In the fading autumn twilight, one young boy must face his fear to discover the very real secret of the old Dooley House.On a dare, one young boy takes a journey into his own nightmare, a decaying mansion rumored to be haunted by the victims and perpetrators of several brutal murders. In the fading autumn twilight, this boy must face his fear to discover the very real secret of the old Dooley House.

Dante Alighieri paved the way for modern literature, while creating verse and prose that remain unparalleled for formal elegance, intellectual depth, and emotional grandeur. The Portable Dante contains complete verse translations of Dante's two masterworks, The Divine Comedy and La Vita Nuova, as well as a bibliography, notes, and an introduction by eminent scholar and translator Mark Musa.

Oz is knotted with social unrest: The Emerald City is mounting an invasion of Munchkinland, Glinda is under house arrest, the Cowardly Lion is on the run from the law, and Dorothy is back. Amid chaos and war, Elphaba’s green granddaughter born at the end of "Son of a Witch", comes of age. Rain will take up her broom, and bring the series to a close.

O.J.: 20 years later.Everybody knows what happened 20 years ago. Many books were written from most every point of view. But what has happened since then? What did the O.J. Simpson murder case of 1994-1995 do to America?O.J. was already symbolic in many ways. He was the post-Jackie Robinson, post-Jim Brown, post-New Breed African-American, the beneficiary in living flesh of 400 years of struggle against tyranny, the first blossoms of freedom bestowed upon the American Black Man. He was their hopes and dreams embodied.Many said O.J. was “whiter” than many of the corporate executives who feted him, who played golf with him, who enabled him to get a free lunch and his pick of Caucasian women from one coast to another. He was the picture of what a charismatic, handsome black man can get if he plays his cards right, is non-threatening, and smiles the smile of the contented.He was a hero to white America, one of the first black celebrities to be fully embraced and given a free ride with no reservations. His predilection for sex with blond women never came back to hurt him. The world, apparently, had moved beyond that. In this respect, he was on the cutting edge of societal evolution.

Jenna Bradley's quiet day in the mountains turned into a search for a lost boy, and a lustful yen, for the gorgeous Zabron Hadrini.The fact that he was an alien from Teeron, wasn't much of a deal breaker as far as she was concerned.After all,she was a little weird herself.Jenna Bradley's quiet day in the mountains turned into a search for a lost boy, and a lustful yen, for the gorgeous Zabron Hadrini.The fact that he was an alien from Teeron, wasn't much of a deal breaker as far as she was concerned.After all,she was a little weird herself.Zabron took one look at Jenna and decided she was the one for him. No matter how far apart they lived.

A free online story by Lisa McMann. A companion to the first Dream Catcher novel, Wake, this is Cabel's perspective of the field trip that Janie and he took with their English class.

The final Uncle Fred novel marks his return to Blandings Castle to relieve Lord Emsworth's woes: a nagging secretary, prankster Church Lads, and a plot to thieve his prize-winning sow. Uncle Fred must serve up his brand of sweetness and light to ensure that everything turns out very capital indeed.

A maniacal collection of stories about the madness of the human mind. Features all new stories by: Laurita Miller, Richard Godwin, Angel Zapata, Benjamin Sobieck, Sean Patrick Reardon, Erin Cole, Lily Childs, and Chris Allinotte.This short story anthology is comprised of eight suspenseful and horrifying tales, composed for a special one-week fiction event on the blog, "The Leaky Pencil". These stories centre around the theme of Madness. Not one of the stories approaches this theme in the same way, and each has something unique to say.Features eight outstanding new tales by: Laurita Miller, Richard Godwin, Angel Zapata, Benjamin Sobieck, Sean Patrick Reardon, Erin Cole, Lily Childs, and Chris Allinotte.

James Matheson leaves the funeral of a woman with whom he once shared a very passionate love. Their time together had been brief but the mark she left on his heart was permanent. With his marriage now torn apart by lies and deceit, James is faced with trying answer the questions his heart has always been asking him. Had she been his one true love? Was she the missing piece in his life?James Matheson leaves the funeral of a woman with whom he once shared a very passionate love. Their time together had been brief but the mark she left on his heart was permanent. With his marriage now torn apart by lies and deceit, James is faced with trying answer the questions his heart has always been asking him. Had she been his one true love? Was she the missing piece in his life? James is deeply saddened by Karen Mettle's sudden death. It had been several years since they had laid in each other's arms under the stars that summer, but the memory of how she made him feel had always stayed with him. Now that she was gone, James was left to face the hurt and pain caused by the emptiness her love had left in his heart. James' marriage is ruined and the relationship he once had with his loving wife cannot be salvaged. Caught it a sordid affair of his own, it does not shock James when he finds out about his wife's own indiscretions. Unable to come to terms with all that has happened to him over the last several years, James spends the day after the funeral recalling his life from the moment he first met Karen. This is a story of love found and love lost, but more importantly, the undeniable power of love. James' life was deeply affected by the way his heart felt and ultimately it is in his heart that he must find peace.

