Patrick Jordan

The Claxton Lore and Apparition Warehouse is located on a remote private property in the deep swamps of Louisiana, and overseen by a robot designed by Mr. Claxton, called CLAW. The warehouse is filled with a maze of crates labeled with things like The Beast, Mr. Mason’s Jars, Snap, The Atomic Ants, which are filled with the things of legend, and it is CLAW’s job to make sure the objects don’t get out. But CLAW is a curious robot, and what lay inside these crates just may make their way out and haunt the imaginations of listeners everywhere.

You define life or it defines you. In Shawn Speakman’s case, it was both. Lacking health insurance and diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2011, Shawn quickly accrued a massive medical debt that he did not have the ability to pay. That’s when New York Times best-selling author Terry Brooks offered to donate a short story that Shawn could sell to help alleviate those bills—and suggested he ask the same of his other writer friends. Unfettered is the result: An anthology built in order to relieve that debt, featuring short stories by some of the best fantasy writers in the genre.

I’ve loved Luka Fields my entire life. He was my first crush, my first kiss, my first time, and my first heartbreak. Love isn’t like in the movies, or the books you read. It’s hard. Sometimes you give up…And regret it your entire life.

I've decided to have a baby. The only problem? I'm as single as they come. I jokingly make a list of possible baby daddies. The problem? My best friend White finds the list … and his name is at the top. My incredibly hot, best buddy, never-going-to-settle-down best friend. He's telling me he won't let anyone else near me. He's out to prove he's the only man for the job. I should say no. But I’m not going to.

When a beautiful socialite is savagely murdered in Chicago's Oz Park, Detectives Gabriel Cronan and Angel Ramirez find her last hours have a sinister tie to two lovers. One is a mystery and the other is a famous violin virtuoso. A child prodigy turned world class musician, Ethan Chandler is young, handsome - and blind. He's surrounded by admirers with insatiable appetites for his undeniable talent and guileless charm.

Beck and Vivian never could stand each other, but they always tried their best for their mutual friend, Cassie. After the town moves on from Cassie’s murder too fast, Beck and Vivian finally find common ground: vengeance. They memorialize Cassie by secretly painting murals of her around town, a message to the world that Cassie won’t be forgotten. But Beck and Vivian are keeping secrets, like the third passenger riding in Beck’s VW bus with them - Cassie’s ghost.

For three years, the Nazis have held France hostage, terrorizing its citizens, and deporting Jews to work camps in the East. A company of brutal SS Panzer troops have taken over the City Hall of Caen and control the heartbeat of the city. Local bands of Resistance fighters operate in the shadows to disrupt, derail, and destroy German operations.

1946 auf einer Baumwollfarm im Mississippi-Delta: Laura ist ihrem Ehemann zuliebe aufs Land gezogen. In eine Umgebung, die ihr fremd ist und Angst macht. Inmitten der neuen Herausforderungen für sie geraten zwei junge Kriegsheimkehrer. Jamie, Lauras Schwager, der sichtlich um ihr Wohlbefinden bemüht ist und dem Laura verbotenerweise Avancen macht, und Ronsel, der älteste Sohn ihrer farbigen Pächterfamilie.

Der französische Bildhauer Auguste Bartholdi tourt durch die Vereinigten Staaten, um Geld für sein neuestes Projekt zu sammeln: die Freiheitsstatue! Doch der Gefängnisdirektor Abraham Locker will auf der Felseninsel vor New York lieber ein ausbruchsicheres Gefängnis bauen und sabotiert Bartholdis Pläne, wo er kann. Zum Glück hält Lucky Luke seine schützende Hand über den Franzosen. Deshalb soll er ihn auch nach Europa begleiten, um den Transport der Statue nach Amerika zu sichern.