"You'd think the collapse of society and the end of human civilization would be fun, but when you love heroin and the only thing between you and your dealer is a billion mutated corpses, the novelty wears off pretty fucking quick."And with that opening line, we are thrust into Lottie's world of rot and death. After purposely injecting a lethal dose of "juice", she comes back, but not like any of the ravenous creatures that roam the wasteland. Lottie comes back the same. Mostly. Her...

Cyndi grows up in small town Texas, where love is scarce, but punishment is not. Queer is a threat, silence is obedience, and cruelty is discipline.When her home becomes unlivable, Cyndi is sent to live with relatives that offer no safety and only a different version of control. With her cousin, Bonnie, Cyndi learns about identity, survival, and how to disappear in a cruel world.Six is My Name is a bleak trans coming of age novel.It is not about redemption.I...

The Texas Gulf Coast was supposed to be a quiet escape. Instead, it becomes a nightmare only a transwoman with a .357 Magnum and a lifetime of trauma could be prepared for.Jerri just wanted a break—from her divorce, her violent past, and the constant exhaustion of surviving in a world that prefers she stay silent. A secluded beach house seemed like the perfect place to breathe, reset, maybe even rediscover pieces of herself she thought were gone.But there's...

In the scorched ruins of post-Black Friday Texas, survival requires cunning, courage, and—if you're The Dandy—impeccable fashion.The Dandy is a glamorous, sharp-tongued, cane-wielding survivor who drifts from safe house to safe house, documenting the evolving horrors of the dead in her journal A Dandy Among the Dead. With her electric bike, velvet suits, war-cane, and zero patience for nonsense, she keeps to herself… until she stumbles into a suburban home ...

One year after the world fell to the undead, The Dandy has settled into an uneasy routine with her found family: Ash, Andrew the teenage zombie, and their stubborn Gramps in Louisiana. The rest has been great, but Texas is calling her back. As winter approaches and a Christmas flyer appears, advertising a toy exhibit where she can get her hands on a rare wrestling action figure her ex has always wanted, The Dandy starts a journey that will lead her all the way back to her home.The ...

Penelope Steele has already survived the cult that tried to sacrifice her, killed the demon that wore her father's face, and lost a piece of herself—literally. Now she's broke, homeless, traumatized… and absolutely done being pushed around by the universe.Living out of her car and scraping through the aftermath of her first demon kill, Penelope is holding on by a thread. Therapy is slipping out of reach, her job is gone, and she's one step away from losing the frag...

Ein schüchternes Kleinstadtmädchen, das allein bei seiner Mutter aufwächst, zieht in die Großstadt und findet dort zu seiner großen Freude schnell eine beste Freundin. Ein kleines, aber feines Buch über Freundschaft.Die Nachwuchsautorin Angela Ellington stammt aus Milwaukee im US-Bundesstaat Wisconsin. Sie hat zwei Töchter und schreibt mit Herz und Seele über ihre Erfahrungen. Mit dem Schreiben begann sie im Anschluss an einige lehrreiche Lebensepisoden.