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Stanley Pargo has only just arrived in Suburbia, and already, he wants out. The principal of his new school is a monster of tyranny, and Stanley’s teacher is even worse. Every day, she conceives new and terrible ways to torment him - each one worse than the last and all with a single goal in mind: forcing Stanley to learn his place.

In the first installment of this epic adventure series, young Stanley Pargo realizes he’s forgotten more than just his home when he wakes up alone and lost at sea. His rations are dwindling, and with no memory to guide him, Stanley loses all hope of finding his family until he meets a talking crane who knows far more about Stanley’s peculiar past than he’s willing to reveal. With the bird’s help, Stanley reaches land and takes shelter in a dark tower that stands as crooked as the man who built it.

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Slated for execution, shape-shifting assassin Dahlia Nite flees her world to hide in the human realm. As payment for the shelter they unknowingly provide, Dahlia dedicates herself to protecting humans from what truly lives in the shadows. Moving from town to town, she hunts the creatures that threaten an unsuspecting human race, burying the truth that could destroy them all. But the shadows are shifting. The lies are adding up. When Sentinel City is threatened by a series of bizarre brutal murders, light is shed on what should never be seen.

What she has, science will tell you, is impossible. What she does, religion will refute. Who she is, Tristan Elizabeth Badger will deny. Tristan came to Carmel Valley, California, to get away from the psychiatrists and the military think tanks in order to be ordinary. From the time she was a child, her mind refused to act like other children. As a young deputy with the Monterey County Sheriff’s Department, she wanted nothing more than to live in peace and never again deal with those who visited unannounced. But, fate has a way of dragging us where we are needed.

In this paranormal fantasy romance, 14-year-old November Atwood and her twin cousins discover an ancient box buried in the shadows of the old Danvers Asylum. This sets in motion the final elements of a blood bargain signed more than 300 years in the past when Salem was a sleepy village - and witchcraft was a hanging offense.

Explore diverse new universes of possibility through a variety of creative and fresh new ideas - all in one anthology. From dragons to mythical death dealers, from murder on the moon to deep space mystery, these stories bring you the hot new talent in science fiction, fantasy, and horror.

Once again, FBI agent Katherine Katt and Detective Mickey (Mouse) James are thrown together in a battle of wits and wills as a city's lawmakers are being murdered one at a time. As a matter of duty, Katt is called in to figure out who could do such a thing. James' purpose is more personal. His cousin is the only survivor, and he's there to make sure the killer doesn't finish what he started. In order to succeed, Katt and Mouse seek the help of someone even more dangerous than the person they are hunting.

Sadie Lee Branch is an investigative reporter who needed to drop everything to go help her family. What was supposed to be a nice change of pace quickly turned into murder, larceny, and betrayal. Sadie quickly discovered that 10 years away from home was a long time and the friends (and enemies) you knew could change a lot in that time. Without knowing who to trust, the girl that got away was afraid that coming back could cost her a lot more than the loss of an old acquaintance. It could cost her everything.

Kim lived and hung out on the most dangerous blocks that Brooklyn had to offer. She was a part of a wild-ass crew and to top it off, her brothers were nothing to fuck with, and the whole hood knew it. Kim and her girls were the popular chicks. Every guy wanted them, and every female wanted to be down with them. With all of the hood popularity came nothing but drama and sticky situations. These girls all try hard to keep themselves out of the dangerous mix, but you know how the saying goes: "What goes around comes around".

After chaos breaks out around the country, the US government releases a mysterious chemical gas that takes the lives of millions of citizens. What was originally a plan to restore law and order throughout the country rapidly crippled the population and left the remaining citizens vulnerable in a world where survival is the only thing that matters. Along with a rapidly increasing crime rate, the effects of the chemical gas are causing dreadful mutations, and humanity faces the possibility of extinction.

There’s a fine line between genius and insanity. The home of such a man existed 100 years ago. A rich, egotistical, megalomaniac built it and used it for science as well as pleasure. Now his great-grandson has returned to re-establish the family's traditions. Seven women are dead because of the curse of Castle Grey. Tall, beautiful and intelligent, Special Agent Katherine Katt of the FBI was sent to Monterey, California, to find the man responsible for the murder of those seven women.

What does a gentlemen's club, mysterious men in black, a dead body, a broken down car with a lady in dire need, a heavily pregnant beauteous sheriff's deputy, and Miz Demetrice trying to unionize exotic dancers have in common? Why, it's Bubba Snoddy and the day things went south, yet again. Quite naturally, or unnaturally, there is a humdinger of a mystery, and Bubba is right in the middle of it.

Heroes, real heroes, seldom want to save the day. They didn't start out thinking they would save the girl, take down the bad guy, and get it all done before breakfast. Those heroes are for the movies or cheesy mystery novels. That isn't Ben Simeon. This small-town cop had already fought his battles while serving his country. He longed for peace and quiet. But whether he liked it or not, Detective Benjamin Simeon would once again be forced to take up the badge of honor and fight until order was restored. Or die trying.

Victoria Chase, a beautiful young attorney, joins a prestigious law firm in Boston and becomes embroiled in a high profile case with some shocking turns of events. From the opening scenes' gentleness to the harrowing finish, the listener will be riveted to keep on listening.

It was the quiet after the storm. I sat up in bed - what had awakened me? I tried to sit still to listen, but my heart was pounding. Throwing off the covers I turned to look out at the rising moon shining brilliantly through the departing storm clouds, its silver lighting up my room. Goosebumps rose on my arms and I tried to rub them down. At the pool, I peered down from the diving board, watching as the rising moon cast its light upon the water. Moonlight trailed into the water and bubbles began to rise from the bottom, the pool thrilling to the moonlight as its water called to me.

Jane is a woman without a past. She wakes up in the back of a car with handcuffs on her wrists, with a man intent on doing her harm. She escapes, but into the murky underworld of New Orleans. A mysterious man shadows her, and strange memories tantalize her. People want to hurt her, and an unearthly creature stalks the night. Insanity might be a possibility, but everything is horrifyingly real. This sultry world is anything but ordinary.

This story doesn't happen in your time, nor does it happen in your world. And though I am no longer a part of the ancient world that I once called home, my spirit still floats on the wind with wings of eagles. You see, this story takes place thousands of years ago in the land of Marangail. We lived on the open plains amongst snow covered mountains. We covered vast distances over streams and glades. We were hunters by trade. We hunted during all of the seasons, through torrential rains, blistering summers, and bone-chilling blizzards. This tale is not my own, though. No, this is a tale of a young female with the heart the size of a Golden Eagle.

Tessa, a self-conscious introvert, attempts to avoid a party, and everything goes wrong. When a handsome stranger offers to lend a helping hand, she isn't sure things will ever be right again.

For over 20 years, the name John Agar on a marquee meant action to moviegoers - from World War II land, sea, and air battles, to the frontier West, to the new frontier of 1950s science fiction, where he stood fast against some of the era's most memorable movie monsters. Agar's rise to fame was meteoric: during World War II, the $83-a-month buck sergeant met and later married "America's Sweetheart", Shirley Temple, and was soon offered a screen test and dramatic instruction by Hollywood mega-mogul David O. Selznick.