Others: Positive Adventures by Candlelight Become a light against the darkness in these spine-tingling adventures for Tales of the Valiant and D&D5E. Night Terrors draws your players into gothic adventure and dark fantasy inspired by the villains of Night Hunters . 12 Terrifying Tales… Undo the cosmic ambitions of a goblin cult. Exorcise the dark presence ensnaring a mad monarch Conduct a desperate rescue mission in a ghoulish bazaar Survive eldritch horrors and corrupted angels of the Deep Void Attend an infernal auction to stop the unmaking of the world Draconic mausoleums, vampire cults, a deadly puzzle palace, and more! Night Terrors collects 12 standalone, one-shot adventures for levels 1-16, with a unique villain at the center of each. Enjoy a single night of horror or use them to launch a new campaign. Guard Against Dread and Watch the Shadows! 2.5 lbs. 8.5 × 11 × 1 in. Adventure Levels 1 – 16. Game Masters. Author(s): B. Dave Walters, Beth the Bard, Brady Morris, Richard Pett, Tim Hitchcock, Victoria Jaczko. Hardcover. Game Tales of the Valiant, D&D 5e. Page 113
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Isabel Greenberg
2013 · 176 pages · 2 reviews
Others: Overwhelmingly positive"THIS BOOK IS NOT A REAL ENCYCLOPEDIA! It is an epic work of fiction, detailing the many tales and adventures of one lonely storyteller on a quest for Enlightenment and True Love. This book contains many stories, big and small, about and pertaining to the following things: gods, monsters, mad kings, wise old crones, shamanes, medicine men, brothers and sisters, strife, mystery, bad science, worse geography, and, did we already mention, True Love?"--Cover p. [4].
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Ayòbámi Adébáyò
2017 · 304 pages · 5 reviews
Others: Overwhelmingly positive"A novel about a married Nigerian couple who must grapple with staggering levels of loss and betrayal in their quest to create a family for themselves" --
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Jennifer Delaney
2024 · 480 pages · 2 reviews
Others: PositiveAn instant Sunday Times bestseller and love letter to the Brontë sisters, Tales of a Monstrous Heart is a delicious gothic fantasy, filled with forbidden romance, magic, and monsters. Be careful of the dark and those that call it friend. Katherine Woodrow is fey, and all she wants is to graduate from the Institute of Magic. But when the prejudiced mortal council threaten her position at the institute, she is left with only one accept a Mage Partnership with the elusive Lord Blackthorn. Emrys Blackthorn is a riddle Kat is fearful of solving. The mysterious, cursed war hero with his stormy eyes and unpredictable ways leaves Kat with more questions than answers. What she does know is that she is irresistibly drawn to him . . . no matter how forbidden it might be. In this intoxicating gothic fantasy where passion collides with peril, and sorcery awakens monsters, a string of murders and fey disappearances herald the return of dark magic. Kat and Emrys are thrown into a world of ancient books that hide hideous monsters, dark fiends who play with nightmares, and mortal men who wish nothing more than to see them both burn. But what haunts them both are secrets even ghosts dare not whisper, while insidious shadows lick their teeth and sharpen their claws, waiting for the moment that all tales will come to light—even the monstrous ones.
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T. Kingfisher
2019 · 400 pages · 5 reviews
Others: Mostly positiveWhen Mouse’s dad asks her to clean out her dead grandmother's house, she says yes. After all, how bad could it be? Answer: pretty bad. Grandma was a hoarder, and her house is stuffed with useless rubbish. That would be horrific enough, but there’s more—Mouse stumbles across her step-grandfather’s journal, which at first seems to be filled with nonsensical rants... until Mouse encounters some of the terrifying things he described for herself. Alone in the woods with her dog, Mouse finds herself face to face with a series of impossible terrors—because sometimes the things that go bump in the night are real, and they’re looking for you. And if she doesn’t face them head on, she might not survive to tell the tale.
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Johnny Mains
2022 · 1 review
Others: PositiveFrom the shorelines, hills and towns of ancient lands, tales of twisted creatures, sins against nature and pagan revenants have been passed down from generation to generation. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, folklore from Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Brittany and the Isle of Man inspired a new strain of strange short stories, penned by writers of the weird and fantastic including masters of the form such as Arthur Machen, Edith Wharton and Robert Aickman. In this volume, Johnny Mains dives into the archives to unearth a hoard of twenty-one enthralling tales imbued with elements of Celtic folklore, ranging from the 1820s to the 1980s and including three weird lost gems translated from Gaelic. Together they conjure uncanny visions of eternal forces, beings and traditions, resonating with the beguiling essence of this unique branch of strange fiction.
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Thom James Carter
2022 · 128 pages · 1 review
Others: PositiveSince its inception decades ago, the tabletop roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons has offered an escape from the real world, the chance to enter distant realms, walk in new shoes, and be part of immersive, imaginative tales as they unfold. More so, in Thom James Carter's opinion, it's a perfect vessel for queer exploration and joy. Journey on, adventurer, as Dungeon Master Thom invites readers into the game's exciting queer, utopian possibilities, traversing its history and contemporary evolution, the queer potential resting within gameplay, the homebrewers making it their own, stories from fellow players, and the power to explore and examine identity and how people want to lead their lives in real and imagined worlds alike. Grab a sword and get your dice at the ready, this queer adventure is about to begin.
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Loved itI found that this book tapped into a few different Niche interests of mine which is really nice I like when it sort of takes a few different things and ties them together through this seemingly Niche lens so I really enjoyed that
