From the world of the "On Dark Shores" series.The world is burning. Country after country has fallen to the Ice Lord's armies. Cities lie devastated; whole peoples are slaughtered. A mixed band of survivors on the Skral Islands must put aside centuries of difference to fight together & as the final battle begins the young, weak and maimed must form the last defence against his final dark victory.From the world of the "On Dark Shores" series...The world is burning.Country after country has fallen to the terrifying Ice Lord and his armies. Cities lie devastated and whole peoples have been slaughtered. A mixed band of survivors collects on the Skral islands for one final stand. Hopelessly outnumbered and with nothing left to lose, these refugees must put aside centuries of difference to fight together. As the final battle begins and warriors clash on the Skral plains, the young, weak and maimed must form the last defence against the Ice Lord's final dark victory. But time is running out, for the Ice Lord is coming and there is nowhere to hide.

The parrot Neptune sails the high seas with the pirate Captain Snatchit. Then the pirate ship sinks - and Captain Snatchit decides to take over Parrot Island.With thrills, spills and laughs, it's pirates versus parrots in these three stories about Neptune. Beware of bad pirate language!Three short chapter books in one volume tell the story of Neptune, the pirate's parrot, who sails the high seas with Captain Snatchit and his crew. Then the pirate ship, the Seaslug, sinks and he flies away to find a new home.In "The Pirate's Parrot", Neptune discovers a green island. It's a parrots' paradise until Captain Snatchit lands there too. When the pirates start chopping down trees, the parrots decide to get rid of them. But how? Neptune holds the key...In "Captain Snatchit's Revenge", the Captain finds out he was tricked. He vows to catch that pesky parrot Neptune!In "The Wreck of the Seaslug", Captain Snatchit salvages his old ship and sets up his pirate base on Parrot Island. This is going to need the parrots' most ingenious plan yet...With thrills, spills, laughs and plenty of bad pirate language, these stories are ideal for reading aloud, or for more confident readers to enjoy on their own.

Crazy eyes.You know the ones.The empty, soulless eyes of a person who has nothing left inside.Nothing but a bottomless pit of insanity and desperation.Their eyes lose the sparkle, the very thing that makes them who they are.In their place, you'll find nothing more than bitterness.I have those eyes.That same broken soul.The only problem is, I can't escape it.I died.At least, that's what they thought.I changed my life.I started anew.But she found me.Now the lies I've kept wound deeply in my chest, are unravelling.The truth has been set free.The person they thought I was…is no longer.The person she thought I was…has disappeared.Time is running out for me to get her back.The clock is nearing its end.I thought I had to fight before. Now, I'm about to learn the true meaning of fight.And they're about to learn the very darkest parts of me.They had better strap in.It's going to be a wild ride. 

Five years travelling faster than light in a colony transport goes slower than you think, but the credits are worth it. Captain Ona and her crew are ready to collect a tidy sum for delivering the Flock to Paradise. On the cusp of seeding the colony they encounter a force that will forever change them. This is what happens when science collides with fantasy.Five years travelling faster than light in a colony transport goes slower than you think, but the credits are worth it.Captain Ona and her crew are ready to collect a tidy sum for delivering the Flock to Paradise. On the cusp of seeding the colony, they encounter a force that will forever change them. This is what happens when science collides with fantasy. This is a short story—flash fried for busy readers who want a tasty snack.

"Sex?!" She couldn't do it. As a romance novelist, Lana couldn't add sex to her novels, even if it meant never being published again. Victor Davenport sees the beautiful, prim and proper lady and is intrigued. Even more so when she bursts into tears. Never a man to turn away a damsel in distress, he offers her a hanky - and then his services as a teacher...only for the sake of Lana's literary career though! But Victor finds himself more fascinated with the lovely Lana as he gets to know her... and he wants more than just a casual relationship with her. Unfortunately, Lana finds out that Victor owns the publishing company she works for. Was he with her only to improve the profits? Was their relationship a sham?

October, 2042 An extinction-level asteroid, 213 Astraea, is cannonballing toward Earth. Collision, imminent. An international team of scientists is working around the clock to avert the cataclysm—few are optimistic. World governments are preparing for impact with deep earth bio-dome bunkers, but only a select few lottery winners will be saved. Jack Mitchel, a thirty-two-year-old EMT living in a tiny studio apartment on the West Coast, isn’t one of those winners. Still, there might be a way for him to survive Astraea: a slim chance, requiring a radical leap of faith. Through a connection at Osmark Technologies, Jack’s acquired a NexGenVR capsule and with it, a one-way ticket to the brand-new, ultra-immersive, fantasy-based VRMMORPG, Viridian Gate Online. Taking that leap of faith, though, means permanently trapping his mind in the game, killing his body in the process. Worse, one in six die during the transition, and even if Jack beats the odds, he’ll have to navigate a fantastical world filled with vicious monsters, domineering AIs, and cutthroat players. And when Jack stumbles upon a secret conspiracy to sell off virtual real estate to the ultrawealthy—transforming V.G.O. into a new feudal dark age—the deadly creatures inhabiting Viridian Gate’s expansive dungeons will be the least of his concerns. If Jack can’t game the system, he’s going to be trading in a quick death for a long, brutal one …

Humancorp Incorporated is another wacky comedy adventure from author Andrew Stanek. Meet Sean. Sean is the worst employee in the whole world. After being fired, Sean can't find a job and enters a downward spiral. He becomes depressed, turns to drinking, and experiences thoughts of suicide and sociology professorship. Then, an idea dawns on him. He writes a letter addressed to "whoever runs the world" and asks for a job. The letter he gets back contains a job offer from a company he's never heard of before: Humancorp Incorporated. Homeopathic suicide pills, giraffe catapults, and the Mandatory Organization of Anarchists - all in Humancorp Incorporated. **