I still remember the morning of January 7, 2025. I awoke to an odd scent of burning ... both natural and chemical. I went downstairs and opened my kitchen door, like I do most mornings. Typically, I'm greeted with the joyful sounds of children heading to school, but this time I found the air thick, the density burning to my eyes and seemingly layered onto my skin, my clothes. The streets were oddly vacant.I hadn't heard about the fires yet. Something inside me said to close my door...

Everyone loves cats! What's not to love? In this book you will find 101 Hilarious jokes about the cats, and everything we enjoy laughing about our feline friends. Fill your days with laughter, give this book as a gift, or use it to entertain your loved ones. These punny jokes make great icebreakers and will lighten any mood. Great to use in a classroom, near events, or times when you just need a laugh.This collection of jokes is clean fun and family friendly, with no violence or of...

Lauren and Vic were high school sweethearts until her desire to succeed in business and his desire to escape his hellish home life drove them apart. Now, seventeen years later during a chance business meeting the two have crossed paths. Surely it is no mere coincidence after all this time? They rekindle their old spark and the heat is kicked up when they're together! But all is not what is seems.

A dynamic collection of stories that explore the mystery, awe and dread that we may have felt as children when encountering a special toy. But it goes further, to the edges of space, where games are for keeps and where the mind plays its own games. We enter a world where the magic may not have been lost, where a toy plays for keeps or computers and gods vie for the upper hand. Dolls, stuffed animals, wooden games of skill, ancient artifacts misinterpreted, and items that seek a life or eve...

Cats distract us. Cats make us think of things outside of ourselves. And cats love to involve themselves in human affairs.In this omnibus volume of WMG Publishing’s notable series, The Year of the Cat, felines of all stripes pounce and play and stalk through 100 cat stories in genres ranging from light romance to dark crime and everything in between.Entertaining cats, loving cats, even super-talented and time-traveling cats grace the pages of these twelve volumes edited by ...

Lauren Carmody has a most uncomfortable and unwanted gift. She sees the images in other people's minds. As a result, she hides from the world and only ventures out when necessary. When she encounters a very appealing man who doesn't bombard her with unasked for pictures, she doesn't know what to make of him. Does she dare let him get close or should she continue to hide?

Fifty two different stories. Fifty two different Authors. Endless fright for all ages.Every state has an urban legend that evokes fear and curiosity in equal parts, and we've chronicled all of these logic-defying horrors here in the Haunted States of America anthology.From the Jersey Devil to La Llorona, each story included introduces a new chill inducing, stomach churning monster, spectre, or poltergeist certain to keep you up at night. A broad ra...

Part 1 of a new series. Jason Peirce is going on his first date with an old friend. Things are going smoothly until a chance encounter. Suddenly Jason finds the date has gone horribly wrong.

The first story starts, "Hubby?" she said. "I'm sliding off the mattress again. And something's biting me on the neck."The second beginsIt was getting on past midnight, the wind had picked up, shaking the tent, and I knew I'd have to kill the guy in the next sleeping bag.If you've ever shared a pup tent with your wife or a friend, you'll recognize the situations in these two camping stories.

Magic and murder in Red City.After solving his father’s murder, Ragnar is ready to move on. But the Black Suns motorcycle club won’t let him. And the shifters of Red City are asking him to protect them from the bikers. All he wants is to get his own place.When another murder strikes close to home, Ragnar is must put on his investigator hat again. But one solved case does not a detective make. And now that he’s stepped out from the shadow of his father, a lo...

After a half century of farming, an old man takes one last walk across his land.

A tiny collection of short stories for kids and other people about tiny little bears and their lives.