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Winter is over. Jack Frost visits Maria and her friends before going into slumber. When he hugs her goodbye, Jack accidentally takes Maria's memories. Now Maria and her friends must go to the Forest of Forgotten Memories and ask the Keeper who protects the box of lost memories to grant Maria passage to the box. And the keeper doesn't like humans!

Institutionalized is the latest anthology from the creators of The Better Off Dead series. This installment brings you stories of the mentally unbalanced, the damaged and disturbed, and the criminally insane. Some are locked up. Some are not. We recommend you sleep with one eye open.

When Navy SEAL Sydney Martin feels her twin sister die, she knows that she has her work cut out for her in finding who murdered her. When she gets a delayed text, asking her to protect something, she vows to do just that. What she doesn't know is that her investigation will involve her sister's best friend, computer programmer Chance O'Neil, and that they will end up running for their lives in search of the truth all while falling in love.

The Better Off Dead series delves into the furthest corners of your mind, where your deepest, darkest fears lurk. These masters of horror will haunt your dreams and stalk your nightmares, taking you to the edge of sanity before pushing you to the brink of madness!

Twenty dark tales of psychosocial horror fill Elin Olausson’s stunningly creepy short story collection debut. Filled with madness, darkness and the truth of the human condition, Olausson’s stories will leave listeners thinking about their own sanity and questioning the motives of those who are closest to them.

"You want to pay me to sleep with your wife?" Kirk is extremely surprised by Ralph's proposition. He's even more surprised by the next part: Kirk is supposed to perform badly, to make Ralph look good by comparison. And Julie isn't supposed to know that any of this was planned. It's the kind of offer any smart, sane person would turn down. But this is not a book about smart, sane people. This is "bad decisions spiral out of control" all the way. From the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of Pressure and Dweller comes something lighter, goofier, and way smuttier.

Your existence is the epitome of normal…until it isn’t. In an instant, everything changes. The peaceful security you hold dear to your heart has been ripped away, and you are left fighting for your life. But don’t think for a second you have a chance in hell of surviving. Your odds are never good when staring into the face of pure evil. Join us for tales of savagery and slaughter, where the innocent, or not-so-innocent, find themselves in the most ferocious situations they have ever encountered.

This novel is the tale of Stanley Dabernath, zombie. A regular guy who dies, is brought back to life as a ghastly walking cadaver, and becomes the international sensation hailed by the press as The Amazing Mr. Corpse. Fame! Wealth! Groupies! Despite his ghoulish appearance, Stanley finds himself living the dream. But in many ways, it’s harder to be a celebrity than a zombie. The suits behind Project Second Chance want to tell him how to behave in public. There’s constant pressure coming at him from all sides—not to mention that many people consider him a vile blasphemy.

Take a walk with Watts to discover an old Victorian home with a disturbingly dark secret, feel the cold winter snap with two security officers confronting a demon in the middle of a blizzard, witness as a fallen angel seeks justice in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, and cringe as a Halloween demon takes possession of a small boy to satisfy its bloodlust. It will be a stroll you will not soon forget…not one gory detail.

Beware of the night, for it shows no mercy. Anxieties run rampant as the last sprinklings of light twinkle out on the inky horizon. The shadows dance their choreography in the damp, dusky air. Night is taking over, and it knows how to keep a dark and deadly secret, for it allows no witnesses. And that screaming you hear nearby? Watch out, because you might be next. The Sinister Supernatural Stories series brings you delicious horror that focuses on elements of the supernatural. Pull up a chair and dig in, but never after dark—everyone knows bad things always happen after dark.

The small Alabama town of Jericho Hills is one with many dark secrets born from turmoil. When Benjamin Belvedere, a young wanderer with a troubled past of his own, comes to town, he’s followed by an evil little imp with a severe grudge against Ben. When a few of the townspeople are murdered, Ben becomes the prime suspect. As he begins to regret coming to Jericho Hills, and even starts to doubt himself, an even bigger threat from the town's past rears its head and shows its teeth. A conflict arises that will have Ben battling two evils. The prize for winning this battle? His sanity.

It's three days before Christmas, and there’s a problem - it's still summer. When Maria and her friends learn that Jack Frost, maker of winter, has disappeared, they set out to find him. When Maria’s best friend - Nemoy, the garden gnome - goes missing, too, it’s up to Maria and the rest of her friends to find them both. Without winter, Santa can’t deliver the presents, which means Christmas can’t come.

In Gemstone Enlightenment, you will learn about 40 new and rare stones and their healing properties, why they are energetically important at this time, and how to use them in healing. This includes beautiful, colored photographs of each stone.

Shanti Dhawan longs for the affections of another woman. But her traditional past won't set her free...until one day when fate intervenes. Shanti finds herself thrust into another world, stranded, alone, and at the mercy of a strange and mysterious hermit. This woman, who at first Shanti can barely imagine passing for human, nurses her back to health, and soon Shanti discovers she is more than she appears. She captivates Shanti's imagination and then stirs feelings she thought she could never hold for such a person.

Don’t go in the water. It’s dark. It’s deep. It’s scary as hell. There is no better keeper of secrets than the menacing, murky depths of the ocean. Unfathomable creatures, mysterious disappearances, abandoned ships, deadly pirates. Even experienced seamen are susceptible to the horrors that lay hidden far below the surface. It’s all a game of chance. Be in the wrong place at the wrong time and you’ll become something’s meal. The dark deep is ominous and unforgiving and it has no conscience.

Dr. Shelley Kaehr decided to conduct an experiment, bought herself a diamond ring, and found the key to self love. In With This Ring, she shows you simple steps to creating a lasting love affair with the most important person in your life: you!

Firsts can come in many forms - first loves, first realizations...Abby knew something wasn't quite right. She hadn't found a guy who quite suited her...then Jordan came into her life and taught her, and she realized it wasn't necessarily a guy she was waiting for....

Kathleen Pope, a firefighter-turned-EMT and now flying with the Minnesota Highway Patrol’s Flight Section, has her wife, Belladonna, a business woman who moved to St. Paul four years ago. Up until now, the couple have experienced a fairytale, whirlwind courtship and a carefree life. All that is about to change. The helicopter that Kathleen is flying in loses power and hits a power line upon takeoff just after loading an accident victim two hours north of Minneapolis-St. Paul. At the very beginning, Bella is notified that her wife has been in an accident.

Don’t wait until your life becomes out of control with debt. This book will take you through a simple-to-follow system for prioritizing and paying off your debt in the shortest possible time. You will learn how you have been misled and taken advantage of by a system designed to keep you in debt. You will learn how to save money when buying insurance and how to stop car dealers from ripping you off. You will learn how to create a debt-free pay-off plan that makes you excited about your future, instead of fearing it.

Shine is pure lesbian, all about the feminine. She is a petite, confident, and wily high school senior, and at the age of 18 has already honed her skills of seduction and manipulation. She uses these skills to fulfill her selfish gratification, leaving behind her a wake of broken hearts. Love for Shine is a fairytale dream that serves only to sink hopeful hearts, and for her a con to seize the shallow affections on which she thrives.