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Thirteen-year-old Silver Batal calls the desert home, but her heart belongs to the waters. Although she’s expected to become a jeweler like her father, Silver harbors a secret and forbidden wish to race water dragons. Destiny comes calling when her friendship with a mysterious old woman leads her to Hiyyan, a baby dragon that can swim and fly. Risking everything, Silver, Hiyyan, and her resourceful cousin Brajon set off across the desert to join the legendary races in the royal city.

Virginia, 1927: All Ruth Ann Riley wants is a chance to have a family. But because she was poor and unwed when she became pregnant, she was sent to an institution and her child was given to another woman. Ruth Ann can't stand the thought of never seeing little Annabel's face again, never snuggling up to her warmth or watching her blue eyes crinkle with laughter. And now they want to take away her right to have any other babies? She is not going to let that happen.

Human cloning. Technology evolves faster than we do. The law shields us from our worst temptations. But the opportunity is there, dangling just out of reach - perfection and ascension or delusion and destruction. The choice is ours. In this collection of clone-themed stories, 10 of today’s top speculative fiction writers explore our morality and built-in societal restraints and reflect upon our state of grace. Similar is not necessarily the same.

Helen is coming home - coming back from the amazing, life-changing, unplanned honeymoon in Fiji with her husband Tommy...and their husband Al. Coming back to her real life. Only it isn't the life she left. How can she face an office full of coworkers? Worse, how can she face her family? With Al and Tommy, she'll just have to find a way.

During the holidays, Gina got everything she could have dreamed of and more: a night of off-the-hook passion with two gorgeous firemen and their equally hunky best friend. It opened her eyes in more ways than one. Since then, however, everything in the college student's life has paled in comparison, and she's begun to despair of ever feeling quite so alive - of ever finding the kind of polyamorous happily ever after enjoyed by her in-laws (the menage-happy crowd from The Visitor Comes for Good series and The Visitor's Wedding).

Fifty years after the moon landings, the commercialization of space travel is finally here, but do we still know how to dream? Final Frontier recalls the heady thrill of the Apollo era and glimpses wonders yet to come. Inside, find a dozen uplifting stories of humor, tragedy, sacrifice and good old fashioned cussedness by today's award-winning authors - plus a healthy dose of optimism. All that, plus a forward by a NASA astronaut and a piece by Spider Robinson, inspired by Robert Heinlein. The Final Frontier is open for business!

It’s all fun and games...until somebody goes to jail. Grab some herbal tea. You’ll need it. The audiobook features a collection of 10 wild but true tales.

Detroit Police Homicide Detective, Sergeant Roman Stefan has one of the best arrest records on the force-he's also a dirty cop. Roman promises his ailing father that he will clean up his life and go straight. The problem is, Roman likes being dirty. As he deals with his promise, he is assigned to a four-month old homicide investigation of a prostitute that no one is interested in. Compounding his trouble is the dead hooker's sister, Channel 3 News anchor Hallie Warner, who has placed pressure on the mayor's office to provide answers.

Gina's happy to be joining her brother's new extended family for the holidays. There's snow, and laughter, and even a bunch of sweet kids that the older folks pay Gina to mind a couple of hours a day. A college girl can use every dime she can get her hands on! The problem is what the others are doing while she's babysitting. Because Gina's brother Mario married into the wildly polyamorous clan from The Visitor Saga! It's no fun being the only person in a huge vacation house spending her nights not just alone, but with fewer than three people in her bed.

A short story collection, including "John Henry: Man Versus Machine", "Juju Man", "Date Night", "The Nightshift", and "A Nasty Piece of Work". "John Henry: Man Versus Machine": What really happened during the legendary challenge between John Henry and the drill steam engine operator?

Give: An Anthology of Anatomical Entries explores, from head to toe, the varying reasons why someone might donate an organ, tissue, or other body part, and how. Featuring 24 twisted short stories from authors including Christine Morgan, Kerry G.S. Lipp, Gio Clairval, and others.

Morgana le Fay has ruled with coldhearted brutality in a realm as much a prison as it is her dominion. She joins forces with a ruthless Lycan king in hopes of returning to Earth, determined to destroy King Arthur’s legacy. Gully’s magic has been intensifying at an incredible rate for months. Taurus Moon wants to find out why. The pair travels overseas in search of a supernatural relic that may help. Instead of finding answers, they wind up saving the lives of a family of three from two vicious Lycans: Grimes and his daughter, Darla.

Helen, Tommy, and Al have reached their gold at the end of the rainbow. Their ride off into the sunset. Their polyamorous honeymoon on an idyllic tropical beach. Unfortunately, a cloud from Helen's past threatens to darken their paradise. Will her wonderful new relationship with her best friend, Tommy, and his husband, Al, survive the arrival of her former fiancé...and his new wife?

Nitty-Gritty de Albuquerque is a tongue-in-cheek account of what it's really like for the average person to live in Albuquerque. It's written like a stand-up routine, but speaking to you, the listener. I didn't even have to exaggerate or embellish the presentation, because Albuquerque is fundamentally absurd.

This thirty-first issue of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of five sharp, suspenseful, thought provoking short stories - each from a different featured master of speculative fiction. Tales from the Canyons of the Damned: No. 31 features "Fortune Cookies" by Hunter C. Eden; "That Time of Year" by D.K. Cassidy, "The Pairing Witch" by David Alan Jones, "Similar" by Holly Heisey, and "#Eddie_and_June" by Daniel Arthur Smith.

K.D. West, Amazon best-selling author of contemporary menage/polyamory romance, brings you four steamy stories where friendship turns to something much, much more.

The kid wasn't supposed to be real. Back home, after her ordeal in New Zealand with Andrew, Neely McIntire has convinced herself the awful memories she cannot seem to shake are nothing more than bad dreams. But when the picture of a child who could be her clone lands in her mailbox, everything she has fought to regain starts to crumble. Even with the extra support from Hayden's brother, Nathan, Neely is ready to break under the pressure that seems to be coming from all sides.

The good, the bad, and the ugly about dating after 40. Beverly and Jessica have managed to make a bad situation funny as hell to listen to. What to do and what not to do so you don't waste anymore time on the wolves. This book was so much fun to write. Jessica and I had very similar circumstances with our love lives. As we told each other stories and secrets we could not help but laugh at what the hell we were thinking getting hooked up with these men.

As Casey and Brad continue with their new lives, the past of two years back will not let them be. Memories of the tragic events that occurred bring them back to the nightmare from which they tried their best to escape. Fighting for her life again, Casey is tormented by the ghost who followed her home. One who can not rest till she is satisfied.

Tactics win battles; strategy wins wars. What if I could make it easier for you to express appreciation for your significant other? Whether you are a man or a woman, you will need a great playbook to earn your mate’s daily affections. I am giving you the game in six simple and practical strategies to be triumphant in the war of love. You want it. So fight for a fulfilling relationship.