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Don't Push the Button! by Bill Cotter
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn enhanced eBook guaranteed to cause giggles! There’s only one rule in Larry’s book: don’t push the button. (Seriously, don’t even think about it!) It does look kind of nice though…Okay, quick. No one is looking. — push the button. Uh, oh... -
![The Kat Dubois Chronicles Vol 1: Books 1-3 by Lindsey Sparks]()
The Kat Dubois Chronicles Vol 1: Books 1-3 by Lindsey Sparks
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe first three books in the Kat Dubois Chronicles bundled together! Three years ago, the gods abandoned us. We've been alone ever since. Kat Dubois is immortal, and she’s retired. She’s long since hung up her sword and left assassinating immortals to someone else...anyone else... -
![Unleashed Magic: A Wizard in Bremen Part 2 by Steve Higgs]()
Unleashed Magic: A Wizard in Bremen Part 2 by Steve Higgs
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNo one knows about them. No one is ready. The false gods are coming. In seven days, I have to surrender myself to a demon. That was what I agreed to. That was the price to rescue a teenage girl. What would you do with your last week? My plan to drink good whisky and relax got shot to hell within hours when the police, who hate me by the way, begged for my help... -
![Artemis Fowl: Books 5-8 by Eoin Colfer]()
Artemis Fowl: Books 5-8 by Eoin Colfer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsArtemis Fowl is the teenage child genius and most powerful criminal mastermind in history! He continues his devastating international crime spree, pursued all the time by Captain Holly Short of the Lower Elements Police Force...Categorized as:
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![The Lumberjack's Dove by GennaRose Nethercott]()
The Lumberjack's Dove by GennaRose Nethercott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Serious art does not need to be weighty or explicitly topical. It can be, as it is here, apparently as light as a feather: The Lumberjack’s Dove is, in its manner, a folktale; it is also a meditation on attachment, on loss, on transformation... -
![Herald by Rob J. Hayes]()
Herald by Rob J. Hayes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA thousand years ago, humanity's greatest heroes killed God. Across the land of Helesia, the iron grasp of the Godless Kings is failing. Demons stalk the deep forests, monsters break free of their prisons beneath the World Vein, and terrors of the old world rise again... -
![Alpha Zero by Arthur Stone]()
Alpha Zero by Arthur Stone
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI should not exist.All children like me are stillborn, or die in infancy. Those who cannot grow stronger, die. No empty child has ever reached a year of age, yet I am now thirteen.It has been a long and miserable thirteen years, where the best I can manage to do is walk with difficulty. Sometimes, I cannot even manage that.My clan has paid dearly for every minute of my life... -
![Checkmate Checkmate by Cameron Jace]()
Checkmate Checkmate by Cameron Jace
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat's the most you've ever lost in a game of chess?Want to play chess?An epidemic of perpetual sleep threatens to drive the world mad...Are you good at it?Unless Alice and the Pillar can solve a global chess game where every world leader plays to save their own country... -
![The Complete Tolkien Companion by J.E.A. Tyler]()
The Complete Tolkien Companion by J.E.A. Tyler
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFor all those who journey to J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth, here is the complete guide to its lands, legends, histories, languages, and people... -
![Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were: Creatures, Places, and People by Michael F. Page]()
Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were: Creatures, Places, and People by Michael F. Page
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHardcover sales of more than 70,000 copies have made the Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were a classic illustrated reference to myths and legends from all corners of the world. Here--culled from mythology, literature, and folk tales--is the mystical realm that has populated humanity's imagination for centuries... -
![The Legend Thief by E.J. Patten]()
The Legend Thief by E.J. Patten
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSky thought he had problems before, when his uncle disappeared, his family moved to an odd new town, and he kept the world's deadliest monster imprisoned. But now, the entire Hunters of Legend are coming to Exile to kill him. Turns out he needs the same friends that he kept in the dark to keep safe, to stop an unspeakable evil from wreaking havoc on the world... -
