A boy learns of his dragon past; a girl has known hers for years. They combine their faith, courage, and love to overcome an evil slayer who seeks to bring an end to dragon heritage, forever. The kids at school call Billy "Dragon Breath" for good reason. His breath is bad! It isn't the normal, morning-mouth bad; it's the hot-as-fire, "don't-you-dare-get-near-me" bad. Trouble erupts when his hot breath sets off the fire sprinklers in the boys' restroom in school, and his parents learn that they've kept their secret for too long. Billy finally discovers the secret. His father was once a dragon! Now that's a piece of news a guy doesn't deal with every day! Billy feels betrayed, alien, lost. When the dragon slayer traps him on a cold mountaintop in West Virginia, Billy learns to battle with weapons of steel and spirit while relying on a power he doesn't understand, a power that helps him learn to trust again. Bonnie, an orphan, tries to find a home, someone to love her, even though she feels like a freak because of a body feature that she calls a deformity. But this unusual feature becomes a life-saving attribute as she discovers that her love for others and her faith in a creator hold the answers she's looking for.

HONEYMOON IN VEGAS? Already the alpha pair of Denver's werewolf pack, Kitty and Ben now plan to tie the knot human-style by eloping to Vegas. Kitty is looking forward to sipping fru-fru drinks by the pool and doing her popular radio show on live TV, but her hotel is stocked with werewolf-hating bounty hunters. Elsewhere on the Strip an old-school magician might be wielding the real thing; the vampire community is harboring a dark secret; and the irresistible star of a suspicious animal act is determined to seduce Kitty. Sin City has never been so wild, and this werewolf has never had to fight harder to save not only her wedding, but her very life.

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Bernard Edward Joseph Capes was an English author. Capes was a prolific Victorian author, publishing more than forty volumes - romances, mysteries, poetry, history - together with many articles for the magazines of the day. His early writing career was as a journalist, later becoming editor of a paper called The Theatre, which was well known in late nineteenth century London. Other magazines for which Capes wrote included Blackwood's, Butterfly, Cassell's, Cornhill Magazine, Hutton's Magazine, Illustrated London News, Lippincott's, Macmillan's Magazine, Literature, New Witness, Pall Mall Magazine, Pearson's Magazine, The Idler, The New Weekly, and The Queen. Capes wrote numerous ghost stories, which were later rediscovered by anthologist Hugh Lamb in the 1970s.

"You'll have to light the gas, Sairah!" said an Artist in a fog, one morning in Chelsea. For although summer was on the horizon, it was cold and damp; and, as we all know, till fires come to an end, London is not fogless—if, indeed, it ever is so. This was a very black fog, of the sort that is sure to go off presently, because it is only due to atmospheric conditions. Meanwhile, it was just as well to light the gas, and not go on pretending you could see and putting your eyes out. This Artist, after putting his eyes out, called out, from a dark corner in his Studio, to something in a dark corner outside. And that something shuffled into the room and scratched something else several times at intervals on something gritty. It was Sairah, evidently, and Sairah appeared impatient.

After sequestering herself to the tiny island of St. Simons, Georgia, Adelaide's plan to 'get normal' goes awry after a crackpot astrologist predicts she’ll meet with death. Now ghosts are appearing and Adelaide Graves is forced to admit that she has unwittingly acquired another gift.To Adelaide Graves, being empathic isn’t a gift, it’s a curse. Nothing could be worse than the barrage of emotions that are constantly seeping in, that is, until she starts seeing ghosts. Such gifts don’t go unnoticed by Reed Wallace, the island’s richest celebrity, who is quick to use his own gift to strong-arm Adelaide. Luckily, she’s half-immune to his unnatural charm, though not to his blackmail. Now his scheming has got her neck-deep in a dangerous race, desperate to find a demon diary, the key to unlocking another realm.

