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For many, the elven city of Merethia is a wondrous place, where dreams come true. For Tip and Marshalla, however, it is a dark and dreary hell where every day is a fight for survival. But in Merethia, everybody dreams, and these two street urchins once dreamed of sharing in the city's glorious wealth one day. It was a dream that drove them to take whatever job came their way. As for the risks, well...Merethia is no place for the weak.

Confined in a small shipping container for weeks on end, Taru was starving, dehydrated, and close to death. When she was given the option of remaining in the container until her owner could turn her in for the reward, or being one of 15 females going to a mining moon to pleasure the drillers who were willing to pay for her services, she chose the latter. At least there was the possibility she could escape from there and get back with her people.

When FBI agent David Nolan arrives at the mental institution where the now-grown Tommy is held in the summer of 1999, he expects only to retread the same steps taken by countless investigators before him. What he finds instead is a story—multiple stories, weaving and intersecting through the year 1978, plotting Tommy’s path from happy child to ruined adult. And something else as well, something much darker and more sinister, something cruel and unknowable. Something that might still be out there....

Nora has been chosen since birth to join the Mothers, who rule the Convent in wisdom and love by gentling the poor souls born as males. Jude leaves home with his fiddle and a dream to see a real live girl. It is Nora's duty to capture any wild boys who trespass on Convent territory, but Jude is far more than a wild boy. He threatens to upend Nora's world. From their differences and desperation arises a passion that could shatter all that the Mothers have built.

Lee Brickley expertly weaves a web of terror and dread, drawing from his extensive knowledge of urban legends, the supernatural realm, and the darkest corners of human imagination. Each gripping tale is designed to unnerve and captivate listeners, making this anthology a must-have for horror enthusiasts and campfire gatherings alike.

Martial arts master Lin Su Yoshimura is a force to be reckoned with. Now in the US after being shunned as a mixed-race Chinese-Japanese girl, then kidnapped as a teen and sold into the sex-trafficking trade, Lin Su is rescued from an abusive New York pimp by one of the city’s top-level cocaine dealers. Navigating both back alleys and opulent venues with lethal grace, Lin Su finds her way forward through the underbelly of the city, as she wrestles with the horrors of her past.