Explore the seven deadly sins as told through modern situations. Each story follows unpleasant circumstances we've all been subjected to, either in person or by the recollection of another. Step into a relationship or a heated moment and ask yourself where you would have ended up. The answer might surprise you.Exalted covers these infamous sins from a different point of view. Domestic violence, gambling, and murder are just a few of the situations contained herein. The difference h...

On A Dark and Snowy Night...is how twenty-one short stories, by seventeen international contributors, begin.This simple prompt began a journey that culminated in this unique anthology with tales that run the gambit of humor, fear, happily-ever-afters, regrets, mystery, and joy.Curl up with your favorite beverage, a comfy blanket, and a warm fire, and prepare to enjoy tales that happened...On a Dark and Snowy Night...Zimbell House Publishing is committed to he...

Sunburnt Farmlands of the Midwest is a collection of short stories that walks a line between darkness and light. As a reader you will wade through depression, addiction and death in some stories, but you'll also be reminded of the love in stolen moments in others. The characters speak naturally and will appeal to almost any age as you navigate the pitfalls of mental health or enjoy a family dinner over the holidays. This book offers a definitive look at some of our most difficult to discus...

A Life With You details the small moments of life as lived with a partner. Running out of gas, going for a walk around the neighborhood or water fights in the kitchen, the little things are the glue that keep us together over the years and this collection of vignettes aims to rekindle some memories. Read it with a partner and discuss it together if you can, or use your imagination to paint the image of your perfect match. A Life With You is a reminder that our lives aren’t measured in mile...

From the world's #1 bestselling author: Can a little black dress help a New York magazine editor live out her wildest fantasies ... or will it be her downfall?Magazine editor Jane Avery spends her nights alone with Netflix and Oreos—until the Dress turns her loose. Suddenly she's surrendering to darkest desires, and New York City has become her erotic playground.BookShots—original, lightning-fast st...

**Since it was first published, American Gods became an instant classic.**Now discover the mystery and majesty of AmericanGods in this beautiful reissue of the Author'sPreferred Text edition. Featuring a new preface by Neil Gaiman in honor of the novel's 20th anniversary, this commemorative volume is a true celebrationof a modern masterpiece.Locked behind bars for three years, Shadow did his t...

"Gillian Flynn is the real deal, a sharp, acerbic, and compelling storyteller with a knack for the macabre." —Stephen KingThis exclusive ebook collection brings together the three novels from bestselling author Gillian Flynn. A #1 New York Times bestseller, Gone Girl is an unputdownable masterpiece about a marriage gone terribly, terribly wrong. The Chicago Tribune proclaimed that Flynn’s work “draws you in and keeps you reading with the force of a pure b...

"Gillian Flynn is the real deal, a sharp, acerbic, and compelling storyteller with a knack for the macabre." —Stephen KingThis collection, available exclusively as an ebook, brings together the first two novels of Gillian Flynn, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Gone Girl. In Sharp Objects, Flynn’s debut novel, a young journalist returns home to cover a dark assignment—and to face her own damaged family history. With its taut, crafted writing,

Now a new MTV series, from acclaimed director and executive producer Doug Liman (“Mr. and Mrs. Smith, “Swingers,” “Go,” “Bourne Identity”)Jason Strider is a twentysomething young man in the city, with an English degree from an Ivy League university, a very small apartment in the West Village, a vapid job as a receptionist at a casting agency—and no particular idea what to do with his life. On most evenings, Jason gets stoned and goes out, sometimes with his party-h...

Jennifer has always been a wallflower, so when Mike Palmer flatters her—and asks her out—she feels on top of the world. But Mike's a sports nut, and soon Jennifer feels like she's playing second fiddle to every sport televised. Her ultimatum has Mike reconsidering their relationship. But it's after they elope when Jennifer’s problems really begin and she discovers the man she thought she’d known may have ulterior motives for making her his bride.Tonya Thomas writes stories about is...

A collection of monologues for young adults from their teens to their twenties, organized by age group and gender. Monologues from this collection have been included in two other anthologies. This second edition includes revised versions of two monologues as well as three additional monologues.

An American Demon is Jack Grishams story of depravity and redemption terror and spiritual deliverance. While Grisham is best known as the raucous and provocative front man of the pioneer hardcore punk band TSOL (True Sounds of Liberty) his writing and true life experiences are physically and psychologically more complex unsettling and violent than those of Bret Easton Ellis and Chuck Palahniuk. Eloquently disregarding the prefabricated formulas of the drunk–to–sober bad–to–good tale this i...