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From the Heart of the Storm
by Kurt R. A. GiambastianiAn alternate history novel surrounding President George Armstrong Custer, the Cheyennes, and the Crow people. Fourth in the Fallen Cloud series.
From the Horse's Mouth (Sabrina the Teenage Witch #39)
by Diana G. GallagherA horse is a horse.... Staying on a horse is hard, and learning to ride is even harder. Especially when, for her Phys Ed beginner equitation class, Sabrina is assigned to ride a cranky and lame critter. His name? Mission Impossible. Uh-oh. If Sabrina can't learn basic horsemanship in the next two weeks, snobby classmate Debra will snicker, and worse, Sabrina's horse might be sold to a run-down rental stable. There's no time for horsing around. Looks like this might be an impossible mission for Sabrina, until Mission Impossible starts talking!
From the Land of Fear: Stories
by Harlan EllisonEleven side trips to the dark edge of imagination by master storyteller Harlan Ellison, From the Land of Fear presents some of the author's early work from his start in the late fifties. Here you can see a vibrant, imaginative young writer honing his craft and sowing the seeds of what would become his brilliant career, including the standout piece "Soldier," a clever antiwar tale included both in short-story form and as a screenplay for TV's The Outer Limits. True Ellison fans will enjoy this collection as a chance to see the writer's growth over time. As Roger Zelanzy says in his wonderful Introduction, "He is what he is because of everything he's been up until the Now."
From the Mists of Wolf Creek
by Rebecca BrandewyneSent away from Meadowsweet Farm after the tragic death of her mother, Hallie Muldoon has returned, determined to uncover the secrets that have kept her from her beloved childhood home. But some secrets are best left undisturbed....Conjured by Hallie's dying grandmother, mysterious Trace Coltrane emerges from the mist with one purpose in mind: to protect Hallie and keep her safe from all harm. Much like a lone wolf, he is used to drifting...but Hallie's warmth leaves him yearning to fulfill her dream of home and family. As their newfound love grows, so do the dangers of secrets revealed. A past evil threatens to destroy all hope for the future with its simmering hatred...and Hallie is its target!
From the Neck Up and Other Stories
by Aliya Whiteley&“Feels like a major collection&” – The Washington PostA short fiction collection to stand with Ted Chiang's Exhalation and Kelly Link's Magic for Beginners.The new collection of beautiful, strange and disarming short stories from the award-winning author of The Beauty, Clarke Award nominee The Loosening Skin and The Arrival of Missives, Aliya Whiteley. In 16 stories Whiteley deftly unpeels the strangeness of everyday life through beguiling gardens, rebellious bodies and journeys across familiar worlds, with her trademark wit and compassion. Witness the future of farming in a new Ice Age, or the artist bringing life to glass; the many-eyed monsters we carry and the secret cities inside our bodies; the alien invasion through our language to the Chantress and her twists on the fairy tale. Fascinating and always unexpected, Whiteley is unlike any other writer working today.
