{"product_id":"2940045491532","title":"Strange New Words: Tales of Heroism, Hi-jinks, and Horror","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Strange New Words, let Ari Marmell guide you through over a dozen windows into the fantastic. Heroes, horrors, and hijinks await you, including:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The Cemetery Wyrm”: A childish fascination with the old, pitted monument was understandable, but not the ongoing obsession—or his certainty that the effigy was something more . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The Purloined Ledger”: In the early days of the Great Depression, a PI who is far more than he appears must outwit a gangster whose efforts may have turned to sorcery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The Shaman’s Tale”: Why do the proud and warlike orcs serve always as the minions, never the master? The answer lies in the mists of the oldest orcish legends . . . A brand new story set in the world of The Goblin Corps!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Railroad Spikes”: He thought the train was easy pickings, treasure ripe for the taking. He was very, very wrong. Saw meets The Great Train Robbery in a steampunk Wild West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The Rubies of Olun-Zeth”: In a brutal, vicious land ruled by brutal, vicious gods, Lathaan the Heretic knows that the promise of treasure is a promise rarely kept. But what if . . . ?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Big Apple, Small Serpent”: Loosed from the confines of her tiny world, this little Egyptian cobra was never going back to her exhibit. She was free, and would remain so—no matter what it took.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Reaver”: Was the evil in the ship that had grounded itself on Lincaster’s docks, or had it always festered in Lincaster itself? A full-length novelette.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Twenty-One-Oh”: In a dystopian future of all-power corporations, missing a deadline on even a simple delivery can cost you a lot more than just your job . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Tithe”: It is a theme common to the tales told every girl and boy of the fairy courts: Never trust a bargain made with the tricky and treacherous human race.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Than to Serve in Heaven”: It was an offer even Lucifer couldn’t pass up. Still, through it all, he wondered, and the angels with him. Why would God put him in charge of Heaven?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The Ogre’s Pride”: Unlike his bloodthirsty brethren, Davro the ogre just wanted to be left in peace. Still, some insults cannot be ignored, and some things are always worth fighting for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In Deepest Silence”: The USS San Jacinto should have been prepared for anything in the ocean’s depths—but you cannot prepare for what cannot exist!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One Solitary Scale”: Only the sculptor himself knew he had traded his soul for his talent. Now he had found a way to break that bargain, but had he merely traded one Hell for another?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ari Marmell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47171088580848,"sku":"2940045491532","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940045491532_p0.jpg?v=1763976968","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940045491532","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}