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More preoccupied with drinking, sleeping, and writing, an unnamed student neglects his studies and invents three separate openings for a novel. The first introduces the Pooka MacPhellimey, "a member of the devil class", the second involves Mr. John Furriskey, a character belonging to another of the student's creations (writer Dermot Trellis), while the final opening features legendary Irish heroes Finn Mac Cool and Mad King Sweeny. Soon, Trellis' creations rebel against him, doing as they like while he sleeps, and the characters begin wandering in and out of each other's tales.

Anche i serial killer hanno bisogno di un amico. Ogni gioco ha il suo vincitore. Sloane e Rowan sono due serial killer a caccia di serial killer. Si conoscono da anni, e trovano riflessa la stessa anima nera come la pece l'uno negli occhi dell'altra. Si capiscono al volo, insomma. Sono amici, ma rivali. Dalle piccole cittadine della Virginia alla sofisticata California, dai sobborghi di Boston ai campi del Texas, ogni anno si incontrano per misurarsi con i peggiori mostri del Paese.

From the USA TODAY bestselling author of Love Me Stalk Me comes the third book in the dark rom-com series Obsessively Yours about a woman whose online life faces very real danger with an in-person stalker—until a morally gray cyber spy steps in to protect her. Raven Bennett doesn't do real men...

What happens when a man drinks a gallon of rum per day for a year? Many things. He falls in love with a bar. He befriends the homeless. He goes broke. He ends up in jail. He convinces himself that the world is burning. He turns into a bluebird. Most importantly, though, he laughs. He laughs because he has to, because it’s the only way to fight off the truth: Yes, the world is ablaze, but I am holding the torch. My fellow bluebirds will understand. Look at those flames, so bright and warm. There will be words in the ashes.

Fourth story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season Working in a call centre normally offers few career opportunities. But it looks as if Tracy’s about to get her big break...