If the following excerpts bring a smile to your face you will love these short stories.The legitimate sellers of brains not included are usually found in even darker and creepier alleys. Trust me, for this particular type of acquisition one stop shopping is a must.His master was in grave danger, and he would not rest until they both were far away from this evil place. Especially frightful to Thor were those pesky little sand demons, running pell-mell across the sand, with sin...

When my ex-boyfriend's brother asks for a favor… my heart won't let me tell him no.Finn Byrne, son of an Irish mob boss and my ex-boyfriend's brother, has been recently released from prison.He asks me to be his fake fiancé, and in return, he will help me discover the secrets my father worked hard to keep hidden. It's a chance I can't let slip through my fingers.Being forced together with the charming and handsome Finn has some benefits.I soo...

After the pioneers, the second generation of African American anthropologists trained in the late 1950s and 1960s. Expected to study their own or similar cultures, these scholars often focused on the African diaspora but in some cases they also ranged further afield both geographically and intellectually. Yet their work remains largely unknown to colleagues and students. This volume collects intellectual biographies of fifteen accomplished African American anthropologists of the era. The a...

Everyone has that moment—the realization that adulthood has arrived, like a runaway train, and there's no getting out of its way. From the hit Tumblr blog of the same name, F*ck! I'm in My Twenties perfectly captures the new generation currently testing the waters of post-college reality. Quick-witted and self-deprecating, the author pens irreverent missives, DIY diagrams, illustrations, and tongue-in-cheek checklists that chronicle her experience as a twenty-something living in t...

कहते हैं जिसने प्रेमचंद नहीं पढ़ा उसने हिन्दुस्तान नहीं पढ़ा। प्रेमचंद ने 14 उपन्यास व 300 से अधिक कहानियाँ लिखीं। उन्होंने अपनी सम्पूर्ण कहानियों को 'मानसरोवर' में संजोकर प्रस्तुत किया है। इनमें से अनेक कहानियाँ देश-भर के पाठ्यक्रमों में समाविष्ट हुई हैं, कई पर नाटक व फ़िल्में बनी हैं जब कि कई का भारतीय व विश्व की अनेक भाषाओं में अनुवाद हुआ है। अपने समय और समाज का ऐतिहासिक संदर्भ तो जैसे प्रेमचंद की कहानियों को समस्त भारतीय साहित्य में अमर बना दे...

Ozzy is the short story of a cat and his master. After losing his beloved wife, the man struggles to cope with a lonely life, a troubled son, and the nightmares of his past.

Imagine driving home alone at night. You roll your window down, stop at a red light, and fiddle with the radio.Then you die.That's just the beginning of award-winning writer Annie Reed's story THEY LIE, the harrowing tale of one young woman's savage death and rebirth as a vampire."The appearance of a new Annie Reed story is a treat. Try one and you'll be hooked." -- Dave Hendrickson, author of CRACKING THE ICE, forthcoming from WestSide Press"A friend recomm...

One morning the world ended. It wasn't with a boom or even a whimper. Ice covered everything. What happened and why is Sharalyn the only one who is still moving? The first story in a new collection, Ice.

Being the most successful serial killer in New England is not as easy as it sounds. Really. It takes a lot of lying, cheating, and stealing. It also requires way more honesty than you'd imagine.I'm not going to tell you my secrets, because my publisher would probably get sued for publishing a how-to on murder. He doesn't deserve it. Me on the other hand, I'm a whole different kettle of fish.

This is a short story. I love the tales of Stephen King, and hope this is a worthy tribute to his freakish ability to pants the hell out of the written word. Also a thank you to the King for The Plant, which forged a revolution in the publishing industry.

What can you do when you are confronted by the supernatural at your weakest moment?Late for the midnight shift, speeding on a frozen highway, and tempting fate with an unreliable car, one man experiences the worst night of his life in the lethal cold of a Manitoba winter.

Cara is never going to be told she's too weak again. It's why she's signed onto this nature-challenge camp and why she simply will not retreat from anything it throws at her. But does that include this electric connection with the chauvinist course leader?