After saving the Calgary Stampede from a potential terror attack in Glycerine, Detectives Lane and Li find themselves on the hunt yet again, this time following a pair of gruesome killers whose perfectly composed crime scenes match those of an inmate put away by Calgary Police years earlier. As more people come into the line of fire, Lane must team up with some unlikely new allies in order to crack the case. Meanwhile, with the birth of a new nephew,...

After braving the hidden vault underneath the Silver Temple and saving the island from the devouring flames, Naka, Etaín, Inza and Kaell are tasked with a dangerous journey to the heart of the Shadow Lands. It is in the Palace of Darkness where they will be able to hopefully put an end to the War of Shattered Light. But the way to the Shadow Lands is dangerous and full of secrets. After Ara and Rynn left the Silver Temple in flames, they learned...

She doesn't remember their night together. He can't forget it.When accountant Mimi wakes up after a night of fun with her girlfriends, she remembers the hot guy in glasses she flirted with at the bar but not much else. With no way to contact him – no phone number, not even a selfie – she'll do her best to forget him. Because nothing, not even a sexy mystery man, will keep her from winning her dream job.Except…Mateo.Her brother's friend is everywhere...

Don't mess with the hothead-or he might just mess with you. Slater Ibáñez is only interested in two kinds of guys, the ones he wants to punch, and the ones he sleeps with. Things get interesting when they start to overlap. A freelance investigator, Slater trolls the dark side of Los Angeles, rooting out insurance fraud, not afraid to use whatever means necessary to get things done, and not about to hold back with his fists. A queer antihero for...

Having long wondered what lives beyond the ice shelf, nineteen-year-old mermaid Ersel learns of the life she wants when she rescues and befriends Ragna, a shield-maiden stranded on the merfolks fortress. But when Ersels childhood friend and suitor catches them together, he gives Ersel a choice: Say goodbye to Ragna or face justice at the hands of the glaciers brutal king. Determined to forge a different fate, Ersel seeks help from the divine Loki....

Got a minute to be amused, entertained, or challenged? These 100 stories are super short. None is more than 300 words. You can read one in a flash. Some are funny. Some are poignant. All are short.

We were told that the monsters lived outside the walls. That they wanted to hurt us. The monsters would kill us. But what about the monsters on the inside?It was a rule that if the woman didn't conceive within the first year she would be taken, have her head shaved and placed on the street for all and any of the single men to use. My sister, Willow was already out there. So when it came my time to be married off my greatest fear was that I wouldn't...

Don't mess with the hothead-or he might just mess with you. Slater Ibáñez is only interested in two kinds of guys: the ones he wants to punch, and the ones he sleeps with. Things get interesting when they start to overlap. A freelance investigator, Slater trolls the dark side of Los Angeles, rooting out insurance fraud, not afraid to use whatever means necessary to get things done, and not about to hold back with his fists. A queer antihero for...

Brennon, the popular high school jock meets Angus, a goth guy in his high school when Brennon takes his little brother, Matthew, out to trick or treat on Halloween To his surprise Angus is really nice to his little brother although he looks intimidating at school as one of the only goth kids. Brennon can't stop thinking about Angus and Angus can't figure out why the high school jock is suddenly hanging out with him. But the more time they spend together...

The burgeoning lesbian and feminist movements of the '70s and '80s created an impetus to form more independent and equitable social and cultural institutions-bookstores, publishers, health clinics, and more-to support the unprecedented surge in women's arts of all kinds. Olivia Records was at the forefront of these models, not only recording and distributing women's music but also creating important new social spaces for previously isolated women...