Dive into the epic saga of 'The Stone Man,' a unit engineered for a single, unyielding purpose: to maintain a perfect 18°C. This captivating narrative spans millions of years, tracing the silent endurance of a technological marvel encased in basalt. From ancient civilizations to the far future, witness how 'Systemic Stupidity' becomes its ultimate shield, allowing it to defy entropy, outlive humanity, and become a geological constant. A profound meditation on permanence, purpose, and the u...

The spiders in the house already have names, habits, grudges, and backstories. The Coyote considers this normal.Ethel sings in the kitchen. Reggie maintains standards in the bathroom. Dolores runs security from the bookshelves. Hank hoards treasure on the porch. Esme predicts trouble from the ceiling. Together, they keep the house inhabited.Then a tiny spider named Midge arrives.What follows is not horror. It is expansion. Population growth. Administration. Territor...

In the early 1950's, the old mining town of Park City, Utah was dying. Silver mines closed, miners fled, saloons, shops, and houses of pleasure shuttered, but one constant remained -- evil prowled in the darkness of back alleys, brutally ripping apart its unsuspecting victims with razor sharp teeth and claws. While authorities searched for a rabid canine predator, newspaper reporters Jamie Lamb and Beverly Aaron connected the slayings to something far more sinister and widespread. A sociop...

Movie star 101: A smile hides all pain.Quellcrist King has been playing a part his entire life. The more famous he becomes, the more he hides. The only person he ever let see the real him rose with him from nothing to the very top.They were the king and queen of Hollywood—and then she wanted a divorce. The only way to survive his depression is to bury himself in work. If he can be a character, maybe he won't have to remember himself. A gay role can't be any...

My soul mate is my natural enemy.Or close enough. He's a vampire and I'm a wolf. Our kinds are at war. A centuries-old blood war.I can't stay away from him. I hate him, but I want him. Our love is a standoff. For every inch I take, he pushes a mile.The world is against us. But I'm so tired of fighting the ties between us.For every wolf that dies at the hands of a vampire, I feel more guilty. Yet I go to him over and over and we use each othe...

Movie star 102: The headlines are never what they seem.Quellcrist wasn't new to fame or the effect it had on a relationship. He'd been married in the spotlight for as long as he'd been famous. But that was before Hale. He knew it was going to test him but even he hadn't known the toll that months apart would take on his fledgling relationship.Long days of shooting, different time zones, calls every day dwindled to days without calls, and rumors were all ove...

Alister FoxThe pretty boy. The loner. Old Hollywood.I had all kinds of names as the least-known member of the most famous band in the world. Behind all the hype and masks, I'm just a Pretty Wreck. No one knows the disaster I am, my secrets hidden behind style and a smile.I've been running for as long as I can remember, but I can't get away from the gilded cage of fame. I don't know how much longer I'll be able to keep it together.I'm forced ...

A riveting lyrical constellation centered on the Battle of Passchendaele in Flanders Fields and tibetan protective magicIn the foreword to her book-length poem, Salient, Elizabeth Gray writes, “This work began by juxtaposing two obsessions of mine that took root in the late 1960s: the Battle of Passchendaele, fought by the British Army in Flanders in late 1917, and the chöd ritual, the core ‘severance’ practice of a lineage founded by Machik Lapdrön, the g...

The last thing Daniel, a hard-working public defender, expected to see the morning after a one night stand was his hook-up staring back at him from the wrong side of the law. Assigned to work his case, Daniel vows to keep things professional with Rafael but has a hard time controlling his craving for dominance, the control, and the connection they shared. Rafael, a paid Dominant in the Chicago underworld, has been dealing with a cop problem for far too long. Used to sex with no emotion, he...

Burdens Beneath the HymnsIn the deep South, where pews creak beneath Sunday best and voices rise in polished harmony, fifteen-year-old Donovan "Van" Shelton struggles to keep his own voice from breaking under the weight of expectation.At church, he's the pastor's friend, the quiet boy in the back row expected to nod, smile, and fit neatly into the role his family and community have chosen for him. On the field, he's pushed toward grit and glory, his father ...

A ravishing new translation of Iran’s trailblazing, feminist poet in an indispensable collectionIn the years since her tragic death in a car accident at age thirty-two in 1967, Forough Farrokhzad has become a poet as iconic and influential as Lorca or Akhmatova, celebrated as a pioneer of modernist Iranian literature and as a leading figure of contemporary world literature. Farrokhzad, as Elizabeth Gray writes in the preface, “remains a beacon to artists, especiall...

A YEAR TO THE DAY since my dad, Lance Ravier, died. Somehow, it felt like just yesterday. The shock of it was still so raw. That night changed my life, and everything, forever. I saw them. Two strangers from another world. One with glowing yellow eyes. The other with vampire fangs. The one with fangs claimed to be a king. But he was a young king, at best. The King of Paragon. He broke the news to me. My dad wasn’t from Earth. Instead, he was from a world filled with magic: Muraine. His oth...