Weird Women

Weird Women, edited by award-winning anthologists Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger, collects some of the finest tales of terror by authors as legendary as Louisa May Alcott, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman, alongside works of writers who were the best sellers and critical favorites of their time - Marie Corelli, Ellen Glasgow, Charlotte Riddell - and lesser known authors who are deserving of contemporary recognition.

When Michael Moorcock began chronicling the adventures of the albino sorcerer Elric, last king of decadent Melniboné, and his sentient vampiric sword, Stormbringer, he set out to create a new kind of fantasy adventure, one that broke with tradition and reflected a more up-to-date sophistication of theme and style. The result was a bold and unique hero: a rock-and-roll antihero who would channel all the violent excesses of the '60s into one enduring archetype.

Charming, sleepy, Wallingford Heights. Shattered by a chilling triple homicide. Eastern Massachusetts, 1893 Everyday life, disrupted. A town's secrets exposed. Wallingford Heights shattered by a chilling triple homicide. One of America's first salons - The Vine, a hub of activity, with falling hair and flowing information. Estelle, Chasity, Marilou and Clara—known for their impeccable hairstyling and listening skills. Four spirited women, unravel the town's dark mysteries. From gossip at the salon to pillow-talk whispers in the night. Amateur sleuths who uncover chicken thieves, window ...

This important new anthology collects 13 tales by forgotten women writers from the seminal Weird Tales magazine, originally published between the 1920s and 1950s. The authors featured are Everil Worrell, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Greye La Spina, and Eli Colter. This edition also features a new introduction by Melanie Anderson.

WARNING: Reading this book while on the throne will make your bathroom breaks exceptionally entertaining, potentially causing delays in resuming your regular schedule! Ever pondered why reading in the bathroom makes you feel extra enlightened? Or the surprising truth about why some birds can sleep while standing up? (Hint: It's not due to their impeccable balance!) Hold onto your plungers, curious minds! Get ready to embark on an unforgettable adventure through history, science, pop culture and the bizarre... in the pages of "At Home On The Throne", a hilariously addictive Bathroom Reader! ...

Regina Hartley has had enough. The demands of life have taken a toll on her and, no longer feeling equipped to endure the strain, she decides to end it all in watery surrender. But instead of drowning to death, she finds herself being revived on shore by a concerned, handsome stranger. After saving her, the stranger refuses to leave her alone. Regina realizes she doesn’t mind his attention and finds herself more interested in what else life has to offer overall. But after saving her spirit, will the handsome stranger eventually disappear? Gabriel finds himself in the right place at the ...

Sheriff Gus knows it’s going to be a bad week when he sees Sedric Hedgecock’s breathalyzer score. With a blood alcohol level of 0.62 percent, Hedgecock should be dead. If the breathalyzer’s isn’t on the fritz, Hedgecock’s superhuman. Either way, he’s blind drunk, so off to the county jail he goes. Joining the wannabe Bacchus in Gus’s cells is Jennifer Louis Bachman, awaiting extradition to Kansas on a murder charge. The victim in question is Jennifer’s unborn child, and the murder weapon is an illegal Mexican abortion. With the governor vacillating on whether to extradite, ...

In the final chapter of Confessions of an Adult Film Star, Ned and Stacy leave the comfort of their jobs to produce and star in a brand new series. Their departure comes at a gamble as romance generally doesn’t have a place in their industry. Will their risk produce dividends or will their investment sour? A Brand New Start is book 9 of the Confessions of an Adult Film Star erotica series. This standalone romantic interracial WWBM/ AWBM short story can be read with or without reading the other stories in the series. It is 4,300 words long and is for mature readers only.

Science Fiction Gender Bender EroticaJim Johnson goes from the boardroom to the bedroom in a flash. As a legal drug salesman in the year 2024, he is at the top of his game. On the way down, he sees an opportunity to increase the amount of time he has to make money before he retires. He signs up for Unit Z to test a new drug created by Doctor Quinton. Taking the new drug is supposed to transform him into a younger, female body. The problem is there's a side effect no one had ever considered! After Jim Johnson is switched into Jenni, she continues to legally sell drugs, especially the ...

