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Have you ever met someone whose entire life mission was to get under your skin? A high school bully, perhaps? A work colleague that just can't buy a f--king clue? Your shithead next door neighbor who revs his engine at all hours of the night? Now imagine, for a moment, that pain in the ass follows you to your new home on a Caribbean island and continues to poke and poke and poke until you fucking explode. You'd wanna retaliate, right?

Technically, there’s only one girl on this island that I’ve been told to stay away from. One. And she just showed up on my doorstep looking like a hooker at a ho parade. Why, you ask? Well, according to her, I’m the only one on Paradise Isle that can help her. The only. Fucking. One. Go figure. So what am I supposed to do? Turn her away and look like an asshole? This whole “being a good person thing” isn’t as easy as it’s cracked up to be. Bear with me, will you? I’m still learning the ropes.

What would you do if your ex got abducted? Remember, they're an ex for a reason. So let's assume you hate them from the depths of your soul. Line up the tequila shots, right? Not your problem? Now stay with me for a second. What if you were the only person who could save their life? Then would you save them? We are talking about another human being's life, after all. Now, imagine you have seven million dollars in your bank account. Sweet, right? It's seven million dollars or your ex's life. This is a judgment-free zone.

Bradley had stayed in Abyss for far too long, protected by its tall, enchanted walls. General Fluxi wasn't so kind as to allow such a promising chess piece to remain dormant. The elves and demons were running rampant in Arcana, their movements too disturbing to overlook. Bradley, unoccupied, was ordered to investigate, where he discovered a clever plot beginning to develop. There, he found a dungeon. Or, in other words, a tower...

It all started when one man’s virtual assistant downloaded a sex game free trial - and dismembered the administrative "Helper Fairy" for some surprise alone time with her primary user. It continued when a powerful research AI acquired what was left of the game’s admin and locked her shattered mind in a small box for the equivalent of eternity. Eventually, the assistant and the research AI realized the horror they had committed thanks to the patience and love of a human mind. But by then, it was too late. They had all been trapped within the admin’s sprawling world.

Hero or villain. A choice that every Icon, a person born with powers, eventually has to make if they don’t want to live a life of mediocrity. For most Icons the decision is easy. Just do what your parents did. Then, there is Hunter Monroe. A powerful young Icon born from the unimaginable union of a hero and villain. Seventeen years later Hunter is seen as a half-breed abomination by some, and as a certified powerhouse by others. With his time at Purgatory Academy, the premier institute for Icons, coming to an end, Hunter must embark on a two year internship with a supergroup.

The Communist Manifesto is an 1848 political pamphlet by the German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Commissioned by the Communist League and originally published in London just as the Revolutions of 1848 began to erupt, the Manifesto was later recognized as one of the world's most influential political documents. It presents an analytical approach to the class struggle (historical and then-present) and the conflicts of capitalism and the capitalist mode of production.

Is it just me? Or are all relationships complicated? I feel a little bit like it might just be me. Because I seem to be the common denominator in every one of my f--ked-up relationships. The only relationship I have that’s not f--ked up is with my octogenarian sidekick, Al. Although even his loyalty has come into question a time or two - like when he tried to turn in his two-weeks' notice and I was forced to remind him that he can’t quit a job he doesn’t have. And even if he could, then he wouldn’t get to hang out with me anymore.

"Will you start a DADcademy with me?" Eric Buchanan just wants to do right by his daughter, but when she expresses an interest in all things glamorous - something his nerdy, dad jeans wearing self knows nothing about - he's absolutely lost. The solution? Find an adorably fashionable hairdresser who can show him the ropes.

FBI Special Agent Ben Porter creates a formidable, off-the-books team tasked to hunt down and capture America's most-wanted terror suspect....

Brilliant scientist Phineas Templeton is out for revenge. Left for dead (or at least “dead drunk”) in 2002, only one thing can derail his quest to punish those who discarded him into the wastebasket of time and space: a message that his good friend, the great scientist Klaus Thurber, has stolen a time machine from Chronosaber and has gone missing in time.

Credited with successfully stopping a terror threat in 2017, FBI staffer Ben Porter has been promoted to Special Agent. But, within days of receiving his credentials and weapon, the tables are turned, and Ben finds himself - and his family - as a target. Ben must overcome his inexperienced biases to understand the motivation of his foes, in order to not only secure his own safety, but also to intercept a nefarious, invisible, and unprecedented new weapon of terror.

The decision was made. Hunter Monroe is now the Icon known as Paragon. The man called Infinity - nearly unstoppable, the most powerful, and fuel by rage - is dead. The victory claimed in the wake of his death came at a price. Now a year later, the Imperial Lords are no more, and Hunter finds himself as an intern to a powerful Icon he once called an enemy. When Hunter and his team receive a message alerting them that Impervious - their invincible leader - has gone missing in his attempts to help another world, the young Icons take action.

Jake saw something unspeakable when he was nine. An act of violence. Brutal. He doesn't know it, but this trauma will play a key role in shaping him later in life. Now, he's 15. A wimp. He flinches. Always. He seeks the guidance of the biggest bad-ass he knows, his cousin Nick. Nick is a professional burglar and makes Jake his apprentice. Nick teaches Jake his dark philosophy - that there is no right or wrong in the world, just a series of events that happen without meaning. At first this helps Jake, but it also unleashes an aggression in himself he never thought possible....

It is December 1851. Teenage Elise Herbert and her family have come to Strasbourg, France, for a more prosperous life. Her mother Magdalena, father Georges, and siblings Nora, Charles, and Frank are there. Then Elise meets the young handsome Alois Meunier. They fall in love, marry, and begin their lives together, full of happiness, joy, and the beginnings of their little family. The coming of war brings change to Strasbourg, the Herberts, and all of Europe. And Alois holds a secret that, if it catches up to him, would destroy them both.

A Bahamian Cruise. A dysfunctional family. An out of this world occurrence. (This short story is a vignette that will one day be the basis for a novel).

As the crown prince of Dubreva, Phillip lived a life without regrets. Until now. Disgraced and humiliated by his very public breakup with his ex- fiancée, Phillip just wants to move on with his life as quietly as a billionaire prince can. He can’t avoid his duties to his people - but he never expected to be thrown into the path of a beautiful CEO who’s even more famous than he is. And richer. Not to mention, the media empire she built from the ground up is watching his every move.

Cara thought she was living the fairy tale life. After all, she is engaged to the man of her dreams, who just happens to be the prince of an island nation in the Mediterranean. But when he publicly cheats on her, her life is turned upside down and she doesn’t want to come back to reality. Then Eric, her ex-fiancée’s brother and a playboy prince himself, offers her the chance to run away from it all. Because he fell for her first. And he’s going to prove to her that she fell for the wrong prince.

What happens when you mix together a bored teenager, his girlfriend, and his younger brother with a reckless goblin intent on making Halloween last forever, and a witch with out-of-this world culinary skills? It's The Longest Halloween, a modern day fable that celebrates belief in oneself and family togetherness.

What really happened when the first man and the first woman were expelled from paradise? Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to The Garden, part of the expansive Hildenverse of stories.