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Global University Entrance Examination 全球高考 by Mu Su Li, 木苏里
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOne day, You Huo and his famiIy was puIIed into an exam caIIed the GIobaI University Entrance Examination. Going through exams together with other unfortunate examinees, their Iives are put at stake and they can only Iive by passing each exam... -
![Scamps & Scoundrels by Eric Ugland]()
Scamps & Scoundrels by Eric Ugland
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsJust yesterday, Ben was a neckbeard weeb with a weakness for Red Bull and tendies. Today, he's got a new name, a new face, and a new body, and he's watching the Glaton City Guard fight a twenty-foot-tall ooze that crawled forth from the sewers...Categorized as:
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![Serious Moonlight by Dave Turner]()
Serious Moonlight by Dave Turner
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s the weekend! After stopping the destruction of London, Dave and Melanie have earned a romantic getaway in the country. Even though they’ve left the stresses of the city behind, they’re soon up to their necks with paranormal researchers, witches and the ghosts of star-crossed lovers. Not to mention the lack of broadband and the unspeakable horror lurking in the woods... -
![Metal Up Your Ass by Michael Todd]()
Metal Up Your Ass by Michael Todd
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKatie makes an executive decision, and the mere idea is driving Korbin to drink. Pandora wants Katie to learn to fight without her extra “oomph.”For now. The military need support, but few on the merc teams trust them... -
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![Underwood and Flinch by Mike Bennett]()
Underwood and Flinch by Mike Bennett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll David Flinch ever wanted was a normal life. But when you're a member of the Flinch family, normal has never been easy. For hundreds of years, the eldest-born male of each generation of the Flinch family has been servant and guardian to the vampire, Lord Underwood. While the Flinches have changed through the generations, Underwood has remained eternal... -
![Hell for the Holidays by D.M. Guay]()
Hell for the Holidays by D.M. Guay
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe tree is trimmed. The mistletoe is hung. The eggnog is spiked. It’s time to celebrate the merriest, most heart-warming Christmas ever! Or not? No. Definitely, absolutely not. This Christmas won’t be cheerful. It’ll be more like Ash vs Evil Dead meets National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. Because the Wallace family’s annual Christmas Eve party is about to skid off the rails... -
![Fatal Mistake by Michael Anderle]()
Fatal Mistake by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe government is trying to take down the Council... But they get their asses handed to them.One of the senators wanted to play hardball from the beginning but got outvoted.Now, the head of the task force is killed.Will they wise up and swallow their pride to get the best? Lt... -
![Hookah by Cameron Jace]()
Hookah by Cameron Jace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA Plague Scarier than Death Alice and the Pillar have to stop a Wonderland Monster who'd lashed out an incurable disease onto the world. Their biggest challenge is that the world loves this monster so much. A Cure Larger than Life The only way to save the world is to travel to the other side of the globe, and peek into one of Lewis Carroll and the Pillar's darker pasts... -
![The Roald Dahl Omnibus: Perfect Bedtime Stories for Sleepless Nights by Roald Dahl]()
The Roald Dahl Omnibus: Perfect Bedtime Stories for Sleepless Nights by Roald Dahl
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEver since his stories first appeared, people have been telling and re-telling each other Roald Dahl's sometimes shocking and always brilliant and bizarre assortment of terror-tinted gems. Bawdy, funny, touching, and downright outrageous, there's simply no one else like Roald Dahl.This volume is a diabolical collection of 28 of Dahl's best stories... -
![Penang Pixie by John P. Logsdon, Noah K. Sturdevant]()
Penang Pixie by John P. Logsdon, Noah K. Sturdevant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings*** THOUSANDS OF READERS HAVE FOUND A HOME WITH THE PARANORMAL POLICE DEPARTMENT. GET YOUR BADGE TODAY! *** When evil comes home, the only hope is the devil within The Shapers, the ancient enemy of the warlocks, have taken the fight to Mark, attempting to assassinate him and those he cares about... -
![Sinister: Unsacred by John P. Logsdon]()
