Every debt demands payment.An ancient, sentient ledger exists outside time—The Black Ledger.It does not judge good or evil.It records imbalance.Men whose lives have tipped too far—through excess, denial, cruelty, obsession, or neglect—find their names written inside. Once marked, they are collected.Their punishment isn’t death.It’s confrontation.Each man is forced into a supernatural reckoning centered on the very flaw that defined hi...

When a winter storm forces La'Tundra and her longtime crush, Donavan Monroe, to seek shelter together inside a luxury hotel suite, years of hidden feelings begin to surface. What starts as an unexpected overnight stay quickly turns into a night filled with tension, attraction, vulnerability, and unanswered questions.La'Tundra has spent years building her career and guarding her heart, never imagining the man she secretly desired might finally see her differently. But as the storm r...

Nineteen year old Johnny had never been with a woman before, but when he fell in love with the town’s extremely hot, mature librarian MILF, Donna, that was about to change. Smitten by her beauty, he hangs around the library just admiring the woman he knows he’ll never have a chance with. However, one day, with her husband away and the house to herself, she invites Johnny to her place where she shows him all the things that a man must know about a woman. Is he ready for it? His body says ye...

Caught Between Fear and Desire.Recently divorced Vivian Loughty, once an inspiring painter, finds herself and her world falling apart. Haunted by visions of her ex-wife, Vivian believes she has not only lost her spark, but also her mind. She leaves the city in search of a new muse, and finds one in someone, or rather something, stranger and more dangerous than she can even comprehend.How far will Vivian go to find her spark?

When a winter storm forces La'Tundra and her longtime crush, Donavan Monroe, to seek shelter together inside a luxury hotel suite, years of hidden feelings begin to surface. What starts as an unexpected overnight stay quickly turns into a night filled with tension, attraction, vulnerability, and unanswered questions.La'Tundra has spent years building her career and guarding her heart, never imagining the man she secretly desired might finally see her differently. But as the storm r...

An eclectic collection of stories fiction and nonfiction from worldwide contributors. Short stories, memories, travel tales and more.

Savage Vipers MC Book 1StarHe was just a crush.That was the party line everyone used after I saw him with other women, breaking my young heart.When he stood there and carelessly asked me to marry him, two weeks after seeing him screwing my best friend, I knew it was time to go. My place in my family’s club be damned. I ran.Then, after everything had changed, I was called home.BaggerTh...

An eclectic mix of poetry from around the world for everyone to enjoy.

Three short stories ✩ Three women ✩ One Fourth of July WeekendSparks fly when least expectedA New Leash on Love by SD PorterViolet is ready for a fresh start. Freshly divorced, with eyes wide open, she's looking forward to starting a new life in Shady Lake, a small town in Western Washington. But Maggie, her Great Pyrenees, is intent on embarrassing her at every turn, dashing her hopes for a fresh start.

There is overwhelming evidence that the impacts of climate change are gender-differentiated and that women are the most negatively affected. Drawing on interviews with nearly 100 female activists and politicians from Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia and Palestine, Lise Storm explores the implications of unequal female political representation for the climate crisis. Storm considers the voices of the women who are, or have been, involved in politics at the...

Eliza de Winter's life takes a sudden turn when she gets into a scandal through no fault of her own. Almost overnight, she goes from being the belle of the ball to a woman with no marriage prospects. A woman in need of a job. But with her reputation in shambles and not much meaningful experience under her belt, she finds herself turned away from every position she applies for.Except for one.Adrian Thorne has just arrived in town. As the sole heir to a very respectable fortu...

Ten years ago, Dominic Vance pulled a knife-wielding girl out of a burning trafficking warehouse—and then she vanished.Now she's back.Storm is no longer the feral survivor he carried through fire. She's lethal, controlled, and owned by the Bratva—sent to Dominic's private island with one mission: seduce him, destroy him, and disappear.Dominic knows exactly who she is.She doesn't remember him at all.Trapped on an isol...