They are the stuff of nightmares, these creatures in the shadows and under our beds, yet we can't look away.Fear is part of the allure, after all—drawing us into the woods, into the mist, into the dark water, while others run the other way.We yearn to be craved by what wishes to consume us.Open yourself to 23 twisted trysts from authors and illustrators: Hannah Birss, Terry Campbell, Monica Chen, Sam Crain, Astra Crompton, gaast, Arlo Z. Graves, Joachim Hei...

Every five years there comes a Halloween when all species—vampires, demons, shifters, angels, trolls, aliens and so on—come together for a party so large it is held for three days. Sex, dancing and maybe, just maybe, a mate or two will be found.True Opress was thirty-four years old and had buried herself inside her home for over a year, refusing to even attempt the dating world, not trusting anyone, until her best friend, a shifter, dragged her out of the house for a Halloween part...

The ogre has returned.In hope of stopping his attacks on the town’s livestock, the villagers choose to send Aliya to him as a sacrifice. Grunagg the ogre lives a mostly peaceful, quiet life in his cave—until a human he never asked for is dropped on his doorstep.Grunagg wants nothing to do with her, but when Aliya finds herself at the mercy of a bear, he feels duty-bound to save her. Now he has a responsibility to help her recover from her wounds, and teach her to survive on...

If Amaya knew that taking this babysitting job on Christmas Eve would end with her chained up in front of a fireplace, she would have turned off her phone.While dangling from her wrists, with no idea how she wound up there, claws rake across her stomach. The beast paws at her nightie, sniffs her neck, and reaches for her breast. Just as she whimpers, it shatters her chains, throws her over its shoulder, and steals her back to its den.The Krampus, a seven-foot furry monster, ...

LENAWhen the aliens who kidnapped me dropped my bubble into the ocean of an alien moon, I really thought I was a goner. I thanked my lucky stars when Kitaico, a bizarrely hot, tentacled alien, rescued me from what would have surely been a watery grave. There’s one big problem though, I accidentally took his mating sting. So, through no fault of his own, we both have to deal with my forced heats thanks to his venom. Can I fight my chemical-induced attraction enough ...

PROJECT UNICORN, VOLUME TWO is a collection of thirty young adult short stories featuring lesbian heroines. As ghosts and robots, mermaids and werewolves, the characters in this extensive and varied collection battle monsters and inner demons, stand up to bullies, wield magic, fall in love, and take action to claim their lives--and their stories--as their own.Written by wife-and-wife authors Jennifer Diemer and Sarah Diemer, this volume of stories, with genres ranging from science ...

One building.Five apartments.Five friends.Here be monsters.Let the games begin.Join five authors as they take you through a very special and unique apartment building, where monsters dwell in the darkness, waiting and watching with insatiable hunger. These stories are for the adventurous, so tread with curiosity and caution.

**A USA Today "Must-Read" Series!**Over 1400 pages of magic, adventure, and fairy tale romance. This box set includes all four full-length books in the Once Upon a Curse series, plus the prequel novella.On a Saturday in spring, an earthquake strikes the entire globe. Cities disappear, replaced by villages that seem torn from storybooks—horses and carriages, cobblestone streets, towering castles, and, most importantly, magic. A worl...

I've worked at Sweet Perfection since I was in high school. I'm one business loan application away from being the sole owner of the bakery.Buying Sweet Perfection is the most important thing in my life, so when the too-handsome, too-charming, too-good-to-be-true Owen starts coming in and asking me out every morning, I have no choice but to turn him down.When I run into an unexpected problem with the bank, I'm forced to go confront my mother. I planned on spending Thanksgivi...

It's All Hallows' Eve and Penelope Mathers is determined to change her fate. Heading out to Blackwater Falls with her trusty camera, she has her heart set on capturing a prize-winning snap so that she can get the hell out of West Virginia for good.But her evening doesn't quite go as planned when she chances upon an antique locket which tempts her down an overground path where she comes face to face with the jaws of death. Luckily for her the Mothman is nearby—but now Penny owes him...

It's All Hallows' Eve and Charleigh Llewellyn has just been dumped like a piece of trash after giving her ex-boyfriend a second chance over the holidays. Forced to walk home to her parents—through the woods—she is accosted by a pack of ravenous wolves.But there are worse things than wolves lurking in the woods, and soon Charleigh finds herself indebted to a living, breathing monster. Following her most sinister desires, Charleigh feels compelled to repay the creature—soon learning ...

It's All Hallows' Eve and Brianna Rookwood has had enough of the typical and obnoxious commercial festivities of the season. She yearns for peace and some quality alone time to simply enjoy a good novel! Treating herself, she books a cabin in the Red Pine Forest.But Brianna's night-in doesn't go quite as planned. Wandering from Cabin 13 to explore the great outdoors, she becomes lost in a nightmare, losing time, and her way. Something truly terrible dwells in the forest, and it's b...