Aging is not for the faint-hearted, yet there is little choice in the matter. You can take good care of your health, your finances, your loved ones and still life will throw a curve ball.In this anthology you will find tales of courage, of women who rise to the challenges of time in many different ways.Some stories are of women aging gracefully but their tales are still kickass because they have a lot to overcome. Other stories are humorous, because if you can't age gracefull...

Exciting, spooky and scary stories for everyone, edited by Rayne Hall.Ten authors spin creepy yarns, each with a different writing style and a different way of telling a story. Allow these fantasy and horror stories to haunt you, and see which story resonates most with you.GHOSTS CAN BLEED by Tracie McBrideGhosts can bleed. Maurice knows, because he is one.DANCERS by William MeikleA country graveyard in winter can be made warm.BREAKWA...

Fourteen talented writers spin tales of tortured love. Writers included are Rayne Hall, Jonathan Broughton, Carole Ann Moleti, April Grey, Phillip T. Stephens, Oliver Baer, Teel James Glenn, Jake TS Wryte, Amy Grech, V. Peter Collins, Steven Van Patten, Rick Poldark, Elizabeth Crowens, Marc Abbott. Ghosts, Werewolves, Vampires, they all want love too.

Buyer Beware! Something's fishy at the bridal mall, an arcade develops a will to win and the jogging goes on forever. At Hell's Mall all your shopping nightmares come real. Featuring the tormented, terrifying work of eighteen talented writers: Marc L. Abbott, Oliver Baer, AJ Bartholomew, Alp Beck, Loretta H. Campbell, V Peter Collins, Teel James Glenn, Amy Grech, April Grey, Carol Gyzander, Rayne Hall, Pia Manning, Carole Ann Moleti, Nicholas C. Rossis, Phillip T. Stephens, Nikki Tait, Ste...

The hitchhiker on the road with a huge red nose and over-sized shoes, tentacles rising up from the sea, a land devastated by plague--unpleasant, even deadly challenges await the subjects of these stories. They run the gambit from pandemonium on the high seas, to terror in an amusement park, to a woman haunted by her old automobile and a man on the way to Heaven, with a small detour to Hell.Sixteen Terrifying Tales of Travels await the reader of Hell's Highway!Stories by Raye...

Humorous, Dark, and Heart-breaking stories await you in this anthology. Tales of Cats, Dogs and Birds from the pens of brilliant writers like Rayne Hall, Mark Cassell, Amy Grech, Jonathan Broughton, Carole Ann Moleti, Steven Van Patten, Anya Davis, Phillip T. Stephens, Yurika S. Grant and April Grey.

In this anthology, we have a nightmarish serenade from thirteen amazing writers who give their take on music, musicians and instruments from Hell. Rayne Hall, Jonathan Broughton, Bruce Memblatt, April Grey, Tracie McBride, Jake T.S. Wryte, Phillip T. Stephens, Mitch Sebourn, Charie D. La Marr, V. Peter Collins, Oliver Baer, Pamela Walker and Pamela Turner have stories featured here.

One Man, Two Women, Two Gods...who will survive the Trickster's snare? Ghostly images materialize in Nina Weaver's photos. Goons try to kidnap her. When her photographs are stolen and her best friend is shot, she realizes that she has no one to turn to but her ex-lover, Pascal "Goofy" Guzman. Together they go on a desperate road trip in search of answers. The truth is darker and more terrifying than Nina could ever have imagined. After their love re-ignites, they fall into the Trickster Go...

The word garden evokes the image of a place of peace and moderation--the opposite of discord. A gardener decides what plants to cultivate and what is a weed to be destroyed.But what if the gardeners themselves run amok?Both "Gunda's Gnomes" and "When the Devil Came to Hell's Kitchen" ask what to do with bullies in community gardens.In "The Orchid" a young woman discovers a new way to look at weeding.While in "Round and Round the Garden" a girl plays with her fri...

For over three decades, Ellen Datlow has been at the center of horror. Bringing you the most frightening and terrifying stories, Datlow always has her finger on the pulse of what horror readers crave. Now, with the seventh volume of this series, Datlow is back again to bring you the stories that will keep you up at night.Encompassed in the pages of The Best Horror of the Year have been such illustrious writers as:Neil GaimanKim RobinsonStephen KingLinda...

City of Victoria Butler Book Prize: M.A.C. Farrant, The World Afloat (Winner)In The World Afloat, a series of seventy-five “miniatures” that melds narrative with elements of prose poem and farce, master of the absurd and expert observer M.A.C. Farrant peers into the complexities of human experience – through the rear window.Inside the linoleum-lined kitchens and lace-trimmed living rooms that drift through these stories, Farrant interrupts the daily routine...

Five bewitching tales of love from the winners of the Power Play Romance Writer's Competition.From a moment of reflection to a moment of passion, these short stories explore the ways in which love and lust shape our lives.Writers Elizabeth McLennan, Hazel McLoughlin, Jessica Towicz, Saman Shad and overall winner Anna McHugh take us from the hustle and glamour of New York to the serenity of rural life in this enchanting and affecting collection.