From the Notebooks of Doctor Brain
by Minister FaustEarth's mightiest superteam-and dysfunctional as hell. OMNIPOTENT MAN-a body with the density of steel, and a brain to match -- THE FLYING SQUIRREL-aging playboy industrialist by day, avenging krypto-fascist by night -- IRON LASS-mythology's greatest warrior-but the world might be safer if she had a husband -- X-MAN-formerly of the League of Angry Blackmen . . . but not formerly enough -- THE BROTHERFLY-radioactively fly -- POWER GRRRL-perpetually deciding between fighting crime or promoting her latest album, clothing line, or sex scandal. Having finally defeated all archenemies, the members of the Fantastic Order of Justice are reduced to engaging in toxic office politics that could very well lead to a superpowered civil war. Only one woman can save them from themselves: Dr. Eva Brain-Silverman, aka Dr. Brain, the world's leading therapist for the extraordinarily abled."Faust has pretty much invented his own genre. He's totally original, full of surprises."-Richard K. Morgan, author of Altered Carbon"Samuel Delany, Harlan Ellison, and Ishmael Reed all rolled into one. Faust's writing is biting, insightful, and hugely entertaining."-Ernest Dickerson, director
From the Outside: A Gripping and Emotional Psychological Suspense
by Clare JohnstonA dead Internet millionaire reflects on the mistakes he made in life as his family copes with loss in tale of regret and redemption.When Internet millionaire Harry Melville dies in a car crash, the lives of his wife, Sarah, and twin brother, Ben, are thrown into turmoil.Harry seemed to have it all; a close-knit family and a happy marriage. Yet as he recalls his past from the afterlife, the truth emerges. There were unspoken and bitter jealousies between the brothers and his unhappy wife was burdened by loneliness and guilt.When Ben takes over the running of Harry’s charity foundation, he begins to find purpose for the first time in years. But a new arrival brings a series of revelations that expose Harry’s complex and dual personality. As he learns his part in the suffering of those he left behind, is it too late for Harry to make amends?A tale of regret and redemption, From the Outside looks at the rivalries that can destroy relationships and the lost opportunity for happiness when ego reigns over emotion.Praise for From the Outside“Original, intoxicating and oozing intrigue, this is a mesmerising twister of a story that sucks you in from the very first page.” —Shari Low, author of The Story of Our Secrets“I can’t recommend From the Outside enough! So full of heart and warmth, as well as intrigue and twists.” —Alice Hinds, Sunday Post“A gripping read from another brilliant Scottish author.” —Judy Murray“Clare Johnston brings us a beautifully-written tale of brotherly ties, family fractures, and finding peace with those we leave behind.” —Leslie Tall Manning, author of Maggie’s Dream
From the Teeth of Angels
by Jonathan CarrollFour strangers' lives are turned upside down when death comes for a visitAt first it seems like an ordinary dream. Talkative Englishman Ian McGann meets a long-dead acquaintance and asks him questions about the afterlife. But when he awakes, a thick pink scar stretches across his chest. Each subsequent night, as he dreams of death, he asks more questions, understands less, and awakens with increasingly gruesome injuries. When he meets an American traveler in Sardinia and tells him of his experience, the stranger begins having matching dreams--with the same painful results. Across the globe, a former TV icon struggles with leukemia, and a movie star falls in love with an HIV-positive photographer. All are flirting with death, and the more they struggle to understand the mysteries of the afterlife, the more they realize the world is not nearly as simple as they once believed. This ebook contains an all-new introduction by Jonathan Carroll, as well as an exclusive illustrated biography of the author including rare images from his personal collection.
From the World of Minor Threats: The Alternates
by Patton Oswalt Tim Seeley Jordan BlumSpinning out of the world of the hit Minor Threats superhero series created by Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum, and Scott Hepburn comes a new tale of costumed underdogs—featuring a support group for superheroes, struggling to reclaim their mediocre lives after tasting their true potential.Mary the Multi-Monster! The Tripper! Crab Louie! Kid Curious! Persona! These offbeat b-list superheroes, formerly known as The Alternates, seemingly sacrificed themselves to stop an invasion from another dimension. Instead they were transported to a mirror reality where they lived complex lives in a more four-dimensional existence—expanding both their powers and consciousness.Five years later they've returned to Twilight City, struggling to reacclimate to their old lives in a traditional two-dimensional superhero world—in withdrawal from the vivid ones they left behind. When elements from this alternate reality turn up as a dangerous new street drug, some of the heroes band together to destroy it, while others succumb to its temptation.Illustrated by Tess Fowler (Rat Queens) and Christopher Mitten (Hellboy, 30 Days of Night) and featuring pinups by Fabio Moon, Tony Fleecs, Ryan Browne, Martin Simmonds, and more!Collects The Alternates #1–#4.
From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown
by Ben YalowThis book contains a collection of all 118 short science fiction and fantasy stories of one of the masters of the vignette, all his short works except two which were rewritten into parts of a novel.
