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  I'm with Cupid

  Dawn Blair

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  Cupid hates his curse, yet he pulls another feather from his wings. It turns to an arrow in his fingers as his bow comes to his hand. Notching the arrow, Cupid takes aim and fires.  
  It might as well have been targeted at his own heart.  
  People don’t know what it takes to be Cupid. This tough job leads to heartbreak every time. 
  On occasion, Cupid has been known to miss. Sometimes they get away, at least temporarily. Each one leaves him. Always. But for a special, life-changing moment, they can all say they found their true love.  
  He waits for the one who will boldly stand up and claim, “I’m with Cupid.” 
  Will this arrow be the one to bring an end to his curse? 
  Join in this short story urban fantasy about love getting another shot as Cupid claims a love only to lose it again.

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  The Night Ocean

  H.P. Lovecraft, Robert H. Barlow

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  A quiet, contemplative tale steeped in atmosphere and artistic beauty. A painter retreats to a seaside cottage in search of rest and inspiration, but soon begins to sense strange presences along the shore and beneath the waves. Are they ghosts, sea ghouls, or beings older than time itself? The answers drift just out of reach, like mist over the ocean. 
  The story focuses on the sensations and intuitions of the main character, imbuing the whole narrative with an evocative taste of elusive dread, quite distinct from overt horror. The Night Ocean has long been part of the Lovecraftian canon, even though a manuscript discovered in the early 2000s, with Lovecraft’s revisions, reveals that only 10% of ‘The Night Ocean’ can be attributed to the writer from Providence. This realization underscores how sensitive and precocious the eighteen-year-old Robert H. Barlow was at the time. 
  It stands as the last existing work of fiction in which Lovecraft participated.

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  The Lurking Fear

  H.P. Lovecraft

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  Step into the shadows of Tempest Mountain, where ancient secrets and unspeakable horrors await discovery. The Lurking Fear by H. P. Lovecraft plunges readers into a chilling journey of obsession, fear, and the grotesque. Amid violent storms and haunted ruins, an investigator’s relentless pursuit of hidden truths uncovers a darkness more terrifying than he imagined.

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  A Sick Collier

  D H Lawrence

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  'A Sick Collier'. Lawrence returns in this story to the scenes of his childhood and the colliers he was brought up with. The wife in the story is probably based on his mother although the husband is unlike the drinking, brutal father portrayed in 'Sons and Lovers', Lawrence's autobiographical novel. The story is a vivid portrayal of the life of a young couple when an accident strikes the husband down but  does not succeed as a short story, lacking any clear focus or message.

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  Murder in America - A Coast to...

  John L Breen

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  An entertaining collection by seven renowned American mystery writers— including Mary Higgins Clark and Whitley Strieber— this anthology offers a delightful mix of mystery, suspense, and murder. The stories include
  • " Starstruck" by Jon L. Breen, read by James Stacy: A group of aging actors is fatally haunted by the consequences of the McCarthy-era blacklist.
  
  • " Gee Whiz, My Lovely" by Betty Buchanan, read by Joan Rivers: A bouncy private investigator is invited by a " gorgeous nut" to find an elusive figure named Harvey.
  
  • " Lucky Day" by Mary Higgins Clark, read by Betsy Palmer: A young bride suspects her husband is somehow involved in a strange disappearance.
  
  • " It Was Bad Enough" by Ron Goulart, read by Arte Johnson: A comedian trying to make his comeback learns his ex-wife's tell-all book is about to be filmed.
  
  • " Pirate' s Moon" by William F. Nolan, read by Perry King: A psychic working for the LAPD fails to foresee that a stone-age cannibal cult may be terrorizing the city.
  
  • " Vaudeville" by Whitley Strieber, read by Roddy McDowall: An aging vaudeville comedienne dies— but not laughing.
  
  • " Snookered" by Gerald Tomlinson, read by David Birney: A story about a new breed of football coach and a team the sportswriters can't ignore.

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  The Heart Is Deceitful Above All...

  JT LeRoy

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  The national bestselling novel-in-stories of a gender nonconforming teen’s coming of age is as “vivid as a match held close to the face” (New York Times). 
   
  The internationally acclaimed short story collection from JT LeRoy, available once more with a new foreword by Jeff Feuerzeig, writer and director of the documentary, Author: The JT LeRoy Story 
   
  This book of interconnected stories depicts the chaotic life of a young boy on the run with his teenage mother. When Sarah reclaims Jeremiah from his foster parents, he finds himself catapulted into her world of motels and truck stops, exposed to the abusive, exploitative men she encounters. As he learns to survive in this harrowing environment, Jeremiah also learns to love his mother, even as she descends into drug-fueled madness. 
   
  Told in spare, lyrical prose, rich with imagination and dark humor, The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things transforms the savagery of Jeremiah's world into an indelible experience of compassion. This special edition includes an additional seven stories, previously uncollected, by JT LeRoy, the literary persona of Laura Albert. 
   
  “A startling achievement.” —Publishers Weekly 
   
  “Beautifully structured and written.” —Hubert Selby Jr., author of Last Exit to Brooklyn 
   
  “Remarkable.” —Booklist 
   
  “Strong, fierce, hard . . . Astonishing.”— Kirkus Reviews 
   
  “LeRoy writes like Flannery O'Connor tied to the bed and plied with angel dust.” ?Jerry Stahl, author of Perv: A Love Story and Permanent Midnight 
   
  “[LeRoy is] a hungry writer with the instincts of a person who fishes to eat. Once he hooks the reader he doesn't let go.” ?Bookforum 
   
  “The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things [has] grit, tragedy, and power. The force of the story continues to exist.” —Lit Hub

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