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Judge Jim Thompson’s world is unraveling. He’s facing public backlash on a decision-gone-wrong for a young boy in foster care and, even worse, he’s just discovered that his mentor, Judge Meyer, has been murdered. Despite his self-doubt in the face of media scrutiny, Jim is determined to continue his friend’s legacy - and find his killer.

This volume covers H.P. Lovecraft's "apprentice years" - roughly the first half of his literary career, the half written before his return to Providence in 1926. Every story written for publication under his own name is included in this volume, from 1917 through 1925.

What happens when you fall in love with your best friend? I have the best job in the world. Date beautiful women and write about it. But I want to take it to the next level: instead of writing about my experiences, make it into an online reality show. But here is the catch. My boss wants me to share the show with a woman cohost. And he wants that woman to be my best friend and coworker, Margo. I used to love going home with a different woman every night, but suddenly this isn't as fun. Seeing Margo with anyone else is driving me crazy.

As the Korean War ends, practical and well-mannered army nurse Corinne Ford returns stateside to live in the Mississippi town of Conroy with her new fiancé, Private First Class Elijah Dunne. She wonders if their love is strong enough to overshadow their differences, but upon her arrival to Elijah's backwoods stomping grounds, she understands that culture shock is the least of her worries.

Mercy and her husband, Peter, are happily preparing to welcome baby Colin into their lives. But their excitement quickly becomes overshadowed by a gruesome discovery: someone has scattered severed limbs throughout the city. After a troubling visit from an old foe, Mercy learns dark magic is at play, and someone - or something - wants her and her unborn child out of the picture.

Welcome to AI Unpacked: Oklahoma Edition, the podcast where we break down the big ideas behind artificial intelligence and explore what they mean for education, innovation, and the future of learning right here in Oklahoma. This series is developed and proudly sponsored by the Education Commission, bringing you expert insights, real-world applications, and conversations that matter to educators, students, and leaders across our state. Whether you’re curious about how AI is shaping classrooms, driving accessibility, or transforming workforce readiness, you’re in the right place. So, grab ...

James Robard returns to a System-integrated Earth a changed man in a world of ruin and disorder. A conquering hero of the Orientation, rewarded with the ruling title of Fisher King, he has a duty to rebuild civilization. It might look like Florida, but it's the Fisher Kingdom now. The good news is that James is reunited with his wife, Mina, newly gifted in magic; their newborn son; and Mina's sister. The impetus to stay strong amid the chaos has galvanized them, their friends, and neighbors toward the goal of reconquering Earth for humanity. It's pledge allegiance and stick together—or die.

Shares traditional veneration rites and practices to connect with your ancestors, including limpia rites, trance journeys, energy work, and sacred gardening Explores ancestral altar-making practices, sacred tools for altars, and how to invite your ancestors to take an active role in...

La polémica presentadora de radio Jordan Briggs ha conseguido ser una de las voces más famosas del país, con un estilo de lo más personal: es incapaz de contenerse y dice siempre lo que piensa, por impopular que sea, a micro abierto frente a millones de oyentes. Cuando uno de sus oyentes, Bernie, le propone empezar un juego en directo, Jordan lo ve cómo la mejor forma de empezar la mañana y acepta, sin darse cuenta de que, sin querer, va a abrir una puerta al pasado y el juego de Bernie se va a convertir en una trampa mortal que dejará muchas víctimas en su camino.

War between empires is now inevitable, but Dillon and Sherisza have never accepted being pawns of fate. With the technology at their disposal, they're called upon to do whatever they can to prevent the war or, at least, make sure the Kwaagi and the other powers of the known galaxy emerge victoriously. If they push the bounds of what their ship can do, they may be able to do more than that. Are the theories of time travel correct, or can history be altered to save the future? And how just how far will Sherisza go to protect her people, her love, and her cubs?

A lot has changed for Dillon Mackey in just a few months in space. Solving the mystery of who wiped out his mentor's people has closed one chapter, but if anything, life has become more complicated on that front. An attack upon their Kwaagi friends adds a new wrinkle to things, but that's hardly the worst of it as a mysterious black ship begins pursuing Dillon and Sherisza across space-time to issue a deadly warning. What lies beyond the veil of space-time, and what new dangers will it bring into their lives as they try to save her species?

Aidyn Blackburn is a human, fighting in a dragon's world. He's had one mission since his mother died 10 years before...Find the dragon responsible for killing her and make him pay. He's spent the last decade learning to fight dragons and bouncing around from dragon cune to dragon cune, searching for any information he can find. He didn't expect to find something else when he ventured into the territory of the the Valen Cune. Specifically, he didn't expect to find Dux, their leader.

Gates is in love with his best friend and roommate Fletcher. He's tried to date…well, he's thought about it, but in the end, the idea of settling for some other alpha leaves him feeling cold. He knows someday Fletcher is going to find and fall in love with the omega of his dreams, and the only way Gates can survive that when it happens is if he has something in his life that he can put his whole focus and heart into. So, he sets out to have a baby of his very own. Fletcher is in love with his best friend and roommate Gates.

Barnabi is an alpha deer shifter who loves his best friend Fowler more than anything else in this world. Fowler is an omega skunk shifter who just wants to spend the rest of his life with his best friend Barnabi, and he'll take it any way he can get it. Every year they spend the week around Christmas bundled up at home, eating soup, drinking hot cocoa and watching Christmas movies, not leaving for anything and just living the Christmas dream. Getting snowed in shouldn't make much of a difference, right? That won't change anything.... Will it?

Casey has always been pretty lucky in life. Great dads, great cousins, great friends...Ricki. Where Casey went, Ricki was there. Where Ricki went, Casey was there. They work together, live together, and when Casey comes up with something crazy, Ricki is right there to make sure things don't blow up. Both have had relationships, but nothing that really stuck, since past boyfriends always seemed to get jealous of how much time they spent together.

To catch the spider, he must become the fly.... When a serial killer takes his next victim and evades arrest for the third time, a police leak is suspected. An internal investigation is launched, and Detective Inspector Mark Debruin is identified as the lead suspect. However, with his dying daughter awaiting a transplant in hospital, and a prison sentence hanging over him, Debruin can ill afford to waste time. He has just one chance to prove his innocence and to save his daughter - he must find the killer before it’s too late.

Arden and Pate had been a while in the making. It seemed like they were always missing each other...until the one week they didn't. It was magic, and Arden thought he'd found the one. Considering his family's history of falling hard and fast, he hadn't even questioned that Pate would be his happily ever after. And then, he showed up at Pate's house, only to be greeted by the alpha's ex. Arden wasn't usually one to shy away from confrontation, but in this, he knew he didn't have the strength to fight.

Warning: Content may disturb and offend. There are scenes of torture. When you're pushed over the edge, revenge is a dish best served in cold blood.

A depraved past has shaped a man into the twisted serial killer he is today. His obsession with the color red, and his lust for blood, leads to inventive ways to kill his captives. Who is his next victim, and can she be his salvation?

Whether it's kitsune running rampant in the museum, were-gorillas rampaging at the zoo, or a cupid wreaking havoc on her daughter's birthday party, Jess Friedman can handle any monster the supernatural community of Cleveland can throw at her. Except maybe the disapproving stares from the women at her daughter's day care. Or the awkward conversations with her rabbi about her working for the Catholic Church as a New Templar, hunting down the things that go bump in the night.