Maybe you *should* look a gift horse in the mouth.After the sudden loss of her parents, 16-year-old Martie Torsney receives a surprise scholarship from a prestigious boarding school. This is the opportunity she needs to leave the heartbreak and echoes of her parents behind.Greyson Academy sits deep in the forests of Vermont, high on a hill overlooking the trees. The school has a long history of helping its students succeed in life. If Martie excels here, she'll be set....

Margery has always felt like she's had no one to share the stories in her head with. That changes when she stumbles across the Spork Room, a magical writing community that might be accessible through her closet one day and the school bathroom the next. The Spork Room has many useful writing tools, but the crowning one is the Door, through which all stories come to life.There's only one rule: don't go through the Door without telling someone.When Margery breaks the rule, she...

Every night, Eva Martinez dreams about the same man. During the day she tries to convince her mother she knows what she's doing with her life—but it would help if Eva actually believed it.It's been centuries since Michael has had a real reason to live. After the loss of his love, nothing keeps his interest for very long—not even his friends, dabbling in being human.When Eva and Michael meet, it awakens something in both of them. Eva's dream-man-turned-real completes her in ...

This issue of HyphenPunk magazine brings you 10 stories from 6 different -punks.CyberPunk by Elizabeth Broadbent, Jack Windeyer, Evan Conaway, and Rebecca A. DemarestDesertPunk by Kit CampbellDieselPunk by J.G. GrimmerRayPunk by Lex ChamberlinBioPunk by Dave HangmanClockPunk by Alexandra HaverskáDinoPunk by Sam Jowett

Every night the monsters hunt.A city that is the whole world: Theosophy and her companions in the City militia do their best to protect the civilians from the monsters, but they keep crawling from the Rift and there’s nowhere to run. Theosophy knows she’ll die fighting. It’s the best kind of death she’s seen, and at least she can save lives in the meantime.They say the Scarred carve you up while you’re still alive.A village in the shadow of a fores...

**A Financial Times Book of the YearAn Economist Best Book of the Year“A triumph of investigative journalism.” —Tom Wright, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Billion Dollar Whale“A fascinating read. Highly recommended!”-John Carreyrou, bestselling author of Bad Blood**"Truly one of the most nail-biting, page-turning, terrifying true-crime books I've ever read." —Nick Bilton, New York Times bes...

Winner of the True Crime Awards Book of the YearShortlisted for the 2022 Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award.***A Waterstones Best Books of 2022 pick***A Financial Times, The Times and The Economist Book of the Year'Gripping... A startling tale of fraud and impunity. ' T...

A Bram Stoker Award–winning anthology featuring twenty stories based on local legends and ghost stories from around the world.Wherever you're from, there are local stories of ghosts, unexplained phenomena, or some thing that people are afraid to talk about. You can dismiss them as old wives' tales, and yet they stay with us, haunting our everyday lives. In Haunted Legends, these tales are brought disturbingly to life by some of the best horror and ...

**A Financial Times Book of the YearAn Economist Best Book of the Year“A triumph of investigative journalism.” —Tom Wright, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Billion Dollar Whale“A fascinating read. Highly recommended!”-John Carreyrou, bestselling author of Bad Blood**"Truly one of the most nail-biting, page-turning, terrifying true-crime books I've ever read." —Nick Bilton, New York Times bes...

Forgiveness is at the heart of the Christian Gospel. It goes hand in hand with love, mercy, and grace, the fundamental theological virtues. However, forgiveness is easier to define than it is to embody. This unique collection of essays brings together theologians, ethicists, and ministry practitioners into a constructive dialog which explores the complex and crucial concept of forgiveness: what it is, where it is to be found, and how it might be practiced. These essays reflect the perspect...

KIT AND CABOODLE – A Western Thriller Box Set Awesome Gritty Wild West Adventures. One Relentless Ride.Welcome to a harsher West—where bullets settle arguments, justice is optional, and survival belongs to the fastest hand.KIT AND CABOODLE is a hard-hitting Western thriller box set packed with action, danger, and classic frontier storytelling. These are not slow campfire tales. These are ruthless gun...

For the Beatles, 1967 marks a signal crossroads that would both transform the group’s career and place them on a trajectory towards their eventual disbandment. It was a year in which they exploded prevailing rock music demographics through the global onslaught and international success of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band beginning in June 1967. Yet it was also a period that saw them in a precarious state of flux throughout the summer and fall months, as the band attempted to recapture...