Urban Myths

Becoming Los Angeles, a new collection by the author of the acclaimed memoir Holy Land, blends history, memory, and critical analysis to illuminate how Angelenos have seen themselves and their city. Waldie’s particular concern is commonplace Los Angeles, whose rhythms of daily life are set against the gaudy backdrop of historical myth and Hollywood illusion. It’s through sacred ordinariness that Waldie experiences the city’s seasons.

Can cream puffs ward off the end of the world? No longer impersonating her brother in the elite school for vampire slayers, Violetta Tancetta is developing her own magical talents interning with the greatest Baker ever, Landry. Orion knows she's a girl and actually takes her out on real dates, even if they're interrupted by curious vampires. Things are practically perfect except that there was a reason her mother left that world behind, a reason that no one wants to tell Violetta. When Bakers start disappearing and Orion begins his transition into something more, Violetta will have to ...

A werewolf and a vampire walk into a pub…and embark on a road trip from hell. Sloane is trying to make the best of a bad situation. She’s spent most of her life trying to hide from her troubled past, keeping her head down and her identity a secret. But she has no idea how much danger she’s in until a vampire walks into the pub where she works. Pushed headfirst into a supernatural world she never knew existed, Sloane finds herself the target of a mysterious clan of vampires known as the Hollow Men. They’re looking for a special werewolf, one who isn’t bound by the power of the moon...

Clara's people—witches—are on the run. The Paladins' centuries-old war against witches and magic has neared an apex, and they're quickly gaining the upper hand. Suddenly armed with "holy relics" of uncertain origin, they're taking down magical Anchors, kidnapped witches, and made life in the Ordinary world generally unsafe for people of magic. Many witches have retreated to Underhill, the ancestral home of the Fae, where witches are building new towns and villages and regretfully leaving the Ordinary behind. Clara, a few of her friends from school, and her parents and their team of ...

My name is Tara Knightley, and I’m on the Fae mafia’s hit list. My childhood crush just rode back into town, too, and that may spell even bigger trouble . . . My talent for sensing magical objects has made me a damn good professional thief for the past decade. But it’s also what got me into a blood oath with notorious Fae mob boss Grant Shaw. My relationship with Shaw is rapidly souring, and I need to break free before it turns deadly. The solution? I must steal a magic skull from Shaw’s biggest rival and deliver it to him, and then he’ll nullify our blood oath. Just as I’m set ...

Samuel Light and Jimbo are so different from each other in many ways, But they have formed a lifelong bond that few brothers do. On a whim the two decide to solve the puzzle of the Shasta Mountain, rumored to have secret entrances, One of which opens to a path inside our planet. What starts off as a whim, a fancy, becomes yet another Do or die adventure that if they don’t get it together And fast…they could die a horrible death…. In a world where nature and fantasy have run wild! In this, the concluding book of the trilogy, the two Men are finally facing a predator worse than any ...

An action-packed urban fantasy adventure set on the islands of Hawaii! I'm Marcus Aries, and as the duly-appointed guardian of the Hawaiian Islands, it’s my job to ensure peace and balance between the world of the supernatural and the mortal realm. Things have been quiet lately, and I couldn’t be happier about it. That is, until the recently appointed kingpin of the Hawaiian cartel showed up and offered me a job I can’t refuse. Now I’m stuck trying to track down a murderer. To make matters worse, I've agreed to serve as a security consultant for the upcoming United Nations meeting. ...

Enter the Veil. The infamous Fae are most known for their sly ways. While tricking humans may be their specialty, they don't always show kindness toward their own kin either. The grander the scheme, the larger their boasting rights. From Sidhe, gnomes, brownies, and more, you'll always need to be on guard and vigilant. Featuring stories by Christopher Pate, Kevin A. Davis, Ben Howels, Toni Mobley, Ally Kelly, Michael A. Epanchin, Barend Nieuwstraten III, Robert Allen Lupton, Jasiah Witkofsky, J. Woolston Carr, Aaron Van Treeck, Gray Stanback, and Charles Wiegand.

Love, blood, and secrets that refuse to stay buried… Nurse Sofia has always trusted science—until her elderly patient makes a miraculous recovery... after claiming to be a vampire. Then the woman’s enigmatic grandson, Alexei, arrives from Russia—and Sofia is pulled into a dark, seductive world she never believed could exist. The chemistry between them is instant, electric… and impossible to ignore. But as the truth unravels, Sofia must choose between logic and passion—between the world she knows and the one that could consume her. Is love worth risking everything—even your ...

