John is a successful businessman who turned his back on a life of crime years ago in order to achieve wealth "the right way." His brother, however, is murdered after returning home from the War on Terror. Returning to his old neighborhood, John revisits his past both in place and psychology as he seeks vengeance against those who killed his brother.

Volume 3 in a new series of short stories by New York Times bestselling author H.M. Ward that takes place in her Sexy Ferro worldWhen billionaire Sean Ferro crosses my path it's my job to destroy him. His crimes are horrific and there's no way I'm letting him walk away from them. Whether he wins or loses in court is irrelevant. I'll destroy any chance he has at a happy life when this is over, whether he lands in a jail cell or not.The arrogant bastard is mo...

Dimitri Sullivan is The Mortician at the Phantom Creek Mortuary. He's the go to guy when it comes to preparing a body for burial. No one can do the job like he can. Even the worst of injuries don't faze him. You name it he can fix it. He's a miracle worker. However, when it comes to romance people tend to run from him screaming. Being a Komodo dragon shifter just doesn't do it for them.Mufasa "Miles" Deidrick is your average lion shifter and a closeted gay man. When his sister dies...

The Wild Cards universe has been thrilling readers for over 25 years. In Carrie Vaughn’s “The Thing about Growing Up in Jokertown,” a group of teenage jokers yearn to explore outside the confines of their strange little neighborhood and get a real taste of the Big Apple.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

This high-interest, low-vocabulary novella is intended for adult basic education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) readers. Jess and Gregor live in a basement apartment. Gregor is a comedian and Jess is a struggling actor. The sudden death of their close friend Peter forces them to think about their lives. They stay up all night talking, loving, arguing. This is their night of truth. Who are they? What do they want? What do they mean to each other? Lexile level: HL330L

Shelly can't wait for the work day to be over – it's Saturday, she's hung-over and wants to go home with her partner Melissa.Melissa, has other things on her mind, namely a mysterious elderly man who has been watching their shop from across the street – but what could he possibly want in a women's beauty salon?

Love Poems to Rip Your Heart OutFind a love to die for with Edgar Award winner Ben H. Winters’s 30 haunting love poems. Accompanied by Adam F. Watkins’s beautifully horrifying illustrations, these eerie poems reveal that love is not always what it seems to be . . .

This is a short story:Brett Finlay killed himself.Things get weird when he regains consciousness right before his funeral.

Raised in the deep south by poor, spitefull relatives, Lila longs for an escape, but the freedom she finds is far different than she was looking for.

Earnest Young is a struggling artist living in poverty in the 1920s. His only hope at salvation is the mysterious vampire Mr.Wright who he discovered living next door.

Nasira Nassif is a vampire business magnate, living in New York City with her temperamental werewolf girlfriend, Annie Goldstein. All is not well in the city's supernatural world: someone is kidnapping paranormal women, dressing them in fine clothes, and leaving them on the side of the road with a very important part missing-- their hearts. The police don't care much, and neither does Nasira-- until Annie is the one missing.Joined by Annie's veteran older brother, Nasira scours the...

An award-winning story of hope and compassion at the end of the world from Annie Reed, author of PRETTY LITTLE HORSES.Time is running out for Jimmy, an old Nevada motel owner. He still runs The Forty Winks pretty much the way his daddy did. Jimmy intends to keep on with business as usual as long as he can, even as the sun grows dimmer each day and the rest of civilization falls apart around him. He counts himself lucky that the lawlessness plaguing Las Vegas hasn't touched him yet....