When your very existence is treason, employment opportunities are thin on the ground. But when one of the biggest crime lords in the city makes The Pan of Hamgee a job offer he can't refuse, it's hard to tell what the dumbest move is: accepting the offer or saying no to Big Merv. Neither will do much for The Pan's life expectancy.Small Beginnings is written in British English and is the first in a series, although it can be read as a stand alone story.Estimated...

A demon who runs story time at the local library. A robot that guards nuclear waste. A vampire who gives relationship advice. Death's personal lawyer. The Strange Garden and Other Weird Tales is a collection of stories that mix the mundane and bizarre, that both disturb and delight. From the creator of The Stench of Adventure comes a set of mystifying stories with an undercurrent warmth and heart.

He's returned to save the world. "The end is nigh!" according to the media, which is fascinated by the four cloaked figures riding out of the desert. A headline that's about as believable as the existence of dragons. Truth or hoax? Daphne isn't paying much attention because she's busy geeking out over the awesome relics that just came into her museum. She's giddy at the prospect of getting to see them up close, until she drops one. In her defense,...

From comedian Ginny Hogan, this laugh-out-loud collection of humor observations explores all the ups and downs of modern romance. Through hilarious, absurd-yet-relatable short stories, quizzes, over-think pieces, and more, Hogan details every stage of a modern relationship-from meeting on an app to becoming official, to breaking up or getting married, to being single. Find out how to successfully ignore any and all red flags. Take a quiz to see...

A Dark Fae trying to make things right.A human girl wondering how it all went so wrong.Don't trust the humans. It's a new sentiment among the fae. For most of his life, the few humans he's known have been like family. So how does their entire world want those like Gullie destroyed? The secret is out. Fae exist and the humans believe Magic threatens their way of life. The once-fringe cult that has spent years terrorizing the fae-and killing any humans...

She's a witch who carries a family curse, destined to never get her happily ever after. Felicia Patterson has come to terms with the fact that she'll never get to be with her one true love… whoever he happens to be. But when the sexiest vampire she's ever seen walks onto Witch Island, she can't help her fluttering heart.He's a vampire who's been burned before, destined to never love again. Christoph Parks has sworn off relationships. In the century...

When time travelers fail test after test to significantly alter the past, most financial backers abandon the Global Research Consortium leaving veteran traveler Marta Hamilton to administer a vastly scaled-down project. She must protect the past from a greedy future, fend off political meddling, and foil a murder plot originating in a parallel universe. She presides over a conspiracy to hide the truth of her best friend's death while coping with a...

it's all merry and bright, unless you're the janitor. Triana Moore doesn't hate Christmas, but tinsel tidying is terrible. When her bots stop vacuuming, Triana must find out why. Like Santa up a chimney, she zips to the upper levels of the space station to apprehend the culprit: a mystery man with a magnetic personality confusing the computers. He can't remember his own name, but he can access the most secure areas of the station with a smile, and...

In this technology filled world, it is easy for our kids to get lost in the video games, internet, and so on, such that they forget just how beautiful the world around them is. Does this sound like your little ones? Would you want them to change their perspective so that they can see that the world is full of so much richness and beauty? If this is so, Embrace This Storybook Which Will Resonate With Your Kids And Teach Them That There Is More To Life...

I GOT ENGAGED AND ENDED UP IN ANOTHER WORLD! An epic convention. An epic cosplay. An epic engagement. It was the best night of Kaito's life-until the ground opened up beneath him. Well, technically, a portal did. Either way, it sucked. Now, trapped in another world with rampaging monsters, he'll have to learn to survive. Fortunately, this world is conveniently similar to his favorite video game. And he's got monster hunting experts (?) Pix and Jaz...