Editorial: Short Stories
4 hot tales of family and monsters! My Sister Is A Hooker For Centaurs And I Like To Watch/Cucking My Son With A Centaur/Two Gangbangs In A Night With Centaurs And Then My Brothers/Doing Porn With A Centaur And My Daughter
Everyone has a final secret. I collect them. My patients aren’t on my ward just to die - they’re here to confess. Before the body bag, there’s a final reckoning. Murderers. Serial Killers. Monsters in human skin. They tell me their truths because I don’t flinch - and because I’ve made a deal with death. These are the confessions no one gets to hear. These are the behind-the-scenes confessions that don’t make it into the Asylum Confession books, the ones I hear but wasn’t sure I’d share. Well, now I am. And you get to hear them. One confession at a time. Welcome to Only Jack Knows. What to expect: They say curiosity killed the cat—but in my case, it just gave me a job. In Origins and Death, you’ll find out how I ended up in the deepest, darkest ward of an asylum the world forgot existed. I’ll introduce you to Newman—the man who changed everything for me. A paralyzed rapist with a mouth full of lies and one dying wish: to be remembered. He was the first to confess. He wouldn’t be the last. This is a guided descent into the minds of the damned. And I’m the one holding the flashlight. Come closer. You’ll want to hear this. Because once the dead start talking… You can’t unlisten.Ver libro
FINALIST FOR THE 2022 MCILVANNEY PRIZE Detective Harry McCoy returns in the suspenseful, atmospheric fifth instalment in Alan Park’s internationally bestselling thriller series. Glasgow is a city in mourning. An arson attack on a hairdresser’s has left five dead. Tempers are frayed and sentiments running high. When three youths are charged the city goes wild. A crowd gathers outside the courthouse but as the police drive the young men to prison, the van is rammed by a truck, and the men are grabbed and bundled into a car. The next day, the body of one of them is dumped in the city centre. A note has been sent to the newspaper: one down, two to go. Detective Harry McCoy has twenty-four hours to find the kidnapped boys before they all turn up dead, and it is going to mean taking down some of Glasgow’s most powerful people to do it. “A series that no crime fan should miss: dangerous, thrilling, but with a kind voice to cut through the darkness.”—ScotsmanVer libro
In a kingdom where duty reigns supreme, I, Prince James, have long hidden my true desires, yearning for a connection that feels impossible. Taken captive and made the king's slave, I never imagined I would find solace in the very man who commands my servitude. As King Septimus, a ruler of strength and compassion, begins to care for me in ways I’ve never known, everything changes. When he bathes me with tenderness, I feel seen for the first time—not just as a captive or a servant, but as a man worthy of love. With each gentle touch, our bond deepens, awakening a longing within me that I can no longer ignore. When his lips meet mine, I realize we have the chance to defy the expectations of our positions and embrace a love that could transform our lives. Will we dare to follow our hearts and forge a new path together, despite the chains of circumstance?Ver libro
Bazyli Breznik used to rule the world, but now the centuries old vampire is at the bottom of the food chain. He's broke and drives a yellow cab in NYC. He sleeps in the trunk. He's an alcoholic. His only friends are drunks. He's a murderer and believes he's the most evil creature on earth. He's wrong. Baz is in hiding, like the rest of his kind. They aren't like normal humans, they were changed more than five hundred years ago by a virus into a version of human who never grows old, heals fast, and requires fresh blood for nutrition. The vampires of myth and legend aren't some kind of magical beings, they're real people whose disease is both blessing and curse. And Baz was once the badest of them all. Baz is satisfied with living a marginal life on the edge of society as punishment for all the sins he committed centuries ago. A waitress at one of the diners in his area is nearly kidnapped in front of him. He steps in only to discover that the waitress is really an undercover cop who is part of a sting operation. Baz ends up agreeing to be an informant so the cops will leave him alone. But the traffickers try to take the lady cop, Nika, again, and Baz becomes annoyed. She's good people, and he's always hated slavery. When Nika is finally taken on try number three, he's not content to look and listen anymore. He discovers that the criminals behind the ring aren't just bad people, they're the kind of bad he used to be. And they don't care who they hurt, or who finds out about them. He's got to stop them, get Nika back, and manage not to kill too many people all at the same time. He wasn't cut out to be a good guy.Ver libro
"The CEO of this company has quite a reputation with women - is he really that bad?" "I think he's even worse." As it turns out, the man I asked this question wasn't the cute assistant. It was the CEO himself. I could die of embarrassment – but he apparently has other plans for me... and so does my heart. ****** 27-year-old Addison "Heart" Heartly works for a charity organization and usually isn't easily fooled in her job. But before an important meeting with the biggest potential donor ever, she meets one of his employees, a cute guy who seems friendly and flirts with her. Nervously chattering away, Addison explains everything she's heard about the CEO. Daniel Jacobs is CEO of a tech company, filthy rich, attractive, deliberately single, and a tabloid favorite, much to his chagrin. His last girlfriend never misses an opportunity to be photographed with him and spread rumors about marriage. Which is absolutely ridiculous. Because women are... just a bit of fun to him! And when he meets Addison and she doesn't recognize him, his hunting instinct awakens. Addison is mortified when Daniel reveals his identity. She wants to run away, yet she can't deny the tension in the air. She gives in, and they end up in bed together. But the next day, Addison reads in one of the gossip magazines that Daniel has marriage plans. Apparently, she was just another conquest to him. Too bad she finds out she's pregnant with his child soon after, her boss discovers it, and she quits. Neither of them realizes how close desire and danger really are. Are their feelings worth playing with fire?Ver libro
Emperor Greiheit is dead, cut down by his own son's hand. What remains of the court struggles to contain the fallout of Stovell's insurrection. Yet even in this hour of crisis, there is no time to rest. Six Kingdoms is carving a bloody swathe through the western territories with one of the largest forces Soleil has ever seen, bound straight for the heart of the empire. Hiro leads a desperate foray west to confront this terrifying new foe, aiming to buy Liz and the rest of his allies time to assemble their defense. But for all his schemes, the Black Prince may have finally met his match, for this time he faces not only overwhelming odds, but the legacy of one of the empire's oldest sins . . .Ver libro
