Conan
Chronological Conan tales follow a young barbarian thief through treasure hunts, sorcery, monsters, and ancient ruins.
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Threshold: Stories from Cradle
A short-story collection revisits Cradle's world across prequel, side, and post-series episodes for fans wanting more.
Kalpa Imperial: The Greatest Empire That Never Was
A mythic cycle of tales traces the rise, fall, and reinvention of an imagined empire through many storytellers’ voices.
Vacuum Diagrams
A mosaic of far-future stories traces humanity’s survival, transformation, and conflict across cosmic time.
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ソードアート・オンライン 2: アインクラッド [Sōdo āto onrain 2: Ainkuraddo]
Four side stories revisit Aincrad, following Kirito’s encounters with girls, guildmates, and grief inside the trapped game.
Vermilion Sands
Linked surreal SF stories in a decaying desert resort where art, tech, and desire warp reality around the idle rich.
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The Vampire Tapestry
A solitary biological vampire poses as a professor, but exposure forces him into a chain of human entanglements.
Transhumanism Inc.
In a far-future world of brain jars, chips, and class control, linked stories probe power, love, and what remains human.
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The Tangled Lands
Four linked novellas follow ordinary people in a magic-poisoned city as corrupt rulers hoard power and resistance grows.
Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 01
Early Judge Dredd adventures, collected in order, mix short sci-fi crime tales with dark satire in Mega-City One.
The End and Other Beginnings: Stories from the Future – A Masterful Illustrated Sci-Fi Anthology for Teens about Friendship, Hope, and Technology
Six illustrated YA sci-fi novellas explore future worlds where love, grief, and hope collide with strange technologies.
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The Night Alphabet
In a future Hackney tattoo shop, a woman’s body art opens onto many lives, times, and women’s histories.