"You're my fiancé, so it's only natural that we do this tonight." He kisses me deeply and devours my whole body... My first sweet sex on my first night of reincarnation.

Based on over 300 interviews, Ukrainian Field Notes explores how sound and listening reveal the human experience of war. It examines how the aural environment has been transformed by explosions, alarms, and their sonic byproducts, and how these new acoustic realities are being reinterpreted or erased from the language of electronic music. Since the full-scale invasion, music-making in Ukraine has adapted in remarkable ways: composing on mobile phones, streaming performances from bomb shelt...

"Put it on, lover boy. We'll have a hell of a time."It's been years since I've seen another soul, one that isn't trapped in a fucking mask like your boy, Jack. But it looks like my luck is changing because, come Halloween, who should pop into the antique shop where I currently "live" but the hottest piece of ass I've ever had the privilege of laying my eyes on.Who cares if those eyes happen to be those of a pumpkin right now?When she takes ...

First Prize in Gothic Horror at The BookFest Spring 2025"From the flames, I rise. The flesh rejuvenated from the charred, brittle bones of a weaker creature. I am alive.""Hands like claws and mouths like jagged caverns, howling for their next meal. It cannot be stopped until it is suppressed into a place of abundance."From the award-winning author of The By-Blow Promise Land, comes a new t...

Sometimes what you have to be afraid of is right under your feet.After college, getting a job and figuring out this whole "adulting" thing is supposed to be my biggest concern. Since when have I been that lucky, though?Never.It seems this house we call home is far from done with us, and we can't rely on good ol' survival instincts to get us through this time. It's going to take everything Xeren can teach me and then some. Too bad I'm a lous...

Stallion shifter Ford spends his days working on the farm their herd calls home and his nights wondering when he'll meet his soulmate. When he escorts his friends to the safari park to visit family, his stallion's longings are answered in the form of a beautiful woman named Darcy. She's human, so he'll have to tread carefully with the secret of his shifter nature until he's won her heart.Darcy never expected to find Mr. Right in the safari park where she's hosting her best friend's...

Sebastian "Bash" Page is a retired engineer living in the rural community of Black River, Missouri. One balmy afternoon in mid-winter, while joined by girlfriend, Lacey, he meets up with long time friend, Matty, along with former girlfriend, Mena, and her new fiancée to learn about a former co-worker who went missing.After the awkward reunion between former lovers Bash and Mena, Lacey requests he participate in a strange ritual only she understands of its true purpose. After obligi...

Sometimes the key to unlocking your powers is one night in the forest.Magic has never come easily to me-And Neither have I. Frankly, I'm sick of it. So desperate times and all that, and I find myself actually going to a local Lupercalia festival, not a solitary witch's dream outing.I’m going for a power boost, but I end up finding a wayward Cupid and a lone Werewolf who've set their Lupercalia sights on me.I like being alone. I'm not lookin...

***"They say revenge is best served cold...Personally, I like mine served with a side of dragon fire."***All I ever wanted was to be an acrobat in the circus. Then my family was killed by vampires and plans changed.I became a vigilante, instead.I still perform. My dragon, Percy, and I take to the skies in the greatest show you've ever seen.Seeing this sassy Kansas girl cracking whips on the back of a dragon sure does draw in a crowd....

The volume is aimed at professionals operating in the international fashion sector, active within or in close contact with companies, sector operators (managers, stylists, artisans), young people who intend to pursue a career in the fashion chain. The main objective of the text is to lead everyone within the world of law, in order to acquire a general awareness of the legal institutions of greatest impact and importance for the birth, growth and development of a fashion brand and of luxury...

Since the full-scale invasion, music-making in Ukraine has adapted in remarkable ways: composing on mobile phones, streaming performances from bomb shelters, and organising festivals within curfew limits. Clubs became centres of volunteering and fundraising before regaining their cultural role once reopened.Meanwhile, the diaspora reshaped the musical landscape, severing old ties while creating new global networks of collaboration. Ukrainian Field Notes: Sound, Music & Voices From ...

"You're my fiancé, so it's only natural that we do this tonight." He kisses me deeply and devours my whole body... My first sweet sex on my first night of reincarnation.