Part Dr. Who, part Blade Runner, and part A Midsummer Night’s Dream, this genre-busting fantasy from the author of Incarceron asks: If you had the chance to change the past, would you do it? In book two of the critically acclaimed Obsidian Mirror series, New York Times bestselling author Catherine Fisher, called “the first lady of British fantasy” by the London Times, once again shows us that she is a master of world-building and surprising plot-twists. Jake, Sarah, and Oberon Venn continue their fight for control of the Obsidian Mirror, and whoever wins will either save a life, change the past, or rescue the future. But the Mirror has plans of its own.

Before Bobby Pendragon. Before Saint Dane. Before the war . . . Every territory of Halla has a Traveler. They lived for years--some even for decades--before learning of their true destiny. What was life like for Bobby Pendragon's fellow Travelers before they joined him in the fight to save every time and place that has ever existed? What led up to their becoming the guardians of Halla? The answers are here! In this first of three thrilling Pendragon prequels, read about Vo Spader's death-defying adventures in the underwater world of Cloral, Gunny Van Dyke's race to find a murderer in 1930's Manhattan on First Earth, and the tough challenges Kasha faced on Eelong well before Bobby Pendragon arrived . . .

"THEY THINK KING IS EVIL, BUT HE'S GOT NOTHING ON ME." -Mack MY NAME IS MACK. And if I play my cards right, I will soon be dead. Permanently. Not even my powerful twin brother will be able to resurrect me. A good thing. Because a man like me has no business living. Not when I have killed. Not when I have betrayed everyone I have ever cared for. Not when I know I'm destined to do it again. This is why I have come looking for her--the only one capable of ending me once and for all. But will she think I'm just another insane patient? Or will she believe the truth? I am thousands of years old, my heart too dark to be salvaged. And my name isn't really Mack. ~~~ MY NAME IS TEDDI, short for Theodora. My entire life has been a canvas of grays, whites, and black. I can't feel, I can't understand joy, I've never truly lived. Until now. His name is Mack, and though he believes he's cursed, my degree in psychology tells me otherwise. Besides, someone who's capable of bringing so much light into my life can't be anything but good. But I can save him. If he'll let me.

Boy has always been relegated to the outskirts of his small village. With a large hump on his back, a mysterious past, and a tendency to talk to animals, he is often mocked and abused by the other kids in his town. Until the arrival of a shadowy pilgrim named Secondus. Impressed with Boy’s climbing and jumping abilities, Secondus engages Boy as his servant, pulling him into an expedition across Europe to gather the seven precious relics of Saint Peter. Boy quickly realizes this journey is not an innocent one. They are stealing the relics, and gaining dangerous enemies in the process. But Boy is determined to see this pilgrimage through until the end—for what if St. Peter can make Boy’s hump go away? This compelling, action-packed tale is full of bravery and daring, stars a terrific cast of secondary characters, and features an unlikely multigenerational friendship at its heart. Memorable and haunting, Catherine Gilbert Murdock’s epic medieval adventure is just right for readers of Sara Pennypacker’s Pax, Adam Gidwitz’s The Inquisitor’s Tale, and Pam Muñoz Ryan’s Echo. Features a map and black-and-white art throughout.

Shadowmarch begins Tad Williams' first epic fantasy trilogy since his best-selling Memory, Sorrow and Thorn. Rich with detail and exotic culture, and filled with a cast of characters both diverse and three-dimensional, Shadowmarch is a true fantasy achievement, an epic of storytelling by a master of the genre.

Macaferty Jahn, one of the proud ferret-like tahvic, is a warrior on a mission. Fiercely proud despite his diminutive size, he nonetheless has to face incredible odds owing to far more than just a disparity in height. But as he fights against a band of brigands, a change arises: a change that impacts his life in a truly gigantic way.The Skylands are floating continents, islands in the sky, of a fantasy realm known as Talvali. It is a patchwork world into which pieces of other lands are taken. In this world, the proud ferret-like warrior, Macaferty Jahn, must deal with magic, battle, his allies, his enemies, and the frustrating nature of those not native to his beloved world.Jahn is a warrior on a mission. Fiercely proud despite his diminutive size, he nonetheless has to face incredible odds owing to far more than just a disparity in height. But as he fights against a band of brigands, a change arises: a change that impacts his life in a truly gigantic way.

