Novedades

When Beatrix Brighton—a New Hampshire professor with expertise in demonology—receives a desperate call from her father about a fungal plague consuming his home, she expects to find another easily explained phenomenon. Instead, she discovers a city in the grip of something inexplicable: toxic spores blanket every surface, buildings sprout through with yellow growths, and the residents are slowly changing, their minds colonized by something that lurks in the bayou's depths.

Embark on a poignant journey through love, loss, and liberation in this captivating gay short story. In a daring escape from his family's rural estate, a young man flees to the bustling metropolis in search of love and acceptance. Now, decades later, he returns to confront his aging relatives, whose fear of the unknown mirrors society's evolving attitudes toward sexuality. Amidst their apprehension, a curious nephew emerges, hungry for the untold tales of passion, longing, and resilience. Delve into the complexities of identity and survival in a world where the shadows of HIV and AIDS have ...

Recipe? Two parts evil, one part dark, fill the rest with fear. Add a dash of sarcasm and serve it with a beer! A collection of horror stories from the author of Demon and Other Inconveniences. Not a cook book.

When I was nineteen, I was still a virgin. I’d kissed and rolled around some, but I’d never found anyone I felt connected to enough to go beyond a certain point. Or rather, at a certain point when a guy wanted to go father, it began to feel uncomfortable to me. I wanted more than just an experience, I wanted magic. I was just finishing up my shift at the diner, exhausted from my long hours on my feet. As I was wiping down the counter, the bell on the door jingled, signaling a new customer.

Ocean Ray is a country girl at heart but has no choice but to embrace the city life after losing her father. Moving to New York to live with her auntie was her mother’s best option for herself and her children until her mother passed away from cancer. Now that Ocean has learned the city, she is making new friends. Not being used to befriending people outside of her race, she will soon learn that a person’s color doesn’t determine their values. Even after several traumatizing experiences, Ocean finds herself falling for the one person who will never understand her struggle in life but ...

For as long as she could remember, Ocean Ray has had her fair share of traumatizing experiences. Growing up in Bainbridge, one of the more countries towns in Georgia, racism was still prevalent. It was 2005 and people of color were still separated from those without it. After the country life takes a toll on her family, they have no choice but to relocate to the Big Apple where diversity is celebrated throughout New York City, but never did Ocean think she would meet the man of her dreams there. Bainbridge taught her to respect her melanin and ask questions later, but true love has no color...

Existen hermandades ocultas, en Valparaíso, que posen conocimientos blasfemos. Perdidas entre cerros y callejuelas que se caen, hombre y mujeres se reúnen a adorar a un antiguo y arcano dios del Placer... Con una atmósfera original, y con la técnica de autores como Lovecraft y Ligotti, el cuento te sumergirá en el borde que separa o une la realidad con la locura. Relato de Horror Cósmico, ambientado en Valparaíso. #horrorcosmico #lovecraft #reydeamarilo #valparaiso

Previously published as Knotty's: A Cut Above by Kennedy, K. Lyn Gary has never met a drag queen he didn't like. But when one his colorful friends is found dead, fingers point his way. But Gary didn't kill him. He loved the old queen. When his friend was in drag, he was as sassy as they come. But he also had a soft side. He came from money, lots of it. When his will is read and his family learns that he left it all to Gary, tempers flare. Threats are made. An ex-wife or two is thrown into the mix. And let's include a vengeful ex-companion of the male persuasion. Rumors abound, and since ...

What if you killed someone? He might have been a cold-blooded killer, but that still doesn’t mean it wouldn’t affect your feelings about taking a life. And what about your feelings when you go off to war? Or when you are a hunted man, an inmate of a brutal prison system, or the object of a female sexual predator. These and four other stories explore the theme of rage in various situations, including the featured story, Rebecca’s Rage. Rebecca’s husband, Steven, was everything she wanted in a husband: drop-dead handsome, smart, successful, and ever-faithful. Yet she always seemed so ...

Step beyond the biohazard tape and into the chilling silence of places where healing meets horror. Have you ever felt an inexplicable chill in a sterile corridor, or heard a whisper from an empty hospital room? Ghost Stories: Haunted Hospitals cracks open the locked doors to fifteen terrifying tales, each one breathing life into the unsettling atmosphere of abandoned asylums, forgotten wards, and modern medical facilities with dark secrets. This gripping horror anthology invites you to explore: The sealed ward where a "Charred Lady" weeps for a past tragedy... and a new victim. An ...

