From a New York Times Notable author comes a "fiercely honest . . . and utterly heartbreaking" memoir of brotherhood, grief, and mental illness (Jay McInerney).In 2000, while moving his household from Vermont to North Carolina, author David Payne watched from his rearview mirror as his younger brother, George A., driving behind him in a two-man convoy of rental trucks, lost control of his vehicle, fishtailed, flipped over in the road, and died instantly. Soon there...

Jo lost their sibling, Alex, to a strange portal. Searching relentlessly for a way to go after them, an officer reveals he has also witnessed a portal - the first person to validate their own experience in 15 years. With his help, they find out that these portals haven't just taken a couple of children.The lost children are not the only ones on the other side of the portal, and they'll have to first protect themselves if they want to save everyone.

In this barren wasteland, I drove the highways with my girls for company, seeing off the biker gangs who wanted to take everything I had. I was headed for the market town Jericho, where a whole lot of adventure awaited me and my girls.A 7500 word short story featuring explicit scenes. Adults only.

My time has come. It is what my tribe call aharami. I must go out into the world and fight for my haram, and I shall prove my manhood.I will need my sword, my wits and my fists, and I shall come home with a haram that shall be the envy of my tribe!A 10,000 word short story, featuring monster girls and explicit scenes of sex and violence. Adults only.

I pick up a choose your own adventure book in a second hand bookshop. This is just like old times, the only stats are skill, stamina and luck and all I need are some dice.What the old man who sold me the book didn't tell me however, was that as soon as I opened the book, I would be tranasported into its world...A 7000 word litrpg short story featuring explicit scenes. Adults only.

When the pirates made me walk the plank, I thought I was done for. But what sorcery was this? I could breathe underwater!Now an underwater adventure awaits me, in which I must use my wits and weapons, and it turns out that mermaids are more than just a legend...An 8500 word short story, featuring explicit scenes of sex and violence. Adults only.

Escape from an oncoming army is only the first step in survival for Fer and Gerd and their family. Then they must make their way into the wilderness, find a way to survive. But what if survival requires a transformation that is other-worldly? What if survival means changing everything you know?

Rita Olsen, Captain of the Wraith, is counting down the days until her retirement from Earth's Global Navy, mostly while in cryo-sleep. However, when an anomaly appears by Pluto, it is up to her and her crew to investigate and report back. What is out there in the depths of the solar system will surely change the course of history.

Inanimate objects.Figments of the imagination.A voice without a body.A spider weaving a web in a window.These anthropods - objects and animals given human-like traits and feelings - are glimpses into worlds just on the edge of our own, some of them closer than others. Gather the courage to be a part of a revolution with an ice cube. Hold on tight to your house while a storm comes and threatens to tear it all apart. Seek comfort in that imaginary friend you h...

Nine contemporary realism stories to remind you every day is a journey, of consequence or not is up to you. Taking those everyday moments and enjoying them, being scared by them, suffering through them. Take a walk to the edge of a chasm. Trudge through the dunes at dawn. Listen to the chirping of birds. Endure the flash of lightning in a storm. Stand at the top of a lighthouse and wonder if it will crumble underneath you.Or step on a Lego.

Modern neuroscience, in describing the way our brain processes our sensory inputs, has transformed the way we see ourselves in relation to the world. This demands a radical reevaluation of traditional philosophical topics. In this text I attempt to outline a modern methodology which emphasizes the importance of theory in our lives. Theorizing is a liberating concept that allows us to articulate ourselves more carefully and more fully than ever before. It connects us with every living and n...

Seagrum is a dwarf of significant stature and prowess who has been recruited by the Magister of the Hue and Cry to deal with a problem that he has with vampires. The problem has nothing to do with the usual issues that vampires cause but rather it is the result of a financial transaction that they have set up with the human population of Florencetown. The vampires are the bankers of this fantasy world and in their pursuit of dynastic growth, they have latched onto the avaricious nature of ...