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Sean here. When wolf-riding trolls attack our house, my sister Fiona and I find out the hard way that we're destined to be heroes. That goes for our friends Arturo and Parvati, too. Next thing we know, we're all enrolled in the last hero school on Midgard (that’s hero speak for "Earth"). In fact, we're the entire final freshman class.

High-schooler Pierre Chastain, surly hobbyist and shady dealer, secretly holds the power of illusions. With it, he controls perception and bends reality to his will. He is a god among men, or at least he was until he discovered he was not alone. The girl who can animate the dead was only the first to appear. Many more magic-users of all types reveal themselves - illusionists, summoners, kids who can see the future, and entire agencies with nefarious goals. They all seek to exploit Pierre’s talents in their schemes. Little do they know he has schemes of his own.

Hand in Hand presents the stories of 10 men from different eras in American history, organized chronologically to provide a scope from slavery to the modern day. The stories are accessible, fully drawn narratives offering the subjects' childhood influences, the time and place in which they lived, their accomplishments and motivations, and the legacies they left for future generations as links in the "freedom chain".

Zed wants to run from his past. Back in elementary school, with his head in a book or a science project, Zed's older brother Lawson used to tease him with that phrase, to the delight of Lawson's friends. Later, as they grew older, and Zed threw away the glasses and the books, the taunts turned to out and out bullying. And then his brother became a trained sniper for the Marines. A recent encounter with Lawson left Zed scared out of his wits...only thing is, he doesn't remember why.

Demon lights, granted wishes, strange things, and brutal love at the Lucky Lounge Motel. A haunted sister, desperate parents, a little human touch, and the end of the world. These are the stories whispered among dead leaves, the script etched bare for all to see. Welcome to Glenn Rolfe’s Land of Bones, 14 tales of the strange and macabre.

There ain’t no huntin’ in Heaven. The hunter becomes the hunted in this gripping tale of animal vengeance. Animal Killer is the story of Louie Pastore’s journey into the afterlife where he is hunted and tormented by the animals he murdered while alive. Upon his passing into the next world Louie is put on trial for his cruelty. The jurors who will decide his fate...the souls of every animal that had ever walked the Earth. At stake...the eternal destination of his soul. Will Louie escape and save his soul, or will he be lost to the abyss?

After traveling in stasis for years across the interstellar void, Robert Vasquez lands on the planet Sonik orbiting the Procyon star system. His personal mission is to educate the natives of what some consider a backwater world. In this pursuit, he soon runs afoul of the local human ambassador Garth Knight, who wants to keep the natives ignorant—and easier to subjugate.

It's been weeks since Angelina has left Neverland. James Hook is desperate to follow her off the island and find her in this notorious town called London when he makes a grave mistake. The consequences alter the life of his once-arch-enemy, Peter Pan, in a way no one could have foreseen. The boy who wouldn't grow up swears revenge, and what better way than by stealing Hook's love? Through a shower of falling stars, a loop around the moon, and then a hard left at the Clock Tower...

Although Angelina McFarland loves reading fairytales, she never dreamed of falling right into one. Literally! But who is this flying boy who saved her? And why doesn't he want to grow up? Desperately trying to find a way off this cursed island, Angelina runs into a ruthless pirate. Hook captures her and keeps her trapped on the Jolly Roger to lure the flying boy out of his hiding. But is James really the heartless man she heard about? The more time Angelina spends with him alone, the more she starts to wonder who actually is the bad guy in this story... and who isn't?