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History is filled with legends of those who walk among us, living seemingly innocent lives by day, only to transform into fearsome creatures as the daylight fades and the shadows deepen. These are the stories of those who HUNT BY NIGHT.Contains stories by Lee...

"The secret is out now, my child. You must run now, or our foes will snatch you up and we will never hear from you again "Her secret is out....Foes all around....A mysterious stranger who claims to be a friend...A spy hides in the...

"Life is a journey, not a destination." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson.Emerson's point has been echoed by many, but in the Land of the Weird the question arises, "A journey to what destination?" At the same time, you might ask, "Is the journey therefore the...

Alucard's a reclusive, former god-hunting vampire lord. Zalith's a promiscuous warlord who comes from old money and an ancient demon bloodline. When the pair meet, Alucard's quiet life is turned upside down, and Zalith's 600 years of meaningless conquests appear to be at their...

EVERYONE'S GOT A STORY TO TELL New magical girls arriving on the scene means a new collection of tales about their lives! You'll get to experience the bonus origin story "Snow White Raising Project" for the first time in print--a mustread as Snow White's...

A Reader's Favorite 5-star BookSexy and dark, glimmering, and forbidding, their desire transcends worlds. However, a serial killer from Earth-Prime stalks the magical environs of Nysi Afallon. As the body count keeps rising, Maia Anemois, a quiet, reserved, and brilliant would-be-detective from "The E,"...

The witching hour. The graveyard shift. Whether it's ghosts and gremlins or simply folks with nowhere else to go, the middle of the night has never been for the faint of heart. But what happens when the ones only there for the paycheck bump...

"Seven years ago I bought a lottery ticket that changed my life, but not in the way you'd expect.I was rich sure, but my wife and I soon found ourselves kidnapped and experimented on by a madman and his shady corporation. We barely escaped...

When angels wage war on mankind, only the devil wins.Gabriel is dead. The battle between angels that love and those that despise humanity has spilled onto the Earth, dragging with it the blood-soaked nightmare of divine war. The Guardians, human warriors and protectors of...

THAEIAIt's too dangerous to leave the island.On her deathbed, my foster mother left me with a clue and a cryptic message about my past. Now she's gone, and I have to know...who am I? What am I?In a land where everyone is gifted with...

Keep one eye on the road ahead and another on the rearview mirror.Because, like the legendary phantom semi of this book's titular story, these stories will creep up on you and overtake you without warning.Edo van Belkom twists his unique perspective and droll, black...

Tis the season...for slaying Fresh off a disturbingly long absence for which she has no explanation or recollection, Quinn MacKenna-reformed Catholic, semi-retired arms dealer, and borderline alcoholic-is busy enjoying the Nordic idea of an afterparty before becoming quickly embroiled in a bitter power struggle...

What if the curse of magic could destroy the world?With Bone and Iron is the second volume in the Curse of Blood Magic collection. Join us on this journey of deadly magic, non-stop action, and adventures to new and exciting worlds.Delve into this anthology...

Txema Ybarra is the most unenviable nineteen-year-old girl alive. Smart, pretty, and athletically gifted, this University of Tennessee freshman should be enjoying college life and her entrance into adulthood. And for a moment she does... until the vampires show up. Born with an unusual...

Some of the darkest minds in Perilisc attacked Mending Keep, releasing all its prisoners. Despite his strained relationship with the crown, Rayph Ivoryfist calls old friends to his aid in a subversive attempt to protect King Nardoc and thwart terrorist plots to ruin the...

50 years ago, Zeus, Inc., and its CEO, the mysterious Joseph Brentwood, saved the world from a major energy crisis by discovering a new unlimited energy resource. Now, in 2069, Mr. Brentwood has gone missing and private eye Alex Grosjean has been hired to...

The eagerly anticipated sequel to the highly acclaimed Vita Nostra takes readers to the next stage in Sasha Samokhina's journey in a richly imagined world of dark academia in which grammar is magic--and not all magic is good.In Vita Nostra, Sasha Samokhina, a third-year...

