicinity was the only answer. Naturally, as always, Grace, the eldest daughter and current Duchess of Blackmore was tasked with picking up the pieces.

Rapunzel is held captive in a deserted forest, high up in a tower without stairs. A witch has made sure she will never get out of there, thanks to an agreement her father made to save Rapunzel's life. But one day a young prince sees Rapunzel sitting in the tower window, and manages to reach her via her long, golden-red braid of hair. Will he be able to rescue her?

A miller works hard every day to provide for his family. Then, one day, a gentleman with black eyes visits him and offers an unexpected opportunity for wealth. The gentleman will take care of all the miller's worries on one condition: that he gets what is behind the mill. That old apple tree, the miller thinks? That is easy to give up. What he does not realise, however, is that his daughter is standing outside by the tree…

Three aristocratic gentlemen are playing a board game. From a distance, they look at a poor father with many children. The lords decide to bet on who of them shall be chosen to be the godfather of the poor man's newborn son and thus help the father carry his burden. However, the men are not the gentlemen they pretend to be, and the one who is eventually chosen has a hidden plan....

There is a knock on the door of the home where three sisters live. They have been told never to open the door to strangers–but maybe it's not so bad this time as it's just a poor person asking for a bit of food? Or is it? One by one, the sisters disappear without a trace and wake up in a magician's home. He promises them wealth and a happy marriage on one condition: they can open any door in his house they want, except one. What's behind that door? What is the wizard hiding?

This is the tale of an overconfident and foolhardy boy who tries everything he can think of to frighten himself. Nothing seems to scare him and the boy begins to doubt whether he is capable of experiencing fear at all…

A tailor and a jeweler are out hiking. It's late, they want to go home, but they hear a sound from one of the hills. Tones that get stronger and stronger, and turn into sweet music. The tailor and the jeweler follow the music and discover a group of little people. They party with them all night long and when they wake up the next day, their pockets are filled with gold. But the little people are gone. Who were they and how can the men find their way back to them once more?

This is the classic tale of Little Red Riding Hood—the story about a little girl who wears a red cloak, on her way to visit her ill grandmother. On her way, she decides to pick some flowers for her grandma. She meets the charming and well spoken wolf, who is more than happy to accompany her…

This is the story of three brothers and their pursuit of fame and glory. When a huge wild boar causes terror in the forests surrounding the king's castle, the brothers decide to hunt it down and kill it. If they succeed, they will win the king's promised reward–the princess' hand. But it does not go quite as they intended…

A dying miller wants to ensure that his daughter finds a husband who will protect her after he's gone. Suitor after suitor visit the mill to ask for her hand, but none are accepted. Except for a charming man who lives in a large estate deep in the forest. When the girl is invited to visit him, she soon realises that not everything is what it seems: the man belongs to a band of bloodthirsty robbers!

Hansel and Gretel live in poverty on the edge of the forest. Their family is very poor. One day, their parents realise that they will not be able to feed themselves or their children so they make an unforgivable decision: they abandon their children far out in the woods, so that they will never find their way home. But instead of starving to death, Hansel and Gretel find a very strange cottage…

The California desert. A four-year-old boy disappears, plunging his parents into the public hell of a media witch-hunt. But the desert is inexplicable and miraculous, and the family's fate is bound up with that of all those who have travelled before them through this brutally powerful landscape. Multilayered and a compulsively readable, Gods Without Men is a heartfelt exploration of our search for pattern and meaning in a random and chaotic universe.

Born Maurice Micklewhite, son of a Billingsgate fish porter and a charlady, Michael Caine's life has been an extraordinary rollercoaster: from washing dishes and fighting on National Service, to winning two Oscars and being knighted by the Queen. With more than eighty films to his name, he has starred in some of the classics of modern cinema: as an action anti-hero in Get Carter, a Cockney lothario in Alfie, and a disillusioned alcoholic academic in Educating Rita. He is an enduring model of British cool.

In the throes of crisis, Rome braces for change. Caesar, Rome’s greatest general and conqueror of Gaul, now faces being stripped of his command and dragged back to Italy for prosecution by his enemies. His former ally, Pompey, has sided with his opponents in the Senate and frustrates all efforts to find peace. With no alternatives, Caesar crosses the Rubicon and spearheads an invasion of Rome with Mark Antony at his side, throwing the empire into civil war. Will Antony rise to the heights of power or be executed as a traitor?

Who was the man that would become Caesar's lieutenant, Brutus' rival, Cleopatra's lover, and Octavian's enemy? When his stepfather is executed for his involvement in the Catilinarian conspiracy, Mark Antony and his family are disgraced. His adolescence is marked by scandal and mischief, his love affairs are fleeting, and yet, his ambition is vast. Antony's path to prosperity leads him to an education in Athens, a campaign for a seat in the Senate, and a position of military command.

At 25, West-End dancer Ellie Wakefield should be having the time of her life. The only problem is, since waking up in a 300-year-old vampire’s leaky cellar, Ellie’s been very much dead. William James Austen has fallen hard. He’s spent the last year loving Ellie from afar and now he’s finally able to be truthful about who and what he is. But this time, Will might just have bitten off more than he can chew.

Spitalfields, 1840. Catherine lives with her Uncle in a rambling house in London's East End, with little to occupy the days beyond her own colourful imagination. Then news reaches her of a disturbing murderer known as The Man of Crows. Catherine becomes more and more involved as she hungrily devours the news, and is soon snared in a deadly trap, where nothing is as it first appears...