In this bittersweet story of youth, lust, and life, Sonny Dennison catches the allure of Lela, a local temptress. Idolizing a local Don Juan named Dion, Sonny pursues Lela until she seduces him. Under the guidance of his cynical friend, Alfie, Sonny prepares for the loss of his virginity.Following an hilarious attempt at a first sexual encounter, Sonny and Lela have a brief affair, until she rejects him for an old friend. Cast adrift, Sonny painfully feels the lack of fulfillment i...

Carly Barnett’s lifelong dream was to be a journalist— tracking down leads, interviewing important people, making a difference.A job offer at Portland’s Oregonian Times seemed like an ideal place to start, until she learned exactly what she’d be doing. Writing an advice column for lonely hearts wasn’t quite what she’d envisioned, but it was a beginning. Mark Holbrook did nothing to disguise his disdain for the new staff reporter—if you could call Carly’s column “re...

**Truman Capote’s first novel is a story of almost supernatural intensity and inventiveness, an audacious foray into the mind of a sensitive boy as he seeks out the grown-up enigmas of love and death in the ghostly landscape of the deep South.“Intense, brilliant . . . . Capote has an astonishing command . . . a magic all his own.” —The Atlantic**At the age of twelve, Joel Knox is summoned to meet the father who abandoned him at birth. But when Joel arrives at the d...

After doing a 5-year bid, all ex-drug dealer Breeze wants is a normal life with the love of his life and his children. Determined to stay on a straight and narrow path, he follows all the rules of his probation, and even works a full-time job as a janitor. But when the pressure becomes too much to handle, he reverts back to what he knows best. With everything under control, he's the happiest man alive—that is, until he realizes his happiness was achieved at the cost of another man's losses...

The editors at www.fantasticstoriesoftheimagination.com present thirty-two wonderful tales of fantasy in this completely revised second edition text. More than seven hundred and fifty pages for your reading pleasure. Escape today! 'Immortal' by Shariann Lewitt; 'The Thing in the Attic' by James Blish; 'To Serve A Prince' by B.W. Clough; 'Red Nails' by Robert E. Howard; 'Your Name Is Eve' by Michael M. Jones; 'The Knights of Arthur' by Frederik Pohl; 'Go Through' by Alma Alexander; 'Piper i...

Joe wakes up in a barley field with no clothes, no memories, and no idea how he got there. Before he knows it, he's off on the last great journey of his life. With his soul guide Baker and a charge to have courage from a mysterious, alluring, and somehow familiar Stranger, Joe sets off through a fantastical changing landscape to confront his past.The quest is not without challenges. Joe's past is not always an easy thing to relive, but if he wants to find peace—and reunite with the...

High-ranking intelligence officer Jeremy "J.T." Wainwright tried to stop her from gaining entry into Penwyck's royal family's palace, but feisty reporter Jade Erickson wasn't the type to take no for an answer. Especially not when the man trying to stop her was her very own ex-husband! Once inside the regal residence, Jade and J.T.found themselves trapped together in a service elevator. With tensions mounting and the air thick with growing desire, their once-hot flame was rekindled....

THE CAMERONS OF COLORADOCUPID, COLORADOThis is ranch country, cowboy country a land of high mountains and swift, cold rivers, of deer, elk and bear. The first Cameron came to Colorado more than a hundred years ago, and Camerons have owned and worked the Straight Arrow Ranch ever since.It was a Cameron conspiracy plain and simple! Maggie's extended and very opinionated family urged her to move in with Chase Britton....

**Finalist for the National Book Award for PoetryWinner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection“[Smith's] poems are enriched to the point of volatility, but they pay out, often, in sudden joy.”—**The New YorkerAward-winning poet Danez Smith is a groundbreaking force, celebrated for deft lyrics, urgent subjects, and performative power. Don’t Call Us Dead opens with a heartrending sequence that imagines an afterlife for black men sho...

When the spark in his relationship fizzles, Dominic thinks he's doing the right thing by breaking it off with his lover, Brody, but he never expected his good boy to go so horribly bad. Consumed with guilt, Dom confronts Brody about his self-destructive behavior, only to find himself second-guessing his decision to leave him, and now Dom will have to sort out his feelings for Brody before fate ties his hands.A Bittersweet Dreams title: It's an unfortunate truth: lo...

STEPHAN EARLE OF BULLONGNE. 1135. An. Reg. 1. Stephan earle of Bullongne, the sonne of Stephan erle of Blois, by his wife Adela, daughter to William Conquerour, came ouer with all speed after the death of his vncle, and tooke vpon him the gouernement of the realme of England, partlie through confidence which he had in the puissance and strength of his brother Theobald earle of Blois, and partlie by the aid of his brother Henrie bishop of Winchester and abbat of Glastenburie, although that ...

After a year of teaching rotten students and dealing with an even more rotten boyfriend in Chicago, Maggie Witkowski wants to enjoy her inheritanceher grandparents lakeside cabin in northern Wisconsin, the idyllic summer retreat of her childhood. As she begins cleaning the neglected cabin, Maggie has no idea that the past is about to catch up with the present in a way she never could have imagined.With most of the cabins heirlooms sold by her mother, Maggie is left with nothing but...