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As My Nightmare ShattersA dark psychological romance-Book Two in the Nightmare seriesMonths after the crash that should have ended everything, Renee wakes to a world she doesn't recognize-and a man who swears he's her husband. Gentle, patient, and utterly devoted, "Mark" is everything she could have dreamed of. Determined not to lose her again, Jesse builds a life around her recovery, reshaping himself into the man he believes she deserves. As Renee's memories return in fragments, she begins to sense that something about her perfect marriage isn't real.But some nightmares don't end when you wake up.They just learn how to look like dreams.

My Running Nightmare A dark psychological romanceYears after Kevin murdered his brother, Jesse finally finds the perfect weapon for revenge: Renee, Kevin's unsuspecting girlfriend.Abducted and isolated, Renee becomes Jesse's pawn in a twisted game of payback.Jesse, haunted by guilt and obsessed with control, tries to become the man Renee could love.And trapped with no way out, Renee learns to survive by playing into his delusions-until survival becomes something harder to define.And just when a twisted new normal settles in, fate delivers one final blow.Some nightmares don't end when you wake up.They just change names.

My Running Nightmare A dark psychological romanceYears after Kevin murdered his brother, Jesse finally finds the perfect weapon for revenge: Renee, Kevin's unsuspecting girlfriend. Abducted and isolated, Renee becomes Jesse's pawn in a twisted game of payback.Jesse, haunted by guilt and obsessed with control, tries to become the man Renee could love. And trapped with no way out, Renee learns to survive by playing into his delusions-until survival becomes something harder to define.And just when a twisted new normal settles in, fate delivers one final blow.Some nightmares don't end when you wake up. They just change names.

Two stories in one, with this high fantasy, high-concept epic!<BR><BR>One on a quest for vengeance, the other on a quest for love! Their destinies intertwine in Fantasy--a graphic novel with two perspectives, and two stories. For Alma, it's the big day: Chosen by the kingdom for the ritual of the bleeding of the gods, the crown princess will journey to the lands of the gods to slay one, and thus avenge an affront to humanity 500 years old. For Yourcenar, it's the big day: The Oracle finally predicted that she will encounter her beloved. But the young giantess soon realizes that her beloved is human...and thus begins a wait that will last one thousand years. What happens when these two worlds collide? Read Fantasy and find out--with each perspective starting on opposite sides of the book and meeting in the middle!

Two stories in one, with this high fantasy, high-concept epic!<BR><BR>One on a quest for vengeance, the other on a quest for love! Their destinies intertwine in Fantasy--a graphic novel with two perspectives, and two stories. For Alma, it's the big day: Chosen by the kingdom for the ritual of the bleeding of the gods, the crown princess will journey to the lands of the gods to slay one, and thus avenge an affront to humanity 500 years old. For Yourcenar, it's the big day: The Oracle finally predicted that she will encounter her beloved. But the young giantess soon realizes that her beloved is human...and thus begins a wait that will last one thousand years. What happens when these two worlds collide? Read Fantasy and find out--with each perspective starting on opposite sides of the book and meeting in the middle!

NATIONALLY BESTSELLING SERIES ¿ Over 4 Million Series Copies Sold Worldwide ¿ "ADDICTIVE." -Real Simple<BR><BR>From the global bestselling Murdle series comes an epic romantasy adventure where cold hard deduction meets high-stakes fantasy romance!<BR><BR>Deductive Logico, master of strict rationality, is facing his most confounding case yet: the disappearance of his partner, Inspector Irratino, who vanished and left behind only six enchanting fantasy novels as evidence. To find him, Logico must hunt for clues within realms of riddle-speaking fae, alluring vampires, and dangerous magic. <BR><BR>Your quest: Examine the evidence, complete the logic grids, and uncover the answers to questions like:<BR><BR>Who bonded with the dragon?<BR>What potion was concocted to heal the prince?<BR>Where is the underground fighting ring?<BR><BR>As you work through these fantastical puzzles, you'll soon discover that solving this case requires bridging the ultimate divide: pure, logical reason and chaotic, romantic intuition. Whether you're a seasoned puzzle master or a fantasy lover trying your hand at grid-based deduction, sharpen your pencil, saddle your dragon, and deduce your way to happily ever after.

A tour-de-force graphic novel biography of Yoko Ono and John Lennon-their turbulent romance, dynamic creative partnership, and their final days together recording their last, Grammy Award-winning album, Double Fantasy"A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality." -Yoko OnoLong dismissed by Beatles fans as a "dragon lady" or "the woman who broke up the Beatles," Yoko Ono's work and legacy has often been viewed as parallel, if not separate to John Lennon's.Double Fantasy challenges that perception, chronicling the complicated, fascinating, and dramatic period between 1968 and 1980 when John Lennon left the Beatles, redefined himself, disappeared from the public to raise his son Sean with Yoko Ono-by telling their story from both Yoko and John's perspective.In this incredible journey through the personal and creative lives of two of the most influential artists of all time, Double Fantasy argues-at times in John's own words-that Yoko was not tangential to the process of making "John Lennon's last album," but rather his creative equal, constantly challenging him to make better, more personal work.Viscerally presented in the graphic novel format, author Geoff Edgers and artist Molly Murakami take readers behind the scenes of one of the most complicated, fruitful, and misunderstood musical partnerships in history, drawing from unparalleled access and new reporting to bring this story to life.

*THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*EMBARK ON THE JOYOUS AND NOSTALGIC JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME IN THE LATEST NOVEL FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THIS TIME TOMORROW AND ALL ADULTS HERE'Pure joy' Ann Patchett
'Fun, delicious, big-hearted' Taylor Jenkins Reid
'So funny and wise and perfectly done' Lena Dunham
'Criminally readable' Maria Semple
'I can't TELL you the enjoyment it gave me' Marian Keyes
'I was completely swept away' Coco Mellors
'You will feel so understood by this novel' Rainbow Rowell
'Unexpectedly hilarious. Cheaper than therapy and a lot more fun!' Holly Brickley
'I longed to be aboard the American Fantasy' Lauren Bravo---Annie is on a journey straight back to her past.When the American Fantasy cruise ship sets sail for a four-day themed voyage, aboard are all five members of a famous 1990s boyband, and three thousand women who have worshipped them since their youth.Newly divorced and with an empty nest, Annie is on board as a lark to appease her sister. Once a diehard fan of the band as a teen, she now feels out of place amid the sea of bedazzling t-shirts bearing the singers' faces. Yet when the lights go down, the cocktails are poured and the band starts singing, Annie finally reconnects to a long-submerged part of herself.As she encounters Keith, the band's slightly depressed, fifty-something lead singer - not just a celebrity but someone clearly in need of a friend - she feels like anything is possible.But is the connection between Annie and Keith just a fantasy? Or is this the beginning of a new chapter for them both?Full of laugh-out-loud reflections on fame, nostalgia, marriage and growing up, American Fantasy celebrates the magic of revisiting our youth, and the even greater magic of starting anew.---PRAISE FOR EMMA STRAUB'Has all the pleasures of reading one of Anne Tyler's compelling family portraits' NEW YORK TIMES'Nostalgic, wise, funny, and filled with love' GABRIELLE ZEVIN on This Time Tomorrow'Smart, compelling, irresistible' LIANE MORIARTY on Modern Lovers'Her warmth and sense of humour electrify every page' NEW YORK MAGAZINE

Join Logico as he travels across fantastical realms in dozens of madcap quests!<BR><BR>Deductive Logico, master of cold, empirical logic, is facing his most confounding case yet: the mysterious disappearance of his longtime partner-in-crime, Inspector Irratino, who was last seen investigating the intuitive and absurd world of the occult.<BR><BR> When Irratino vanishes with only his six fantasy novels left behind as evidence, Logico must venture beyond the known map and navigate realms that defy every law of physics he holds dear. From riddle-speaking fae to the uncanny vampire lair, Logico must collect evidence where suspects are as likely to be ancient deities as they are disgruntled data analysts.<BR><BR>Can you help Logico escape the dragon realm and survive the magic-but-deadly boarding school to save Irratino? Find out, if you dare to MURDLE!

Written by multi-award-winning narrative designer and worldbuilder Graeme Davis, this book draws on more than 40 years' experience working on almost 50 video games and more than 100 tabletop game rulebooks, sourcebooks, and adventures. It provides usable information and practical advice for worldbuilders and loremasters in games of all kinds, as well as in other media.Using a wide range of examples including the author's own work on Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000, Vampire: The Masquerade, and others, it shows how to create a fantasy setting that stands out from the crowd and how to ensure it has the maximum potential to grow beyond on title to a powerful transmedia brand. It examines a number of powerful and not-so-powerful brands, showing what worked, what didn't, and what could have been better.It points out both obvious and less obvious ways of conveying intriguing crumbs of lore to players, hinting at a wider world and building curiosity that will create a ready-made audience for future titles in the same franchise - and it shows how to achieve all of that quickly and economically, without drowning in detail, without endangering the current project's budget and schedule, and without restricting the creative freedom of anyone working on those future titles.

Written by multi-award-winning narrative designer and worldbuilder Graeme Davis, this book draws on more than 40 years' experience working on almost 50 video games and more than 100 tabletop game rulebooks, sourcebooks, and adventures. It provides usable information and practical advice for worldbuilders and loremasters in games of all kinds, as well as in other media.Using a wide range of examples including the author's own work on Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000, Vampire: The Masquerade, and others, it shows how to create a fantasy setting that stands out from the crowd and how to ensure it has the maximum potential to grow beyond on title to a powerful transmedia brand. It examines a number of powerful and not-so-powerful brands, showing what worked, what didn't, and what could have been better.It points out both obvious and less obvious ways of conveying intriguing crumbs of lore to players, hinting at a wider world and building curiosity that will create a ready-made audience for future titles in the same franchise - and it shows how to achieve all of that quickly and economically, without drowning in detail, without endangering the current project's budget and schedule, and without restricting the creative freedom of anyone working on those future titles.

