20 stories of magic and technologyAlmost everyone carries a smartphone these days. They sit in pockets and on tables. They sleep on headboards and are the first things their owners check in the morning. They’ve edged out more mundane equipment like calendars and MP3 players.They aren’t magical, of course. Or are they?In Untethered: A Magic iPhone Anthology, 21 authors twist reality and call into question the mundanity we hold in our hands. ...

In the first tantalizing installment of Jeffe Kennedy's ravishing serial novel Master of the Opera, an innocent young woman is initiated into a sensual world of music, mystery, passion--and one man's private obsession. . .Fresh out of college, Christine Davis is thrilled to begin a summer internship at the prestigious Sante Fe Opera House. But on her first day, she discovers that her dream job has a dark side. Beneath the theater, a sprawling maze of passageways are rumored to be h...

**This story runs 25k words and originally appeared in the Fire & Frost anthology!*8The witches of the world ridiculed and rejected nerdy Veronica for trying to use her newfangled computer to enhance old world spellcasting. Well, it’s 1984 now, and Veronica has perfected her spellcasting computer program. And as usual, she’s all alone, with nobody to share her victory with. Probably for the best—the code is far too powerful and dangerous to let out. And hey, who needs friends when ...

You Want Me to Kill Who? (A Dandy Frost-Ninja Assassin Story) - Book OneI am a Petaloid.The lowest rung of the races, except for humans, the native species of the planet. Some say we're powerless but it really just takes us a while to find our power. Okay, a long while.Besides, as my mother always told me, "Petaloid means 'resembling the petals of a flower.' We're slow to blossom, but when we do, we're the most radiant plant in the forest."Te...

Deserted by her people at a kennel one dog longs to go home. Will someone choose her and take her to their home? Or is she meant to be alone with no human to call her own. This story is based on the life of a real dog but told by her.

Join Russ Crossley on a journey to five worlds of urban fantasy together in one collection. Tales where people turn into frogs, a woman travels to an alternate reality, in a fairytale world a newspaper reporter is accused of murder, a young wizard competes on a TV reality show, and in the far future the last vampire becomes the prey. Welcome to adventures into the weird and the wonderful.

Whenever youre at a party or any gathering of friends, family, and others, there will be a period when things get dull. This book is a wealth of information of simple games, which can be played on the spur of the moment anywhere and will give you the power to take any sagging gathering and turn it into a fun, memorable, game-playing experience, guaranteed.

Based on the popular blog of the same name, Get Out of There, Cat! is a hilarious book featuring humorous captions paired with 150 full-color photos of cats where they do not belong: hanging out in the dryer, sleeping in trees, taking bubble baths , eating Sun Chips, and more.

Love Poems to Rip Your Heart OutFind a love to die for with Edgar Award winner Ben H. Winters’s 30 haunting love poems. Accompanied by Adam F. Watkins’s beautifully horrifying illustrations, these eerie poems reveal that love is not always what it seems to be . . .

The Uneasy Beckon This book is a thriller! The book The Uneasy Beckon is a riveting, iron-clad story! It is a thriller / science fiction book that I have thought of myself. I would say its a thriller, completely fiction. The characters I have created are from my own mind. The book is about chance, friendship and everything that comes with friendship, action, and adventure. It has a story line, a beginning, a middle, and an end. The story is structured around a group of people overcoming a ...

24 Extremely Short Halloween Stories for your Briefest MomentsFrom a Hillary Clinton stripper to mythical beast-women in the harsh Scandinavian tundra and from an unusual band of steadfast teddy bears to the last man in zombie-occupied Chicago, fill your briefest moments with pulse-pounding frights and off-beat chuckles with this collection of 24 flash fiction stories.Commuting to work? Grabbing a quick coffee? Each story tells a complete t...

A boy named Alesdor discovers a penguin is his garden. A penguin! How is that possible? After Alesdor gives Zeppi the penguin his name and a home, the two become best friends and their adventures begin. - Book 8 - Zeppi is invited to spend his first vacation in Castle Mountains. He smuggles his best friend into the train so she can be part of all the fun, too.