Her sister's death wasn't an accident.Armed with a family journal full of secrets and a newfound ability to see the dead, visually impaired, Nori joins a supernatural secret society at her university to seek answers. But as she endures dangerous trials to join the Order of the Shadows, she must also evade attacks from vengeful spirits, hellhounds, a demonic giant owl, and vampires. All while avoiding the enigmatic Asher who opposes her entry into the Order.As she hunts for ...

A darkly funny, low-stakes caper set in early-2000s Seattle—featuring a stolen BMX bike, a clapped-out Celica, and a ferret named Milo.After a rough breakup, Keith crashes with old friends at a dilapidated Ballard house. He quits his job, buys a rusty Celica for $400, and starts dating a Swedish nanny. But when one of the sketchier roommates steals his younger brother's prized BMX bike, it sets off a slow-motion train wreck of epic proportions.Soon Keith fi...

Restless and wealthy, Robert Ellsmore Grandon longs for purpose beyond the comfort of Chicago society—so when a stranger drugs and abducts him after the opera, he is thrust into a nightmare that becomes an invitation to the impossible. Dr. Morgan, a formidable scientist, reveals an astonishing scheme of telepathy, astral projection, and interplanetary body exchange, offering Grandon a chance to cross the gulf to Venus in pursuit of adventure. He awakens in a slave camp on a harsh alien wor...

Does your upbringing and past have an impact on your future? Can you push your issues away and still be "fine?" When Jamie Otis agreed to be placed in a scientifically arranged marriage on TV's most controversial and groundbreaking reality show, Married At First Sight, she knew that saying "I do" to Doug Hehner, a complete stranger, was a huge risk. What she didn't know was how to be a wife! Through trial and error -- and more ups and downs than a roller coaster -- Jamie learned to quickly...

Mercy Warren wrote early drafts of this 1300+ page book near the time of the events described. Mercy writes in the third person even when dealing with events involving her immediate family. James Otis (early advocate of the rights of the colonies) was her brother, and James Warren (speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives) was her husband. She was a close friend of John Adams, but differed sharply with his policies as President. In the wake of the French Revolution, Adams lost...

The story of a slave-turned-US senator and an African American dynasty: "A compelling portrait of the Bruce family's rise, dynamics and downfall." — The Washington PostSpanning more than a century, Lawrence Otis's illuminating biography is a fascinating look at race and class in the latter decades of nineteenth-century America, witnessed through the life of Blanche Kelso Bruce—United States senator from Mississippi and head of America's first black dynasty...

Philip K. Dick Award finalistWashington Post Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2018Abbey Mei Otis’s short stories are contemporary fiction at its strongest: taking apart the supposed equality that is clearly just not there, putting humans under an alien microscope, putting humans under government control, putting kids from the moon into a small beach town and then the putting the rest of the town under the microscope as they reac...

"Fascinating. . . . [Graham] has made a major contribution both to African-American studies and the larger American picture." —New York TimesDebutante cotillions. Million-dollar homes. Summers in Martha's Vineyard. Membership in the Links, Jack & Jill, Deltas, Boule, and AKAs. An obsession with the right schools, families, social clubs, and skin complexion. This is the world of America’s Black upper class and the focus of the first book written abo...

Throughout her career, supermodel and actress Carré Otis has been celebrated for her striking physical beauty—but in this brazenly honest memoir she revisits the ugliest parts of her past to reveal the events that ultimately brought her to strive for, and champion, the kind of beauty that can only be found within. In Beauty Disrupted Carré details the triumphs and challenges of her career in modeling, her rise to fame on the covers of Elle, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Marie Claire, her bat...

When Malachi Baptiste returns to Mercy Parish for his father's funeral, he inherits a decaying family home and a legacy of whispers that force him to uncover the truth behind a disappearance that has haunted the town for twenty years.

Cosmic Horror – Weird Fiction – Psychological ThrillerSome cities are built on history. Providence was built on a contract.Harper Elizabeth White has devoted her life to order. As a junior city planner, she believes every street, every building, and every regulation exists to protect civilization from chaos.Then she receives a confidential zoning project that should never have existed.Hidden beneath ordinary maps lies an impossible geometry....

Living with schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type, can feel confusing, overwhelming, and isolating, but you are not alone, and there is a path to wellness. Living well with schizoaffective disorder bipolar type is more than just a workbook; it's a compassionate companion and practical guide designed to help you understand your condition, develop the skills to manage your symptoms, and build a life filled with stability, purpose, and hope.Written with empathy and b...