The 31 stories collected here combine Dragnet with The Twilight Zone with Tales from the Crypt in a world filled with aliens, good-time girls, and cocktail-bar nihilism. The stories are hip and funny, with a good dose of wacky 1950s paranoia and the kind of tongue-in-cheek morality that characterized the old E.C. horror comics. The Lloyd Llewellyn stories also trace the development of Clowes's style as a comic artist, from the angular early pieces that show the influence of 1950s advertising style to the grotesque Robert Crumb-inspired style of the more recent work in Eightball. Clowes is one of the most gifted comic-book artists around, and the retro-chic world of Lloyd Llewellyn deserves to be seen by a new generation of readers.

    Sound familiar? Here is yet another take on the beloved Wild West trope, complete with corrupt law enforcement officers, a town drunk, guns for hire, a brave young woman trying to hold on to her failing ranch, vicious people with wealth and power trying to take it from her, a couple of cow-herders, and a colorful cast of characters with names like Red Dust, Ten Gallons, and of course… Comanche.

    A saga of thugs, bombings, shootings and sluts for hire with a terrible secret.

    Bryant’s characters sometimes feel like they are navigating their way through the darkness in an attempt to make sense of love, sex, art, and life. Existential and elliptical, the stories play beautifully against Bryant’s precise and fully-realized artwork, which echoes such masters as Jaime Hernandez and Daniel Clowes. In Unreal City, characters cannot walk into a room without their world turning inside out. Readers will be similarly upended by the discovery of this major new talent.

    Get ready to go futher, faster and farther with Captain Marvel! Learn all you need to know about former-pilot-turned-super-hero Carol Danvers and what are the essential comic stories of Captain Marvel! If you want the best of the best, start here!

    pleasure or pain? When Heidi and Dom are thrown together in an unlikely series of events neither can control, they have to separate business from pleasure. Will the whirlwind of passion and high stakes end everything? His Submissive (Boston Doms Book 2) Matteo Angelico, former Marine and experienced, longtime Dominant, knows what he likes, and Hillary has learned all too well that D/s relationships don't always have fairytale endings. But when a mysterious stalker threatens Hillary’s safety, Hillary must trust Matteo to keep her safe. Her Protector (Boston Doms Book 3) Tony knows that Tessa – the one girl he can't get out of his mind – is interested in the lifestyle. But he wants no part of bossing women around, let alone dominating them. Then one night of passion changes everything. Will Tony be able to embrace his role as her protector? His Babygirl (Boston Doms Book 4) Alice Cavanaugh is too busy to be anyone's full-time submissive. And that's fine since the one dominant she's fantasized about submitting to has given her nothing but mixed signals, until now. Former Marine and Dungeon Master Alexander “Slay” Slater sets his sights on her, he's all in. He’ll be more than her Dom. He’ll be her Daddy. Can she let herself become his Babygirl? His Lady (Boston Doms Book 5) Elena can hold her own, and she’s anything but submissive. Blake Coleman, grieving the loss of his wife, spent the past year retreating from the world and focusing on Boston’s most well-known lifestyle playground, The Club. When Blake and Elena find themselves caught up in a nasty smear campaign, the two adversaries form an alliance. What will happen when the sassy spitfire collides with Boston’s most well-known and respected Dominant? Her Hero (Boston Doms Book 6) Born into a world of violence, Donnie Nolan learned early that the secret to life is control, and he vowed that nothing would drag him back… until a knock at his door reminds him that there are some chains that can never be broken. All Grace Diaz had ever wanted was freedom – freedom to control her destiny, to explore her passions, and to have a future with Donnie, the only boy she’d ever loved. What will happen when she realizes that he’s not the knight in shining armor she once thought he was? Will Donnie be able to reconcile his dark desires with his need to be… her hero? My Redemption (Boston Doms Book 7) A simple mission for Diego has become an abyss of conflicted loyalties and evil deeds done for the “greater good.” But when his plan to take down the leader of an insidious human trafficking ring leads him to the woman he’s loved for years, he needs to decide where his ultimate loyalty lies. Nora Damon has poured everything into establishing herself as a capable adult. But when a turn of events leads her back to Diego, she must face her fears and painful past. Bonus novella: Unchartered Waters (originally published in Hero Undercover) Lucas Grant is a skilled operator and experienced Dominant who understands the value of discipline and control.

