This was somewhere in the 2008-2009 time frame. I'm pretty sure my dad gave me this book after he read it, and he read a lot of Clive Cussler-esque books (i.e., adventure possibly including sci-fi elements). The main thing I remember is that there was a scene where some characters were either wai...

There was a cancer patient girl who was reincarnated as a baby princess with a hourglass tattoo in hand which means she will die in 21 years or so. She was a neglected princess of a powerful king of sword in the story the girl read but after she reincarnated she tried to change her fate by making...

Read this story in at least one anthology back in the 60s. I want to say it was called The Children's Hour, but that title has been way over used so it's probably just something similar.

I once read a description of a story in which the protagonist was in a military/mercenary group. By the end of the story, he was retired, and was visited by his former comrade who can change sex (at will?), becoming female at that point.

The closer they get to a boundary which returns their own fire, the shorter their names get. The soldier in question goes by H, Had, Hadolaris, and Hadolaristan (this last when he's on leave). As he returns to the front, he faces a wall of firepower which crescendoes into light and heat and energy.

The closer they get to a boundary which returns their own fire, the shorter their names get. The soldier in question goes by H, Had, Hadolaris, and Hadolaristan (this last when he's on leave), depending on his distance from the battle. The farther away he is, the more relaxed his life becomes. As...

In Action Comics #837, the second issue of the 2006 storyline "Up, Up, and Away!", Lois alludes to a past conversation with Lex Luthor. "He once told me that he believed he had the ability to cure cancer, to eliminate famine. But Superman was always in his way." What comic issues did this talk ...