From These Honored Dead
by Philippa Grey-Gerou Emery SanborneBook 5 of this amazing series finds Graeme, Peter, and Diana swept back through time, to the eve of one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. Not only have they entered a new reality, they've entered new identities. Only magic and the Rule of Three can save them before they too become victims of this bitter war.Responsibility weighs heavily upon Captain Graeme Shepherd's shoulders. Hundreds of men's lives are in his hands as he marches them toward one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War. But the more pressing concern is what to do about his desire for the wife of his second in command. And for his lieutenant himself.Lieutenant Peter Oberon has it all--an amazing wife and a respectable commission in the Union army, serving a captain he values in more ways than one. Creature comforts are few, but life could be much more difficult.Diana Oberon is a woman ahead of her time, headstrong and opinionated, with a husband who honors her freedom, and the intriguing attentions of his superior officer. She follows her husband's unit as much out of a sense of adventure as out of loyalty to her two lovers.But none of these people are real.A freak accident has pulled Graeme, Peter, and Diana through time, through reality, through identity itself to a world where war is the least of their concerns. Considering that the final destination in question is the Battle of Gettysburg, that's saying something indeed...Content Notes: ménage, m/m/f
From This Day Forward
by John Brunner&“Speculation is compounded with suspense&” in these thirteen short works of sci-fi from the Hugo Award–winning author of Stand on Zanzibar—&“Genuine startlers&” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Collected when Brunner was at the peak of his writing form, this even dozen of his short stories, with a bonus poem thrown into the mix, offers provocative ideas and thrilling action mixed with conceptions of the inevitable future, the inventable future, the alternate future, the future to be avoided, and the future that is sometimes right now. A heady brew. For each generation, there is a writer meant to bend the rules of what we know. Hugo Award winner (Best Novel, Stand on Zanzibar) and British science fiction master John Brunner remains one of the most influential and respected authors of all time, and now many of his classic works are being reintroduced. For readers familiar with his vision, this is a chance to reexamine his thoughtful worlds and words, while for new readers, Brunner&’s work proves itself the very definition of timeless.
From This Day On
by Janice Kay JohnsonA new beginning...from this day on.Jakob Nilsson has tried to keep his distance from Amy. Like a forbidden temptation, he's always known his weakness where she's concerned. Then an unexpected weekend brings them together. Despite the torture of being so close to her, Jakob is glad he's there...especially when the opening of a time capsule reveals a confession that upends Amy's world. Nothing is the way it was. But that revelation also means the barriers between Jakob and Amy are gone. Finally he's free to pursue the woman who has always fascinated him. The challenge now is to convince her to look beyond their past. And to consider a future that includes him.
From This Moment On (Made in Montana)
by Debbi RawlinsHe's one cowboy she can't resistCowboy and lady-magnet Trace McAllister has a problem...and she's petite, with almond-shaped eyes and a body that makes his libido beg for mercy. Sure, the Sundance Dude Ranch has attracted a bevy of gorgeous townie women. But not one draws him in like sexy little Nikki Flores.Nikki isn't looking to play games with some good-lookin' charmer of a cowboy. She knows better-or should. Besides, she's in Blackfoot Falls only long enough to figure out her next move. And the last thing she needs is to get tied down...or tied up!But all they need is one moment-the moment when temptation takes over....
From Time to Time: Time and Again: Book Two (Gateway Essentials #412)
by Jack FinneyRuben Prien is still at work with the Project, still dreaming of altering man's fate by going back in time to adjust events... to interfere, some might say, with destiny. Once again, his conduit to that bygone era, his messenger to that lost world, is Simon Morley, the man who actually proved himself capable of traveling back and forth in time.Rube's purpose in summoning Si back from that earlier world, where he has taken up permanent residence, is no less grand than an attempt to prevent World War I from erupting. It is ironic, therefore, that the man assigned to carry to America the papers that might help avert the Great Catastrophe travels to his meeting on board the Titanic. And it is Si's task to attempt to ensure his safe passage.
From Time to Time
by Jack FinneyJack Finney's beloved sequel to his classic, New York Times bestselling illustrated novel Time and Again.Simon Morley, whose logic-defying trip to the New York City of the 1880s in Time and Again has enchanted readers for twenty-five years, embarks on another trip across the borders of time. This time Reuben Prien at the secret, government-sponsored Project wants Si to leave his home in the 1880s and visit New York in 1912. Si's mission: to protect a man who is traveling across the Atlantic with vital documents that could avert World War I. So one fateful day in 1912, Si finds himself aboard the world's most famous ship...the Titanic.
