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Subterranean Press, Burton MI, 2008. First edition. Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket. Very slight edge crease. Signed by the author and limited to 1000 copies.Two novellas set in Tim Lebbon's signature word of Noreela.

Subterranean Press, Burton MI, 2010. First edition. Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed, limited, and numbered edition; number 510 of 750 copies. A collection of stories, poems and short pieces including some set in Jack Vance's "Amber" universe. Includes an introduction by Vance.

Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket. DJ has very slight creasing at bottom spine edge. Deluxe hardcover edition. One of contemporary dark fantasy's most bewitching and distinctive voices is back with another banquet of the weird and unexpected.

Subterranean Press, Burton MI, 2007. First edition. Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.Deluxe hardcover edition.A collection of 8 stories, 5 which revisit characters from her popular Liquor novels and others.

Subterranean Press, Burton MI, 2007. First edition. Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket. Signed, numbered, and limited edition; number 118 of 400 copies. A collection of 8 stories, 5 which revisit characters from her popular Liquor novels and others. Includes an exclusive chapbook with this edition: The H.O.G Syndrome, written when Brite was 12 years old and "closer to the Liquor and Stubbs novels than anything written in the interim".

Subterranean Press, Burton MI, 2012. First edition. Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. A signed, numbered, and limited edition: number 891 of 1000 copies.From the publisher: A collection of 10 stories based on the world of The Old Races, created by C. E. Murphy which delves into the past and future of two of her most beloved characters from her urban fantasy trilogy The Negotiator: Dragonlord Janx and master vampire Eliseo Daisani.

Subterranean Press, Burton MI, First edition. Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket. The slightest of edge nicks on dust jacket else fine.From the publisher: When a private envoy of the queen and member of Lord Carmichael's discreet service goes missing, Balfour and Meriwether are asked to look into the affair. They will find a labyrinth of dreams, horrors from hell, prophecy, sexual perversion and an abandoned farmhouse on the moors outside Harrowmoor Sanitarium. The Earth itself will bare its secrets, and the Empire will tremble in the face of the hidden dangers they uncover, but the greatest peril is the one they brought with them. This is the first novella length work in the Balfour and Meriwether stories by Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award nominated author Daniel Abraham.

Berkley, New York, 1984. First paperback printing. Condition: Very good plus, light edge and corner wear, small nick at top edge, light wrinkling at spine, light age toning on interior pages.The Eternal Champion. In which Stormbringer is brought home. Elric returns to Yishana and finds peace at last. Meanwhile, at the world's rim, dragging a red horror in its wake, a horde unimaginably moves on the fabled, gentle, impossible city of Tanelorn.

Eos, New York, 2006. Condition: Near fine, dust jacket has light edge nicks.From the publisher: Acclaimed author Bujold -winner of the Hugo Award for her novel Paladin of Souls - brings us to a new world beset with an ancient and malevolent presence that a race of mages struggles against in a generations long war...

Gollancz, London. 9th trade paperback printing. Condition: Near fine, very light edge and corner wear, price sticker on rear cover.Springtime in Styria. And that means war. Springtime in Styria. And that means revenge.There have been nineteen years of blood. The ruthless Grand Duke Orso is locked in a vicious struggle with the squabbling League of Eight, and between them they have bled the land white. While armies march, heads roll and cities burn, behind the scenes bankers, priests and older, darker powers play a deadly game to choose who will be king.War may be hell but for Monza Murcatto, the Snake of Talins, the most feared and famous mercenary in Duke Orso's employ, it's a damn good way of making money too. Her victories have made her popular - a shade too popular for her employer's taste. Betrayed, thrown down a mountain and left for dead, Murcatto's reward is a broken body and a burning hunger for vengeance. Whatever the cost, seven men must die.Her allies include Styria's least reliable… Read More

Subterranean Press, Burton MI, 2011. First edition. Condition: Fine in very good plus dust jacket. DJ has slight creasing along spine edges and back. Deluxe hardcover edition. From the publisher: Although best known for such epic accomplishments as the ongoing Chronicles of Thomas Covenant and the multi-volume Gap Cycle, Stephen R. Donaldson has also written some of the most distinctive short fiction of recent decades. This generous collection brings together much of the best of that shorter work and provides an ideal showcase for its author s depth, versatility, and consummate literary artistry. Included here are eleven stories and novellas that run the gamut from horror ( The Conqueror Worm ) to high fantasy ( Daughter of Regals ), from contemporary spiritual drama ( Unworthy of the Angel ) to action-oriented SF ( Animal Lover ), together with such uncategorizable gems as The Killing Stroke, with its unique combination of magic and martial arts, and The Woman Who Loved Pigs, an astonishing account… Read More

Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket. Signed, limited, and numbered edition; number 426 of 500. From the publisher: Black Hills is an important and revelatory novel, the most singular accomplishment to date by the always unpredictable Dan Simmons. With empathy and great narrative power, it illuminates a significant chapter in the nation s history, and takes us deep into the heart of an extraordinary American life. The story begins at the Battle of Little Big Horn in June of 1876. Eleven-year-old Paha Sapa (whose name, in the Lakota dialect, means Black Hills ), is present at the precise moment of Custer s death, a moment that will have enormous ramifications. The narrative that follows encompasses eighty years of highly charged history and ranges from the eponymous (and sacred) Black Hills of South Dakota to the Dust Bowls of the Great Depression to the emerging face of Mount Rushmore, where an astonishing revelation awaits. On one level, Black Hills is a story of profound and inescapable loss: of… Read More

Baen, New York, 1990. Book club edition. Condition: Near fine, slight edge nicks and bumping at corners.From the publisher:The authors of the Amber and Berserker sagas now offer a fascinating alternate history of Edgar Allan Poe.

