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Meet the writers’ room of the kid’s show Rooty Root Vegetables, which struggles to find humor in carbon emissions and climate change. Then things get punny.

After Dylan moves to Osaka, a strange interaction grants him the power to see demons and monsters from Japanese folklore. Burning with a desire to help the people being harmed by these terrible forces, Dylan finds an answer in the devastatingly beautiful and mysterious Ayane. Through her, Dylan learns there are more sinister and deadly monsters than anyone could imagine. Evil yokai have plagued Japan for centuries and the threat is escalating. But not all yokai are evil. Will his new-found power be enough to protect the innocents and vanquish the spawn of the abyss?

She claims she can spin gold, but it is a lie. With her life at stake, she has no other choice. She gets one chance to turn her lie into truth, and she is shocked when she succeeds. But now the cruel human king demands she become his wife—passing between his bed and being locked away in a tower, spinning gold until her last breath. Her only way out is to summon him. A brutal Fae prince. The deal she strikes is sickening, but it is the only way she will live after she is caught escaping.

The Bookworm Box is proud to present Two More Days, our second anthology installment. Much like the first installment, Two More Days is an exciting and unique listening experience with contributions from several of our charity's featured authors. Each author was given the same first sentence. Where they took that sentence was completely up to them.

Nadine is the only witch of her kind. With unique powerful abilities, she's a prime contender to sit on the witch's council, yet she's anything but welcome. A haunting family curse threatens to force her out of her magical college, and revealing her greatest secret may lead to the destruction of her people. Lucas is the only warlock of his generation destined to ferry the souls of the dead. Accepting his dark gift is as brutal as investigating the coven's mysteries. He's prepared to fight the darkness alone, until he receives a warning beyond the grave from Nadine's mother.

Wren Calloway is just trying to survive another exhausting shift. A shy waitress with more bills than hope, she keeps her head down, refills glasses, and prays the powerful people in the room never notice her. But tonight, one of them does. Calvin Mercer didn’t become a billionaire by overlooking anything. Cold. Controlled. Untouchable. The man built an empire by dominating every room he walks into. So when champagne spills down his suit and the trembling waitress freezes in front of him, Calvin doesn’t react like the other men in the room. He stares. Because the moment Calvin Mercer ...

This collection includes the first four books in the Return of the Elves romantic fantasy series: Soulbound, Sundered, Exiled, and Seared.

In this chilling collection, five acclaimed authors invite you into a world where the supernatural hides in plain sight. Look closely, and you’ll find it: lurking within an ancient tree, stalking an idyllic beach, and whispering through a friend’s letter. Your curiosity is exactly what it’s been waiting for.

A sweet romance collection set in Regency England, where couples find love amid scandal, secrets, and suspense. These historical romances feature second-chance love, opposites-attract romance, forced proximity, and arranged marriage storylines. Books In This Collection London Stranger Stolen Heart Finding the Earl The Duke’s Truth The Eligible Earl The Viscount's Promise The Viscount’s Wife The Viscount’s Mystery The Viscount’s Heart The Aristocrat’s Charade An Earl’s Redemption A Viscount to Remember Bewildered Earl Alice’s Arranged Marriage

Two years ago, the end began. In 2036, a rapidly destabilizing climate culminated in a worldwide snowstorm that froze the entire planet. Billions are now dead due to starvation, disease, civil unrest, and the plummeting temperatures. What remains of humanity now live in small settlements or isolated makeshift villages, carving out miserable lives in this grim new reality. Some, like Chris Weston, choose to travel among the vast winter wastelands between the bastions of civilization. In the aftermath of the great collapse, Chris finds himself strangely suited for this new world.

"Includes something for every kind of King fan.” —People From #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King, the iconic, spine-tingling story collection that includes winners of an O. Henry Prize and other awards, and “Riding the Bullet,” which attracted over half a million online...

Over a million copies sold. “A twisty, roller coaster ride of a debut. Fans of Gone Girl will embrace this equally evocative tale.” —Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author “I’ve been following her for the past few days. I know where she buys her groceries, where she has her...

The first short story collection in the #1 New York Times- bestselling series-including brand-new Harry Dresden short stories!...

Geralt the Witcher—revered and hated—holds the line against the monsters plaguing humanity in this collection of adventures, the first chapter in Andrzej Sapkowski’s groundbreaking epic fantasy series that inspired the hit Netflix show and the blockbuster video games. ★ The New York...

Three lifelong best friends go to a destination wedding...and nothing will ever be the same.

A sportscaster and a kindergarten teacher vie for the last copy of a bestselling dessert cookbook. To prove how badly they want it, each tries to outdo the other with meme-like, dessert-inspired lines.

No resources. No memories. No help. Jak awakens, cold and confused, on the shore of an unknown island at the beginning of a dangerous nightfall. With nothing but his name and a head drained of memory, he stumbles into the nearby forest and is quickly forced to fight for his very survival. When he meets Niri, a beautiful elf exiled from her people and left to die in the wilderness, he begins the quest to build his own tribe in a land of blood, brutality, and wild adventure.

Arthur Cain was a hero to his city, the most accomplished and respected of the firefighters in his entire district. But when a call comes in from the so-called "Halfbreed Heights", the monsterfolk part of the city, Arthur's life gets flip-turned upside down. Though he saved the life of a matronly lamia that day, he was also partially crippled and forced into early retirement. Now unable to fit the image of her personal superman, Arthur's wife divorces him and leaves him to move into a cheaper home in the same monsterfolk slum that caused his current situation.

Welcome to Love Under a Western Sky, a steamy small-town romance collection filled with fresh starts, rugged heroes, and the kind of love that refuses to let go. When life falls apart, these women take a chance on something new—only to find men who challenge them, claim them, and change everything.