Play smart.Play to win.Play like a champion.In Winning Fantasy Baseball, Larry Schechter discloses the secrets of his proven methods. Packed with commonsense, easy-to-use strategies, Schechter supplies both beginners and experienced players with a toolkit to achieve the most important thing in fantasy baseball⎯winning!Some have called Schechter one of the best fantasy baseball players in the world. He is the only two-time winner of the CDM Sports national salary-cap challenge, having defeated 7,500 competitors in 2002 and 6,000 in 2005. He is also a five-time winner of the renowned Tout Wars experts league and a member of the USA Today-sponsored League of Alternative Baseball Reality (LABR).Readers will learn directly from the champ everything they need to know about- how to project player stats, - how to convert those stats into a specific value, - strategy for snake drafts, and mono-league and mixed auctions, - selecting teams using a salary cap, - playing in keeper leagues, and- performing in-season management.Although the book is primarily about fantasy baseball, many of the concepts also apply to fantasy football and other fantasy sports.

Reproduction of the original, first published in 1877. Late 19th-century American short story blending fantasy and literary homage. Wandering Boston streets after attending a performance of Romeo and Juliet, the narrator imagines an alternate outcome where Shakespeare's Hamlet travels to Verona and woos Juliet at a masquerade.

Acclaimed author Rebecca M. Senese weaves fantastical tales of the festive season that surprise and entrance readers.Fill your holiday season with magic and delight with these ten tales of Christmas and holiday magic!Run errands with reindeer, prepare for Christmas with gnomes, find the perfect gift, strike a deal with Krampus, enjoy holiday turkey, race to save Christmas and many more. Experience tales touched with magic and fantasy. Make this season merry with Festive Fantasy Holiday Tales!

Hi there, baby. Let's go on a fantasy quest together!Whether it's castles and magical forests, dragons and mermaids, or heroes on long journeys, Little Bookworm: Fantasy Worlds brings the wonder of fantasy stories to life for the tiniest readers. This enchanting board book introduces the key elements of the genre-good versus evil, bravery, adventure, and imagination-using simple, lyrical language and vibrant artwork made for little eyes. Perfect for babies and toddlers of fans of Tolkien, Lewis, Martin, Jemisin, and beyond. It's never too early to believe in magic, and every great quest starts with a story.Also available: Little Bookworm: Mystery

Acclaimed author Rebecca M. Senese weaves fantastical tales of the festive season that surprise and entrance readers.Fill your holiday season with magic and delight with these ten tales of Christmas and holiday magic!Run errands with reindeer, prepare for Christmas with gnomes, find the perfect gift, strike a deal with Krampus, enjoy holiday turkey, race to save Christmas and many more. Experience tales touched with magic and fantasy. Make this season merry with Festive Fantasy Holiday Tales!

The third volume of the Image Comics smash hit is here!<BR><BR>Still reeling from his fathers murder--Henry is thrust fresh into a new case when a mysterious new villian begins hunting the great hunters! <BR> <BR> Plus: the hunter for the last dragon eggs begins--and it's going to put henry into conflict with a brave new hero--FIREBORN! <BR> <BR>Collects LOST FANTASY #9-12

I spent three years of painful IVF injections fighting for our family. He spent it auditioning my 26-year-old replacement.For twelve years, Weston was my safe place. He was the reliable, steady husband who held my hand through the darkest days of postpartum depression and the agonizing reality of infertility. We built a life, a home, and a miracle daughter.Then came the Friday night he sat on the far end of our couch, stared at the floor, and told me he felt like he was dying in our house.He wasn't dying. He was just living a double life.For nine months, while I was washing his clothes and nursing our child, he was buying diamond earrings for a junior marketing coordinator. He was taking her to boutique hotels, buying her morning-after pills, and fantasizing about the day she would become my daughter's stepmother. He had packed his bags in his mind, rehearsing my funeral without even inviting me.When a betrayal this absolute shatters your world, you have two choices: let the fire burn you to ash, or use the flames to light your way out.He Chose the Fantasy is a raw, unflinching, and ultimately triumphant story of a woman waking up from the nightmare of a broken marriage.This is a story for any woman who has ever had to: <BR>- Survive the suffocating reality of a toxic marriage and betrayal trauma.<BR>- Navigate the cold, calculated logistics of divorce and custody.<BR>- Reclaim her body, her mind, and her identity from the man who broke her.<BR>- Find the breathtaking courage to open her heart to a second chance at love-one that is steady, patient, and real.

<BR> If you are looking for an emotionally gripping domestic drama about surviving infidelity, finding your worth, and the ultimate, quiet revenge of simply moving on to a beautiful life, this book is for you.Scroll up and click "Buy Now" to start reading this devastating and empowering journey today.

