Oh my god! That was a close one! The end of Carl’s Doomsday Scenario was almost the end of Carl and Donut. But they made it through, right out of the frying pan into the fire. Level four is a crazy maze of trains. If they can figure out the …
Welcome to level three of the dungeon! When we last left Carl and Donut, they had just finished helping all the Meadow Lark residents down the staircase to level three. But once down the stairs, they were separated from them, and now they faced a whole new set of challenges. …
Jocasta just wants to have a normal life. But let’s face it, as Death’s only child, that was never going to happen. So far, she has mostly managed to steer clear of the chaos that comes with being a child of old ones. She’s found a place, a small college …
Everybody enjoys a good “what-if”. It’s a thriving genre of literature and movies alike. And of course, we all do this constantly in our own lives, “What if I hadn’t married him?” “What if I finished college?” “What if I never moved there?” The questions are enough to drive you …
Joe doesn’t know what’s wrong with his parents. Why would they move him to this creepy movie straight out of a horror movie? There are tombstones in the basement, strange noises everywhere, and he knows the doll he found in his room has been the star of a few horror …
Imagine the entire world gets flattened in an instant. Anyone inside a structure is instantly killed, but you were lucky enough to be outside when it happened, barefoot, in your underwear. But you’re alive! But now you’re stuck in an alien reality TV dungeon free-for-all with all the other survivors. …
Earth has a problem: the light from the sun is fading thanks to an alien microorganism Ryland Grace has dubbed “Astrophage”. The world’s best scientists estimate that Earth has about 30 years before true devastation, but not all hope is lost. The world has come together to create a spaceship …
What would you do if you knew the end was coming? Would you hunker down somewhere with your loved ones? Would you say “to hell with it” and run around doing whatever you want? Would you finish yourself before the world could do it? Or would you take the opportunity …
Joe was supposed to have a bright future, but somewhere along the way, he got lost. Now he’s stuck in his apartment playing video games and “getting around” to calling his mom, meeting up with friends, getting a good job, just everything. Joe would stay in his apartment forever if …
Imagine if you could be a character in your favorite movie franchise? Rub elbows with Spiderman, share a meal with Frodo and Sam, lead a revolution with Katniss, date a Cullen. That’s the premise behind Thomas Elrod’s debut novel, The Franchise. But here’s the kicker, you won’t just be acting …
Catie has always felt at peace in her forest. The giant redwoods that surround the Heights, her eclectic home in Northern California. Here, she’s surrounded by nature rather than people. Catie knows that nature can be unfair, but at least she can understand it, something she can’t say about humans. …
On a spaceship where human fertility has been artificially halted, nobody is expecting to find a human baby left on their doorstep. But that is exactly what happens in Olvia Waite’s Nobody’s Baby. Now it’s up to Dorothy Gentleman to find out who this baby is, who his parents are, …
“It’s a dating app for dead bodies”. Yep, that’s the main concept that drives Sarah G. Pierce’s debut novel, For Human Use. Basically, a charismatic (arguably) guy convinces the world that in order to prove you’re truly well adjusted, you need to enjoy spending time hanging out with dead bodies. For some reason, Tom …
Thea is the logical one, the protective one, the last one to put up with the lure of magic. But things are changing in Thirstwood. Odd trees are being reported, and people are disappearing. Then dresses start to mysteriously appear in Thea’s room. They stink of magic, but Thea is …
In 1972, Singapore, Adeline’s mother dies in an unexplained fire, and Adeline suddenly finds herself alone in the world. Or maybe not. Adeline follows a trail of breadcrumbs to discover who her mother really was and discovers an underground world of gangsters and magic that she never could have imagined. …
Adam grew up listening to his grandfather’s stories of a magical place in Scotland called Craigmar. Now that his grandfather has passed on, Adam is looking for a way to feel connected to him again, so he goes in search of the place that has grown to epic proportions in …
Imagine a world defined by stories. Stories that repeat over and over again, giving power and life to the land that they play out on. That is exactly how it works in the world of Tasha Suri’s The Isle in the Silver Sea. The characters of tales are reincarnated over …
It’s Spiderman’s birthday, and the Avengers are set to celebrate in Central Park when suddenly a giant blue arm takes out the bounce house. Arriving with the gigantic blue arm are Thor and Loki. Thor begs his fellow heroes to help him come and stop Ragnarok, but Loki insists that …
There’s a lot going on in the little town of Hawkins, Indiana, and none of it’s good. With so much going on in the Upside Down and with Vecna, it can be easy to forget that there are plenty of normal problems, too. While searching for Vecna, Nancy stumbles across …
A sweet young girl with a dark past becomes the live-in help for a troubled couple and ends up being exactly what the husband needs to heal his broken heart. Sounds like a classic Hallmark movie, doesn’t it? But turns out this story is closer to Hitchcock than Hallmark because …