“As I get older and learn more of what sort of person I am, and continue sojourning to the rich soil of the Shire and the high tower of Minas Tirith, I discover that many of my notions of what is good and right and noble in this world have their source in that one.”—from the authorThe Lord of the Rings offers us essential lessons in living. Here we discover ordinary virtues like generosity, pity, hospitality and rest. We meet extraordinary people like Bilbo, Gandolf, Tom Bombadil a...

Holy Shit is a literary journal published by The Mottled Speck. Our goal is to elicit an eponymous reaction from our readers. Contributors to our third issue include Jay Vera Summer, E.J. Schoenborn, David Drury, and Kate Shapiro.

Two eagles awake to a rumble of thunder, or rather, a helicopter that hovers overhead. While mama eagle flees, papa defends their eggs but is eaten, or rather, captured, by the insectile monster, leaving mama to raise three eaglets by herself.Mary feels a similar loss and stress, but abandonment is a different kind of monster. To worsen matters, her teenage daughter, Lissy, is surlier than most eaglets, so when Mary’s father, Ed, dislocates a hip, the idea of sending Lissy to assis...

Two eagles awake to a rumble of thunder, or rather, a helicopter that hovers overhead. While mama eagle flees, papa defends their eggs but is eaten, or rather, captured, by the insectile monster, leaving mama to raise three eaglets by herself.Mary feels a similar loss and stress, but abandonment is a different kind of monster. To worsen matters, her teenage daughter, Lissy, is surlier than most eaglets, so when Mary’s father, Ed, dislocates a hip, the idea of sending Lissy to assis...

Holy Shit is a literary journal published by The Mottled Speck. Our goal is to elicit an eponymous reaction from our readers. Contributors to our first issue include Owen Egerton, Angela Doll Carson, and Liz Boltz Ranfeld.

Holy Shit is a literary journal published by The Mottled Speck. Our goal is to elicit an eponymous reaction from our readers. Contributors to our second issue include Joshua Gage, Janette Schafer, and Zoltán Komor.

In this digital original novella from the world of Erin Hunter’s #1 nationally bestselling Warriors series, discover the untold story of SkyClan’s departure from the forest—long before the events of Warriors #1: Into the Wild.Cloudstar, leader of SkyClan, has watched over his Clanmates at the edge of the forest for many long seasons. But Twolegs are encroaching on SkyClan's land and SkyClan is in danger of being driven away. Cloudstar is forced to turn to the other Clans f...

What would happen to a fairy if she lost her wings and could no longer fly? Flory, a young night fairy no taller than an acorn and still becoming accustomed to her wings wings as beautiful as those of a luna moth is about to find out. What she discovers is that the world is very big and very dangerous. But Flory is fierce and willing to do whatever it takes to survive. If that means telling others what to do like Skuggle, a squirrel ruled by his stomach so be it. Not every creature, howeve...

"A dark, thoroughly modern fairy tale crackling with wit and magical mayhem." —Leigh Bardugo, New York Times –bestselling authorVassa in the Night is a powerful and haunting modern retelling of the Russian folktale "Vassilissa the Beautiful" for teen fans of urban fantasy, fairy tales, magic, and horror who enjoy books by Leigh Bardugo, Kendare Blake, Catherynne Valente, and V. E. Schwab...

Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey.Poor lost Kitten. He doesn't have a name or a home to call his own. All he wants is to find a warm and cosy place where someone will love him. Will anyone help this little kitten?

Catori has all the odds stacked against her: a loner with mismatched eyes who hates school and just about everybody who goes there. Her ability to see things nobody else does makes her an oddball at school. She accidentally boards the wrong bus to school one morning and is transported to a strange parallel world. There’s no way back for her; the bus she boarded doesn't do return trips and she has to figure out her own way back. She discovers that the evil forces over-running this parallel ...

Reader beware--you choose the scare! GIVE YOURSELF GOOSEBUMPS!Rats! You're too old for a baby-sitter. But your mom hired one anyway. And that’s the good news. The bad news is the baby-sitter works for a company called KidScare.So what do you do? If you like to play games, meet Dare. He knows some killer games -- but if you lose, you'll never go home again. Forget about playing nice!Or maybe you’d rather go to the Fun Zone. Look out! Will you drown in the Bottomless Ball Pit? Will y...