Sinister: Unsacred by John P. Logsdon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTurns out that mind-control drugs really suck... It was bad enough for Evangeline to spend a year running for her life. Now, she was stuck between the Houses who were hunting for her, the hellion-run mob, and an army of normals who are on a power-drug. Oh, and let's not forget the team of Directors controlling the Black Ops Paranormal Police Department.. -
![The OP MC 3 by Logan Jacobs]()
The OP MC 3 by Logan Jacobs
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGod of WinningIt’s awesome being the God of Time.I can never lose, never die, and being the Great One of Legend doesn’t hurt with the women of this world either.And sometimes things get even better... -
![Bangkok Warlock by John P. Logsdon, Noah K. Sturdevant]()
Bangkok Warlock by John P. Logsdon, Noah K. Sturdevant
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhy sell your soul when you can rent it? Mark Vedis is an average cop. Average for a mage in the Paranormal Police Department (PPD), anyway. After years of doing the jobs nobody else wanted, his career, and life, seemed to be on hold... -
![Angel Trouble by D.M. Guay]()
Angel Trouble by D.M. Guay
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne loser, one talking cockroach, and one karate-chopping bombshell stand between YOU and certain death. Or not. No, definitely not, because the grim reaper's lost his job. He's been stripped of his scythe and banned from reaping. The angel of death has officially fallen, and he's crash-landed at 24/7 Demon Mart... -
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![This time it's Personnel by Heide Goody, Iain Grant]()
This time it's Personnel by Heide Goody, Iain Grant
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Venislarn. Vastly intelligent aliens from another dimension or dribbling insane gods from a distant realm? It’s impossible to tell. What’s certain is that they’re here and they’re going to destroy our world... -
![Completely Unexpected Tales by Roald Dahl]()
Completely Unexpected Tales by Roald Dahl
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsContains:◦ Dip in the Pool◦ Edward the Conqueror◦ Galloping Foxley◦ Genesis and Catastrophe◦ Georgy Porgy◦ Lamb to the Slaughter◦ Man From the South◦ Mr. Botibol◦ Mrs... -
![Netherworld Rift by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young]()
Netherworld Rift by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSome truths you just don't want to know... After Keller decimated the Netherworld PPD, Piper and her crew take it upon themselves to bring the fight to him.But is there a traitor in their midst?Only time will tell...They head topside to New York City and the fun begins. Battling drones in Central Park kicks off a string of events that pits all of Keller's goons against the squad... -
![Deathly Temperance by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young]()
Deathly Temperance by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe fae queen is beautiful. Too bad it's only skin deep... Temperance is the queen of the fae. After tasting true power at the hands of an evil mage, she's bent on ruling the Netherworld. She wants it all...and she wants it now.The chief of the Netherworld PPD calls all hands on deck to fight this new threat. But there's a problem... -
![Clash of Flames by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young]()
Clash of Flames by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSomebody has daddy issues... Somebody has daddy issues...Four amalgamites are searching for their brother and they're willing to kill the cops in the Las Vegas PPD to get to him.There's only supposed to be one amalgamite in existence, at least that's what Ian Dex thought. All his life, he'd believed that there were no others like him. He was alone in the world. Now, though? Instant family... -
![Curse of Fangs by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young]()
Curse of Fangs by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA vampire's bite sucks, but it's also quite powerful... When Las Vegas Paranormal Police Chief Ian Dex is injected with a healthy dose of vampire venom, he gains access to power like he's never known. He's faster, stronger, and his ability to do magic is on the rise, too.The problem is that he's becoming too powerful... -
![The Eminence in Shadow, Vol. 2 by Daisuke Aizawa, 逢沢 大介]()
The Eminence in Shadow, Vol. 2 by Daisuke Aizawa, 逢沢 大介
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTHCid pays a visit to the Sacred Land, where he finds himself getting roped into the Goddess's Trial. It's a ritual event that summons warriors from the past to engage with only the most worthy from the present... -
![Major Feeding by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young]()
