In 'When Super-Apes Plot,' Wilder Anthony weaves a compelling narrative that explores the complex relationship between humanity and evolutionary science through the lens of a thrilling adventure. Set in a near-future world where genetic engineering has birthed hyper-intelligent apes, Anthony employs a rich, vivid prose style that combines speculative fiction with philosophical inquiry. The text challenges ethical boundaries and examines the consequences of scientific hubris, delving into t...

First published in Top-Notch Magazine, December 1919, When Super-Apes Plot may just have been the very first, the original, of the humanoid ape tale to appear in media, decades before King Kong was a twinkle in Merian C. Cooper’s eye.The dystopian fantasy of apes taking on the status and abusive power of humans, while humans suffer the bloody torture and abasement we’ve traditionally visited on animals, has its own manifest impact.The sight of intelligent apes forc...

DAWN in the Borneo jungle! The rising sun shone down upon what may have been the strangest sight seen in that vast wilderness since the beginning of time. A dark and gloomy lake, some ten miles wide, lay shimmering beneath gray mists which rose like clouds of steam from its glassy surface; here and there this surface was broken by waterspouts which constantly boiled up and fell back again as though heated from the depths' beneath by gigantic fires.On all sides was virgin jungle. A ...

Hidden Gold by Wilder Anthony

Years of secret pining. A week-long trip. Only one bed. Will they stay just friends… or return home as something more?A fun, witty vacation rom-com from the author of Unconventionally, Elle, about a sunny actress who escapes to Europe after a bad breakup and the unexpected traveling companion who helps put her pieces back together—her best friend’s brother.Weeks before jetting off on her thirtieth birthday trip, Addie Taylor catches her boy...

**She hunts killers. He is one. Opposites attract has never been so literal.**Crime journalist Oakley Novak has built her career exposing Boston’s darkest secrets, but she never expected a serial killer to turn the tables and stalk her.Xander Rhodes spent weeks watching her through hidden cameras, captivated by her sharp mind and relentless drive, until she catches him red-handed and, instead of running, challenges him with a glare that could melt steel.Xander’s either found...

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.‘The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.’Shakespeare's political thriller tells the story of the conspiracy against Caesar, his assassination and the defeat of ...

This volume invokes the “postcolonial contemporary” in order to recognize and reflect upon the emphatically postcolonial character of the contemporary conjuncture, as well as to inquire into whether postcolonial criticism can adequately grasp it. Neither simply for nor against postcolonialism, the volume seeks to cut across this false alternative, and to think with postcolonial theory about political contemporaneity.Many of the most influential frameworks of postcolonial t...

In this sexy continuation to the Hemlock Society series, an infamous serial killer and dangerous femme fatale are on each other’s tails—until an unexpected alliance brings them closer then they ever intended.She eliminates men who deserve it. He's her next target. The only problem? He refuses to die.Jiya Kline has mastered the art of the permanent goodbye: seduce, poison, problem solved. But her latest target, the infuriatingly gorgeous Cal...

Charlotte Stein perfectly blends spicy and cozy in a new paranormal rom-com about a bewitching bookseller who helps a demon win the girl of his dreams...only to realize she might be the one he's fated for all along.Nancy has just about given up on finding her special person when Jack Jackson—big, scary and the town loser—walks into her bookstore. He’s apparently even more desperate for help in the romance department than she is. And after a bit of gentle persuasion...

‘laugh-out-loud moments with plenty of zombie chaos…the banter was brilliant, the pacing never let up… I flew through it.’ Reader Review ★★★★★When life takes an apocalyptic turn, Zoey and Nick find out if their love story can survive a little bite…Smoothie shop owner Zoey has always had a thing for men with brains. So, when she meets the brilliant and stunningly handsome local mushroom farmer, Nick...

In this dark western romance, a college student uses a false identity to exchange spicy letters with a prison inmate, only to be hunted down when the convicted cowboy is released—perfect for fans of J.T. Geissinger’s Pen Pal and the Yellowstone TV series.It all began with letters. Every word he wrote etched itself into my mind, into my soul.I had no choice but to fall for him. Was it really so bad that the letters were par...