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The Return of the Light: Twelve Tales from Around the World for the Winter Solstice
Carolyn McVickar Edwards · back to the book
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Include books by the same authorA Thousand Beginnings and Endings
Ellen Oh · 336 pages
Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
Neil Gaiman · 352 pages
"En las manos maestras de Neil Gaiman, la magia es mucho más que un mero juego de engaños. La destreza y el poder de invención de este gran fabulador transforman el entorno cotidiano en un mundo hechizado por sucesos sombríos y extraños, en el que una anciana puede comprar el Santo Grial en una tienda de segunda mano, unos asesinos se anuncian en los clasificados de un periódico bajo la rúbrica ±C
The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest
Jeffrey Ford, Charles de Lint, Tanith Lee, Jane Yolen, Katherine Vaz, Patricia A. McKillip, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Carol Emshwiller, Midori Snyder, Gregory Maguire, Emma Bull, Carolyn Dunn, Kathe Koja, Neil Gaiman, M. Shayne Bell, Delia Sherman, Bill Lewis, Michael Cadnum · 396 pages
A collection of stories and poems by a variety of authors relating to the Green Man and other myths of the forest.
Favorite Folktales from Around the World
Jane Yolen · 498 pages
The Sandman: Book of Dreams
Colin Greenland, John M. Ford, Lisa Goldstein, Brenda W. Clough, Barbara Hambly, Will Shetterly, George Alec Effinger, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Robert Rodi, Tad Williams, Lawrence Schimel, Mark Kreighbaum, Karen Haber, Delia Sherman, Nancy A. Collins, Gene Wolfe, Steven Brust, Susanna Clarke · 400 pages
*There is a dark king who rules our dreams from a place of shadows and fantastic things. He is Morpheus, the lord of story. Older than humankind itself, he inhabits -- along with Destiny, Death, Destruction, Desire, Despair, and Delirium, his Endless sisters and brothers -- the realm of human consciousness. His powers are myth and nightmare -- inspirations, pleasures, and punishments manifested be
The Arabian Nights
Anonymous · 912 pages
Full of mischief, valor, ribaldry, and romance, The Arabian Nights has enthralled readers for centuries. These are the tales that saved the life of Shahrazad, whose husband, the king, executed each of his wives after a single night of marriage. Beginning an enchanting story each evening, Shahrazad always withheld the ending: A thousand and one nights later, her life was spared forever. This volume
The Cataclysm
Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman · 343 pages
The Last Wish
Andrzej Sapkowski · 352 pages
Geralt de Rivia is a witcher. A cunning sorcerer. A merciless assassin. And a cold-blooded killer.His sole purpose: to destroy the monsters that plague the world. But not everything monstrous-looking is evil and not everything fair is good. . . and in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth. The international hit that inspired the video game: The Witcher.
The Girl Who Married a Lion: Folktales from Africa
Alexander McCall Smith · 240 pages
Gathered here is a beguiling selection of folktales from Zimbabwe and Botswana as retold by the best-selling author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. This treasury contains most of the stories previously collected in Children of Wax and seven new tales from the Setswana-speaking people of Botswana. A girl discovers that her young husband might actually be a lion in disguise, but not before t
The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales
Pat Murphy, Carolyn Dunn, Steve Berman, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Christopher Barzak, Delia Sherman, Richard Bowes, Ellen Klages, Patricia A. McKillip, Theodora Goss, Charles de Lint, Katherine Vaz, Caroline Stevermer, Midori Snyder, Michael Cadnum, Ellen Kushner, Elizabeth Wein, Kim Antieau, Will Shette · 523 pages
Trickster characters have long been a staple of folk literature—and are a natural choice for acclaimed editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling's latest "mythic" anthology. The Coyote Road features a remarkable range of authors, including Holly Black, Charles de Lint, Ellen Klages, and Kelly Link, each with his or her unique look at a trickster character. Charles Vess's remarkable decorations highl
Fearless Girls, Wise Women & Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales from Around the World
Kathleen Ragan · 480 pages
Aesop's Fables
Aesop · 144 pages
Aesop fables are a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE.
Tales of the Peculiar
Ransom Riggs · 165 pages
Presents an illustrated edition of the fantastical book featured in the Miss Peregrine series that includes unusual fairy tales about wealthy cannibals, a fork-tongued princess, and the origins of the first ymbryne.
My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories
Holly Black, Ally Carter, Matt de la Pena, Gayle Forman, Jenny Han, David Levithan, Kelly Link, Myra McEntire, Rainbow Rowell, Laini Taylor, Kiersten White · 321 pages
"If you love holiday stories, holiday movies, made-for-TV-holiday specials, holiday episodes of your favorite sitcoms and, especially, if you love holiday anthologies, you're going to fall in love with My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories by twelve bestselling young adult writers, edited by the international bestselling Stephanie Perkins. Whether you enjoy celebrating Christmas or Hanuk
The Complete Fairy Tales
Hans Christian Andersen · 286 pages
Sixteen tales including "Little Claus and Big Claus," "Father's Always Right," and "The Goblin and the Grocer."
The Demigod Files
Rick Riordan · 163 pages
In these top-secret files, Rick Riordan, Camp Half-Blood's senior scribe, gives you an inside look at the world of demigods that NO regular human child is allowed to see.These highly classified archives include three of Percy Jackson's most perilous adventures, a Spotter's Guide to Monsters, a Who's Who in Greek mythology, Percy's Summer Camp report and much more.So, if you're armed with this book
The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths
Padraic Colum
Chicken Soup for the Soul
Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen · 480 pages
Into the Dark
Gena Showalter · 384 pages
Three otherworldly tales from the master of paranormal romance...and a Lords of the Underworld bonus guide!THE DARKEST FIRE — A Lords of the Underworld prequelGeryon is the guardian of hell, more monster than man. Kadence is the goddess of Oppression, more angel than woman. Together they will enter the flames to battle a dangerous horde of demon lords—and discover a passion unlike any other.THE AM
Hellboy, Vol. 7: The Troll Witch and Others
Mike Mignola, P. Craig Russell · 144 pages
A collection featuring the world's greatest paranormal detective includes a previously unpublished story by Mike Mignola and P. Craig Russell, along with sketches and story notes.
More Bones: Scary Stories from Around the World
Arielle North Olson, Howard Schwartz · 162 pages
This is a great scary book that ive been looking for in libraries ever since 3rd grade and now it's on here and im in 6th grade.
Once Upon a Time: A Collection of Classic Fairy Tales
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm