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What do you do when the doctor says you could die at any moment? Well...after you’ve made a cup of tea, of course. Nathan James is young, successful and has the world at his feet. Unfortunately, he’s also about to die—which ruins things somewhat. And now he’s staring imminent death in the face, Nathan is having to rethink some of his life choices very hard. Then Nathan falls in love with a charming girl called Alison, which is a really stupid thing to do. Because how can you give your heart to someone when it might be about to stop?

A collection of two chilling tales of the macabre from Blair Daniels, including The Homeowner's Association, and Attention, Shoppers! ATTENTION, SHOPPERS “ATTENTION, SHOPPERS: Please hide at the back of the store immediately." I'm at a Bluemart, on a diaper run with my kids, when I hear the...

Hallie Flynn was ready for the perfect senior year, but everything changed at Homecoming when petty rumors spiraled out of control. The In Crowd was always who everybody in the Out Crowd dreamed of being. The Out Crowd consisted of everybody else. Isaiah was also expecting a normal senior year. His biggest concern was earning a scholarship for college, but then all the norms evaporated. Gossip piled on top of itself, overwhelming his social life and everyone else's. Friendships were ruined. People from all walks of Gates High School life no longer knew who to trust.

John Milton, some famous dead guy, once wrote that it was better to rule in Hell than to serve in Heaven. What if you weren’t too keen on either? That’s the position in which Danasdius, demon prince, grandson of Lucifer, finds himself.

Tom Collins, mild-mannered president of a dwindling southern Bible college, becomes a target when a drunk prankster swaps his campus's American flag with the Christian one, and Dr. Tom refuses to "fix" the situation. Big media, exuberant students, petty enemies, and pretty secretaries all play a part in this happy-go-lucky satire for the 21st century.

You've heard the story of Pinocchio, but have you listened to the story of his daughter, Pinocchia? In this wacky satire, watch as Pinocchio's daughter gets into trouble in a world of smartphones, night clubs and, let's not forget, jackasses! Watch and laugh seeing the adult adventures of Pinocchia as she crosses over with other Fairy Tale characters such as Thumbelina, Tom Thumb, Odette, and many many more!

Following the success of the last party which was recorded in the much acclaimed book, Ghosts Screaming With Laughter, it was time for another one.

Russell Wiley is in deep trouble. A media executive for the failing Daily Business Chronicle, his career is teetering on the brink of collapse, and his sexless marriage is fast approaching its expiration date. With his professional and personal lives floundering, it’s no wonder Russell is distracted, unhappy, and losing faith in himself. Making matters worse are his scheming boss, a hotshot new consultant, and the beguiling colleague whose mere presence has a disconcerting effect on Russell’s starved libido.

Charming but flawed Jack was never "right," but that's a lot of what made him magnetic to others. His decades-long deterioration is chronicled in painful detail with a mix of dark humor, tragedy, and brutal self-awareness that is unlike any book you've ever listened to.

Einstein Meadows ¿Qué Pasó? Lessons Learned While Letting It All Hang Out is the dynamic and zany sequel to Einstein Meadows: The Unspoken Perils & Thrills of Living in a Retirement Community. With huge profits from the grow, the Einstonians search out creative new investment opportunities.

Jasper and Annie are a pair of jobless no-hopers who have dropped into the cracks between the paving slabs of life. Rather than bothering to climb out, they have embraced their situation and created a life based around doing pretty much nothing. That is, apart from visiting various chronic illness clubs for free refreshments and selling old cassette tapes online. But when a customer leaves negative feedback for a month-old purchase without first making contact, Jasper seeks retribution.

Marcel Slouch continues his adventures in finding and keeping a job. His interpersonal relationships are enriched.

The truth will out… Back home after her life changing moment at Frogham train station, it seems that Alison’s life is looking up and there’s even a possibility of romance on the horizon. Maybe she can finally stop lying. But it’s not very long before it all starts to go wrong and when...

Interstellar con man Rex Nihilo has a price tag on his head. Railroaded into smuggling a shipment of contraband corn to a planet short on food, Rex finds himself on the run from an insidious corporation named Ubiqorp, which reaps obscene profits by keeping the planet dependent on shipments of synthetic rations. When Rex and his long-suffering robot companion Sasha are sentenced to work as slave labor on a massive Ubiqorp plantation, they learn the terrible secret behind the corporation's products.

The rug bites. The suit of armor breathes. The woman in the painting gets closer every second. At Giselle’s Sundries, nothing is quite as it seems—but Nadia doesn’t know that. After messing up her freshman year of college, she’s sent to work at her aunt’s dinky little thrift shop...

It’s hard to be the new girl in town. Again. But that’s exactly where Harper finds herself as she begins her third fantasy football season. This time was supposed to be different. This time, she was supposed to be about excitement and growth. Instead, she’s stuck in a cubicle job she hates, more lonely than ever, and she has a fantasy football team that even a mother wouldn’t love. And just when she thinks it couldn’t get worse, something happens that could jeopardize everything she’s worked so hard to have.

With “elements of The Bold Type, Mad Men, and The Devil Wears Prada” (Entertainment Weekly), a young woman navigates a tricky twenty-first-century career—and the trickier question of who she wants to be—in this savagely wise debut novel. At 28, Casey Pendergast is not where she thought...

Have you ever wished someone would just say what we're all thinking about the absurdities of modern life? Are you ready for a brutally honest look at the world we live in? Lena Ashwood's 'The Things I Shouldn't Say Out Loud' is the unfiltered truth bomb you've been waiting for.

Failing grocery store manager Larry Prescott just wants a quickie. With a frigid wife waiting at home, Larry decides to have some extramarital fun with an employee named Maxine Watkins. Though he has no way of knowing it, Larry is sowing the seeds for a crime spree that will be dubbed “The MegaSaver Massacre”.

Follow Victor Adams' hilarious dystopian satire of American life. From a disastrous Disneyland Selfi-Park to tongue-twisting corporate sloganeering and 'investment ready' lawsuits. You'll wonder where fiction stops and reality starts. Teri Bradshaw finally conquered life; she got rich. Her TSA agents have been robbing airport passengers for a decade. She ships all her stuff down to Nicaragua to resell around the world. But when that country spirals into civil unrest, can her scheme survive?