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One catastrophic event. A desperate race for survival. When a massive solar storm wipes out power and communication across the globe, the world plunges into chaos. In the remote Oregon mountains, military veteran Rex Hays thought he was prepared to weather the collapse. But nothing could prepare him for what’s coming. While hunting, Rex saves a teenage girl, Zoe Mills, from a mountain lion attack. Injured and with no memory of why she was in the wilderness, Zoe becomes the center of a deadly mystery. Strangers from out of town are searching for her, and they’ll stop at nothing to find her.

Welcome to Brighton. Nestled in the North Carolina foothills, this small community boasts scenic, rural sights and easy, small town living...or so it seems. There is a dark side to this bit of Southern Americana, a secret show of which few know and fewer dare speak. Strange beasts roam these forests, spirits stir the dust of old houses, and vast powers crouch just beyond perception.

Where do we go when we dream? Since the beginning of time, people have argued the meaning of dreams. Are they symbolic visions that hold great meaning and personal significance? Are they portals into other worlds? Or are they just a series of random events our mind shows us when we fall asleep? Whatever the case, this much is true—the mind can be a scary place to venture, even for a few hours. Never Wake is an anthology of dream horror, bringing you several mind-bending tales of nightmares, hallucinations, and phantasmagoria from some of the hottest talent in horror fiction.

In the lack of light, darkness permeated the universe, and from the darkness of the void, there came a miracle. It burst out of nothing and devoured the dark. God washed the universe of its obscurity and created all. He created the world, he created life, and he created angels. Lucinda, one of the three archangels of heaven, is given a task that will challenge everything she has based her entire life on. What will she do when her core beliefs are no longer the pillars of what she thought?

A mysterious crack appears in the sky. Anyone who looks directly at it goes blind. What's worse, they also turn insane with a vicious urge to kill.

When Millie Hudson is introduced to Dr. Winston Felton, it’s love at first sight. She can hardly wait to become his wife and eagerly makes plans for their new life together. However, days before their wedding, her new mother-in-law, Mother Nola, announces she’s moving in. And everything changes.

1872. Life in the orphanage is hard for Emma, and she turns to life on the streets, where she pickpockets to stay alive, until she pickpockets a wealthy gentleman who wants her punished. As a frightened Emma fears for her life, handsome Lucas repays the money she stole and offers her a maid’s job in his townhome. Thankful for a second chance, Emma accepts, believing her life is finally turning around. But soon after she arrives, she is forced back on the streets.

When twelve-year-old Andy’s sister vanishes without a trace, the police are stumped, his parents are falling apart, and no one believes what he saw—a strange yellow van and the shadowy figure behind the wheel. Determined to find her, Andy launches his own search…and uncovers something far more terrifying than he imagined.

A mysterious crack appears in the sky. Anyone who looks directly at it goes blind. What's worse, they also turn insane, with a vicious urge to kill. As the crack grows bigger, more people are transformed into "blinders". The authorities struggle to keep things from spiraling.

Making It Big in Japan is your ultimate guide to living, working, and playing in Japan. The information you get about Japan from reading articles online in English only scratches the surface. Like an outdated textbook, the advice seems to be stuck in the 1980s without reflecting the real pace of change in Japan. There is a need for more clarity and explanations of information that is often only available in Japanese. To fill this gap, I have interviewed the people who influenced me, served as role models, or offered valuable perspectives along my seven-year journey in Japan.

In my past life, I heeded the Blood Code: I rescued people, slaying monsters from the inner plane. For my trouble the Inquisition condemned me for blood lust and burned me at the stake. And in my current life my family is dishonored in the eyes of the emperor, there's a bounty on my head, and I'm the subject of a divine dispute. Well then, no better time than now to surprise them all. Give me but a drop of blood—and the hunter will become the prey.

Mirabelle Blackstone knows the man she’s meant to be with. Unfortunately, her father, the town’s pastor, has other plans. Determined no daughter of his will court with a gunslinger, he sets his sights on another beau—one with a plan of his own.

Rex Hays thought escaping Firebend would be the hardest part. He was wrong. After a deadly encounter with a local family, Rex and Zoe are forced to flee. But with his truck broken down and no way to call for help in a world crippled by the CME, their options are running out. When a relentless deputy tracks them down and drags Rex in for questioning, things go from bad to worse.

Two brothers. A childhood sweetheart. Life has never been easy for this trio, and especially not after the end of civilization as they knew it. Having had their formative years ripped from them, they were thrust into a shattered, savage world, a world where they only had each other. Weary travelers on the brink, there is a storm brewing, a turbulent tempest that has nothing to do with the weather. When tragedy strikes, everything changes in the blink of an eye—façades come undone, and loyalty is pushed to a breaking point.

My enemy has finally shown his face. War is inevitable. Only one will survive. Blood for blood, a life for a life. When even time works against me, when oaths mean nothing, my allies will become creatures from the darkest of nightmares. Who said I'm allowed to die? What about my reckoning with the gods?

Bodies are piling up in once peaceful Edelleen, Colorado since Deric met Lana. Now in the grasp of a darkness that he cannot subdue or escape, he seeks vengeance on the residents of the sleepy mountain town. As Deric descends into madness, the creature demands blood. It watches. It waits. With a failing marriage and exposed affair sending his personal life and career spiraling, will Sheriff Haines be able to put his personal conflicts aside in time to catch a killer? Or will Deric lose the battle between conscience and terror, unleashing unabated evil onto Edelleen?

Grief and nightmares haunt us all in the wake of a parent's passing. For one man, the nightmares begin to invade his everyday life after his father dies suddenly. His father's neighbor offers their help to alleviate the emotional pain, but the cost may be worse than the dreams and visions. Memories are worth holding on to, no matter how painful.

One man’s promise. One girl’s survival. One brutal journey across America. Rex Hays thought he’d left death behind when he tore a grieving teenager from the hands of a brutal cult. Now he’s bound by a promise he can’t break—get her to safety, no matter the cost. For Zoe Mills, survival means facing a shattered America without her mother. The roads are broken. The cities burn. And every stranger could be a killer. With nothing left but fear and guilt, she has no choice but to trust the hardened man who saved her.

Evie Brown would do anything for her uncle, the only family she's ever known. So when he comes to her with a desperate plea to help save his home and business, she takes the only job she can find—housemaid for a rancher she knows nothing about. Making friends with a ranch hand who literally sweeps her off her feet is just a bonus.

When Louie drifts off to sleep, he wakes in a place that shouldn’t exist—Dreamland, a strange world where his dead father is alive. Every night, he’s drawn back. Every morning, he wakes more desperate to stay. But the longer he lingers, the more the dream twists into a nightmare…and the harder it becomes to leave.