Robert Laliberte has a dream—a dream to convert a run-down building into a premier space for bring-your-own-venue productions in his city’s Summer Theatre Festival, a.k.a. Skeeter Fest. But achieving his dream isn’t easy. Amid mounting debt and numerous technical problems, Robert is unaware that his beloved Venue 13 is also haunted. And if the belligerent ghost has anything to say about it, nobody's shows will go on.

INSIGNIA Vol.2 includes 7 Chinese fantasy stories with a mix of urban, literary, contemporary, myth-based, and historical fantasy pieces.

This book is a collection of the first 4 volumes in The Insignia Series (released between 2013 and 2017).The anthologies are:JAPANESE FANTASY STORIES:INSIGNIA Vol.1. includes 9 Japanese fantasy stories with a mix of urban, literary, contemporary, myth-based, and historical fantasy pieces.Contributors: Heather Ewings, Joyce Chng, Holly Kench, Kelly Matsuura, Aislinn Batstone, Chris Ward, and Chris White.CHINESE FANTASY STORIES:

INSIGNIA Vol.1 includes 9 Japanese fantasy stories with a mix of urban, literary, contemporary, myth-based, and historical fantasy pieces.PART I: Young Adult / Adventure Tales'Kitsune' by Heather Jensen'Megumi's Quest' by Joyce Chng'The Bakeneko' by Holly Kench'Moon Shadow' by Kelly MatsuuraPART II: Adult / Literary Tales'Towards the Light' by Aislinn Batstone'Restoration' by ...

INSIGNIA Vol.3 includes 7 Southeast Asian fantasy stories with a mix of literary, contemporary, myth-based, and historical fantasy pieces. Countries included are Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines.PART I: Adventure / Folktales'Horse Feet' by Celestine Trinidad'The Third Eye' by Sheenah Freitas'Interlude' by Eve Shi'The Island' by Melvin YongPART II: Adult / Literary Tales...

INSIGNIA Vol.4 includes 9 Asian fantasy stories with a mix of literary, contemporary, myth-based, and historical fantasy pieces. Countries included are Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Japan, China, India, and Nepal.PART I: Adventure / Folktales'Four Claws' by Allison Thai'I Found Love in an Urn Full of Ashes' by Joyce Chng'Jentayu's Tear' by Anna Tan'Ribbons & Bones' by Kelly MatsuuraPART ...

This book is a collection of the second 4 volumes in The Insignia Series (released between 2018 and 2020).The anthologies are:ASIAN SCIENCE FICTIONINSIGNIA VOL.5. includes 8 science fiction stories with Asian characters and/or settings.Contributors: Joyce Chng, Nidhi Singh, Ray Daley, Holly Schofield, Jeremy Szal, L. Chan, Vonnie Winslow Crist, Stewart C. Baker.ASIAN BIRDS & BEASTSINSIGNIA VOL.6. includes 8 shor...

A con artist meets his end on a country road—and a lot of swindled senior citizens are suspects: “Hilarious…a delightful debut.”—Joan HessDetermined to make a new start in her quaint hometown on the banks of the Mississippi, Brandy Borne never dreams she'll become the prime suspect in a murder case. . .Moving back in with her eccentric, larger-than-life mother, Brandy Borne finds small-town Serenity, Iowa, anything but serene. It seems an unscrupulous antiq...

A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year: The first collection of short stories from the critically acclaimed, prize-winning author of To Rise Again at a Decent HourThese eleven stories by Joshua Ferris, many of which were first published in The New Yorker, are at once thrilling, strange, and comic. The modern tribulations of marriage, ambition, and the fear of missing out as the temptations flow like wine and the minutes of life tick...

The long-awaited second memoir from Plum Johnson, bestselling author of They Left Us Everything.The Trouble with Fairy Tales is a wise and insightful reflection on the relationships that sprawl across a lifetime. In it, Plum explores how we often sacrifice our independence and identity in our love lives, falling for the fairytale notion of “happily ever after”, and how it can take years, and many detours, to fulfil the most important relationship—...

"Charming . . . Connolly recounts growing up a scrappy Montana kid—one who happened to be born without legs. . . . an empowering read." — PeopleKevin Connolly has been an object of curiosity since the day he was born without legs. Growing up in rural Montana, he was raised like any other kid (except, that is, for his father's MacGyver-like contraptions such as the "butt boot"). As a college student, Kevin traveled to seventeen countries on his skateboard, i...

2023 Reader Views Literary Awards—Gold (Memoir), Silver (Overall Nonfiction) Spinning on a BarstoolSpun Off a Barstool seriesBook 1—Spinning on a BarstoolContinue the story in Book 2—SPUN—It didn't end with Book 1.________________________________The barstool.The pew of the working class.Warden of wishes. Steward of secrets.Custodian. Keeper. Protector.On it, the ordinary sit.Occasionally ... the extraordinar...