Twenty curses, old and new, from bestselling fantasy authors such as Neil Gaiman, Karen Joy Fowler, Christina Henry, M.R. Carey and Charlie Jane Anders.ALL THE BETTER TO READ YOU WITHIt's a prick of blood, the bite of an apple, the ev...

A suspenseful collection of sixteen interconnected stories--written by Lee Child, Lynda La Plante, Jane Haddam, Peter Robinson, and Laura Lippman, among others--takes readers from the year 1800 to the present and centers around an unl...

An anthology of Occult (a.k.a supernatural) Detective stories assembled by Justin Gustainis and featuring new stories by: Tanya Huff, C. T. Adams and Cathy Clamp, Simon R. Green, Tim Pratt, Chris Marie Green, Lilith Saintcrow, Rachel ...

This trio of irresistible stories from New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Maggie Shayne and USA TODAY bestselling authors Linda Winstead Jones and Day Leclaire touch the heart of who we are and what we desire….Prepare t...

From elves to changelings, this enchanting collection of twelve original stories celebrates the inhabitants of magical realms of Faerie as they engage in mortal trickery, and features contributions from such noted authors as Charles D...

A Victorian Christmas Tea is sure to be the romance hit of the season. Each of the four novellas in this charming anthology is set in a different region of nineteenth-century America, and each involves a delightful Christmas tea. Whol...

The Thanksgiving Fix by Vicki Lewis ThompsonFinding Mr. Right is the furthest thing from Beth Davis's mind when the Reno professor takes Thanksgiving break at a colleague's Lake Tahoe cabin. Until Coinneach McFarland arrives to fix a ...

Who can melt any woman's heart with a single smile? The sexiest icon of all- a fireman!They enter fiery structures with selfless courage--the very definition of the word "hero." Women understand their allure... A soot-covere...

On Solstice eve long ago, a Druid priestess and Norse warrior succumb to forbidden, erotic desire. Their passion is one that neither death, decree—nor time—can tear asunder.Now three women of later centuries begin their own sensua...

Bold Strokes Books romance authors give readers a glimpse into the lives of favorite couples celebrating special moments "after the honeymoon ends." These short stories from Ali Vali, Clifford Henderson, Lee Lynch, Lisa Giro...

This vital collection of stories about work will be a lasting chronicle of how Americans are employed, how they find work and leave it, refuse it or scorn it, how it defines, fascinates, frustrates and ennobles us. Richard Ford's anth...

Presenting…the sixth annual More Than Words anthology.Little by little, one person at a time, we can make our world a better place. The five dedicated women selected as this year's recipients of Harlequin's More Than Words award hav...

Edited by critically acclaimed, best-selling author Tom Perrotta, the stories in this year's collection serve as a provacative literary "antenna for what is going on in the world" (Chicago Tribune). The collection boasts gre...

Tucker's Point three-day forecast: stormy with a chance of romanceHEART OF THE STORM by Shannon StaceyBrody Rollins is back in tiny Tucker's Point, Maine, for the first time in five years, and now he can't escape…from former neighbo...

When a different kind of justice is needed---swift, effective, and personal---a new type of avenger must take action. VENGEANCE features new stories by bestselling crime writers including Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Dennis Lehane, an...

From the pages of the award-winning, iconoclastic magazine McSweeney's comes a second entertaining anthology of never-before-published short fiction, with contributions by Roddy Doyle, Stephen King, Jonathan Lethem, Joyce Carol Oates,...

Call them transcripts of dreams or deadly accurate maps of the tremor zones of the psyche, the seven stories in this collection engage and implicate us in the most fearful ways imaginable. A two-timing pornographer becomes an unwillin...

Here's another entry in our wildly popular series of very short stories that can be enjoyed, start to finish, in less time than it takes to brew a cup of tea. This new anthology of pleasingly brief tales features contributions from so...

Setting: England and Scotland, 1667 and 1816 Sensuality rating: 7 A titillating twist on the May-December romance, this offering from four popular authors, including New York Times bestsellers Jo Beverley and Cathy Maxwell, explores...

This short story collection features tales where good guys of all kinds are roundly defeated by their evil counterparts and highlights specially commissioned stories by such authors as Tanya Huff, David Bischoff, Kristine Kathryn Rusc...

  Traumatized by her parents' decision to give up the rectory in Hampshire where she grew up, Jane Austen had been unable to write for ten years. It was only when her brother Edward offered her a permanent home in this Chawton Hous...

What is it about heroes like Superman, Iron Man or Thor that revs our engines like no other? Is it the suit? The manly physique? Or is it the courage they display, wading in where others fear to go, to save the damsel, the city, the E...

The only thing stronger than the call of duty is the call of desire! This anthology of military erotic romance serves up a team of hot-blooded men (and women) from every branch of the military who serve their country and follow their ...

Welcome to New York City. A place where stories lurk around every corner and linger in the hearts of the millions in these five boroughs. In these pages, tales of the underbelly of ­modern-day New York City hook-up with hilarious and...

A Romantic, Engaging and Witty Collection of New Short Stories that Feature Jane Austen Most Beloved CharactersIncluding over a dozen stories from both emerging and established Regency romance authors, this new anthology celebrates Ja...

A mirror is far more than meets the eye. When you gaze into the gilded glass, what do you see-and what looks back at you? A beautiful woman hiding an ugly secret? A malevolent king who delivers a fate worse than death? An urban l...

What really goes on behind closed doors? BEDROOM CHRONICLES, an anthology offering four degrees of heat from four bestselling authors, reveals all. Taking readers on a steamy ride, Bedroom Chronicles turns up the heat, page by page, a...

A stellar line-up of fiction writers envision the terrors of impending climate change.The magnitude of the global climate crisis is such that even the most committed environmentalists are liable to live in a state of denial. The award...

This new anthology of short-story masterpieces includes 'in the Penal Colony' by Franz Kafka, 'Death in Venice' by Thomas Mann, 'The Golden Pot' by E. T. A. Hoffmann, 'The Earthquake in Chile' by Heinrich von Kleist, 'The Story of Jus...

A prestigious anthology series, Best American Fantasy is guest edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, with Matthew Cheney serving as the series editor, showcasing the best North American fantasy short fiction from the preceding year.