Meet Frank - a personal robot who's life is about to change forever when he meets another robot named Shelley. As their relationship grows, and outside forces conspire against them, how far will they go to stay together? From the bestselling author of Zero Hour.

Procrastination isn't a time management problem-it's an emotional avoidance system, and the longer you treatthe symptom instead of the source, the more elaborate your defenses become. Ambrose Rourke's insightfulbook explores the psychological mechanisms that turn simple tasks into sources of dread, and why yourproductivity tools keep failing you.When a task triggers avoidance, it stops being about deadlines and becomes about the discomfort you'reunwi...

Enter the dark, strange, and brilliantly satirical world of Ambrose Bierce. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce brings together the distinctive fiction, satire, essays, and poetry of one of America's most uncompromising literary voices. Known for his dark humor, sharp wit, psychological insight, and fascination with death and the supernatural, Bierce created stories that remain both unsettling and thought-provoking. His writing frequently explores the darker sides of war, violence, ambit...

"Dictionary, n: A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic. This dictionary, however, is a most useful work."Bierce's groundbreaking Devil's Dictionary had a complex publication history. Started in the mid-1800s as an irregular column in Californian newspapers under various titles, he gradually refined the new-at-the-time idea of an irreverent set of glossary-like definitions. The final name, as we see it titled in t...

Daphne Mercer has built her career on studying the edges of society-urban folklore, riverfront rituals, and the myths people tell after dark. But in Louisville's supernatural underbelly, the monsters aren't just stories. And the most dangerous man she meets isn't in her field notes.Elias Crowe is a street-magician with flexible morals, a talent for curses, and a desperate need to pay his rent. When Daphne's academic curiosity collides with his latest retrie...

“Grim, dark, inventive, with a twist even I didn’t see coming.” - Hugh Howey, author of Wool."Pitch-perfect post-apocalyptic fiction." - Bibliophile Book Club.Pursued by a relentless foe, and trapped in a failing robot body, a soldier forms an unlikely alliance with a rogue AI and faces a deadly race against time across a barren wasteland to save what remains of humanity.They are our last chanc...

Veteran heroes, a secret map, a legendary lost tomb!Former special ops intelligence officer Grant Casey races the Chinese government to Genghis Khan's tomb before they destroy it forever.They used to be part of an elite group known only as the Unit—until the brass decided to ignore their intel, and they followed Lieutenant Grant Casey into a firestorm to save a museum, and the people trapped inside. The aftermath leaves Grant and his wingman in the hospital...

Fans of Black Mirror and Love, Death & Robots will love this darkly comic tale. Nokyo, a downtrodden, mischievous and slightly psychotic office robot hatches a scheme to escape from the drudgery of office life with deadly consequences, setting in motion a chilling cycle of events.Soon to be a major motion picture!

Some waters run deeper than science can measure.Wren Grant has built her life on facts, river ecosystems, data sets, the steady logic of the natural world. But when her research on the Ohio River draws her into Louisville's hidden occult economy, the rules she lives by begin to crumble. The source of the disruption? Matteo Drayke, a river-wise wizard with salt in his blood, charm in his smile, and a moral compass that spins wherever survival points.

This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, Nook, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including eReaders, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display. TABLE OF CONTENTS:The Ways of GhostsPresent at a Hanging A Cold Greeting A Wireless Message An Arrest ...

Tessa Sterling has built her reputation on dissecting desire-she's Louisville's sharpest literary critic, and she treats her own life like the novels she loves: full of transgression, drama, and just enough chaos to keep things interesting.Then she meets Jonah Hale.Soft-spoken, impossibly genteel, and secretly drowning in debt, Jonah is nothing like the men Tessa usually collects. He's a warlock from an old magical family, using his...

"Dictionary, n: A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic. This dictionary, however, is a most useful work."Bierce's groundbreaking Devil's Dictionary had a complex publication history. Started in the mid-1800s as an irregular column in Californian newspapers under various titles, he gradually refined the new-at-the-time idea of an irreverent set of glossary-like definitions. The final name, as we see it titled in t...