Welcome to the first year’s worth of stories from the new online magazine ZNB Presents published by the small press Zombies Need Brains. In these pages, you will find original science fiction and fantasy stories of awe and wonder, darkness and light, ranging through all of the subgenres, including urban fantasy, alternate history, space opera, fairy tales, and more. They come from the most talented authors in the field today—new voices as well as trusted and familiar names. Join us as we e...

A court of revelry. A bookish heir. An impending marriage. And a dark new power rising in the world…If allowed, Neelo Emberspear would never leave the library. Reluctant to take the throne despite their mother's faltering health, the neurodivergent bookworm craves escape from their arranged marriage to charming fae warrior Talhan Catullus. They know their duty can be put off no longer when their mother, the drug-addled queen, disastrously lights the castle on fire....

Holidays, weddings and babies are happy occasions, until someone ends up dead.Rae Lynne Grimes, the heroine of Chrome Pink, never believed in happy endings, but she is on the verge of her own happy ever after with Logan. She is marrying the man of her dreams on Christmas Day, unless she ends up in prison or dead. Rae will do whatever it takes to make it to the altar on time.Her best friends, Jenna and Dana are dealing with their own dramas. After nearly losing Toby in Titan...

At eighteen, Rory Whitehead fled his hometown of Evergreen Hill, leaving behind his high school sweetheart and best friend, Samuel Daniels. Now, Rory's architectural firm is sending him and his colleague Malcolm home to assess the possibility of acquiring Evergreen Lodge, which Samuel owns. Faced with Samuel–and his teenaged son, Jasper–Rory overreacts and pretends Malcolm is his fiancé as well as his colleague. One misunderstanding leads to another until neither man knows which way is up....

This holiday, we proudly present to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas stories. Over 250 of them are included by your favourite authors:Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Hans Christian Andersen, E.T.A. Hoffmann, O. Henry, Mark Twain and many more!