Major Feeding by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes you just need to blow things up... Keller wants to take over the Netherworld PPD. After decades of waiting, he's finally weakened the precinct enough to take his shot. Now is the time to strike.It'll take everything the PPD has to stand their ground and stop him. But sometimes numbers just aren't enough. They've been depleted pretty badly... -
![The Unhappy Medium 2: Tom Fool: A Supernatural Comedy by T.J. Brown]()
The Unhappy Medium 2: Tom Fool: A Supernatural Comedy by T.J. Brown
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDr Newton Barlow and the Purgatorians are back. Now that the fight between good and evil has become routine, one-time sceptical physicist and unhappy medium, Dr Newton Barlow, is badly in need of a challenge. It arrives in the shape of a crime so cunning in its planning, so dastardly in its execution, that even the hyper-logical Dr Barlow will struggle to prevent it... -
![Dying with Her Cheer Pants On by Seanan McGuire]()
Dying with Her Cheer Pants On by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDespite its humble origins, there is no more challenging or physically dangerous teen sport in the world than cheerleading. Cheerleaders are seriously injured and even killed at a higher rate than other high school sports. Their stunts are performed in skimpy uniforms without the benefit of proper safety equipment…and yet they love them, glittery eyeshadow, spirit bows, and all... -
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![Jackson by Neven Iliev]()
Jackson by Neven Iliev
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt’s amazing what the lack of immediate threat to one’s life and wellbeing can do for a person’s disposition. High risk, high reward endeavors suddenly seem far less appealing, month-long delays are no longer a cause for concern, and sleeping in every single day of the week becomes an extremely attractive proposition. Indeed, without a pressing need to aggressively expand its power, Boxxy T... -
![Swarm of Fire by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young]()
Swarm of Fire by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis pixie's got nothing on Tinkerbell... A foul-mouthed pixie has hit the streets in Vegas to stir up trouble. He's tiny, angry, and full of magic dust. His primary goal is to wreak as much havoc as possible on the tourists and casinos.Ian Dex and the crew of the Las Vegas PPD have to track down the little bastard and stop him... -
![Wake the Dead by Stacey Rourke]()
Wake the Dead by Stacey Rourke
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith a touch of her hand, Octavia Hollows can restore life. Yet, she couldn’t save the man she loved from the horrific accident that stole him from her. Octavia thought she could outrun the pain, but ghosts from the past refuse to be silenced. Out of options, she chooses to retrace her wayward journey across the country in search of answers... -
![Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash: Volume 11 by Ao Jyumonji]()
Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash: Volume 11 by Ao Jyumonji
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"I'll do what I have to. I'll do it. Now." Gritting his teeth, and bracing his legs, Haruhiro faces the guorella onslaught once more. He rouses himself with a sense of purpose, and tries to avert his eyes from the reality of her death. Then, when he finds himself facing a regret and despair greater than he can handle, that mysterious man, Jessie, whispers to him, "There is a way. Just one... -
![Grave Creatures by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young]()
Grave Creatures by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHow exactly do you kill someone who's already dead?Playboy Police Chief Ian Dex didn't believe in zombies...until now.An old necromancer has been summoning the dead. His goal is to overrun the world, one city at a time. Too bad he started in Vegas.With the horde of zombies heading in from the old cemeteries, Ian and his crew soon realize they can't handle this threat alone... -
![Bubba Ho-Tep by Joe R. Lansdale, Don Coscarelli]()
Bubba Ho-Tep by Joe R. Lansdale, Don Coscarelli
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe companion book to the popular movie starring Bruce Campbell as Elvis and Ossie Davis as JFK. Stuck in an East Texas old folks home, they must face off against a redneck mummy... -
![Protecting a Mate by Celia Kyle, Mina Carter]()
Protecting a Mate by Celia Kyle, Mina Carter
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe hit him with a door, so he stole her heart… When wereferret Melanie Baxter meets werebear Foster Lawson, every part of her ferret stands up and takes notice. After her ex offers to sleep with her sister, Melanie isn’t inclined to listen to his sweet nothings. Then she meets a bear who smells so good, with the muscles and the ice blue eyes. And… yeah... -
