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Ein singender Butler. Eine Nonne, deren letztes Lachen todlich endete. Eine Glocke, die ohne Klingen schlagt. Und ein Museum, das mehr tief verborgene Abgrunde konserviert als Kuriositaten. Willkommen bei Dr. Basil H. Penrose Gerichtsmediziner, Eigenbrotler und aufmerksamer Lauscher fur all das, was andere uberhoren. Von den gasbeleuchteten Straen Londons bis zu den nebelverhangenen Mooren Yorkshires, von ehrwurdigen Klosterpforten bis zu verrauchten Salons viktorianischer Aristokraten reist Penrose dorthin, wo Wahrheit und Aberglaube unheilvoll verschwimmen.Hier gibt es keine einfachen Tater, sondern komplexe Seelenlandschaften voller Widerspruche, Schweigen und Schuld. T.J. Walsh offnet ein vergilbtes Notizbuch und lasst Penrose seine eigenwilligsten Falle prasentieren: skurril und menschlich zerbrechlich, tieftraurig und von schwarzem Humor durchzogen. Ein perfektes Lesevergnugen fur alle, die im Nebel des viktorianischen Englands den Schatten folgen und den Mut haben, das Flustern hinter den Mauern zu horen. Uber den Autor T.J. Walsh wurde in Yorkshire geboren und lebt heute in einem Londoner Stadthaus, das mehr Bucher als Mobel beherbergt. Nach Jahren im medizinischen Archivwesen widmete er sich dem Schreiben vor allem den Randern der Geschichte, den Lucken im Protokoll, dem, was nie ganz geklart wurde. In der Figur des Dr. Basil Penrose verbindet er kriminalistische Prazision mit literarischer Tiefe. Seine Geschichten sind nicht laut aber sie bleiben. Wenn er nicht schreibt, durchstreift Walsh alte Friedhofe, verlegt Zeitungsartikel an andere Stellen und hort dem Regen beim Denken zu.

She knows how to survive pain.She doesnt know how to rest.As an SVU detective, Jesse is no stranger to bruisesphysical or otherwise. Shes built a career on endurance, pushing past exhaustion, trauma, and the quiet unraveling in her own head. But when her captain sidelines her for two weeks, Jesse is forced to confront a truth shes been avoiding: the job hasnt just taken a toll on her bodyits fractured her mind.With nowhere else to go, she heads home. And for the first time, her mother really sees how badly shes struggling. Her solution is unexpected and uncomfortable: talk to Codyan impact Dom who understands control, grounding, and the fine line between pain and relief.Cody is a music teacher by day, but his true skill lies in understanding rhythm, tempo, and how the body responds to both. He knows how to help regulate a nervous system stuck in survival mode. But hes not interested in saving Jesse.Hell guide her.Hell teach her.But only if shes willing to do the work herself.Bruise is an emotionally grounded Wild Obsidian short story exploring trauma, trust, and healing through consensual power exchange, impact, and intentional connection.

Shes lost her footing.He refuses to catch her unless she can stand on her own.After a brutal divorce, Brin is left questioning everythingher confidence, her kink, and her identity as a Fire Top. The woman who once commanded heat and control now feels unsteady, fractured, and unsure if she deserves the space she once claimed. Returning to Obsidian is supposed to help her remember who she was.Instead, it forces her to confront who she might become.Lock sees her immediatelynot as broken, but as braced. Guarded. One wrong step from collapse. He doesnt want a submissive or a bottom. He wants a partner. Someone strong enough to challenge him, steady enough to hold their own ground, and honest enough to call him out when hes wrong.Hell help Brin relearn her fire.Hell give her the space to burn again.But only if shes willing to do the work herself.And it all begins at her fire table at Obsidianwhere heat reveals truth, control is earned, and standing tall matters more than falling apart.This Wild Obsidian short story explores power, partnership, and reclaiming identity after loss through consensual fire play and emotional trust.

