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  The Adventure of The Missing...

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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  Mr. Cyril Overton of Trinity College, Cambridge, comes to Sherlock Holmes seeking his help in Godfrey Staunton's disappearance. Staunton is the star player on Overton's rugby union team (who plays at the three-quarters position, hence the story's title) and they will likely lose an important match the following day against Oxford if Staunton cannot be found. Holmes has to admit that amateur sport is outside his field, but he shows the same care he has shown to his other cases. 
  Staunton had seemed a bit pale and bothered earlier in the day. Later in the evening, according to a hotel porter, a rough-looking, bearded man came to the hotel with a note for Staunton; judging from the young man's reaction, the note contained rather devastating news. He immediately left the hotel with the bearded stranger; the two of them were last seen running in the direction of the Strand at about half past ten. No one has seen them since 
  Overton has wired to Cambridge, but Staunton has not been seen there. He has also wired Lord Mount-James, Staunton's very wealthy uncle and nearest living relative, but has heard no answer. Staunton is the almost-eighty-year-old Lord Mount-James's heir, but he must meanwhile live in relative poverty owing to his uncle's miserly behaviour.Holmes further questions the porter. The bearded man who brought the note was neither a gentleman nor a workman, and he seemed to be bothered by something too, for his hand was trembling as he handed Staunton the note. The only word that the porter overheard of their short conversation was "time".

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  The War In The Air

  H. G. Wells

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  "The War in the Air" by H.G. Wells is a gripping tale of global conflict and technological upheaval. The story follows Bert Smallways, an ordinary man caught in the chaos of a world war waged with advanced airships and flying machines. As nations clash, the advent of aerial warfare transforms the battlefield, bringing unprecedented destruction and societal collapse. Wells combines thrilling adventure with sharp social commentary, exploring themes of progress, imperialism, and humanity’s vulnerability to its own innovations. A prescient vision of modern warfare, this novel reflects Wells’s concerns about the misuse of technology and the fragility of civilization. A thought-provoking blend of dystopian imagination and historical insight.

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  Jack Frost - An Immortal...

  Rebecca F. Kenney

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  When I get separated from the other members of my Antarctic expedition, I meet a strange, pale, beautiful man who saves me from freezing to death. He says he's the actual Jack Frost, and he's pretty much an ice god, which totally messes with my scientific worldview. I'm all too happy to leave his fine frosty ass at the South Pole and head back to the States where things are messy but not magical. 
   
   
   
  Too bad the charming ice god follows me home. Guess he likes me, or he's magically attracted to me or something? Jack is the last thing I need now, right when I'm starting a new job; but I can't help being curious about his powers and his ongoing war with the fire goddess Auxesia. 
   
   
   
  Too bad my association with Jack puts us both in more danger. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes. Trigger and content warnings are available on the author's website.

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  The Steadfast Tin Soldier

  Hans Christian Andersen

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  The Steadfast Tin Soldier is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a tin soldier's love for a paper ballerina. On his birthday, a boy receives a set of 25 toy soldiers all cast from one old tin spoon and arrays them on a table top. One soldier stands on a single leg because, as he was the last one cast, there was not enough metal to make him whole. Nearby, the soldier spies a pretty paper ballerina with a spangle on her sash. She, too, is standing on one leg, and the soldier falls in love. That night, a goblin among the toys in the form of a jack-in-the-box, who also loves the ballerina, angrily warns the soldier to take his eyes off her, but the soldier ignores him. 
  The next day, the soldier falls from a windowsill (presumably the work of the goblin) and lands in the street. Two boys find the soldier, place him in a paper boat, and set him sailing in the gutter. The boat and its passenger wash into a storm drain, where a rat demands the soldier pay a toll. 
  Sailing on, the boat is washed into a canal, where the tin soldier is swallowed by a fish. When this fish is caught and cut open, the tin soldier finds himself once again on the table top before the ballerina. Inexplicably, the boy throws the tin soldier into the fire, which is most likely the work of the jack-in-the-box goblin. A wind blows the ballerina into the fire with him; she is consumed by it. The maid cleans the fireplace in the morning and finds that the soldier has melted into a little tin heart, along with the ballerina's spangle, which is now burned as black as coal.

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  No Man's Ghost

  Jason Powell

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  Charles Davids is a probationary firefighter working his first week out of the academy. For Charles, quietly battling his lack of confidence is a daily challenge as his new officers coach him on life as a New York City firefighter. The men love to tease and prank the new guy, but when it comes to drilling and training, they’re clear that the job is no joke. As is said in the fire service: "let no man’s ghost return to say my training let me down." 
   
  Unfortunately for Charles, his first week is the same week that Alan Johnson, an unstable and soon-to-be-ex-husband, gets kicked out and comes up with the idea to report fake fires at his wife's apartment every night. Alan laughs at the thought of her being awakened nightly by sirens and horns – if he can’t sleep in their apartment, why the hell should she? But after days of crying wolf, Alan decides that fake fires aren’t enough… 
   
  Set on the hot summer streets of NYC and building to a fiery conclusion, No Man’s Ghost is a vibrant and thrilling look at the people who keep a city safe – and the ones who want to watch it burn.

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  Dragoneye

  Michael Anderle, Martha Carr, TR...

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  One enemy down. But his underlings have vowed revenge. Can Aisling Keane and her mechanical dragon partner, Shimmer survive what is to come? 
   
   
   
  Her primary enemy is no more, but the victory came with a brutal cost. The loss of the Dragonfly base and all its resources. 
   
   
   
  A moment of silence for the people who didn't make it out of the attack alive. Then, revenge. 
   
   
   
  The enemy has Aisling in their sights. Jameson Hart, ex-SIS agent turned independent troublemaker, is helping them on behalf of his new boss, Kali. 
   
   
   
  Even justice for teammates has to take a sudden back seat to a new threat that specifically targets magicals. The DragonEye. 
   
   
   
  Aisling's challenges have never been so dire. Her organization is reeling, unable to provide the level of support it normally does. She's not out in the cold, but it's getting chillier by the moment. Will she have what it takes to endure and rise above? It's a greater challenge than she's ever faced. 
   
   
   
  She always wanted to be a secret agent. But you know what they say—watch what you wish for, because you just might get it, and it will fire back.

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