With perceptions of reality in the 21st-century increasingly seen as pluralistic and a matter of interpretation, this open access book identifies fantasy literature as a uniquely and highly effective form of storytelling for engaging with our contemporary sense of reality in all its fluidity and complexity.<BR><BR> Proposing a new theory of fantasy's relationship with our reality as a speculative form of mimesis, Elise Kraatila demonstrates how the genre exemplifies literary ways of engaging with the complexities of our contemporary sense of reality by means of "what if?" propositions, grand-scale scenario models, imaginative world-building and thought experiments.<BR><BR> Discussing works of 21st-century fantasy by celebrated authors including Kazuo Ishiguro, N. K. Jemisin, Joe Abercrombie and Lev Grossman, Speculative Mimesis in Fantasy Literature lays bare the complexity and interpretive ambiguity that characterizes the relationship between fantasy fiction, the art of storytelling, and our contemporary sense of reality at large. Illuminating how these contemporary storytellers turn to the expressive repertoire of fantasy fiction to explore topical issues from global inequality to climate crisis and the 'post-truth' breakdown of our conception of reality, this book positions fantasy as a major participant in contemporary responses to our ideas of reality with the power to make actual change. Critically acknowledging and interrogating this most popular genre and the ontological and epistemic force of its narratives, Kraatila offers a perspective to fantasy world-building as a form of literary mimesis that highlights the complex and historically changeable conceptions of what it means for fiction to represent reality more generally.<BR> <BR> The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Tampere University, Finland.

Examining books by William Morris, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Ursula K. Le Guin, three of the most influential writers of the modern fantasy tradition, this book explores how fantasy writers engage with forest ecologies, histories and futures - both real and imagined - at a time when fantasies of a more sustainable society must be realised.

Focusing on themes of escape, enchantment, experiment and engagement, this book demonstrates the significance of forest environments in the fantastic imagination, brings together ecocritical and fantasy scholarship in conversation with the environmental and social sciences, and examines the ways in which the fantastic imagination may be used as a creative form of environmental engagement today.

Need a quick fantasy fiction fix? Speed Reads will take you to far-flung realms! A kingdom's littlest squire makes a big decision to pose as a knight in a jousting tournament. A young boy learns the hard way that mermaids may not be trustworthy. A group of garden gnomes takes a stand to protect their backyard. This collection of short stories is perfect for young readers who want to escape into far-out fantasy worlds. With brisk plots and fast-paced action, these speedy reads are sure to spark imaginations, even when time, energy, or attention is limited.

Need a quick fantasy fiction fix? Speed Reads will take you to far-flung realms! A kingdom's littlest squire makes a big decision to pose as a knight in a jousting tournament. A young boy learns the hard way that mermaids may not be trustworthy. A group of garden gnomes takes a stand to protect their backyard. This collection of short stories is perfect for young readers who want to escape into far-out fantasy worlds. With brisk plots and fast-paced action, these speedy reads are sure to spark imaginations, even when time, energy, or attention is limited.

A classic work that launched the career of one of the most influential scholars of their generation.Lauren Berlant influenced generations of scholars in gender studies, affect theory, literary criticism, anthropology, sociology, and beyond. Her first book, The Anatomy of National Fantasy, was published in 1991, and it marked the start of an extraordinary career of groundbreaking essays, editorial collaborations, and monographs. This new edition reintroduces Berlant's earliest work with a new foreword by Caleb Smith, who connects Berlant's initial investigations as a scholar of nineteenth-century American literature to her more widely known interventions in how we understand the entanglements of national ideology, citizenship, affect, and everyday life.

High school student, Makoto Misumi, was summoned into a new world. While he wandered the Desolate Wilderness, he finally found a village where huma live, but he was unable to communicate with them. To Makoto's surprise, the huma were deathly afraid of him, and they started attacking when Makoto got close. Just what is going on?! Makoto returned to ask his two subordinates, the Superior Dragon, Tomoe, and the Giant Spider, Mio, about the truth of the matter...

High school student, Makoto Misumi, was summoned into another world just to be abandoned in the wilderness where he wandered. The two beauties he allied, Tomoe and Mio, accidentally leveled the Deserted Plains, a city within the Desolate Wilderness. Left without a choice, the party proceeded towards the bustling city of Tsige. At the Adventurer's Guild, a job posting on their board caught Makoto's interest. The posting indicated that the Rembrandt Company is in search of a rare material, the eye of the Ruby Eye monster. Little did Makoto know, taking on this job would land him in the most catastrophic trouble he has ever been in...

Makoto Misumi was nothing more than a normal high school boy until he was summoned to another world! What's worse, the one and only goddess of this new world seemed to have a problem with his looks, claiming that he's "ugly," before tossing him off into the middle of the Desolate Wilderness, an empty wasteland. Now left to fend for himself and missing humanity very dearly, Makoto, for some odd reason, seemed to only come by monsters! Even the two beautiful women he managed to ally were monsters, one a former dragon and another a spider. What will happen to our hero who's cursed with terrible luck, yet blessed with cheat-level powers...?!

