Nine insane short stories with a B-movie flair fill out this anthology. There's a little violence, some adult (18+) content, and some heartbreaking love stories. Polish your fangs, spray on some fresh formaldehyde, and clean the crypt before your date arrives--being a monster doesn't mean you can't fall in love, and a collection of sad, funny tales are coming to an ereader near you.

Unlucky Kelvin Meekin gets more than he bargained for during his latest burglary. Melvin is proud of his neat and tidy, never hurt anyone routine. He lives by his "get in quick, get out faster" philosophy. It's saved his neck on more than one occasion. Kelvin's life takes a deadly turn when he breaks into the wrong house and is caught red-handed by the homeowner, "Slick" Nick Harley, a brutal crime boss. It looks like this job will be Kelvin's last.

What wouldn't young Jonathan give to be able to play outside like normal kids?A couple of recently acquired house guests know the exact right remedy, so long as Jonathan doesn't mind trading his ill health for something worse.

Few people know the true purpose of the Badger Survey of Atlar. Ashlin Smith wants out of his boring, frustrating, and apparently pointless job. But it's about to get a lot more interesting, and not in a good way, as events foreseen decades earlier begin to unfold.A giant badger, murderous cultists, abominations and dinner guests straight from the fairy tales, and a frighteningly clever and stubborn empress soon stand in the way of Ashlin's desire to return to a quiet life.

He went looking for a way out.Rome handed him a way down.Dick Moonlight has had enough.Enough of Albany.Enough of bad memories.Enough of the woman he loved and lost.So when a job opens up in Rome, Italy, working as a house detective at a five-star hotel, Moonlight packs his bags and hopes distance will do what whiskey never could—quiet the noise in his head.It doesn't.Instead, an...

Now with new Content by Tom KratmanHE RAISED AN ARMYAGAINST THOSE WHOTOOK EVERYTHING FROM HIMThey should have picked their enemies more carefully.Five centuries from now, on a remarkably Earthlike planet that is mankind's sole colony in space, religious fanatics called the "Salafi Ikhwan" have murdered the uncle of former colonel Patrick Hennessey. That was their first mistake, because...

Plato Greek: Pláton, pronounced in Classical Attic; 428/427 or 424/423– 348/347 BC) was a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. He is widely considered the most pivotal figure in the development of philosophy, especially the Western tradition.Unlike nearly all of his philosophical contemporaries, Plato's entire work is believed to have survived intact for over 2,400 years.Along with hi...

In Cross Cultural Doctoring you will read about my career as a successful obstetrician and gynecologist in academic medicine at a major university.You will read why I decided at age 55 to leave my position, jump into the unknown and get off the beaten path. I will relate how my wife, Anne, and I accomplished this and how I kept working for various lengths of time in a number of different cultural settings around the world and how we traveled extensively between assignments....

“Ivan Ilych's life had been most simple and most ordinary and therefore most terrible.”--- Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan IlyichThe Death of Ivan Ilyich, first published in 1886, is a novella by Leo Tolstoy, one of the masterpieces of his late fiction, written shortly after his religious conversion of the late 1870s.The novella tells the story of the death of a high-court judge in 19th-century Russia.

Engineer Sol Brooks is a happily married man, so people keep telling him. He and Elise have been in Boston for eight years, he loves her, and she loves him. They’ve got a great apartment that’s kept its value, they’re both up for promotion, and he can hook-up with any guy he likes—all the sex he wants, so long as it’s of the “no strings” variety. And that’s all fine and dandy…until a chance meeting at the checkout.

Jason wonders if his luck has finally turned around when he discovers he will inherit a luxurious home infused with ancient magic and a sizable fortune from a relative he'd never known existed. Of course, there's a catch. His younger brother and his cousin will inherit equal parts of the inheritance and it is stipulated in the will that they must live together first before they gain possession of the estate. All three of them are potential White Knights with the rare ability to practice ad...

Huge corporations like Psi-Tech rarely have enemies not easily managed. Emily Winters is the exception. As a highly gifted precognitive and a prisoner of Psi-Tech, Emily is its greatest asset and also its greatest threat. That's why they plan to kill her very soon.Most of the world is blissfully unaware of an impending disaster that looms ever closer. Most of the survivors will emerge from the widespread devastation as psychics. Those who already possess special abilities like Emil...