![The Ghosts Omnibus One by Jonathan Moeller]()
The Ghosts Omnibus One by Jonathan Moeller
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHere for the first time in one volume are the first four books of the internationally bestselling THE GHOSTS saga - CHILD OF THE GHOSTS, BLADE OF THE GHOSTS, GHOST IN THE FLAMES, and GHOST IN THE BLOOD. When her life is torn apart by sorcery and murder, young Caina Amalas joins the Ghosts, the legendary spies and assassins of the Emperor of Nighmar... -
![Everyday Horrors by Rick Gualtieri]()
Everyday Horrors by Rick Gualtieri
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsONE GEEK AGAINST THE RISING DARKNESS. Bill Ryder is having a hell of a week. Magic is back, one of his friends has been entombed in solid rock, and he once again has no pulse to speak of.Too bad it’s about to get worse. Something is hunting vampires in New York City. A smarmy wizard has been called in to investigate, one with skeletons in his closet and eyes for Bill’s girlfriend... -
![Absolution by N.H. Paxton, James A. Hunter]()
Absolution by N.H. Paxton, James A. Hunter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Russian weapon engineer's work is never done. Not while the Imperial Legion marches. After dying, losing his soulmate twice, building elemental cannons, and knocking down more than metaphorical walls for the Crimson Alliance, Vlad is looking for a place to call his own: a crafting guild that will be able to produce the most overpowered loot the world of V.G.O. has ever seen... -
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![Fierce as a Tiger Lily by Kendra Moreno]()
Fierce as a Tiger Lily by Kendra Moreno
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo die is no adventure. . .Tiger Lily knows that better than anyone. Death and the Tribes of Neverland have an intimate relationship, if only because their magic feeds the deity. Tiger has always walked in the darkness, and as a Daughter, she calls Death a friend.But Neverland is in trouble and Tiger finds herself in the middle of darkness she knows and a new insanity she doesn't... -
![Futures Grave by James T. Callum]()
Futures Grave by James T. Callum
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEmbrace the flame’s rage or leave the future in ruins.The tutorial is over. The rules of Pyresouls have changed for the worse. Defeating the Burgon Beast should’ve been the end of it, but it was only the beginning.Beating the next boss monster that invades Earth will only stave off the Collapse, not prevent it. The future devoid of all life but a single Pyre proves that... -
![Easy Meat (Foodstuffs #1) by Arthur Stone]()
Easy Meat (Foodstuffs #1) by Arthur Stone
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWelcome to the challenge. You’re an absolute nobody here—nothing; a zero; a useless lump of meat filled with bones. You’re but a delicious morsel for your antagonists and those who got lucky at the start. The only goal you can have in your miserable existence is to kick the bucket as soon as possible... -
![Rokk the Walking Mountain by Adam Blade]()
Rokk the Walking Mountain by Adam Blade
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn order to free the Mistress of the Beasts from the spell she is under, Tom travels to a mountain town that has been devastated by a rockslide... -
![Becoming the Villainess by Jeannine Hall Gailey]()
Becoming the Villainess by Jeannine Hall Gailey
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"In this splendidly entertaining debut, Jeannine Hall Gailey offers us a world both familiar and magical-filled with fairytale and mythology characters that are our own bedfellows-we wake up with Philomel and argue with Ophelia while half-listening to a Snow Queen, amidst Spy Girls, Amazons and Mongolian Cows. The wild and seductive energy in this collection never lets one put the book down... -
![Darren Shan: First Bites by Darren Shan]()
Darren Shan: First Bites by Darren Shan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHorror fans, it's time to feast on three FULL novels from Darren Shan! The New York Times bestselling author invites you to devour the first books in each of his best-loved series... -
![Crowns of Rust by Daniel Arenson]()
Crowns of Rust by Daniel Arenson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe noble House of Sela is shattered. Its five children, once heirs to a bustling port, are scattered around the Encircled Sea. Their kingdom, the ancient land of Zohar, lies in ruin following a devastating invasion. As the dust settles, new fires kindle. In a shattering world, the pieces are up for grabs... -
