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The world of standup comedy was too much for Foster Donovan. Leaving a note behind for his wife, he wrapped a noose around his neck and changed his life by embracing death. Turns out, the afterlife was nothing like he'd expected. Stations await those who've passed on. Who you were in life determines your "Forever Station".

Twenty-eight-year-old Carrie Thompson-Sherman has the life she always wanted: her PhD, a prestigious fellowship, and an amazing husband. Her charmed life begins to unravel as a jealous colleague puts her fellowship in jeopardy and a hideous secret Ray carried home from Afghanistan comes to light. Hanging on by a single thread, a disastrous accident puts both her husband and her sister's lives at risk. Heartbroken, Carrie will be faced with the most devastating choice of her life. A choice that will change everything.

Short stories from the mind of Lori Fontanez will take you on a journey through the dark, the alien, fear of the denizens of fable and the unknown. Wound through them all is a dread of what we are incapable of...and the threat of what we can become. In these stories, you'll face what plagues us from beyond our comprehension and what stalks us from our own backyard. Come play in the shadows and don't be alarmed - it isn't the darkness that bites, it's what lurks within.

There's something in the woods behind Jake Marsden's house - and someone wants him to find it. A strange dream shatters his sleep, night after night, and a compulsion to find the dark presence in the forest wars with his logical and ordered nature. What's a geek to do? When his small hometown of Wynn, North Carolina falls under an ancient curse, Jake will find himself in a battle against creatures worse than any he's faced in a game. Playing for keeps, it will be geek versus god in the fight to stop an evil force.

Crank Wilson and Julia Thompson love each other madly. But after Crank's huge mistake during the summer, on the road with Crank's rock band Morbid Obesity, they aren't getting along.

The landscape of Washington, DC, is in shambles. The Randolph Powers administration has wreaked a special flavor of havoc that has threatened the very foundation of America. Racism, sexism, and hatred are at their highest. The only hope for the United States might well lie in the system-smashing, punk-rocking hands of Sam “Flotsam” Tierney.

It's 1995 and Pete Sinclair is feeling the heat. He's been blamed for closing the Gates of Hell and releasing an imprisoned fallen angel by the name of Azael. Now Pete's on the run from mercenaries who've been paid to take off his head. Lucky for Pete, an angel's apprentice believes he's innocent, but she's not about to let him off the hook. She offers him freedom from Satan's forces in exchange for his help. Brandishing the only weapon that weakens angels, Pete must rescue kidnapped nuns and capture Azael. If only he had a clue how to use a sword.

In a world ruled by Big Data and BigPharma, society's only hope falls into the hands of neophyte data jockeys known as Somnambulous. While the human race was jacking in and sucking down a few ones and zeros to ride the Lament, Somnambulous discovered something big and dark on the horizon. Big Data had Big Pharma. Big Pharma had Lament. Lament had everyone.

This government asset is so rogue, it's punk! Oi! Anarchy. Chaos. Punk rock. The NSA fights to keep such things at bay...until they run out of options. That's exactly what has happened in their failed attempt to take down one of the most elusive drug lords on the planet. When government agent Zed has nowhere to turn, he looks to his favorite punk band, Punk Ass Punk, to lend their special talents to an operation with a hidden agenda. When you can no longer never mind the bollocks, you strap on your combat boots, spike up your hair, and turn the espionage up to 11.