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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

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Naked City: Tales of Urban Fantasy

Ellen Datlow · 539 pages

An anthology of gritty supernatural tales of magic and mischief by leading genre authors includes an original "Harry Dresden" by Jim Butcher, Patricia Briggs' story about a vampire who must save the Fae who lifted his curse, and Holly Black's short pieceabout a rock star who discovers a young woman's unnatural appetites.

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Hex Appeal

Jim Butcher, Carrie Vaughn, Ilona Andrews, Erica Hayes, Rachel Caine, Carole Nelson Douglas, Simon R. Green, Lori Handeland · 368 pages

An anthology of stories edited by P N Elrod. Fall under the intoxicating spell of their hex appeal… In the magical world that lies hidden beneath our own, witches and conjurers play deadly games. They know just the right spell to kill a man with one kiss -- or raise him back again. And they’re not afraid to exact sweet revenge on those who dare to cross them. But what if you’re the unlucky soul

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Many Bloody Returns

Christopher Golden, Bill Crider, Kelley Armstrong, Jim Butcher, P.N. Elrod, Rachel Caine, Jeanne C. Stein, Tanya Huff, Carolyn Haines, Tate Hallaway, Elaine Viets · 361 pages

Never-before-published vampire stories by Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher, Kelley Armstrong, and many others.Suspenseful, surprising, sometimes dark, sometimes humorous-these all-new stories will ensure that readers never think of vampires (or birthdays) in quite the same way again.In New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris's "Dracula Night," Sookie Stackhouse is the only human at the ann

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Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 2

Scott Allie, Laura J. Burns, Rebecca Rand Kirshner, Todd McIntosh, Michael Reaves, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Melinda Metz, Max Allan Collins, Matthew V. Clemens, Greg Cox, Kara Dalky, Jane Espenson · 368 pages

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Prom Nights from Hell

Meg Cabot, Kim Harrison, Michele Jaffe, Stephenie Meyer, Lauren Myracle · 304 pages

In this exciting collection, bestselling authors Meg Cabot (How to Be Popular), Kim Harrison (A Fistful of Charms), Michele Jaffe (Bad Kitty), Stephenie Meyer (Twilight), and Lauren Myracle (ttyl) take bad prom nights to a whole new level—a paranormally bad level. Wardrobe malfunctions and two left feet don't hold a candle to discovering your date is the Grim Reaper—and he isn't here to tell you h

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Urban Enemies

Jim Butcher, Kevin Hearne, Seanan McGuire, Kelley Armstrong, Jonathan Maberry, Jeff Somers, Steven Savile, Caitlin Kittredge, Sam Witt, Craig Schaefer, Jon F. Merz, Faith Hunter, Diana Pharaoh Francis, Lilith Saintcrow, Carrie Vaughn, Domino Finn · 449 pages

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Shadowed Souls

Jim Butcher, Kerrie L. Hughes · 338 pages

"In this dark and gritty collection--featuring short stories from Jim Butcher, Seanan McGuire, Kevin J. Anderson, and Rob Thurman--nothing is as simple as black and white, light and dark, good and evil ... Unfortunately, that's exactly what makes it so easy to cross the line. In #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher's Cold Case, Molly Carpenter--Harry Dresden's apprentice-turned-Winter

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Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 1

Doranna Durgin, Christie Golden, Yvonne Navarro, Nancy Holder, Greg Rucka, Mel Odom · 320 pages

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Down These Strange Streets

Charlaine Harris, Joe R. Lansdale, Simon R. Green, Steven Saylor, S.M. Stirling, Carrie Vaughn, Conn Iggulden, Laurie R. King, Glen Cook, Melinda M. Snodgrass, M.L.N. Hanover, Lisa Tuttle, Diana Gabaldon, John Maddox Roberts, Patricia Briggs, Bradley Denton · 487 pages

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The Urban Fantasy Anthology

Emma Bull, Charles de Lint, Neil Gaiman, Jeffrey Ford, Kelley Armstrong, Norman Partridge, Carrie Vaughn, Patricia Briggs, Bruce McAllister, Suzy McKee Charnas, Francesca Lia Block, Thomas M. Disch, Susan Palwick, Holly Black, Steven R. Boyett, Tim Powers, Al Sarrantonio

