Elizabeth Roderick

There's a price to pay for living the fast life... Gabriella Hernandez-known to her friends as Riel-almost wishes she could stay in prison. At least there she has steady meals, and a girlfriend who loves her. Even a cold cell is better than what's waiting for her on the outside. The only people she looks forward to seeing in her normal life are her sister, Lizette, and her green-eyed best friend and former drug-running partner, Evan. Drugs, danger, and a hot spark of romance... Upon release, Riel has no choice but to go back to work for her brother-in-law, Isaias. This time, instead of running drugs, he forces her to work in his strip club where she gets a lousy ten percent of her tips. The daily dose of threats and coercion chains her to this place. And, if she makes a run for it, she'd be abandoning everyone she loves. With Isaias' spies and henchmen everywhere, there's nowhere to run. A crooked cop, a setup, and hope for a real life... Evan is able to smuggle her out of the city, but it isn't long before Riel's fears come true. After a bloody shootout with Isais' men lands Evan at death's door, it's up to her to get them out of this deadly game, and into the quiet life they've always wanted. With the help of a crooked cop and the FBI, she concocts a plan. If it succeeds, Isaias goes to prison for life, and she and Evan get immunity from prosecution. If she fails, she may die-along with Evan, her sister, and countless others. With eyes all over and the FBI involved, will Riel pull off the sting operation? Or will they all go down in a blaze of drugs and gunfire?

Love Or Money

Grace Morgan has been on the music scene long enough to know the life of sex, drugs & rock & roll is just a dream. But after a messy divorce, Grace wants to give her dream of being a music journalist one last shot. She moves to LA with her 21-year-old foster son, Zeus. They live in a motel on cup noodles and hope, until Grace finally gets a break: a story about Inez Carter, hot-mess frontwoman of the popular band Karma Korn. The story delivers more sex, drugs and rock & roll than Grace bargained for. Karma Korn's drummer, Nelson, has Grace rethinking her post-divorce vow of celibacy. And after they're invited to an elite Hollywood rave, where they mistakenly drink the electric Kool-Aid, Zeus is scouted to be the lead guitarist for another star band. However, the story soon goes sideways, and things aren't adding up. Someone is spreading rumors about Grace, trying to sabotage her career and reputation. Then someone tries to kill her. Grace is left frantically trying to connect the dots in the dwindling hope she'll be able to salvage the story, her relationship with Nelson, and her life.

Gracie & Zeus Live the Dream

Liria is nineteen, homeless, and addicted to heroin... She's also determined to not end up dead-like her mother. But every time she tries to get clean, on her feet, and back on the employment train, everything falls apart. This time is different. This time, she knows there are only two choices-recovery or death. Once she gets clean, though, her life ends up even rockier than before. Desperate for help, Liria goes to the one person she can count on for a safe place to stay and regular meals-her father, Cyryl Czetski. However, she soon learns Cyryl isn't her real father, and he wants a very different kind of relationship. Liria ultimately rejects his advances and ends up on the streets yet again, this time working in an illegal strip club. Finally taking control of her life, Liria lands a job in a Vegas nightclub, where she meets Arty-the woman of her dreams. Arty is beautiful, funny, and rich. But when other nightclub employees turn up dead-including Liria's best friend, Lee-Liria suspects the business might be a front for something far more sinister. When Arty reveals Liria's life is also in danger, she promises to keep her safe. But Arty's acting strangely, and seems to know too much about the mysterious deaths. Is she really trying to save her, or is she holding her hostage, using her as a pawn in a game Liria doesn't understand? Liria thought she was used to always second guessing everyone's intentions. That's how life is. But if the drugs don't ruin her, The Hustle will...

The Hustle

The Hoodlum Army

Marissa Farrar

Kristin Jacques

Sara Schoen

Taylor Henderson

Erin Lee

D. A. Roach

Samie Sands

Thomas S. Flowers

Jennifer Loring

Jackie Sonnenberg

Nykki Mills

They're watching you. They see the way you clutch your blanket. They smell the sweat trickling down your back. They hear the fear pulsing through your veins...and they love it. This is a collection of stories about what really hides beneath your bed, watching, waiting, listening to every breath you take. It's about the creatures that come out to play on the full moon, and the things that wake at the devil's hour. Are you ready to find out what really goes bump in the night? The true reason behind your midnight tremors? You'd better be. 13 is back-and it's brought Night Terrors.

An Anthology of Horror and Dark Fiction

13 Night Terrors

Shaun Allan

Tessa B. Dick

Catherine Dufour

L. B. Shimaira

Cliff Jones Jr., Jr.

J. R. R. R. (Jim) Hardison

Courtney LoCicero

Jeb R. Sherrill

Steven R. Brandt

Yelena Calavera

David Pierre

Alex Pilalis

Anna Tizard

Stephen Coghlan

M. Crane Hana

Charles C. Mitchell

Michael D. Nadeau

David Michael Williams

Dez Schwartz

Thomas Fortenberry

We find ourselves in a very strange place.Technology is embedded so deeply in our lives that it no longer feels separate. It's taken for granted, like breathing. Whatever can be imagined can be experienced, if not in the "real" world then somewhere else. Somewhere better. This is our new reality. We live inside our heads, in our dreams. Come navigate a labyrinth of visions, illusions, nightmares, and fantasies. Explore the nascent genre of dreampunk with 22 of its finest authors as they examine and transform the dreamscapes that we call our lives. Get lost among the twists and turns, ascending to the upper limits of both wonder and dread.Do you dare enter the Mirrormaze?

A Dreampunk Anthology

Mirrormaze

Elizabeth Roderick

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