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Whatever you do, do not listen. Ignore that pull, the need to escape from drudgeries of life and find peace and solitude within nature. It is not the cool breeze and the scent of pine that whispers your name. No, these things within the forest will rip out your heart and devour your soul. You will tremble as they revel in your madness, taking everything from you and leaving you with nothing. Delve inside this anthology of what truly lurks within the shadows of the trees. We dare you to take this journey with us and find out what horrors await you.

A lively and imaginative debut, Neoteny explores blindness, family, and birdsong. In these poems, Emily K. Michael meditates on literary and personal heroes like Jo March, her beloved grandmother, and her guide dog. This collection is rich with treasures from childhood - the honey-colored piano Michael played, the fig tree in her front yard, and the trays of fresh mint drying on her grandmother's table.

Quinn Alexander is rich, handsome...and an ancient Vampire. He doesn’t want to be in Hong Kong for the launch of his next multi-billion dollar gaming sensation, but needs must. Then the Thirst strikes. Lost in the backstreets of a foreign land, a scent assaults him, overpowers his senses, stuns him completely until he’s rushing headlong toward it with no thought other than to reach it and make it his. A shout, a scream, a cry for help...and Quinn knows it’s his Bloodmate. Can he reach her in the meandering maze? And when he does will it be in time?

Human cloning. Technology evolves faster than we do. The law shields us from our worst temptations. But the opportunity is there, dangling just out of reach - perfection and ascension or delusion and destruction. The choice is ours. In this collection of clone-themed stories, 10 of today’s top speculative fiction writers explore our morality and built-in societal restraints and reflect upon our state of grace. Similar is not necessarily the same.

Change: The Numismatic Odyssey of a Quarter follows a 1963d Quarter for 100 years. If you've ever held an old coin and wondered about its journey, Change offers the story of one of these roads, telling the brutal vaudeville that was late 20th century America. Through large stories and small moments, high comedy and quiet loss, Change reflects not only the chaos of history but the connectedness of small things, and yes, even the nature of evolution itself.

Lost in a foreign city, ancient vampire Flint finds himself facing the toughest battle of his life. What was supposed to be a vacation has turned into a battle to save a young Scottish lass in danger as well as his own sanity when he’s struck with a mysterious thirst. One that he’s finding hard to control and he’s terrified that if he slips down that route he may never return. With a horde on his tail and the beautiful and injured Kenzie McBride in his arms, he’s struck with the revelation of who and what she is....

Victor Strong, ancient vampire and hard-as-nails businessman, is strong in name and nature with a steely control over everything...until it comes: A "thirst" he has no control over and cravings for blood and other, darker and more enticing desires, rapidly growing out of control. If a solution isn’t found, The Directive will come knocking on his door. As if to answer his prayers for a cure to his madness, a sweet, tantalizing scent casts a spell over him. Hypnotized by that which were thought to be mere myths, the most precious of all things - a vampire’s bloodmate.

When a car accident leaves a family in a predicament, Astrid intervenes and is dismissed as an eccentric elderly neighbor. Despite the family’s resistance, Astrid’s demonstration of faith and selflessness defy all expectations.

What’s in Your Pocket? will inspire you to make time to be a student of the culture your children are growing up in. A major part of this culture is the technology that now consumes the lives of so many young people. Through scripture, statistics, technology tips, and stories of experiences, we will convince you that there is no more important task to give your precious time to than the task of learning about your children and their Online world.

There is a river that flows through the misty landscape of imagination, seeping up through the rocky earth high in the Appalachian Mountains. It winds southward through the foothills and the piedmont: It tumbles past the fall line, widens and deepens, and then meanders across the coastal plain until it finally reaches the gulf of Mexico.And all along its length the great river inspires stories to tease listeners into wonder, or send a shiver down their spines.

An author’s agent finds he’s in for an outrageous night when his two national best-selling clients meet - one a mountain of a man, trailer-park red neck, the other a teenage girl who’s written a book on sex, drugs, and debauchery in junior high school.

One night, while dumping a corpse in a secluded, marshy, swamp, a serial killer unexpectedly discovers love and horror.

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