The figure of Artemis remains one of the most complex and enduring archetypes in human history; she represents the untamed wilderness, the transition of youth, and the paradox of a protector who is also a predator. To understand Artemis is to look beyond the popular image of the Greek huntress with a silver bow. Her history begins in the misty pre-Hellenic eras of the Bronze Age, where she likely originated as a powerful local deity in Anatolia or Crete. As Greek culture expanded and synthesized various regional cults, Artemis was brought into the Olympian fold as the daughter of Zeus and Leto, yet she always maintained a distinct distance from the urban domesticity of her peers.Her influence was not confined to mythology; it was deeply embedded in the civic and economic life of the ancient world. In Ephesus, she was worshiped as a multi-breasted fertility figure, a far cry from the chaste huntress of Attic pottery. This Ephesian version of the goddess became one of the most powerful economic forces in the Mediterranean, with her temple being named one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The transition of Artemis from a sovereign pagan deity to a figure of contention in the New Testament marks a pivotal moment in Western history. As the Apostle Paul entered Ephesus, the cry of "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians" represented more than just religious fervor; it was the final stand of an ancient social and economic order against the rising tide of monotheism. This book examines the objective history of this transformation, documenting her birth in myth, her height in Ephesian splendor, her biblical confrontations, and her eventual decline into the realm of folklore.

If You Are Mourning the Loss of a Loved One, This is the Companion Youve Been Looking For.Susan-Rose McIntyre is a qualified grief counselor - and a bereaved mother who lost her son and only child.She doesnt write about grief from the outside. She writes from inside it.In So, Whats Grief Really Like? she shares a series of honest, vivid reflections drawn from her own experience of loss - each one a window into what grief truly feels like, and what it asks of us.Every reflection is paired with a Helpful Task and a Gentle Tip - compassionate, unhurried guidance you can return to again and again as you find your own way through.Grief has no timetable. But you dont have to walk its path alone.

They dismantled the systembut something else took its place.As the five-star rating crumbles, a subtler force rises: not algorithmic, not human, but something in between. Old players vanish. New ones rewrite the rules. In a world where truth has no clear source, and influence wears a thousand masks, who dares shape what comes next? Unbound peels back the final layerand whats underneath isnt just corruption... its design.

Ellie Danning has spent her entire life playing it safe, the obedient daughter, the quiet caretaker, the girl behind the fence. At twenty-four, shes never kissed anyone, never dated, and definitely never let herself want someone the way she wants Camila.She is everything Ellies not: bold, beautiful, flirtatious, and completely uninterested in playing by small-town rules. Shes only in Oregon for the summer, but when she signs up for horseback lessons, she finds something much more interesting than trail rides, a shy farm girl with a slow smile and a body full of untapped heat.Their chemistry ignites fast. But when a single kiss turns into tangled limbs and moaned names under the trees, Ellie has to ask herself one question... is she ready to come out of her shell and share her secret?A sensual, slow-burn sapphic romance with heat, heart, and a whole lot of firsts.

In the academies of the Musimagium there is a self-taught woman with a secret identityHenrietta Smythe kept a low profile as an eccentric magical inventor who only used her first initial, shortening her given name to Henry when necessary. After all, women werent admitted into the Musimagiums colleges, let alone allowed to dabble in the sciences. From her small home not far from the St. Louis railyards, she worked with trying to pass messages using magic and the telegraph, wanting to send the signals faster and farther than theyd ever gone before, even to England where she had a friend, Edward, who indulged her scientific curiosity.With knowledge of Henrys work, Edward sends his friend Leo, a professor in London, to America to meet his friend Henry. They had a mutual interest in using magic to send messages, if different techniques. But during their visit "Henry" becomes sick and Leo tends to the young scientist until he must return to England, and in doing so discovers Hatties secret.Hattie recovers only to find Leo had to return to England and that he undoubtedly discovered her truth. She must know how Leo feels about working with a woman, because now that theres a chance he knows, she must acknowledge her feelings for him had grown rather fond. But Leo isnt the only one interested in her work and a chance offer from the Musimagium may take her away from all shes ever known and change the course of her life, including taking her away from any future with Leo.Hattie has to make a choice and choose between everything shes always wanted and the man shes grown to love.Authors note: This low/no spice romantasy story was previously released under a different pen name.

Life is full of waves stress, worry, fatigue, and the endless demands of daily living. Most of us respond by bracing, resisting, and expending unnecessary energy. But theres another way to move through life: to glide above the waves.Become a Hydrofoil: Change Your Brain with One Sentence teaches you how a single, simple sentence can act like a mental wing, lifting attention above turbulence, reducing friction, and stabilizing your mind.Grounded in neuroscience and practical experience, this book shows how thoughtful repetition can reshape neural pathways, making calm, focus, and resilience automatic. Over weeks and months, the effects accumulate, allowing you to respond to stress, pain, and distraction with less effort and more ease.

