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Android Girl is the perfect title for this collection of poetry. Like an android, this collection balances humanity and machine with an adequate dose of horror. Michael expresses himself in a variety of forms, utilizing both rhyme and free verse to offer wry warnings and submerged truths.

These 15 original stories, donated by authors to help keep local theater alive, are fun, quirky, imaginative, and bold - the perfect way to tide over audiences until local stage curtains can once again rise! Each tale turns the spotlight on some unusual snapshot of life or imagination. Sit back, let us entertain you, and know that your purchase has made a big difference for local artists...while we all wait in the wings.

Six plays from the Olivier, Tony and Moliere Award winning playwright Alan Ayckbourn: The legendary The Norman Conquests trilogy; as well as a brand-new recording of his play Henceforward… starring Mad Men’s Jared Harris alongside Anne Heche; Just Between Ourselves starring Alfred Molina; and a remaster of L.A. Theatre Works’ recording of Man of the Moment.

Don’t deny it. Your mind has dwelled for hours on the things you would do if your name was Karma. Malevolence towards those that wronged you festers and there is no relief - until now. Plunge headfirst into these sinister tales where karma finally takes control and vengeance is a dish that is best served hot.

Starring Anne Heche and Jared Harris, the hilarious Henceforward... is one of Alan Ayckbourn’s most unusual works. In the near-future, a composer with creative block tries to reunite with his estranged wife and daughter, hoping their reconciliation will free his mind to create his greatest musical masterpiece. But his own erratic impulses hinder his journey to creative freedom.

Lilly is finished with school and all grown up. She takes an internship with the Capital City Watch, the first step in making her dream job a reality. But her new boss isn’t a fan, and there’s definitely something fishy about him, as well! Even if she makes it past him, there are more dangers waiting around the corner. Demon-worshipping cults and cursed neighbors are just the beginning. But when an old acquaintance turns up, looking for help against a bitter enemy, Lilly’s life really takes a turn for the worse.

Over a century ago, evil crossed the barriers of reality and entered our world. Dispersing itself across the Earth among an eclectic array of jewelry and microcircuits, this darkness has interacted with much of the most heinous and atrocious acts committed on our planet to date. But now, after decades of secrecy, the truth of this covert and eldritch intrusion has now been exposed to the light of day. In an epic spanning oceans, continents, and dimensions, the personal accounts of those who have come face to face with the unimaginable are now released for your listening pleasure.

The Hell Realms endure and humanity's extinction appears to be a forgone conclusion...unless Johnny the Salesman has something to say about it. Stop by the Triple-Six Tavern for a drink on the house, blow a life's savings, or just your soul in the Gaming Pit, groove to some of history's greatest bands, spend an amorous hour in the Brothel Tents, settle a life or death challenge in the Grudge Pit, hit the crowded Dance Floor, and revel in the greatest party of all time held in the most famous bar in all of the multiverse!

Lilly is a young child when she helps her first ghost. Turns out, she’s a necromancer. And there’s only one place for a kid like her: the Academy. From the first carriage ride, Lilly’s life changes. Now, she faces a whole new world of challenges and dangers. And far too often, her greatest enemy is herself. But if she can stay out of her own way, she just might have a magical seven years.

Jenny Taylor’s past, present, and future violently collide at 4 a.m. on a cold November morning. Her abusive ex-husband has found her and vows to make her new life a living hell - starting with a brutal assault in the alley behind her workplace. Two mysterious figures appear and drive him away, but they, too, have not found Jenny by chance. Marquessa King and her mentor Christopher Stefanov just discovered a terrifying truth about Jenny.

Inspired by the world-changing events of 2020, Michael H. Hanson delivers a moving collection of poetry and verse, driven by his own experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Once every 10,000 years, the walls between worlds grow thin. The stars align and Hell is close. It is the time of The Sha'Daa. The mysterious Johnny The Salesman is up to his usual tricks, offering dark magic trades if one is brave enough to barter with him. Johnny's latest ally, the immortal tattoo artist Haumea, just might have the answer to saving the planet from destruction, if she can create enough supernatural tattoos at Mom's Bane tattoo parlor to turn the tide against evil.

Yoncey Fosch, the leader of the Unseelie Dhiultadh clan, would give anything to save his brother from a mysterious plague. Anything, including his leadership mantle and a favor to his deadliest enemy, Queen Titania’s consort. But his actions will have far-reaching consequences, and Fosch realizes he is not only unwilling to pay the price, but will defy anyone who dares challenge him.

Vancouver. Former nurse Clara Jacobs’s miscarriage took a piece of her heart forever. But when a deadly pandemic suddenly blazes through Canada while her husband is far away on a business trip, her wounded spirit can’t take any more pain. Desperate to track down her soulmate, her misery turns to horror when she succumbs to the virus and dies alone…and rises as a walking corpse.

Seventeen year-old Emily has accepted the truth of her past trauma and made peace with her battered egos. She's won the first battle...barely...but the war in her psyche still rages. The same day Mom is released from rehab and Emily finishes detox, Dad announces he's ready to be a family again, throwing Emily into panic. Determined to protect her younger brothers and sister from Dad, she gathers the strength to do the hardest thing she's ever done: speak her Secret.

Which reality would you choose? Seventeen-year-old Emily's dad is in prison for securities fraud and her mom's strung-out on pain meds, leaving Emily to parent herself and her younger brothers and sister. She's got things mostly under control until a couple weeks before Dad's release, when voices start whispering in her head, and Gabe, the hot lifeguard at the pool, notices the strange brands engraved on her arm...the ones she's trying desperately to hide. Emily doesn't know how the symbols got there or what they mean. They appeared overnight and now they're infected and bleeding.

Scotland, 1863. In an attempt to escape her past, Bessy Buckley takes a job as a maid in a big house outside Edinburgh working for the beautiful Arabella. Bessy is intrigued by her new employer, but puzzled by her increasingly strange requests and her insistence that Bessy keep a journal of her...