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A classic tale featuring two of the most-memorable characters in sword and sorcery, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. Over a span of 50 years, the late Fritz Leiber wrote dozens of adventures, set in the fictional city of Lankhmar, featuring the seven-foot-tall barbarian and the diminuitive thief. The stories were recognized with both the Hugo and Nebula Awards.

One of the most common arguments against Christianity is that the God of the Old Testament seemed so drastically different than the God of the New Testament. In the Old, many claim He seemed cruel and capricious, while in the New, He suddenly became a God of love and tolerance. Yet Jesus said, “If you’ve seen Me, you’ve seen the Father”, and the writer of Hebrews tells us that “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever”. If God hasn’t changed, how do we explain the apparent difference? The answer lies in a long-forgotten word: covenant.

What was Charlie thinking when he first meets Blaire? What makes him go after her? This amazing little bonus scene shifts his character from the shadows to full on pitch-black. Note to listeners: This is not a customary novel. This is a bonus scene from Blaire, part one in the Dark Romance series.

John Glover reads a selection of unabridged short stories, including "Gray Matter" from Stephen King's best-selling collection Night Shift...

The zombie plague has been contained, right? Frank’s job is to patrol the fence that separates the living from the undead. It’s a boring job...at least it was until today. Has the true apocalypse finally arrived?

It’s bad enough that Hazel and Gray have defied the demands of Hazel’s foul stepfather. The Monster has forbidden their romance. Now they’ve awakened in the forest, phones dead, hours past curfew. But not far away is a grand estate in the middle of nowhere. The door is open. In this short story about choosing your own path, the fury of the Monster that awaits them back home may be nothing compared to what lies ahead.

When I left Alaska to chase my dreams, I never thought I’d be back. But when Grandma Rose summons my sisters and me, it’s a matter of life and death I can’t ignore. Even if it means possibly running into the man whose heart I broke when I left. The only man I’ve ever truly loved. Any hopes of avoiding Mason Reid are quickly demolished when he turns out to be the pilot I hired to fly me to Caribou Creek. And avoiding the past? Impossible when an emergency landing strands us in the Alaskan wilderness.

Halloween is a holiday of fright, a time to dress up and go house to house for candy, a time for fun. But what happens when you don’t follow the rules? Nicholas Gray presents five Halloween tales to get you in the spirit and cover your arms in goosebumps. Three friends are in for a trick-or-treat surprise. A surly boy goes trick-or-treating to the wrong house. A grumpy old man gets a special Halloween visitor. A man goes shopping for a Halloween mask. And some bored teenagers go on a vandalism spree.

Wunder … wenn nicht zu Weihnachten, wann dann? Ben glaubt nicht an Wunder. Gefasst sieht der Achtjährige einem Weihnachtsfest entgegen, bei dem seine sehnlichsten Wünsche sicher wieder nicht in Erfüllung gehen werden. Charlotte, Bens alleinerziehende Mutter, hofft auf ein Wunder. Wie sonst soll sie sich und ihren Sohn über Wasser halten? Grayson, Charlottes bester Freund, hat mit Wundern abgeschlossen. Der junge Witwer hat sich mit dem Schicksal abgefunden, das ihm vor Jahren seine Frau genommen hat. Gibt es mehr Dinge zwischen Himmel und Erde, als Charlotte ahnt? Zeit für Wunder?

Dorian is a vain programmer who just wants to be left alone to write his masterpiece. He's a jaded AI developer with a family who wants nothing to do with him, working for a stagnant tech company. In his spare time, he's also working on a secret project, combining the latest areas of research from his company into one forward-thinking prototype that he knows will change the world.

David Bain releases nine new tales of crime and horror from his haunted gothic settings of Green River and Gray Lake, including an all-new Will Castleton paranormal investigator story! (There's also a bonus short from the "It's Over" post-apocalypse universe created by C. Dennis Moore and Caleb Straus!)

One boy finds a portal in the woods. At first, it’s all fun and games, but things quickly take a turn. A man discovers why his company no longer allows smoking on the premises. Another man finds a video tape that changes his perspective on the world around him. And three boys go trunk-or-treating, but they come across something that will change their lives forever! Graymatter is a chilling collection of horror shorts sure to keep you up late. These tales are sure to have something for everyone.

It’s not that I’m trouble as much as trouble follows me everywhere. Especially when it comes to the Caribou Creek police chief, Garrett Bradley. Every time I cross paths with the man too sexy for his own good, trouble follows. Which is why I should know better than to speed through town. Because of course Garrett pulls me over. But instead of giving me the ticket I expect, he arrests me. The jerk.

Breakups are supposed to make people sad. Right? But all I feel after parting ways with my Anchorage boyfriend is … relief. I didn’t expect to spend my entire summer in Caribou Creek. To say he was unsupportive when I told him is the understatement of the year. But with Grandma Rose on a cruise, it’s up to my sisters and me to keep the diner afloat in her absence. Oh, and apparently our fate rests in the hands of my best friend, Rowan Jacobs and his secret cooking talent.

Mike has a very unusual phobia: He’s terrified of Champ, the creature reported to be living in Lake Champlain. Ever since he was a child, he has been haunted by nightmares about the monster and has avoided the lake most of his life. It’s a ridiculous fear, for the creature couldn’t possibly exist, could it? Tonight, whether he wants to or not, Mike will finally discover the truth about the lake and its legendary inhabitant.

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