Mission Log 1-13Code Name: MasterpieceBy: Sam Pate and Allison RoseA new-age spy novel that embraces and dispels the tropes of traditional espionage, Mission Log 1-13 brings classic action to a contemporary audience. Examining the society and sentiments behind the foil of the secret agent, this story plays with and against the expectations of the genre to press forward a modern message of diversity through the action and adrenaline-filled world of spies.With...

Embark on a Whimsical Journey: The Empowered Flower Teaches Kids Big Feelings Can Bloom into Resilience!Step into the enchanting world of The Empowered Flower by Allison Rose-Marie Shaw, a heartwarming children's self-help book that transforms big emotions into a blossoming journey of resilience. In this captivating tale, a tiny flower faces the overwhelming challenge of a big storm. As the rain falls and winds howl, the delicate blossom mirrors the tempes...

Embark on a Whimsical Journey: The Empowered Flower Teaches Kids Big Feelings Can Bloom into Resilience!Step into the enchanting world of The Empowered Flower by Allison Rose-Marie Shaw, a heartwarming children's self-help book that transforms big emotions into a blossoming journey of resilience. In this captivating tale, a tiny flower faces the overwhelming challenge of a big storm. As the rain falls and winds howl, the delicate blossom mirrors the tempes...

Readers in Los Angeles are thirsty for stories that bring their city to life. This anthology features a diverse range of voices and genres. Like the City of Angels in which these stories were born, nothing is off-limits. Literary or contemporary, noir or ghost story, fabulism or science fiction, each story in this volume will forever change the way you look at this iconic metropolis.Made in L.A. Writers is a collaborative of Los Angeles-based authors dedicated to nurturing and prom...

While Made in LA Volume 1 was rooted in Los Angeles, this volume focuses on goals, dreams, and the distant horizon. Chasing the Elusive Dream explores the fantasies people carry with them to LA, as well as the dreams Angelenos dream while surrounded by this vast and evolving city.This anthology series showcases a diverse range of voices and genres. Like the City of Angels where these stories were born, nothing is off-limits. Literary or contemporary, fantasy or sc...

Made in L.A. Vol. 4: Beyond the Precipice shines a light on Angelenos who have gone past the point of no return.Everything looks different beyond the precipice. We cross the threshold and we’re changed irrevocably. What was familiar doesn’t stay that way. We hunger desperately for new experiences even as nostalgia consumes us. Both strange and delightful, the city is a phantom limb that points toward a deepening yet tenuous symbiosis; it could either susta...

Made in L.A. Vol. 3: Art of Transformation is a love letter to one of the greatest cities in the world, one that invites, or forces, its inhabitants to transform with it. Read this collection of short fiction set in Los Angeles.The stories and dreams we share with each other are ever-evolving. The ground shifts beneath our feet. We return to familiar corners and find ourselves out of place and time. Art of Transformation explores interior states of emotional drift and the ...

I’m Morgan Murray. You probably haven’t heard of me. With a raft of allergies and powers that won’t do more than charge a phone, I never lived up to my super family’s super expectations. It’s okay. I’m used to being overlooked.But there’s only so much disappointment one man can take, and finding out the cute guy on my blind date is a henchman for the city’s most notorious crime boss? That’s one letdown too many. This date is over before it even starts.Or is it?In th...

The final exciting instalment in the Miss Penny Dreadful series from acclaimed author Allison Rushby.Searching for a new story idea for her aunt’s famous penny dreadfuls, Penny and Aunt Harriet decide to follow up a newspaper article about a mysterious mermaid’s grotto. Hidden down a secret passageway on the banks of the River Thames, the only way to enter is through a tavern, aptly named The Mermaid’s Locks.In the glittering grotto, Penny and her aunt find...

The second book in a mystical and adventurous junior fiction series from acclaimed author Allison Rushby.From the moment Penny steps into her family’s Hyde Park Square townhouse, she can sense something dreadful has happened. This is confirmed when she discovers her parents’ laboratory in terrible disarray. Before she can find out any more, Penny is whisked away with her authoress aunt to Harewood Hall in the countryside, where a malicious maze is rumoured to be go...

Lena Scott is in a world of hurt. She's being forced to pay off her ex's debts to people who'd rather kill her than look at her . . . and are making demands she's desperate to avoid. But kidnapping and murder? Hell, no. When the threats turn deadly, Lena refuses to be a pawn any longer.Five years ago, U.S. Marshal Dane Ryan left his old life and went into witness protection alone to keep his family safe. Working for Task Force Phoenix under a new identity, it's his job to protect o...

Deputy Marshal Angel Larson has been set up and accused of murder. On the run, desperate to stay one step ahead of the law and the real killer, she turns to a former protectee in a small town—the man who's haunted her dreams . . . and fantasies . . . ever since.Former DEA agent Colton Williamson misses the action of his past life since entering witness protection as a high school math teacher. He also misses Angel, who refused to join him in his new life. Now it's Angel who's in tr...