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The year is 2375, and the world has been drained of most of its natural resources. In order to preserve their dying planet, the government puts The Digital Life Initiative into action. Those deemed of low economic value are placed into a state of cryogenic sleep, their minds connected to a myriad of virtual worlds. They become digital citizens, living out their lives in virtual cities. Kadia Greene wasn’t someone who had any interest in the virtual worlds, unlike her brother who spent his days wasting away in a VR capsule.

Journalist, attorney, and star of Bravo's The Real Housewives of New York reshapes the cultural landscape of achievement by showing why Black unity is crucial to individual and collective success. When The Real Housewives of New York City hired its first black cast member after more than 13...

War is hell. It cost Gary Cross his military career, his love, and left him with a roadmap of scars that serve as a constant reminder of everything he lost. Out of that tortured past came something extraordinary—CrossBow Protection, one of the premiere bodyguard services in the US. Michael Kennedy has been Gary Cross’s personal assistant for nearly a year. He’s come to understand why none of his predecessors lasted more than a few months. Gary Cross is snarly, prickly, and snappy, and those are his good points. But Michael is not like the others—as Gary is about to find out.

Flexin' & Sexin' is an urban and erotic anthology penned by some of street lit's and erotica's hottest writers. Join best selling authors K'wan, Anna J and Erick S. Gray as they take listeners on a wild ride from the sheets to the streets.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE NAACP IMAGE AWARD A “gripping, revelatory” (NPR) memoir of hard-won success, struggles with addiction, and a lifelong mission to give back—from the late iconic actor beloved for his roles in The Wire, Boardwalk Empire, and Lovecraft Country...

Having ascended to the prestigious role of High Priestess of Philosophia Naturalis, Kadia Greene faces challenges that push her to her limits. Tasked with restoring ancient teachings and gathering followers, she embarks on a perilous journey with her friends. As they traverse dangerous terrains and navigate political intrigue, cities are forsaken, mountains are set ablaze, and temples are constructed on secluded peaks. Yet, amid her feats, Kadia grapples with a deteriorating mental state, often losing track of time, reality, and even her own identity.

Kadia Greene believed she had found her place in the digital realm, but her new life is upended when she is abruptly pulled back into the harsh reality she thought she had left behind forever. Torn between the lure of returning to her digital haven and the unresolved issues of her past, Kadia faces the daunting challenge of navigating her new circumstances while grappling with a fractured sense of self. Each decision she makes now will not only define her future but also force her to reconcile the person she was with the person she must become.

An elderly farmer learns the horrifying truth beyond the phrase “True love never dies”. Something sinister lurks behind the distant eyes of a mother’s traumatized son. And a gravedigger slowly descends into madness, as he grows obsessed with the corpse of a little girl.... Scare Street’s latest collection shines a flickering candle on the terrifying forces of darkness that haunt our dreams. Death, madness, obsession.... The darker side of the human psyche is revealed with each bone-chilling chapter of these 14 macabre tales.

The $615 Million Vision: A Month to Manifest the Impossible. Tired of surviving when you yearn to thrive? Andrea was too. At 33, Andrea's life was a predictable cycle of soul-crushing work, looming stagnation, and the nagging feeling that she was meant for more. Her biggest aspiration was a life free from financial worry, a dream that felt light years away… until a staggering $615 million lottery jackpot flashed across her screen. Scoffing at first, a desperate whisper of "what if" quickly ignited a spark she couldn't ignore. What if the universe held more than just bills and ...

Moonstone, South Carolina. A town where nothing is what it seems. Marilyn Maxwell is an accomplished woman in all areas. But what people don’t know is she has struggled with the demon of death since she was a child. After a personal crisis forces her to re-evaluate her life, she reluctantly decides to relocate to her hometown of Moonstone, South Carolina. This decision sends her spiraling into a world full of conjure, celestial wonder, and the murky unknown.

Now available in color, making the beautiful backcountry and aviation pictures come to life!

You’ve written the best book ever, and now, everyone will be racing to read it. That was the plan anyway. As a first-time author, you walk a fine line between planning for and marketing your book for success and the crushing reality of low sales. Book Marketing for the First-Time Author breaks down the most important elements that you need to market your book. Master the fundamentals covered here to set your book up for success.

Too many students enter graduate school unprepared to write at the level expected of them, so they become stressed and lose confidence in their ability to write well. While graduate school writing requirements are daunting, writing is a skill that can and must be mastered. However, students first must embrace their identity as scholarly writers then work to improve their writing abilities. I Am Not a Writer...is a resource that provides foundational information, skills and techniques for meeting faculty writing expectations, navigating graduate school pressures, earning advanced degrees and...

R.K. “Dick” Williams has been flying since 1972 and has amassed close to 20,000 flight hours, with almost half of those hours in wilderness terrain. Almost half of that grand total has also been single-pilot, and most of those without autopilot. He has also enjoyed thousands of hours in jets and turboprops with excellent crews, spent thousands of hours as a flight instructor, and served ten years as an FAA Pilot Examiner.This is Dick’s third aviation-related book, and in it he re-publishes his original Super Cub Pilot’s Association Newsletter Safety Editorials from 30 years ago ...

You’ve written your first book and you are ready to self-publish it; congratulations! Now, what steps do you need to take to self-publish? What are the best strategies? How do you ensure retailers and libraries will carry your book? Aggregating five plus years of experience in the self-publishing space, M.K. Williams has compiled the answers that you need into an easily digestible format to walk you through the publishing process.

"Newark Black" is a short story from the collection New Jersey Noir, featuring brand-new stories (and a few poems) by: Joyce Carol Oates, Jonathan Safran Foer, Robert Pinsky, Edmund White and Michael Carroll, Richard Burgin, Paul Muldoon, Sheila Kohler, C.K. Williams, Gerald Stern, Lou Manfredo, S.A. Solomon, Bradford Morrow, Jonathan Santlofer, Jeffrey Ford, S.J. Rozan, Barry N. Malzberg and Bill Pronzini, Hirsh Sawhney, and Robert Arellano.

Chris has got it all: a successful business, a loving wife, and full custody of his son. But one day, temptation proves too much for his wife Kendra, and she succumbs. Embarking on a torrid affair with Trey, her best friend’s lover, Kendra is caught in two minds: She loves Chris deeply, but the sexual fulfillment she gets from Trey is impossible to resist. A chance encounter between the two leaves Trey comatose and Chris imprisoned, assuming he was defending Kendra’s dignity.

Hollywood has thrilled—and titillated—audiences with tales of women who love monsters since King Kong and The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Our love affair with the ultimate “others” continued as we made the acquaintances of Barnabas Collins, Swamp Thing, the Vampire Lestat, Hellboy, and Shrek. It should come as no surprise that when ViceTV decided to do an episode on “Monsters Fantasies”, they came to Riverdale Avenue Books to interview some of those authors in an episode that aired in March 2018.

What happens when a demon-possessed soft drink machine tortures a group of authors during a book event?They write stories about it!Writers at a signing spent hour after agonizing hour listening to the same mind-numbing tune. The group was so traumatized, the only revenge they could wield was to plot the demise of offending mechanical creature.Their collaboration lead to this entertaining collection appropriately titled Death of the Demon Machine.Authors:Tricia AndersenStephen L. BraytonCraig HartBeth HudsonD. MoonfireKathryn SullivanDavid Taylor IIM.L. Williams