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D. C. Barletta is a writer, software developer, and unapologetic science geek who loves living at the intersection of code, creatures, and story. With a background in biological research and a deep interest in how life evolves under pressure, he builds fantasy worlds where ecosystems feel lived-in, and where rivers, roots, and bond-creatures shape the fate of cities hanging on by their fingertips. His ongoing World of Tethys saga follows exiles, wranglers, and root-listeners clinging to a cliffside civilization above a dangerous prehistoric sea.

The Tomb is a fictional short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in June 1917 and first published in the March 1922 issue of The Vagrant. It tells the story of Jervas Dudley, who becomes obsessed with a mausoleum near his childhood home.

Beneath the wealth and prestige of the Blackwood family lies a web of secrets, corruption, and betrayal. When Issac Parker, an ambitious and sharp-witted outsider, steps into their world alongside his boyfriend, Lysander Blackwood, he unknowingly ignites a chain of events that will shake the very foundations of the Blackwood empire. What begins as an uncomfortable introduction to Lysander’s estranged, powerful family soon turns into a dangerous game of deception and survival.

After receiving blood from a futuristic time-traveler in Staked, some strange things have been happening to Dexter Stone. First, he's no longer "allergic" to the sun. And second, he's starting to see auras around others, enabling him to accurately sense what their intentions are. While a vampire's senses are heightened, what's happening to Stone is not normal, so he heads out in search of Ava Valentine - the one person this all ties back to. Maybe she knows what's going on.

Recently out of college, broke, jobless, and without a boyfriend, Lou Whitson is recognized by a talent scout at a football game, and then offered the opportunity of a lifetime. To be the star of a reality television show. Along with it, $500,000 in prize money. There is a catch, but it isn't much. Especially considering her life's lack of love.

It began with a letter from my uncle. Now I'm lost in a world of magic and monsters, and running from an evil witch trying to make me into stew...if my new and unusual friends don't kill me first. Worst of all, there's no pizza!

A childhood hatred between Shihid and Luko takes a deadly twist when Shihid joins the army. Luko's life is ripped apart when soldiers invade his hometown, recruiting men to join their army.

'Tobias the Terrible' & 'Little Miss Marker' from The Damon Runyon Theatre Hour. Damon Runyon is acknowledged as one of the great writers to come out of 20th-century America. Runyon's short stories are almost always told in the first person by a narrator who is never named and whose role is unclear; he knows many gangsters and has no job that can be gleaned from his musings, nor does he admit to any criminal involvement; he’s a bystander, an observer, an average street-corner Joe.

In episode two, the search is on for Ava Valentine, with Lucien tracking her to Rhode Island. Stone uses unorthodox methods to find Ava, while Jimmy tips Turlo off about her connection to Stone.