When the night falls, the world reveals a secret that only a few can see: the Alter Egos of LISA. each a reflection of a hidden side.Through streets drenched in neon, storms of fire and speed, and the quiet glow of moonlit rivers, these five powers collide, clash, and ultimately unite. ALTER EGO is a cinematic, high-energy journey of self-discovery, rebellion, and transformation, inspired by LISA's debut album.

Isabella Moreau appears to be the perfect student, charming, intelligent, and seemingly kind. But beneath her flawless facade, she's a master manipulator, bending friends and foes alike to her will. When three students, Noah, Ava, and Mia, begin to notice strange coincidences, subtle manipulations, and whispers of dark rituals, they realize something far more sinister is at play. A secret cult, black magic, and Isabella's thirst for total control threaten to consume everything they know.

In this thrilling story from the world's #1 bestselling author, Thanksgiving takes a dark turn in this supernatural thriller where going home for the holidays can be murder.Joanie was dreading Thanksgiving with her family at their strange new house. And that was before she saw her brother Alan standing in the kitchen. It was hard to know what to say to him, seeing as he'd died five years ago ...BookShots—original, lightning-fast stories by James Pat...

Cassandra Khaw bursts onto the scene with Hammers on Bone, a hard-boiled horror show that Charles Stross calls "possibly the most promising horror debut of 2016." A finalist for the British Fantasy award and the Locus Award for Best Novella!John Persons is a private investigator with a distasteful job from an unlikely client. He’s been hired by a ten-year-old to kill the kid’s stepdad, McKinsey. The man in question is abusive, abrasive, an...

I've lit a fuse and I'm waiting for the explosion.All her life, sixteen-year-old Neva has lived in Homeland, completely cut off from the rest of the world.All her life, she has been told everything beyond is an unlivable wasteland.All this time, the government has fed her nothing but lies.Now, Neva keeps a tattered notebook under her mattress and fills it with the names of The Missing, those who have vanished with no explanation.

In this post-apocalyptic sci-fi horror series opener, zombies and humans alike threaten the future for a tough young woman.After an epidemic swept across America like a biblical plague, the government leapt into the fray with the release of a new vaccine—but what was meant to bring salvation to the survivors instead brought damnation. Mutations began within days of the drug's release, and the Withered Ones were born—those neither alive nor dead. They walked the stre...

Archie Morningstar's dad drives a taxi through outer space! And with the help of a talking cat named Pockets, Archie and his dad help fight crime across the universe.In the third book in the series, Archie, his dad, and Pockets visit a planet that resembles medieval Earth in every way but its inhabitants, who have rainbow colored hair and extra eyes. To beat the evil organization B.U.R.P., the trio must disguise themselves as aliens and rescue a princess! When Archi...

WARNING: This short story contains graphic sexual material that may be offensive to some. For ages 18 and above.THIS IS A THRILLER SHORT STORY (8800 words)Chinatown, San Francisco. A serial killer prowls. The victims are always women, with their eyes gouged out and index fingers missing. Rachel – bartender, virgin – steps into this uncertain future, only to encounter a man who has been watching her from afar. But something shocking happens that neither of them could have fo...

She’s my bounty, but I’ll risk everything to keep her.MinaI ran.From my past. From the people who hurt me. From a system that never once protected me.I missed my court date, and now there’s a bounty on my head.I never expected a bounty hunter to track me down so fast.Or for him to be the most dangerously handsome man I’ve ever met.Cyrus is relentless, intimidating… and completely unreadable.Bu...

Will she survive the night?Lily works the night shift at a radio station, taking calls from forlorn and damaged souls who can't sleep. She knows their pain and they find solace in her comforting words. The city is ruthless; nameless creatures roam the streets and prey on the lost and innocent.As she leaves work one night at the crest of dawn, Lily comes face-to-face with depravity. She is a survivor at heart, but she is unfairly outnumbered and surrenders t...

CBC BOOKS WORKS OF CANADIAN FICTION TO READ IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2023THE TORONTO STAR 'MUST READ, HANDS DOWN BEST BOOKS OF 2023 SO FAR'‘Cat Person’ meets Station Eleven in this apocalyptic depiction of toxic masculinity.An unnamed man is spending the evening with his ex-girlfriend. She’s obsessed with the 1956 John Wayne classic The Searchers, and she recounts the story as a way for them to talk ab...

Poetic Justice at its best. An abusive husband learns the hard way "What goes around, comes around" with a grizzly twist.A short story.