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William and his brothers are on their way to summer camp. But when a wrong turn leads them to an abandoned campground, things start to get weird in this nail biting and suspenseful short story.

In a Los Angeles that is something like ours - but in which magic has become an integral part of society - P.I. Turner Cronyn and a beautiful woman named Astraea Scales investigate the theft of Big Al (the Triton)'s conch shell horn, which not only plays beautiful music at the Triton Club, but also has magical properties that could inundate greater L.A. And the villain appears to be the last of the surviving race of Sirens (of Circe fame), who still wants revenge on the Greek hero Jason!

Angie moved with her father from St. Louis to the deep south town of Moon Lake, Mississippi. The lake was huge and peaceful, but the high school wasn't very friendly and Tyeson Dompier thought he owned the lake and everyone who lived around it. He wanted Angie for himself the way he'd had every girl he wanted, but his cruelty ruined everything.

Virginia Collins is not what she appears to be. By all outward appearances the successful uptown psychiatrist is just another beautiful dame who hires a private investigator to find her missing husband: a weird little man who makes fancy umbrella drinks and dresses like something out of an old gangster movie. Collins hides her real motives, along with her tragic past, in order to win the affections of Raffy Rheinhardt, a cynical PI with an equally tragic history; a long forgotten shared incident resulting in damaged psyches and dead bodies.

The Dark: Horror Anthology Vol. 3 includes three stories: "Wenatchee Forest", "Kabul Night", and "The Gift".

"A Strange Case": A formula is discovered in an old second-hand book. Sometimes fiction is based on reality. "The Program": Three death row inmates are offered a pardon...if they can survive the deadly task at hand in a remote location. "The Vessel": In the future, human cloning has been approved, but what consequences does mankind face...when tampering with God and nature?

I have lived in the Middle East for 25 years now, and the constant undercurrent of these conflicts is ever present.

When Claire and James move into a beautiful Victorian home together, she soon discovers that he is being seduced by a secret from his past, one thought buried long ago.

A horror anthology featuring the stories "The Hunter", "Shadow People", "The Harvest Moon", and more.

Jack Harden is your average good-old-fashioned American truck driver. You can ask the girl he's got duct-taped in the back of his cab, she'll tell you. Oh, don't worry - it's okay. His wife knows all about it. She told him to do it.

The Elven Wanderer is a mysterious man who goes by the name of Tom Fern. He wakes up in a hospital in modern day New York, but he is from a distant world. He baffles those he meets with his strange powers as he attempts to make sense of his new life. Yet Tom Fern does not have the luxury to live as a tourist, as he soon finds that he is being pursued by dangerous and determined enemies - the same ones who laid his home world to ruin. Given the chance, they will do the same to modern day Earth.

Max Warwick endeavors to finish the sci-fi novel he's been waiting his whole life to write, but finds discouragement around every turn. Amelia Royce, a young starship officer on a deep-space assignment, finds herself in the middle of a crisis, with the fate of her world hanging in the balance. Linked by tragedy, separated by time, their triumphs will not come without sacrifice.

Mitch Whitley has convinced his wife Natalie to stay home as a monstrous hurricane barrels down on their home town. She didn't really want to stay, but Mitch can be very persuasive. Now, as the night wears on, the terror mounts, and Natalie realizes that the fury of nature may be the least of her concerns.

Have you ever wondered what the metaverse, the blockchain, cryptocurrencies, NFTs, DeFi, and virtual reality are? Do these words even mean anything to you? Are they likely to ever impact your life? Well, this is what this book sets out to explore.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want an edible experience? Would you like some culinary guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Eat like a Local book is for you. Eat like a Local - Encinitas, California by C. Tavassoli offers the inside scoop on tasting what Encinitas has to offer. Culinary tourism is an important aspect of any travel experience. Food has the ability to tell you a story of a destination, its landscapes, and culture on a single plate.

How do you feel when you pass a bakery and smell the aroma of freshly baked pastries? Most of us, just want to take a moment and savor the scent and in that moment, it just feels so calming. This clearly shows that scent plays a huge role in our physical and mental well-being. This is where the use of aromatherapy and essential oils comes in.

Minimalist living is a concept that is being seen more and more. It has been around since the dawn of man, but it’s been getting a lot of notice now as people are looking to simplify their lives. Studies have shown that minimalism makes it easier to get rid of stress. It turns out that having too many tools and too much ‘stuff’ can make our lives more stressed and more complicated.

After a rootless childhood, the desire for love and stability becomes both a propelling force and a tender, vacant space in former foster child Easton McNeil's life. Yet the man who keeps moving forward in search of "the beautiful ordinary," is confronted by unexpected curves. He's a virgin who becomes a father. A humanistic dreamer who becomes a business journalist. A practical man who ends up leaving his stable career for a humiliating gig as a sidekick to the notorious shock jock, Cooper Ross.

Daniel Sharpe survived the end of the world. Now he lives alone, fearful that he may be the last living person on earth. It's too dangerous for him to venture outside - to try and find other survivors - with that ominous black cloud of death still looming in the sky above. When a manila envelope mysteriously arrives with an invitation to join "The Continuance Agency", an organization on a mission to save mankind, Daniel has to decide if it's worth the risk to try to join up, to see if he can help to save whatever's left of the world.

Halloween was his birthday, and all poor Bob Talley wanted was for his family to be together again. This year, his wish might come true...