Comedy Fantasy Short

In this darkly comic and surreal collection from celebrated author Alissa Nutting, misfit women scramble for agency in a series of uncanny circumstances. Throughout these breathtakingly creative 17 stories spread across time, space, and differing planes of reality, we encounter a host of women and girls in a wide range of unusual jobs. A space cargo deliverywoman enlists the help of her cybersex partner to release her mother from cryogenic prison.

A collection of short stories that covers several genres including romance, grief/loss, mystery, suspense, sci-fi, fantasy and paranormal. This book is dedicated to a courageous friend who passed this year. The first story is specially created for her and is the inspiration for the title of this book.

INSTA-LOVE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN . . . My first mistake was to ride into a rival gang’s territory. My second mistake was to get involved with their business. My third mistake was to take her with me. But the moment I feel her soft curves press against my hard body, I decide this isn’t a mistake. She’s mine. All mine. Every curvy inch of her. No matter what I have to do to keep her . . . More drama, madness, and over-the-top steam. Twists, turns, and chaos. Sweetness with a touch of darkness. No cheating. No cliffhangers. Over-the-top wildness with a happy ending. This is insta-love, ...

Featuring thirteen fast-paced stories with twists and turns you won't see coming. Contains thought-provoking content, deceptive storytelling, and a shed load of laugh-out-loud moments. This book contains dystopian, alien-abduction, invasion, and robotic themes.

In "The Robot Who Looked Like Me," a busy man and a busy woman find a way to carve out time to romance each other—by having look-alike robots made to do the job—who then run away together.

In a romantic comedy, a man and woman player decide to date one another because they are incapable of being faithful and knowing they’ll cheat on each other, won’t hurt one another. But because they are so much in love, they never see other people, which is “cheating” because they’re violating their agreement to continue seeing other people. Falling, deeper and deeper in love their mania grows as each suspecting the other is cheating by not cheating and tries to catch the other “cheating”, while pretending they’re being faithful, by pretending their dating around.

A kingdom in crisis, a missing prince, and an orc-ish blood feud as old as time.... Enter Cade Esaro, a wise-cracking ranger-for-hire who has spent nearly all his life in search of monsters to hunt, bandits to track, and barons desperate enough to pay him for his trouble. But when a great lord's son goes missing, leaving a trail of violent murders in his wake, Cade is forced to play diplomat as much as detective for a ruler who might have more hate for orcs than love for his son. That's a lot of pressure for a cynical, world-weary ranger who spends most of his days whittling arrows, snaring...

Margaret Faith Ellenwood, Maggie to her friends, never wanted to run her parent’s candy shop in Marblehead, Massachusetts. But when her parents are suddenly killed in a car accident, she finds herself hanging on to the one thing she has left of theirs – the Candy Castle. The small family business has been a fixed feature in the small town for years and Maggie arrives just in time for the Christmas rush. Only, she soon finds out that the shop is far from thriving and the only rush she faces is the annual candy cane order from the Marblehead Girl Scouts troop. For the last seven years, ...

Three incredible steamy short stories containing over 30,000 words for your enjoyment. Dragon Shifter Gargoyle Shifter Vampire Shifter

Nobody likes getting bullied, and Donny has had enough. Deciding to take matters into his own hands, he solicits the help of the old Asian man at the end of his street to teach him Karate. During a grueling two days of training, Donny earns belt after belt, until he finally becomes a Karate Master.

The warrior Mithra must repel a Roman legion alone and armed only with one very tasty weapon. The Romans are marching! To protect her lands and her tribe, Mithra comes up with a sticky solution to an impossible problem.

~ The Truth Is Out There. We Make Sure They Don't Get It. ~ Wrongfully fired LAPD officers, desperately in need of work, start a Celebrity Sitter service, figuring, it's the opposite of what they used to do. Instead of arresting celebrities, they keep them from getting arrested by offering two primary services, "Don't let me do anything stupid." and "Don't let me get caught doing anything stupid.” One night while Celebrity Sitting, “CSing”, the group’s leader, James meets the love of his life in a sexually complicated situation only a Celebrity Sitter could get into. Hired to verify...

Eve is home for the holidays and looking to spend some time with her family. She is from a little town in Michigan and it had been months since she has been home from school in the south. Her first day back, she makes it to a holiday party and finds herself flirting with the man dressed as Santa. She leaves still unsure who the mystery man is, but his eyes were so familiar. If only she could place him. While Eve might not know who the secret Santa is, Marcus knows exactly who she is. He has been friends with her father for many years. He had always had an attraction for the young woman and ...

Amanda Teagan has never been one to turn down a dare. It’s not in her nature. This ballsy attitude has served her well as one of London’s top defense barristers. In this position, she uses her tenacity to represent some of the country’s most-deserving citizens. Accolade is something Amanda knows well. But every heroine has an adversary and Amanda’s is prosecution lawyer, Graham Wentworth. Though devastatingly handsome, Graham is also suave, silver-tongued, harboring an elegant ruthlessness that serves him well. He’ll aid his clients in taking your life savings and somehow make you...

Abby Gutierrez is America's Sweetheart, as a Mexican-American she worked hard to get where she is today, keeping a clean image and reputation. But now that title is holding her back from artistic expression and more gritty, sexual roles. Sam Grant is Hollywood's Bad Boy, harboring a secret darker than the nation could have ever expected. But it’s not his interest in BDSM that he keeps to himself. That widely known fact contributes to his edgy, rakish reputation masking the mystery only one other person knows. No it’s something much darker… Both have a secret, an on-set love affair ...

Tempest Michaels has a zombie problem. Crazy people craving human flesh have been appearing without warning in hoards in towns across Kent. He is just as mystified as everyone else, but when the elderly husband of the recent viral internet sensation known as Zombie Granny asks him to prove she is no such thing, he has to take the case. Then outside his office, people start screaming...

~ Sometimes all it takes is the right person in our…AfterLife. ~ In this romance with comedy, a man purchases an abandoned farmhouse in a tax sale unaware it’s haunted by the woman…ahhhhh…ghost that will become the love of his life and he the love of her AfterLife and together bring the man who murdered her to justice as only a Trans Spectral, TSP, couple can.

Now the Congress of Animals is in control, unforgiving, and debating the fate of the planet’s most reviled species. The popular ruling: Exterminate humankind without exception. But a curious mare, coming of age, is making a case for a seemingly gentle person she longs to save - a wish for mercy that could once again unbalance the new and righteous nature of the world.

When Satan pops in to collect a soul, the man and his dog become more than he can handle.

This vampire romance can be read as a standalone story Saint Nocturne’s, the prestigious girls’ college in the mountains above a small village is about to be rocked by a storm, and it’s up to the poetry-loving student Imogen to protect all those she cares about. Imogen’s cool and elegant vampire girlfriend runs a popular hang-out in the village. But what is she hiding and will it help Imogen save her school and her village from the newly arrived werewolves and their enigmatic leader? Another storm, one even closer to Imogen’s heart, is brewing. Imogen is torn between Lucille the ...