Fantasy

Black Candles (English version)

by Dab Ray

Isotta Stella, witch really existed and processed for witchcraft at the end of the '500 to Triora (Italy), must redeem her soul. What better way than save a little girl, five hundred years later?

The Burned Tower

by Sergey Dyachenko & Marina Dyachenko

A truck driver on a lonely stretch of road, a hitchiker, and an ancient curse— a brilliant and moving tale, steeped in folklore, by the masters of modern Fantasy. In 1999 "The Burned Tower" was awarded the...

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2012 Edition

by Elizabeth Bear, Adam Troy Castro, Paul Cornell & Kathryn Cramer et al.

A collection of some of the best original short fiction published on Tor.com in 2012. Includes stories by Elizabeth Bear, Adam Troy Castro, Paul Cornell, Kathryn Cramer, Brit Mandelo, Pat Murphy, Charles Stross,...

The Fierce Reads Anthology

by Anna Banks, Leigh Bardugo, Jennifer Bosworth & Emmy Laybourne et al.

This anthology includes short stories from five fierce young adult authors! Inside, you’ll find a magical mermaid tale from Anna Banks, a fantastical Russian-influenced story from Leigh Bardugo, an electric...

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2011 Edition

by Charlie Jane Anders, James Alan Gardner, Yoon Ha Lee & Nnedi Okorafor et al.

A collection of some of the best original short fiction published on Tor.com in 2011. Includes stories by Charlie Jane Anders, James Allan Gardner, Yoon Ha Lee, Nnedi Okorafor, Paul Park, Matthew Sandborn Smith,...

City of Dragons

The Rain Wild Chronicles #3

by Robin Hobb

New York Times bestselling author Robin Hobb—“one of the most important writers in 21st-century fantasy” (Contra Costa Times)—continues her enthralling fantasy saga of dragons and their keepers

City of...

A Pehov Duet

by Alexey Pehov

Two original, exciting and engaging short stories from Alexey Pehov that feature master thief Shadow Harold, the protagonist of the Chronicles of Siala epic fantasy series. In "The Snake", Harold, the most...

The Alloy of Law: Prologue - Chapter 6

by Brandon Sanderson

This excerpt from Brandon Sanderson’s fourth and latest Mistborn novel, The Alloy of Law, contains the Prologue through Chapter Six.

The Alloy of Law will be available on November 8, 2011.

Three hundred years...

Under Wraps

Underworld Detection Agency Chronicles #1

by Hannah Jayne

Sick of wrongful-death lawsuits every time a full moon comes around?

Call the Underworld Detection Agency.

As a human immune to magic, Sophie Lawson can help everyone from banshee to zombie transition into normal,...

Throne of Bones

World Fantasy Best collection 1998

by Brian McNaughton

This book won a World Fantasy Award. It's remarkable: the stories are rich, fascinating stuff -- creepy and unsettling and phantasmic. Imagine what Tolkien's Lord of the Rings would have been like if Tolkien...

Cat Tales: Fantastic Feline Fiction

by George H. Scithers

Here are thirteen stories, three haiku, and a conventional poem, all involving cats. A few, like "The Cats of Ulthar," by H. P. Lovecraft, and "Kreativity for Kats," by Fritz Leiber, are ­well-­known classics;...

Devil in the Dollhouse

by Richard Kadrey

James Stark, a.k.a. Sandman Slim, has a new job, but being the new Lucifer in town gives fresh meaning to the word "Hell." Especially when he hears of hideous massacres near a haunted fortress out on Hell's...

Tor/Forge Author Voices: Volume 1

by Kristin Sevick

Ever wanted to hunt a notorious ghost through the halls of a spooky old house?  Be swept away at a Regency ball?  Solve a murder mystery, Vegas style?  Then Tor and Forge might have the perfect summer read...

Tor/Forge Author Voices: Volume 2

by Stacy Hague-Hill

Do you have the guts to steal from the Queen of England?  Or the survival instincts to survive a zombie apocalypse?  Have you ever wondered what your cat is staring at in a seemingly empty room? In this collection...

Tor/Forge Author Voices: Volume 3

by Stacy Hague-Hill

For over three decades Tor and Forge have been proud to publish some of the most beloved and respected works of genre fiction.

With this sampler, we are pleased to present a one-of-a-kind collection of articles...

Beauty: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Outtake (A Penguin Special from Berkley)

by Laurell K. Hamilton

The steamy outtake that takes readers even further into Laurell K. Hamilton’s bestselling novel, Kiss the Dead.

You’d think I’d get used to seeing such a beautiful man and knowing he was mine, but it never...

Chapter 15.5: Intersections and Interlopers

by Ken Scholes & Lisa Desrochers

When part of Lisa Desrocher’s urban fantasy novel Personal Demons got swapped into the Kindle edition of Ken Scholes’ epic Antiphon, they were notified and the error corrected. But the two authors began...

The Second E.F. Benson Megapack: 22 More Novels and Short Stories

by E.F. Benson

The Second E.F. Benson Megapack collects 11 more short stories and 11 novels by E.F. Benson, spanning horror, mystery, suspense, and historical subjects, including such classics as Miss Mapp and Queen Lucia....

People of the Dark

The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard #3

by Robert E. Howard, Joe R. Lansdale & Paul Herman

The definitive 10-volume set of Robert E. Howard's weird fiction and poetry (with all texts meticulously restored to the original versions as published in "Weird Tales" and other magazines) continues with "People...

Hours of the Dragon

The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard #8

by Robert E. Howard & Paul Herman

The definitive 10-volume set of Robert E. Howard's weird fiction and poetry (with all texts meticulously restored to the original versions as published in Weird Tales and other magazines) continues with HOURS...