Book Two, following on from ‘A Twist of Eternity’. A character from Minervar’s past arrives unannounced with a surprise. An innocent opportunity that sparks both hers and her half daughter Nar’Allia’s imaginations. Alas, grasping this chance turns their world upside down.Time has moved on since the events that led to the recovery of the ancient father’s great machine. The machine has restored equilibrium to the world and once again there is a time of peace. Minervar and Iolrreas are living with their people in the great wood, the forest of Gel’Te’Ertenya that covers much of the western half of the continent of Dahl’Ambronis.Iolrreas’s first born daughter Nar’Allia is no longer a child and no longer living in the north and enduring the squalor of Tent Town. She has come of age and is perhaps struggling a little with what it means to be a young woman in her society. Amongst all this she is busy trying to decide what to do with her life.Minervar has not heard anything from her traveling companions of old, the friends she made and lost during the time of the first book - ‘A Twist of Eternity’.The elder races however remain disparate and few. Separated long ago by a war raged by a warring race keen on domination, a race that in their arrogance didn’t foresee that their greatest enemy would turn out to be themselves. For the war mongering ognods have never recovered from their civil war.Of the other races the dwarves stay hidden, for the most part ignoring that which goes on around them, they stay in their halls below the mountains. The keepers remain as secretive as ever. The gnomes continue to struggle with internal strife, mourning the past and the decisions they were forced to make. As for the elves, they out of all the races seem happy with their lot for the most part, yet they still harbor a dark legacy, an impending doom that hangs over them. The T’Iea’Neat’Thegoran, the dark elves, they have gone to ground, hidden somewhere in the world or maybe without, their plans foiled for the time being, but waiting for their next opportunity to strike out. But then there are the humans, the race of men, they continue to struggle with their own past, an old fear borne from great mistakes that continues to haunt them. Old hints of a forgotten past surface occasionally reminding them of their mortality and past weakness.Suddenly a character from Minervar’s past arrives at the door unannounced with a surprising offer, an innocent opportunity that sparks both hers and her half daughter Nar’Allia’s imaginations. Little do they know that grasping this chance will turn both their worlds upside down. An unexpected disaster will befall them and their family. This single event thrusts Nar’Allia way out of her comfort zone. The resulting turmoil has her making discoveries of breath-taking substance that lead her to undertake deeds of epic proportions. Once again old adversaries are pitched against each other, with more than a few ‘twists’ along the way.

Pariah is the only true outcast in an army of fururistic super clones. This is the story where she becomes a part of a team, battles an enemy that consumes and destroys everything in its path, and discovers what it really means to stand by your family and never give up. Get ready for an adventure that will take you to a whole new world.It is the hottest day in the summer of 1965 in Jackson, Mississippi. The March on Washington and the words of Martin Luther King JR ring loud and clear in the town, yet crowds have congregated around the town square with only hatred on their minds.They are determined to remove a 12 year old black boy who sits at the foot of the town monument, a stone sculpture he is determined to paint. A sculpture began by his father who perished at the hands of the KKK weeks earlier.In this short story, on this hot, sweltering afternoon, hatred and prejudice will attempt to deny the love of a son to honour the memory of his father, but this 12 year old has only one purpose. To remain there and finish the work. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

Things have changed for Atticus Higginbottom. After the near catastrophe in the Fourth Reality, Tick’s being homeschooled in the fields of science, trying to master the mysterious Chi’karda. But just as he begins to make progress, Mistress Jane reappears, now hideously scarred and much more powerful. She has tapped into the universe’s darkest secret to create the Blade of Shattered Hope, and in her quest to attain a Utopian Reality for the future of mankind, she’s ready to risk billions of lives—including those of Tick’s parents and sisters—to set her plan in motion. Her vengeance knows no bounds and when rumors begin to circulate about the secret scientific experiments taking place at the Factory, Tick and his friends—Sato, Sofia, and Paul—are faced with their most dangerous task yet. And they must not fail; for if they do, the entire universe could cease to exist.

