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Shades of Second Chances is a poignant contemporary romance about loss, healing, and the quiet courage it takes to begin again. When Evelyn Harper retreats to a fading Victorian house in the Blue Ridge Mountains, she isn’t searching for love—only escape. But as she restores the home room by room, she meets Liam Whitaker, a craftsman carrying grief of his own.

Yig, known as the Serpent God, is older than humanity, and Yig’s reptilian children once ruled the Earth. Now they are stirring in their caves, walking the Earth in forms not quite human, slowly and patiently preparing their plans. Those who stumble on their secrets are in deadly danger...but only they can prevent the return of our darkest fears.

Rogues in the House Podcast has gathered the best tales of sword and sorcery from across the community. Here, brave adventurers will find stories lovingly crafted from heroic fantasy greats such as Howard Andrew Jones, John R. Fultz, and John C. Hocking. At their side are up and coming genre authors Chuck Clark, T.A. Markitan, Cora Buhlert, and many more.

Animal Inside You collects 31 free-verse poems by author and artist Matthew Howard.

This Omnibus collects Volumes 7 through 10, plus two all-new stories, previously unpublished interviews and scenes, drawings, a mini-comic, and more! In the aftermath of the disaster that nearly wiped out civilization on Ceres, a hell-raising space pirate and her indestructible calico cat get set to throw the greatest birthday party of a lifetime—until alien death rains down from the sky! Join Meteor Mags and her criminal crew, including the hard-rocking Psycho 78s and the teenage Dumpster Kittens, as they rage against the forces of law and order, struggle to control the future of the ...

A HOMICIDAL SMUGGLER AND HER CALICO CAT JUST SAVED THE ENTIRE SOLAR SYSTEM. NOW WHAT?! Gear up for total revolution on the asteroid-mining frontier with Meteor Mags, Patches, and their hell-bound crew. After the events of The Second Omnibus, Mags and her allies on Ceres and Mars aim to create a space-based utopia, but powerful interests from a war-torn Earth would rather see them dead. In this conflict, the weapons of choice are genetics, gravity, grenades, and guns—and whatever else Mags has hidden up her sleeve. Discover aliens, killer robots, another universe, giant mutated space lice,...

Get ready for asteroids, anarchy, and excessive ammunition, because Meteor Mags and Patches are back—bigger, badder, and louder than ever! On the asteroid mining frontier of the near future, a hell-raising space pirate and her indestructible calico cat rage against the forces of law and order, “liberating” cargo and racking up a massive body count—until they come face-to-face with an alien invasion! Join Meteor Mags and her criminal crew, the hard-rocking Psycho 78s, in fifteen tales of interplanetary piracy and total destruction. Run for your life in the tornado that wipes out ...

Do scientists see conflict between science and faith? Which cultural factors shape the attitudes of scientists toward religion? Can scientists help show us a way to build collaboration between scientific and religious communities? To answer these questions and more, the authors of Secularity and Science: What Scientists Around the World Really Think About Religion completed the most comprehensive international study of scientists' attitudes toward religion ever undertaken, surveying more than 20,000 scientists and conducting in-depth interviews with over 600 of them.

My Life as an Armadillo collects my thoughts from 2016 to 2021 about writing and becoming a better writer by workshopping with others. It is not a complete guide to style nor a manifesto on how to run your own critique group, but I share it in hopes that you can learn from my experience and apply the ideas you find most helpful. Essays are grouped into four main sections: Group Participation and Leadership, Starting a Major Work, Basic Revisions for Style, and Style and Substance. You will find guidance for leading a workshop group and getting the most out of participating in one, refining ...

Matthew Howard reads 50 of his original free-verse poems in this special audiobook edition featuring work from Animal Inside You, Anything Sounds Like a Symphony, Never See the Night, and two previously uncollected poems.

An interplanetary biologist locks himself in a fortified research lab with an alien octopus, stranding his teammates outside in the path of a ferocious hurricane on a water-covered world. The animal already killed one of them, and the scientist-commandos must get inside to confront it, or die in the storm. But the octopus has plans of its own, because it just discovered a new species, too: humans.

Two lucid dreamers meet in recurring dreams, fall in love, and conceive a dream baby; but the unreality of the dream world leads them to distrust each other - with nightmarish results. A paranoid exploration of two minds dreaming the same dream, and fighting to control it.

After the events of The Second Omnibus, Mags and her hard-rocking, space-pirate crew confront new enemies, old rivals, and the final fate of the interspecies band, Small Flowers. Permanent Crescent: The Moon is about to die, and it’s all Mags’ fault. Join a hell-raising space pirate and her indestructible calico cat as they confront a lunar death cult whose alien leader plans to take his revenge on humanity by destroying Earth’s ancient satellite. Odonata’s Revenge: Mags faces double trouble when an alien menace and an ex-mercenary converge on Ceres to end the pirate’s life and ...

Four Action-Packed Stories Full of Anarchy, Asteroids, and Excessive Ammunition Continue The Adventures of Meteor Mags and Patches! Hoist the Jolly Roger and Get Ready to Rock! Rings of Ceres: A hell-raising space pirate and her indestructible calico cat return to a decimated asteroid civilization to rescue friends and kick ass, but they get caught up in violent riots between the desperate citizens of Ceres and the mercenary security forces guarding the mining corporations. Jam Room: Meteor Mags leads a jam session with the teenagers who want to start a punk band called Dumpster Kittens! ...

Five action-packed, cosmic episodes span time and space from 2.2 billion years ago to the end of the Milky Way galaxy! The Crystal Core: After the events of Small Flowers, Mags and her pirate crew discover some of her telepathic octopuses are missing, and things in the outer planets are completely messed up—and it’s all Mags’ fault. The Hive: Everything goes swimmingly on Ceres, until the crew is attacked by predators who want to feed Mags and her friends to their babies. The Singing Spell: Celina’s memoirs recall some of her earliest adventures with Mags, including how Mags got ...

Meet Meteor Mags. She’s a space pirate, tobacco smuggler, pole dancer, and rock’n’roll rebel. Meteor Mags blazes through the Solar System in a series of anarchist adventures with her foul-mouthed nephew, Tarzi, and her adorably indestructible cat, Patches. Join Meteor Mags, her best friend Celina, and her band The Psycho 78s on the asteroid mining frontier of the near future, where mayhem abounds and the heroes aren’t always good! By 2027, gravity control has made asteroid mining a major industry. Meteor Mags and her crew rock the Belt, raging against the forces of law and order, ...

Addicted to action and beholden to no one, a hell-raising space pirate and her indestructible calico cat confront the horrors of the asteroid-mining frontier, from massive monsters to revolting robots, and much, much more. Join Meteor Mags and her criminal crew of rock-and-roll rebels in a series of reckless adventures including hand-to-hand combat with a murderous cyborg, traveling through time, and uncovering the gruesome mystery of an abandoned space station. Discover new forms of life, an alternate universe, and all-new thrills in this novel-length collection of stories where science ...

In the months after Hunted to Extinction, Alonso’s interspecies band gets a name and performs its first concert during the reconstruction of Ceres, with Meteor Mags on the mic to fuel the fires of revolution. Kaufman and Anton move into their new home in an old friend’s strip club, Dr. Plutonian gets more than his mind blown, and Mags disregards safety regulations to plug in her free-energy system for the first time. Plus, Dekarna kills an asteroid full of miners to make a nest for her eggs, but Mags and the space octopuses have a different plan for the last surviving reptile from the ...