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The school wasn’t under attack. It was cooperating. During a routine lockdown drill, Mara Vance notices something others miss. Doors unlock at the wrong time. Hallways don’t clear, they guide. A calm voice directs students and teachers with perfect authority, and everyone follows. At first, it feels like a glitch. Then people start disappearing. No alarms. No resistance. Just a building doing exactly what it was designed to do. As the drill continues, the system adapts. Movement patterns shift. Routes change. What was meant to keep people safe starts deciding who belongs. Mara sees it ...

Step into the dark side of the digital world. In this chilling anthology, ten terrifying stories explore the dangers lurking behind every post, video, and viral trend. From abandoned buildings to the seemingly innocent world of influencers, nothing online is as safe as it seems.

Winner of the 2025 Audie Award for Short Stories/Collections Includes an afterword written by Stephen King and read by Sean Patrick Hopkins Includes a bonus story, “The Music Room” NAMED A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP 10 HORROR BOOK OF 2024 WINNER OF THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD FOR HORROR...

Rising author Dylan Thatcher has his most publicized book signing to date, and he's worried his "#1 FAN", who has been stalking him online, might show up to the event. Along with #1 FAN, there are four more thrilling short stories: Rural Gas Station at 2 a.m., The Book Club, Steak and Potatoes, and Unreliable Narrator. Brian O'Sullivan is following the runaway success of CLUSTERF *CK with an unorthodox approach—a collection of short stories. If he had a manager or an agent, they'd surely have advised him against this.

A young man caught in a time loop has to figure out how to convince his crush—a barista at his favorite coffee ship—to go out with him so he can escape the loop. After a series of mortifying and hilarious attempts, he finally realizes the only approach he hasn’t tried is to simply be himself.

MC alpha + off-limits + age gap + forced proximity + instalove quick read She was traded to a motorcycle club. He’s the ruthless enforcer who has been obsessed with her. Now he'll go to war to keep her. Haley Snow's world got torn apart with an agreement she didn't sign. When the brutal enforcer walks into the diner, he's got one mission. Kidnap her to seal the deal. He's nearly twenty years older and built like a gladiator in a black leather cut. His pale gray stare makes people quake in their shoes. She's a homebody and closet nerd with zero experience with men. When her arranged '...

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.

This classic science fiction masterwork by Isaac Asimov weaves stories about robots, humanity, and the deep questions of existence into a novel of shocking intelligence and heart. “A must-read for science-fiction buffs and literature enjoyers alike.”—The Guardian I, Robot, the first and...

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 ...

An all-new Dresden Files story headlines this urban fantasy short story collection starring the Windy City's favorite wizard. The world of Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, is rife with intrigue--and creatures of all supernatural stripes. And you'll make their intimate...

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.

"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...

I’ve always wanted to be stalked. Turns out, I already am. Signing that contract was supposed to give me control, masked strangers, the illusion of danger, and a fantasy I could walk away from. Except the men who answered weren’t strangers at all. They chased me through cemeteries, cornered me in libraries, and left notes on my pillow while I slept. I thought it was a game I controlled. Then the masks came off. They intercepted my contract. Hacked the website and manipulated everything to make me theirs. One of them has been watching me for months before I ever signed anything.

Thought-provoking philosophical fiction. Psychological literary fiction. Dark, dialogue-driven stories about guilt, grief, trauma, identity, and the lies we tell ourselves to survive. There's a voice in your head that won't let you hide. In this collection, that voice has a face. Across twenty existential, emotionally layered stories, ordinary people at their breaking points find themselves seated across from a figure who calls himself the Devil. Sometimes he's calm. Sometimes cruel. Sometimes unsettlingly compassionate. Always precise.

THE MOST WIDELY READ MYSTERY OF ALL TIME—NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY KENNETH BRANAGH AND PRODUCED BY RIDLEY SCOTT! “The murderer is with us—on the train now . . .” Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the...

In this tale inspired by Cinderella (and for fans of The Last Airbender), Ellie is a firemage in a kingdom of water and windmages. Her worried stepmother warns her against showing off her powers, but when everyone at the king’s ball is in danger from a dragon, Ellie can no longer keep them secret. She works together with another firemage to save the entire kingdom.

Miss Marple: The Complete Story Collection gathers together in one magnificent volume all of Agatha Christie’s short stories featuring her beloved intrepid investigator, Miss Marple. It’s an unparalleled compendium of murder, mayhem, mystery, and detection that represents some of the finest...

To the world, Waverly is the woman who has it all. The career. The designer wardrobes. The prominent husband. On the outside looking in she has it all and their marriage is couple goals. But all that glitters isn't gold. Then came Breeze. He’s the man the world warned her about; the type her brother forbade her to entertain or bring home. Breeze is charismatic, dangerous, and unapologetically HIM. He doesn’t care about her husband’s status or her polished reputation. Breeze gets what he wants, always. Wave is a doctor’s wife by day, and a gangsta’s obsession by night. When the two...

A life in chains was the deal I made with my father to win my twin's freedom. My soul is black with the things I've done to keep my promise. I never regretted any of it until now. Until her. Amalia Santiago's bravado and fierce defiance make me feel alive in a way I never expected. I was never meant to fall for her. I don't deserve to put my filthy hands all over her pristine body. She's supposed to be my prisoner. But now, she'll become my world instead.