Imagination. It is a word that conjures up so much and can cover so many emotions. In this collection of nine unique stories and a poem, you will cross centuries, hang in suspense, chuckle and perhaps even laugh, and wonder did the character imagine that or not. Dari LaRoche starts this anthology with a poem that explores what sparks the imagination as it moves between conscious thought and the sublime, reflecting the beauty that surrounds us.In Metro T...

Chicken Soup for the Soul’s first-ever humor collection, and the timing is perfect. This is storytelling at its funniest.If laughter is the best medicine, then this book is your prescription. Turn off the news and spend a few days not following current events. Instead, return to the basics—humanity’s ability to laugh at itself.Maybe you should even do a news cleanse for a few days! Hide under the covers and read these stories instead. Or read a chapter a da...

HatchetWatching the love of my life suffer from a physical ailment has been some of the hardest moments of my life. It's my job as her man to take care of her, and with this issue, my hands were tied. As she suffers through finding herself again, I vow that I'll never leave her side, and do everything within my power to make sure she comes out the other side with her light still shining bright. This may be the most important mission of my life. I will not abort, and I will pull her...

Gold-medal winner of the 2020 Nautilus Award, Gold-medal winner of the 2020 National Indie Excellence Award for Memoir, Featured on Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books"A stirring memoir that beautifully and humorously captures the pain of unresolved loss."- Kirkus ReviewsThe true story of a woman whose life is up-ended when she begins an armchair treasure hunt-a search for $10,000 worth of gold coins buried in New York City, of all places-w...

In the USA Today–bestselling author's sexy romantic thriller, a paramedic with a dark past builds a future with a woman who lost her memory.Outside of one of Philadelphia's busiest nightclubs, a woman stumbles from her taxi. Beaten and bruised, Melissa Baxter is an amnesiac with a target on her back. Gun-shy, Melissa must rely on a handsome hero to help her uncover who she really is.A paramedic with his own dark history, Carson Lane can't help but br...

A hilarious follow-up to the bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul: Read, Laugh, Repeat! If you are looking to put yourself in a better mood and escape the day's worries, avoid what might be too boring or too serious, and instead read something this is too funny.If too much of a good thing is never enough, then you could never have too much of Chicken Soup for the Soul: Too Funny! In these 101 true, personal stories, our storytellers document the mishaps ...

Women. Crime. Justice. At least the search for it. On the mean streets, the back allies, the dark corners.These are stories of tough women in hard places. The nights are long, the women are fast, and danger is always a short block or quick minute away. Edited by award winning author/editors J.M. Redmann and Greg Herren, Women of the Mean Streets is an anthology of some of the top, tough women crime writers today, noir stories with a lesbian twist.

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In TOO LATE, 15-year-old Greg is in a teen sex offenders’ facility because of an assault on his stepsister. He hates the professionals who try to help him and can’t wait to go home. When he enters a room for a meeting, his mother is there crying. Her partner, whom Greg calls Step Dude, sits at her side. They have come to tell Greg they don’t want him back. It’s too late to be good, they say. Greg comes to the crippling realization of what he has become: the father he has both hated and fea...

It's the middle of July, and Rico Davin is about to faint -- not from the heat, though. For the whole summer, he gets to watch his best friend, Chance Raynor, shirtless and wet on the beach playing volleyball with his buddies. The perspiration on Chance's skin is driving Rico nuts. It doesn't help that he's lusted after Chance since they met freshman year in college. What's not to like in a tall, muscular, and just plain hot jock of a roommate? Unfortunately, Chance doesn't see Rico the sa...

These true stories of angels and miracles will strengthen your faith and remind you that good things do happen to good people!Miracles, divine intervention, amazing coincidences—these unexplainable, unexpected surprises bless the lives of people from all walks of life. You’ll be inspired and comforted by these 101 stories from ordinary people who’ve experienced the extraordinary, including:• Tamra, who tripped and began to fall while teaching her students. ...

PEOPLE LOVE THEIR PETS.SOME PEOPLE LOVE THEIR PETSA LITTLE TOO MUCH.Who could blame Mr. Whiskers for trying to high-dive from a penthouse window or Fluffy for crawling into a washing machine? After being dressed up for Halloween, married off in elaborate weddings, toted everywhere in baby backpacks, or just plain coddled within an inch of their sanity by obsessively doting owners, these pets are on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Or worse. They’d call the suicide h...