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"What should Carly Beth be for Halloween this year? Terrified! Late at night, an ugly green mask is mysteriously calling out to her, and ugly green masks don't like to be ignored"--Page 4 of cover.

"This is How You Lose the Time War meets Ex Machina: Seth Haddon's science fiction debut, Volatile Memory, is a sapphic sci-fi action adventure novella. With nothing but a limping ship and an outdated mask to her name, Wylla needs a big pay day. When the alert goes out that a lucrative piece of tech lies hidden on a nearby planet, she calls on all the swiftness of her prey-animal instincts to beat other hunters to it. What you found wasn't your ticket...

"The Cage of Dark Hours is the second novel in the epic fantasy trilogy from acclaimed author Marina Lostetter, where the defeat of a serial killer back from the dead has pulled the mask off the myths and magics of a fantastical city. Krona and her Regulators survived their encounter with Charbon, the long-dead serial killer who returned to their city, but the illusions of their world were shattered forever. Allied with the healer Melanie they will...

"In the heart of Cebu, an ancient power awakens... Seventeen-year-old Marisol Reyes is in need of a do-over. After getting kicked out of one too many schools for strange and unsettling behavior, Mari's overbearing mother sends her to the Philippines for a fresh start. The promise of a normal life is dashed, however, when Mari attends her recently deceased Lola Talia's wake. For it's there she discovers a mysterious wooden mask that unlocks frightening...

"May 1917: The elegant streets of Boston are thousands of miles away from the carnage of the Western Front. Yet even here, amid the clatter of horse-drawn carriages and automobiles, it is impossible to ignore the war raging across Europe. Emma Lewis Swan's husband, Tom, has gone to France, eager to do his duty as a surgeon. Emma, a sculptress, has stayed behind, pursuing her art despite being dismissed by male critics. On the bustling sidewalk she...

"People pleaser Evie Whitmore can't believe her art and architecture class trip has brought her to Venice--Rumors about an underground Elven Realms fan club swirl, and Evie, wearing a costume and mask, sneaks out at night to find it. There's no way she can tell anyone what she's doing ... and certainly not Gabriel Martinez, the bad boy loner she's been partnered with on the trip ... She collides with someone else in disguise--a stranger whose eyes...

"She tilts her head for me, and I kiss up her neck. It isn't enough. I want her. All of her. In one quick move, without a thought for consequences, I remove her ill-fitting mask. Yes! I hear in my head at the exact same moment she cries out, "No!" It's too late. I have a mere moment to enjoy her beauty. A second later, the world flashes gold, then goes dark." -- Back cover. "In a sanctuary for magical creatures hidden deep within a valley, magic...

"He was born that way. Few would forgive his appearance. Fear and revulsion, even rage, were not unfamiliar to him. The villagers, but for one small child, have not been kind. The forest, his home, was not only a sanctuary, ironically, it also became his prison. One day, the forest offered him something more. What he found both chilled and excited him. It was a discovery that would change his life forever. The Mask is an allegorical tale that touches...

Edwer Thissell is having trouble adjusting to life on the planet Sirene. The Sirenese all wear masks to indicate their social status. They also communicate by playing instruments that are carefully selected for any social situation. (To make matters worse, errors of musical etiquette often prove fatal.) Shortly after Thissell arrives on Sirene, he finds himself embroiled in an unsolved murder made all the more mysterious by the fact that since everyone...