Focusing on a corpus of fantasy texts written in colonial India during the late 19th and early 20th century, this book explores the origins, motivations, nature, and role of fantasy and speculative writing during a period of tremendous social and political churning.<BR>Taking stock of Bengali texts often marginalized as children's literature or deemed unworthy of serious critical attention, Mayurika Chakravorty examines the works of authors such as Sanjibchandra Chattopadhyay, Trailokyanath Mukhopadhyay, Parashuram (Rajshekhar Basu), Abanindranath Tagore, and Sukumar Ray to shed light on how their writing offered stringent commentaries on the colonial situation whilst grappling with larger questions around science, progress, environment, social hierarchies, ethics, and morality.<BR>With a focus on how key authors and their works-largely omitted from the established canon-were influenced by diverse cultural streams from European, Persian, classical Sanskrit, and local folk traditions, Fantasy and the Politics of Subversion explores how these texts challenged dominant tropes and conventions while subverting authority, both literary and political.<BR>In highlighting overlooked writing within Indian literary history, fantasy and children's literature studies, Chakravorty demonstrates that, in understanding these works in relation to one another, they provide evidence of compelling bodies of work produced in the context of, and in resistance to, the empire.

The fantasy genre is one of the richest and most multifaceted of all cinematic genres. It possesses a unique and fundamental characteristic that is, by definition, inherent to it: its relationship to reality. Fantasy creates a disconnect from our reality, and cinema has become one of the most fervent illustrators of this device. Every nation has had its own era of cinema rich in fantasy, each with its own distinct characteristics and unique approach to a specific conception of the genre. French fantasy cinema, unlike many others, did not have a golden age, but rather implicitly enriched the art of cinema as a whole through landmark works that have marked the history of cinema. Thus, it never coalesced into a fantasy movement with precise and identifiable codes, but distinguished itself through its powerful subtlety and its desire to transcend the realm of fantasy. The practical section of this thesis focused on illustrating the phenomenon of repetition in fantasy cinema through a trilogy that embodies the rules and imperatives required by this particular stylistic device.

Serialisation and Literary Compulsion in Fantasy: The Pleasure of Deferral argues that contemporary fantasy literature has naturalised serialisation as its organizing principle, not as a publishing strategy but as the genre's dominant form, generating sustained reader obsession through temporal deferral, narrative incompletion, and the proliferation of worlds that exceed any single text.Serialisation organises desire through delay, return, and the managed refusal of closure. Reading fantasy becomes a durational practice: rereading, theorising, collecting, and writing back into worlds that remain larger than any single encounter. Moving from Tolkien, Rowling, and Martin to fanfiction platforms and special-edition economies, and extending the argument through Polish and Arabic case studies, this book shows how serial form travels across media and cultures while remaining recognisably itself. What persists is not content but a pattern: repetition with difference, sustained long enough to turn attachment into an ordinary mode of participation.Drawing from psychoanalysis, cultural theory, and literary analysis, this book reframes obsession as a structural condition of the genre rather than a pathology of its readers and shows why fantasy, of all literary forms, is the one readers cannot stop returning to.

The official art book for one of the most acclaimed tactical role-playing games of all time, presenting hundreds of illustrations in a hardcover, collector’s quality volume.<BR><BR>Memories of Ivalice come vividly back to life in this official art book for Final Fantasy Tactics. This full-color, hardcover volume is printed on archival-quality text stock and features artwork created for the development of the original game, The War of the Lions, and The Ivalice Chronicles. It also includes concept sketches, rough map designs, package art, and never-before-seen character and job illustrations.

The life stories of Aerith Gainsborough and Tifa Lockhart leading up to the main narrative of Final Fantasy VII continue in this sequel to the global hit novel Traces of Two Pasts.<BR><BR>Tifa struggles with painful memories of Nibelheim while trying to both make a living at Seventh Heaven and evade the Turks’ investigation into Avalanche. Aerith finds a place for herself selling flowers in Midgar, all the while wondering and worrying about the absence of someone very dear to her. And an angel takes flight from a run-down church, leading to a reunion in the Sector 7 slums that will set the wheels of destiny in motion.<BR><BR>This volume also includes a bonus short story set during Cloud’s time as a Shinra trooper.

The Play of Emotion and Fantasy is the book about the arts of the in Finland living Dutch Visual Artist and Interior Architect Willem Krijgsman (born in 1953, Delft). The book contains a large collection of his early artworks.In the form of two separate, interesting interviews, he takes the reader with him by showing his works through many fantastic colour photos and pictures. He explains his process of creation and artistic developments. He is showing us, how he goes from paper collages to assemblages, from assemblages via junk art into drawing, followed by his later discovery of clay, that developed into love for modelling clay.In this rich, with photographs and drawings, illustrated book Krijgsman shows his love for the arts in general. Making art, by discovering and researching art forms, is his most important motivation.He wants, that his book of arts is working as if being in an exhibition situation. The reader can go through different stages of his artistic creations. Explanations and names under the pictures, if so, are kept to a minimum, not to disturb the viewer's own interpretation.The artist, living in Finland since 1981, has held many solo exhibitions in his home country, especially in Helsinki and Vantaa. He has also taken part in many group exhibitions and gained publicity. Though not internationally known, his wonderful artworks are very much on the level and worthwhile exploring. They show a really motivated, talented and sincere visual artist at work.Willem Krijgsman has published in Finnish, in 2023, the book Fifty-Fifty (BoD, ISBN: 978-952-80-9321-3) telling his integration process into the Finnish society via intertextual collages using e.g. paintings from Golden Age of Finnish Art.

