Surreal Fantasy

From the Bestselling Author... Tommy failed to step off the top of the bridge... Distracted when a flying man told him that magic actually existed in the world. Instead he decided to see if it was true. That started him on a journey that he could barely understand, in a place that both existed and at the same time, didn't. It couldn't... A place called, One City. Now he’s called to it. Pressed into an increasingly surreal reality that he isn't certain might be a sign that something very strange is taking place. It's that, or he isn't truly among the living any longer. One of the two ...

A Noble Hearts Regency Romance When danger entangles Maggie Winters and Maxwell Wilde into a treacherous game can they survive the darkness to embrace love’s light? A widow with a tragic past… Maggie Winters had everything she always wished for — betrothed to the man of her dreams, a loving home, and a new puppy. But it all changes when her parents die, and her new guardian sweeps Maggie from town and forces her to marry a stranger to pay his debts. When she suddenly finds herself a widow and free of an unhappy marriage, can she finally find the love she's dreamed of? A hero with a ...

Step into a world where dreams blur the line between reality and imagination. The Dream-Escape Series invites readers on an extraordinary journey that delves into the mysteries of the mind and the hidden power of dreams. At its heart is John, a young man searching for something more—an escape from the monotony of everyday life. Little does he know, his ability to enter dreams at will opens the door to a captivating realm where sensations, emotions, and memories come alive in ways he never imagined. What starts as a mere escape soon becomes something far greater—an adventure, a quest for...

Can fiction shape reality—or is it the other way around? Howard Protheroe’s life is thrown into disarray when he meets the unpredictable Evie Nickelbite. At round about the same time, would-be writer George W. Durant buys an antique Remington typewriter that seems to have a will of its own. As Howard and Evie’s lives become increasingly action-packed and fraught with danger, they start to feel like characters in a badly written novel. What is going on, and what does it have to do with George’s Remington? By turns surreal, funny and romantic, The Typewriter navigates the mysterious ...

When Alice suffers a grotesque kitchen accident she is sucked into a nightmarish land, full of strange and confusing people. She searches deeper and deeper into this horrible underbelly, looking for the leftover pieces of herself, wondering - all the while - about what is real and what is not and whether she, herself, is real after all these adventures.

In a world saturated with mermaid stories, this is another one. Stjerne is not a princess. She has no songs to sing. She's a sea creature, doing her best to survive. In this collection of vignettes, we see the sea through her eyes, beautiful, wild, and strange. Alongside her incomprehensible companion, the Other, she navigates storms, mating rituals, hunting parties, and other turns of tide. Untamed, exotic, and sometimes disturbing, her world is not ours and is all the more fascinating for it. Warning: Here be Monsters

Joseph Chance stands on a station platform, suitcase in hand, trying to decide what he wants to do. Should he take the job as junior salesman in the thriving industrial city of Sleighton – or should he become an artist in the Bohemian coastal resort of Amblesea? He doesn’t have long to decide. Trains to both places are leaving in the next hour. A woman offers him a coin. Heads Sleighton, tails Amblesea. But this, it turns out, is no ordinary coin. As it rises, spinning, from his thumbnail, Joseph’s life splits in two. He becomes Joe, the penniless Amblesea artist, in love with Ruby, ...

Have you ever thought or felt that there was something beyond what we can see? If so, take up these four tales and see for yourself. These stories will bring you entertainment, or even perhaps inspire you to reach out . . . to the other side. 1) The Very Cold Corner 2) The Mirror and Mrs. Crandall 3) The Dream-Escape 4) Spot # 57

Vanja, an information assistant, is sent from her home city of Essre to the austere, wintry colony of Amatka with an assignment to collect intelligence for the government. Immediately she feels that something strange is going on: People act oddly in Amatka, and citizens are monitored for signs of subversion.

