Olivia Valdes is an internationally-known opera singer and activist, as well as the superhero known as the Fat Lady. But how did the world discover her phenomenal power? A talk show interview brings us the truth behind the legend.

A superhero vanishes in the middle of a heated supervillain battle during World War 2. She's found a couple of decades later, frozen in ice. Lady Justice's miraculous revival and subsequent high-society wedding to her rescuer in the 1960s were the stuff of cable TV miniseries, but what happened to her after all that? Ana Hernandez, journalist on assignment, tracked down the elderly Lady J in one of her habitual haunts in Wonder City. She was supposed to write a light "where are they now?" ...

Megan Amazon's life was a disaster: terrifying stalker ex, weird celebrity mom, you really don't wanna know. She decided to run, run far, run fast, run... to Wonder City. Wonder City: where an eight-foot-tall woman could try to blend in and make a normal life in a city of superheroes and superzeroes. Where else could she meet up with a retired superhero with a brain-dead son and a daughter-in-law who could fall for Megan's new BFF Simon? Or almost accidentally kill a superhero noob like Ne...

How does an octogenarian superhero stuck in the body of a 13-year-old cope with mistakes she made decades ago? She goes to have tea with one of her best friends. The Equestrian doesn't have many peers to hang out with in the world of Wonder City Stories, but Dr. Hel Blau, the intelligent airship, is one of them.This short story is a brief slice of superhero life for a character who will show up quite a bit more in the upcoming Wonder City Stories novel, Ephemera.

Megan Amazon has a world of problems, and the fact that her girlfriend is possessed by the ghost of a wannabe superhero is at least 90% of them. Nereid's girlfriend's soul has gone on walkabout to Faerie. Simon Canis has joined the cast of It's a Wonderful House, and it wouldn't be reality TV without a boatload of roommate drama. There's also a serial killer stalking Wonder City, and Suzanne and Ira Feldstein are just a few steps behind him.And then there's Renata Scott: the most p...

The debut novel from Andrew McCarthy— actor, director, and bestselling author of Brat: An 80s Story— is a powerful story about family secrets, first love, the limits of forgiveness, and finding your way in the world.When fifteen-year-old Lucy Willows discovers that her father has a secret child from a brief affair, she begins to question everything she thinks she knows about her family. How could her father have betrayed th...

"Consuming… . . . Explores themes of honesty and understanding by showing the impact that obsessions—grief, rapacity—can have on a marriage." - The New YorkerDonald believes he knows all there is to know about seeing. An optometrist in suburban Boston, he is sure that he and his wife, Viv, who runs the local stables, are both devoted to their two children and to each other. Then Mercury—a gorgeous young thoroughbred arrives at Windy Hill a...

Sometimes a real hero lets you save yourself . . .Sayer Cole and Zeb Fuller couldn’t be more different. She’s country club and fine-dining, he’s cell-block and sawdust. Sayer spends her days in litigation while Zeb spends his working with his hands. But none of that has stopped Zeb from wanting the stunning blonde since the moment he laid eyes on her—even if the reserved lawyer seems determinedly oblivious to his interest.Sayer is certain the rough, hard, hot-as-hell Zeb co...

A Spartan warrior-in-training decides to leave school—and the girl he loves—in this fantasy novella by the New York Times bestselling author.I'm Logan Quinn, the deadliest Spartan warrior at Mythos Academy. At least I was—until the day I almost killed Gwen Frost.Professor Metis and Nickamedes say that I'm fine, that Loki and the Reapers don't have a hold on me anymore, but I can't risk it. I can't risk hurting Gwen again. So I'm leaving Mythos and ...

"Dazzling. . . . A hard-won love letter to readers and to booksellers, as well as a compelling story about how we cope with pain and fear, injustice and illness. One good way is to press a beloved book into another's hands. Read The Sentence and then do just that."—USA Today, Four StarsIn this New York Times bestselling novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award–winning author Louise Erdrich creates a wickedly funny ghost story...

Paranormal crime stories by bestselling fiction writers like Kelley Armstrong, Anne Perry, Simon R. Green, Patricia Briggs, and more. A massive, monumental volume of paranormal crime fiction by bestselling authors. Gripping tales of mayhem include both novellas and short stories like Stalked by,” by Kelley Armstrong, The Judgment” by worldwide bestselling author Anne Perry, Appetite for Murder” by Simon R. Green, , Road Dogs” by Norman Partridge, The Hex Is In” by Mike Resnick, Dopp...

★★★★★ “5 Soul stealing stars”Alastor Krayl does not believe in mercy.As one of the Underworld’s most feared soul-reapers, he exists to hunt the guilty, enforce the laws of the gods, and punish those who escape justice.But when his brother is murdered, vengeance becomes Alastor’s obsession.And Naphré Kurata may be the key to finding the killer.Beautiful, secretive, and lethal, Naphré is an Underworld assassin who trusts no one. Betray...