Bluebell has spent the last twelve years of her life at Training Tech, the government-run boarding school all children are required to attend. Now she's 17, and fully prepared for Incorporation; a time when females & males are allowed to mingle again, for the first time since they were toddlers. It is also the day she must endure Citizen Branding - the mandatory searing of a mark into her flesh.Bluebell has spent the last twelve years of her life at Training Tech, the government-run boarding school all children are required to attend. Now that she's seventeen she is fully prepared for Incorporation; a time when females and males are allowed to mingle again, for the first time since they were toddlers. It is also the day she must endure Citizen Branding - the mandatory searing of a mark into the flesh of the left wrist of all new Citizens. O for fertile, X for infertile. The fate of every Citizen, male or female, is determined by the results. Bluebell knows that a Citizen’s duty is to live for the glory of Concord, just as she was taught. But the frantic dreams and hazy memories that haunt her make her different, and the questions she cannot deny threaten to turn her world upside down. LUSH is the first novel in the LUSH Trilogy... as the beginning novel, it sets you up in the LUSH world and asks a lot of questions; many that are not immediately answered. The story continues in HUSH, and concludes with CRUSH.Also by S.L. Baum - The Immortal Ones series - YA ParanormalThe first novel - A Chance for Charity (The Immortal Ones) - is a FREE download!

From the New York Times bestselling author and one of the world's most beloved storytellers comes a rich and all-too-human novel about the tragedy and triumph of love... Years ago, a sweet girl from Utah was swept off her feet by a handsome Italian. Today, the sweet girl from Utah is a wife and mother living in Italy. And she's about to be swept off her feet all over again...

Leo Caraway, president of the Young Republicans Club and a future Harvard student, has his entire future planned. But Leo is soon thrown for a loop when he discovers that the lead singer of punk rock's most destructive band is his biological father.

An energy-starved world has been saved by the discovery of a remarkable new invention: the water cell. A spoilt teenager - a little-too fond of mind-altering medicines - must evade amputee assassins, water-worshipping cultists, and a widow whose seven previous husbands have met questionable ends in order to save his fugitive father and uncover the dark truth behind this mysterious new power.An energy-starved world has been saved by the discovery of a remarkable new invention: the water cell. A spoilt teenager - a little-too fond of mind-altering medicines - must evade amputee assassins, water-worshipping cultists, and a widow whose seven previous husbands have met questionable ends in order to save his fugitive father and uncover the dark truth behind this mysterious new power.Set in a near future world, where private police forces enforce the law on the streets of Edinburgh, Berlin and the gleaming spires of desert city Media, this epic adventure (loosely based on the Biblical story of Tobit) is an epic, imaginative adventure for teenage and adult readers which will delight fans of Philip Pullman and followers of intelligent, speculative fiction.It is the first novel by English journalist and writer Craig Melville.

Roshell, a girl from an Oregon trailer park, dances into a bright future despite life throwing a series of curveballs. This book is unmistakeably a product of the 90s - home of boy bands, individualism, teenage angst, Size Zero models, and Whatever!. For teenagers now, it's a springboard into a vivacious past of not so long ago.

The world's most elite counter-terrorist operators.A cyber-security guru suddenly getting shot at and blown up rather more than usual.And nuclear-armed terrorists rolling with impunity through a lawless and brutal virtual world. Get ready for D-Boys.The world's most elite counter-terrorist operators.A cyber-security guru suddenly getting shot at and blown up rather more than usual.And nuclear-armed terrorists rolling with impunity through a lawless and brutal virtual world.Get Ready for D-BOYS.The year is now. Islamist terrorists hack into America's most sensitive defense networks, launch chemical weapons attacks on Western cities, and stage a raid on the vulnerable nuclear weapons storage facilities in Pakistan. They are using a massively-multiplayer online video game (or "virtual world") as a platform for planning and rehearsing their attacks - forcing a squad of supremely elite Delta Force operators (reinforced by an info-security expert from the Department of Homeland Security) to go inside the game to fight them.But the fight only begins there. Michael Stephen Fuchs' forthcoming novel is a high-tech special-forces nuclear terror thriller - featuring perilous night-time supercarrier landings, clockwork safehouse takedowns in bandit country, combat helicopter assaults into north London mosques, virtual fights to the death for control of an enormous dry dock in the largest first-person-shooter online video game of all time, breathless aircraft shoot-downs in the remote mountains of Pakistan, brutal and precise close-quarters battle sequences, waterborne SEAL Team assaults of hijacked super-container ships, Predator drones with real-time video feeds to smart-phones, and CheyTac Intervention sniper rifle systems that can kill you from a mile and a half away. These weapons, tactics, tech, battlespaces, and 21st-century warriors will be unlike anything you've ever read.Are you ready for D-Boys? Get an advanced preview (3000 words) of the incomparable adventure, today.

