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It's Friday night, date night, in the quiet little town of Woodvale. For Suzie Palmer, this means hanging out at the All-Night Diner and maybe cruising up to Make-Out Point with her sweetheart. Little does she know there's something on it's way to Woodvale. Something cruel and insidious. Something… out of this world…

Oz Porter, a prepper and former Marine sniper, has led his people into the Appalachians, where they create a refuge, a place they name Endurance. Building log cabins for shelter, trapping and hunting in the forest for food, they manage to scrape enough to live a meagre existence. But how will they combat the new enemy? When people lose everything, who will keep them safe?

Onyx makes a wish in the Silver Springs magic spring: She wants more love in her life. Stone Hill High, this year, will offer a modern rendition of a timeless classic: A Christmas Carol. She is cast for the main role of a female Scrooge. Title of the play: Her Bah Humbug, which is very fitting since our Onyx despises Christmas with all her heart.

In a thick forest sits a forgotten stone building, The Redwood Asylum. Once inside, the criminally insane, the darkly disturbed, and the eternally confused residents learn one thing very quickly: They are at the mercy of ruthless evil in many forms. At 26, Jessica Rosen starts a new job at Redwood in the hopes of forgetting an insidious past. She quickly realizes, however, that Redwood harbors malevolent secrets and beings in every chilly corner.

Rog Phillips' Rat in the Skull and Other SF Classics is a giant helping of classic Golden Age science fiction. The main ingredient is Phillips' science fiction masterpiece Rat in the Skull (unavailable for nearly 50 years). What the magazine editors said then about this controversial Hugo nominee novelette remains true today: "Some people will be shocked by this story. Others will be deeply moved. Everyone who reads it will be talking about it. Read the first four pages: then put it down if you can."

When we get to this stage in our lives, the majority of us were brought up to go to college, graduate, find a career, and that’s it. For the most part, we achieved our high school diploma, GED, or college degree. What about the adult responsibilities and challenges that you weren’t taught in school? I know it is frustrating to learn these skills on your own. This book includes personal stories from my combined 15 years of playing football and college experience.

Lucas looked up at the water-stained ceiling and sighed. It was time to get moving. It was time to follow through with his task. Psychopathic serial killer Lucas Bruesh lives in squalor with his college girlfriend, Suzy, because it suits his needs. But Suzy’s weakness for drugs and deviant sexual escapades are starting to grate on him. He has other, more important things to do.

The nightmare comes true. Murder hornets have reached US soil, and the first to experience their deadly wrath is the small Texas town of Sweet. With the body count mounting and time of the essence, it’s up to disgraced entomologist Jason Barker and overzealous Sheriff John Sumners to save the town from an agonizing death, no matter the cost.

There are thousands of stories in Central City. Here are just a few of them from the mind of Adam C Mitchell, three hardboiled noir novellas and a gripping short, all following private eyes, detectives and crooks all set against the backdrop of the 1940's....

The line between bravery and stupidity is so thin often people don't realize they have crossed the line until it is too late, and they are dead. Dan Lee, A master scuba diver, twice decorated with the distinguished medal of valor for those who have engaged in specific acts of bravery. Takes you on a journey. Beyond the gates of life and death where you begin to realize why it is so important to live a good life. Full of adventure in the service of your people.

Lynia has always dreamed of being a Conclave Mage. To become one, she goes on jobs using constructs that she summons with magical keys. Her sister, Lynessa just wants to live a normal life. But that’s impossible when Lynia drags Lynessa on jobs that grow more dangerous and deadly. While helping her sister, Lynessa finds herself oddly attracted to the latest warrior construct Lynia bought. There’s one problem: he’s not real. Constructs are beings of magic, not flesh.

Policewoman Peggy Ellen has secret - by night, she's a caped vigilante, known as The Queen of Spades. Her city is crippled with crime, thanks to the notorious gang, The House of Games. When police Lieutenant Jack Malone, who's also Peggy's lover, gets too close to uncovering the truth behind this band of criminals, it's up to The Queen of Spades to rescue him. Can she save him in time, or will her rescue plans fold like a house of cards?

After tragedy leaves Lynia devastated, she feels more alone than ever before. She and her sister, Lynessa, face an uncertain future, but at least Lynessa has her boyfriend, Ithon, to cling to. Yet he faces his own sorrow. As Lynessa and Ithon prepare to bind themselves together in love during this uncertain time, Lynia finds herself trapped—bound to a deal that she made.