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The Ancients of Faerie are awakening, and they don't like what they see. Imprisoned and cursed to eternal slumber in chains for centuries, Arthas, the Unseelie King of Faerie, returns to claim his realm back. The world has changed, and the thirst for vengeance is all consuming....

Zack Collins, age 16, barely settling into high school, faces his worst nightmare when a strange man at the local library gives him a typewriter. The man tells him that it will make all his dreams come true. Soon after obtaining it, all of his friends start dying in mysterious ways. The typewriter seemingly has a mind of its own, and it types messages to Zack. Is the typewriter killing people, or is there another force outside of his imagination that is causing the death of his friends and family? Who will be next? 

When Egan disappears, Prince Raiden will stop at nothing to find him. With his closest friends and an unexpected acquaintance, he leaves the Sixth Realm behind to track down the man he loves. What he sees along the way will stay with him forever. Egan finds himself face-to-face with the man who has haunted his dreams since he was a child; only now, he brings new nightmares. 

Will is a young orphaned boy, going to live in the place that has given him nightmares for three years, ever since his parents died. Moving to a new state and attending a new school, he is put against the odds when things begin whispering his name, and the local boys at school reveal a deadly secret.

Egan once thought his life would be marked with loneliness and invisibility in order to protect the fact that he’s actually a dragon, until meeting Prince Raiden. Now, he’s thrust into a world he never imagined he would be a part of. He's willing to find his place in Raiden’s world to be with the man he loves. As prince, Raiden feels the weight of the impending battle and the lives of his people in peril. Everything hangs in the balance. 

Raiden is the firstborn son and heir to the throne. When his father is injured, the weight of the crown is heavier than ever. At 17 years old, Raiden isn’t sure he can live up to the king’s legacy. Egan is a dragon who appears human. He works for his family as a blacksmith. The secret he must protect keeps him from getting close to anyone. After a chance encounter, Raiden discovers Egan’s secret. 

The crown is a heavy burden, and Pharun is still fighting to keep his stolen throne. War with East Avralaen is imminent, but the war to keep peace in his own bedroom is far bloodier. There are those who claim to love him, and those who cannot even pretend, and their conspiracies grow thicker by the day.

In the small town of Seward, Alaska, Charlene Dixon wanted to follow in her father’s footsteps and be a part of the Nanuq Shila motorcycle club; the only downside was the "No Old Ladies" rule. The antiquated rule amused her, but she respected it just the same, and it never stopped her from taking a ride around the peninsula on her old beat up Yamaha, her pride and joy, and dreaming of a bigger and better future for her.

My name is Alan Markham, and this all happened a while ago, but the memories don’t go away. Looking back, I can see that our lives had been carried along like a rudderless ship in a storm. The life we had is gone. It sank beneath the ocean waves, and I was powerless to prevent that. I’m controlling my problem, but I’m under no illusions. I could come apart at the seams any time, should I pick up a drink.

Prince Pharun was marked by the gods at birth, yet he has lived his entire life in his younger brother's shadow. Despite becoming Crowned Priest, a right hand to the divine, his father only ever treated him with contempt. Now, the king is dead, and he has named his second son his successor. Pharun is prepared to fight tooth and claw for his birthright, even if that means destroying what little family he has left.

Water didn't flow right on Hidrin, not as it used to. It’s been like this for millennia. Rather than rest in basins or canyons, waters rise high into the sky to pierce clouds and race over continents. Bels, they are called. Mimicking the image of a yarn ball, they weave over and under one another, disrupting the already fractured view of the stars. Strange sights, but sights that people have grown comfortable and accustomed to.

Running an inn on the coast, living next to the beautiful ocean, and entertaining guests sounds like a dream come true for the couple in love. Except once they open their business, odd things begin to happen. Nothing serious, nothing Rose can’t blow off.

Peculiar Monstrosities is packed with 14 exquisitely crafted stories from new and established authors of Bizarro fiction.

What was once Shrukian’s promised birthright is now an uncertain future. In the wake of his brother’s threats, he has been forced to flee the capital city and abandon his father’s crown. Allies may be hiding in the most unlikely of places, but the price for war is high, and war is what it will take to pry the crown from his brother’s claws.

Fear and loneliness are Sirain’s only reward for proving her claim to the throne of Helle. Suffering from a broken heart and burdened by guilt, her bleak future worsens when the Fates issue a kill order for her father. If she wants to save him, Sirain must endure opening old wounds and face the consequences of her choices.