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Journey through luminescent underwater cities, whispering coral gardens, and moonlit coves where serenity awaits at every turn. Whether you’re battling sleepless nights, overwhelmed by the stresses of life, or simply craving a gentle escape before bed, these soothing stories promise to be your perfect companion for relaxation.

In 1954, Ensign James Cortell wakes up from a coma with memories of an alien scientist who had visited Earth some 50,000 years ago. Years later, he realizes this knowledge should not be taken to his grave. Earth’s extraterrestrial visitors altered Homo sapien DNA to produce modern humans. Soon the industrialist overlords among the alien race realize that genetically altered humans offer a source of cheap labor. A galactic slave trade is born.

Fantasy icon Jane Yolen is adored by generations of readers and listeners of all ages. Now she triumphantly returns with this inspired gathering of fractured fairy tales and legends. Yolen breaks open the classics to reveal their crystalline secrets: a philosophical bridge that misses its troll, a spinner of straw as a falsely accused moneylender, the villainous wolf adjusting poorly to retirement. Each of these offerings features a new author note and original poem, illuminating tales that are old, new, and brilliantly refined.

Can you teach an old villain new tricks? In an attempt to rebrand himself, ELM attends a Villain’s Anonymous meeting and learns about a way he can do some good. Desperate to leave his mark, he accepts the quest of finding Leftbeard’s Treasure–a collection of stolen left socks from across the Beandom.

Though he’s living the high life, Sir Roderick yearns for another quest–a dragon to slay or a villainous plot to foil. A visit to the Elven Bureau of Investigation reveals that they are still looking for a list of the Beandom’s most wanted. However, when he agrees to help, he confronts the Needler–a man who can bring people to their knees with his words. To vanquish this formidable foe, Sir Roderick makes a wish at a cursed wishing well to give him the power to resist the Needler’s attacks, with no idea how steep of a price the well requires.

The Southern Pole of Mars is a frozen wasteland of horrific dangers, creatures from times long past, and unimaginable peril. Hired gun Jack Taylor ventures into this no man’s land to entertain his employer’s friend with a safari for the ages. But what begins as a pleasure hunt soon turns into a fight for survival when contract killers arrive to collect a bounty, and unless Taylor can stop them, it could mean doom for the Martian city of Asann’e.

Hired gun Jack Taylor is sent to the ancient city of Diyu to bring order, but his journey proves treacherous. The river to the city is home to pirates, unspeakable evils, and dangers unknown to history. It’s a mission into the unknown that could be Taylor’s last.

Mars is a lawless planet, its frontier teetering on the edge of anarchy. Jack Taylor is thrust into the crucible when descendants of the First Colony, led by the self-proclaimed New God of Mars, unleash a melee of violence upon the land unlike anything ever seen on the Red Planet. Together with a retired Ranger known as The Gray, Taylor journeys into the badlands to rescue the woman he loves and to right the wrongs no matter the price to be paid.

The rebellious Premderian Joran Rideran is out to prove himself. Born with an impairing disease, he will not let that, or anything else, slow him, despite the best efforts of those around him. Ignoring others, his legendary father, Kalsor, does his best to train Joran for him to prove everyone wrong. Soon, a mysterious girl appears in his life and a surprising connection forms between the two. In turn, Joran is pushed to a decision on what path he will take. He must choose quickly as others have just as much interest in her.

When rival syndicates fight for control of the planet’s largest ocean, hired gun Jack Taylor and his team of mercenaries are sent to ensure that one side retains ownership of the expanse, no matter the cost. It’s an assignment that finds Taylor fighting the worst that Mars has to offer in a territory rife with unbelievable dangers.

The road through hell is paved with good intentions. With this short story collection, enter a world where the laws of unintended consequences rule on high in these tales of the macabre. Whether it stems from curiosity, self-preservation, self-control, or impulsivity, what could go wrong?

The first musical quest was only the beginning! Waking up with a taco hangover after celebrating their last win, Bellissimo realizes there's more to the Uppercase prophecy than they thought, and this part deals with her! With Sir Roderick at her side, she must defeat the Beandom's four fearsome Oxymorons: the Little Giant, the Jumbo Shrimp, the Living Dead, and the Moronic Ox. Success will bring them to the mythical One Bean and the Treasure of Ages, but can she succeed, working with a man with an ego bigger than Mount Ominous?

They killed his men and destroyed his village, now hunter turned soldier Sergeant Joel Bwana Sutton is out to make things right no matter the cost. Together with a band of unscrupulous mercenaries, he will travel into the fabled Dark Lands to put an end to the unknown species of ape that took everything that ever mattered from him.

To Will, an introverted book nerd, working at the library was the best job in the world; what makes it better is that he met his true love there. To Chemy, Will is literally the perfect boyfriend, But Will has a guarded past and family secrets. Can their love survive the truth of Will's past when Greed, betrayal, and a thirst for power threaten everything they have ever known, even reality itself?

A mystery spanning centuries is revealed in the shadows of an ancient lighthouse. Rumors of a ghost, surface, attracting the attention of a group of paranormal investigators. They race to the tiny island to be the first to unlock the enigma. Can they withstand the shocking secrets they uncover? Or will the knowledge shake their sanity and tear them apart?

Wally was your typical medieval wizard, pointy hat and all, until one day he casts a spell to gaze into the future. Then he makes a connection...with the internet! A whole new world of social media, electronic mail, and more awaits him, but he soon discovers that the wonders of the internet come with dangers ranging from predatory dragons to actual internet trolls! Fortunately, Wally has a guide, the gallant Sir Brows, to help him navigate the perils of cyberspace before Wally brings the whole castle down around him.

The wizard Jackdaw has deciphered the Uppercase Prophecy, a mysterious riddle that foretells the fate of the kingdom. After reading it, he finds out that the kingdom's only hope lies in…someone. With part of the prophecy missing, it's not clear whether the kingdom’s only hope lies in a gallant knight or in a sub-assistant goatherd with a similar name.

Hell lies under the Texas-Mexico Border. When the Acuña Cartel tunnels under the Rio Grande and into the United States, they tap into a vast cavern that’s home to a species that was once thought mythical. The massacre that ensues leaves 12 men dead and brings tunnel construction to a standstill. Losing money by the hour, the cartel pulls Captain Jarrett Taylor out of retirement to lead a band of mercenaries under the Earth to eliminate an animal more savage than any human force they’ve ever faced. The mission quickly goes bad and plunges the team into a desperate battle for survival.

In this thrilling fantasy adventure, Luke Starr, aka DragonMan, must face his greatest challenge yet. With the rise of a powerful witch who seeks to rule over mankind with the power of a god, the fate of the world rests in the hands of one man.

Nestled within the folds of the Canadian Rockies, Graves Grove probably isn’t the picturesque place you’d like to stay for long. Peculiar things happen here. The citizens seem normal superficially—they function well enough. But each one is deeply disturbed, wrapped in secrets and neuroses which drive them to strange behaviors.