100 Challenges to Draw Amazing Fantasy Art invites artists of all skill levels to build their confidence and creativity through a carefully structured series of engaging exercises from acclaimed fantasy artist Kenneth Anderson. <BR>Beginning with the fundamentals of shape language, silhouette, and design, each challenge gradually introduces new concepts and techniques, allowing readers to develop their skills one step at a time. Across 100 imaginative prompts and step-by-step tutorials, learn to create fearless heroes, fearsome monsters, magical creatures, dynamic poses, expressive faces, costumes, weapons, and richly detailed fantasy worlds. Each exercise is designed to strengthen core artistic principles while encouraging experimentation and personal interpretation, helping artists move from simple sketches to fully realised fantasy illustrations. Packed with practical demonstrations, professional insights, and creative challenges that increase in complexity throughout the book, 100 Challenges to Draw Amazing Fantasy Art provides an enjoyable and rewarding way to develop drawing skills, expand visual vocabulary, and build confidence in character and creature design. <BR>Whether you're a beginner looking for structured practice or an experienced artist seeking fresh inspiration, this comprehensive tutorial book is an essential companion for anyone passionate about fantasy art.

A collection of rediscovered fantasy, horror, and speculative stories from an icon of the Harlem Renaissance and cofounder of the NAACP, many published here for the first time.

Are you a DM or GM looking to take some of the work out of building your own fantasy RPG one-shots or campaign settings? Or perhaps you just want to be better prepared next time your band of intrepid PCs ask 'what happens if we take the other path?' Well Marvellous Maps for Fantasy RPGs is just what you are searching for. It includes fifty clear maps showing a wide variety of exciting locations, including villages and villains' hideouts, towns, temples and taverns, castles and classic cave systems. Some of the maps can be used in combination. For example, one pairing shows a long-abandoned hamlet in one map and then the partially flooded tunnels and tombs that lay beneath in the next. Some are large scale, perhaps showing a whole city, while others zoom in to give a detailed floorplan of a particularly important building, like the local tavern. Each has a scale grid and plenty of space on the facing page for your own notes, sometimes with side-view sketches to clarify what the top-down map represents. Perfect for use with D&D or many other TTRPGs. Fifty maps, thousands of paths to adventure!

Every fantasy hockey draft comes down to the same problem: too many players, not enough time to research them all. The Fantasy Hockey Guide fixes that with one complete resource covering the entire 2026-27 NHL season - a full alphabetical database of nearly 800 skaters and goalies, paired with 16 strategy articles built from decades of real keeper-league and DFS experience.Written by Anjul Virk, creator of The Virk Presents: Hockey and a former top-rated Daily Fantasy Sports player who won the $50,000 grand prize at the FanDuel Fantasy Hockey World Championship, this guide blends hard statistical projections with the kind of situational context that separates a good draft from a great one - new linemates, coaching changes, injury recovery timelines, and role battles that raw numbers alone won't tell you.Inside, you'll find: - A complete A-Z player database with 2024-25 and 2025-26 stat lines, 2026-27 projections, and a written outlook for every meaningful NHL roster player- Sleeper picks and breakout candidates worth targeting before your league catches on- Players to fade, plus a dedicated injury-risk section flagging chronic durability concerns- Full draft strategy, including how to adjust for points, categories, and banger/peripheral-stat league formats- Goalie rankings and a streaming strategy for the always-thin goaltending position- A rookie watch list and positional tiers and rankings for the Top 150- Special teams quick-reference tables (power play and penalty kill units) for every team- Primers on Daily Fantasy Sports (DraftKings and FanDuel scoring and strategy) and sports betting terminology- A printable draft-day cheat sheet condensing the whole guide onto two pagesWhether you're drafting in a competitive keeper league, running a one-and-done snake draft, or dabbling in single-night DFS contests, this guide is built to be the last resource you open before setting your lineup. Rosters and analysis reflect training-camp and preseason information available as of late September 2026.Print it, bookmark it, or keep it open next to your draft board - and good luck this season.

The Ultimate 2026-2027 NFL Football Preview & Fantasy Football Guide is a practical guide for football fans who want a clear look at the teams, players, matchups, storylines, and fantasy football opportunities shaping the 2026 NFL season.This guide covers all 32 NFL teams, giving readers an easy-to-follow overview of each team's roster, key players, schedule, strengths, weaknesses, and season outlook. Whether you follow one team closely or want a broader understanding of the entire league, this book provides a convenient reference for the season.Inside, you'll discover: - All 32 NFL teams and their key players- 2026-2027 schedules and important matchups- Team strengths, weaknesses, and season outlooks- Power rankings and statistical perspectives- Rookies and emerging players to watch- Potential breakout players- Fantasy football targets across major positions- Players whose roles could change during the season- Important offensive and defensive storylines- Fantasy football statistical outlooks- Playoff and Super Bowl storylines- Quick-reference information for following the seasonThe fantasy football section adds another layer for readers preparing for drafts, managing fantasy teams, or simply looking for players who could have significant statistical impact.Designed for both dedicated NFL fans and casual followers, this book brings team previews, player analysis, fantasy football information, and season storylines together in one convenient guide.Follow the teams. Know the players. Understand the matchups. Prepare for the 2026-2027 NFL season.

