In the brisk November air of a small New England town, two men, Joseph and Father Michael, are consumed by their traumatic pasts. Joseph is an alcoholic, trapped in the wreckage of his life as he desperately searches for purpose in the world around him. Father Michael, the town priest, finds himself constantly questioning his life choices, his morals, and a new, but powerful, desire for revenge.As the two men maneuver their way through their own mental battles, both men are pushed ...

**A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICEA powerful, poetic memoir of an Indigenous woman's coming of age on the Seabird Island Band in the Pacific Northwest—“an illuminating account of grief, abuse and the complex nature of the Native experience . . . at once raw and achingly beautiful" (NPR)**Having survived a profoundly dysfunctional upbringing only to find herself hospitalized and facing a dual diagnosis of post traumatic str...

What if our pain was the most beautiful thing about us?From best-selling and award-winning author Kevin Brockmeier: a new novel of stunning artistry and imagination about the wounds we bear and the light that radiates from us all.At 8:17 on a Friday night, the Illumination commences. Every wound begins to shine, every bruise to glow and shimmer. And in the aftermath of a fatal car accident, a private journal of love notes, written by a husband to his wife, passes i...

Detective Shelley Caldwell gets the woo-woo cases in Chicago. Not wanting another psych evaluation, she keeps the supernatural part of the case hidden. In this short story, Shelley knows she has another woo-woo case on her hands when murder victims start showing up, their bones picked clean of flesh.

Original, never-before-published short stories by: Gary Braunbeck, John R. Platt, Holly Newstein, Adam Corbin Fusco, Barry Hoffman, Bill Gauthier, Whitt Pond, Jon F. Merz, Michael Canfield, John Farris, Brian Freeman, Dominick Cancilla, Whitley Strieber, Barbara Malenky, Bentley Little, John McIlveen, Darren O. Godfrey, David J. Schow, Brett Alexander Savory, Gene O'Neill, Lon Prater, Tom Piccirilli, L. Lynn Young, and Bev Vincent. This is a non-themed anthology which carries on the traditio...

Meet William, a devout underachiever. He enters life as the firstborn of identical twin boys. It is the last time he will beat his overachieving brother Clive, or anyone else for that matter, at anything.This is William’s manifesto for the underachiever. It is the chronicle of a lifetime of failure–part diary and part handbook for self-defeat. At once corrosively funny and surprisingly tender, An Underachiever’s Diary is a classic tale of perverse perseverance.

Ever wanted your own personal army of undead slaves? Have you ever been laughed at, scoffed at, or called eccentric, mad or just plain crazy? Then this book is for you.We know that today's "mad" scientist has limited funds and may be working with a restricted budget. But lack of funding should not be a deterrent to your dreams. Even if you can't have all shiny new beakers and electrodes like those Yale sissies, you should be able to get a reasonably priced chemistry set from your lo...

Type: short short-Karen is as sweet as can be, that is until she gets behind the wheel of a car. She's the poster child for Road Rage. One Friday night, all Karen wants to do is have a peaceful night by herself and not deal with bad drivers and other worldly problems.

What is the nature of insanity? Follow one doctor's hunt for dark Truth through a series of patient accounts...All six of the poplar Asylum horror series are gathered here for your enjoyment and fear.

Several years ago, when Leah Nisbet was much younger, a missionary from Ireland made a profound statement about Leah's life: he compared her life to a tapestry being woven, an intricate pattern that would only be clear when the tapestry was complete. Fast forward to the present; Leah's life has been like that tapestry. Having grown up in a devout Christian home, she drifted out of that environment after the tragic death of her twin brother. Leah's testimony about how she ended up i...

LAUGHTER IS THE BLESSED MEDICINEChicago-born author/comedian BABY CHRISTIAN is only interested in excelling at one thing (which is the reason he didnt graduate kindergarten until he was 37): using humor to spread the Good-news Gospel! With several Christian-humor books already under his belt, many people have come to the conclusion that its time for him to buy a bigger belt. WAIST no time in getting to know this nutcase extraordinaire better at

Brothers Mikey & Joey Landrum are caught off guard when they disturb the corpse of a man who use to hunt down outlaws and thieves for a living. Find out what becomes of the brothers as you read on.