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  Transmutation - Stories

  Alex DiFrancesco

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  Transgressive, transformative short stories that explore the margins of trans lives.Building on the success of All City, here is a wry, and at the same time dark and risk-taking, story collection from author (and baker) Alex DiFrancesco that pushes the boundaries of transgender awareness and filial bonds. Here is the hate between sixteen-year-old Junie, who is transitioning, and their mom's boyfriend Chad when the family moves into Chad's house on Lake Erie. And here is the love being tested between Sawyer and his dad, who named his boat after his child and resists changing it from Sara to Sawyer now. There is DiFrancesco's willingness to enter lands that are violent and comfortless in some of these stories, testing the limits of what it means to be human, sometimes returning stronger and wiser and sometimes not returning at all as their characters surge forward into unknown spaces.Contains mature themes.

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  Pox You - A Croft and Tabby Short

  Brad Magnarella

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  Warning: Foul-mouthed cat ahead  
  Prof Croft here and, yes, I trapped a murderous succubus in a kitten’s body and made her my pet. The alternative was to behead her, and as wizards go, I’m just not that callous. 
  Do you think Tabitha shows any appreciation? Two years old now, her speech has grown along with her girth, and when not insulting me, she’s plotting ways to devour my soul. 
  But that’s the least of my problems. An early winter storm has plunged our unheated apartment to near freezing, and I’m too cash-strapped to afford a chimney sweep. So when a strange woman appears, asking me to investigate an attack at an old smallpox hospital, I accept the case along with her vague offer of compensation. 
  And If I can involve Tabitha, who knows? Maybe we’ll finally start bonding. 
  Sure, and maybe Hell will host the next Winter Games. 
  Croft & Tabby is a spinoff of the popular Prof Croft series, set before the main books. If you like snarky cats, fledgling mages, and supernatural investigations, you'll love Croft & Tabby!

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  Wishwood

  E.B. Wheeler

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  Kate agrees to an arranged marriage with the mysterious Thomas Westwood to save her family's estate, but not everyone welcomes her at Wishwood, her husband's crumbling manor. The family members talk about a curse, lights move through the ruins at night, and Kate's maid won't spend the night in the house. Thomas is hiding something from Kate as well, but as she grows closer to him, a series of accidents makes her suspect that someone is willing to kill to keep Wishwood's secrets buried in the past.

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  Dead-Wood - A Short Story from...

  Joe Hill

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  Imogene is young and beautiful. She kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. She's also dead and waiting in the Rosebud Theater for Alec Sheldon one afternoon in 1945. . . . 
  Arthur Roth is a lonely kid with big ideas and a gift for attracting abuse. It isn't easy to make friends when you're the only inflatable boy in town. . . . 
  Francis is unhappy. Francis was human once, but that was then. Now he's an eight-foot-tall locust and everyone in Calliphora will tremble when they hear him sing. . . . 
  John Finney is locked in a basement that's stained with the blood of half a dozen other murdered children. In the cellar with him is an antique telephone, long since disconnected, but which rings at night with calls from the dead. . . .A HarperAudio production.

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  Plain Jane

  G.S. Bailey, Sher Chambers

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  The desire to 'feed' and 'drink' can't be fully supressed. Jane needs flesh and blood. She has also come of age and would like to live a normal life... maybe have a boyfriend. But what kind of guy would want to get with a ghoul? Jane's sister has an idea..!

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  The Essence of Rose - A Short...

  S.R Jensen

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  David Talran is hopeless romantic looking for some spice in his casual life. His wish comes true when he is visited by a mysterious woman one night. He has no idea who she is, how he came to know her, or why he can't control himself in her presence. All he knows is her name and what she wants, and he is more than willing to give it to her. A decision he may or may not come to regret, because this mysterious beauty is not just some random pretty face; she's a succubus on the prowl for a permanent mate. David is in her sights and she's ready to pounce in this sexy and horrific tale of sexual manipulation and a lesson of being careful what you wish for.

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