From Undone: A Storm of Love, A Novella
by Terri BrisbinB>Hunt, feed, repeat. . . Deirdre Griffin didn't choose to be a vampire. But she is. And she's determined to make the most of her fate. For Deirdre that means surrendering to the raging hunger ignited by even the slightest whiff of blood-a hunger that pulses through her body like a fever, demanding release. It means making friends in dark places-and savoring every hot, salty, bitter, revitalizing drop of life force the night has to offer. . .
From Unseen Fire (Aven Cycle #1)
by Cass MorrisFrom Unseen Fire is the first novel in the Aven Cycle, a historical fantasy set in an alternate Rome, by debut author Cass MorrisThe Dictator is dead; long live the Republic. But whose Republic will it be? Senators, generals, and elemental mages vie for the power to shape the future of the city of Aven. Latona of the Vitelliae, a mage of Spirit and Fire, has suppressed her phenomenal talents for fear they would draw unwanted attention from unscrupulous men. Now that the Dictator who threatened her family is gone, she may have an opportunity to seize a greater destiny as a protector of the people—if only she can find the courage to try.Her siblings—a widow who conceals a canny political mind in the guise of a frivolous socialite, a young prophetess learning to navigate a treacherous world, and a military tribune leading a dangerous expedition in the province of Iberia—will be her allies as she builds a place for herself in this new world, against the objections of their father, her husband, and the strictures of Aventan society. Latona’s path intersects with that of Sempronius Tarren, an ambitious senator harboring a dangerous secret. Sacred law dictates that no mage may hold high office, but Sempronius, a Shadow mage who has kept his abilities a life-long secret, intends to do just that. As rebellion brews in the provinces, Sempronius must outwit the ruthless leader of the opposing Senate faction to claim the political and military power he needs to secure a glorious future for Aven and his own place in history. As politics draw them together and romance blossoms between them, Latona and Sempronius will use wit, charm, and magic to shape Aven’s fate. But when their foes resort to brutal violence and foul sorcery, will their efforts be enough to save the Republic they love?
From Utopia to Apocalypse: Science Fiction and the Politics of Catastrophe
by Peter Y. Paik"I read Peter Y. Paik&’s lucid, graceful, ruthless book in one single astonished sitting. I scarred it all over with arrows and exclamation points, so I can read it again as soon as possible." —Bruce Sterling Revolutionary narratives in recent science fiction graphic novels and films compel audiences to reflect on the politics and societal ills of the day. Through character and story, science fiction brings theory to life, giving shape to the motivations behind the action as well as to the consequences they produce. In From Utopia to Apocalypse, Peter Y. Paik shows how science fiction generates intriguing and profound insights into politics. He reveals that the fantasy of putting annihilating omnipotence to beneficial effect underlies the revolutionary projects that have defined the collective upheavals of the modern age. Paik traces how this political theology is expressed, and indeed literalized, in popular superhero fiction, examining works including Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons&’s graphic novel Watchmen, the science fiction cinema of Jang Joon-Hwan, the manga of Hayao Miyazaki, Alan Moore&’s V for Vendetta, and the Matrix trilogy. Superhero fantasies are usually seen as compensations for individual feelings of weakness, victimization, and vulnerability. But Paik presents these fantasies as social constructions concerned with questions of political will and the disintegration of democracy rather than with the psychology of the personal. What is urgently at stake, Paik argues, is a critique of the limitations and deadlocks of the political imagination. The utopias dreamed of by totalitarianism, which must be imposed through torture, oppression, and mass imprisonment, nevertheless persist in liberal political systems. With this reality looming throughout, Paik demonstrates the uneasy juxtaposition of saintliness and cynically manipulative realpolitik, of torture and the assertion of human dignity, of cruelty and benevolence.
