Join the feisty young Mary Ellen Jones in Independence, Missouri in the early to mid-1800s as she learns about her unique gifts, discovers her place in the world, and first sets eyes on Norton Beecroft, the man destined to be her husband and her true love for all of eternity.Despite Mary's difficult upbringing, she is a contented and determined young woman. After all, Mary Ellen has a secret ....Mary Ellen is a novelette intended to introduce readers to the historical ficti...

When Erica unexpectedly meets her old flame Daniel at a party, she is disturbed to find that he still has the same dizzying effect on her. But Daniel is a cad. He can't be trusted, and he is far too aware of his effect on women for his own good – an effect he definitely uses to his advantage.Unfortunately, now that Daniel is back in town Erica bumps into him far too often. It doesn't help that her efforts to date other men all appear to be a roadmap to disaster. Against her better ...

When does turning your life around mean losing everything?Mel is facing a turning point in her life. She has just lost a boyfriend, which isn't too much of a bother, but losing her job has shocked her to her core. Determined to take control when it seems everything is out of her control, she embarks on a rigorous self-improvement plan.However, just as Mel's life, love, and career start to take a turn for the better, envy steps in...

Twelve Terrifying Tales to Keep You Awake at Night!Featuring classic tales from horror masters such as H.P Lovecraft and Robert Chambers and also newer horror authors, this anthology collection is sure to make you lose sleep. It also features artwork by horror artist Harold Torres.Ghosts, hauntings, alien fish, demon possessions, and mutant creatures. And those are just the authors! This set of spooky tales is a perfect read for Halloween, Dark and Stormy N...

I See It's You is the story of friends and partners coming to the realization that they cannot find love in life because they were meant for one another. Livy and Greg own an interior design business together. They have worked together day in and day out for more than ten years.Greg is steady, responsible and detail oriented, while Livy is the creative genius of the pair. They spend not only their working lives together but they are best friends too. Greg for a number of years has ...

West Lothian Writers have celebrated Halloween with an annual writing challenge since 2013. This collection is just a few of the spine tingling, creepy or down right silly, short stories and poems our members have crafted for the holiday. Read on, if you dare.

The internationally acclaimed author of The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, and Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury is a magician at the height of his powers, displaying his sorcerer's skill with twenty-one remarkable stories that run the gamut from total reality to light fantastic, from high noon to long after midnight. A true master tells all, revealing the strange secret of growing young and mad; opening a Witch Door that links two intolerant centuries; joining an ancient couple in th...

Waverley is a small cat with a big miaow and he lives with Mr and MrsTurner and their son Jonathan at number 10, Marten's Drive.Waverley likes the house at number 10, Marten's Drive because it haslots of good places to sleep and a back garden that seems to go onforever. Beyond the wooden fence at the bottom of the garden there isa children's playground, green fields, and then the woods. All daylong Waverley snoozes in the sunny spots around the ho...

Selected from the Hugo award-winning Clarkesworld Magazine, this anthology collects the work of twenty-seven visionary writers of short fiction, including such World Fantasy, Philip K. Dick, Tiptree, Hugo, and Campbell Award winners and finalists as Jay Lake, Nnedi Okorafor, Robert Reed, Sarah Monette, Mike Resnick, Lavie Tidhar, N.K. Jemisin and Catherynne M. Valente.

‘One of my favourite Christmas reads. Maxine Morrey writes the most gorgeous heroes. – Jules Wake, author of Covent Garden in the Snow’A delightful wintery tale full to the brim with drama, passion and heartwarming cheer.’ – Gem~BeeCould happy ever after be waiting underneath the mistletoe?Professional organiser Kate has had her share of demanding clients. But Michael O’Farrell is the most obnoxious man she’s ever met. He may be gorgeous, b...

On Christmas Eve twenty years earlier, Marlee and Jacob were married in a snowstorm. This Christmas Eve, they are ready to quit, divorce is imminent. Their relationship is as icy as the road they're traveling and as blocked with troubles as the piling snow. They take a shortcut to get to the lawyer's office, on a slippery, no-fault path. She thinks they need to stay on the main road. He disagrees. They fight. Story of their lives and they slam into a bank of snow , spinning, drifting, fall...

It looked bleak and predictable for little Keelen Mailman: an alcoholic mother, absent father, the horrors of regular sexual and physical assault and the casual racism of a small outback town in the sixties. But somehow, despite the pain and deprivation, the lost education, she managed to absorb her mother's lessons: her Bidjara language and culture, her obligations to Country, and her loyalty to her family.So it was no surprise to some that a girl who could hide for a year in her ...