A love triangle snaps during a midnight frog hunt...Mitchell and Jake both love Gina, and they work out their differences on the dark river.A canoeing novice, Mitchell listens intently as Jake tells him, "The drop over the dam ain't very high, but don't ever underestimate the power of the river. Seems like every year someone goes over for one reason or another. Most of the time they get drunk and fall asleep and drift too close. By the time they wake up there's nothing they can do. "There's a hell of an undertow beneath the dam, and anything that goes over ends up getting pounded to pulp. Usually they never even find the body. It just disintegrates. Once in a while the river spits up a corpse, and it turns up near Kansas City, all tangled up in fishin' line." Jake crushed his beer can, and dropped it into the bottom of the canoe. "Gimme another."

Alyson Reid fled from home at the age of seventeen, surviving off of the wealthy by stealing their identities and draining their bank accounts. After a banking executive is murdered, she inadvertently takes on his wife's identity, and draws the attention of the police and the bank's internal investigation staff.Alyson Reid fled from home at the age of seventeen, and has survived off of the wealthy by stealing their identities, and drying out their bank accounts. After a banking executive is murdered, she inadvertently takes on his wife's identity, and draws the attention of the police and the bank's internal investigation staff.A Ballad of Wayward Spectres: Day 1 is the first volume of a four part serial from William Hill.

A twisted comedy of pseudo psychology, country music, and recreational boating... Unbalanced country music fan, Andy Mowf, has been listening to his hair stylist instead of his psychiatrist. Andy, his stylist, and two other friends head into the woods, anticipating a light-hearted weekend of camping.Paula Kasper had dropped out of the Psychology program at the University of Texas in her junior year to open a hair salon south of Downtown Austin. An hour of hairdressing and scalp massages usually obliterated her clients’ inhibitions, and they unburdened themselves of their most intimate dilemmas. Sudsy-haired, jabbering customers declared to Paula, “That was splendid advice you gave me!” Years of flattering feedback and profuse thanks for her faux wisdom nuggets had inflated Paula’s sense of competency, and she was deluded into thinking she was equally effective as the licensed professionals. She cut Andy Mowf’s hair every week, and had become his sounding board.

If an immensely wealthy eccentric chose you out of the blue to become his new companion, would you accept? Thurgood Truman would. On the island of Atlantia, Thurgood Truman has been chosen to accompany Mr. Dawsley, a strange and reclusive, yet exceptionally wealthy man, around the island as he attempts to be more like the common man.If an immensely wealthy eccentric chose you out of the blue to become his new companion, would you accept? Thurgood Truman would. On the island of Atlantia, Thurgood Truman has been chosen to accompany Mr. Dawsley, a strange and reclusive, yet exceptionally wealthy man, around the island as he attempts to be more like the common man. What ensues is a tale of unlikely friendships, tempestuous romances, tragic rivalries, and a celebration of life itself.

Three boys and a little girl must take on an evil sorcerer in a desperate attempt to save their home from a rising evil menace. They must do this while navigating dangers posed by vicious bullies, insidious politicians, and scores of supernatural monsters. Only the strength of their friendships can help them survive.Centuries ago, the human race was nearly crushed in its struggle to defeat the evil forces of Aboleth. Led by a powerful order known as the Valier, humankind prevailed, but at a terrible price. In their desperate attempt to achieve victory at any cost, the Valier fell and became a curse on civilization known as The Dread Lords.Time has passed. The world has moved on. The Lake Valleys of Sheridan has known peace for centuries. Only, for Niam Maldies, life has been anything but tranquil. He has been hounded by a gang of ruthless bullies all of his life; and to make matters worse, a year ago, his brother and sister died in a mysterious accident that left him reeling in pain.When Niam hears a mysterious Voice that leads him into a series of dangerous situations, he and his two best friends are set on a collision course with an evil sorcerer. As the three friends struggle to uncover the culprit behind a string of ghastly and supernatural murders, they discover a greater plot that may spell doom for their homeland. Now they must rely on the strength of their friendship if they are to survive, for they were born in fulfillment of a dire prophecy: The Dread Lords must rise once again if mankind is to survive its most ancient and implacable enemy.

