Love is in the air. And the stone. And the Wi-Fi. And in the blood.Passions ignite in this anthology, as sixteen genre authors come together to deliver stories of unique, if unconventional romance.Even immortals can succumb to unhealthy infatuation, as seen in ‘Cursed.’In ‘Escape’, we see that falling back into love can be easier, and harder, than we think.Love can take root in the darkest places, in ‘How’s the food here?’Can an unhappy fairy-tale en...

Life is Change.Children become adults. Summer becomes Winter. The old pass from life to death. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.But to some, life is purgatory. A place of temporary suffering between this world and the next.In these eleven stories, every painful, frightening transition is driven by a single element.That element is Purgatorium.

"An edge-of-your-seat tale of suspense paired with a heart-stopping romance . . . Love blooms amid the gritty realism of Sidney Bell's harrowing plot." —Sarina Bowen, USA Today–bestselling authorReleased after five years in the system for assault, streetwise Edgar-Allen Church is ready to leave the past behind and finally look to his future. In need of a place to crash, he's leaning on Miller Quinn. A patient, solidly masculine pillar of strength and suppor...

To the world, Best Lightburn is a talented writer rising up the masthead at international style magazine James, girlfriend of a gorgeous up-and-coming actor, and friend to New York City’s fabulous. Then there’s the other Best, the one who has chosen to recast herself as an only child rather than confront the truth.Ten years ago, on Christmas Eve, Best and her two older brothers took a shortcut over a frozen lake. When the ice cracked, all three went in. Only Best came out....

Whether or not you believe in fate, or luck, or love at first sight, every romance has to start somewhere. Meet Cute is an anthology of original short stories featuring tales of “how they first met” from some of today’s most popular YA authors.Readers will experience Nina LaCour’s beautifully written piece about two Bay Area girls meeting via a cranky customer service Tweet, Sara Shepard’s glossy tale about a magazine intern and a young rock star, Nicola Yoon’s imaginative take on ...

This Fourth Omnibus edition of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned is loaded with seventeen sharp, suspenseful, thought provoking short stories - from thirteen of today’s top speculative fiction writers.Tales from the Canyons of the Damned (canyonsofthedamned.com) is a dark science fiction, horror, & slipstream magazine we've been working on since 2015. What is Dark Science Fiction and Horror? Think of it as a literary Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, or Outer Limits, it's Netflix's ...

Daphne and Jack meet on a Greyhound bus heading north from California. The year is 1976 and Daphne is a pregnant teenager. Jack is a guy in search of a future. For these two lost souls, this is a ride that will change their lives and begin a dynasty. This is a prequel to the Take a Chance series about the eleven kids Jack and Daphne will collect over the years and the paths each member of this very untraditional family, will take as they, in turn, fall in love.

Welcome to Red Heights. A town with a killer reputation… Seriously.Monsters. Homicidal maniacs. A killer sock monkey that never stops laughing. A whole gang of nightmares await your arrival with bloody, open arms.With LESSONS V: THE TERRIBLE TOWN AND OTHER MORBID DRABBLES, you'll find forty short tales, each only a hundred words long. Some will make you giggle. Others might make you want to sleep with the lights on.Either way, your stay at Red Heights will be a memo...

The September/October 2017 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine.Featuring new fiction by N.K. Jemisin, Fran Wilde, C. S. E. Cooney, Catherynne M. Valente, Vina Jie-Min Prasad, and Delia Sherman, reprinted fiction by Malinda Lo, essays by Sophie Aldred, Cecilia Tan, Sarah Kuhn, Sam J. Miller and Jean Rice, and Sabrina Vourvoulias, poetry by Jo Walton, Brandon O'Brien, Ali Trotta, and Gwynne Garfinkle, interviews with C. S. E. Cooney and Delia Sherman by Julia Rios, ...

Waiting in line for a roller coaster is not the most torturous part of this adventure. When the ride breaks down, one man discovers the sinister secret waiting at the end of the ride. Can he convince the other riders to get out of harm's way? Can he get out of the amusement park in time to notify the authorities of the death ride?

All Rebecca Kyle wanted was to go to a party with her best friend and boyfriend and have some fun. But that one night changed everything and put her life in more danger she could have ever imagined. But Rebecca is not the type of girl who goes down without a fight.

Mike escaped from Barb's torment with a well-aimed bullet to his brain. But life doesn't end at death, and Mike's now stuck in Hell with the exact person who was out to get him all along. 'Not a happy camper' is an understatement.This is the third short story in the DEAD(ish) Allsorts series. Timeline-wise, it follows DEAD (and hellbent).Warning: Contains copious foul language. Not suitable for children.