What if reality isn't what we think it is?What if the systems we trust—technology, language, architecture, machines, even the spaces around us—are not merely things we created, but channels into something we were never meant to understand?In Dead Channels, nine stories explore what happens when those channels open.A home designed to eliminate human imperfection begins optimizing the people inside it. A forgotten language buried in ancient stone reveals that...

Deep in the mountain fog, something waits.Ancient as the earth itself — quiet as a secret, a shape without a face, a hum in the dark, sweetness left where it steps. The town whispers the name but never the true nature of the thing.One outcast has nothing to fear — and everything to want.When the promise of belonging finally comes, he reaches for it.A haunting queer horror tale — where desire is the lure, and forever is not a gift.

A forgotten legend awakens beneath the streets of Zagreb.When a series of strange events ripples through the city, two young men — Vid and Luka — are drawn into a darkness older than the fortress walls above them. Something ancient is stirring in Medvedgrad… and it has been waiting for them.As reality fractures and the supernatural bleeds through, the Black Queen rises once more — hungry, vengeful, and bound to a history no one dares to speak aloud.What begins as a whi...

Nightshape.The next chapter in The Skin of Him Universe.What begins as a strange frequency spreading through the population becomes something harder to name. Ordinary men slip beyond themselves, drawn toward a presence that offers attention, intimacy, and the dangerous comfort of surrender.The Church has faced possession before.The Vatican has named demons before.Nothing prepared them for Nightshape.Ancient, seductive, and endlessly hungry, m...

A masterpiece doesn't know it's in a gallery.Sam Bell believes he is alone. He thinks the hollow ache in his chest is a simple need for connection. He thinks a man named Nick can fill the void.He is wrong. The void is me.For thirty-four lifetimes, I have been Sam's invisible curator. I am the ancient shadow that has pruned his history—burning away every friend, family, and lover who dared to touch what is mine. I ha...

A bloodline curse drags two men into an unwanted intimacy, where attraction becomes a liability and survival depends on how close they dare to stand.When a buried patch of land splits open and exposes ancient bones, it awakens a curse that has waited generations for the last Novak man. Ivan never knew he was marked, but from the moment the earth cracks, a presence begins to follow him — tightening its grip the closer he is drawn to another person.That person is Stjepan, a w...

Twelve carols. One bonus hymn. All damned.From the ashes of folklore to the glow of neon screens, Carols for the Damned by Dark Monarch drags Christmas through every shadow it has ever known. This collection of 12 stories plus a bonus tale reimagines the season of cheer as a season of dread—where ancient rituals resurface, haunted traditions refuse to die, and modern technology becomes the newest vessel for possession.Here, the Krampus walks again, ornaments whisper in the da...

Discover #1 New York Times-bestselling Patrick Rothfuss’ epic fantasy universe of The Kingkiller Chronicle, in this illustrated companion novella, The Slow Regard of Silent Things.“I just love the world of Patrick Rothfuss.” —Lin-Manuel MirandaDeep below the University, there is a dark place. Few people know of it: a broken web of ancient passageways and abandoned rooms. A young woman lives there, tucked among the sprawling tunnels of the ...

The sizzling first novel in New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter’s paranormal romance series, Otherworld Assassins—featuring a black ops agent who is captured and enslaved, and the beautiful deaf girl who holds the key to his salvation.THE SWEETEST TEMPTATION...Black ops agent Solomon Judah awakens caged and bound in a twisted zoo where otherworlders are the main attraction. Vika Lukas, the owner’s daughter, is tasked with Solo’s care a...

From New York Times bestselling author Thea Harrison comes the first of two explosive new stories set in the Elder Races world…. Dragos and Pia are back by popular vote!***THIS STORY ENDS IN A CLIFFHANGER***Saying goodbye to their old life in the Wyr demesne in New York may be hard, but Dragos and Pia are determined to create a new life in the Other land of Rhyacia.At first, everyt...

The first short story set in Peter Newman’s incredible world of THE VAGRANT.'It's a story that grabbed me by the scruff of the neck and refused to let go…' Fantasy Faction

This spellbinding novel by New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer tells the fascinating story of a beautiful and successful woman who appears to have it all—but gives it all up to find real happiness.As the host of the successful television show Fabulous Homes, Joanna Jones travels the country showcasing the glamorous homes of the rich and famous. Pouring every ounce of herself into her demanding, rewarding work, Joanna is living her dream...