At World’s Edge: Seven Liminal Stories from the Edge of Reality Beyond the borders of maps and memory lie worlds that obey no known rules. In this haunting anthology of speculative fiction and dark fantasy, seven stories explore what happens when reality thins—where time unravels, identity dissolves, and the familiar becomes unrecognizable. From a girl who returns from a doorless frame altered by the realm she crossed, to a lighthouse powered by memory guarding against something older than night, these tales are eerie, poetic, and charged with slow-blooming dread. Each story is a ...

The Hollow Feast: An Anthology of Cosmic Transformation Three interconnected tales of consciousness, decay, and the terrible beauty of becoming. In a universe where time itself can be wounded, where libraries exist at the edge of dreams, and where decay is both curse and sacrament, three stories explore what it means to transform - and what transformation costs. “Clockwork Covenant” - When the Great Clock fractures and time begins to unravel, a disgraced horologist and a prophetic princess must descend into the mechanical heart of their city to prevent reality itself from coming undone....

These disturbing and rather eerie tales were put together as a result of a discovery of strange stories in a woodshed in Rutland, England. The author then put them together with other stories that had been handed down in the villages of the Pennine Hills of Lancashire plus some stories that had been collected from friends in the USA and Europe.

On occasion, the dimensional barriers between realities weaken. In those instances, you might catch a glimpse of different places and times. Welcome to Never Wake. Never Wake offers four short stories from the Meridian Wanderings universe. Wonderfully penned prequel fables, Never Wake is the perfect place for fantasy and sci-fi fans to jump on or for long-time Meridian Wanderings fans to learn of tales from long ago.

Ten-year-old Emily Ellis doesn’t feel seen. Her family is busy, school is noisy, and the world seems to move too fast for a quiet, curious girl who would rather sketch than speak. But everything changes the day she ducks into the sleepy, echoing halls of the Grayson Gallery, where silence hums with secrets, and every frame hides a story. There, she meets Mr. Beauregard, a peculiar curator with a cane, a knowing smile, and a key to a world beyond the canvas. Because after closing time, the paintings come alive, quite literally. From dancing with Degas’ ballerinas to flying through Van ...

Trapped between reality and the mystical realm of Sa Neo, sixteen-year-old Lily never felt like she belonged - until a serpent necklace draws her into a world where thoughts shape reality and nothing is quite as it seems. As Lily navigates this ethereal landscape filled with mermaids, sorcerers, and otherworldly creatures, she forms an unbreakable bond with Crysanthe, a mermaid queen who helps her understand her own untapped powers. But when cruel Queen Jade threatens everything Lily holds dear, she must master her abilities and face her deepest fears. With the help of Jacques the eccentric...

This highly surreal and violent fantasy novella shifts settings and perspectives as the meaning of life according to George Ramirez, the wacky protagonist, becomes more clear.

Tensions are at a fever pitch as Liam and Mina are confronted by their neighbors about they are raising their son Christopher. The couple fight doggedly, but will they keep custody of their child when the federal government sends in three of their top agents to settle the matter?

James Oleson is beginning to see everything in perfect duplicate - two identical models of cars which are the same down to scuff marks and license plate, two old philosophy books with the same torn pages and inscription in old ink, and twin mail men. Is he losing his mind, or experiencing the birth of a new alternate reality via binary fission?

A gnome wanders among strange worlds of immeasurable beauty and terror on a quest for magic to restore the health of a goddess. If he fails, all creation will dissolve. And so he must dare anything to succeed, even trespass a realm of terrible darkness, pain, and dread sorcery - Earth. The Lady of the Garden, one of the godlike Nameless Ones, has used her magic to dream into existence the worlds of the Bright Shore. But now her unborn child lies motionless in her womb.

Sometimes that very thin line between illusion and reality is not as clearly defined as we would like it to be. It certainly wasn't the day that Alan Mitz stumbled into the garden of Abdul Gasazi. For in this bizarre and eerie place - where strange topiary trees loomed - the evil visage of Gasazi casts its shadow. And even after Alan escaped, the spell of Gasazi still seemed to penetrate into his everyday world. In this extraordinary, unusual, and unique book, Chris Van Allsburg explores both real and surreal worlds with incredible deftness.