Water has always intrigued humanity. We walk along the shores and banks of oceans and waterways, take boats across the surface, or swim in the waters.But water hides secrets - including those of the creatures that live in its depths...- What if mermaids really do exist, and they lure men to their deaths?- Why might bodies suddenly start washing up on shores all around the world?- What if you discovered a lost girl is the daughter of a water spirit?This...

If their minds don’t kill me...The perfect grad night kiss with the girl of my dreams. Then her ex- had to go and clock me. With the whole graduating class watching...I woke up in the hospital a week later — reading the thoughts of everyone around me.Now I can’t stop.Secrets coming at me from everywhere. And every one of them from a mind I can reach out and bend.This power is going to kill me. But if it doesn’t......I may become ...

Dangerous spirits lurk in the woodsA bargain can bind a soulEnchanted sleep can only be broken by true love’s kiss…You know these things are true…even in this modern world. Your heart still recognizes the power and mystery you can only find in a fairy tale.In Beauty and Wickedness, sixteen authors retell and reimagine some of the most enchanting fairy tales ever told. Within these pages, you’ll find beauty and treachery, magic and courage, innocence and wick...

Aliens have landed in midtown Manhattan. They claim to seek out planets on the verge of deep space travel and prepare them to join the galactic community.For Charlie Evans – the star blogger known as Evansessence – the alien arrival means canceling his big job interview. Because the aliens will only help Earth if a panel of six humans can pass their tests. A panel of five international celebrities … and Charlie.And the hardest dilemmas facing Charlie don’t come from the tes...

Longhairs and Short Tales, an irresistible collection of short stories featuring cats.Mythical cats and magical cats. Larcenous cats and inspiring cats. Sweet cats and wisecracking cats. Some talk, some keep their own counsel, and some might even work with aliens. All of them from the wild imagination of Stefon Mears, author of the Rise of Magic series and the Cavan Oltblood series.Within these pages you will find:The Coffee Curse - An urgent plea disrupts ...

The Crossroads Hotel. A place between worlds. A place of magic and mystery.Brice McCleary, fighting a hellish rainstorm from the driver's seat of an old car. Trapped somewhere between Bakersfield and Flagstaff. Hungry. Tired. Stressed near the brink. His only passenger, a beloved cat named Pepperhead.A passing semi nearly drowns them. Brice must chance an unlit, unmapped exit.Pain, wonder, and transformation await him at the Crossroads Hotel."The Language of...

A universe where humanity struggles for survival. Trapped between alien galaxy-spanning empires. Desperately clinging to the few planets they call their own.Where humans survive only by keeping these mighty alien fleets battling each other.Where men like Commander Jeffrey Teague make that happen with vicious black ops missions.Teague, retired now. Waiting for assassins. He recalls his final mission.“The Incident on Gamma Seven” – a thrilling short story full...

Ten thrilling tales of desperate characters traveling and twisting time, stalling it, shifting it, and even shredding it.Will any timelines survive?Inside you'll find…"The Face of Trouble" -- body-hopping time travelers battle for the future"The Side-Effect Staircase" -- a man climbs a phantom staircase out of his world"Paradox. Lost." -- a scientist unstuck in time struggles to return home"If You Kill Hitler…" -- a retired soldie...

Enjoy the urban fantasy stories of the Uncollected Anthology: Conjuring Crime now collected in this bundle.Learn the secrets of a wandering statues or trace your dead father. Investigate missing tea cups and discover some missing mojo. Watch out for shoplifting spells and suspicious grey hairs at the scene of a murder, and never turn your back on teak.Explore the Uncollected Anthology with Conjuring Crime!

The world didn’t end, so I had to open the bar…In Portland, Oregon, a city known for weirdness, the weirdest of the weird drink at Zoth. Where occult symbols and horror movie posters cover the walls. Where patrons play at occultism. Where live-action roleplayers meet twice a week.Where the "gruesome foursome" meet for lunch on Wednesdays. Four men who might actually wield dark powers because they worship dark gods.Where today the bar's owner, Clark Phillips...

Rumors abound about the Purple Gryphon. Some call the owner a witch. Others claim it sees a murder a week. Frequented by merchants, travelers, nobles, even adventurers.Local boy Zian Sonnalsson dreams of working there. Mucking stables. Waiting tables. Any job to work at the Purple Gryphon.The Purple Gryphon. Where Zian will learn that rumors often pale beside the truth…The Hireling, A Novella of Adventure Fantasy, a tale full of magic and wonder, action and...

A Presidential catnapping!The President's cat -- snatched right out of the White House. Suspects all around. Advisers fret over national security. The President frets about poor Whiskers.Hank Sauer. Once a brilliant field agent. Now retired and playing soccer. Until he hears that special ringtone. Now, with David "One Shot" Yamato at his side, they fly to D.C. to do what only they can do…Save Whiskers!Save Whiskers! A humorous, lighthearted...