It’s Victorian London. China Town A crisis is about to explode. Ghosts are marauding the merchants. Merchants are being murdered in ghastly ways. But only certain items are being stolen. Why? And what need to ghosts have of physical Things? None of it makes sense. Detective Dee is asked to help solve this growing Puzzle and trend of violence. But how do you stop marauders who Are not ghosts, and yet can materialize And vanish like one?

They've shared our planet with us since the dawn of History, but they want us out. To reclaim lordship over the Earth, they mean to steer us into self-annihilation. As the secret War of the Shadows unravels under our very noses, we who are mere flesh and blood cannot fathom the real causes behind our many wars and the economic powers that would senselessly lead the world into an environmental apocalypse. Nevertheless, we’re here, and we have our part to play in this multi-millennial conflict that began before recorded History. Understand me when I say that every time you’ve heard of ...

Trapped in the clutches of a Zombie apocalypse, the City of Chicago, the murder capital of the U.S., unleashes the ultimate weapon, capitalism, by paying $1,000 for every Re-Killed Zombie brought to city hall, ushering in "The Great Zombie Gold Rush". Zombies never have a chance in a world where people realize 75 Zombies pays off their student loans, 40 Zombies buys them a Tesla, 5 Zombies wipes out their Visa debt...

Morganna and Arthur have returned - and Morganna’s lust for power leads my fairy tale ladies and me on a high stakes chase across the globe.

Goldilocks' latest case takes her to the Plains of the Rocky Mountains, in search of a killer who has murdered before. Goldilocks' professional reputation is in tatters, her name blacklisted as a result of her actions the previous year. She’s got few friends, and even more enemies, both within the tribes and her own agency. To make matters worse, she’s assigned lead on the murder investigation of two teenagers, their deaths seemingly designed to create strife between the Plains Striders Tribes and the Forest Service. The message from the top is clear, play it straight and solve the ...

At the end of the Titan Wars, Zeus and the other Guardians of Delphi (GOD) stood victorious on the ruins of two worlds with millions of lives lost. To ensure that history doesn’t repeat itself, Zeus instructs Hephaestus to create a weapon. Four components of this weapon are hidden in secure locations and only meant to be found when the tide of authoritarianism rises once more. Over twelve thousand years later, General Salazar initiates a coup on the homeworld of Sonora and kills the royal descendants of Zeus. The last of the bloodline is taken off-world to the planet outpost of Earth. ...

An action-packed urban fantasy adventure set on the islands of Hawaii! I'm Marcus Aries, and as the duly-appointed guardian of the Hawaiian Islands, I’ve had my share of bad run-ins with the world of the supernatural. I’ve taken on demonic frogs, island witches, lightning wolves, and even battled before the famed night marchers. But not every run-in is a life-and-death struggle that threatens to leave the island in ruins. Step back into the world of Hawaiian urban fantasy with this collection of short stories from author Justin Herzog, starring fan-favorite hero Marcus Aries as he and ...

Summer skill camps provide opportunities for the elite to train with the best. And by longstanding tradition, for teens of the In-between to evaluate the compatibility of their peers. Glint Starmark's reputation as a matchmaker has been holding true for millennia. At 17, Mikoto Reaver is the youngest headman in Wardenclave's history. He's had very little time to adjust to his new role before their close-knit community opens its doors to children of pedigree, the specialists who will mentor them, an allotment of battlers, and a celebrity or two.

Morgan’s gone from college dropout to a poster child for a wanted poster. Except it’s not the government who wants her. It’s a society of scientists who plan to run dangerous experiments on other types of beings. Types like Azril. Is that all? As if that’s not enough, her sister’s still unconscious and has a death sentence looming. Her parents plan to pull the plug on her life support system. Not if Morgan has anything to do with it. And by damn, she fully intends to do something about it, with or without Azril’s help.

This addiction is magical. Queen Seren Firethorn is once again Ambassador Sloan, working for the Human Council, and she has just received her second assignment. Seren and two of her husbands are sent to investigate the suspicious deaths of humans in Kansas City. The humans appear to have died from a drug overdose but it was no ordinary drug that killed them. This drug was made with magic—fairy magic. Seren's investigation draws her into a web of complicated lies and beautiful glamours so tangled that the truth seems impossible to unravel. As the body count rises, Ambassador Sloan ...

Failure is never an option. When valuable shit that—surprise!—isn’t insured gets lost or stolen, the desperate rich and the otherworldly call on me. Rescue and recovery are my specialties, and I’m damn good at what I do. So, it's not much of a shock when one of the country’s wealthiest women hires me to retrieve a stolen pearl necklace known as The Mermaid’s Lament. A straightforward job, I think—except the thief and the pearls have seemingly fallen off the Earth, the necklace is actually owned by a pissed-off sea goddess, and a whole slew of magicals are doing their best to ...