"For a moment our eyes met; his were frightened, seeking help. Was it my imagination gone wild? No. After all those years of teaching elementary school, I knew this child was afraid."After a chance encounter on the subway, Miss Augusta Weidenmaier, a retired schoolteacher living in New York's Greenwich Village, is determined to help the police in the search for missing nine-year-old child actor Kevin Corcoran. Never mind that she has no training in law enforcement—she spent...

Ghosting doesn’t mean you’re unworthy—it means your boundaries weren’t respected. In today’s dating culture, too many women find themselves chasing clarity, over-explaining, or waiting for answers that never come. It’s time to flip the script.The No-Chase Rule gives you the tools to stand strong, stop begging for basic respect, and date from a place of power. You’ll learn how to set crystal-clear boundaries, communicate with calm confidence, and walk away from mixed signals without...

Life as a teenager can feel like walking through a storm—school deadlines, social drama, expectations, and the pressure to figure out who you are all at once. It’s overwhelming, exhausting, and sometimes it feels like the stress never ends. But here’s the truth: you don’t have to stay stuck in the chaos.Fearless Spark is the empowering toolkit every teen needs to rise above anxiety, beat stress, and build unshakable confidence. Packed with practical tips, real-life strategies, and ...

Following the great success of our Gothic Fantasy deluxe edition short story compilations, including Agents & Spies, Murder Mayhem and Lost Worlds, this latest in the series is packed with armchair detectives, murders in the vicarage, family secrets unravelling in gossipy ears, and the ingredients of a genteel bloodbath in an otherwise delightful village. Contains a fabulous mix of classic and brand new writing, with contemporary authors from the US, Canada, and ...

Take a journey with our 68 writers—from rural Mexico in the ’60s to Tehran in the ’70s, to the suburbs of Vancouver in the ’80s, and to other planets in the distant future. Within these pages you will encounter a feathered heart, door-to-door salesbees, and a breathing house. In emerge 18 new and published authors present their fiction, narrative nonfiction, poetry and lyric prose, speculative fiction, and young adult stories.emerge 18 includes contributions from TWS students mento...