Darkly beautiful, funny yet self-aware, 'Break My Curse' takes tropes from werewolf romance lore and turns them on their head. A lovely tale about love, found family, and forgiveness. After a lonely trek across the US, Chris Navarro is offered a home with the strange but charming Cain clan—much to the dismay of Noah Cain who hates everything about Chris at first sight. But as Chris and Noah start getting closer, Chris learns about the family's tragic past, and secrets start to unravel. To ...

The Eighteenth Brumaire in the United States, Germany, and France, 1852–1933 is the first extended political history of Karl Marx’s seminal text.Written largely in an engaging narrative form that centers political actors engaging with the text, the book uses published and archival sources to reconstruct the contexts of editions in three languages over eight decades. Stark begins with a new interpretation of the origins of the Brumaire in a context of arguments among revolu...

A chance meet brings two fated mates together, but can they overcome their personal hurdles to make their relationship work, when one of them isn't quite as human as the other?KhushWhat were the chances of running into my mate the first time I visited the human world? Almost none. And yet, there he was, with sparkling blue eyes, brightly painted nails, a wide smile, and a sassy as fuck mouth.There was no way I was dropping ...

Lucky is anything but his namesake. First, he gets roped into marrying a woman when she claims he got her pregnant. Now, he's getting divorce papers claiming he's been unfaithful. To add insult to injury, no one will even listen to his side of the story. A kindhearted bar manager saves him from sleeping in his car, but can he handle sharing a house with eight other men?Spencer sometimes hates his job as a private investigator. His last case funded his college exchange course in Aus...

This issue of Weird Tales presents a batch of entirely new short stories, flash fiction, poems, and an essay dealing with monsters who defy death, including zombies, vampires, mummies, and various and assorted revenants. There are some real heavy hitters here—bestsellers and names listeners might not yet know … but should. And will.Like Weird Tales itself—the magazine that never dies—these monsters are coming for you and they are very, very hungry.“The Eyr...

Ali Hazelwood meets Dungeons & Dragons in this enemies-to-lovers fantasy academia romcom where rival grad student wizards are forced to work together without killing—or falling for—each other.Will they conjure love, or evoke chaos? Two rival wizards are about to find out.Sebastian Walsh: Evocation Department. Human. The first of his family to pick college over the military.Elethior Tourael: Conjuration Department. Half-elf. Pretent...

Two fated mates bond over their mutual love of comic books, but when one of them discovers his new friend isn’t quite human, will their friendship end or turn into something more?HarutoMy first visit to the human realm in decades was… memorable. I visited a comic book store, and made a new friend. Liam was just as geeky as me, and while he might seem scary to humans, all I saw were his sweet smiles and kind gestures.Discove...

When magic reunites two fated mates who’d once been friends, will they fall in love and find light in the darkness or lose themselves in it?DiegoLosing your sight at the age of ten was not fun. Losing your best friend was even worse. Not every kid befriended the monster under their bed, but Shade hadn’t been a monster. He’d been sweet, kind, and the best friend I’d ever had. He’d also saved my life.I’d thought I would never...

In November 2039, marine scientist Wend Taylor heaves themself aboard a zero-emissions boat skippered by elusive nature photographer Viola Yang. Guided by instinct, ocean dreams, and a shared birthday in 1972, they barter stories for passage across the Pacific. Aljon, Viola’s younger cousin, keeps a watchful eye and an innovative galley. Story by story, the trio rethink secrets, flying dreams, and how they experience their own minds.When they reach Hawaiʻi and prepare to part ways,...

Alistair Woodson is a loner by choice. Since the traumatic night that ended his only friendship, he’s isolated himself by letting his classmates believe he’s a criminal and an arsonist, best to be avoided at all costs.But on his graduation trip across Paris, Switzerland, and Italy, Alis discovers that isolation isn’t so easy to maintain in hostel rooms and cross-country trains. Soon he finds himself growing closer to classmates who were once strangers to him—namely the class clown,...

“There are wonders and terrors out there you can't yet imagine, and people out there you don't yet know are family.”I don’t mix well with people; I prefer the birds. I spend my time trying to find the Trickster—a finch treasured by the locals. My smart mouth, brash behavior, and being non-binary in this secluded southern town keep me on the periphery of Spastoke’s society. Fine by me. All I need are the birds and my uncle Jeremy.Until he dies, and ...

A hilariously creepy middle grade novel from award-winning author Caleb Roehrig!Poe has spent his whole life wishing he could meet a ghost, but when he moves into a real-life haunted house**, he** discovers **that communing with the other side might be a little more than he bargained for.**Twelve-year-old Edgar Alden, also known as “Poe,” has always been an outcast. Obsessed with t...