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Eleven short stories from award-winning author Joe Hill, building on the success of his blockbuster novels. Some new, some previously published, all terrifying. Includes 'Full Throttle' and 'In the Tall Grass', both collaborations with Stephen King and both being filmed at the time of writing.

I was well on my way to the top as one of Nevada's fastest-rising defense attorneys. That is, until I caught a high-profile case with a client known for . . . neutralizing his enemies. My firm asked me to do the impossible, a task I was sure to fail from the beginning. But that misstep would lead to deadly consequences. I somehow managed to escape my client's clutches, but only to end up with an unlikely savior; a sexy biker with the city's most lethal motorcycle club. A dangerous man who lets no one stand in his way.

Lincoln I've done a good job getting over my past. I'm not only proud of who I am, but revel in it. Still, I don't let myself get too close to people...Except I can't stop sleeping with Rush Alexander. I try, I really do...Unfortunately, things become a little more complicated when I tell a white lie that lands me in a fake relationship with him. Yeah, not my best moment.

Suzy is a control freak and has her life mapped out. She's content with the status quo, but her plan comes to a screeching halt when he enters her life and turns it upside down. City gave up on love when his heart was crushed in college, but a chance encounter on a dark road makes him question what he had sworn off forever - a relationship. A night of passion and lust causes them to question everything. Is the tattooed bad boy her knight in shining armor? Can their relationship survive when a fantasy falls apart and a secret comes out that could change everything?

Reading Corner: Children's short stories with read-along companion video (where available). Occasionally, Weird: Infrequent, unscheduled episodes with read-along video (where available), focusing on the strange and macabre.

When Gray Eagleson remembers the strap, it brings back horrific images of pain, suffering and humiliation in the public school system. Financially strapped and broken-hearted, he decides a trip to Ecuador, the most bio-diverse country on the planet, is exactly what he needs to take his mind off his problems.

The mystique of the river life has often been romanticized but rarely scrutinized. The brotherhood of mariners who live and work the waterways of the heartland is made up of a rare breed that usually keeps to itself. Towboat Joe has broken the golden rule of "what happens on the boat stays on the boat" by inviting us to set sail on an unprecedented voyage.

Scarlett is a young, up-and-coming journalist who sees a chance to get ahead and decides to take it. It will change who she is, alter how she has seen the world so far, and test her strength of character. A gang named Road Warriors has been the subject of many investigations by the press and the police, but no one could find anything that would stick. She will go undercover with very little experience and meet Deacon, the gang's leader.

Scarlett is a young up and coming journalist that sees a chance to get ahead and decides to take it. It will change who she is, how she has seen the world so far and will test her strength of character.

Scarlett is a young up-and-coming journalist that sees a chance to get ahead and decides to take it. It will change who she is, how she has seen the world so far and will test her strength of character. A gang named Road Warriors has been the subject of many investigations by the press and the police, but no one could find anything that would stick.

Scarlett is a young, up-and-coming journalist who sees a chance to get ahead and decides to take it. It will change who she is and how she has seen the world so far and will test her strength of character.