Tom Tryon, a noted film actor and bestselling author of Crowned Heads and The Other, died while revising this new work. Finalized and polished by Valerie Martin and John Cullen, Night Magic is a mesmerizing novel of the occult--a modern-day retelling of The Sorcerer's Apprentice--set in New York.

An Orwellian Dystopian Society - Keira Maddock lives in a dark future in which the Elite have everything, and everyone else suffers. She is a survivor. Out of necessity, she has become a skilled seductress, thief and bounty hunter – a Freelancer. When a typical job goes awry, it changes everything. Alliances are formed, long kept secrets are revealed and lives are forever changed.Keira Maddock has never considered herself a lady. In fact, she often acts in ways that would be considered downright un-ladylike. A hired killer and thief whose only goal is to provide the necessities of life for herself and her sister, she has learned to be brutally effective in her trade, with skills as sharp as the weapons she prefers. And when the head of a huge, shadowy corporation hires her to remove a powerful and wealthy opponent, Keira is happy to oblige. Until she meets him...Scott Maddock is a hardened Terenian soldier-for-life. His job, to uphold the motto of the realm: "Reliance on Citizens Makes Us Great!" Soldiers work for the Gov, and the Gov is run by heads of corporations. But where do Scott's loyalties really lie? Only he and his best friend know for sure.April Maddock is trying to make it on her own and has taken a job with a wealthy family. She has chosen not to fight the system like Keira, nor to fight for the Gov like Scott. Unlike her siblings, she recognizes the good in everyone. Even so, outside appearances can be deceiving. April knows that better than most.Infested with greed and divided by power, the realm of Terene bears remarkable resemblance to our own society. But opposite despair, there is always hope. Whereas Keira Maddock brings destruction, Guy Bensen brings promise. Wealthy and powerful, yet thoughtful and caring, he is an anomaly who throws her completely off guard. When she learns of his connections to Scott and April, Keira knows she has made the right decision in not only sparing his life but in joining his cause.In book one of the Reliance on Citizens trilogy, S.L. Wallace introduces a world divided in which not everyone is who he seems to be. In a seamless blend of action, sci-fi, romance and political suspense, we are encouraged to consider the bonds that makes us human.

Seeking fun and exploration, Kyleigh travels to Scotland on an invitation. However, unsettling dreams plague her on her stay at a castle on the Highlands, leading her to believe everything is not what it appears. (2014’s YA Novelette)Getting comfortable with her new-found independence, Kyleigh Blaire is a normal college girl, looking for adventure. So when her roommate, Isobel Keith, invites her to join her on a vacation to an old Scottish castle, she is excited. However, as soon as she arrives Kyleigh finds she is uneasy. With every step into the castle, she feels an unsettling familiarity. Kyleigh is aware that all is not right and begins to have weird dreams at night of walking through the halls as if being led by an unseen force. Will she allow herself to be guided in order to unlock the mystery?

PROGRAM 12 is a short story prequel to PROGRAM 13, the first book in The Emile Reed Chronicles.In Program 13 (available now), readers are introduced to Program Thirteen, a young Program recently created at Vesta Corp. Thirteen is Vesta Corp's pride and joy; their best Program to date.But before Thirteen, there was Twelve. This is her story.

Introvert Eli Morningstar is abducted by aliens and given the truth about UFO sightings and the governments of the world. Later he is tasked with saving humanity from the deadly grip of a clandestine alien group known as the Prime who have infiltrated every aspect of human life.Introvert Eli Morningstar is abducted by aliens and given the truth about UFO sightings and the governments of the world. Later he is tasked with saving humanity from the deadly grip of a clandestine alien group known as the Prime who have infiltrated every aspect of human life.Returning to Earth Eli divulges this information to Judy Clark and Stephen Weiss of the ufologist group Extraterrestrial Investigators. The pair, along with Eli’s girlfriend Alyce Green are soon dragged into his world of aliens and men in black.Will Eli save humanity? Will Eli and his associates survive the men in black?This debut sci-fi story by Linwood Ellsworth is the first in a three part series.

Captain Liam Kidd and his crew stumble upon a wormhole that guides them to the other side of the galaxy. They quickly find themselves in the midst of three warring alien species. This epic space opera series follows their adventures as they fight to survive and search for a way home. Morally questionable characters and jaw-dropping plot twists make this ongoing series hard to put down.Liam Kidd was a freelancer for Vesta Corporation, Earth’s largest and most corrupt asteroid mining company. Through a series of events he finds himself working the mines, a fate worse than death. When an opportunity presents itself, he and two other miners escape through a nearby wormhole. They find themselves across the galaxy in the middle of a conflict between three alien species. Liam’s only chance of getting home lies in finding a device rumored to be capable of opening a singularity. Now, he and his crew must face the horrors of war to return to their own system, a challenge that might prove deadly.