![The Thornthwaite Inheritance by Gareth P. Jones]()
The Thornthwaite Inheritance by Gareth P. Jones
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOvid and Lorelli Thornthwaite have been trying to kill each other for so long that neither twin can remember which act of attempted murder came first. But whoever struck first, trying to take each other's lives is simply what they do... -
![Terms May Apply by Keith A. Pearson]()
Terms May Apply by Keith A. Pearson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat would you give for a wish to come true? Your left arm? Your most cherished possession? Your last crumb of integrity?Kyle Hammond is suffering a surprise birthday party he really didn’t want. As he blows out the candles on his cake, he makes a token wish. Three days later, to his utter astonishment, that wish comes true... -
![The Curse of the Campfire Weenies: And Other Warped and Creepy Tales by David Lubar, Paul Michael Garcia]()
The Curse of the Campfire Weenies: And Other Warped and Creepy Tales by David Lubar, Paul Michael Garcia
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn his third collection of warped and creepy "weenie" tales, David Lubar, critically acclaimed author and master of the macabre, travels deep into the shadowy corners of his mind to deliver thirty-five stories of laughter and terror to tickle your horror bone... -
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![Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law by Lavie Tidhar]()
Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law by Lavie Tidhar
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsNo vampire is ever innocent…The wandering Judge Dee serves as judge, jury, and executioner for any vampire who breaks the laws designed to safeguard their kind’s survival. This new case in particular puts his mandate to the test... -
![The Wurms of Blearmouth by Steven Erikson]()
The Wurms of Blearmouth by Steven Erikson
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsA new novella from New York Times bestselling author Steven Erikson, set in the world of the Malazan Book of the Fallen, The Wurms of Blearmouth.Tyranny comes in many guises, and tyrants thrive in palaces and one-room hovels, in back alleys and playgrounds. Tyrants abound on the verges of civilization, where disorder frays the rule of civil conduct and propriety surrenders to brutal imposition... -
![Hunters & Prey by Katie Salidas]()
Hunters & Prey by Katie Salidas
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter being forced to reveal her true nature to Fallon her human best friend, Alyssa finds she done more than just broken vampire law, she's created a new pawn in the Acta Sanctorum's game of vampire extermination.If Alyssa hopes to keep her friend alive and her clan safe, she'll have to call in all the support she can, even if that means making a deal with the enemy... -
![Warrior Wolf Women of the Wasteland by Carlton Mellick III]()
Warrior Wolf Women of the Wasteland by Carlton Mellick III
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRoad Warrior Werewolves versus McDonaldland Mutants...post-apocalyptic fiction has never been quite like this. They call themselves the Warriors, their enemies call them the Bitches. They are a gang of man-eating, motorcycle-riding, war-hungry werewolf women, and they are the rulers of the wasteland. A century after the fall of civilization, only one city remains standing... -
![False Idols by Jon Hollins]()
False Idols by Jon Hollins
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGuardians of the Galaxy meets The Hobbit in this rollicking fantasy adventure series. The Dragons who once ruled over the land are dead.The motley crew that stumbled through that revolution are rich and praised as saviors.Everyone gets to live happily ever after, right?Right?Well, it might have worked out that way if the dragons in Kondorra had been the only ones... -
![Conjugal Rites by Paul Magrs]()
Conjugal Rites by Paul Magrs
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe gripping new instalment of the adventures of Brenda and Effie.No matter what she tries to do, trouble has a way of finding Brenda. It's hardly surprising with secrets like hers. When her old adversary Mr Danby starts filling the airwaves with his late night phone in show it can only mean one thing - and sure enough best friend Effie soon finds herself up to her neck in it... -
![Punk Land by Carlton Mellick III]()
Punk Land by Carlton Mellick III
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsReturning to his avant-punk style introduced in the international cult hit, SATAN BURGER, Carlton Mellick III takes us on a journey into an absurd afterlife called PUNK LAND: the punk version of Heaven... -