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TREE OF HORROR<BR><BR>When Tsukishiro Kotone, aka the Immortal Princess Anastasia, realized there was a sinister presence on the island, she hadn’t predicted it would be the giant tree overlooking their survival adventure. Now, the players of Free Life Fantasy Online must unite to take down a foe like no other. And who better to lead the charge than Anastasia herself?

An adorable picture book adventure for fans of Final Fantasy XIV!<BR><BR>One day, I stumbled upon a strange little creature—one that looked just like an ear of corn. None of the grown-ups could see it at all. The poor thing looked lonely, so I gave it a little poke and boy, that’s when the trouble started! His head popped right off and flew away!<BR><BR>An original story created by the Final Fantasy XIV development team, Final Fantasy XIV Picture Book: Me and the Cornservant tells the tale of a mysterious encounter and an adventure shared with the magnificent Cornservant! Written by main scenario writer Banri Oda and illustrated by Naoki Ikushima and Rina Yoshiura.

THE LIGHT NOVEL FANTASY EPIC THAT INSPIRED A CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED ANIME!<BR><BR>Haruhiro awakens to darkness and amnesia, among a group of strangers who can only remember their own names…and nothing else. When they make it into the light, they discover Grimgar – a fantasy world that’s like something out of an RPG game.<BR><BR>Without apparent skills or knowledge of their surroundings, Haruhiro and his newfound friends band together to form an adventuring party. Only by cooperating, using their wits, and learning new skills can they hope to survive in this dangerous land of monsters and magic.

Starting somewhere new can feel like the biggest thing in the world.When Pip arrives in Fantasy City, everything feels too big, too loud, and too unfamiliar. But Ember and Skye, the city's smallest superheroes, know a secret: you don't have to be fearless to be brave - you just have to try.Through a gentle evening in the town square, a smudged chalk drawing, and one small act of courage, Pip discovers that new places get a little smaller every time you make a friend.A warm, reassuring story for any child facing a first day, a new school, or a new home - perfect for reading together at bedtime or before a big change.Inside this book: - A heartfelt story about courage and belonging- Colorful, expressive illustrations throughout- A "Meet the Tiny Heroes" character page- Discussion questions for parents and caregivers- A drawing activity page for kids to reflect on their own brave momentsPerfect for fans of gentle, feelings-focused picture books about friendship, new experiences, and finding the courage to say hello.

While investigating a slaver ring, the heroes are lured into the clutches of the rat king and tossed into his dungeon bereft of equipment. Do they have the mettle and wits to escape? Revenge of the Rat King is a 5E adventure designed for four to six 5th-level characters, who will advance to level 6 before the adventure's conclusion. While any combination of character classes can undertake this challenge, rogues and sorcerers will prove extremely useful, and a party with a wide range of skills will have the best chance of survival. Above all, teamwork will be essential to the heroes' success.

Expertly levelled first graphic readers, perfect for children learning to read.Reading Champion Graphic readers is a new strand in the Reading Champion programme. Each story follows the adventures of the same set of characters in exciting comic book form, perfect for encouraging reluctant readers. The books have been book banded to support children's reading in the classroom. Mythical Creature Cadets books have all been banded at book band 10 White.Join the cadets Mira, Jay, Kai and Luna in Mythic Park as they learn to look after the mythical creatures that live there. In this story, the cadets are trying to find the missing seeds of the Heart Tree. Without them, the forest will lose its magic. A three-tailed fox seems to have the answer, but how can the cadets help the sick unicorn and return the seeds?

IMMORTAL QUEEN<BR><BR>Tsukishiro Kotone, aka the Immortal Princess Anastasia, rallies the survivors of the game's second official event to vanquish the Triffid and achieve the best possible result. Though for the zombie-turned-princess, there’s no better result than all the EXP she earned, giving her enough levels to finally evolve into her next form. The journey takes her to the underworld itself, where she receives a surprisingly warm welcome from the living dead...

RELEASE THE KRAKEN!<BR><BR>Tsukushiro Kotone, aka Anastasia the Immortal Princess, has reached level 50 and has evolved yet again! And what better way to test out her new skills than a world quest to defend the port city of Imbamunte. The players of Free Life Fantasy Online must board a warship together to fight off all manner of aquatic monsters threatening to drag them down to the depths. Meanwhile, Anastasia and the other flying players take to the skies for a different kind of battle. Can they come out on top in Free Life Fantasy Online’s very first naval battle?

The second volume of a two-volume set of the official art books for Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail, featuring hundreds of pages of full-color art and an exclusive in-game item code!<BR><BR>Follow the Warrior of Light and their comrades on a journey through the lands of Tural and beyond! This collector's quality art book offers a wealth of illustrations depicting characters, environments, equipment, and more. The Art of Succession –Relics of Eternity– covers content through Patch 7.5, including The Arcadion, Echoes of Vana’diel, and Cosmic Exploration. Book two of a two-book set with The Art of Succession –Relics of Heritage–.<BR><BR>Includes an exclusive item code for a Lolly Cat minion!<BR><BR>The eleventh volume in the line of Final Fantasy XIV official art books.

