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Everybody is a kid once - it’s a fact of life. They play and make friends and have fun. Kids live in the moment, going on grand adventures and making dumb promises to each other that never really matter because tomorrow is so far away. But then, they grow up. Work takes over, friends drift apart, and fun becomes a distant, foreign concept. That’s a fact of life, too.

Ever since Britt was a small child, she played to an audience. She had always dreamt of being a famous actress. Her resume was short, but she convinced herself that is was strong enough to break into Hollywood. With her bags packed and the GPS set to Los Angeles, she never expected to meet the man of her dreams stranded in the middle of nowhere on a dark rainy night.

A man who receives life-changing financial advice from the talking fruit in his breakfast bowl...a girl whose thoughts incinerate her family over and over again...a house that wants nothing more than to please its occupants, and will do anything at all to make sure they’re happy. From enchanting to troubling to downright disturbing, This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things explores the notion that sometimes even the most promising of magic can go askew, through an array of characters whose outcomes can be horrifying, hilarious, or heartbreaking.

Ed Helquist never asked for superhuman strength, or extraordinary speed, or the voice in his blood that tells him when and where trouble will occur; those things just arose in him one day, calling him into danger and forcing him to help people without knowing why. His simple life is becoming more and more complicated every minute, and a mysterious woman who keeps showing up to cause trouble may hold the answers to everything...if only she she’d stop trying to kill him long enough for him to ask.

Joe was just an average guy with an office job, a synthesizer band, and crush on a girl in the marketing department, until a horrible misunderstanding on a date with friends turned him into a real-life vampire. It didn’t take long for him to find out the afterlife isn’t nearly as glamorous as he’s been led to believe; it ruined his already-struggling love life, damaged things with his best friend, and pushed him away from his crazy family.

Thirty-seven-year-old Mia Jacobs is heartbroken following a bitter split from her long term partner, Sarah. With empty bank accounts, a broken down car, and mounting debts, Mia has little choice but to re-mortgage her home in order to survive. Walking home from work one autumn night, Mia finds herself standing opposite a house she has driven by countless times over the years. Desperately unfit, she stops to catch her breath and spies a beautiful young woman in the upstairs window.

Six short tales of life, death and optimism from Luna Harlow. A young woman looks back on a grandparent and the nature of stories. Robots question the meaning of their existence. An old woman time-travels through memory. A young man leaves a party and questions what he wants from life. Thirty-somethings talk about chemistry over brunch.

Talking While Female & Other Dangerous Acts is a fresh collection of original short stories on themes of risk and resilience, written and performed by Latina womxn across the USA. Curated by Teatro Luna West: America's All Latinx and All Women of Color Theatre Ensemble, these stunning stories are combined with original music by Maria Chavez and poetry by Gabriela Ortega in order to fully transport the listener to each individual life and journey.

Kara and Yasmeen have been best friends since high school. Now in their early 20s, they're as radically different to one another in personality as they always have been. Both have overcome the loss of their respective mothers, in albeit different circumstances which helped cement the bond between them. Kara is a working class, out and proud lesbian, while Yasmeen is a spoiled, yet dutiful middle class Muslim on the verge of an arranged marriage.

Wonderfully wide-ranging, original, and enjoyable, The Emotional Embodiment of Stars contains 27 award-winning short stories like "Mortimer", in which an unwanted guest secretly follows a family through their heartbreaking sorrows, and "Crossroads", in which a budding writer is finally preparing to meet the man she happens to exchange greetings with every morning on the way to her office.

Fear is primal. Instinctive. Unavoidable. And right now, there is something you fear - and you can feel it. Creeping up behind you. Lurking in the darkness that lives under your bed, or in your closet. A nameless dread. In Undercurrents: An Anthology of What Lies Beneath, 23 talented authors, including New York Times best sellers Kevin J. Anderson, Rebecca Moesta, and Jody Lynn Nye, have stood on the shores of their psyches and looked out over the ocean of possibility and wondered "What lies beneath?"

Speaking Up for Each Other has 24 award-winning short stories by talented young writers. These stories are original, enjoyable, and contain a rich variety of themes and situations ranging from a helpless girl living in fear of her own family to a robot contemplating what's best for its employer.

A late-night excursion takes Sarah to Chase Pond, her one true refuge. She soon finds there are formidable secrets hidden under the dark waters of the pond. A wealth of knowledge about man's quest for longevity and love is waiting to be discovered. But whispers of war and unspeakable horrors loom in the shadows, waiting for her to choose a side. Haunted by her past and driven forward by fate, she must fully embrace her destiny and awaken, even if it means losing her identity in the process.

Pias Entschluss steht fest: In der Nacht vor ihrem 18. Geburtstag wird sie ihrem besten Freund Momo folgen und sich umbringen. Man kann ja doch nur die Farbe der Scheiße ändern, in der man sitzt. Doch dann lernt sie Tom kennen, der so ganz anders ist als alle anderen, die sich bloß an Oberflächlichkeiten festklammern; und sie fangen an zu reden - über das Leben, übers Sterben, über ihre verloren gegangenen Träume.

Have you ever responded to someone needing help? Medical emergencies can happen anytime and anywhere, so it's best that you are prepared to respond. First Aid 101 is your simple step-by-step reference on how to provide basic first aid with what you have in hand. A written work by a certified medical professional, this guide teaches you on what to do in various types of medical emergencies.

Als die fröhliche Lila und der verschlossene Rasmus einander näher kommen, präsentiert ihnen das Leben eine schicksalhafte Gleichung: Berauschender Sex + Liebe = die ultimative Droge... Lustvolle Geschichten, in denen sündige Fantasien, prickelndes Begehren und herrlich hemmungsloser Sex dafür sorgen, dass stets doch alles ganz anders kommt als gedacht. Freizügig, aufreizend und manchmal unverkennbar ironisch erzählt LUNA vom Leben, von sinnlichen Freuden und vor allem von viel, viel Sex.

Als sie gleichzeitig die beiden Männer wieder trifft, mit denen sie den unvergesslichsten Sex ihres Lebens hatte, will sie dieses Geschenk auskosten, als gäbe es kein Morgen. Und so lässt sie sich auf einen Dreier ein... der ihre wildesten Fantasien überflügelt! Lustvolle Geschichten, in denen sündige Fantasien, prickelndes Begehren und herrlich hemmungsloser Sex dafür sorgen, dass stets doch alles ganz anders kommt als gedacht.

"CHWD A.B: Kroniki 2005-2006" to czesciowo autobiograficzne, brutalne w formie i tresci zapiski autora, mieszkajacego w Prokocimiu - odleglej dzielnicy Krakowa. Audiobooka dokumentuje swiat widziany w perspektywy miejskiej prowincji - miejsca zamieszkania mlodych, ambitnych ale juz na starcie przegranych zyciowo ludzi.

Es wäre ganz und gar hinterhältig! Hinterhältig und gemein! Trotzdem kann Judith bald an nichts anderes mehr denken, als an heißen, lustvollen, unanständigen Sex mit Tom - dem besten Freund ihres Liebsten.

Viel Erfahrung mit "Professionellen" hat er nicht, als die öde Routine im heimischen Ehebett ihn in die willigen Arme der kleinen Nutte treibt. Die ist zwar schärfer, als die Polizei erlaubt, aber auf das, was er mit ihr erlebt, ist Andreas trotzdem nicht vorbereitet. Freizügig, wollüstig und manchmal unverkennbar ironisch schreibt LUNA vom Leben, von sinnlichen Freuden und vor allem von viel, viel Sex... Verführerisch unterstützt wird sie dabei von der Stimme Sharon Stones.