Introduction by Peter S. Beagle Mythic Fiction Introduction: A Personal Journey into Mythic Fiction by Charles de Lint "A Bird That Whistles" by Emma Bull "Make a Joyful Noise" by Charles de Lint "The Goldfish Pool and Other Stories" by Neil Gaiman "On the Road to New Egypt" by Jeffrey Ford "Julie's Unicorn" by Peter S. Beagle Paranormal Romance Introduction: A Funny Thing Hap

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The Bane Chronicles

Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson · 520 pages

A collection of eleven short stories, previously published online, that illuminate the life of the enigmatic, flashy, and flamboyant High Warlock of Brooklyn, Magnus Bane, a character in The Mortal Instruments series.

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Welcome to Bordertown

Holly Black, Ellen Kushner · 517 pages

Bordertown: a city on the border between our human world and the elfin realm. Runaway teens come from both sides of the border to find adventure, and to find themselves. Elves play in rock bands and race down the street on spell-powered motorbikes. Human kids recreate themselves in squats and clubs and artist's studios of Soho. Authors including Holly Black, Cassandra Clare, Cory Doctorow, Neil Ga

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Death's Excellent Vacation

Katie MacAlister, Jeaniene Frost, Lilith Saintcrow, Jeff Abbott, L.A. Banks, Christopher Golden, Chris Grabenstein, A. Lee Martinez, Sharan Newman, Daniel Stashower, Sarah Smith · 353 pages

With an all-new Sookie Stackhouse story and twelve other original tales, editors Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner bring together a stellar collection of tour guides who offer vacations that are frightening, funny, and touching for the fanged, the furry, the demonic, and the grotesque.

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Vacations from Hell

Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, Claudia Gray, Maureen Johnson, Sarah Mlynowski

Life's a beach . . . and then you're undead? In this must-have collection, five of today's hottest writers—**Libba Bray** (*A Great and Terrible Beauty*), **Cassandra Clare** (*City of Bones*), **Claudia Gray** (*Evernight*), **Maureen Johnson** (*13 Little Blue Envelopes*), and **Sarah Mlynowski** (*Bras & Broomsticks*)—tell supernatural tales of vacations gone awry. Lost luggage is only mild

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Menagerie

Rachel Vincent · 432 pages

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Strange Brew

Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher, Patricia Briggs, Faith Hunter, Karen Chance, Rachel Caine, Caitlin Kittredge, Jenna Maclaine · 371 pages

In Charlaine Harris' "Bacon," set in the same world as Harris's Sookie Stackhouse series, a beautiful vampire joins forces with a witch from an ancient line to find out who killed her beloved husband. In the Alpha & Omega series short story "Seeing Eye" by Patricia Briggs, a blind witch helps sexy werewolf Tom Franklin find his missing brother—and helps him in more ways than either of them ever su

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My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding

Sherrilyn Kenyon, Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher, L.A. Banks, Rachel Caine, Lori Handeland, Susan Krinard, Esther M. Friesner · 314 pages

Werewolves, vampires, and Elvis populate this collection of all new and original supernatural wedding stories from such award-winning authors as Sherrilyn Kenyon, Charlaine Harris, L.A. Banks, and Jim Butcher.

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Hotter Than Hell

Kim Harrison, Martin H. Greenberg · 504 pages

Beyond the boundaries of the everyday is an unseen realm where anything you imagine is possible. Your demon lover is waiting for you in the shadows, ready to fulfill your secret wishes and most dangerous fantasies. Here passion has a face and form both titillating and terrifying—and love has teeth and claws. Get ready to give in to your craving for something exquisitely dark...and different.Hotter

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Bordertown

Mark Alan Arnold, Emma Bull, Midori Snyder, Ellen Kushner · 256 pages

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Borderland

Charles de Lint, Ellen Kushner, Mark Alan Arnold · 252 pages

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Out of Tune: Book 2

Allison Pang, Nik Vincent-Abnett, Rachel Caine, James A. Moore, Eric J. Guignard, David J. Schow, J.C. Koch, Cherie Priest, Rachel Aukes, Dan Abnett, David Mack, Deborah Grabien, Delilah S. Dawson, Josh Malerman, Laura Anne Gilman · 294 pages

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The Essential Bordertown

Charles de Lint, Steven Brust, Patricia A. McKillip, Ellen Kushner · 386 pages

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