Join a neko girl as she falls in love with a swan girl in a version of Steampunk London. See how a mail carrier deals with finding out she's a Chihuahua shifter. Go on time-traveling adventures with an old mouse woman. Run the Iditarod with an unfortunate Chihuahua. Attend magical college with a hopeful horse mage. Go on a camping trip with a transgender white-tailed deer, and more in this magical, furry collection of previously published short stories by author Ian Madison Keller....

In the throes of a convention full of geeks, Frog Jones told a story.That story is found in this book's foreword, but the key line from that story became the title of this anthology. The authors seized upon that line, much like an out-of-control bovine seizing its own halter, and stampeded into the volume you see before you.This is not just a comedy anthology. Nor is it horror, or romance, or literary, or…well, any one thing. Rather, it is all those things. Each story starts ...

While chasing down an informant, a Chihuahua accidentally ends up in the middle of the Iditarod dog race across Alaska.

20 Kinds of Stupid: An Anthology of Idiot Heroes and Ridiculous Heroinestwenty fatally flawed flash stories by Holly Lisle and studentsIf there’s one thing more fun than writing awesome stories, it’s occasionally indulging in the worst excesses and writing awesomely bad stories. Holly Lisle and a group of her students put all of the most clichéd, badly formed, and just plain wrong techniques into as few words as they could, and gathered them togeth...

Isobel Yates is a single mom with no time for romance, but the Goddess has other plans for her.Hail is a Dark Kindred. Since emotions are outlawed on his home world, he is learning to feel now that he lives on the Mother Ship. Strong emotions are bad news, though--they bring out the part of his DNA that is Bolaxian Beast, a race of beings known for their fierce breeding lust.Isobel is afraid to trust the huge Kindred warrior with her heart and the safety of her young son bu...

From acclaimed author Elizabeth Berg, a “touching” (USA TODAY) and lyrical novel about the redemptive power of love over death.A self-anointed spinster at fifty-one, Myra Lipinski is reasonably content with her quiet life, her dog, and her career as a visiting nurse. But everything changes when Chip Reardon, the golden boy she adored in high school, is assigned as her new patient. Choosing to forgo treatment for an incurable illness, Chip has returned to h...

Ester has become adept at taking what life handed her and figuring out how to make the best of a bad situation. Lemonade made from lemons with a quick twist of the wrist and judicious application of whatever sweetener happened to be at hand. Dogs, birds, kids, and every day being Bonesday—these were the best in the history of everything when it came to making her happy.And when her old man—a big bad biker named Bones—is on a mission to give her everything she ever wanted, she quick...

(The Keeper's Lost Love is a short story about second chances and the love of fated mates. It is a complete standalone.)Ferris VanAllen has been the lighthouse keeper on the coast of the Valtameri peninsula in Finland for fifteen years having taken over from his ailing grandfather. Vacationing on Valtameri in the summer was always one of Ferris' favorite things growing up. At least, until the summer he turned seventeen and the boy he'd been in love with suddenly disappeared, never ...

"Do you know how to get to the rose garden?""No, you can't go there. A monster lives there."Shaw Hollander is desperate.Broke, unemployed, and determined to help his ailing mother, he falls on the good graces of a wealthy benefactor who is willing to give Shaw a job at his mansion in order to pay off his mother's debts. Suddenly finding himself surrounded by lavish riches, he has no idea what his duties truly entail until he's sent to the rose garden and meets the tra...

Estranged from her family for having a child out of wedlock, a woman finds a new beginning and love with a military man in this inspirational romance.Amelia North needs refuge, and finds it—in Refuge, Illinois. Stranded there after a car wreck, the single mother expects to be cold-shouldered. After all, she's already been rejected by her parents, her church and her daughter's father. Instead, she finds a town full of people with open hands and open hearts—including ...

When Dane, a phoenix shifter prince meets Isobel, a poor human peasant, love was the last thing on his mind. But her fiery spirit is more than a match for his own, and sparks fly between this unlikely match! Can their love overcome the war between humans and shifters?While his beloved brother Warwick has revealed himself as a phoenix, Dane is well past the typical turning age - will his phoenix nature emerge so that he can rightfully challenge his brother for the c...

'Memories of Love is a sweet, short story about two people who have many fears they find a way to overcome together.' - The Australian BookshelfIn a style reminiscent of Robyn Carr, an intensely emotional story about taking chances and risking your heart.When her family home burns down, it's the final heartbreak for Rita Jorden who has already lost her parents. Her boss, former SAS captain and head of Tamerlane Security, Ivan Nova...