Southern Fantasy

Kalea is failing eighth grade. She lives on the South Side of Chicago and moves through her life day-to-day dealing with uncaring teachers, unhelpful police, and an unsupportive family. Then mysterious noises start to play in her ears—sounds from far away of a very different life. A life on the sea, with dreary sun-drenched days, howling storms, and the scourge of the Caribbean Sea, pirates!

In a world where dragons can be sung into submission by dragon charmers, people have forgotten the true power of dragons...and they are about to pay the price. In the exciting sequel to Mountains of Fire, the spell binding the fearsome Red Dragons is weakening, and when they break free, they will seek a terrible revenge. With the help of Silverhorn and Braveheart, Logan and Alyxa flee in search of Logan's long-lost parents, who hold the key to defeating the red dragons.

Everyone has a story. Everyone has secrets-- A cancer patient's stream-of-consciousness A teenager's coming-of-age with a mysterious girl A veteran's reminiscences of the Korean War A baseball scout's encounter with a legendary creature in 1940's Alabama A memory patient's last-gasp rumination of his life 'Savor this book. The flavor lingers...'

An epic tale of lust, love, and cruel fate.. Get lost in this emotional battle of Anna Pearl, who was just a southern girl with forbidden dreams and desires. Experience her journey of becoming an immortal and the hurts she had to face in this life.

Lady Bathsheba arrive sur l’île tropicale de Vanuaka à la recherche de son frère disparu. Sous la protection du sombre et beau capitaine de Silva, elle apprend vite qu’il n’est pas tout ce qu’il semble. Et Bathsheba est plus en danger qu’elle ne peut l’imaginer...

After her father’s untimely death, Jenna Ashby moves to Koush Hollow, a bayou town outside of New Orleans, dreading life with her wealthy mother. As the 16-year-old eco-warrior is introduced to the Diamonds & Pearls, her mother’s exclusive social club, she comes to the troubling realization that secrets are a way of life in Koush Hollow: How do the Diamonds & Pearls look so young, where does their money come from, and why is life along the bayou disappearing?

Steve, Alex, and Larry return again on the adventure that they have been waiting for. The war against the South Meadow Zombies has begun, and the opposing army is much stronger than they had ever realized. It will take all of their training and skill to help the village survive. Can they seek a truce with the general of the zombie clan? Will the villagers join in the fight for their own survival?

Thirteen-year-old Dove Boone has always known there was something different about her talent with plants. But on an island where old magic is forbidden and ancient family rifts run deep, some secrets are better left buried. When her aunt's elaborate society wedding brings the divided island families together, Dove's carefully hidden gift becomes harder to control. Something dark is stirring on the forbidden side of Knot Island, where Dove's father vanished nine years ago. As the summer solstice approaches, Dove and her cousins uncover an ancient journal that hints at the truth: the three ...

Tales from the Eastern Cape, gathered in 1886.

Emma Bartyle is a shy, sheltered teenager. At a bonfire with her first real boyfriend, which goes horribly awry from almost the beginning, she is yanked from her ordinary life into horrific events. If she wants to stay alive, she must trust herself, her instincts, and a complete stranger. Something is out hunting, something with a voracious appetite and a rage that can’t be quelled. Set in the autumn of 1973, The Mongrel is a lean, dark adventure, not only of things that go bump in the night, but of things with sharp teeth and sharper claws.

The grid is down and electric bikes are the transportation of choice for the coming apocalypse, but where do you find one in this deserted beach town? The prepper couple forages for food and other supplies in the looted-out vacation spot and lucks up on a restaurant supply truck. A small group of people still living at the marina seems to hold the key to reforming society but closely guards its secrets and turf against strangers.

Plob is back - and so is his arch nemesis, Typhon the Dark. And now the Big T is playing for keeps. It’s world domination time and once again the only one that can stand in his way is the teenage magician Plob and his master, Smegly. But they do have some help in the shape of the British and the Australian secret service, some giants, a cockerel and the infamous hobby-horsemen of the Hors-doovrees. But will it be enough - because this time Typhon has something up his sleeve in the form of a battalion of Nazi Storm troopers courtesy of the Third Reich.

Step into a World of Enchantment and Memory Jon Burnham invites you to journey back to Morton, Mississippi, where the magic of childhood and the mysteries of the Fae intertwine. Growing up in the 1960s and 70s, Jon's world was filled with the echoes of the Panther Den, the beating heart of his high school years, and the whispered legends that shaped the small town’s spirit. But Morton held more than just memories; it was a place where questions lingered like the scent in the air, where every rustle in the woods could be the sign of something extraordinary. Here are some of the questions ...

What happens when all the stars above are wrong and the Earth below is out of place? For Miguel, a young boy from a poor village in Mexico, he dreams of being an astronomer someday. That dream seems as distant as the moon is from the Earth, yet opportunity can come in ways never expected. Miguel knows that as long as he keeps a good idea of where he is, the truth of life will reveal itself.

Prigranich'e - neskol'ko gorodov, vyrvannyh iz nashego mira v kraja vechnoj stuzhi, gde v zasnezhennyh lesah obitajut oborotni, a na zamjorzshih bolotah karauljat zhertv vurdalaki. Vyzhit' tam neprosto, pust' v arsenalah pomimo ognestrel'nogo oruzhija i zhdut svoego chasa boevye chary. Aleksandr Lednjov po prozvishhu Skol'zkij polagal, budto sbezhal iz Prigranich'ja navsegda, no proshloe sumelo dotjanut'sja do nego i v real'nom mire.

Tonia Brown brings you another triple shot of horror, this time with a southern bent. A sheriff of a small town tries to keep the secret of a local bootlegger, but at what cost? A small town sin eater takes on more than he can handle, leaving him sick to the core. While on the run from zombies, Mary stumbles across an old farmhouse. But of course, nothing is as it seems in a post zombie apocalypse world.

Elves who live secretly in the midst of the human world are known as "shadows". After a near miss on the king during a royal hunt, the rumor is spread that the elves were trying to kill the king. Now, elves live in constant fear. The king's shadow hunters seek to capture and lock them up.

Remember the stories your grandfather used to tell you about way back when? Remember laughing out loud as the stories got deeper? If you like to LOL, then this really is a book for you. Here you'll find some observations on life in general and people in particular, as seen through a collection of newspaper columns, presenting skewed, offbeat, semiserious, and sometimes amusing views of the world.

Within the deep woods of rural Alabama, along the forgotten southern course of the Black Warrior River, lies an unseen world long feared by the residents of the tiny town of Carlsdale. Down through the centuries, few people have survived a visit to this hidden place long enough to talk about it. Among these fortunate souls is Jack Kenney. Thirteen years old at the time of the event, Jack and his family were forced to flee Carlsdale in the aftermath and head north to the larger city of Tuscaloosa. Mercifully, the menace from their former home left them in peace for nearly eight years.

It was the Depression, and very few areas were as economically depressed as the rural South. The road in front of our house was dirt (mud when it rained), and with no electric lights and no plumbing, we lived a bare and stark existence.