Three splendid short stories full of black cats, Halloween, surprises, and even a little romance. Another anthology from Hera B. Magic and the authors of the Here Be Magic blog. 23,000 words. Stories include "Kit's Cat" by Cindy Spencer Pape, "The Tenth Life of Vicky Torres" by Shona Husk, and "The Night Shift" by Angela Campbell.Three splendid short stories full of black cats, Halloween and even a little romance. Another anthology from Hera B. Magic and the authors of the Here Be Magic blog. 23,000 words. “Kit’s Cat” by Cindy Spencer Pape. Kit’s life has gone downhill and then downhill some more, and she can’t even get a good night’s sleep. When she realizes the stray cat that’s been caterwauling outside her window is injured, saving it will take her life on some ups and downs no one could ever have predicted. “The Tenth Life of Vicky Torres” by Shona Husk. Seth expected the world to end in wars and bombings, not in a plague. When he obeys his dying father and heads for their secret cabin in the mountains, he gets lonely so fast that he’s willing to share his meager food with the stray kitty that appears in the woods. But is the cat what it appears to be or is it something else entirely?“The Night Shift” by Angela Campbell. Hailey Crawford has finally got her life in order, and it’s unfortunate that it doesn’t have much space left for sisters, nieces, or boyfriends. It definitely doesn’t have space for vagrants hanging around her florist shop...until one night when an accident involving the vagrant changes Hailey’s outlook on everything. In fact, she wakes after the tragedy to find her outlook has gotten very close to the ground. Cat close, in fact.

New Zealand's best-selling poetry collection, from the mysterious force behind such classics as 'Monica' (as in, the one from Friends) and 'Keats is Dead so F**k Me from Behind'this impressive debut has established Hera Lindsay Bird as a good girl......with many beneficial thoughts and feelings......with themes as varied as snow and tears, the poems in this collection shine with the fantastic cream of who she is................juxtaposing many classical and modern breezesBird turns her prescient eye on love and loss, and what emerges is like a helicopter in fog......or a bejewelled Christmas sleigh, gliding triumphantly through the contemporary aesthetic desert.........this is at once an intelligent and compelling fantasy of tenderness......heart-breaking and charged with trees......without once sacrificing the forest............whether you are masturbating luxuriously in your parents' sleepout....................or...

Take one metaphorical heart-shaped box. Hand it to eleven authors as a story seed. What do you get? A porcelain music box. Magical stones. Love. Fairies. Demons. Brushes with horror. And cats. Of course, there are cats.The Heart-Shaped Box is an 18,000 word paranormal anthology with stories by the authors of the Here Be Magic Blog. PG-13. Contains profanity and sexual references.Take one metaphorical heart-shaped box. Hand it to eleven authors as a story seed. What do you get? A porcelain music box. Candy. Magical stones. Love. Fairies. Demons. Brushes with horror. And cats. Of course, there are cats.The Heart-Shaped Box is an 18,000 word paranormal anthology with stories Danube Adele, Angela Campbell, Shona Husk, Jane Kindred, Nicole Luiken, RL Naquin, Shawna Reppert, Veronica Scott, Regan Summers, Shawna Thomas, and Jody Wallace.Rated PG-13. Contains mild profanity, sexual references, and minor violence.List of stories includes:Story 1: Birthright by Shawna ThomasStory 2: A Pledge of Devotion by Regan SummersStory 3: Destiny in a Box by Angela CampbellStory 4: Heart-shaped Box of Memories by Nicole LuikenStory 5: The Silver Prison by Shona HuskStory 6: The Knowing and the Myst by Danube AdeleStory 7: The Shape of His Heart by Jane KindredStory 8: Sherlock Holmes and the Secret of the Heart-Shaped Box By Shawna ReppertStory 9: Violets in the Snow by Veronica ScottStory 10: Unmatched Cupid by RL NaquinStory 11: A Box Full of Faerie by Jody Wallace

Hera, member of the Gultur race governing the Seven Islands, thought she knew right from wrong and what her future held in store. A chance meeting with a lesser mortal, though, will turn her world upside down and force her to see her race and the laws with different eyes. For Hera, knowledge means action, so she sets out to put things right and change her world.Hera, member of the Gultur race governing the Seven Islands, thought she knew right from wrong and what her future held in store. A chance meeting with a lesser mortal, though, will turn her world upside down and force her to see her race and the laws with different eyes. For Hera, knowledge means action, so she sets out to put things right and change her world.Taking place in the World of the Seven Islands almost three years before the events in Rex Rising, this is the story of Hera’s first confrontation with the truth.

Much of Herakles's life was a direct result of the circumstances of his birth. This is the story of that birth - of Zeus's duplicity and his wife Hera's anger at his betrayal of their union. Herakles, named Alkides at birth, became the focus of Hera's fury from the moment he was born.Much of Herakles's life was a direct result of the circumstances of his birth. This is the story of that birth - of Zeus's duplicity and his wife Hera's anger at his betrayal of their union. Herakles, named Alkides at birth, became the focus of Hera's fury from the moment he was born.This short novella is a precursor to the Legend of Herakles series.