When Differel Van Helsing married Victor Plunkett in the Dreamlands, it was between crises, so they never had a proper honeymoon. As such, when the opportunity arose for them to spend a week all alone on a deserted island, they jumped at it. Unfortunately, an old enemy has decided to crash the party. This is a short story.Differel Van Helsing had been married to Victor Plunkett in the Waking World for four years before he was killed by an assassin seeking to kill her. The loss devastated her, and she very nearly resigned as Director of the Caerleon Order as a result.Years later, when she learned how to sojourn to the Dreamlands each night, she discovered that he had been a Dreamer himself, and that after his death he had retired there to live out the rest of his Dream-life. By the time they were reunited, he had become a diplomatic troubleshooter for the Island Nation of Punica, and had been made the Marquis of Elissa. They discovered that their love for each other was just as strong as ever, and he proposed to her. At first she was not certain if she should remarry him because of the time they would be separated when she awakens each morning, but finally she yielded to her heart and said yes.They wed between crises, so they never had a proper honeymoon, but then an opportunity presented itself that allowed them to spend a week alone on a tiny deserted island. They jumped at it, and spent six days in connubial bliss, doing little beyond eating, sleeping, the occasional swim in the ocean, and making love.On the seventh and last day, however, an old enemy, bent on revenge, crashes their party. Taking them prisoner, he intends to sell them as toys for others' amusement: Victor to a wealthy matron, Differel to the Moonbeasts. In both cases, they are unlikely to survive for long with either their lives or sanity intact.Differel and Victor have no weapons or retainers to help them, but they are far from helpless.

When sixteen-year-old Kylie Daniels wakes one morning to the sound of her kid brother hysterically screaming, she soon discovers that her life as she knew it, had changed forever… Follow Kylie and her brother Mason as they discover that the veil that separated the human realm from that of the supernatural was compromised exposing them to shifters, slashers, demons and Valkyrie.You know those times when you've just had a fight with your mom and behind closed doors you say horrible things like I hate you or I wish you were dead? Well, it really happened. Mom is dead, gone forever they all are; every single person in our entire town disappeared overnight, like some freaking nightmare. I'm Kylie Daniels and my brother and I are the only ones left and now we have to figure out how to survive…When sixteen-year-old Kylie Daniels wakes one morning to the sound of her kid brother hysterically screaming, she soon discovers that her life as she knew it, had changed forever… Follow Kylie and her brother Mason as they discover that the veil that separated the human realm from that of the supernatural was compromised exposing them to shifters, slashers, demons and Valkyrie.

Cassy Mae thought she escaped danger of the Santos Francisco slums when she moved to her GrammyJo’s after her mother’s death, but an evil stalker haunts Cassy in the small mountain town in spite of GrammyJo’s protective magic.How do you escape a hunter of pure evil?Cassy Mae had been raised to hate and fear magic. But, when her mother dies, Cassy Mae finds herself living with grandmother in Docket’s Diggings, a small mountain town. The town seems like heaven, at first, in spite of her GrammyJo’s working powerful herbal juju.Docket’s Diggings quickly loses its charms with the arrival of the rich and mysterious Lydia Markhem and her niece Jamilla. The whole town sinks into a strange malaise that only Cassy Mae and GrammyJo seem immune to.. Cassy Mae quickly discovers she has more to worry about than finishing her senior year and GrammyJo’s magic. A demonic stalker, thirsting for Cassy Mae’s own magic, is hunting her. A magic Cassy Mae doesn’t believe she possesses. Will Cassy Mae have the strength and the power to resist pure evil?If you enjoy Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments Series or anything by Danielle Page, you will be captivated by M. K. Theodoratus’s World of Andor stories.Praise for M. K. Theodoratus and Noticing Jamilla, A Tale of Andor:“With a compelling and satisfying story arc, short fiction fans of this popular genre will certainly find Noticing Jamilla an intriguing tale, whilst being left to wonder if there is not a longer novel in the near future. It is recommended without reservation.” – BookViral (https://bookviral.com/noticing-jamilla/4583707659)“This was a great little story. I sure hope the author will write more stories like this to read in book length.” –Norma Van DorenM. K. Theodoratus has seven published works, with more on the way. She has always felt magic and fantasy were apart of her life. She specializes in captivating long-form of fantasy short stories.

This is my second book, "Twins". I will offer another book, "Revenge" shortly. "Twins" has all the characters of "Hold Me Not Through The Night", who are now more aware of the magic that surrounds them. As Tales of the Echo Forest evolve, the battles or paths to the battles become more magical.Twins will stretch the boundaries of the characters minds,it will also explore the beginning of Loanna.Beyond the Words is the second anthology published by Scripting Change, a community writing initiative that aims to make a positive social difference. All of the work required to bring together this anthology was volunteered. This year's project highlights the importance of literacy and will support the nonprofits Read for Literacy, in Ohio; Literacy Action, in Georgia; and Page Ahead, in Washington, all of which foster literacy in their communities. 100% of proceeds* from this (and every) Scripting Change book are donated!*Proceeds = (Cost of book) — (% taken by distributor)Editors: Anya Kagan and Kristyn F. BrunsonCover design by: Lynsay FlyntContributors: Faith Breisblatt, Kristyn F. Brunson, Kathy DeFlane, Aria Glazki, Aaron Jackson, Alison LeBlanc, Celena McDonnell, Austin D. Nichols, Margit Sage, Nada Adel Sobhi, Seker Solis, Dave M. Strom

