Welcome to the Carnivale Mystique, where the bizarre, the horrifying, and the beautiful live and perform, side by side. Sink your teeth into seven stories of horror, mystery, suspense, and the paranormal. Watch your step, though, else you become part of the act: Wishful Thinking by P.M. Hernandez—Stuck in his family’s failing trapeze act with no future in sight, Bruno Fanucci wishes for a different life. Too bad he doesn’t have the guts to do somet...

Unlock the secrets of forgotten attics and ancestral halls, where mysteries await those daring enough to listen. All The Promises We Cannot Keep is an anthology of tales that reach across generations and distant realms, drawing readers into worlds where intrigue and beauty intertwine. Here, in the shadowed corridors of crumbling manors and beneath the starlit canopy of enchanted forests, stories from 51 authors uncover what lies between the cracks—whether it's hope blossoming in the ru...

✨The Someday Garden, the brand-new enchanting, magical romcom from Ashley Poston is available now!✨‘I LOVED this book! Funny, hopeful and dreamy’ ALI HAZELWOOD‘This book destroyed my life but in a hot way’ ★★★★★‘An absolute delight’ CHRISTINA LAUREN***Florence Day is a ghost-writer with one big problem. She’s supposed to be penning swoon-worthy novels for a famous romance au...

This collection from the World Fantasy award-winning author of The Onion Girl contains "lucid transfiguration of folklore and myth into fantasy tales." — BooklistCharles de Lint's urban fantasies, including Moonheart, Forests of the Heart, and The Onion Girl, have earned him a devoted following and critical acclaim as a master of contemporary magical realism. At the heart of his work is the ongoing Newfor...

A collection of fourteen original teen paranormal short stories from some of today’s bestselling YA talent, united with the common theme of road trips, and edited by bestselling authors Melissa Marr and Kelley Armstrong.Contributors include:Melissa MarrKelley ArmstrongClaudia GrayKami Garcia & Margaret Stohl (NYT Bestselling authors of BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, Little, Brown)Rachel Caine (NYT bestselling author of Morganville Vampire series, Penguin)

HatchetWatching the love of my life suffer from a physical ailment has been some of the hardest moments of my life. It's my job as her man to take care of her, and with this issue, my hands were tied. As she suffers through finding herself again, I vow that I'll never leave her side, and do everything within my power to make sure she comes out the other side with her light still shining bright. This may be the most important mission of my life. I will not abort, and I will pull her...

The official origin story of LiS fan-favourite Steph Gingrich featuring LGBTQ+ romance, inevitable heartbreak, and the punk-rock beginnings of Drugstore Makeup.Setting the stage for her appearance in Life is Strange: True Colors, this official Steph Gingrich novel sheds light on the Drugstore Makeup years and the story of how Steph crash-landed in Haven Springs, Colorado.Steph Gingrich has finally run out of couches to surf. Now she's back at her dad's plac...

It’s 1994 and Pete Curtis can’t wait to get out of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Already, he’s playing drums in a band whose songs belong on mix-tapes everywhere. Even though his new girlfriend seems underwhelmed, he knows it’s just a matter of time before he and his pals break big.Ten years later, Pete is stuck teaching high school in the hometown he longed to escape, while his former best friend and bandmate is a bona fide rock star.In his debut novel, with its compelling hook an...

The farther we’ve gotten from the magic and mystery of the past, the more we've come to love Halloween—the one time each year when the mundane is overturned in favor of the bizarre, the “other side” is closest, and everyone can become anyone (or anything) they wish . . . and sometimes what they don’t. Introducing nineteen original stories from mistresses and masters of the dark celebrate the most fantastic, enchanting, spooky, and supernatural of holidays.

The plan: best friends Clio and Nicole take a fun road trip across Michigan to deliver the centerpieces to their friend Katie’s wedding, giving the groom’s cousin, August, a ride for the big day. Nicole planned everything, from borrowing her mom’s minivan, to hotel accommodations, and the perfect amount of sight-seeing along the way.The reality: Nicole is having emergency surgery, Clio overslept, her car is way smaller than a minivan, and August turns out to be super hot.Th...

Finnegan May has always had a carefree life in New York. Her love of animals landed her in a unique job as the premiere dog walker to the rich and famous in the city that never sleeps.She winds up in the middle of a murder investigation when one of her clients winds up dead and the police are looking at her as the prime suspect.Fin must deal with being investigated while keeping her appointments with all of her waggy tailed clients.

Encounter the scariest clowns and freakiest curiosities under the big top, in stories by Stephen Graham Jones, Laird Barron, Priya Sharma, and others.With an introduction from Katherine DunnLadies and gentlemen, step right up for fifteen tales of terrifying rides, supernatural sideshows, and petrifying performers guaranteed to keep you up all night—with Hugo and Bram Stoker Award–winning editor Ellen Datlow as the ringmaster.In Stephen Graham ...