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Elizabeth Tudor, daughter of the ill-fated Queen Anne Boleyn and temperamental King Henry VIII, was never meant to rule the country. Yet, when her time came, she didn’t stumble under the weight of the English crown. Elizabeth was perhaps the most intelligent, forward-thinking monarch who ever sat on the throne before or since. Her reign is responsible for the strength of the Royal Navy, the cultivation of fine arts, the long-term stability and safety of her nation from foreign attacks, and the first steps toward international colonization.

This new Captivating History audiobook serves as an overview of Russian history over the span of more than a millennium, from the foundation of the Russian state by the Viking Prince Rurik in AD 862 until the collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991.

This volume contains 10 stories. A Little Bit More is Volume 3 of a four-part series.

Listen to The Horned Ones: Cornucopia by Christine Morgan, today.

In January 1959, Art Copleston was escorted out of his college accounting class by three police officers. In a motel room, blinds drawn, he sat in front of a state senator and the legal counsel for the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee, nicknamed the “Johns Committee.” His crime? Being a suspected homosexual. And the government of Florida would use any tactic at their disposal—legal or not—to get Copleston to admit it.

Phobias are defined as an irrational and extreme fear to something. It could be anything as long as it causes an intense and debilitating fear. What happens when these irrational fears/phobias become reality? We’ve created an A to Z phobia list and elevated each one to a new level of fear. These stories come to life in ways that will make you want to sleep with the light on, double check the locks on your door, and think twice before dismissing your fear as irrational.

The night before the dance performance that could determine Gracie Wilder’s career, her father unexpectedly dies, leaving behind a curious gift with ties to a myth told to her as a child. Desperate to understand her father’s unspoken words, she puts her greatest dream on the line for an opportunity to remember the childhood she tried so hard to forget.

A collection of 23 stories from Kurt Newton, including "The Pit", "Puppies for Sale", "Bruises", "Under the Bridge", "Thumbin'", "Something Profound", "The Whittling", "Creak!", "Angels of Mercy", "Angels of Grief", "Skins", "The Banana Man", "Dead Dogs", "Trunk Story", "Nature Walk", "The Dog Park", "B-Side", "Lost Dog", "Periphery", "Post Mortem", "The Stagnant Ponds", "Thirty-Two Scenes from a Dead Hooker's Mouth", "Lump", and "The Golden Door".

If you sit a spell and look just so, you might catch a glimpse into another world, or several. Some seem no different from the world you call home, give or take a monster waiting in the shadows, an avenging angel hidden in plain sight, or an inhuman forest spirit better left undisturbed.