Six authors. Six extraordinary stories.Throughout history, storytellers have shared visions of wondrous worlds just beyond the edge of reality. This anthology continues that tradition.Within its pages, you'll find two stories of celebrities facing heartbreak in futuristic and fantastical worlds, two of power and ability and their inherent possibilities, and two of space exploration and disasters faced by humanity.All with heartwarming characters and compelling actio...

Never underestimate an apprentice’s ability to ruin everything. When mishaps and mayhem befall, they must develop their talents to untangle the messes they’ve made. Black magic, talismans, and incantations intertwine within their worlds, making solutions murky.Featuring eleven stories by best-selling and award-winning authors, The Mage’s Apprentice will take you to fantastical realms, new dimensions, and across time, exposing the secrets of magic.Will the apprentice remain ...

A new short story from Australia's queen of hard-hitting family drama.A short story for fans of Jodi Picoult and Anita Shreve.Step into the fragile domestic world of Roar and discover the unforgettable voice of Nicole Trope, bestselling author of The Secrets in Silence, Three Hours Late and The Boy Under the Table.*The baby sleeps peacefully, filled with milk and contentment. The man on the bed breathes his way into the da...

TRAEIt's a call that changes my life--and my little girl's. Years ago, playing for the NBA was the dream, but the Seattle Stallions suck. Worse than that, my old teammate is now the star center--not to mention my number one rival. There has to be a catch, some sort of agenda. Before I was injured, I was the best. Now? There's no way they want me.But when I see the roster and salaries, it all comes together. It's a chance to get on the court again and change our lives. And I...

Living in the city is hard for a shape shifter, especially one as young as Shawn. He's been anticipating the coming trip out to the country for months. The fact that he's going to be allowed to run around unescorted only makes things better.The vacation turns serious when he decides to leave the estate. A pack of hunting dogs is more than capable of bringing even a shape shifter to bay, and he's starting to understand that more than just his own survival hinges on what he does next...

A woman in labor. A man on a mission. The Mansfield Brothers series continues…All Brianna Coleman remembers of the near-fatal accident is the hero who saved her. Not her name or the father of the baby she delivers hours later. Until news of a coup in a foreign nation triggers a memory. Her baby's father is the missing member of a royal family…and her son the next target.After saving them, Hunter Mansfield won't abandon them. But can he defend them against international assa...

This book is about how growing up without my bilogical mother walking out on us leaving us with our father,giving my sister away to strangers. My father left us with his girlfriend and later met our new step mother. Two weeks later, he went back and said to her, if you love my children then ill love yours and i will treat them as they were my own, i cant let those people take my kids.

Kevin has a bad attitude. He's the one who laughs when you trip and fall. In fact, he may have been the one who tripped you in the first place. He has a real knack for rubbing people the wrong way—and he's even figured out a secret way to do it with poems. But what happens when the tables are turned and he is the one getting picked on? Rhyme Schemer is a touching and hilarious middle-grade novel in verse about one seventh grader's journey from bully-er to bully-ee, as he learns ab...

At age twelve, Kevin Brockmeier is ready to become a different person: not the boy he has always been—the one who cries too easily and laughs too easily, who lives in an otherland of sparkling daydreams and imaginary catastrophes—but someone else altogether.Over the course of one school year—seventh grade—he sets out in search of himself. Along the way, he happens into his first kiss at a church party, struggles to understand why his old friends tease him at the lunch table, become...

Walter Axel knew how to handle a super villain. As Side Winder, a resonator who could turn almost any object on its side, Walter tipped over whatever it took to catch the caped cretins that threatened his city. However, when an old villain claimed to have learned his weakness, Walter soon found himself with a choice to make. Catch the villain for good or reveal his identity.

The author of Closer "transcends the formulaic with exquisite writing on the level of Rimbaud's Illuminations . . . an American masterpiece" (James McCourt, Los Angeles Times).God Jr. is the story of Jim, a father who survived the car crash that killed his teenage son Tommy. Tommy was distant, transfixed by video games and pop culture, and a mystery to the man who raised him. Now, disabled by the accident, yearning somehow to abs...

When Naomi Wheeler started work in the rest home she was told about Sarah. For years she'd waited in the lobby with her bags packed, but everyone knew she wasn't leaving the rest home, until a stranger is wheeled in. Sometimes true love is worth waiting for.