Humor Mythology

Somewhere in the documented gaps of American musical history, between Robert Johnson's crossroads and every myth that followed it, there is a man named Howlin' Biscuit. You have not heard of him. That is not your fault. It is, depending on which source you consult, the fault of the institutions that failed to document him, the fires that destroyed his recordings, the Library of Congress memo that ends with a senior archivist going home, or the fundamental impossibility of writing down something that arrives in the body before it arrives in the brain. This book is the attempt anyway. Written...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In the fourth novel of the Iron Druid Chronicles, two-thousand-year-old Druid Atticus O’Sullivan must pay his debts to cunning trickster god Coyote, a task that includes battling undead creatures of the night as well as a relentless hound of Hel and the goddess...

Voted Book Hippo's Best Paranormal Romance of 2014, the Godhunter Series continues! Is the Godhunter becoming a god? Vervain Lavine finally has a moment to relax. She's defeated Aphrodite, reclaiming the magic that the goddess stole from humans. Now the Godhunter holds the powers of Love, Sex, War, and Victory inside her but she's not really sure if that makes her a goddess. She is fairly certain that she's still mortal, but her new immortal boyfriend, Thor, doesn't seem to be worried about it. What he is worried about is Vervain's bond to a werewolf Prince, and the fact that said Prince is...

Death, dishonour or duty. Time is running out and someone is going to die.Trapped on Beta Earth, Julius has no memory of the past two years, and everything feels wrong. As he struggles to make sense of his surroundings, he is taken under the wing of a very unexpected group of people and their existence will change everything. Back on Alpha Earth, treacherous coalitions with the worst of Beta humanity are being formed and only Neith knows the full extent of the danger. Searching for help, she approaches those she trusts, but each encounter ends in violent death. She is on her own. Julius and...

In this hilarious sequel to How to Summon a Fairy Godmother, Theodosia’s already survived being the evil stepsister in one fairy tale, but surviving fae bargains, fairy rings, and being turned into a hedgehog will be a whole new challenge. Theodosia Balfour is in a panic—she has no clue how...

Nine months ago, Zeus' murder catapulted the Greek gods back into public life. Now, the whole pantheon revels in new temples, casinos, and media empires - except Apollo. An overachiever with a bursting portfolio of godly duties, the amount of email alone he receives from rapacious mortals turns each day into a living hell. Yet there may be hope, if only he can return Zeus to life! With the aid of Thalia, the muse of comedy and science fiction, Apollo will risk his very godhood to help TV producer Tracy Wallace and a gamer geek named Leif, who hold the key to Zeus' resurrection.

To claim her, he must tell her things she can’t imagine ... A grieving woman ... Devastated by loss and divorce, Everly needs a fresh start. When she answers an ad for a nanny, she finds herself living with an impossibly hot man called Kian and caring for his sweet baby girl, Ember. A dragon prince ... Kian knows, the instant he meets Everly, that she’s his mate. He also knows that no matter how much he longs to tell her the truth, he can’t reveal his secrets to this unsuspecting human. Instead of confessing that he’s an alien refugee from another planet, he tries to give her ...

New York Times bestselling humorist Michael Perry makes his fiction debut with this hilarious and big-hearted tale, a comic yet sincere exploration of faith and the foibles of modern life that blends the barbed charm of Garrison Keillor, the irreverent humor of Christopher Moore, and the...

Embark on a journey into the shadows with Jin, a young legal aide who unwittingly stumbles into a mysterious alley—one she should have avoided. In a seemingly mundane town where nothing extraordinary happens, Jin discovers her extraordinary destiny as the Goddess of Mercy. Little did she know, the divine responsibility comes with a backlog of cosmic paperwork and a crash course in distinguishing between mercy and kindness. As Jin grapples with her newfound role, meet her eclectic team of assistants: Ling, an ancient dragon princess cloaked in the guise of a snarky teenage girl, and Shan ...

Fred the Mermaid has taken the bait and chosen to date Artur, Prince of the Black Sea, over human marine biologist Thomas. And just in time. The existence of the Undersea Folk is no longer a secret, and someone needs to keep them from floundering in the media spotlight. Fred has all the right skills for that job, but has a hard time when her real father surfaces and tries to overthrow Artur's regime.