![A Witch's Feast by C.N. Crawford, Carlos Quevedo]()
A Witch's Feast by C.N. Crawford, Carlos Quevedo
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere are new rules governing the country--namely, no magic. But Fiona Forzese has never been good with rules... After a ghostly army terrorized Boston, the Ranulf family say they'll help Fiona and her classmates finish up junior year. They say their old Virginia plantation is a safe haven. All Fiona and her secret coven have to to do is show up to a few math and English classes... -
![Orpheus & Eurydice: A Lyric Sequence by Gregory Orr]()
Orpheus & Eurydice: A Lyric Sequence by Gregory Orr
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow can I celebrate love/ now that I know what it does? So begins this booklength lyric sequence which reinhabits and modernizes the story of Orpheus, the mythic master of the lyre (and father of lyric poetry) and Eurydice, his lover who died and whom Orpheus tried to rescue from Hades... -
![Guardian by Gillian Joy]()
Guardian by Gillian Joy
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDestiny is a pitiless mistress. Hannah is the Guardian now. Her mother’s murder by an unknown vampire fuels a journey of vengeance, desire and agony. She must find the one responsible, and in the hunt, finds that death is no mate to destiny. A handsome childhood sweetheart and another, dark and dangerous, vie for her affection as she searches for her mother’s killer... -
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![The Hand of the Sun King by J.T. Greathouse]()
The Hand of the Sun King by J.T. Greathouse
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy name is Wen Alder. My name is Foolish Cur.All my life, I have been torn between two legacies: that of my father, whose roots trace back to the right hand of the Emperor. That of my mother's family, who reject the oppressive Empire and embrace the resistance.I can choose between them - between protecting my family, or protecting my people - or I can search out a better path . . -
![Eight Muses of the Fall by Edgar Calabia Samar]()
Eight Muses of the Fall by Edgar Calabia Samar
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis novel is on the one hand a young man’s frustrated attempt to write the great Filipino novel, and on the other, his coming to terms with the futility of his search for his lost mother. Along the way, he is guided and misdirected by some muses and demons to reimagine his personal past without the burden of national history... -
![The Brothers Grimm: 101 Fairy Tales (Word Cloud Classics) by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm]()
The Brothers Grimm: 101 Fairy Tales (Word Cloud Classics) by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThey are the stories of characters we’ve known since childhood: Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella. But the works originally collected by the Brothers Grimm in the early 1800s are not necessarily the versions told before bedtime. They’re darker and often don’t end very happily--but they're often far more interesting... -
![Dungeon Bound 3 by Bastian Knight]()
Dungeon Bound 3 by Bastian Knight
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA week ago, Gabriel Grimm would never have imagined that being expelled from the Academy of Magic and turned into a virgin sacrifice would be an experience he was grateful for.Now, bonded to three incredible monster girls and a charming young Dungeon Core, he can’t even imagine going back to his old life.He’s killed dozens of guards and brought down the baron, trapping the man’s soul in a crystal... -
![Fearless by Robin Parrish]()
Fearless by Robin Parrish
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe world changed after that terrible day when the sky burned, and now every heart is gripped by fear Earthquakes, fire, disease, and floods pummel the earth, and its citizens watch in horror. But in the darkness there is hope--an anonymous but powerful hero whom the public dubs "Guardian" emerges from the wreckage... -
![An Excellent Host by Chelsea G. Summers]()
An Excellent Host by Chelsea G. Summers
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"In An Excellent Host, modern dating goes wildly awry (at least when Chelsea G. Summers is in charge of the Airbnb booking).Somewhere in Brooklyn, a feast awaits its guests, a man cannot believe his great good luck, and ancient gods get ready to receive their due in this horror-fantasy updating of Greek myths.An exclusive paperback for Indie Bookstore Day, featuring a new story from Chelsea G... -
