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description: Windows into the fantastic from crypts to cobras swords to submarines rubies to railroads heaven to hell and places stranger still. Heroes horrors and hijinks--both original to this collection and reprinted from a variety of sources--from the mind of Ari Marmell author of The Conquerors Shadow The Goblin Corps Darksiders: the Abomination Vault the Widdershins Adventures series and more.In Strange New Words let Ari Marmell guide you through over a dozen windows into the fantastic. Heroes horrors and hijinks await you including:The Cemetery Wyrm: A childish fascination with the old pitted monument was understandable but not the ongoing obsessionor his certainty that the effigy was something more . . .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.The Shamans 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!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.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 . . . ?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 sono matter what it took.Reaver: Was the evil in the ship that had grounded itself on Lincasters docks or had it always festered in Lincaster itself? A full-length novelette.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 . . .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.Than to Serve in Heaven: It was an offer even Lucifer couldnt pass up. Still through it all he wondered and the angels with him. Why would God put him in charge of Heaven?The Ogres 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.In Deepest Silence: The USS San Jacinto should have been prepared for anything in the oceans depthsbut you cannot prepare for what cannot exist!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?
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title: Strange New Words: Tales of Heroism, Hi-jinks, and Horror
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