Fantastic Stories

Fantastic Stories
Author: Terry Jones
Publisher: Puffin HC
Total Pages: 128
Release: 1994
Genre: Fantasy fiction
ISBN: 9780140362763

Twenty-two stories of mischief and magic, dragons and dinosaurs, monsters and mermaids, cruelty and courage.

The Moth Presents: All These Wonders

The Moth Presents: All These Wonders
Author: Catherine Burns
Publisher: Crown
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2017-03-21
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1101904410

“Wonderful." —Michiko Kakutani, New York Times Celebrating the 20th anniversary of storytelling phenomenon The Moth, 45 unforgettable true stories about risk, courage, and facing the unknown, drawn from the best ever told on their stages Carefully selected by the creative minds at The Moth, and adapted to the page to preserve the raw energy of live storytelling, All These Wonders features voices both familiar and new. Alongside Meg Wolitzer, John Turturro, and Tig Notaro, readers will encounter: an astronomer gazing at the surface of Pluto for the first time, an Afghan refugee learning how much her father sacrificed to save their family, a hip-hop star coming to terms with being a “one-hit wonder,” a young female spy risking everything as part of Churchill’s “secret army” during World War II, and more. High-school student and neuroscientist alike, the storytellers share their ventures into uncharted territory—and how their lives were changed indelibly by what they discovered there. With passion, and humor, they encourage us all to be more open, vulnerable, and alive.

Fantastic Stories Presents the Fantastic Universe Super Pack #3

Fantastic Stories Presents the Fantastic Universe Super Pack #3
Author: E. Robert Howard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2018-04-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781515420927

Fantastic Universe started publishing in 1953 and continued until March 1960. It was one of the better magazines to launch during the boom in science fiction magazines publishing. It published many important stories by some of the fields best known writers. This is our third Fantastic universe Superpack.

Fantastic Stories of the Imagination

Fantastic Stories of the Imagination
Author: Shariann Lewitt
Publisher: Positronic Publishing
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2015-04-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781633847354

Fantastic Stories of the Imagination was newly revived by Hugo and World Fantasy Award nominated editor Warren Lapine as a webzine in 2014. Fantastic Stories brings you the very best in science fiction and fantasy with a blend of original fiction, reprints, and criticism of the field. Each month a new issue is posted free on the web for all to read at www.fantasticstoriesoftheimagination.com back issues may also be purchased either as e-books or print editions. Collected here are all of the original stories that ran in 2014. "New Beaches" by Daniel Hatch: Power, corruption, and danger rise with the tides. "Invisible Friends" by Steven Sawicki: He's just an all American boy with a dog that loves to drive his car, some talking monkeys, and a few damned aliens. "Invisible Friends Too (Or, I Have No Bananas and Ice Must Cream): by Steven Sawiki: Monkeys, aliens, and Elvis . . . oh my. "Rope Burns" by Kelly McCullough: He had a secret to keep, but then don't we all? "Night of Apophis" by Brenda Kalt: Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die. "Chocolateland" by Shariann Lewitt: When they wanted to eat, to really enjoy a good pig out, they could go to Chocolateland

The Moth

The Moth
Author: The Moth
Publisher: Hachette Books
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2013-09-03
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1401305962

The first collection from celebrated storytelling phenomenon The Moth presents fifty spellbinding, soul-bearing stories selected from their extensive archive. With tales from writer Malcolm Gladwell's wedding toast gone horribly awry; legendary rapper Darryl "DMC" McDaniels' obsession with a Sarah McLachlan song; poker champion Annie Duke's two million-dollar hand; and A. E. Hotchner's death-defying stint in a bullring . . . with his friend Ernest Hemingway. Read about the panic of former Clinton Press Secretary Joe Lockhart when he misses Air Force One after a hard night of drinking in Moscow, and Dr. George Lombardi's fight to save Mother Teresa's life. Inspired by friends telling stories on a porch, The Moth was born in small-town Georgia, garnered a cult following in New York City, and then rose to national acclaim with the wildly popular podcast and Peabody Award-winning weekly public radio show The Moth Radio Hour. A beloved read for Moth enthusiasts and all who savor well-told, hilarious, and heartbreaking stories.

Fantastic Worlds

Fantastic Worlds
Author: Eric S. Rabkin
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 585
Release: 1979-06-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0199839190

As the first international anthology to cover the entire scope of fantastic narrative, Fantastic Worlds presents over fifty tales, myths, and stories, ranging from Genesis to Ovid, Hans Christian Andersen to J.R.R. Tolkien, Edgar Allan Poe to James Thurber, and Franz Kafka to Italo Calvino. Including tales of fairies and elves, ghost stories, high fantasy, and stories of social criticism and the conflict between science and religion, this volume presents a diverse selection of writings that all share the same capacity to liberate the human spirit through the wild mental acrobatics of fantasy.

Fantastic Stories Presents the Poul Anderson Super Pack

Fantastic Stories Presents the Poul Anderson Super Pack
Author: Poul Anderson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 508
Release: 2016-05-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781515406280

Poul Anderson is a member of the Science Fiction hall of fame. He won seven time Hugo Awards and three Nebula Awards in edition to being awarded Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America. He was a giant in the science fiction field, publishing dozens of novels. His shorter works appeared in magazines such as Astounding, Galaxy, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science fiction, and Planet Stories. Collected in this Super Pack are fourteen stories that helped Poul Anderson chisel his name across the face of Science Fiction. Over five hundred pages of thrilling stories that will not disappoint. Included in the collection are: Industrial Revolution, Innocent at Large, Sargasso of Lost Starships, Duel on Syrtis, The Sensitive Man, Lord of a Thousand Suns, Out of the Iron Womb!, Star Ship, Witch of the Demon Seas, Sentiment, Inc., Security, Inside Earth, The Valor of Cappen Varra, The Chapter Ends.