“Much like Donna Tartt’s The Secret History, M. L. Rio’s sparkling debut is a richly layered story of love, friendship, and obsession...will keep you riveted through its final, electrifying moments.”—Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, New York Times bestselling author of The Nest"Nerdily (and winningly) in love with Shakespeare…Readable, smart.”—New York Times Book ReviewOn the day Ol...

Something is wrong in Spokane. Everyone knows this. It waits for you in the Davenport's grand lobby, where a harmless midnight ritual calls up something that wasn't invited. It prowls Riverside State Park and flies above the Thousand Steps in Greenwood Cemetery. It lives in a Fifth Avenue and it runs next to you in Bloomsday. It hides in a deep hole on a farm.This book features twenty-one tales from the Spokane area, stories whose writers pull the city's landmarks into the dark...o...

THE USA TODAY NATIONAL BESTSELLER!The author of sales sensation If We Were Villains returns with a story about a ragtag group of night shift workers who meet in the local cemetery to unearth the secrets lurking in an open grave.Every night, in the college’s ancient cemetery, five people cross paths as they work the late shift: a bartender, a rideshare driver, a hotel receptionist, the steward of the derelict church that loo...

The magic returns like never before in Sabrina the Teenage Witch: The Magic Within!Sabrina Spellman is your average teenager by day, attending Greendale High where her major crush, Harvey, plays for the school basketball team. But by night, Sabrina enters the Magical Realm, where she hones her witchcraft and attends Charm School with the handsome and mysterious Shinji.Start from the very beginning as Sabrina deals with her two eccentric aunts and her conflicting li...

**ENROLLMENT BEGINS NOWA beguiling, sinister collection of 12 dark academia short stories from masters of the genre, including Olivie Blake, M.L. Rio, Susie Yang and more!**In these stories, dear student, retribution visits a lothario lecturer; the sinister truth is revealed about a missing professor; a forsaken lover uses a séance for revenge; an obsession blooms about a possible illicit affair; two graduates exhume the secrets of a reclusive scholar; horrors are uncovered...

If you woke up as a sentient egg in some random forest, I bet you'd be confused, too. That's exactly what happened to me, in the oddest turn of events...Being reborn as a little egg has its challenges, but luckily, with all these monsters out to eat me, I'm gaining experience quick. Once I bust out of this shell, a cool new form better await me--that is, if I survive long enough!

The Routledge Companion to Transnational Westerns breaks new ground in the study of how Westerns from around the world combine different national storytelling traditions to critically revise the myths of the American West.Spanning the globe, and covering topics as diverse as Chilean and Argentinian film Westerns, sound design in Native American film Westerns, Japanese and French film criticism, Hebrew pulp Westerns, Weird Westerns from Spain, comic book Westerns, and Polis...

Queen B P ART Two of Four & Things in Common.Cheryls reign over Pembrooke is in peril! Everyone flocks to new-kid-in-town Pieter, and now Cheryl might be falling for him herself! But when she finds out who Pieters girlfriend is, will Cheryl turn to her greatest enemy for help? Meanwhile, Nancys fed up with Chucks favorite pastimes, but when they find new Things in Common, will they come full circle?

Upon being arrested for the gruesome murder of her father, all college student Kanna Hijiriyama tells the police is, "It's up to you to find the motive." Amidst the media frenzy about the woman "too beautiful to be a killer," clinical psychologist Yuki Makabe is asked by Kanna's lawyer to counsel the young woman as her trial approaches. Yuki slowly uncovers the dark history behind the relationships in Kanna's life – with her father, her mother, and her "first love" – and discovers shocking...

“If you’re looking for a fun, thrilling read, look no further. The Bang-Bang Sisters is a rip-roaring delight of a novel – pulpy, fast-paced, and absolutely unputdownable.” – New York Times bestselling author Roxane GayFrom critically acclaimed author Rio Youers, an action-packed crime novel featuring three kick-ass heroines—bandmates who moonlight as vigilantes.Blood. Bullets. Rock and roll.Meet t...

The thirteen short stories in this volume reveal the hidden horrors in the Brazilian society of the early 20th century.Who are the real monsters who lurk in the shadows and, more often than not, walk freely in broad daylight?

From Rio Youers, the acclaimed author of Lola on Fire, comes a blistering high-octane thriller about desperate love, vengeance, and the precarious pursuit of fame.“A rip-roaring Hollywood noir that smashes the pedal to the metal and keeps it there. The best villain since Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels . . . This one is hot.” —Stephen KingLuke Kingsley’s glory days are behind him. A star on the rise, his life and career imploded af...