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Vampire, Bitten by Louisa Blake
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow do you defeat a Vampire Prince without making a deal with a witch? I dunno, we are still trying to figure that out, but it’s definitely going to take more than the twenty or so baby wolves that followed us out of Greyson Dillon’s estate.Now that Asher and I are together, you would think taking on the Vampire Prince would be easy, but it's an army of claws, against an army of fangs... -
![Alpha, Chosen by Louisa Blake]()
Alpha, Chosen by Louisa Blake
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGreyson Dillon is a bastard.And a liar, and a con artist, and a deceiver pulled straight out of hades. But let’s just stick to ‘bastard’ for now, shall we?The ‘so-called’ high alpha has been deceiving everyone for years. Now, I am his captive, trapped in his underground fortress that he seems to think I won’t be able to escape from. Boy, is he wrong... -
![Hero Forged by Josh Erikson]()
Hero Forged by Josh Erikson
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsstrong>Gabe thought he had covered all the angles, but it’s tough to plan a contingency for accidentally trapping an evil god in your brain.Gabriel Delling might call himself a professional con artist, but when walking superstitions start trying to bite his face off, his charm is shockingly unhelpful. It turns out living nightmares almost never appreciate a good joke... -
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![Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash (Light Novel) Vol. 12 by Ao Jyumonji]()
Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash (Light Novel) Vol. 12 by Ao Jyumonji
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHERE THERE BE DRAGONS—LITERALLY!Still trying to find a way to return to Alterna, Haruhiro and his party fetch up on the shores of the sea. Falling in with a mysterious pirate girl named Momohina, the group ventures forth to the Emerald Archipelago, rumored abode of dragons from ages past... -
![Every Time We Meet at the Dairy Queen, Your Whole Fucking Face Explodes by Carlton Mellick III]()
Every Time We Meet at the Dairy Queen, Your Whole Fucking Face Explodes by Carlton Mellick III
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKnown for his cute, disturbing, and utterly absurd novels, cult author Carlton Mellick III returns with a tale of childhood love and spontaneous face explosions.Ethan is in love with the weird girl in school. The one with the twitchy eyes and spiders in her hair. The one who can't sit still for even a minute and speaks in an odd squeaky voice. The one they call Spiderweb... -
![The Healthy Dead by Steven Erikson]()
The Healthy Dead by Steven Erikson
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThings are going all too well in the city of Quaint. So well, in fact, that something has to be done. The zeal for goodness can be catastrophic, and no-one knows this better than Bauchelain and Korbal Broach, two stalwart champions of all things bad... -
![Dead Leprechauns & Devil Cats: Strange Tales of the White Street Society by Grady Hendrix]()
Dead Leprechauns & Devil Cats: Strange Tales of the White Street Society by Grady Hendrix
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew York Times-bestselling author, Grady Hendrix (Horrorstör, Paperbacks from Hell), savagely satirizes Victorian adventure fiction in this steampunk smackdown full of decapitated heads that sing, Tong wars, bacon sex, German holiday demons, and the Potato Homunculus! Some of the most popular stories ever released on audio fiction platform Pseudopod, the White Street Society tells the tales of a... -
![Fangboy by Jeff Strand]()
Fangboy by Jeff Strand
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNathan Pepper seemed like an ordinary baby…except for a mouth full of scary sharp teeth. Because his life began with his grandmother strongly recommending that he be destroyed as soon as possible, it's safe to say that Nathan was not destined for a typical existence.He hated the nickname “Fangboy,” but nobody could deny that he was the most frightening little boy in town... -
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Dance of Death by P.N. Elrod
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSeemingly invincible since his transformation into a vampire, Jonathan Barrett must admit his own weakness when he unexpectedly meets a four-year-old boy who strangely resembles him. Armed with a powerful weapon to use against him, his love for his son, Jonathan’s enemies have gained an advantage. The only hope for Jonathan and his child’s survival lies in the return of the mysterious Nora Jones...
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