- Jennifer Weiner is the New York Times bestselling author of Good in Bed and In Her Shoes, both in film production.- Lauren Weisberger is the New York Times bestselling author of The Devil Wears Prada.- Adriana Trigiani is an award-winning playwright, television writer, and bestselling author of Big Stone Gap, which is currently in production as a feature film.- American Girls About Town features a fabulous collection of authors with proceeds benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Barnardo's--the U.K's largest children's charity.

    After a night out with his girlfriend in one of the country's remote provinces, he wakes to find himself in a pitch-black coffin—and quickly running out of oxygen. With only his cell phone and his own wits to rely on, it's a race against time to escape the claustrophobic death trap. SIX BULLETS The end of civilization arrived in the form of a giant asteroid thirteen months ago. For Burt James, a survivalist, it was not a complete surprise. He'd spent much of his adult life prepping for such a catastrophe. Consequently, while the majority of the population scoured the post-apocalyptic landscape for water and food, regressing into primitive killers, he bunkered down in his fortified hilltop home in a small town in the middle of the Australian Outback. But now he's out of food and down to his last six bullets, and he will have to make the most difficult choice of his life. THE MAILMAN Los Angeles, 1985. Never was the motto sex, drugs, and rock n’ roll more apt than the scene on the legendary Sunset Strip with the arrival of the underground Hollywood glam bands. While Mick Freeman, a record executive with a major label, works tirelessly to sign five toxic rockers whom he believes might flip the entire music world on its head, his wife, Jade, spends her days bored and alone at home, struggling with a midlife crisis that threatens to topple their twenty-year marriage. And then she meets the new mailman. Young and handsome, he sweeps her off her feet—straight into a nightmare the likes of which she could never have imagined. RE-ROLL In the near future, breathtakingly humanoid robots called Mechs are for sale, and they're designed to fulfill whatever role you want: husband, wife, best friend, slave. Manufacturers allow new owners one free "roll" to randomly determine their Mech's three leading characteristics. But as everybody knows, scoring your ideal traits is a crapshoot, though you can always re-roll—at a price.

     Once upon a time, there lived a man whose fate would rest with two sisters. One will hold his heart. With her, he will find a love that will last forever, though it will come with a price. From the other sister, he will learn fortitude as he discovers that she holds the power to destroy all he holds dear. For as easily as one sister captures his heart, the other will trap his soul. AUTHOR'S NOTE: This novelette is the prequel to the Keeper Saga, Hidden Moon is Book One, Once Upon a Haunted Moon is Book Two, and Wynter's War, Book Three, is slated for release spring 2015.

    And there are times when toads and Chihuahuas seem abundant as black flies in the summer, the dragons are a little touchy, the Forest Trolls are in danger of extinction from teeny-boppers, the Gryphons need help conceiving and...the scientist are crunchy and good with ketchup...Brokenoggin FallsBefore-word (Bewitched, Bothered & BeVampyred) (2005) [ES] by Terese RaminThe Legend of Braugh-Naughton (2005) [POEM] by Jennifer St. GilesNaked Came the Vampyre (2005) [SF] by Terese RaminThe Harpy in the Clock Tower (2005) [SF] by Rachel CarringtonThe Witches of Brokenoggin & the Dead Who Love Them (2005) [SF] by Gena ShowalterCrunching Scientist, Hidden Dragon (2005) [SF] by Sophia NashHow to Seduce an Amnesiac Vampyre (2005) [SF] by Kathryn CaskieThe Loch's Stressed Dragon's Half-Sister (2005) [SF] by Elizabeth HolcombeFeed Your Head (2005) [SF] by Patricia RiceA Spell of C.R.A.F.T. (2005) [SF] by Vicki Lewis ThompsonNight Mares (2005) [SF] by MaryJanice DavidsonDancing in the Streak (2005) [SF] by Lynn WarrenX Marks the G-Spot (2005) [SF] by Shelly LaurenstonThe Toad Prince (2005) [SF] by Terese RaminA Dance Through the Garden of Good And Evil (2005) [SF] by Susan GrantThe Skeletons in the Closet (2005) [SF] by Annihilation Jones and LeroyA Dragon's Tale (2005) [SF] by Mary Jo PutneyLOF-T: ROGG 1 – Trolls Gone Wild (2005) [SF] by Linda WisdomPieces of Destiny (2005) [SF] by Michelle RowenLOF-T: RROGG 2 – Sam's Repentance (2005) [SF] by Judi McCoyDorothea's Wizard (2005) [SF] by Jennifer St. GilesSoulless from Seattle (2005) [SF] by Fiona MacLeod and Terese RaminEverybody Loves Dragons (2005) [ES] by Terey daly Ramin"Flaming, Hot, and Bothered" (2005) [SF] by Sophia NashThe Loch's Stressed Dragon's Half-Sister (2005) [SF] by Elizabeth HolcombeCandy Cox and the Big Bad (Were)Wolf (2005) [SF] by P. C. CastSuzi Stiletto: Recovering Demon Slayer (2005) [SF] by Alyssa Day [only as by Alesia Holliday ]