Interracial Gender Swap Curse Book 2 Tony Berne has been the target of gender swap magic and is now a beautiful black woman After confronting the stripper who cast the spell on him, he learns a little more about what it means to be a woman in the modern world. Using his new female body, he attempts a comeback as a singer, but it's different than what he expected. Will Tony (now named Tanya) be able to jumpstart his career as a female pop singer? Will Tamantha turn him back into a man? Even more important, does he want to be changed back into a man? Find out in Rap to Pop Gender Swap, book ...

In the tradition of #Girlboss and Mindy Kaling's Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, a funny, quirky, and inspiring memoir from online entertainment mogul, actress, and "queen of the geeks" Felicia Day about her unusual upbringing, her rise to Internet stardom, and embracing her individuality to find success in Hollywood.

The beloved New York Times best seller from acclaimed author Eleanor Brown about three sisters who love each other, but just don't happen to like each other very much. Three sisters have returned to their childhood home, reuniting the eccentric Andreas family. Here, books are a passion (there is no problem a library card can't solve) and TV is something other people watch. Their father - a professor of Shakespeare who speaks almost exclusively in verse - named them after the Bard's heroines. It's a lot to live up to.

Interracial Gender Bender Erotica Tanya continues to rise as a rock star. He forgets for a while that he was once a man named Tony and not a beautiful black woman who could get whatever she wanted from most people. Tamantha, the stripper who cast the gender swap magic spell on him, is out of the picture as Tanya releases another hit single as she follows her plan to freedom. When Tera comes into the picture, everything changes. She's a white woman with a special surprise between her legs. When Tanya meets her, he falls head over heels in love with her. And then things get really interesting...

Gender Swap Swamp Tales Jason finds a mysterious orb that fell from the sky deep in the swamp. Before he knows what's happening, he's experiencing a gender transformation. Later that night, he gets to test out his new body - and more. If you like gender swap tales and transgender stories, you're going to really like this short story. If I get enough positive feedback and interest, I will continue the story series. Thanks. **For mature readers. Contains sexual situations and strong language**

When a Londoner retreats to the Cornish Coast for a break, he encounters a veiled woman. Could it be the ghost of intrepid explorer Miss Alice Trellings, who disappeared whilst staying at the hotel?

Interracial Gender Swap Magic! Tanya/Tony continues his life as a woman, amazed his pop music career as a beautiful black woman is a hundred times better than his life as a white male rapper. But is everything as good as it seems? What happens after Tanya sleeps with two very popular kings of hip hop? Will he be able to escape from Tamantha? Does he even want to anymore or is he enjoying his life as a woman too much? Find out in Return to Sender Gender Bender, book four of the Becoming a Thug Wife Interracial Gender Swap erotica series. LENGTH: This Gender Bender Story is 5,900 words in ...

Mary Katherine Backstrom shares heartbreaking and hilarious stories of how God uses each "mess" in our lives to bring us closer to him. She shows us that it's okay to celebrate exactly where we are right now - holy hot mess and all.

Almost every afternoon, the Woman in the Purple Skirt sits on the same park bench, where she eats a cream bun while the local children make a game of trying to get her attention. Unbeknownst to her, she is being watched—by the Woman in the Yellow Cardigan, who is always perched just out of sight, monitoring which buses she takes, what she eats, whom she speaks to.

Miri thinks she has got her wife back when Leah finally returns after a deep sea mission that ended in catastrophe. It soon becomes clear, though, that Leah may have come back wrong. Whatever happened in that vessel, whatever it was they were supposed to be studying before they were stranded on the ocean floor, Leah has carried part of it with her, onto dry land and into their home. To have the woman she loves back should mean a return to normal life, but Miri can feel Leah slipping from her grasp.

The Internet isn't all cat videos. There's also Felicia Day - violinist, filmmaker, Internet entrepreneur, compulsive gamer, and former lonely homeschooled girl who overcame her isolated childhood to become the ruler of a new world...or at least semi-influential in the world of Internet geeks and Goodreads book clubs.