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The book follows the life of Alhambro Gusto, from his birth to his death. Noting the goings on in Cove House where he lived and what happened to his brothers and sisters. It then follows his strange legacy as the solicitor who is appointed to find his next of kin and he is left to sort Cove House out, it is now haunted.

The Stoker Award-winning editor of the acclaimed, eclectic anthology The New Dead returns with 21st Century Dead and an all-new lineup of authors from every corner of the fiction world, shining a dark light on our fascination with tales of death and resurrection - and with zombies!

Over the years, terrible things keep happening to Anna Ray on February 17. First, there was the childhood trauma she's never been able to speak about. Then, to her horror, her husband killed himself on that date. A year later and a thousand miles away, Anna tries to find solace in the fresh start of a new job in a new place. She takes comfort in her outspoken cousin Jeannie, the confidant and best friend who's there whenever she needs help.

Ren (Omega) despises Alphas. Maxwell (Alpha) also hates Alphas. Ren thinks Omegas are Alpha’s slaves and finds it atrocious. Maxwell can't stand the animalistic instincts in Alphas that make them attack Omegas. What is Ren to do when his body is not only telling him to accept Maxwell, but that Maxwell is HIS Alpha? What is Maxwell to do when his body is craving to dominate Ren, even though his mind is fighting it? Will Ren become a slave to his Alpha? Will Maxwell be able to accept himself as an Alpha and claim his Omega? A short M/M romance novella with a HEA

The year is 2322, and we stand upon the precipice of extinction. The invading Metigen armada has decimated the eastern third of settled space in a matter of days, leaving tens of millions dead. Determined to save the heart of human civilization, Earth and Seneca at last put aside their differences to face the threat together. But even this may not be enough to stop the fleet of colossal dreadnoughts inhabited by advanced AIs.

On her 85th birthday, Grandma Bell and her six cats are pulled into a world of adventure by a wizardly cat-herding elf, shape-shifting teen triplets, a crafting Sisterhood…and an evil Red Queen in a steam-punk airship who is determined to destroy everyone. Grandma Bell awoke to unexpected adventure on her 85th birthday. Except for six perfect cats, and her doctor, she thought no one remembered who she was. A flood of colorful cards and letters pushed into her living room by a magical elf told a completely different story. Not only did others remember her birthday, but an entire community ...

She is a rebel. Lila is fighting for the refugees’s freedom from oppression. The king, her father, lost touch with reality ever since Lilla’s mother died. Now everyone else is paying the price. The arrival of Callum, a powerful Teryn general, complicates Lilla’s life. His presence leads to conflicted feelings and friction with Arrov, a handsome pilot and fellow rebel.

The year is 1792 - the start of the French Revolutionary Wars. A shadow hangs over John Thomas Fury in this his first voyage as a midshipman aboard the 32-gun frigate Amazon. Fury is already seen as a pariah by his fellow sailors. Ten years earlier his father, a brig commander in the Service, became mentally unbalanced and violent and his ships crew mutinied and went over to the French.

The Asterion Dominion is at peace with its neighbors and itself. Its citizens enjoy great freedoms and all the luxuries their biosynthetic minds can imagine, design, and create. But beneath the idyllic veneer, something is going wrong. People are going wrong, driven to commit inexplicable crimes without motive or purpose. And once imprisoned for those crimes, they simply vanish.

This is a collection of 15 essays on a variety of occult-themed topics, covering the full spectrum of classic esoteric and related subjects, which include Hermeticism, magic, ancient wisdom and philosophy, Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, Theosophy, spiritualism, metaphysics, and New Thought by some of the most notable and prominent names in the history of those subjects.

Meet Andy Warner, a recently deceased everyman and newly minted zombie. Resented by his parents, abandoned by his friends, and reviled by a society that no longer considers him human, Andy is having a bit of trouble adjusting to his new existence. But all that changes when he goes to an Undead Anonymous meeting and finds a kindred soul in Rita, an impossibly sexy recent suicide with a taste for the formaldehyde in cosmetic products.

There’s something haunting the wilderness of Dedlan Peak. It preys upon anyone entering its territory, leaving a trail of torn-up bodies in its wake. It’s supposed to be a camping trip for four friends. It’s also supposed to be a reunion between two estranged brothers. Rob Silva hasn’t seen his brother in five years. He expects Kenny to have changed. He didn’t expect him to be a stranger. Though it looks like Kenny has done well for himself, he won’t talk about where he’s been. And he’s furious Rob’s brought friends. A camping trip becomes a fight for survival. Can the ...

At daybreak on April 6, 1862, Confederate forces launched a bold suprise attack on the Union army, encamped in southwestern Tennesse. The battle of Shiloh, also known as the battle of Pittsburg Landing, would prove to be the bloodiest battle up until that point in United Staes history. The two day battle would cost a staggering 23,000 casualties. Both sides were stunned at the appalling loss of life. At the time, neither realized that three more years of such bloodshed were still to come.

Adina Venture keeps her banter brisk, and her emotions hidden. Maintaining a careful barrier between herself and anyone she cares about, she stalks the lonely Las Vegas nights as a supernatural killer-for-hire. Her signature? Making her jobs look like bizarre accidents, or "misadventures", as they are often called in the official death reports.

I know how most people have heard about the numerous benefits of investing in real estate but are still reluctant to give it a try. This is generally because most people think of it as a craft that requires some complex knowledge. But that is not necessarily the case, and I will prove it to you. In this book, Property Management Basics for the Part-Time Landlord, I have explained all the vital aspects of real estate. Think of it as the A-to-Z of "landlording."

My future had been planned out for almost ten years. I was to marry Mia, my best friend, and we were supposed to live happily ever after. There was one major problem though; I realized I had no interest in women. Even so, I still planned to make my best friend's wish come true.

Don’t go in the water. It’s dark. It’s deep. It’s scary as hell. There is no better keeper of secrets than the menacing, murky depths of the ocean. Unfathomable creatures, mysterious disappearances, abandoned ships, deadly pirates. Even experienced seamen are susceptible to the horrors that lay hidden far below the surface. It’s all a game of chance. Be in the wrong place at the wrong time and you’ll become something’s meal. The dark deep is ominous and unforgiving and it has no conscience.

The Asterion Dominion government has fallen, its rulers slain - but in the Dominion, the dead rarely stay that way. A doomsday clock rushes headlong toward the day the monstrous alien shape-shifters known as the Rasu will demand their next tribute of lives. When denied it, the Rasu will burn every Dominion world to the ground. Unless they can be stopped.

1635, Aberdeen. A girl lies dead in a frozen garden. A young man goes missing after a drunken brawl and a sinister cloaked figure watches from the shadows . . .The missing student, son of a Highland chief, is one of Alexander Seaton's pupils. When the young man's companion turns up bruised and bloodied, suspicion mounts that he has murdered his friend. But Alexander is convinced that there's another explanation.

The world is in the grasp of the God of Chaos, his only mantra: Do as Thou Wilt. In the slums of Tuilar, Dirge is an apprentice to the Brotherhood of Assassins who worship the god of Death. His only friend Jacob, a jovial young man, feels at home in the world as it is, but Dirge craves structure. When Chaos orchestrates the Cleansing, a mass slaughter of children, people stand up against him. Amid the revolt, the prophet of the forgotten God of Order appears. Drawn to the ways of Order, Dirge finds himself at odds with those who raised him.