A young man with his future planned enjoys a summer day at the lake with his fiance-to-be.... Until a sinister carnival comes to town and changes everything.Kimberly Jordan never meant to hurt anyone.But once a DNA test reveals her longtime boyfriend, Damien, is her half-brother, plus she finds out she’s pregnant, she will go to any length to hide her horrible secret. Unfortunately for Kent Davenport, he’s the perfect fall guy for her plan, having recently revealed his love for her. But unfortunately for Kimberly, dirty little secrets always come out.A Tangled Web is the first book in the Dangerous Secrets series—a series of unrelated stories involving interracial romances with one other thing in common: one or more of the main characters has a secret so big, it threatens to derail, or even destroy, their most important relationships, their personal character, or their entire lives.The secrets are ‘dirty.’ Scandalous. Taboo.Secrets anyone would be wise to remain tight-lipped on.But in these tales, one way or another, that horrible secret gets out.Let the fallout begin.

One must be careful when choosing a partner for an evening of harmless infidelity. Especially when one is a king who rules over a vast kingdom and is locked in a sham marriage with a queen who wants him dead.If caution is not heeded, a king in such a situation might find himself assassinated. But he also might have his fondest desire fulfilled.A beautiful young dancer’s performance at the royal banquet has pleased her king. To show his gratitude, he offers her the fruits of his kingdom. She may have anything.Anything her heart desires.The King cannot refuse when the dancer asks for a night in his bed. Though it is the first time he will betray his marriage, he feels no guilt for he knows the Queen is, at that very moment, in the arms of another.But this tryst is not as it seems, for the Queen and her lover lust only for the reins of the kingdom. That night, they have set in motion a plan to murder their ruler and steal his throne.The King learns of this plot, but far too late to stop it. The assassination might succeed, but for the actions of a surprising ally, his new bed mate.The beautiful dancer, too, is not as she seems. She alone holds the power to save her king from the traitors, and to restore his kingdom to him. She will do this by presenting him an offer of her own. He may have anything.Anything his heart desires.Originally written as a single chapter in the Wither the Waking World novel The Death You Deserve, Betrayal is a glimpse into the origins of the cursed land of Illengaard, known as the Kingdom of Teardrops.

Wren Noble is dead—she was born that way. Vibrant, unlike other dead things, she craves those rare moments when her twin sister allows her to step inside her body and experience the world of the living. Lark Noble is alive but often feels she belongs in the muted Shadow Lands—the realm of the dead. Known as the crazy girl who talks to her dead sister, she doesn’t exactly fit in with the living, though a recent suicide attempt and time in a psych ward have proved to her she’s not ready to join her sister in the afterlife. Now the guy who saved Lark’s life needs her to repay the favor. He and his friends have been marked for death by the malevolent spirit of a vicious and long-dead serial killer, and the twins—who should know better than to mess with the dead—may be their only hope of staying alive.

For young Gabriel, the walking dead are merely the memories that haunt the eyes of those old enough and lucky enough to have survived. He is more concerned with his hard life in America's desert, where his chores keep him busy and the husks of books stashed beneath the cellar of the library are his only freedom.Until the circus comes to town.Twenty years ago, the dead destroyed the world of the living. The survivors scattered in the wake of the Scourge, erecting small towns in the worlds' most sparsely populated areas.For young Gabriel, the walking dead are merely the memories that haunt the eyes of those old enough and lucky enough to have survived. He is more concerned with his hard life in America's desert, where his chores keep him busy and the husks of books stashed beneath the cellar of the library are his only freedom.Until the circus comes to town."Circus of the Dead" is a novelette of approximately 10,748 words."Finally, a zombie story for the thinking man! This story reads as much like literary fiction as it does horror. The zombie scourge seems to exist if only to symbolize man's great desires to keep weapons of impending doom close at hand and the zealotry needed to set them free. Blackburn creates atmosphere so real you'll need to swish the dust from your teeth when you're done! A welcomed change in a genre that seems done to death." -- Stefan Bourque, author of "My Name Is Joe" & "Juggler"

After failing to commit suicide Gabriel heads out in search of death. Instead of death he finds the king of lies himself, Apollyon. Using sang real, Apollyon traps Gabriel immortally in a religious war. The grail reveals the sins and dark secrets surrounding Gabriel and his hometown. But why did Apollyon choose Gabriel to be his saint, in the war with the heavens and earth?Martin West is a new believer looking forward to his new life in Christ, but he’s having a hard time convincing the people from his past that he’s changed. His parents still don’t trust him, and his friends think he’s pretending. He wants to prove himself, but it seems like all his efforts backfire. Martin tries to help his best friend Max, who’s struggling with a powerful addiction, but none of his words come out quite right. Martin truly wants his family and friends to hear what he’s trying to say. Is anybody listening?

A targeted individual, with a special purpose, discovers the horrors of psychotronic terrorism, cloning, and white slavery in the southern United States, where slave traders wield ties to law enforcement over the population.A targeted individual, with a special purpose, discovers the horrors of psychotronic terrorism, cloning, and white slavery in the southern United States, where the slave traders wield ties to law enforcement over the population. Another targeted individual is taken under mind control and forced into white slavery. A junior level member of a human trafficking cartel, who has stalked both of them, obtains access to victims of human trafficking for obeying orders.Victims of the psychotronic systems face synthetic telepathy, seizures, electromagnetic shocks, and automation control under a veneer government with an underground white slavery culture.This Illuminati horror novel is not for the squeamish.

