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Patricia Harding is a young paralegal with aspirations for law school. When she passes out and nearly dies at work, the medical staff at New City Hospital is at a loss for the cause of the otherwise healthy woman’s conditions. Soon after, the staff is stunned by a well-respected cardiologist’s sudden death while he is on the job. These two seemingly unrelated events lead the chief of staff to call on homicide detective Ron Looney to investigate.

Incredible Science Fiction collates a collection of some of the very best science fiction stories published in the ‘50s in one volume. All these stories (with the exception of "The Goldfish") are now in the public domain and were original published in Worlds of IF Science Fiction magazine. This is a lovingly curated collection of some of the very best stories published in the ’50s. This collection includes the Hugo Award-nominated “Rat in the Skull” by Rog Phillips. It also includes an original story by the curator and editor of this collection: Andrew Gibson.

Al Packer is the face of IniQCo. As CEO of an international conglomerate, he makes difficult choices every day. Some illegal. Some immoral. But, all profitable. His biggest fear is the current Class Action lawsuit will expose skeletons in his company’s closet, creating a PR nightmare and a drop in stock prices. But it’s the little things that come back to haunt him, small injustices that won’t stay buried.

Rough, tough and all male. The Benson Brothers are a unique mix of hero at heart and bad boy. Every girl instinctively knew that they are special. Three young men. Three stories.

Amelia Dunn is running from men who are determined to force her into a life any honest woman would be ashamed of. Her only hope is the big man who risked his own life to save her. But, had she jumped from the pan to the fire? The last thing Hank Richards needed was a meddlesome woman in his way. But when a woman screams, a man just naturally has to step in and help. He should have known better. Now he was saddled with a woman with too many questions and enough enemies to keep him busy for months.

Jack Tanner had drifted from job to job. A natural loner, the last thing he ever expected was to end up married to a stranger and owning a beautiful valley. And now, just as he was beginning to put down roots for the first time in his life, someone wanted to take it all away from him. He’d die before he let that happen. Mail-order bride Jenny O’Neil was coming west to marry Nathanial Parker only to find out he had been murdered. And here was this tall cowboy telling her that Nathanial had left his valley to them. But only if they married.

Lord Brookenham and Miss Isobel Stafford naturally rubbed up against each other like wild thistles and horsehair. They couldn’t share a ballroom or a parlor without snapping at to each other. To Isobel, he was too handsome and too manly for his own good. It was as if he had been placed on this earth to frustrate her. To Lord Brookenham, Isobel Stafford was too free and self-assured for a young miss. The antithesis of everything he knew to be correct about his world.

Elle is cursed with a genius younger brother. A brother who has absolutely no idea of the problems he will face as a 13-year-old senior. Desperate to protect him, she reluctantly asks the school's new bad boy, Nate Clark, for help. Unfortunately, the only way this will work is if everyone believes Nate cares enough for her to get involved. The last thing Nate Clark ever expected was to get close to someone like Elle Watson. Girl’s like her should know better. But he learned long ago, when a chance like this came along. Seize it, and figure out the details later.

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An intergalactic assassin with numerous identities strikes without leaving any hint of his existence, giving him the moniker: Ghost. His lethal work will touch lives across the galaxy, from the military to the primitive farmer to the Zahlian Merchant Marine. In the wake of death follows a capital ship captain hunting for a target he scarcely believes in and an over-the-hill marshal who still has another chase in him. But what happens with the flawless contract killer may have reached too far during a job?

When Luke Prescott rescued Amy Jensen from a night of terror, neither of them knew where it would lead. He was her best friend’s brother. A bad boy with a ton of baggage. But he had become her dark knight. Her hero. Amy knew that submitting to her true feelings would be a betrayal of her best friend. But denying the truth would lead to pain and misery. Two young people must maneuver through the trials and tribulations of young love without hurting those around them. All while discovering the truth about each other, and the truth about what it means to really be in love.

Olivia Caldwell always believed the man to be insufferable. Unfortunately, he was her brother’s best friend, therefore unavoidable. And while Lord Bradford might be opinionated, domineering, and a notorious rake, he was also the only man in England who was able to rescue her from kidnappers. A fact that was going to lead to her worse nightmare: a marriage of convenience to the one man who she could not control.

The first dawn of humanity’s evolution has begun, and a war is coming. Twenty years ago, a plan was conceived of and set in motion by a group of powerful individuals. Their aim is unknown, but the outcome will soon be realized, and the fate of mankind rests on the few. Sam and Karl meet on the morning all hell breaks loose and are set on a course that will change their lives irrevocably. Hidden secrets will be revealed. Can Sam figure out the changes within herself before it’s too late?

Elle is cursed with a genius younger brother; a brother who has absolutely no idea of the problems he will face as a 13-year-old senior. Desperate to protect him, she reluctantly asks the school’s new bad boy, Nate Clark, for help. Unfortunately, the only way this will work is if everyone believes Nate cares enough for her to get involved. The last thing Nate Clark ever expected was to get close to someone like Elle Watson. Girls like her should know better. But he’d learned long ago that when a chance like this came along, seize it, and figure out the details later.

Forty-two and widowed, romance writer Jillian Grant believes hospitals equal death. Plagued by loss and convinced more is imminent, she has come to equate the absence of pain with happiness. When she spots a hot young landscaper with an eerie resemblance to the male lead in her next novel, she convinces him to pose as her cover model. In close quarters, their chemistry ignites, and Jillian is torn between facing her fears and grasping a chance at happiness.

Loner and all around bad boy Cole Chambers has a secret. A secret that could ruin his life. Always In control, and never flustered, Jenna Morgan finds herself drawn to the strange Cole Chambers. But it is only after he repeatedly rescues her and those she loves that she begins to see the true hero behind his outsider persona. Can he let her into his life without exposing his secret?Can she find the true love she has always needed?

Some might consider him a bit of a beast. Others knew him to be particular and demanding. The Marquess of Penrith didn't really care. After returning from war, all he wanted was peace and quiet. But duty and honor demanded that he marry the young Miss Davis. An obligation that could not be denied. Luckily, marriage did not equate to love. Two people from different worlds forced together, both searching for happiness. Perhaps they can only find it by coming together.

Devastated by her father's brutal murder, 17-year-old Emily Bliss is determined to find his killers, even after everyone else has given up. As Emily attempts to follow their trail, she encounters a mysterious stranger at a party. Beneath his handsome looks, physical prowess, vast wealth, intimidating presence, and hypnotizing eyes, she can sense that he is tormented by demons that she cannot yet fathom. Soon, Emily is shocked, yet thrilled, to realize that she is falling uncontrollably in love with him to the point of obsession.

At the gathering of a new group of young people in 1973, Larry Barrett felt God tell him to "go home and start keeping a diary, because some day you will write a book about this experience". Larry immediately went home and started that journal. He thought the journal would be full of glorious miracles, mighty accomplishments, and victories. In the first entry, he wrote: "This is the account of how God's Holy Spirit works."

Sterling Wayfairer has one goal for his senior year: make his mark. But things don't go as planned when he starts to encounter his mysterious classmate Tetra. Tetra not only has answers to the recent disappearances, but Sterling will soon find that making his mark isn't all it's cracked up to be. Sterling discovers he shares a spiritual bond with Tetra, and that only their power has the ability to stop the malevolent evil they face. They must work together or risk the destruction of their world.