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With tales from Laird Barron, Stephen King, John Langan, Peter Straub, and many others, and featuring Datlow’s comprehensive overview of the year in horror, now, more than ever, The Best Horror of the Year provides the petrifying horror fiction readers have come to expect - and enjoy.

Brynlynn’s life in a quiet Kentucky town is defined by isolation and a controlling marriage to Reggie, whose manipulation and cruelty suffocate her. Longing for something more—freedom, purpose, connection—she feels trapped in a life of unfulfilled dreams. But when a mysterious man named Ezekiel enters her world, everything changes.

Red is only a few rare ingredients away from opening his Spiritual Sea, unlocking the power to store and command Spiritual Energy with his will. But time is running out. The Empire’s legions are marching forward, his town stands on the brink of invasion, and something ancient and unknowable stirs in the forest. To survive, Red must take a leap of faith that could cost him everything. One failure will destroy years of work and squander the precious materials he’s gathered. But if he succeeds… he won’t just survive. He’ll forge the strength to defy fate itself.

Nelson Algren brings a deeply personal tone to his reading about Sophie, the doomed wife of card dealer and drug addict Frankie Machine, wanted for murder, as she waits futilely for him to return home.

Dario rose from the ashes, while Jameson lost his mind and Spade lied to protect everyone. Where does that leave me? Broken. Confused. Angry. With the Brotherhood declaring war, my aunt still at large and working with the enemy, along with Dalton disappearing like a ghost, when will it all end? As our family tries to repair the damage that has been done and navigate the criminal world as parents, we can only take so much before we reign hell on everyone that tries to harm us.

The Wounds From A Healing Heart is a quiet, honest collection of reflections written for anyone navigating emotional pain, personal growth, and the slow work of healing. Through poetry and prose, this book explores loneliness, self-worth, faith, love, and the internal conversations we often keep to ourselves. Each piece meets the listener where they are, whether they are grieving, rebuilding, questioning, or simply trying to move forward one day at a time. These reflections speak to shared human experiences that reach beyond gender.

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Embracing Ambition unites twelve exceptional women leaders from across North America with a simple goal: to share their leadership stories as a mentorship resource for the next generation of women leaders. From nonprofit pioneers to corporate strategists and from entrepreneurs to educators, these women represent a diverse cross-section of industries and roles.

With the help of an enigmatic ghostly cultivator, he must battle against the Moon itself. Meanwhile, a strange curse begins to take hold of the city. Red and his companions conduct an investigation that leads to a place that Red left behind long ago.

This collection contains six classic Christmas radio productions from the '30s, '40s, and '50s.

Join author and adventurer Jim Pasmore on a fascinating and exciting journey that began with a three-and-a-half second near death "flash" - during which time he re-experienced his entire life, revealing insights and lessons that took him the next 40 years to fully understand...including 22 other near-misses. The author takes us on a journey of exploration, discovery, excitement and adventure leading to the tantalizing grand prize of existence: discovery of Self as Spirit.

James Baldwin reading from Another Country and Giovanni's Room; WIlliam Styron reading from Lie Down in Darkness; James Jones reading from From Here to Eternity; and Philip Roth reading from Letting Go.

James Jones brings powerful emotion and expression to his reading of the famous passage from his celebrated World War II novel in which Private Prewitt plays a version of Taps that expresses "the requiem of the common soldier".

In the first passage James Baldwin reads with passion about the suicide of a young black man in despair. The second passage takes place at his funeral service, where Baldwin speaks with both anger and eloquence, in the voice of the minister attempting to comfort his friends and family.

James Jones, who served in combat in the Pacific in World War II, creates a scene of confusion and brutal devastation, as American soldiers struggle against an invincible enemy, and valiant young lives are destroyed.

James Baldwin gives an electrifying reading about a young gay American in Paris recalling a dramatic and transforming incident from his boyhood, as he struggles to accept his sexual identity.

The anthology Songs of the Dying Earth has assembled one of the most distinguished casts of authors ever - including Dan Simmons, Neil Gaiman, George R. R. Martin, Paula Volsky, Mike Resnick, Robert Silverberg, Lucius Shepard, Tad Williams, Tanith Lee, Liz Williams, Glen Cook, and eleven other famous writers - to write stories in honor of the genius of Jack Vance, stories using the bizarre and darkly beautiful far future setting of the Dying Earth, near the very end of Earth's lifespan.

Nelson Algren reading from The Man With the Golden Arm, James Jones reading from The Thin Red Line, John Updike reading “Lifeguard” from Pigeon Feathers and Other, Bernard Malamud reading from “The Mourners” from The Magic Barrre.

The young John Updike’s portrayal of a haughty seminary student working as a lifeguard is witty and poetic, as the naïve hero surveys the beachgoers in his care, and contemplates a future of saving souls as well as bodies.

From the poignant novel about a troubled Southern family, written when he was 26, William Styron reads with tenderness about the disabled younger child finding joy in the magic tricks of a workman, as her mother looks on, knowing her child’s sad fate.