Is the Light forever out of reach for a man surrounded in Darkness?Javesse has suffered tragedy too many times in her young life. Now she's enslaved to the duke of Columure, who's smitten with her. When rumors of an assassination attempt surface, Duke Darik...

Meet Char: a once-renowned human warrior, trapped in an abandoned city with a demon who hates her. A demon who woke her from a fifty-year magical slumber specifically for the sake of tormenting her.The demon's name: Vesper. She and Char go a long, long...

An immortal clown. A knight with a secret as black as the impenetrable armor he never takes off. In a strange future where the British Empire reigns supreme, these lonely wanderers meet by the fire and share their stories of service and sorrow. A...

In a fictitious, mysterious, and futuristic Earth, the Western and Eastern continents are poised to become entangled in an ancient holy rivalry and epic battle. The enigmatic and powerful king of Asukhas rules over the technologically, scientifically, and militarily advanced Western Continent, closely guarding...

The first time Augie Bautista saw Paul Allen, he was sliding out of the back seat of a big green Buick. The car was like nothing Augie had ever seen in the small Midwestern town of Endicott. Paul was a snobby rich kid with...

You can't silence this heartbeat.Meg didn't want the heartbeat in her womb or the constant threat to her friends. She decides it's best to disappear. Meg runs to the Earthen plane to hide and plan her next step. While lighting strikes and dark hungers...

Haunted by Sparrow's shocking betrayal, Meg finds herself on the brink of unraveling. The burden of caring for an amputee Angel and two refugees from the Earthen plane only adds to her mounting pressure. With King Gabriel imprisoned and the kidnapped baby Thrush in...

Raven Steely is a 24-year-old shapeshifter and lives in a world where each current and future leader of a pack is assigned a Charge, a promising, young wolf that will be trained to become a high-ranking pack warrior. If the Charge of a future...

After ten years trapped in a cellar, I was finally rescued... by a ruthless fae king who immediately made me his mate.He's angry, grumpy, and altogether unpleasant to be around. My attraction to him only partially makes up for that.He needs the magic of...

Adam is a vampire and Jesus is a vampire hunter. They're natural enemies whose innate antagonism is heightened after discovering they're both competing for the affections of Olivia, an aspiring vampire novelist who works at the bowling alley. But, when the three of them...

Legendary thief, lethal assassin, powerful sorcerer... this epic fantasy duology follows the adventures of the elusive man known as Nightfall as he struggles between his criminal past and his present obligation to protect the King. Darkness comes where Nightfall goes.... He has been known...

In Elfhame, bargains are currency, lies are weapons, and your heart is your greatest weakness.Reeling from Bastian's revelations, Kat wakes from her dire illness wanting nothing more than to sever all ties with the man who betrayed her. But fate has a different plan-she's...

Now that Lyr has survived the Imperator's cruel punishment, she has only three months to prepare for the test that will decide her fate. Despite Rhyan's promise of additional training, her life has never been in more danger.Enemies known and unknown get closer every...

The thrilling sequel and prequel to The Girl Who Talks to Ashes...It's been three years since Lilah Quinn stumbled upon the bones of her biological mother, thereby solving the mystery of Willow's long-forgotten disappearance. Since then, Lilah has been working off-book as Sheriff Reid's...

Ireland 1841. As her parents sleep, an infant girl is snatched away by the hands of the creatures from the Deep Dens in the western ocean-the fomori. Years later, she is mysteriously saved from them, and surfaces near the shores of Kilkee. New to...

In a world where gods walk alongside mortals, and humanity is cowed into submission by the empire of Alcaron, two brothers find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time.Taken from their homes and subjected to terrors that would drive any man insane,...

As the witch-pyres of the Spanish Inquisition blanket Renaissance Europe in a moral haze, a young African slave finds herself the unwilling apprentice of an ancient necromancer. Unfortunately, quitting his company proves even more hazardous than remaining his pupil when she is afflicted with...