When I was a little girl, Daddy told me never to fear the dark. “We exist because of the darkness,” he told me. “All of you are daughters of darkness.” Beloved bestselling author V.C. Andrews’s passion for vampires comes to spellbinding life in a long-awaited novel of dark desires as all-consuming—and forbidden—as in Flowers in the Attic. One night, with the sound of a young man’s scream, high school senior Lorelei discovers that her stern but loving father, who adopted Lorelei and her sisters as infants, is no ordinary man. He has raised his beautiful girls for one purpose: to lure young men into their world of shadows. Like her sisters, Lorelei has been trained in the art of seduction and warned never to fall in love. But when she meets a handsome and charming classmate, she boldly defies her family and follows her heart—even if love is a poison. . . .Dangerously enticing and deliriously intoxicating, V.C. Andrews’s Daughter of Darkness will leave readers thirsting for more.

In the tradition of Stephen King's 'Salem's Lot, Cirque Du Freak is the frightening saga of a young boy whose visit to a mysterious freak show leads him on a journey into a dark world of vampires. Filled with grotesque creatures, murderous vampires, and a petrifying ending, Cirque Du Freak will chill, thrill, and leave readers begging for more.

"We're not your best friend! We're not your little pets either!""The Truth about Faeries" brings the inside story of the faerie realm. Through six dark faerie tales, tied together with explanations by a fae narrator, we get a glimpse of the sometimes funny, often dark, and always fantastical, world of the fae.(Narration in Scots with English translations)Run, run, run as fast as you can—and that is exactly what Selene does when she discovers that the curse set on her family and emirate, destining them to eternal slumber, is solely her fault. But pasts are not so easily left behind.On Selene’s eighteenth birthday, her emirate falls to the enchantment and her jilted fiancé, the conniving Lord Gwydion drags her home. While Selene clashes with her fiancé, the ailing Queen of Ghalain summons the emirs to contest for the throne. Each emir has a claim, but the crown holds special meaning for Selene: as queen, she would have the leverage necessary to oblige the Pari to lift the curse.In Ghalain’s capital, Selene stumbles into the labyrinthine mire that is court intrigue. When political rivalries threaten to plunge the country into civil war, Selene must fight through magic and malice to emerge victorious. Her family’s fate swings in the balance.

Dusty is a teenage girl, as normal as any of her friends... the Dryads, Faeries, Nymphs, Angels, Cherubs and half-demons like her.She has a dark past, her mother was killed by a Demon and now she is protecting herself in case that Demon comes back for her.In the meantime Dusty travels from this world to the Astral Plane and her adventures are legendary... amongst her friends at least.The first of the Dusty the Demon HUnter short stories.Dusty is a teenage girl, as normal as any of her friends... the Dryads, Faeries, Nymphs, Angels, Cherubs and half-demons like her.She has a dark past, her mother was killed by a Demon and now she is protecting herself in case that Demon comes back for her.In the meantime Dusty travels from this world to the Astral Plane and her adventures are legendary... amongst her friends at least.

Emily Wren had two soul mates. Before she could meet either they were both killed. Is she doomed to always be alone? A race of super immortals, the Paragons and their Luminary companions, who live in the domain between reality and the tangible, must intervene. They have one duty, matching up soul mates to release magic into the world. But is there more at stake than the happiness of one human?Emily is an every-woman, still waiting to find Mr. Right and fall in love. But she’s unaware that a great tragedy has happened, killing her soul mate and the backup one-- two young men that she has never met. Does that mean she’s doomed to a life without true love?Her super immortal protector, a Paragon and his Luminary companion, work in the shadows and must do something unthinkable. They must retrofit a new soul mate for her. Change the make up of a human’s soul so that he’s her perfect complement in every way. It's their only option for insuring a soul mate match -- which releases much needed magic into the world. Magic that advances the causes of mankind.Reshaping the precious hallmarks and soul markers is a nasty painful business without guarantees. But they must try-- if the girl is to have any shot at real happiness. Emily Wren is focused on school and her budding career. Smart, confident, feisty and too modest to realize her own beauty, she’d never had a boyfriend. If her protector is successful that could all soon change. But life in the supernatural world, even the secret world of Paragons, is never quite that simple. Treachery from an unsuspected quarter threatens the super immortal’s plans. Even more baffling-- vampires, werewolves, witches, a shapeshifter and a psychic have suddenly developed a not so subtle interest in the love life of this woman. Will she meet her soul mate? Or is something else going on? Is there more at stake than the happiness of one special human?Read the newly revised and expanded edition of Luminary, for a truly unique perspective on soul mates and the role of coincidence in finding “the one.” Book 1 in the soul mate series by P.S. Meraux.