    From humanity's first contact with alien life, to the challenges of space travel, to colonies established light years from Earth, this anthology celebrates the wide sweep of space opera at its most sublime. There are worlds beyond worlds out there to explore, and millions of stories spinning across the galaxies. So sit back and be transported ... to the dark beyond the stars.Contents: * Foreword (Dark Beyond the Stars) • essay by Julie E. Czerneda * Containment (2015) [Stories of Singularity • 2] / novelette by Susan Kaye Quinn * Nos Morituri Te Salutamus (2014) / short story by Annie Bellet * Protocol A235 (2015) / short story by Theresa Kay * Winner Takes All (2015) / novelette by Elle Casey * Carindi (2015) / novelette by Jennifer Foehner Wells * Animal Planet (2015) / novelette by Patrice Fitzgerald * The Event (2015) / short story by Autumn Kalquist * Dragonet (2015) / novelette by S. M. Reine [as by Sara Reine] * Lulu Ad Infinitum (2015) / novelette by Ann Christy * To Catch an Actor (2015) / short story by Blair C. Babylon * 2092 (2015) [The Chronos Files] / novella by Rysa Walker .

    "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" is just one of many classic horror stories by Richard Matheson that have insinuated themselves into our collective imagination.Here are more than twenty of Matheson's most memorable tales of fear and paranoia, including:"Duel," the nail-biting tale of man versus machines that inspired Steven Spielberg's first film;"Prey," in which a terrified woman is stalked by a malevolent Tiki doll, as chillingly captured in yet another legendary TV moment;"Blood Son," a disturbing portrait of a strange little boy who dreams of being a vampire;"Dress of White Silk," a seductively sinister tale of evil and innocence.Personally selected by Richard Matheson, the bestselling author of I Am Legend and What Dreams May Come, these and many other stories, more than demonstrate why he is rightfully regarded as one of the finest and most influential horror writers of our generation.

    Originally featured on Suvudu.com, this is Random House’s first multicontributor chain story in which the readers voted on the outcome—now published here in its entirety as a thrilling eBook. Munira bint Azhar, the half-human daughter of a djinn, is a skilled Retriever in the city of Port Nightfall. Now the powerful sorcerer Temesis has given Munira a dire ultimatum: steal a magical lantern—the Light of Ta’lab—from the horrific undead kingdom below the city, or watch her father die at Temesis’s hand. Will she be able to retrieve the lantern and save her father’s life, or will they both perish in the process?   With an Afterword featuring the choices readers were given at the end of each chapter.

    After meeting and falling in love with the beautiful Delphi Arans, he feels his destiny has finally been fulfilled. Their joy is unrivaled, something he's only ever dreamed of. But soon disturbing events begin to invade the couple's life, and Jason starts to doubt the nature of their relationship as well as his sanity. As his world unravels around him, Jason comes to realize that some secrets are better left untold, and others are worse than death itself. *Note: Short story, approximately 15,000 words.