Four kids search for treasure in an evil house.Selected Short Stories Featuring Analog Memory collects fifteen of Nicolas Wilson's earlier short stories. These stories are dark, brooding, and entirely too intimate.Analog Memory contains:Uncanny Valley: A man forced to be a luddite in a robotic world, by medical necessity, ponders whether his new fling is human.Censlus: A census worker is murdered while doing his job.Seed: An old woman meets a familiar face in an unfamiliar setting.Faith Emmanuel: After a carjacking, a student finds himself financially at the mercy of a corrupt medical system.Family Business: A marital fight ensues after a husband involves his kids in a life of crime.Brickmouth: A buried vampire awakens.Laborious Love: A robotic engineer builds the perfect girlfriend, and the perfect relationship.Jesus Loves Me (Just Not That Way): A man wrestles with his sexuality.Unlucky At Math: An intellectual ruminates on his relationship.Fighting Mad: A soldier considers the toll that the military takes on Muslim soldiers.Cowgirl Up: A memorial for a stubborn woman's fight with cancer, and love of smoking.The Courage of Our Convictions: An old soldier examines the leavings of genocide.Medicine: A friend falls back into addiction.The Cost of Being Me: Some ruminations on the possibility of heaven, while dying.Randomly Accessed Memory: A head injury causes a man to lose his memory, throwing his life into chaos as he regresses to his last known lifestyles.Analog Memory: A former CIA operative has his memory reset in an unorthodox way, and deals with the glitches of the new technology.

The new thrilling installment of John Connolly's popular Charlie Parker series. Charlie Parker aids the police when a buried, semi-mummified body of a woman is discovered. She apparently died of childbirth. Parker has to find out who she was and what happened to the child.

I must be brave. I must do what has to be done. I am Alice. Alice is the most powerful witch the county has ever seen. She may one day be the most evil. But Alice is also the best friend -and true love- of Tom Ward. Together they work to defeat the Fiend -the world's greatest evil- once and for all. They have nearly everything they need, all except a blade hidden in the Dark, the Fiend's domain. So Alice ventures there to find it. She faces the most terrifying creatures in existence. And she once again battles old enemies who bear grudges: Bony Lizzie, Bloodeye, and more. And there's something Tom didn't tell her. To vanquish the Fiend, Tom must sacrifice the person he loves most. Alice is hunting for the very blade that will eventually kill her.

Esther's House - A true story of the paranormal.Childrens fears, scary relatives, and ghostly family histories...4600 words.Elderly sisters complain of paranormal goings-on in their small bungalow. Is the place haunted, or is it their fevered imaginations. Decide for yourself...Now re-formatted to look better on your e-reader.

Don't read this if you want to feel better. You'll be worse off when you're done than before you started. You might not even have the stomach for it. Go do some laundry instead. Or check Facebook.Don't read this if you want to feel better. You'll be worse off when you're done than before you started. You might not even have the stomach for it. How about you go do some laundry instead. Or check Facebook.

Jeff takes a walk on Christmas day to celebrate life, but something lies in wait within the tangled snow covered trees, something that will changes a variety of lives view of Christmas forever. Based on a true storyExploring the concepts of love, acceptance, and finding comfort, this LGBT collection features three short stories: Walled In, The End of Vacation, and Dragons Don’t Have Mustaches. Walled In: A naïve gay man helps his partner build a brick wall and realizes, upon its completion, they forgot to add a door. This story takes place in an alternate universe. The End of Vacation: A young adult, American tourist meets a charming Frenchman on his way to the top of the Eiffel Tower. Dragons Don’t Have Mustaches: An ignorant family struggles to understand the transgendered, youngest child.

Lauren Myracle brings her keen understanding of teen dynamics to a hypnotic horror story of twisted friendship. When Bliss’s hippie parents leave the commune and dump her at the home of her aloof grandmother in a tiny Atlanta neighborhood, it’s like being set down on an alien planet. The only guide naïve Bliss has to her new environment is what she’s seen on The Andy Griffith Show. But Mayberry is poor preparation for Crestview Academy, an elite school where the tensions of the present and the dark secrets of the past threaten to simmer into violence. Openhearted, naïve Bliss is happy to be friends with anyone. That’s not the way it has ever worked at Crestview, and soon Bliss is at the center of a struggle for power between three girls—two living and one long dead.

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Take a short journey through a broken mind. A labyrinth of talking animals and vengeful appliances. A terror filled trip through tombstones, spiders and dark funeral homes. Enjoy your ride dear reader"The world was given the greatest gift, and that's what started Christmas."Jack Frost is about to lose everything. After attempting to again destroy Christmas, the Holiday that he hates more than anything, he is threatened with losing his job, and his Immortality. But, he is given one last chance at redemption. That last chance lands Jack in the North Pole the week before Christmas, in order to help Santa Claus prepare for his busiest night of the year. There, Jack is tasked with the job of "Tour Guide", in order to show Santa's granddaughter, Clara, the sights of the Pole. As Christmas draws nearer, and Jack's time begins to run out, he finds himself becoming fond of Clara, who attempts to show him the real meaning of Christmas, all while shocking him with her unique view of the world. But, the past proves hard to reconcile, and soon, Jack hatches one last plan to destroy Christmas, a plan involving Clara, which may prove fatal not only for the Pole, but for her, as well -- unless Clara can melt his icy heart in time. The first book in the fan-favorite series, the Snowflake Triplet, Clara Claus is a fantastical adventure that reminds us of the importance of hope, and the real meaning of Christmas.And look for other books in the Snowflake Triplet series: The Christmas Wish, a Clara Claus tie-inSugar Plum Dreams, book 1.5Christmas in July, a Clara Snow tie-in Clara Snow, book 2