![The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighth Annual Collection by Ellen Datlow]()
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighth Annual Collection by Ellen Datlow
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is one installment of a prestigious annual anthology of fantastic and "horror" genre writing—mostly fiction, with a smattering of poetry and an essay. The over 50 selections represent both established names in the field and relatively less known authors, and the structure of the book is typical of "year's best" collections... -
![Muro the Rat Monster by Adam Blade]()
Muro the Rat Monster by Adam Blade
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTom now seeks the second potion ingredient that will free his ailing mother from Wizard Velmal's fiendish sorcery... -
![Welcome to Sorrow by Cameron Jace]()
Welcome to Sorrow by Cameron Jace
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBonus prequel to the Grimm Diaries Prequels... -
![Follow the Lady by Seanan McGuire]()
Follow the Lady by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNovella set in the Incryptid World, included with Imaginary... -
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![Liar, Liar, Head on Fire by Vera Strange]()
Liar, Liar, Head on Fire by Vera Strange
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Remember our deal, Wonder Boy. The Zeus Cup belongs to me!"On the outside, twelve-year-old Hector seems like he’s got it all. He’s strong, fast, and rumored to be the favorite to win this year’s Zeus Cup at the Mt. Olympus Spartan Race, the highest honor in his small Midwestern town. Hector’s parents and his five siblings trained to win gold in their twelfth year, but all fell short... -
![Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn by Robert Holdstock]()
Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn by Robert Holdstock
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChristian Huxley's father entered the world of Ryhope Wood years ago--and never returned. Christian vows to find him, but, like his father, he becomes consumed with the living dreams. As he enters Ryhope, he falls for a young Celtic warrior named Guiwenneth, who is caught in a timeless tale of bravery and sacrifice. Together, they discover the meaning of the Gate of Ivory and the Gate of Horn... -
![The Thirteenth Skull by Rick Yancey]()
The Thirteenth Skull by Rick Yancey
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAlfred Kropp lost—then found—the legendary sword Excalibur. Then he defeated King Paimon, arguably the nastiest of demons ever to roam the earth. What could possibly be in store for him now? Plenty. Not only is a dangerous new enemy tracking Alfred’s every move, even the people who have sworn to protect him no longer seem trustworthy...Categorized as:
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![Miscreations: Gods, Monstrosities & Other Horrors by Doug Murano, Michael Bailey]()
Miscreations: Gods, Monstrosities & Other Horrors by Doug Murano, Michael Bailey
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens when we make monsters? What happens when we make monsters of ourselves? Grotesque beings lurch from our darkest dreams. Vicious beasts stalk our twisted pasts. Lost souls haunt our deepest regrets. They are the blood on our hands. They are the obsessions in our heads. They are the vengeance in our hearts. They are the chilling shadows in the night... -
![Immortal Remains by Sean Cummings]()
Immortal Remains by Sean Cummings
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe's not a detective and he doesn't give a crap if your spouse is cheating on you. Human and supernatural beings avoid him like the plague because if you get too close he'll gleefully tell you the time and date of your own demise and that's before he punches you in the face... -
![Mrs Claus Is A Serial Killer by Fatima Munroe]()
Mrs Claus Is A Serial Killer by Fatima Munroe
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFather Christmas was my beginning, middle, and end. I craved his presence, forever in love with his essence. Santa Claus was the air I breathed.Until I discovered he was keeping secrets. Secrets that broke my heart time and time again. Yet, when I said ‘til death do us part’, I meant it.We never said whose death when we took our vows... -
![The Last Reign by لؤي فلمبان]()
The Last Reign by لؤي فلمبان
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsbehind the end of the first world of the jinn? Who were the ones responsible for that end?The last king of the good jinn, together with the first father of the jinn, tried to overpower those who were responsible, but something happened that was unaccounted for!I shall reveal to you the big secret; a secret that was kept hidden in the books of the jinn since the beginning of time... -
