Welcome to Sin City.Liars, cheaters and thieves fill the pages of this twisted short story collection. And let's not forget the dead hooker, beautiful tattooed lady, and a vibrator named after our 43rd president.

Jean-Michel La Grenouille has a lot going for him. He's a prince. Handsome. Filthy rich. And definitely charming. But he also spent his first few years as a fly-catching, pond-dwelling frog. All that saved him was the kiss of The One, the girl who saw nobility through his slimy form and fell into True Love. Okay, fine. Technically she was a toddler who tried to eat him, but whatever. The curse broke, and as long as he finds and marries her by his 30th birthday, he's a free man.Trou...

Blue Reynolds knows the darker side of New Never City—the side that's hopped-up on fairy dust and doesn't care if your house gets blown down. Rent's due and his PI business is all but make believe. But even Blue shudders at having to chase after Isabella Davis, a freckle-nosed redhead five feet tall on her tip-toes. . .if you don't count the pretty pink wings.Izzy is tough, and sneaky, and not too thrilled with the idea of being the new tooth fairy. The last six have been most grue...

I'm no hero. In fact, up until a couple of days ago, I was the villain. Kidnapped maidens, scared kids, stole magic tchotchkes--until I got into a little scrape with the union. Now I'm cursed with the worst fate in New Never City--no matter what I do, I gotta be nice.So when a head-case princess named Asia barges into my apartment and asks me to find out who whacked her stepsister, Cinderella, I have no choice but to help her. And I'm more than willing to head back to her parents' ...

Coming home to find a dead body in your living room isn’t the best way to end a long day’s work, especially when that work is as New Never City’s premier blue-haired PI. It’s even worse when the corpse is your intern, electrocuted to death, and you’re the one with enough voltage flowing through your veins to power Fairyland.Blue Reynolds has nabbed his fair share of criminals—with and without the help of his alluring half-fairy partner Isabella Davis—but this one is proving to be m...

From The Junkie Tales collection comes a short story about sex, love, and the secrets we keep. Benjamin Coleman is in love. Jodie Dean has a secret. Will either survive sex with a shooting star?

If you enjoy the Onion, you will love the New Never News. It brings all your favorite fairy tales together in a very f***ed up way.From the author of the award winning of the F***ed Up Fairy Tale series (CURSES! & Froggy Style), comes the New Never News, the kingdom's best source of fairy tale news.News reports include:Agoraphobic Piggy Killed in Wolf Force WindsDwarfs Arrested After Short FightTuffet Use On the RiseJohn Jacob Jingleheimer Sc...

**The author of Red “**takes urban fantasy, crime thrillers and fairy tale characters and creates magic" in this paranormal romance novella (Caffeinated Book Reviewer).To put it lightly, Nate Grimm has a dark past. Fortunately, no one's bothered to look too closely at the Fairytale Management Authority's lead detective and part-time Reaper. And Nate wants to keep it that way. After centuries of torment and loneliness, he's finally found happiness with the ...

Forensic science, magic, mystery, and romance mix in this edgy steampunk fantasy—a retelling of the horror classic, in which Dr. Eliza Jekyll, daughter of the infamous Dr. Henry Jekyll—pursues a dangerous murderer in an alternate Victorian London.In an electrified Victorian London, Dr. Eliza Jekyll is a crime scene investigator, hunting killers with newfangled technological gadgets. She will need every advantage available to catch a terrifying new psychopath splattering London with...

John Charming. Ex knight. Current monster hunter.Somewhere in Alaska a locked house full of ripped apart bodies and one teacup poodle covered in blood. Somewhere in Alaska, the voice of a dead woman speaks through a car radio. And somewhere in Alaska, the last surviving descendant of one of John Charming's only friends is being pursued by nightmare hounds. The dog days have begun.This is a short story from contemporary fantasy author, Elliott James, within hi...

Fog And FascinationAlba Spencer thought her past in Romania and the dark magic that haunted it was behind her forever. She is one of the first female barristers now, safe in London. But London has its dark side, too. A man called the Ripper stalks the midnight streets. There are rumors that her hated stepmother has found her again, suggestions that the nightmares of her childhood are returning. And with them appears the cursed Gypsy boy she once loved, grown into a...

One Hex of a WeekendClue Meets Bewitched and Nancy Drew With a Touch of Hex!It was all planned. A weekend away at an exclusive hotel in the Hollywood Hills where vampire PI Nick planned to have some alone time with his hexy honey, Jazz.Except Stonegate Manor isn't what it appears to be.Jazz isn't impressed. The hotel doesn't boast spa facilities and that seriously upset magick bunny slippers Fluff and Puff. A celebutante psychic is seriously ticking her off....