The year is 2781. Lieutenant Drago Tell Dramis is a newly trained fighter pilot heading out on his first mission. This is the moment he’s dreamed of for years, but his dream is turning into a nightmare. Drago’s team leader hates him, and it’s hard to focus on a routine mission when the whole team is anxiously waiting for news of something far more important. A comet is on a collision course with one of humanity’s oldest colony worlds. Today is the last chance to save the planet Hera from total destruction.

A slow burn, friends-to-lovers, ex's brother romantic comedy in a world where Greek mythology meets The Devil Wears Prada, by award-winning author Kate Healey! Dear Ms Rheczack,Thank you for informing the Olympus Publishing, Inc. Human Resources department of your name change from Hera Kronion to Hera Rheczack.We appreciate the notification, and will make sure that all future correspondence is correctly named, whether in your role as stockholder, or in any other role you may take up at Olympus Publishing.I would like to take this opportunity to personally wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors, personal and professional.Yours sincerely,Mark HermesHead of Human ResourcesHera has divorced Zeus for the second and final time. Now she has her eyes on the prize; taking over from him as CEO of Olympus Publishing.Don, Zeus's brother, has his eye on Hera. After twenty years of yearning, is love finally in the...

The year is 2061 by old Earth reckoning and the planet has been occupied. Annexed by the Imperial Federated Worlds, an empire of technologically advanced humans, nearly a decade and a half ago; the planet is still in turmoil. Earth has been trying to deal with being unified for the first time in its history and is desperately attempting to catch up with galactic technology. But the Imperial Worlds have their own problems trying to put down an insurgency that sees Earth as an ideal place to find recruits. Crineal joined the Space Corps to fight the rebellion and is seen as a traitor by some from his home-world. Twelve years of hard combat and a reputation for being one of the Corps best fighter pilots earned him the rank of General. His dedication to the protection of the empire gained him the title of hero throughout the Imperial Federated Worlds and his care towards those he commands has earned him the absolute loyalty of his fellow pilots. Cyndora is a rebel supporter. For the last year she has been a prisoner in the Imperial justice system. Her sentence: a brutal forty five years of jail unless she takes another opportunity presented. Volunteering to join the Space Corps as a Recreation Assistant, her new job is to provide whatever entertainment and comfort Space Corps crew members might demand of her. The twenty five year tour of duty she has signed up for promises to be one of degradation and hardship. Yet not all is as it seems and someone is being lied to. Now the lives of Crineal and Cyndora are about to change and the fate of the empire may lie in the hands of a these two; a ruthless general and a convicted rebel.

Romance/Dark Fantasy. 9742 words long.

They say seven is a lucky number. But seven is when it felt like Hell had become my world. The horrors inflicted on me, the things I saw... everything inside of me died that day.I inherited billions; I don't need anyone, except random girls to keep me satiated. I live as though each day is my last. I pummel men half-to-death in illegal underground bare-knuckle fights—just for sport. But really, it's the killing I live for. It's the only way I can drown out her screams... I'm rotten to the core. Now I've been sent on an assignment. Someone's been stealing from us. These are the moments I come alive. Payback. Torture.But I never saw this coming...The mission went to hell. I've been shot, and now I'm lying on Death's door. And then she walks in... Belle Dela Cruz. Angel-like, innocent, and pure. Everything. I. Hate. Or so I thought... I don't want it. Don't wanna find the right and good in the darkness that consumes every beat of my heart. I fight it, try to break her, but somehow, somehow she seeps into my soul. She can't be real. She draws me in like a black hole pulling me asunder, and my whole world becomes her. It suffocates me. I can only live and breathe... her.It's so intense, it feels like dying all over again.Yeah, luck's never been on my side. Belle, my redemption, my downfall, stands in the goddamn firing-line of my target... her father. The dark oblivion I thrive in—is now my curse. So I want what I can't have. That doesn't sit well with me. There's only one thing to do… kidnap her. Lock her up in my mansion. Leave her in pieces, like she did me. She's unwilling, fights me every step of the way. But I know she wants me. I know she will be my end. I know I'm entering a world of hurt. But she's worth the fight. I want her. And nothing will stop me from getting what I want. I'll do anything for her. I'd die for her.And Belle may look like one, but she's no angel. She's hiding a secret of her own. It's dark enough to rip my heart right out. The nightmare has only just begun.Forgive me, Belle. I'll only drag you to Hell.

The year is 2781. Lieutenant Drago Tell Dramis is a newly trained fighter pilot heading out on his first mission. This is the moment he's dreamed of for years, but his dream is turning into a nightmare. Drago's team leader hates him, and it's hard to focus on a routine mission when the whole team is anxiously waiting for news of something far more important. A comet is on a collision course with one of humanity's oldest colony worlds. Today is the last chance to save the planet Hera from total destruction.