Weird Life

In recent years, scientists have hypothesized life-forms that can only be called "weird": organisms that live off acid rather than water, microbes that thrive at temperatures and pressure levels so extreme that their cellular structures should break down, perhaps even organisms that reproduce without DNA. Some of these strange life-forms, unrelated to all life we know, might be nearby: on rock surfaces in the American southwest, hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor, or even in our own bodies. Some, stranger still, might live in Martian permafrost, swim in the dark oceans of Jupiter's moons, or survive in the exotic ices on comets.

Things take a depressing turn at Deadeye Manor after the shocking return of Mr. Weirdie and the Enchantress. Barnacle Melancholy and Garlic are put to the treacherous task of finding a lost family fortune buried somewhere within the manor, only to awaken some vengeful spirits with a diabolical plan all their own. Meanwhile, Miss Emily has decided that disguising her sunny personality as a wretched criminal is the best way to rescue the triplets, only to find herself in a high-stakes roller-boogie contest with her most loathsome enemy. Listen at your own risk, and don’t say I didn’t warn you.

In the next novel in the Joe Ledger and Rogue Team International series by New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry, the team faces new and old enemies alike as a bioengineered version of The Black Death surfaces. This program is read by award-winning narrator Ray Porter. Hundreds of...

Discover the power of being a hot mess with these heartbreaking and hilarious stories of how God uses each "mess" in our lives to bring us closer to Him–showing readers that it's okay to celebrate exactly where they are right now. A lot of people struggle with the concept of being holy. But...

Why is write spelled with a silent “W”? Why does knight contain letters nobody pronounces anymore? And who decided that colonel should sound nothing like it looks? When curious twins Sam and Sally begin asking impossible questions about strange English words, they are visited by the mysterious and eccentric Word Smith — a magical traveler from Dictionary World with wild white hair, glowing spectacles, and a passion for the secret history hidden inside language itself. Together, they journey through time and across centuries of linguistic chaos: into ancient villages where the first ...

Winner of the Polari Prize Shortlisted for the Gordon Bowker Volcano Prize ‘A gothic fairy tale, sublime in its creepiness’ – Florence Welch Our Wives Under The Sea is the haunting novel from Julia Armfiled, the critically acclaimed author of Salt Slow. It’s a story of falling in love...

Apport: The manifestation or creation of objects by supernatural or unknown means. How do you explain objects falling out of thin air? How is it possible that objects manifest during seances? Are we receiving things from other planes of existence or the spirit world? Is someone or something from some other reality playing tricks on us? This book explores the bizarre subject of apports, objects moving, manifesting, and disappearing by themselves. Like a trickster in the night, they occur without any explanation. The author delves into the strange world of physical mediumship, psychics, ...

Florida Man strikes again — and again — and again! From flying alligators to sword fights at laundromats, this outrageous collection brings you 25 unbelievable short stories inspired by real headlines. Dive into a world where the bizarre is everyday news, and chaos lurks around every corner. Logan Carter’s hilarious, jaw-dropping tales capture the spirit of Florida's most infamous characters, blending truth, madness, and a whole lot of gator. Buckle up. It’s going to be a wild ride. Florida Man strikes again — and again — and again! From flying alligators to sword fights at ...

Gwenda Merriford keeps to her quiet rhythm in Little Bramble: brewing gentle potions, minding her tiny shop, and sharing easy greetings with neighbors while her ginger cat, Mimsy, trails after her with the sort of dignified supervision only a long-lived feline can manage. Life here is slow, fragrant with herbs, and beautifully content. But the village has been peaceful for quite a while—perhaps too peaceful. Because just as the hedgerows bloom and the honey thickens, an unexpected little visitor arrives with a rather determined purpose… and suddenly the hush of Little Bramble begins to ...

“Steve Hudgins is a Horror Meister to reckon with!” VICTOR MILLER – Writer of Friday the 13th If you like quick reads, this is the author for you! Steve Hudgins uses a screenplay/novel hybrid writing style that keeps the descriptive portions of the story brief, allowing the narrative to push forward at an extremely fast pace. IT LIVES IN THE ATTIC A true jigsaw puzzle of horror that comes together before your eyes! On the isolated outskirts of a quaint, charming town, there is a long, lonely gravel driveway. At the end of the driveway stands an ancient, mansard roofed Victorian...