Large Print EditionIn a post-apocalyptic world where most people have been slaughtered, the Celtic gods and a few humans with magic are all that stand between survival and Earth falling into chaos. The combination of dark sorcery leveraged by the enemy is daunting. Destruction...

Raerdel Sullivan had no family, no friends, and no one to miss her when a Queen of the light fae decided to kidnap her. Waking up in the faerie realm, she was soon thrust into a world that was not familiar. Meeting Lord Sindri...

She knows the written word is far sharper than the sword. Rhiniya Luren is a highborn elf in the Low Forest regions. They're tasked with protecting the area and keeping everyone safe. But with the prison crumbling, it's getting harder and harder to maintain...

A legend of fantastical power.A gateway to another world.A madman who wants to destroy it all.The Shadowborne had always fascinated Will. His grandfather's stories told of mythical warriors wielding dark, ancient magic, defending justice and battling dragons. But that's all they were, bedtime stories...until...

Morte, a fierce fae of the Phoenix order and a respected commander of the Royal Guard, meets an untimely demise during a special ops mission to Bedlam Penitentiary. Her task is to eliminate a dangerous prisoner, but in doing so, she is reunited with...

Blood soaks the earth. The ground is carpeted in corpses. Carrion birds feast as power-crazed warlords indulge their bloodlust in never-ending battle. An ancient convent watches over the ceaseless struggle. A sanctuary from war, the Convent of Sacred Visitation offers care, medicine, and healing...

Meet Char: a once-renowned human warrior, trapped in an abandoned city with a demon who hates her. A demon who woke her from a fifty-year magical slumber specifically for the sake of tormenting her.The demon's name: Vesper. She and Char go a long, long...

When Omegas run away, the beasts of Gatamora come out to play... Echo knew that being caught by a ruling Berserker would mean becoming his pawn, a play thing to be used for her powers. That wouldn't be her fate. She'd rather run lost...

Contributing Authors: Mike Bogue, Stoney M. Setzer, Pam Halter, Rachel Dib, Rosemarie DiCristo, Etta-Tamara Wilson, Jim Doran, Darlene Bek, Jordan Campbell, Angela R. Watts, C.S. Wachter, Deborah Cullins Smith, and Michelle Levigne DON'T GO IN THE WATERClassic Monsters Anthology 3 A very strange family...

In this 11th installment of the bestselling Shadows in the Water series, Louie Thorne proves she is still the "indelible protagonist" (Kirkus Reviews) readers know and love. The success of Konstantine's underworld empire is secured by the loyalty of his brother-in-arms, Stefano. But when...

"Like the blood of God..." In New Orleans, a passage from a Renaissance-era book is Ethan's only hope to save the woman he loves. He's a vampire, so he can live forever. Ellie, however, is mortal, ill, and running out of time."If Sanguan vampires...

It Begins... This book contains segments of letters found by an individual known as "The Editor." When first presented with these mysterious letters, it was clear the writer was sick. An individual so twisted... The Editor had no choice but to continue investigating this...

With her master dead and her oaths foresworn, necromancer and spy Isyllt Iskaldur finds herself in exile. Hounded by assassins, she seeks asylum in Assar, the empire she so recently worked to undermine. Warlords threaten the empire's fragile peace, and the empress is beset...

In Elfhame, bargains are currency, lies are weapons, and your heart is your greatest weakness.Reeling from Bastian's revelations, Kat wakes from her dire illness wanting nothing more than to sever all ties with the man who betrayed her. But fate has a different plan-she's...

"DOWNRIGHT EVIL"Vox Day is one of the most intelligent, most eclectic, and most dangerous writers of his generation. With a literary range that spans from philosophy and economic commentary to epic fantasy and science fiction, he has been banned from every major social media...

This is the story of how monsters saved their corner of the world. Whether they deserved to be saved is another story.For years, High Seer Aurienne has lived with a single haunting truth-her visions will not save her people from the prophesied apocalyptic war...