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The sylvan witch, Zelata, sends Conan forth on a quest that will take him back along all the long, weary trails he once trod on his way to the kingship of the greatest of the Hyborian nations. Along the way he'll battle traitorous noblemen, crafty bandits, scheming merchants, bloodthirsty pirates, mysterious assassins from the East, eldritch vampires from the tomb, and powerful Stygian wizard-priests - and in the end he'll face an enemy called up from the land's nightmare-haunted past, an evil, ancient wizard.

This collection highlights the imaginative brilliance of Ray Bradbury, one of the most influential voices in science fiction. Spanning over 15 stories, the anthology offers a window into Bradbury's unique ability to blend futuristic ideas with profound human emotions. Featured stories like The Monster Maker, Morgue Ship, The Irritated People, Pillar of Fire, Zero Hour, A Little Journey, and Asleep in Armageddon showcase the author's wide-ranging themes, from space exploration and dystopian futures to the darker sides of human nature.

One devastating event changed the course of humanity. They came in a blink of an eye and without warning, and intentions unknown. But when aliens made landfall, they began destroying everything in their path.

Von einem Moment auf den anderen öffnet sich eine neue Welt für Julena. Alles, was sie bisher über sich zu wissen glaubte, erweist sich als Irrtum, denn sie ist kein Mensch, sondern eine Göttin. Doch bei dem Gedanken an die Prophezeiung, die sie erfüllen soll, überkommen sie Zweifel. Ausgerechnet sie, die nie einem anderen Wesen Schaden zufügen würde, soll einen Kriegsgott töten?

Zero Hours is an anthology series from Long Story Short Productions, where every story is a different take on the end of the world - or at least something that feels like the end of the world. Each episode is organized around a kind of apocalypse, whether the cataclysm is planetary or personal, and each episode is also set in succeeding centuries, with 99-year intervals separating them. Zero Hours begins in the past, catches up to the present, and eventually overtakes it. Some installments are darkly comedic, others grimly contemplative, and others still thrillingly contentious. But they all ...

Los cuentos de esta colección pasan por portales temporales, por la entomología y la taxonomía de artrópodos fantásticos, por los universos del porno, por las conspiraciones infraterrenales y por la especulación en torno a una ucronía: la historia cultural mexicana visitada por viajeros del tiempo. […] Están pobladas por víctimas, estrellas de porno (Rex Porneau, un apenas disimulado Max Hardcore), demonios, arañas psicotrópicas, Frida Kahlo y otros monstruos; pero, sobre todo.

Notions of the undead have fascinated and terrified humanity for centuries, and none more so than those tales revolving around zombies. From the very root of the zombie myth back in the Haitian slave days to a saturation through popular culture, zombies have crawled their way up out of their graves, refusing to stay interred. Now, as their hordes increase and their hungers grow, the undead plagues cannot be stopped. It isn't just a case of no room left on Earth. The apocalypse is here.

It’s going to be so much fun! All of the kids in the neighborhood are playing a super fun game - Invasion!

El famoso nudo gordiano ha resistido todos los intentos por deshacerlo y quizás es porque dotado de vida propia, el nudo quiere conservar en su interior un poder místico y desconocido, pero Alejandro Magno no se va a entretener en deshacer el nudo, sino que con su famosa espada le da un tajo y lo parte por medio, desatando una serie de fuerzas que se van a manifestar con todo su poder en pleno siglo XXI.