![Quit Calling Me a Monster! by Jory John]()
Quit Calling Me a Monster! by Jory John
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe talented creators of I Will Chomp You! brilliantly frame the struggle to buck stereotypes and learn empathy in this monster’s hilarious lament... -
![The Creepypasta Collection: Modern Urban Legends You Can't Unread by Mr. Creepy Pasta]()
The Creepypasta Collection: Modern Urban Legends You Can't Unread by Mr. Creepy Pasta
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"If you place this book back on the shelf now, you'll save yourself!" --Mr Creepypasta There are stories that scare you. And then there are the dark and disturbing creepypasta stories that will leave you seriously freaked out. The Creepypasta Collection is an unsettling anthology of terror, full of nightmares and dangerous creatures--from unearthly supernatural beings to the murderously disturbed... -
![The Gift by Patrick O'Leary]()
The Gift by Patrick O'Leary
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA story within a story, The Gift is a story of innocence betrayed and magic rejected. Tim is robbed of his childhood, and Simon is tormented by hearing made too acute. Both are victims of The Usher of the Night, once a boy like them, now pathetically twisted by his own ambition and by Tomen, a malevolent creature of magic... -
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![Out of Tune by Jonathan Maberry, Christopher Golden]()
Out of Tune by Jonathan Maberry, Christopher Golden
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOut of Tune is calling. A song half-heard. The murmur of a voice singing in the dark. There it is again…a few words set to an old melody filled with mystery, heartbreak and horror. Out of Tune gathers a collection of original dark fantasy tales inspired by folk ballads. Here you’ll find stories of strange creatures and strangers humans, treachery and love, murder and monsters... -
![The Gates of Hell by C.J. Cherryh, Janet E. Morris]()
The Gates of Hell by C.J. Cherryh, Janet E. Morris
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOut of the underworld and into your heart! Rumor has it that there is a way out of Hell, through tunnels. Of course the rumors could he disinformation direct from the Father of Lies; all the Heroes of Hell who have assembled for the adventure know that... -
![Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters by John Langan, Paul Tremblay]()
Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters by John Langan, Paul Tremblay
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMonsters: As old as the oldest of stories, as new as our latest imaginings. From the ancient stone corridors of the labyrinth to the graffitied alleyways of the contemporary metropolis, they stalk the shadows. Leering from the darkness of the forest, jostling for space in our closets, they walk, crawl, creep and scuttle through our nightmares... -
![And the Sea Called Her Name by Joe Hart]()
And the Sea Called Her Name by Joe Hart
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBorn a poor lobster fisherman's son on the stark, Maine coastline, Jason Kingsley has always struggled with becoming more than what his father intended for him. After meeting and falling in love with the beautiful Delphi Arans, he feels his destiny has finally been fulfilled. Their joy is unrivaled, something he's only ever dreamed of... -
![The Last Horror Novel in the History of the World by Brian Allen Carr]()
The Last Horror Novel in the History of the World by Brian Allen Carr
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe black magic of bad living only looks hideous to honest eyes.Welcome to Scrape, Texas, a nowhere town near the Mexican border. Few people ever visit Scrape, and the unlucky ones who live there never seem to escape. They fill their days with fish fries, cheap beer, tobacco, firearms, and sex... -
![De Bende van de Witte Veer by Paul van Loon]()
De Bende van de Witte Veer by Paul van Loon
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEr gaan geruchten over vreemde, wolfachtige wezens in de magische stad Raveleijn. Een boevenbende! De leden dragen wolvenmaskers. Overal waar deze bende geweest is, wordt een witte veer gevonden. Het volk spreekt over De Bende van de Witte Veer. Die naam alleen al roept angst op bij de mensen. Ook in de ‘echte’ wereld gebeuren vreemde dingen. Joost heeft koortsdromen...
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