Emma Mcgraw is slowly making friends at her new school. but when Cynthia calls her weird, Emma is shocked. They are supposed to be best friends! in response, Emma decides that Cynthia’s new name should be bossy pants, and she tells everyone in the class.

Woody wants to get un-weird - and fast! And he'll find help in the most unlikely of places. Woody is forever worried about being different. He thinks himself weird and a bit of a wuss, and two bullies, Della and Casey, make sure he doesn't forget that. It doesn't help that his mum is slightly bonkers. She dresses up as a sheep for a living - mostly for her job as a children's entertainer. And not to mention the fact that she forces Woody to wear old granny jumpers that she finds down the local charity shop.

Haunted by the trauma of a high school classmate’s unsolved murder, Mairead Muller sets off on an art scholarship to rural midwestern Thelemite College in the fall of 1985. There, she finds herself bound to the whims of her unscrupulous benefactress as she is forced to create a new version of each card in the tarot. Little did she know that her years at Thelemite would bind her to an evil greater than anything her imagination could conjure. Was her star-crossed fate a result of dabbling in the darker side of the occult as a child...curses, sigils, fortune-telling, and communications with ...

Regina Hartley has had enough. The demands of life have taken a toll on her and, no longer feeling equipped to endure the strain, she decides to end it all in watery surrender. But instead of drowning to death, she finds herself being revived on shore by a concerned, handsome stranger. After saving her, the stranger refuses to leave her alone. Regina realizes she doesn’t mind his attention and finds herself more interested in what else life has to offer overall. But after saving her spirit, will the handsome stranger eventually disappear? Gabriel finds himself in the right place at the ...

What if the strange thing that appeared in your room was not there to haunt you, but to help you survive yourself? In Emotional Support Apparitions: The Works of Mr. Joe, Joseph Santiago gathers a collection of funny, strange, moving, and deeply human stories about people facing the lives they have avoided, postponed, imagined, feared, and secretly wanted. Inside these pages, haunted houses negotiate chores. Chronically ill bodies teach the world what “manageable enough” really means. Writers get audited by their own suffering characters. Hidden folk demand housing rights. Alternate ...

Food is meant to nourish, comfort, and bring people together—but sometimes, it does the exact opposite. The Most Ridiculous Deaths Caused by Food explores the strangest, most unbelievable real-life stories where everyday meals turned into fatal disasters. From absurd choking incidents and bizarre allergic reactions to freak accidents involving seemingly harmless snacks, this collection dives into the darker (and often shockingly ironic) side of eating. Each story reveals how quickly something ordinary can spiral into the unimaginable—whether it’s a rushed bite, a risky food challenge,...

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Briarcliff Mansion and the land it occupies are owned by Emory University, which refers to it as its "Briarcliff Campus." Fortune and Folly, in part, illuminates the largely lost story of how the mansion, and the entire surrounding neighborhood, got its name. But in order to understand the mansion, we have to understand the man who built it. Briarcliff Mansion once belonged to a man named Asa Candler, Jr.—also known as Buddie. The second son and namesake of Coca-Cola founder Asa Griggs Candler, Buddie was a wealthy real estate developer of great successes and greater failures.

"An astonishing debut as mesmerizing as it is unnerving." --Joyce Carol Oates A day-in-the-life debut novel about a fading socialite on the hunt for someone to kill her before her next SoulCycle class. "A tale of suspense, a statement, a cry for help, and a delicious tour-de-force.” --Nell...

Bestselling author Tony Healey presents Jimbo's Life, a Weird West Novella They beat him, hung him, shot him in the head . . . he should be dead. But when it comes to Jimbo Mitchell, death doesn’t seem to stick. Outlaw, survivor, legend—Jimbo lives on, defying bullets, betrayal, and time itself. With a bounty on his head and a past soaked in blood, he’s hunted by enemies both old and new. As he searches for answers to the mystery that haunts his existence, Jimbo wages a one-man war across a lawless frontier—into a future that refuses to let him go. Blending gritty western noir with ...