A prophetess steals from the Boatman of the Dead to regain her powers. A god who has never known human emotion falls in love. Guilt, fear, passion and revenge.The river Styx separates the living from the underworld. To cross it, the dead must pay the ferryman. Some are lucky, sent on their way with coins for their passage placed on their eyelids by loved ones. Some arrive unprepared. For them, their coin is their story, the confession of who they were, how they lived, the regrets a...

From twisted goblins to murderous cuckoos, via cursed tattoos, lake monsters, and good old-fashioned psychopaths, this first collection from the much-loved FearBites blog has a shiver for everyone.With a quirky introduction and story notes in Marlowe's inimitable off-kilter style, these bite-sized horror tales are the perfect solution to bus-journey boredom and tea-break tedium. Say goodbye to banal bathroom visits!Settle in and enjoy!

Sometimes the cleanest surfaces hide the darkest regrets.There's something rotten in Ron's little world. It starts with a few blowflies and turns into a full-fledged infestation. But Ron's got bigger problems than bugs. Some things you can't get rid of with fly spray and bleach.

The vampire moths are a life-saving discovery for the butterfly sanctuary. Crowds pour in to watch them show off their ability to suck human blood, and researcher Matthias is fascinated by what he begins to discover about their life-cycle. Will the moths make his reputation as a world-class scientist? Or will his growing obsession with them lead to something deadlier?

Sometimes the cleanest surfaces hide the darkest secrets.There's something rotten in Ron's little world. It starts with a few blowflies and turns into a full-fledged infestation. But Ron's got bigger problems than bugs. Some things you can't get rid of with fly spray and bleach.

A prophetess steals from the Boatman of the Dead to regain her powers. A god who has never known human emotion falls in love. Guilt, fear, passion and revenge ripple through this collection of dark tales shrouded in a darker love story.The river Styx separates the living from the underworld. To cross it, the dead must pay the ferryman. Some are lucky, buried with coins on their eyelids to buy their passage. Some arrive unprepared. For them, their coin is their story; the confession...

The Obama administration is shaping up to be one of the most consequential in recent American history. In this book, a diverse group of presidential scholars step back from the partisan debate to consider the first two years of the Obama presidency through the lens of the U.S. constitution's theory, structure, and powers. They ask how Barack Obama understands and exercises the President's formal constitutional and informal powers and responsibilities of the president, from foreign policy a...

The more urban explorer Brayden Winchell learned about the mysterious Hyperion building that supposedly appeared in his native Chicago only once a year, the more he smelled a challenge... and a serious boost for his channel. He went in on Halloween night ready to debunk some myths and get some solid content. He was not prepared for what he found. Follow Brayden's journey through The Hyperion, as he goes floor to floor, reading eerie poetry on the walls along the way. Each floor, a resident...

Jem is turning eight years old. And there's just one thing he wants for his birthday: a prospecting trip with Strike-it-rich Sam. With his grown-up friend to watch out for him, Jem's parents say yes. It's off for two weeks in the mountains to find gold!But this trip isn't going as planned. There are more tall tales from Sam than there are deep pockets of gold ore. And the map to rich diggings they brought along doesn't have any treasure at the end of it. Striking it rich is a lot h...

Andi and Riley are together at last-but the adventures don't stop in their happily-ever-afterEveryone's favorite frontier heroine, Andi Carter, is back! Only she's Andrea Prescott now, and she and her husband, Riley, are starting their lives together.From their honeymoon in Yosemite--and the holdup that happens on their way--to the corners of their new home on Memory Creek ranch, just down the road from Circle C, Andi and Riley's first year of marriage is ful...

Andi and Riley are together at last--but the adventures don't stop in their happily-ever-afterEveryone's favorite frontier heroine, Andi Carter, is back! Only she's Andrea Prescott now, and she and her husband, Riley, are starting their lives together. And a new addition to the family joins the couple in Stranger in the Glade. How will they fare as new parents when old friends and enemies reenter their lives--and bring chaos along for the ride?Always...

Andrea Carter is no stranger to trouble, but her carefree ranch life is about to be turned upside down in ways she never could have imagined.Who is the half-dead man Andi and her friends find lying in the creek? Who are the travel-weary young woman and three unruly children who suddenly show up at the Circle C? Why has Andi's family been keeping such an important secret from her?Angry and hurt at being left out, Andi saddles Taffy and sets out to find some answers--answers sh...