No one knew how the seeds had come to rain down from the sky. No one knew how the trees that grew in the aftermath produced such tremendous amounts of oxygen. No one knew how to stop the atmosphere from flooding with O2. And then it was too late...Talik likes to pretend the apocalypse never happened. For five years, he's hidden away from the world, burying himself in history books and escaping the present. But when he's suddenly saddled with the care of his six-year-old niece, Piya...

An intimate, deeply moving queer coming-of-age novel that evokes '50s small-town life and the surprisingly wild pre-Stonewall '60sIn 1956, lonely teenager Teddy is drawn to the water and woods surrounding his small town, where he meets bad boy Wade and becomes overwhelmed by his attraction to him. During the rapturous early period of their friendship, the two range over the area’s mountains and waterways before falling out after high school over Teddy’s sexuality. ...

It is not to be understood that all statements here made are either ascertained facts or universally admitted conjectures. The introduction is intended merely to put those who are not scholars, and probably have not books of reference at hand, in a position to approach the translation at as little disadvantage as may be. Accordingly, we give the account that commends itself to us, without discussion or reference to authorities. Those who would like a more complete idea of Lucian should rea...

Ten kisses. One curse. Two hearts that defy fate.Love does not heal.It remembers.It lingers like a scar beneath the skin—beautiful,unhealed,and alive.Beneath the crown's brilliance, blood still drips from the lips that dared to love.The war is over.The world believes peace has come.But inside the palace of Valdaren, the chains that bound two princes have only grown tighter.Prince Veres, now the ruler of a frac...

The kingdom was built on blood, loyalty, and silence.Thalen, a decorated soldier whose heart knows only war, serves the young King Eiran—a ruler too gentle for the throne, and too burdened by ghosts to ever feel loved.Their first meeting is cold.Their second, tainted by suspicion.By the third, Thalen would give his life for the man he was never meant to love.Bound by an oath of eternal loyalty, Thalen becomes the king's shadow—his protector, his confida...

In 16 hours, the world as we know it will end…In less than a day, the most gigantic solar storms ever seen by modern man will overwhelm the magnetosphere of the planet squelching it down to a fraction of its normal size. The moment that happens, intense solar radiation will burn through the atmosphere and scorch the surface of the earth for the entire time the storms are active. After the monster flares cease, the magnetic field will take two centuries to restore full coverage and ...

Get punked!The world's first ever anthology of smutpunk erotica collects six sexy stories from half a dozen twisted authors and slaps them into your hot little hands, absolutely free!What is smutpunk? Think cyberpunk, add a dollop of spunk, a bit of punk, and a squirt of love potion sixty-nine—and you get the idea! It's filthy, no-holds barred, all-out erotic wrestling contest—and you've got front-row seats:Feast on the following free sexy beasts:• Agent Joy...

In a kingdom where duty rules and secrets cost more than blood, Crown Prince Kael stands steady until he learns the truth about the man who has served at his side for years.Eryx has lived in silence, a courtier guarding the most dangerous secret an omega can carry. Discovery would mean ruin. Yet every glance toward Kael, every unspoken word, threatens to unravel the careful life he’s built.When Kael uncovers what Eryx has hidden, desire collides with duty. Their bond burns ...

Night NurseMuslimah eroticaWhen Niels wakes up in the hospital after a motorcycle accident, he has no idea how long he'll be stuck there with all his limbs broken and in a cast. But he never expected to meet someone like Safea, a beautiful young nurse who wears a hijab and is a devout Muslimah.It all starts innocently enough with a simple act of washing, but Safea's touch awakens something deep within Niels. As she tends to his needs, his desire grows. Despite their...

Lucian of Samosata (c. 125 after 180) was a Hellenized Syrian satirist, rhetorician and pamphleteer who is best known for his characteristic tongue-in-cheek style, with which he frequently ridiculed superstition, religious practices, and belief in the paranormal. Although his native language was probably Syriac, all of his extant works are written entirely in ancient Greek (mostly in the Attic Greek dialect popular during the Second Sophistic period).Everything that is known about Lucian's...

A crown does not always rule with mercy.Sometimes, it rules by keeping what it conquers alive.Lucien Aurelian was never meant to survive the fall of his house. Taken in the aftermath of a war he did not choose, he is carried across borders not as a guest, not as an ally—but as something unnamed, something deliberately left without definition. In a kingdom that speaks fluently in silence and command, survival itself becomes a negotiation.King Alaric Varkesh does not a...

The world was never built to forgive blood.On the plains beyond human walls, the Horned Kin endure by steel, scars, and a curse older than memory. Their king rules from horseback and firelight, his authority written into muscle and bone rather than law. Survival has always demanded sacrifice—but this time, the cost has a name.Behind white stone walls, Astra worships purity. Its young king has inherited a throne that does not belong to him alone: councils watch his body as c...