First Prize in Gothic Horror at The BookFest Spring 2025"From the flames, I rise. The flesh rejuvenated from the charred, brittle bones of a weaker creature. I am alive.""Hands like claws and mouths like jagged caverns, howling for their next meal. It cannot be stopped until it is suppressed into a place of abundance."From the award-winning author of The By-Blow Promise Land, comes a new t...

"She needed fire to sprout.""I will always love her; in whatever way she prefers.""That thing was only masquerading as my sister. It was wearing her energy like camouflage in my home. A demon possessing her soft spirit."Next of Kin are connected vignettes of relationships, family, grieving, and death. The stories flow through the process of decomposition and seasons of acceptance. Nothing disappears. Some o...

Truett Fox has never felt at home with any family-adopted, found, or birth. After his birth father's unexpected passing, Truett and his adoptive brother Felix go to New Orleans, Louisiana, to attend the service. While paying their respects, a storm rolls in that causes them to cut their trip short. As the two leave town, they are detoured off the main roads, going further into the bayou. As tensions flare on the dark, flooded roads, they find a woman, Leticia, stranded in the storm. Letici...

Phobias is a gothic horror collection of 13 short stories that are meant to explore the unique nature of fear. Fear is personalized in these stories, as it explores the depths of madness it can cause. Monsters lurk everywhere, friends cannot be trusted, and there is nowhere safe to hide.These stories run the gamut from horrifying to tender-hearted to scarring.

“Perfect for Emily Henry fans. [This] is the love story that proves you can go home again…It’s so rich and wonderful.” – Julia Quinn on The TODAY Show“A sweet novel that reminds you going back is sometimes the best path forward . . . and that planning is never as rewarding as doing.” —Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author“Magnetic, witty, and expansive. The world is going to fall hard for this deliciously whimsica...

In this thrilling one-hundred-page prequel companion novella to the New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four series, discover what happened in the aftermath of the Mogadorians' attack on Paradise, Ohio, from Mark James—Number Four's bully-turned-ally.After Four leaves town to find the rest of the Garde, Mark is left behind to pick up the pieces. His school has been destroyed, his home burned down, and, worst yet, Mark now knows the horrifying truth: aliens live among us and some...

Whit and Wisty explore the nature of power in the final, explosive conclusion to the bestselling Witch & Wizard saga.Whit and Wisty Allgood have fought and defeated their world's most pernicious threats: the evil dictator, The One Who Is The One, as well as his wicked father and son. But just as the heroic witch and wizard start to settle into their new roles in governance, a deadly crime wave grips their city, with all signs pointing to a magical mastermind every ...

From New York Times Bestselling Author, Nicole Williams:When a seventeen-year-old girl vanishes,A community is shaken.Parents turn desperate.Friends hold vigils.And the boy who loves her searches.When a year goes by,The community is recovering.Parents feel hopeless.Friends feel helpless.And the boy who loves her continues his search.When ten years go by,The community has forgotten.Parent...

He’s not looking for salvation. She’s not looking for love.Dragon Locke is a haunted man. Every day is a relentless battle against the demons of his past. A recovering addict, he wears the scars of a history so brutal, he’s convinced it will destroy anyone who dares to get too close.Diana Steel is everything Dragon doesn’t deserve. She’s strong and beautiful, and the harder he falls for her, the more he fights to push her away. She deserves a life ...

**INSTANT INDIE BESTSELLER!Locus Award WinnerIgnyte Award Finalist“This anthology makes a statement: Black women belong in horror…Projects like this — brave, necessary — celebrate Black women, and will hopefully inspire the future of the genre.” —The New York Times Book ReviewA YA anthology of horror stories centering Black girls who battle monsters, both human and supernatural, and who survive to the end**Be warned, dear reader: The Black...

From Wall Street Journal & USA Today Bestselling Author Glenna Maynard comes a new forbidden MC Romance.My little hellcat is all grown up.CreedAs the Road Captain for the Kings of Carnage Motorcycle Club I've earned a reputation as a shameless womanizing force to be reckoned with. When the brat who once made my life hell calls me in utter terror, I know that this will be the ultimate test of my stren...

Ibbie Ibbot's life is pretty frigging awesome. She has a killer job, friends she would do anything for, and a sweet apartment she shares with her hotshot lawyer cousin. In fact, her life would be perfect if not for one thing. . .Walt Vega. The complete and absolute bane of her existence. That tattooed, pierced punk has made her life a misery ever since they met a year ago. He's teased her, pranked her, driven her to utter distraction with his jibes and his digs and his piercing dar...