From Wedding Fling to Baby Surprise
by Nina SinghTheir spontaneous fling…Will have unexpected consequencesUnceremoniously dumped by her boyfriend, Laney desperately needs a date to her sister&’s wedding. When sexy stranger Gianni Martino steps in as her plus-one, Laney can&’t help herself from exploring the explosive chemistry between them! She&’s never felt so connected to another person—until she discovers who Gianni really is! Escaping to Italy to protect her heart, Laney finds that Gianni is not so easily forgotten…and neither is their fling! &“Her Inconvenient Christmas Reunion is a poignant and irresistible romantic read that sparkles with warmth, emotion, intensity and heart. Nina Singh has written a second chance romance about letting go of the past, moving on and the magic of falling in love that will hold readers spellbound from beginning to end.&”-Goodreads &“A captivating holiday adventure! Their Festive Island Escape by Nina Singh is a twist on an enemies-to-lovers trope and is sure to delight. It's fun, it's touching and it's satisfying.&”-Goodreads
The Front (Flyover Fiction)
by Journey HerbeckFor one family living on the very western edge of the Great Plains, life runs parallel to the forces that had always endangered its existence. There was a price to obtain this parallel life, of course, but the family had paid it and for once found a way to survive. They had a little water. They had a little food. They had a little work. They were fine—until they weren&’t. Taking place in the span of twenty-four hours, The Front follows a man and his nine-year-old niece as they try to escape the apocalyptic circumstances that have come to their home. Traveling north through outbreaking war, the pair navigate the disintegrating balance between rival powers. As new lines are drawn, the neutral spot their family had come to occupy is no longer recognized by either side, and the only chance for safety is to try to cross the Northern Line.
Front Court Hex
by Matt ChristopherStar of the previous year's basketball team, Jerry can't do anything right in the new season, but refuses to believe his new friend who, claiming to be a warlock, predicts Jerry's play won't improve until he changes his slovenly habits.
Front Lines
by Denise LittleWar--what is it good for? It's good for 19 all-new tales from the battlefield... Nineteen all-new tales that look at war from the perspective of everyone from human to alien, pixie to toy. From epic intergalactic struggles for the future of humankind to the microcosm of a single abandoned toy soldier in a boy's backyard; from a chemical experiment gone horribly wrong to a young recruit who may hold the key to "understanding" the enemy; from a half-mortal knight trying to avert a war with the Elfin Host to a Battle of Trenton fought against seven-foot tall Saurians, Front Lines brings together a diverse array of imaginative explorations of the phenomenon of war.
The Front Wing
by Mike BefelerAnother thrilling mystery starring the residents of a highly unusual retirement home, by the author of The Back Wing… Harold McCaffrey has been at Mountain Splendor Retirement Home for three months—getting to know the aging witches, werewolves, and other fellow residents. Right now, he&’s helping at an open house by taking names for a waiting list of people wanting to move into the Front Wing of the facility. Then, there&’s a sudden commotion—and a dead body is found in the lobby. With the help of his witchy girlfriend, Bella Alred, Harold must solve the mystery of why people on the waiting list are dying… From a two-time nominee for the Lefty Award for Humorous Mystery whose work has been acclaimed as &“very, very funny&” (Kirkus Reviews), this is a uniquely quirky paranormal mystery.
Fronteggiando Il Suo Istinto
by Charlotte Errera K. MatthewLiam Oliver non poteva accettare il fatto che era un licantropo. Aveva passato la sua intera vita a rifiutare tutto quello che lo legava al branco. Il trovare una compagna non si distingueva da essi. Non aveva alcun interesse nell'innamorarsi di qualcuno o tanto meno di iniziare una famiglia. Questa era una caratteristica dei lupi, ma lui era convinto che aveva fronteggiato la sua natura anche su quel punto di vista. Quando la email di una dipendente insoddisfatta raggiunse la sua scrivania, Liam si ritrova a licenziare colei che ha inviato la suddetta email. Ma quando l'autrice dell'email si rivela essere non altro che la sua destinata compagna, Liam si ritrova ad avere a che fare con una situazione più diffile di quello che potesse immaginare.