Short Game

In a world of criminals, thugs, con artists, cheats, and swindlers, there must be a man to stand against the powers of darkness and corruption. A man not afraid to walk the mean streets—whether they be those of 1930s Los Angeles, an ancient fantasy realm, or some far-flung planet of a future star empire. He is a man who knows that a “good man” is not always a “nice guy”. But when the chips are down, he understands that a hero does the right thing, even if it means losing everything.

When Maine game warden Mike Bowditch discovers a bullet-ridden bald eagle in the Maine woods, he is surprised by the memories it brings back for his mentor, retired warden pilot Charley Stevens. Decades earlier, Charley briefly teamed up with Mike’s father, the notorious poacher Jack Bowditch, on an unsettling case that has haunted Charley for years. The two enemies, both war veterans, found common cause over the senseless shooting of a magnificent eagle. But what started as a tentative alliance over a wildlife crime soon became something bigger and more terrifying.

When a scientific expedition is launched to study a mysterious alien race, the only ship available is the Nightflyer, a fully autonomous vessel manned by a single human. But Captain Royd Eris remains locked away, interacting with his passengers only as a disembodied voice - or a projected hologram no more substantial than a ghost. Yet that’s not the only reason the ship seems haunted. The team’s telepath, Thale Lasamer, senses another presence aboard the Nightflyer - something dangerous, volatile, and alien.

The hunter becomes the hunted. You listened to The Most Dangerous Game in high school and college, but you've never experienced Richard Connell's classic short story like this before! As part of our Otio Dramatized Classic series, Otio Stutios has transformed this iconic story into a full-cast audio production skillfully assembled by world-class sound designer Brandon Leith and executive producer George Caudill.

The beloved author of Early Morning Riser (“The funniest novel of the year.”—The Washington Post) brings us twelve glittering stories of love—friendships formed at the airport bar, ex-husbands with benefits, mothers of suspiciously sweet teenagers, ill-advised trysts—in all its forms, both ridiculous and sublime.

This is the audiobook for Sly Flourish's Fantastic Adventure, a book of 10 short adventures for the fifth edition of the world's most popular roleplaying game. This audiobook helps the listener bring these adventures into their head and is intended to be used along with the print copy of the book for use at the actual gaming table. Listening to these adventures helps prime your DM mind with the material you need to run the game at the table.

Derek Brighton has become one of Dallas's finest detectives through a combination of discipline and obsession. Once he has a target in his sights, nothing can stop him. When he isn't solving homicides, he applies the same intensity to his playtime at Sanctum, a secretive BDSM club. Unfortunately, no amount of beautiful submissives can fill the hole that one woman left in his heart.

This bundle includes all five books of the #LoveWins series. Full of shenanigans, mischief, pets, and romance, these stories are guaranteed to make you laugh. Also included are the two short stories "Love to Hate You" and "Dog Days of Summer".

Nothing is as it appears when Nightshade, a deadly samurai assassin, accepts a seemingly easy contract on his brother. Who can he trust when he is betrayed by his employer? A Samurai Cyberpunk Saga.

Legendary Maine woodsman and bush pilot Charley Stevens tries to convince young Mike Bowditch of the dangers awaiting rookie game wardens.

Her filthiest desire is to sleep with an alien, and she’s determined to make it happen. Cherise When my best friend runs off to marry an alien, I’m desperate for a sexy adventure too and I’m not above using a famous relative as my ticket onto an alien love game show. The best part is that three alien men are going to try to win my affections through a competition of my choosing. I want my new Bolan hubby to be able to feed me well, so I decide to make them cook for me. The way to this woman’s heart is through her stomach… preferably with a hot-blooded dominant alien doing the ...

Follow the adventures of Hoppy the happy frog! Hoppy and his family have to move to a new pond. How will Hoppy ever be happy again after leaving his old friends and life? Find out what happens to Hoppy and how he deals with change. This is an excellent audiobook for beginning and early listeners. Each story is fun and exciting. Also includes some funny jokes! These short stories are great for listening aloud with friends and family at home or school.

Time to steer the Short Shorts series in a different direction. The drift began during Short Shorts 2, but it’s time to take this series back a little to where it started. This is the fifth compilation in the Short Shorts series and likely the last, although I never planned to run these shorter short stories beyond two collections. Devoting a few weeks to put this group together from scratch allowed me to better match the plotlines to focus more on the ENF angle and to include some different ideas. This mix certainly focuses more on public humiliation. It reminds me more of Short Shorts 1...

The victims are the most popular girls in school, each murdered and arranged in a grim fairy-tale tableau. To find the killer, rookie detective Callum Pederson has gone undercover where the Princes hold court. He’s found enough secrets among the bros to bring them in for questioning - but he could very well get lost in the games the Princes play.

Vincent St. James fell in love, or maybe lust, with Nora when he saw her dressed as a dominatrix at a college Halloween party. He never approached, told her about his love for her, how he wanted to worship the ground she walked on until he created the most potent gaming AI ever. Then, rich and powerful, he approached Nora but never told him his true desires for her. Vinnie played the macho guy for Nora. To relieve his sissy cuckold tendencies, he created a secret game just for him. But as Virtual Nora took control of Vinnie, it became harder to hide his true nature. When Nora discovers ...

She's just a crew member, and he's not an artist Lacey I’ve always wanted to travel the universe, but my family is dirt poor and that was never in the cards for me. That is, until I got hired on as a production crew member for The Alien Love Games. Like the legit, Alien Love Games, I can’t believe my luck! Now I’ll be visiting space stations for other planets, meeting famous people, and seeing aliens for the first time. It’s a dream come true. My first assignment is shooting the season for the Bolans. Holy Smokes are these Bolan men hot. Whenever I see the contestants my mouth ...

"Big Game Hunt" was first published in the October 1956 issue of Adventure. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most-influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

Human populations have ballooned to seventy billion. The world teems to capacity with complacent human beings, and only strict adherence to crushing routine maintains order. Despite harsh discipline, the planet's prisons swell with rebels and reprobates. To maintain peace and ease congestion, the International League of Diamond Ballers formed and then passed their game's Rule Number One - condemned criminals can earn their freedom by competing in the One True Game, a lethal five-day spectacle televised around the world to its teeming inhabitants. After his father's execution for rebellion ...

F. X. Toole knew boxing. Between bouts, he wrote, and two years before his death he published this collection of stories, giving listeners an unprecedented look at the gritty life around the ring. He tells of a cutman with a sweet tooth, young fighters with dreams of celebrity, and a talented boxer who goes to Atlantic City for his biggest bout, only to be humiliated by the prejudices of a callous promoter. In "Million $$$ Baby", the inspiration for the Oscar-winning Clint Eastwood film, an aged trainer takes on a female fighter, guiding her through disappointment, pain, and tragedy.

Mike Mignola's award-winning series Hellboy has earned fans all over the world, among them some of the most respected horror, fantasy, and mystery novelists in the field as well as some of Hollywood's most talented writers and directors. Now a who's who list of these writers are drawn together to tell their own tales of Hellboy, to play with the characters and worlds Mignola has created. As part of Dark Horse's celebration of Hellboy in 2004, Christopher Golden has brought together a stellar array of talents.