Want more shorts from K. Weikel? Look no further! They just get better and better...K. Weikel has written several books and many more short stories, poems, and creative essays. Read them all here, each one different from the next and ranging from general fiction to fantasy to horror. Take on dragons, fight with vampires, run with the wolves, disintegrate with zombies, and let your hairs rise as you read a collection of her works, all in one. List X includes poetry, short stories, creative essays, book previews, and so much more. But you'll never know if you never open up and take a gander at what comes out of K. Weikel's mind. Prepare to be astounded.

"DOGBONES! DOGBONES! DOGBONES!" For Oz Levinson, life is always the same. No matter what school he goes to, it's always sharks -- bullies -- versus everyone else. What would Oz's hero, James Bond, aka 007, do? He would make mincemeat of the sharks. But Oz is no 007 -- more like double-o-lard. Then Oz meets Glory Mouse, a skateboarding private eye trying to take down the evil rat leader, Roquefort Dupont, and Oz is swept into a exciting world of espionage. But this is no make-believe movie. It's real life: mice vs. rats, kids vs. bullies, good vs. evil. And all the power lies in one paw.

In a city of political intrigue and betrayal, assassin-in-training, D'hara trusts only her beloved born-for slave, Aldrar. A disappointment to her parents and herself, without the mysterious "Change," D'hara can't follow the path of her High Assassin mother. With Aldrar's newborn chosen for sacrifice, D'hara braves the wrath of the Prophet God's priests and the hazards of the city Below. Dark S&S.At nineteen, assassin-in-training D'hara, is a disappointment to her parents, and especially herself.Without the mysterious "Change" that should have come at puberty, her father the Khalji cannot make her an advantageous marriage. Nor can she follow in the path of her mother, the High Assassin. Their line has held that title for eight generations. D'hara will break the chain if she does not become fully Assassin caste.In this city of political intrigue, cunning manipulation and betrayal, the only one D'hara can trust is her beloved born-for slave, Aldrar.Now, Aldrar's newborn infant is in peril, chosen for ritual sacrifice as the ghostly slave of another princess. D'hara must brave the wrath of the Prophet God's priests and the hazards of the city Below to save him.A dark Sword & Sorcery fantasy set in a violent world where poison and backstabbing prevail, Nenfari is the first story in the Assassin's Flower Series.

What makes a life worth living? True love. But what makes life worth dying? Compared to the #1 New York Times Bestsellers "A masterpiece of narrative fiction” “An enthralling story of the dying awake.”With nothing in common, love sets the trap and they have everything to lose . “Gripping and powerful Dead Awake captures the sheer drama and emotional power of true love as it is thrust down to HellCompared to the #1 New York Times Bestsellers "A masterpiece of narrative fiction” “An enthralling story of the dying awake.”With nothing in common, love sets the trap and they have everything to lose . . .“Gripping and powerful Dead Awake captures the sheer drama and emotional power of true love as it is thrust down to dark realms of self-doubt and despair - where the delicate details of intimate meaning are torn and obscured by human error.” Los Angeles Book DailyStunning sense of physical detail and elegant metaphors” (New York Reader) interweaving two lives from opposite ends of the globe, illuminating the way against tradition. A deeply magnificent novel from an author “whose sentences never fail to make you catch your breath” (Los Angeles Reviewer).In the style of A Doerr, a masterpiece.For readers of Atul Gawande, Andrew Solomon, and Anne Lamott, this inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir of a dying man as he hopes for beauty in the face of insurmountable odds and attempts to answer the question What makes a life worth living? True love. But what makes life worth dying?

In the the third book in the Curiosity House series, you will find: - A nefarious spy within Dumfrey’s Dime Museum - A very unfortunate flea circus - An evil plot to destroy New York - A beautiful and mysterious tattooed lady The extraordinary orphans Sam, Pippa, Thomas, and Max have just started to recover from their capture and subsequent escape from the evil Nicholas Rattigan. But the children’s lives don’t stay quiet for long. A slew of bank robberies is terrorizing the city. And when General Farnum, the ringmaster of the museum’s immensely popular flea circus, is charged with murder, the search for the real killer uncovers a plot much bigger than any individual crime—a plot that can only be the work of Nicholas Rattigan.

A continuation of the saga of the von Trotta family from The Radetzky March, it is both a powerful and moving look at a decaying society and its journey through the War and its devastating aftermath, and the story of the erosion of one man's desperate faith in the virtues of a simple life.

Erin Hunter's New York Times bestselling Seekers series continues in the fifth book in the Return to the Wild story arc. With its thrilling blend of action and suspense, this epic animal fantasy is perfect for fans of the #1 nationally bestselling Warriors series. Toklo, Kallik, Lusa, and Yakone are determined to reach Great Bear Lake in time for the Longest Day Gathering. Even Toklo, who has already claimed a new territory in the mountains, has promised to stay with them until Lusa has found a home of her own. But when Lusa is unexpectedly separated from the others, she must face her past—and make a decision about her future.