Airmont, New York. Unknown printing. Condition: Very good, light edge and corner wear, sticker on front cover, spine creasing, one large crease at rear cover.The Blue Fairy Book was the first volume in the series and so it contains some of the best known tales, taken from a variety of sources: not only from Grimm, but exciting adventures by Charles Perrault and Madame D'Aulnoy, the Arabian Nights, and other stories from popular traditions. Here in one attractive paperbound volume - with enlarged print - are Sleeping Beauty, Rumpelstiltzkin, Beauty and the Beast, Hansel and Gretel, Puss in Boots, Trusty John, Jack and the Giantkiller, Goldilocks, and many other favorites that have become an indispensable part of our culture heritage.All in all, this collection contains 37 stories, all arranged in the clear, lively prose for which Lang was famous. Not only are Lang's generally conceded to be the best English versions of standard stories, his collections are the richest and widest in range. His position… Read More

Condition: Near fine softcover. Very slight edge nicks at corners. 2nd printing.In this expanded edition of Robert McCammon's classic short story collection, you will encounter horrors and delights in equal measure. Includes three never before collected stories.

Cartoon Books, Columbus, 1997. 2nd softcover printing. Condition: Near fine, very light edge wear.In Eyes of the Storm, book three in the epic BONE series, Gran'ma Ben reveals long-kept secrets about Thorn's royal heritage and the ancient enmities that may lead to war.In Eyes of the Storm, volume three of the nine-book BONE saga, Lucius, Smiley, and Phoney survive an attack by the rat creatures and return safely to Lucius' tavern in Barrelhaven. Phoney, desperate to win a bet with Lucius, stokes the townspeople's fear of dragons and boasts that he is a professional dragonslayer. Back at the farm, Fone Bone and Thorn are troubled by strange dreams, and Gran'ma Ben's reaction to them is stranger still: She reveals long-kept secrets and warns of great danger. Thorn, Fone Bone, and Gran'ma Ben may have to leave the farm forever.

Cartoon Books, 1999. First edition. Condition: Near fine, very light edge wear.As war spreads through the Valley and the rat creatures mount a vicious offense, Gran'ma, Lucius, Phoney Bone and the villagers join the Veni Yan warriors and set up base camp at Old Man's Cave to make a final stand against the Rat Creature army. Will Fone Bone be able to hold the alliance together? Will the rat creatures finally take over the valley and unleash the power of the Lord of the Locusts? Find out and discover much much more in this pivotal book.

Cartoon Books, 1998. First edition. Condition: Near fine, very light edge wear.Collects issues 29 to 33.Trying to return a rat creature cub to the mountains, Fone & Smiley Bone encounter yet another adversary: the sly and mighty mountain lion, Rock Jaw.In this fifth volume of the BONE saga, Fone and Smiley Bone strike out into the wilderness to return a lost rat creature cub to the mountains. It doesn't take long before they run smack into Rock Jaw, "Master of the Eastern Border," an enormous mountain lion with a none-too-friendly disposition. Life gets even more complicated when they befriend a group of baby animals who are being orphaned by rat creature attacks. Everything comes to a head in an earth-shattering clash between Rock Jaw and Kingdok, the leader of the rat creatures.

Cartoon Books, Columbus, 1996. 2nd softcover printing. Condition: Near fine, very light edge and corner wear.BONE is the incredible comic book saga of an unlikely hero who must save an idyllic valley from the forces of evil.In The Great Cow Race, volume 2 of this epic, Fone Bone and his cousins plan to return home after visiting the village of Barrelhaven with Thorn and Gran'ma Ben. But Phoney risks everything on one last get-rich-quick scheme for the town's annual Great Cow Race. As usual, Phoney's plans go disastrously awry, and Boneville seems further away than ever. Meanwhile, ominous signs indicate that a war is brewing, and Fone finds himself helping his friends defend their valley from a formidable enemy.

Cartoon Books, Columbus, 1998. First softcover edition. Condition: Near fine, very light edge wear.Collects issues 21 to 28.The forces of evil are growing stronger - but could our heroes' worst enemy be Phoney Bone himself?Fone Bone confronts a host of dangers in Book 4 of the BONE saga, The Dragonslayer. He and Gran'ma Ben and Thorn have a terrifying encounter with Kingdok, ruler of the rat creatures. The Hooded One is inciting his army to full-scale war. Someone is continuing to haunt Thorn in her dreams. And then wise Gran'ma Ben disappears.To make matters worse, Phoney Bone has hoodwinked the townspeople into believing that he is a mighty dragonslayer. When he actually does catch the Red Dragon -- much to his surprise -- he must face up to his promise: to slay the dragon at sunrise.