Ever lived in a place where what was supposed to happen always happened, no one got sick, and the population always stayed the same? Welcome to Perfect Place, where there are no surprises, until one day when Perfect Place wasn’t perfect anymore. How can that be? See if you can figure it out!

A man with three different names ties together the stars of professional wrestling, country music, and the New York Mets.John Arezzi was a lifelong Mets fan who dreamed of a job in baseball. In 1981, he took a job with the Mets Class A team in North Carolina. But Arezzi had another love: professional wrestling. He ran a fan club for the villainous “Classy” Freddie Blassie as a teenager, then progressed to wrestling photographer, and finally even stepped into the ri...

John Arezzi was a lifelong Mets fan who dreamed of a job in baseball. In 1981, he took a job with the Mets Class A team in North Carolina. But Arezzi had another love: professional wrestling. He ran a fan club for the villainous "Classy" Freddie Blassie as a teenager, then progressed to wrestling photographer, and finally even stepped into the ring himself as John Anthony. Eventually he escaped to pursue a new life in altogether different world: country music. After adopting a new name, Jo...

It's love against revenge in the highly anticipated conclusion of Lisa Suzanne's #1 bestselling rock star romance series.One decision was all it took for Ethan Fuller's life to be flipped upside down and for Maci Dane's twenty-year plan to fall off the rails.Ethan tells Maci about the invisible thread that links two people destined to be together. The road isn't always smooth, but eventually the two people holding the thread will find their way to each other.

The Power to Break: I had a plan. I landed the opening gig for a huge rock band with the sole purpose of getting the drummer to fall in love with me.I wanted to break his heart the way he once broke mine. The one thing I didn't account for? Feelings getting in the way. If I choose my heart, I won't reach my goals. And if I carry out the plan, I'll walk away with a broken heart.Life has a funny way of making our decisions, and now I have the power. ...

The May 2012 issue of the Hugo Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine, Clarkesworld. This issue features the following original stories: "Prayer" by Robert Reed, "Synch Me, Kiss Me, Drop" by Suzanne Church and "All the Things the Moon is Not" by Alexander Lumans. Non-fiction includes an interview with Michael J. Sullivan, an article on the fairy tale in the TV age by Alethea Kontis, and an Another Word column by Elizabeth Bear.

Junior Library Guild SelectionIn this sequel to Taking Hold: My Journey into Blindness, Sally is blind, except for a sliver of sight from her left eye. Now on her own in the city, she is desperate to maintain her independence, despite the fears that assail her as she confronts new obstacles. With the help of friends, she adjusts to her new job at the training program where she had been a student. But when Sally loses the last of her sight, she has to begin...

Sally Hobart Alexander is a writer of considerable talent and resourcefulness. Taking Hold: My Journey Into Blindness is her powerful autobiography of tragic illness and spiritual triumph. At 24, Sally Hobart was a schoolteacher, engaged to be married, and living a happy, active life in southern California. Waking up one morning, she discovered that a gray cloud had descended upon everything around her. A trip to the opthamologist's office revealed that she was suffering from a retinal hem...

An engaging account of today’s contemporary art world that features original articles by leading international art historians, critics, curators, and artists, introducing varied perspectives on the most important debates and discussions happening around the world.Features a collection of all-new essays, organized around fourteen specific themes, chosen to reflect the latest debates in contemporary art since 1989Each topic is prefaced by an introduction on current di...

Bestselling author Lisa Suzanne's newest rock star romance sets love against revenge.As the bad boy drummer for the multi-platinum band Vail, Ethan Fuller thinks he's invincible. He acts on impulse and has committed to the stereotypes of the rock star life with no regard for consequences. The one girl who had the power to tame him is just a distant memory.Now that she has landed the opening gig on Vail's next tour, Maci Dane is on the path to everything she...

Change is needed now. For too long, stories of Black Women, where English is not their first language, and Women of Colour in Public Services have been silenced, distorted, and ignored. Driving Systemic Change and Empowerment for Women of Colour in Public Services: The Burden of One presents a powerful, multi-voiced, faith-filled narrative that reclaims space and presence.The personal journeys reveal the invisible labour, silent tears, self-efficacy, and relentless determi...

Harlan Ellison, Richard Christian Matheson, Connie Willis, and many more contribute to a compelling psychological exploration of the many shades of love.World Fantasy Award–Winning EditorAn incubus disguised as a high school girl puts a disturbing spin on the teacher/student fantasy. An engineer creates a robot with unexpected consequences during the end of the world. A man becomes the pet of alien invaders. From stories of aliens in other ...