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Two years ago, Mara's sister fell from Hollowmere's clock tower. Now Mara is back, looking for the boy whose initials were written beside her sister's last secret. Julian Hale is dangerous, guilty, and impossible to resist. But some truths cost more than love can pay. A dark college romance with secrets, a twist, and an ending that will break your heart. Tragic ending, no HEA.

There are many ways to be a heroine.Princess and swordswoman, lawyer and motorcyclist, scholar and barbarian: there are many ways to be a heroine. In this anthology, seventeen authors find new ways to pair one weapon-wielding woman and one whose strengths lie in softer skills.“Which is more powerful, the warrior or the gentlewoman?” these stories ask. And the answer is inevitably, “Both, working together!”Herein, you’ll find duels and smugglers, dan...

With over a million copies sold, this classic children's book has helped parents all over the world discuss the birds and the bees—without any nonsense.First published in 1973, Where Did I Come From? has helped generations of parents talk honestly with their children about the intimate world of human sexuality. Told in an age-appropriate voice respectful of young people's natural intelligence and lightheartedly illustrated throughout, Where Did I Come ...

For the past 40 years, Russell Edson has been producing a body of work unique in its perspective and singular in its approach. He is, arguably, America’s most distinguished writer of prose poems. Here are contorted Darwinian narratives of apes and monkeys exhibiting absurdly human behavior, along with his usual menagerie of elephants, horses, chickens, roosters, dogs, mermaids and mice. Along with his trademark humor, The Rooster’s Wife finds Edson contemplating age, mortality and...

“I give this book top grades for humanness and honesty. Some parents will find that its humorousness helps them over the embarrassment.”—Dr. SpockOver A Million Copies Sold!An international and beloved bestselling children’s classic, Where Did I Come From? helps parents and their curious children get up close and personal with the intimate world of human sexuality in the form of a picture book. Told in an ag...

From actress, comedian, musician, and writer Charlyne Yi comes this collection of illustrated, interconnected short stories and anecdotes that blends comedy, fantastic adventures, and a storm of feelings that will make you want to laugh and cry at the same time—reminiscent of the works of Demetri Martin, Shel Silverstein and John Cassavetes.Charlyne Yi takes readers from a sky filled with vengeful clouds to the depths of a frog’s stomach, and to Hell and back—literally—in this coll...

Birds of a Feather is a science fiction novella by Robert Silverberg.A fantastic, hilarious tale of a “no freaks required” search for aliens to be displayed on Earth in a Zoo masquerading as a scientific institution.“Getting specimens for the interstellar zoo was no problem - they battled for the honour – but now I had to fight like a wildcat to keep a display from making a monkey of me!”Birds of a Feather was first published by

"Oh dear, this isn't good," I said to myself. "How on earth can I help this poor seagull?"

I was out of money and options when this mysterious woman offered me five thousand dollars to get a tattoo. That seemed like a no-brainer. When I got tired of the tattoo, I figured I would just magically transfer it onto something else. No big deal.One missing person, one mutated kitten, one local crime lord, and a dozen cockroaches later, it turns out it was kind of a big deal.This hilarious urban fantasy is the kind of comedy that might happen if Kafka and Wodehouse got t...

The 4th installment of some of the dirtiest, raunchiest, and most insanely hilarious jokes ever imagined! ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS!

art from 92 contributors from the women, queer, trans, & enby communities - all proceeds from this issue are being donated to Saving Our Sisters-Edited by Emily Perkovich

"Two Weird Tales of the Dystopian Present and Future" is a two-story bundle of approximately 6,600 words – two prescient short stories that treat of what is and what may be. Both scenarios will likely come to pass, and neither will be very pleasant. So be warned . . . be prepared . . . and watch."Eve's Refusal"Eve is a dirty, mentally challenged homeless woman who stands on a street corner in her rags and "prophesies." But she knows exactly what she possesses – what most of ...