Bianca was supposed to attend art school in Chicago, not run for her life from Hunters. The only chance she has to survive is to find The Purple Door District, a safe haven for a parahuman like herself. When she stumbles upon a magus named Gladus and a fellow avian named Carlos, she thinks she's found safety. But the Hunters are relentless, as is the dark force driving them.Vampire, werewolf, avian, magusIt's up to the parahumans of the Purple Door District of Chicago to pu...

Bad dreams always end the same; eventually you wake up. But Nick is trapped in a living nightmare with no end in sight.After his pack fails to rescue him, Nick and his friends are whisked to a new fighting pit that's bigger and deadlier than the last. Werewolves and vampires aren't his only opponents; magi, werebirds, and werecats are also out for his blood. To make matters worse, he's attracted the hungry gaze of the leader of the pit, a fae named Vesp who thrives on ...

Tess Montgomery isn’t your typical member of the Chicago wolf pack. In fact, she’s not a wolf at all. She’s an adopted fire magus of the pack and thus doesn’t always “play by the rules.” When her father and her best friend Nick are kidnapped in what the parahumans assume is a Hunter operation, Tess’s pack is thrown into turmoil. With Alpha Paytah unable to step outside the bounds of his new position as Violet Marshall of Chicago’s Purple Door District, Tess takes the reins to plan a rescue...

Mermaids, sea witches, selkies, ahoy! Dive into ten tales of sapphic romantasy.Separated by land and sea, two lovers ache with yearning. Can a human and a mermaid really make a life together? Elsewhere, a selkie despairs, trapped in an arranged marriage, only for her fated heart mate to pull her in with a sweet song. Across the sea, two pirate lovers-turned-sworn-enemies must work together against a foe trying to steal a goddess's power. On a seductive island, a swordfish shifter a...

Discover new and uncharted worlds as the authors of Unknown Realms weave tales of time travel, mystic portals, alternate dimensions, and undiscovered landscapes.

Can you change your fate? Are you brave enough to try?Join the authors of Fate's Design as they challenge Fate herself and prove that nothing is set in stone.All proceeds from this anthology will be donated to To Write Love On Her Arms, a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury, and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire, and also to invest directly int...

Leave this world...for a little while, and walk through the portal that leads to mind boggling realms.In this collection we venture outside the restraints of current reality to dive into magic, mystery, and the unexpected.Excerpts from the short stories:Ivy Moon by Camilla Ochlan.Tonight. A hundred years ago tonight, the sky just as dark, just as clear, the stars singing just as loud, and the moon just as full, he'd looked at the hill of...

Online Teaching: Tools and Techniques to Achieve Success with Learners will provide the online teacher with essential strategies to successfully design, develop, deliver and improve their online course offerings. This book is an invaluable resource for the novice instructor, as well as the seasoned educator. The chapters of the book will take the reader from the basics of online course development and delivery to assessment and improvement after a successful semester. The authors provide p...

Using a behavioral perspective, Behavior Analysis and Learning provides an advanced introduction to the principles of behavior analysis and learned behaviors, covering a full range of principles from basic respondent and operant conditioning through applied behavior analysis into cultural design. The text uses Darwinian, neurophysiological, and biological theories and research to inform B. F. Skinner’s philosophy of radical behaviorism.The seventh edition expands the focus...

A moment ago, Mariana was trying on a Native American headpiece in Zany Zia's Hat Shop. Now she's running scared through the Wild West.How did she get here? And how did she get caught in a feud between Comanche warriors and a cowboy out for revenge?When Mariana went to the circus, all she wanted was a friend. Now she just wants to go home before she gets eaten by a mountain lion.Welcome to Zany Zia's Hats to Where!***Lost in Comanche Count...

Facing down a fire-breathing dragon requires a lot of courage, and Evan doesn't know if he has what it takes.Evan Tanner has no idea how the knight's helmet transported him from Zany Zia's hat shop at the circus to a castle in the middle ages. To get back home, he'll have to face his fears and fight a fire-breathing dragon. Suddenly, the school bully doesn't seem so scary.An All Knight Adventure is the first book in the action-packed middle-grade reader Zany Zia'...

From sea monsters to mermaids. From flooded memories to oceanic apocalyptic futures. This anthology is a combination of watery tales told by the literary community of the The Writers’ Rooms and the Iowa Creative Corridor. A mix of short stories and poetry, follow the writers from the shore to the mysterious depths of the seas.Pieces:"Clutching the Wheel through a Storm" by Maxwell Love"The Pearl" by Amelia Kibbie"Maelstrom: A Full Transcription of the Soul A...