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Welcome to the Eternal Springs Shopping Emporium Worlds Fair: Where Discerning Gods Come to Shop! Join the godly World Artisan team as they recount stories of their time creating and selling the worlds that their fellow immortals love to rule. With equal parts slice-of-life comedy and epic fantasy adventure, the Worlds Fair has something to offer for everyone! Mass-produced isekai slop? Romantic tales of true love, first dates, and harems? Fantasy adventures with Heroes and Demon Lords? A world so powerful that it threatens the Realm of the Gods itself?

From acclaimed author K. Ancrum, on the National Book Award longlist for The Corruption of Hollis Brown, and Lambda Literary Award winner for Icarus, comes a queer romantic horror thriller that is a love letter to Frankenstein about the consequences of our decisions, the legacy of family, and...

Three simple steps to wizarding domination. Step One: Find the books stolen from the magical library. Step Two: Steal back the books and bring them to New York. Step Three: Declare wizarding domination. I feel like this is a pretty solid plan. I'm probably wrong...

Being a wizard is hazardous to your health.

Things not to do when you find out you’re a wizard: 1. Do not destroy your apartment with magical fire. You WILL NOT get the security deposit back. 2. Do not form an alliance with the guy who is trying to murder you. This will end badly. 3. Do not drag the girl you’re desperately in love with into your wizard mess. You risk her watching you fail miserably. 4. Under no circumstances should you get in the middle of an epic magical battle. Death will happen. Lots of death and bad things.

When Madge receives a moonstone necklace on her sixteenth birthday, she discovers she is not only a mermaid, but also a witch. Problem is, she never knew either existed in the first place. As if wrapping her head around the fact that she's a mermaid-witch isn't enough, it also turns out her parents were royalty to her kind and didn't die as she's been told her entire life. Instead, they were murdered by her estranged aunt Viviane, who is now after her. If Madge is to prove herself fit to lead her kind, she'll have to hone her newfound Vala and unravel clues from her mother's tome.

Things weren't supposed to turn out this way. My story should have been different. Happier. Maybe in another life, it would've been. But, life isn't a fairy tale, and the good guys don't always win. I didn't mean to cause anyone pain. I just wanted to end my own. The letter, his words - crushed me. It seemed as if there was no other way out. Nothing can change what happened, and nothing could have prepared me for what came after those two words: Dear Adam.

As they journey into the wastelands, the remnants of a once thriving civilization lay before them, a haunting testament to the world's turbulent history. With every step, they inch closer to answers, but they also confront the harsh realities of a world ravaged by chaos. The siblings must grapple with their newfound freedom, the challenges of survival, and the nagging uncertainty of whether they will encounter the very enemies they were warned about their entire lives or find a Utopic existence?

In a world ravaged by disaster, Alex and Caleb are the only hope for their community. Crippled by a society divided by class and governed by strict rules, the twins must navigate a dangerous landscape full of unknowns as they race against time to stop a deadly epidemic from spreading. With no help from the adults in charge, they must band together to uncover the truth and fight for their survival. Will they be able to save their fellow citizens, or will they too succumb to the horrors of this post-apocalyptic world?

University student Adam Wilson and his four friends made a discovery that has been well-kept for hundreds of years. This discovery was exposed because one individual wanted a better life. This discovery led to the unraveling of the lives of the five friends, in which none can recover from. When the friends decide to fight the force that’s been fighting them, things only get worse.

Not all wizards were born to be heroes. Things not to do when you find out you’re a wizard.

The Sickness didn't just kill the people; it killed the city. No water. No power. No hope. Now, at age 16, Oscar must brave the chaos of the streets and retrace his missing father's last known steps.

In the electrifying conclusion to the Defiant series, the gripping saga of Alex, Caleb and friends, reaches its thrilling end. In a world ravaged by untold devastation—battles, floods, fires, and relentless despair—they've left their family and isolated, totalitarian settlement of over five decades. As they embark on this final leg of their journey, the question looms: will their quest lead to the discovery of a magnificent city and a brighter future, or will they find only the echoes of a shattered past?

In the riveting third installment of the Defiant Young Adult dystopian series, the courageous journey of seventeen-year-old twins, Alex and Caleb, takes an electrifying turn after they abandoned their oppressive family encampment, plunging headlong into a desolate world shattered by half a century of isolation, wars, and natural disasters. Their quest for answers leads them into the unforgiving ruins of what once was the United States, a land scarred by the haunting echoes of its past. As they traverse the treacherous wastelands, a burning question consumes their thoughts

Amelia Dupree hasn't seen the Woman in White since the night her brother died. The ghost seems to have disappeared from the woods surrounding Asylum, Pennsylvania - that is, until Charlie Blue moves into the creepy old MacAllister house next door. Amelia can't help liking him, even though she spent her childhood thinking his grandmother was a witch. And she definitely can't ignore the connection between his arrival and the Woman in White's return.