    One of the most startlingly original and entertaining SF anthology concepts in years, perfectly preserving the spirit of H. G. Wells's classic. H. G. Wells's immortal novel The War of the Worlds describes an invasion from Mars through the fictional dispatches of a London newspaper reporter. Yet we have been able to see only one segment of the global catastrophe - until now. Here is the Martian invasion that might have been, from the Earthlings best prepared to tell the tale. Besides the struggle in England, the reporter mentions similar battles taking place all over the planet. From Teddy Roosevelt in Cuba to the Dowager Empress in China, we see our fellow humans encounter the Martian menace through the eyes of science fiction luminaries: --In Providence, Rhode Island, an eight-year-old H. P. Lovecraft bravely seeks communion with an alien intelligence - and a return to his long-lost home; --In Russia, a letter by Count Leo Tolstoy describes the coming of the ultimate revolution; --In a dark woods outside of Zurich, a heroic Albert Einstein finds himself trapped inside a Martian craft, where survival itself is relative; --In Amherst, Massachussetts, Emily Dickinson leaves poetic evidence that she encountered the Martians eleven years after her death; --In Paris, a young artist named Pablo Picasso is inspired by the Martian carnage to create his most shocking and disturbing masterpiece.Contents:**(H. G. Wells): Foreword (War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches) • essay by H. G. Wells*(Teddy Roosevelt): The Roosevelt Dispatches [War of the Worlds] (1996) / shortstory by Mike Resnick*(Percival Lowell): Canals in the Sand [War of the Worlds] (1996) / shortstory by Kevin J. Anderson*(Dowager Empress of China): Foreign Devils [War of the Worlds] (1996) / novelette by Walter Jon Williams*(Pablo Picasso): Blue Period [War of the Worlds] (1996) / shortstory by Daniel Marcus*(Henry James): The Martian Invasion Journals of Henry James [War of the Worlds] (1996) / novelette by Robert Silverberg*(Winston Churchill and H. Rider Haggard): The True Tale of the Final Battle of Umslopogaas the Zulu [War of the Worlds] (1996) / shortstory by Janet Berliner*(Texas Rangers): Night of the Cooters [War of the Worlds] (1987) / shortstory by Howard Waldrop*(Albert Einstein): Determinism and the Martian War, with Relativistic Corrections [War of the Worlds] (1996) / shortstory by Doug Beason*(Rudyard Kipling): Soldier of the Queen [War of the Worlds] (1996) / shortstory by Barbara Hambly*(Edgar Rice Burroughs): Mars: The Home Front [War of the Worlds] (1996) / shortstory by George Alec Effinger*(Joseph Pulitzer): A Letter from St. Louis [War of the Worlds] (1996) / shortstory by Allen Steele*(Leo Tolstoy): Resurrection [War of the Worlds] (1996) / shortstory by Mark W. Tiedemann*(Jules Verne): Paris Conquers All [War of the Worlds] (1996) / shortstory by Gregory Benford and David Brin*(H. P. Lovecraft): To Mars and Providence [War of the Worlds] (1996) / shortstory by Don Webb*(Mark Twain): Roughing It During the Martian Invasion [War of the Worlds] (1996) / shortstory by Daniel Keys Moran and Jodi Moran*(Joseph Conrad): To See the World End [War of the Worlds] (1996) / shortstory by M. Shayne Bell*(Jack London): After a Lean Winter [War of the Worlds] (1996) / novelette by Dave Wolverton*(Emily Dickinson): The Soul Selects Her Own Society: Invasion and Repulsion: A Chronological Reinterpretation of Two of Emily Dickinson's Poems: A Wellsian Perspective [War of the Worlds] (1996) / shortstory by Connie Willis**(Jules Verne): Afterword: Retrospective (War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches) (1996) • essay by Gregory Benford and David Brin..

    Four New York Times bestselling authors. One supernaturally seductive town where "Desperate Housewives meets Charmed" (Fresh Fiction). Welcome to Mysteria, Colorado, home to a vegan vampire, a neighborly werewolf, a pair of sisterly witches, a demon nanny, and many more creatures that go bump in the night. Passions run high in this hot two-in-one omnibus edition of Mysteria and Mysteria Lane.

    The weather had been extreme that month: days of drenching rain, sudden showers of hail, temperatures passing record highs. Local children whispered that an angel had fallen to earth in a thunderstorm. There were roving groups who swore they had found signs. Footprints in the grass, black feathers, a campfire in the woods behind the high school where there were sparks of shimmering ash. One neighborhood boy vowed that he had seen a man in a black cloak rise above the earth and walk on air, and although no one believed his account, mothers began to keep their children home. They locked the doors, called in the dogs, kept the lights on after dusk..."Alice Hoffman is the New York Times bestselling author of Practical Magic, The Dovekeepers, and The Marriage of Opposites. Hoffman’s work has been published in more than twenty translations and more than one hundred foreign editions. Her novels have received mention as notable books of the year by The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, The Los Angeles Times, Library Journal, and People Magazine. She has also worked as a screenwriter and is the author of the original screenplay “Independence Day,” a film starring Kathleen Quinlan and Diane Wiest. Her teen novel Aquamarine was made into a film starring Emma Roberts. Her short fiction and non-fiction have appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe Magazine, Kenyon Review, The Los Angeles Times, Architectural Digest, Harvard Review, Ploughshares and other magazines.Flyleaf Journal Issue #15December 2014Illustrated by Timothy TangHand Lettering by Heidi Unkefer

     Gingerbread houses, caroling carolers, brightly trimmed trees, big family dinners, pristine snowfalls-the familiar pleasures of the season. But what better pleasure is there than a good holiday story? So open this winter solstice sampler and indulge in fully festive fantasies, nightmares before Christmas, and stunning space-age celebrations. These stories will warm hearts and minds like a blazing Yule log. Fantastic Holiday Stories by Kevin J. Anderson, Mercedes Lackey, Mike Resnick, Kristine Rusch, Jonathan Maberry, Eric James Stone, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Quincy J. Allen, Ken Scholes, Sam Knight, David Boop, Heather Graham, Brad R. Torgersen, and Patricia Briggs.