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After accidentally ending up at one of his schoolmate's house, Tim drinks some beverage there with a couple of friends. Things take a wild turn as he finds himself at a singularity. He discovers that the only way back is to travel through all the dimensions.

Cynthia and her brothers had heard the stories about grandpa, who could summon demons and compel people to die with a curse. Maybe, they also possessed the ancient powers. At first, they caught smallish demons who had assumed the shapes of rabbits and birds and then, larger ones like those who resembled the neighbor kids.

Clock the Chaos Mage. A stranger out of time, hidden in the folds of shadow. He is the guardian of Coney Island's supernatural borderlands, and the only thing standing between our reality and the demons that thirst to destroy it. Clock's Watch. An anthology of heroic dark fantasy and terror.

Becky keeps men at bay due to her brutal background and concern for her son’s safety. Second guessing who he is and disillusioned about the stranger who raised him, Justin discovers what matters most, in perfect time to lose it. His broken spirit penetrates Becky’s armor and opens her fragile heart, but she can’t compete with his wealthy fiancé. Certain death looms in the shadows of the sleepy, lakeside town.

The Nurse Mare's Tale is in a way the prequel to Dinky: The Nurse Mare's Foal, as it tells the story of Dinky's mother. This lovely story is told from the viewpoint of two aging nurse mares about to give birth, and the trials they go through. It tells us of Sadie and her friend Nellie and is accompanied with charming dialogue (both speaking and thinking). The plight of these animals is described in empathetic detail.

There is no escape. There never was. Freddy Bills is retired. Back in the day, he was fishing people out of unreality tanks and pulling needles from their heads. That was when it was against the law. Now everyone is doing it, including him...His plans were to fade into retirement, just him and his dog. That was before someone from his past appeared. There’s no escaping his past or future. He was destined to solve the Maze. He just has to figure out why.

Nine-year-old Thelonious Monk DeCay lives in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward with his grandmother. His mother dead and his father missing, Monk is determined to find his father. With their harmonicas and bottle-cap taps, Monk and his best friend entertain the tourists in Jackson Square under the watchful eyes of eccentric historian Quinton Toussaint, who knows where to find Monk's father. Hurricane Katrina changes everything.

Sunny Grimm finds a strap around her son's head with an embossed symbol between his eyes. This is the mark of awareness leaping, where players launch into alternate realities and anything goes. Investors make millions. Critics, however, refuse to call it a game. They argue that reality confusion will end humanity. Labels aside, there are many who play. And many who lose. Sunny Grimm goes on a mad search for her son and the people responsible for allowing him to play. The only way she will find him is to not lose herself in the search. The Maze is more than a game.

Shinowe, the legendary mercenary, is literally bathing in the blood of her enemies alongside Dixie, the Texan, who is about to use more weapons than some nations use in a year. The battlefield? Facing off against the boys in a peeping war at the hot springs, with the princess about to be the first one to breach the dividing wall, taking revenge on Sparky, the foul-mouthed forklift operator whose insults don't just hurt emotionally, they hurt physically, thanks to special powers from the Goddess.

Four forklift operators and their unbearable, self-important boss are transported to another world and each given a power from the Goddess for unknown reasons. Why Dixie, the gamer girl from Texas needs the divine gift of weapons mastery if the Goddess wanted them to run a freight transportation company raises a lot of questions. In book 3, Dixie goes berserk, Sparky saves a princess and Thomas now has two catgirls competing for his affection. If only he wasn't such a terrible, no-personality boss, that might've actually been something he'd like!

Four forklift operators and their unbearable, self-important boss are transported to another world and each given a power from the Goddess for unknown reasons. Why Dixie, the gamer girl from Texas needs the divine gift of weapons mastery if the Goddess wanted them to run a freight transportation company raises a lot of questions. In book 2, Alyxa, the boss's catgirl purrsonal assistant finds out that she's joined the "FreightCo family", not the "FreightCo family". Shinowe, the mercenary assassin, finds out about Rocket's power to turn anything into an alcoholic beverage.

Aimed to deliver laughs a fork-ton at a time, this series aims to surprise and entertain. Although if you think cat-girls are awesome...prepare to be disappointed. They shed fur everywhere, have terrible puns, and bring dead animals home, among other things. Buckle up, because this forklift-certified isekai is a wild ride!

Keeran and I have decided to be together, but the world is intent on ripping us apart. His magic is driving him mad, and I’m left alone to decide how to take down Isalia. But I’ve made too many promises, and I’ve sworn to protect too many people. To win this war, I’ll have to accept a destiny I’ve never faced— and a crown I didn’t even know was my birthright.

A fallen disciple. A kingdom in chaos. A destiny that cannot be escaped. Faro was once a loyal warrior, fighting to free Evania from the grip of a tyrant. Now, he is something else—something not quite human. Betrayed by Eli, the fallen chosen one of Evania, Faro was struck down and left for dead as dark magic reshaped the land. Stripped of his past and hunted as an enemy, he wanders a kingdom on the brink of ruin—where ancient powers stir and war looms on the horizon.

Within a few short hours, rising floodwaters force next-door neighbors into a desperate fight for survival. Before Hurricane Katrina, neighbors Doreen Williams, an African American single mother, and Richard Girard, a reclusive gay man, were aloof and even suspicious of each other. But when the levees in New Orleans burst, these two are sent scrambling into a cramped attic where, together, they face tests of grueling heat, dwindling supplies, worries about loved ones, and the struggle to keep living.

X, the cursed reaper, wrestles with the growing darkness within him. Haunted by his mother’s death and his father’s betrayal, he navigates the undercity in search of answers about his mark—a mysterious symbol pulsing with dark energy. Guided by fragmented memories and cryptic warnings, X is drawn deeper into a web of conspiracies where survival demands more than strength—it demands sacrifice.

As a bartender in Las Vegas, Curtis seems to have the dream life. He’s single, lives close to the Strip, and only has to worry about when to pick up the next extra shift. No one knows the truth about what happened ten years ago, and no one knows how he spends three months every year: as a part-time elf for Santa Claus. When Curtis went to the Arctic Circle the first time, he thought he could escape the unthinkable. Now, the anniversary of the worst day of his life is coming up, and he’s been asked to do the unbelievable.

In a world where the lines between the living and the dead blur, a young boy named X witnesses his mother's brutal murder at the hands of his own father. Consumed by a thirst for revenge, X dedicates his life to finding and confronting the man who shattered his world. This dystopian reality is forever altered by the emergence of magical beings. Governed by the O-7 Council—ancient deities who oversee the delicate balance of life and death—the world is inhabited by reapers and demons enforcing celestial laws.

Gregory finds himself walking out of them as the sun sets with no memory of his time there. If the task masters catch him in the woods, there will be violent consequences. So, why does he keep going back? And why can’t he remember anything about the inside?