The smoke was thick, the music was loud, and the beer was flowing. In the fast-and-loose 1980s, Jackson Station Rhythm & Blues Club in Hodges, South Carolina, was a festive late-night roadhouse filled with people from all walks of life who gathered to listen to the live music of high-energy performers. Housed in a Reconstruction-era railway station, the blues club embraced local Southern culture and brought a cosmopolitan vibe to the South Carolina backcountry.Over the years, Jacks...

The smoke was thick, the music was loud, and the beer was flowing. In the fast-and-loose 1980s, Jackson Station Rhythm and Blues Club in Hodges, South Carolina, was a festive late-night roadhouse filled with people from all walks of life who gathered to listen to the live music of high-energy performers. Housed in a Reconstruction-era railway station, the blues club embraced local Southern culture and brought a cosmopolitan vibe to the South Carolina backcountry.Over the years, Jac...

An honest and personal story of our family's journey with Neurodiversity. Harrison and Amelia are both neurodiverse and autistic, and Harrison also has ADHD and Dyspraxia. This story is written by parents for parents, to give a true and personal picture around the positives and the actual challenges that being a neurodiverse parent brings. We are not just parents, we are married, we also detail our journey, navigating around the social and education systems and this story may give you an i...

My name is Grace Degas Black.Years ago, I made a splash during a charity fashion show where an agent discovered me. My work led to the glitzy world of haute couture, perfume ads, and more. I was living my best life, traveling the world, and the only thing that would have made it better was if my twin had come along for the ride. My other half. My best friend.Then one day, she disappeared.I couldn't escape that sinking feeling of something being terr...

Being the sole survivor of the Van Helsing family was never a burden I wanted to carry.Yet here I am, an orphan with a score to settle against Dracula for orchestrating the near genocide of my bloodline. One small kink in that plan: I was turned into the blood-sucking creature I was born to destroy.Being admitted into the Dark Imaginarium Academy to hone my new skills as a vampire and to survive the blood lust is the first step towards achieving my revenge....

They say to keep your friends close and your enemies closer.With the lives of my loved ones on the line, I have no choice but to seek out the very people I swore to destroy with my Blood Oath.The clock is ticking. Moves are being made. New opponents have stepped into the light.Old enemies threaten to crumble everything I thought I once knew to the ground.Despite the chaos around me, one thing has remained true: I'm out for blood.This...

What do you do when the flickering flame guiding you through the dark goes out?You become the fire and lead your own way.Dark Imaginarium Academy has become my sanctuary—until it becomes my hell when the man I swore to kill stalks the grounds.He claims I'm his… but the only thing I'm claiming is the title of his worst nightmare.He might have knocked me down—but he hasn't knocked me out.I will have my vengeance.Bite of Betraya...

Of all the dreams I'd ever chased, the last thing I expected was for a nightmare to be the one that came true.I'm no stranger to survival. I've always acted a lot tougher than I am, but I'm a big believer in fake it until you make it. But even I couldn't imagine the relentless pursuit of my former kidnappers, and the only thing standing in their way is four calculating and dangerous men.Each time I think I've found some measure of relief, a new danger threa...

My opponent thinks he's making all the right moves to crush me, but apparently, no one ever told him the Queen is the most dangerous piece on the board.I won't allow him to move me around like a pawn despite the emotional blow he dealt me by using one of my mates against me.I won't give up on my mates. I won't give up on my blood oath. I won't give up on me.He'll never take away the grit and determination that burns within me as the last of the Van ...

The original Harvard Classics Collection contains 51 volumes of the essential works of world literature, showing the progress of man from antics to modern age. In this edition, the original collection is supplemented with the 20 volume Harvard Shelf of Fiction, a selection of the greatest works of fiction.Content:The Harvard Classics:V. 1: Franklin, Woolman & PennV. 2: Plato, Epictetus & Marcus AureliusV. 3: Bacon, Milton, BrowneV. 4: John Milton

The closer I get to the truth, the further away it feels. Every step I take is met with resistance—not just from the monsters still chasing me, but from the very men who have sworn to protect me. Especially Bones.Cold. Controlled. Ruthless.He watches me like I'm the problem he's been ordered to solve, not the woman desperate to find her missing sister. And maybe I am the problem—because I won't stop. Not for him. Not for anyone.But when a lead surfa...

Mars and Martians is a sweeping 30+ hour journey across the red planet—where explorers land with hope, settlers fight to survive, and something ancient watches from the dust.From the golden age of science fiction comes an extraordinary collection of 60 stories that imagine Mars in every possible form: a frontier, a battlefield, a mystery, a memory. Ray Bradbury’s haunting visions sit alongside Isaac Asimov’s sharp ideas, Philip K. Dick’s unsettling encounters, and ...