You can take the gods out of Olympus, but can you take Olympus out of the gods? Eros, eternal teenager/legendary god of love, is experiencing an existential crisis and has concluded that his career as a bow-and-arrow-wielding matchmaker is over. It’s time for a change of pace, and residence. When he and his mother, the very beautiful and vain Aphrodite, decide to leave Mount Olympus and settle in a small Texas town, they find that leaving behind their divine powers and privileges is significantly harder than they expected. None too happy about his daughter and grandson’s desertion, the ...

You'd think a ski trip would be simple. Fresh powder. 80s neon. Zero frost-bitten influencers. But no. I, Corvus Q. Featherbottom—raven, psychopomp, and the only one who understands that camouflage is just a lack of confidence—have been dragged to the Silver Peak Resort so Death can prove he has "mastered the pizza technique." The "pizza" in question involves a nuclear-magenta ski suit, fifteen unnecessary zippers, and a very confused concierge. Jack Frost, as it turns out, is currently "optimizing" the mountain into a Deep Freeze that's less about winter and more about burying the ...

You'd think Valentine's Day would be romantic. Candlelight. The Seine. A private table for two ancient beings who've finally figured out how to hold hands without freezing anything. But no. I, Corvus Q. Featherbottom—raven, psychopomp, survivor of the Jamaica incident—have been dragged to Paris so Death can prove he's capable of a single evening without cosmic intervention. The evening, as it turns out, has other plans. Cupid has a grudge older than Rome, a quiver full of bad ideas, and the audacity to bring his own wine. The kitchen is full of French chefs experiencing emotions at ...

Half vampire. Half fox-spirit. All trouble. Pawned by her mother to the King of Hell as a child, Lady Jing is half-vampire, half-hulijing fox-spirit and all sasshole. As the King's ward, she has spent the past ninety years running errands, dodging the taunts of the spiteful hulijing courtiers...

Rael wakes to find herself at an unexpected crossroads in her young life. She has come on vacation to Europe in hopes of forgetting about the past, including failing at the most critical thing in her life: skiing. Of course, at sixteen nearly everything can feel like the most important thing in your life at any moment. Still, Rael is pretty sure training for six years and losing her big race by a tenth of a second is the lowest possible point her life can reach. Well, she was sure of that—until she wakes up in a stone room, alone, bound by rope, and in the care of a vampire. A situation ...

John Berwick is painfully ordinary. Which is a problem, because in a multiverse run by gods, demons, and ancient bureaucracies, ordinary people aren’t supposed to exist. When John’s quiet, unimpressive life collides with Gesh, a drunken, chaotic Mesopotamian goddess with a habit of making catastrophically bad decisions, he becomes the focus of forces that really should have left him alone. Assassination attempts, forced marriages, divine conspiracies, and a very inconvenient romantic entanglement soon follow. John doesn’t want to save the world. He doesn’t want to fight gods. He ...

The first book in an unmissable and ferociously exciting adventure series for readers of David Gemmell, Christian Cameron and Simon Scarrow Greece is in turmoil, divided by feuding kingdoms desiring wealth, power and revenge. When young soldier Eperitus comes to the aid of a group of embattled...

Immortality was supposed to make her unstoppable… not make her a bigger target. One sip of the Grayel has changed everything. Vervain Lavine is no longer just the Godhunter—she’s a goddess. Untouchable. Unkillable… in theory. Because while death just got harder, it’s still very much on the table. And her enemies? They’re lining up. At the top of that list: Xi Wangmu—the ancient Tiger Goddess of plague and death. She’s arrived in Hawaii, trailing devastation in her wake… and she’s brought the Black Death with her. Now Vervain has to do the impossible—hunt a goddess who ...

Middle School meets Percy Jackson in this new offering from #1 New York Times bestselling author James Patterson, where Greek gods task an ordinary twelve-year-old with a big mission. Nick Andino isn’t exactly “hero” material. He’s perfectly happy working at his family’s Greek diner...

Foxy in Fall - STANDALONE Paranormal Romance (Shifter Seasons) 1 Foxy Shifter Ready to Woo + 1 Curvy Girl Ready for Love = A ‘Furry’ Hot Romance! Bubbly Susie Cyrus is ready for romance. And she’s excited to go on the vacation of a lifetime with her new boyfriend. But when she makes an unplanned visit to his office she gets a cruel surprise. Fox shifter Joel Rigby knows that Susie is his fated mate. But so far his feelings have not been returned. Can the hunky officer turn things around? Foxy in Fall is a BBW Paranormal Shapeshifter Romance. This is a standalone novella and the fourth...