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From Elementary Writers comes a collection of new fiction exploring female friendship. ""This is a collection of uniquely talented voices and a real celebration of sisterhood. The world needs more collaborations like these, it's food for the heart and the soul."" -- L.J. Ross, author of the #1 bestseller ""Holy Island.""

An incredible collection of dark and twisted short stories; in the pages of Emma Whitehall's premiere short story anthology you will find monsters - both paranormal and all too human - Lovecraftian forces, clockwork girls, and happenings beyond reality. Witness the darkest side of Flash Fiction.

Delve into the second collection of Emma Whitehall's captivating short stories and poems - tales of love and obsession, death and madness, ranging from the sensual to the bizarre to the brutal and back again.

Ignatia Heretical isn't shaping up to be much of a Hero.The daughter of the most famous Villain in the country, Ig is finding that no matter how hard she tries, no one at her illustrious Hero academy seems to trust her. Or, you know. Like her. At all. Her only friend is Pisces - the beautiful, popular girl she's been hopelessly in love with since she started school at the Lunalist Academy For The Gifted and Talented.However, Ig's chance to prove herself comes when she's signed up for a secret reconnaissance mission; infiltrate Shackleton School for Villains and work out their nefarious plans.Pretend to be a Villain.Make friends with an unhinged botanist, a mad scientist, and his insufferable clone/lab assistant.Find out their secrets.Go home a Hero.What could possibly go wrong?

By day, Ida is a quiet, standoffish maid in the employ of spoiled Lucinda Belmonte. By night, she is the infamous sneak thief known as the Rat Prince, terrorising the wealthy inhabitants of Loxport; especially Lucinda's lecherous suitor, Lord Devon Casterbury.Soon the boundaries between her dual lives begin to blur, as her mask begins to drop around a delightful waitress and a charming jeweller who both insist on befriending Ida. All the while she is thrust into a conflict surrounding new and dangerous materials that could upend the order of the city, land her behind bars or worse: in Lord Casterbury's employ.A thrilling romp through the Steampunk city of Loxport, Clockwork Magpies is a story of found family, crimes plotted over tea and scones, and the sinister power of glowing gemstones.

Lord Devon Casterbury has found a new vein of the dangerous gemstone Kaelinite, and the inventions that he patents are slowly seeping into Loxport; turning citizens into the very worst versions of themselves. And now, he's set his sights on The Gilded Gear, a prestigious award that would give him power to mould the city to his will.

By day, Ida is a maid in the employ of spoiled Lucinda Belmote. By night, she is the infamous sneak thief the Rat Prince, terrorising the wealthy inhabitants of Loxport. Magpies is a thrilling romp through the Steampunk city of Loxport, a story of found family, crimes plotted over afternoon tea, and the sinister power of glowing gemstones.

Eight stories selected for summer adventure and travel, with a mechanical elephant, a hidden treasure horde, a unicorn wandering the Old West, a train ride that brings a whole new meaning to time zones, and, of course, just a touch of the Lovecraftian Pastiche. The Stories: The Rat and the Frog by Emma WhitehallThe Steam Elephant by Stephen R Southard Doc Borden's Hard Luck Hoss by Julie FrostGentlemanly Horrors of Mine Alone by Donald J BingleKutsenko's Cage by William Burton McCormickWaterproof by Marcelina VizcarraCustomer Service of the Priesthood of Thikra, Destroyer of Worlds and Creator of Light by Yasmine FahmyThe Traveler's Story of a Terribly Strange Bed by Wilkie CollinsNonfiction: Interview with Emma Whitehall by Andrew McCurdyEdited by Kevin Fros

'Rise up, for the ideal your awaits...'This is the mantra of the Phoenix Health and Fitness organization. A mantra that speaks to people around the world. Kindred spirits.One community. One family. However, others aren't so sure that the company's true agenda is as wholesome as encouraging self-care and a positive outlook on life. When a young woman goes missing in Mexico, online sleuths begin to connect the dots between this tragedy and similar circumstances around the country. Is Phoenix Health and Fitness the front for a sinister cult? Or are people fitting these tragedies into a fantastical narrative?Told through diary entries, interview transcripts, blog entries, and newspaper articles, The Disciples of Belial weaves a tale of paranoia and fear - but are these feelings unfounded?