    Cool lives his life moderately as a delivery boy. One day, he meets Ann accidentally. Only after a relationship begins to take shape, Mr. Cool realises that Ann is actually the sister of his ex-lover, Angel, who went missing without a trace. Situation starts to get cockle when Elvin, a friend of Ann begin showing his affection towards her. With all histories start to come up, their loves surely would end with more than just unhappy.

    Show you what a big mistake you made. He wasn’t just anybody. He was billionaire Jared Northrup, my ex. I knew what he’d done. Why we broke up 3 years ago. But seeing him now forced me to forget the pain he’d put he through. The way he looked at me was simply irresistible and I realized right away that I wasn’t over him. Not even close. I tried to be strong. I really did; but his temptation won me over and I couldn’t resist jumping into his bed. But I wasn’t the only one he had his sights set on. Or at least that was what I thought. Once a playboy, always a playboy. And if it came down to having him choose me or her, you better believe I wasn’t going to be the one going home alone. Not this time around. I was in it to win it. Mature audience only. 18+

    While Hannah is attracted to the hot, young guy from the plane, she's far too loyal to her husband to have an affair... at first. This is a slow-burning story of wife-sharing for the first time, with a scorching finale.

    She has been rejected by her own family. So, when a top businessman, Manik Raichand, chooses her over her perfect sister, she has a hard time believing a man like him would want her. No matter how hard she tries resisting him, he knows his way to her heart. Charming with sinful good looks, he’s irresistible. Manik is the only man who tempts her enough to break through her walls and give into her desires. He makes her body come alive with emotions she’s never experienced before. He is the man of her dreams, but can their love survive her demons? Book one in the Wild Hearts Series but can be read as a standalone too. A steamy read with a happily-ever-after ending and no cheating.

    As a successful dietician, she started her own business, by traveling and doing home visits for patients instead of working for someone else. She always knew she was destined for greatness. The only area she struggles in is her love life. After taking a trip home to visit her parents, she runs into her high school sweetheart. It has been seven years since she’s seen him, but her feelings haven’t changed, and she discovers that immediately after seeing him. Chance Sylvester has accepted mediocrity in his love life, since he felt like he couldn’t have the woman he wants. As a successful accountant, he’s made the best of life and his career, feeling like he was on the brink of making partner. His mediocre love life comes to a screeching halt when he sees Amesha, after seven years, in the grocery store. He is determined to hold onto her this time, no matter what it takes. This chance encounter is only the beginning. Despite the rekindling, they are now adults and don’t know if they will be as compatible as they once were as kids. Can they turn a past, immature attraction into an undeniable love?

    It didn’t change anything once they got married. Every Saturday the men left their wives at home to wonder what it was that they were doing. Cindy and Eve had never been friends, but once they come together, the two women decide that they want to know what goes on, so they follow their husbands. It all turns out to be legit and even though they don’t understand it, they are keen to get their husbands back. Once they are invited to a poker game, the truth is finally relieved and the two women get more than they bargained for in the process when the game of poker turns downright dirty.

    If you bet on the right fighter.Trouble is the guy we owe all the money to? He also runs the fights.As soon as I see him though, my fighter I just know he’ll win. And I’m betting more than all our money on him.I’m betting my life he’s the man I think he is.A lover and a fighter. Is there such a thing as both?I can’t wait to find out.DillonGo down in the fourth. Get paid, go home.Simple.Marconi’s fights means Marconi’s rules and until today I never cared less about who won or lost, as long as I got paid.But as soon as I sense her, even before I even see her sweet thick curves, I know she’s the only thing I want to be going down for.Throwing a rigged fight, a Marconi fight? It’s suicide.But I’d rather die trying to help who I can see clearly needs it than die wondering what could’ve been, what should’ve been just one thing.Mine.*Possessive Fighter is an insta-everything standalone instalove romance with a HEA, no cheating, and no cliffhanger.

    

    It is included in the graphic novels Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures, Volume 1 and Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures, which collect comics #1-6 and #1-12 respectively.