Cotton Malone is back! Steve Berry’s new international adventure blends gripping contemporary political intrigue, Tudor treachery, and high-octane thrills into one riveting novel of suspense. Cotton Malone and his fifteen-year-old son, Gary, are headed to Europe. As a favor to his former boss at the Justice Department, Malone agrees to escort a teenage fugitive back to England. But after he is greeted at gunpoint in London, both the fugitive and Gary disappear, and Malone learns that he’s stumbled into a high-stakes diplomatic showdown—an international incident fueled by geopolitical gamesmanship and shocking Tudor secrets. At its heart is the Libyan terrorist convicted of bombing Pan Am Flight 103, who is set to be released by Scottish authorities for “humanitarian reasons.” An outraged American government objects, but nothing can persuade the British to intervene. Except, perhaps, Operation King’s Deception. Run by the CIA, the operation aims to solve a centuries-old mystery, one that could rock Great Britain to its royal foundations. Blake Antrim, the CIA operative in charge of King’s Deception, is hunting for the spark that could rekindle a most dangerous fire, the one thing that every Irish national has sought for generations: a legal reason why the English must leave Northern Ireland. The answer is a long-buried secret that calls into question the legitimacy of the entire forty-five-year reign of Elizabeth I, the last Tudor monarch, who completed the conquest of Ireland and seized much of its land. But Antrim also has a more personal agenda, a twisted game of revenge in which Gary is a pawn. With assassins, traitors, spies, and dangerous disciples of a secret society closing in, Malone is caught in a lethal bind. To save Gary he must play one treacherous player against another—and only by uncovering the incredible truth can he hope to prevent the shattering consequences of the King’s Deception. Praise for The King’s Deception *  “A Dan Brown-ian secular conspiracy about the Virgin Queen driving nonstop international intrigue.”—Kirkus Reviews* Praise for Steve Berry “Berry raises this genre’s stakes.”—The New York Times “I love this guy.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child “Forget Clancy and Cussler. When it comes to this genre, there is simply no one better.”—The Providence Journal

Frank Richard Stockton was a popular 19th century American author who remains best known for writing a series of acclaimed children's fairy tales. His books are still read across the world today.

George Gibbs was an American writer best known for writing action and adventure novels, as well as spy thrillers in foreign lands. 

A book in a melodramatic written in an elaborate, victorian sentence structure. Lady Biddy Fane's erotic romance, joy, pain, misfortunes and accidents all incorporated in a 380 pages of Frank Barrett masterpiece. An excerpt: Lady Biddy returned to the other cabin, and there sat where she might be seen from the deck, the while she pretended to be vastly interested in her book, in order to beguile Rodrigues in his fool's hope; for surely to see her thus unconcerned must have led him to believe her passion of no great depth or sincerity.

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Jay a member of the elite Swordbearer Caste, sworn to serve the Taysan Empire – except that it is all a lie. The son of a blacksmith, Jay used lies, looks and audacity to escape his birth caste. Now, a dangerous woman is about to learn the truth – and even his charm might not be enough to save him. Outcaste is the first book in the Spaceforce space opera novella series.Three empires in an uneasy peace, a galaxy on the edge of war, and one man who is not what he seems.Jay a member of the elite Swordbearer Caste, as deadly with a firestaff as in the pilot’s seat. In a world where duty is paramount and traditions go back generations, Jay has trained his entire life to serve the Taysan Empire.Except that is all a lie.The son of a blacksmith, Jay slipped into the ranks of the Swordbearer Caste with a combination of lies, looks, and audacity. But when an assignment to the remote moon outpost of Car’a’vil brings temptation in the form of a warlord’s wife, even his charm might not be enough to save him. She knows the truth – and unless he can unravel the mystery of her predecessor's death, she will destroy him. Outcaste is the first book in the Spaceforce space opera novella series: adventure, fun and romance across three galactic empires.

In the future, it is a life of tedium for John 76359, with each and every passing day having the same beginning and the same end, but things are changing! John is also changing, as he starts to question everything around him. His past, his present and what future! Like a chained dog that can’t escape, he explores the parameter of his known world.Lucessa, Doella’s daughter, is obsessed by her scientific work, so much so her family worry about her preoccupation and lack of social graces. They ask their matriarch Doella to intervene and she agrees to take her Varan to meet her family. Doella of course knows what her daughter is struggling to achieve, and why, and why it is for her to find. The wondrous Black Ship, freed from time and space, takes them to Varan and Doella’s family. Here she sees why the Varan rejects her mother and family, The Varan race have followed similar inflexible patterns for many millennia. This is different from her home planet Astras, where no one sees one race as superior. Lucessa meets, the poet Ralse, someone at first glance so unlike her, for on Astras there is little time for art. They find love as she tells him why she must complete her dreams…