Think you know space? Journey with our hero as he navigates the infinite enigma that is man's most misunderstood frontier.Join Captain Charlie Crumble and his elite squadron of soldiers as they battle their way through the Alpha-Omega missions. As the Second World War rages all around them, the men separate themselves as they pursue their classified assignment. Their target? A madman of incredible intelligence, with an appetite for the strange and unusual, and pure hatred for the human race. His twisted projects thwart the team as they endeavour to track him down, and right now a pack of savage, mutated Nazi-werewolves are hot on their heels. Blood is everywhere, the death toll is high, and things couldn’t get much worse. That is until the sky rips open and Billy Random appears…

Isolde dreams of heroic deeds and yearns to live the life of a shield-maiden. When the wanderer Skaldi turns up at her doorstep, he brings horrific news. The Black Witch has returned and she is calling out to Isolde. With no other choice, Isolde must put her trust into the mysterious Skaldi as she is plunged into her worst nightmare... but this is only the beginning.The Black Witch has returned and she is whispering for Isolde...Isolde dreams of heroic deeds and yearns to live the life of a shield-maiden. However, in the sleepy town of Eyndale, those dreams may as well be dead. She envies the stories of her long-deceased mother and wishes that her father might see her for the grown woman she has become.When the wanderer Skaldi turns up at her doorstep, he brings horrific news. The animals have been rotting in the fields and the barbaric armies of Ravenscar are flooding down from the north. Something dark is being whispered on the wind. It hisses and laughs as it seeps down through the ancient forest. The Black Witch has returned and she is calling out to Isolde.With no other choice, Isolde must put her trust into the mysterious Skaldi and chance the foreboding woods. But they soon find themselves being hunted when ancient curses come back to life. Isolde is plunged into her worst nightmare, but this is only the beginning.The Black Witch is for fans of The Witcher, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, Narnia, Maleficent, Seventh Son, Merlin, Snow White and the Huntsmen, The Dark Crystal, and Dungeons and Dragons.

After waking beneath bleak skies, Alyson searches for a way to clear her name. Her tools were destroyed in her escape from the Broadway Walk hotel, and the police are hot on her trail. Martin and Rich are searching for Tomas Dekare’s killer following a trail of clues that lead them to believe that there is more to their investigation than they previously thought.Identity thief Alyson Reid barely escaped the police raid on the Broadway Walk hotel with her life. With her accounts empty, her tools destroyed, and the Houston police hunting her as a murderer she sets out across the city with a single objective: To clear her name. Meanwhile, HPD detective Martin Clark continues the search for Tomas Dekare's killer. Following a trail of a scattered trail of contradictory clues, Martin and Chief Detective Richard Parks edge closer to the truth and come to realize that there is more to their investigation than they had thought. Day Two continues the story of A Ballad of Wayward Spectres; a serialized cyberpunk thriller in four parts.

A supernatural hit. Resurrected in a nightmare dystopia world called The Demon's Playground. His only friends are a fangless vampire forced to wear dentures, a werewolf that only manages to turn into a schnauzer, and a confused succubus that cannot tempt men. When the chaos starts, what could be more fun?When someone orders a supernatural hit on Jack Pittman, he is suddenly thrust into a dystopian nightmare world populated by B grade monster movie characters where nothing is ever as it seems. Jack teams up with an unlikely set of superheroes, including a fangless vampire forced to wear dentures, a werewolf that only turns into a schnauzer, and a confused succubus that can't seduce men. If he wants to survive, Jack must answer a series of crucial questions: How can he keep his friends safe? Who wants him dead? And why is a demon and his infernal Homeowners Association after him?