Our heroes are short on coin, and looking for an opportunity to turn their fortune. They accept a quest to confront the White Wyvern in its lair, located in an accursed rift locked in the throes of an icy curse. A beast such as that should have an expansive hoard! But their task is not to destroy the marauding draconic foe. Instead, they must capture it alive for their employer to receive the full bounty. But can their employer be trusted...Frozen Lair of the White Wyvern is a 5E adventure designed for four to six 4th-level characters. The adventure is set in a northern river valley trapped in the grip of an icy curse, and is easy to drop into an existing campaign.

Fairies, dragons, wizards, and more await Geronimo on every magical Kingdom of Fantasy adventure!Geronimo's eighteenth adventure in the Kingdom of Fantasy!I, Geronimo Stilton, must return to the Kingdom of Fantasy to solve another mystery!I got a note in the middle of a snowy night in New Mouse City, asking for my help. A brave dreamer with a true heart was needed to save the Kingdom of Dreams. I was determined to help them find this knight and set things right! Along the way I learned the most amazing secret, and perhaps the key to the entire Kingdom of Fantasy...

The coloring adventure continues! Return to the beloved fantasy world created by best-selling artist and author Emelie Lidehäll Öberg and discover three enchanting new destinations.

By popular demand, this new volume expands the world originally introduced in Fantasy World Coloring Book. Journey beyond the familiar paths of the first book's Magic Meadows, Royal Kingdom, and Mermaids' Bay realms to explore three all-new destinations: Enchanted Forest, Fairy Tale Gardens, and Misty Mountains. Along the way, colorists will wander among woodland creatures and hidden fairy homes, stroll through blooming gardens filled with storybook charm, and venture into mist-covered peaks where dragons, castles, and magical discoveries await.

Featuring Emelie's signature florals, stunning fantasy-inspired illustrations, and more than 100 delightful patterns to color, this beautiful hardcover book printed on thick, off-white, high-quality paper will provide hours of creative relaxation and imaginative escape.

A look at the Horned God's role as an environmental figure in modern paganism, fantasy fiction and Live Action Role-Play, this book explores how narratives informed by pagan thought are uniquely suited to introduce environmental concerns and their possible solutions. <BR><BR>Tracing the development of the Horned God from the figure's coalescence in the Romantic period to the popularisation of the term by Margaret Murray in 1931, author Anna Milon considers his composite characters - Cernunnos, Pan, Sorcerer of Trois Freres, and Herne the Hunter and more - his connection to the Wild Hunt, ritual, the literary Maiden, and the trope of the Dying God. Not just alert to portrayals in a broad range of speculative and eco-fantasy fiction by writers including Susan Cooper, Lucy Holland, William Rainer, Mark Chadbourn and Terry Pratchett, the book also examines how related narratives are taken up in Live Action Role-Play games such as Curious Pastimes to show how LARPing offers a locus for consumers of narrative to respond and develop those narratives in real time.<BR><BR>With the Horned God revealed as a nature deity and a liminal figure between humanity, animality and divinity, the book positions him as a vehicle for considering human relationships with the environment without falling into didacticism or alienating people with traumatic depictions of ecological collapse. With readings of eco-fantastical narratives as a meaningful way of engaging with environmental activism, Anna Milon charges the Horned God with encouraging us to reconceptualise our relationship with the more-than-human world.

A royal gift becomes a painful challenge in the paperback edition of debut fantasy novel from Jason Kingsley CBE, creator of Modern History TV.<BR><BR>A Gift – or a Burden?<BR> <BR>A young knight, his head full of his grandfather’s tales of chivalry and dragonslaying, single-handedly defeats the rebel Baron Reynald of Gorstone. The king rewards his courage with a fief of his own, but he must travel to the distant borderlands to claim it. Maybe it was not a gift after all?<BR> <BR>Amid the harsh, unforgiving border country, the new Lord of Blackthorne struggles to rebuild a life from the ruins and forge key alliances. There are bandits in the strangely threatening woods, fierce sea tribes beyond the mountains, scant hope of help from the crown and strange powers in play.<BR> <BR>As he and his people finally come to terms with rebuilding their lives, he receives a cryptic warning. A warlord is gathering outlaws to his banner in the west…

Burgen, Schwerter, Drachen, Mystik und Magie: Die Fantasy lebt von der Kraft mittelalterlicher Bilder. Aber sie erzählt in ihren verschiedenen Medien nicht einfach das historische Mittelalter nach, sondern erschafft ihre eigene, mediävalisierte, Form davon. Die Beiträge in diesem Heft bieten Einblicke, wie durch das Zusammenwirken von Nachahmung und Neuschöpfung Sekundärwelten entstehen, wie sie funktionieren und welche Bezüge sie zur Gegenwart aufzeigen. Dadurch wird deutlich, dass dieses populäre Mittelalter mehr ist als bloße Kulisse: Es erweist sich als Imaginationsraum, in dem Fragen von Macht, Identität, Geschlecht, Rassismus und Kolonialismus verhandelt werden.

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