The zombie apocalypse sucks, sure, but high school wasn’t much better. You gotta wonder how having the brains to ace tests helps you out when a slobbering zombie is on your tail, wanting to eat said brains. Moving to the woods cut down on such occurrences, but it can’t last forever. And when all the dumb zombies eat all the dumb humans, what will be left?Brains is a short story that will only take a few minutes to read.

Chad has a secret. They’ve been best friends for a while now, but if the hesitation in Chad’s voice is any indication, that could all be over. Trying to figure out what’s wrong may drive him crazy, but soon they will meet, and Chad’s secret will be revealed.This book also has a secret. See if you can figure out what’s unusual about the story before you get to the end.Chad is a short story about awkward friendships with some unusual twists.

Brandon notices them at his grandpa’s funeral first: a pair of men in sunglasses who nobody seems to know. They’re not family, they're not friends, they’re just … there. No big deal, until they show up again at the next funeral. Drawn into a world of funeral selfies and burial crashers, Brandon needs to know what these strangers want from the dead.Only problem is, nobody gives a crap except him, and his school frowns upon skipping classes to watch people get buried. His sanity can’...

When Ford wakes up to find his favorite arm missing, he knows he doesn’t have long before years of progress slip through his fingers.Can he get it back? On one hand, the grumpy cop leading the investigation doesn’t believe Ford had a third arm in the first place. On the other hand, his young partner has a good grasp on the latest technology. All they need to gain the upper hand is to point out who would want to steal Ford's God damn arm in the first place.Give Me Ba...

The more things change, the more they want to kill you.Stan Lightfoot’s mother has been kidnapped by a werewolf. To save her, he returns to his home town—the same place that drove him away after clawing his heart into bite-sized pieces.He discovers that when you’ve been away from home, it’s not the same when you return. That change isn’t for the better when the small-town charm is covering up deadly secrets, natural and not. It also doesn’t help that a myst...

Mira’s twin sister disappears. Taken to another world, possibly murdered.With no other choice, Mira must act.She can’t let her own failure at magic block the search for Amanda.A coming of age fantasy set in a darkly magical world. Buy the book today and begin the journey to the land of the Black Opal. This enchanting series is now complete with Book 3.The Jeweled Worlds, Book 1

A short story from the world of Department 19.In 1891, Abraham Van Helsing and a group of friends faced Dracula, the world’s first vampire – and won. The survivors of that battle founded Department 19, and have been secretly saving the world ever since. A highly classified archive exists recording every act of bravery in that time.That archive is now open. These are the Department 19 files.Secret Department 19 headquarters, present day.Larissa Kinley is a fu...

An all-new short story from the blood-pounding world of Department 19.In 1816, in the brutal wilderness of north America, a man with no history and no name is tied to a stake, his strange grey-green skin hidden beneath layers of warm clothing, as he and his captors wait out a night that seems to have no end.Danger is everywhere in this remote corner of the world. Bears and wolves roam the dark forest, and the cold can kill a man in his sleep. But there is something far wors...

When the zombie apocalypse hits and the dead begin to rise, Jonah and his friends are on a class field trip downtown. Panicked, they make a split-second decision to seek shelter in the Overlook, an apartment complex built like a fortress on the edge of town. But as they begin to face the realities of what it will take to survive, they realize that while making the decision of where to run was easy, living out the consequences of that decision may be impossible. From Carrie Ryan, the Ne...

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When war strikes in the apocalyptic future, a teen will rise (probably after lunch).One thousand years have passed since nuclear war wiped out civilization in the northern hemisphere. Out of the ruins of a devastated civilization rises a new breed of people - those with the power to control magnetism: Teslas.Sebastian, a young orphan boy from a quiet rural town, is being hunted by strange part-machine, part-human people. His only hope is Melanie, an angry, ...

"... a rollicking tale of discovery." —KirkusThe only way out of Undermountain is to go farther from home than anyone has ever gone.Sixteen-year-olds Danny and Breyona embark on a hiking excursion in the Canadian Rockies with four other friends. On day six—deep in the backcountry—they fall prey to strange creatures they call “shriekers.” To survive, they must flee deeper into the mountains.What they find is a hidden city, and the legendary beings wh...