Desperately Seeking Excitement... With a temporary prohibition on magic on the land of the Fae, Claire Thorne might as well go back to the Regency world. The haut ton has just as many annoying rules as her world, but at least they have parties and dances. Plus, the roguish Lord Phineas "Finn" Trimble is there... When the feisty faerie tumbles into his room through a magical portal, Finn can't believe how completely unpredictable she is. Even before the two stumble into a dangerous intrigue that threatens both their worlds, Finn discovers that his hitherto carefree life is about to go up in smoke... Praise for A Lady and Her Magic: "A dash of Jane Austen and a sprinkle of faery dust make this book a treasure."—Kathryne Kennedy, author of The Elven Lord series "Charming and filled with the magic of love and faith...Falkner's tale whisks readers into a realm of enchantment."—RT Book Reviews, 4 Stars "Marvelous magical mayhem."—Midwest Book Review "Absolutely enchanting...a delicious Regency fairy tale beautifully written."—Romance Junkies

The Yeerks are not the only invaders of Earth. Meet the new enemy: the Helmacrons. Cassie finds their miniature spaceship and donates it to a toy drive. Big mistake. The Helmacrons are tiny, but they're far from helpless. They have the technology to shrink other creatures to their size. And until they get their spaceship back, they're taking hostages. The Animorphs must find a way to send these pests back into space -- before it's too late.

Dormun is a wizard--a very poor one. When he's enslaved in the jungle, he's able to do little more than entertain the other workers with moving illusions. But with his friends succumbing to sickness and exhaustion, he must find a way to free them before the jungle claims them all.The word swapping now-a-days means exchange of spouses among the friends. Traditional people look this phenomenon as degradation of social and moral value. But in this story, I am not going to say anything on exchanging of spouses among friends. I am going to tell you a story where swapping of souls between two individuals having diametrically opposite feelings for each other. Ultimately whose feelings prevails to be seen!

I was driving my car one day, when I see a small town in the distance. I drive for about 10 miles. I finally get into this small town. I look everywhere. I can’t seem to see anyone around. Oh well, I figure, I’m hungry since it’s supper time now. I roll down my window since it’s a hot summer night.I see a burger joint around the corner. I turn on that corner and I head towards the drive thru. I start to pull up to the microphone so they can take my order. I get up to the microphone and I order some hamburgers and fries and some chicken nuggets.The guy, I hear at the microphone, he tells me to pull up to the drive thru window. I slowly pull up to the drive thru window and look at that window. The window is so big someone can fit through it. I turn off my car, thinking it will be awhile. I see there are no customers in the restaurant part of the place. I start to feel weird. Just that quick, a guy grabs me out of my car and pulls me through the drive thru window. I scream and struggle, but to no use. He sets me down on a chair, inside this restaurant.He says, “I need you to save my planet. You were meant to be here. This small town doesn’t really exist.” I look at him like; he has just grown two heads. I say, “Did you have to grab me like that; you scared the crap out of me. You’re lucky, I didn’t bring a long my baseball bat. I would have hit you.”

On the verge of a war between Elendor and the dreaded Sha, a young, newly appointed, queen is transported into our modern world in an attempt to save her life; but now she must find her way back to her realm before her mortal enemies destroy everything she loves.Elendor, currently ruled by a newly appointed queen named Nadia, is under attack by their mortal enemies. Dravion, leader of dreaded Sha, will stop at nothing to take control of Nadia's entire kingdom but before he has the chance to kill her an unforeseen circumstance occurs.

Finn has escaped Incarceron, but Keiro and Attia are still Inside. Outside, things are not at all what Finn expected - and both Finn's and Claudia's very lives hang on Finn convincing the Court that he is the lost prince. Back Inside, Keiro and Attia are on the hunt for Sapphique's glove, which legend says he used to escape. In order to find it, they must battle the prison itself. Incarceron has built itself a body and it wants to go Outside - just like Sapphique, the only prisoner Incarceron ever loved. "High-intensity, mind-bending . . . Fisher further explores themes of reality, illusion, and freedom without losing her intensely original world-building and authentic characters." - "Booklist," starred review "Even as the steadily ratcheting certainty of impending catastrophe keeps the pages turning, the sheer richness of the evocative descriptions demands that every sentence be savored. . . . For those who can appreciate the interplaying reflections of lies, myths and memory, a modern masterpiece." - "Kirkus Reviews," starred review