The washerwoman is an Irish ghost who washes the clothes of those who are doomed die. Usually she haunts streams and rivers, but these are modern times. [Author Note: I wrote this story long before the events of 9/11. I don't think I'd have the strength to write it now.] more »
Follow Kinjo Jo-ken, a native of the island of Okinawa and the oldest living member of a once proud anji family, now only a retired fisherman and wood collector, as he attempts to save his grandson's life at the mysterious cave of the Kin Wood Sculptor, a cave where nothing ever ages, including the Sculptor ...more »
This fascinating alternate history story is set a few hundred years ago in an America that has been colonized primarily by Mongolians (who, by the way, have taken over most of Europe). A Mongolian settler who was raised by Native American Indians finds he must try to bridge the gap between cultures to ...more »
In an enchanted world of kings and wizards, young squire Eudoric Dambertson has reached his 23rd year--and like young men are wont to do, Eudoric has fallen in love with a fair maiden. He courts Lusina, daughter of Baron Emmerhard, but Eudoric has no means to purchase Lusina's hand in marriage, and the ...more »
There is only one way to save the village of Kairaba from the coming death. Fetish priestess Duara Rumfa must convince young Adjoa Oyono to weave a door, a door from here to there. Adjoa knows she is not worthy of this juju, but the old woman insists time is running out. [Honorable Mention, Year's Best ...more »
Model Number: BBALEBBASE_18891DLDA
Author: Fenelon
Télémaque, conduit par Minerve, sous la figure de Mentor, est jeté par une tempête dans l'île de Calypso. Cette déesse, inconsolable du départ d'Ulysse, fait au fils de ce héros l'accueil le plus favorable, et, concevant aussitôt pour lui une violente passion, elle lui offre l'immortalité, s'il veut ...more »
Model Number: BBFEBBASE_10600DLDA
Author: Nazarian
No one may look upon the face of Sahtiel, the beautiful and cruel lord of the empire of Aerhad-el-Raas, and live. The woman Lyren, a thief and stranger to the city makes the grave mistake of raising her eyes during a procession, boldly daring to sneak a glimpse of the demon-lord whose mother is none ...more »
The story begins with the classic tale of an evil magician destroying every other living magician until he finally reaches the last, and least of the magicians left and from there the tale takes an unusual twist. The story is told from the viewpoint of the lowest magician's daughter, who has hatched ...more »
Hired gun Maurice Lightning Epstein arrives in the frontier town of Cumberland, Wyoming, too late. The town has hired Bullseye Bixby to rid them of local road agents. To save his job, Lightning must convince townsfolk that fast is better than accurate, and flesh is better than clockwork. more »
Product Info A pair of rogues discovers that sometimes the trick can have a sting in its tail as they enter into a game they hadn't bargained for. more »
Model Number: BBFEBBASE_14970DLDA
Author: Rusch, Kristine Kathryn
From the same cycle of stories that produced Strange Creatures and the Women of Whale Rock (also on Fictionwise) and the novel Fantasy Life (November 2003) comes the tale of a haunted lighthouse on the Oregon Coast. People have always died at the lighthouse on Whale Cove. Now, on the eve of the lighthouse ...more »