Embracing a wide variety of subjects, this choice collection of ten short stories represents the latest from Tanya Angel, her seventh book of short stories. This grand cavalcade of superbly crafted fiction offers fascinating tales of struggles in everyday life and extraordinary situations. It respectfully examines betrayal and results in “Inevitabilityville,” and “Twin Crosses,” inside and outside of marriage. “The Colored Rooms” provides a gripping and controversial tale of how that may be remedied professionally. “That Day At The River” examines life and love in a rural ...

Qulera Black has been singing in her own key as long as she can remember. She isn’t your average chick, and has the type of beauty no man can resist. Better known as a plus-sized China Doll, her voluptuous curves are in all the right places, but behind her perfect smile, cornbread fed fatty, confidence, and a positively matching aura, lies who she truly is—a woman who came up in the trenches of the hood. She’s strong, fearless, independent, gutter, and above all, loyal. The only thing that ever gave her loyalty back, was her music. Christmas is here, and it may not bring Qulera cheer,...

This is a short compilation of six tales from Liechtenstein oral tradition developed by Werner von Schleck in his work as philologist of german language.

Earthmen Bearing Gifts by Fredric Brown is a gripping classic science fiction short story exploring humanity’s first contact with an alien civilization.

The village that Time ignored. A tale of swans, local myths, and mayhem. A year in the life of the not always sleepy Somerset village of Blackney Foloren. Separated from the outside world by the infamous Somerset Levels, Blackney is a place which the modern world has overlooked for centuries, where the inhabitants conduct themselves to their entire satisfaction but not a great deal usually happens. However, they are about to have their feathers seriously ruffled, as this tale takes flight with several rather peculiar goings on. As with any small village, there is a pub, a shop, a church, a ...

When the sacred is challenged, the ancestors awaken... When the sacred priest of Mali's Dogon tribe warns of infiltrators threatening to steal ancient cosmic secrets, four villagers are sent on a sacred mission to expose the truth. But as they search for enemies in cowboy boots, they uncover something far more complex—a plot that stretches from West Africa to Texas, and from oral tradition to interdimensional surveillance. Blending speculative fiction with real Dogon cosmology and political allegory, Dogon Country is a bold, thought-provoking tale about spiritual guardianship, betrayal, ...

Note: This is a "Sweet" Paranormal Romance and the second in the series. You will want to read "Shift or Treat: Spencer's Helpline 1" before reading this book. Now that Simone has the office heartthrob just where she wants him, she's decided that her friends need to be as happy as Austin has made her. The Spencer and Associates’ crew are being introduced to the human holidays, but with Simone and Kat playing matchmaker, will everyone survive the ensuing mayhem? Can two interfering friends and a reluctant boyfriend overcome a centuries-old curse and push two of their friends together under...

In the days coming up to Christmas, Richard, Duke of Gloucester (later to be Richard III) seeks shelter in York from a snowstorm that has blocked the roads into Middleham. As usual, he stays with the Austin Friars at the Lendal, with their massive library of precious books. Normally, he would enjoy his visit with the Friars, but this time, he is worried that he will not make it home in time for the Christmas Feast with his wife Anne, his small son Edward, and his friends, Francis and Nan Lovell. He prays for a miracle--and soon the skies begin to clear and the snow melts. Anticipating an ...

Life isn't what Johanna Dixon thought it'd be as the mayor's wife. With scandal after scandal hitting the press about her husband, Johanna can no longer turn a blind eye and decides enough is enough. Bien-Aime Wenda presents an original short story from Fed Up: Tales of Revenge. ....

"Con Men and Carved Birds! Lawmen and artists! Aebelskivers and cabbage. Spur-Award winner Richard Prosch has roped together an exciting new collection of stories with themes as vast as the wide open frontier and as close as the human heart. Waking Face - A sleepless man is tortured by the lost face of his wife's killer-a visage he can't remember, but at the same time, will never forget. Hard Times for the Vanilla Cream Kid - a would-be bank robber invents the perfect heist, but does he have the stomach for it? The Magic of Summerland - Nine year-old enemies of a long gone war forge a ...