Three holiday mysteries fill this volume, from the ancient world to Victorian London.Saturnalian GiftsDecember, AD 63As former gladiator Leonidas approaches his one-year anniversary of freedom, his old trainer, Aemil, asks him to open the upcoming Saturnalian games. But before Leonidas can experience a qualm at feeling the arenas sand under his feet, Nero demands his presence. A senator has been robbed, and Nero commands Leonidas and Cassia to find the thief, at once.The task proves much more complicated than they anticipate, plunging Leonidas and Cassia into danger once again on the chaotic streets of Ancient Rome.Mrs. Holloways Christmas PuddingDecember, 1882Cook Kat Holloway tries to discover who has poisoned a dinner guest at the Mayfair mansion where shes employed, at the same time shes tasked with cooking up the perfect Christmas feast. Kat frantically works to finish it all, fearing shell have to choose between stopping a murderer and cherishing her few precious Christmas moments with her daughter.A Matter at New YearsJanuary 1823Returning home from a New Years Eve gathering in London in 1823, former infantry officer Robert Archer stumbles upon a trio of were-beasts who cant be up to much good. When the next morning, the body of a murdered man is found near the place Robert encountered the weres, he reasons theyve hunted and killed the unfortunate gentleman.To his shock, the were-beasts, who dress in the finest Bond Street attire, seek out Robert to enlist his help to prove their innocence.

Society says: solitude is an epidemic that needs to be cured. But what if, for you, its a conscious choice?The Manifesto of Solitude is a revolutionary exploration that challenges the cultural imperative of connectedness. Based on interviews with people from 20 countries and scientific data from around the world, this book proves: you can be happy, fulfilled, and a complete person alone.If youve ever felt pressure to start a family, get married, have children, but deep down knew you wanted something different this book is for you.

Claudia Bester didnt ask to become a hero.She especially didnt ask to become one bound by a demons contract.Now known to the public as Super Ophuzi, Claudia is trapped between her growing fame, her parents fears, and the manipulations of Ziggleblitzthe trickster demon who gave her power for his own amusement. While shes kept under watch, crime in Cape Town begins to shift in darker, stranger ways.When a criminal gang accepts demonic power of their own, the city erupts into chaos. Claudia is forced back into action, stopping violent crimes with easebut every victory tightens the invisible strings pulling her forward. The more she saves the city, the more the demons influence spreads.As politicians exploit her image, enemies regroup, and a new supernatural threat emerges, Claudia begins to question the cost of her power. Is she truly helping peopleor becoming part of the very chaos she wanted to stop?Chaos in Cape Town: Book Two Ziggleblitzs Ploy continues the supernatural superhero series, raising the stakes with fame, manipulation, and the dangerous truth behind making deals with demons.

Married to the Homeless Mafia KingA Dark Romance of Debt, Power, and Unlikely LoveZara Lennox has always carried her familys burdens. But when the weight of her mothers debts falls on her, the price isnt just financialits her future. Draven Vale, a feared mafia king, offers Zara an ultimatum: marry a homeless man from the streets to clear the debt.The man she marries, Jett, is not the broken soul Zara expects. Beneath his rough exterior is a man with secrets, power, and a haunting past. As their forced marriage deepens, Zara discovers a side of Jett that defies everything she thought she knew about love, survival, and loyalty.But in a world where mafia kings pull the strings, Zara must decide: fight for the family shes trying to protect, or surrender to the power of a love that could saveor destroyeverything.Themes: Mafia Romance, Dark Romance, Forced Marriage, Forbidden Love, Family Sacrifice, Redemption, Power, Loyalty

Casie just wants time to writeand maybe a quiet espresso between customers. Instead her bookstore becomes ground zero when a small dragon sets a donation box alight and a super hot stranger named Flint waltzes into her world.When threats from a very mortal stalker turn into a supernatural reckoning, Casie is forced out of procrastination and into power. With the lines between authorship and destiny blurring, she must learn to shape the magick and decide what kind of heroine she will becomebefore the past she buried writes the ending for her.

The Creative Mastermind Mind is a strategic field guide for creators, storytellers, and entertainment professionals navigating the new content-driven world. Daniel Cubilloveteran showrunner, global storyteller, and creative executivedistills over three decades of experience across fiction, non-scripted, news, live sports, documentaries, game shows, and reality competitions.In an era where anyone can publish, pitch, post, or produce in seconds, the world is drowning in content. Success is no longer defined by talent alone, but by the ability to engineer stories that travel across platforms, influence culture, and capture attention amidst constant change.This book reveals the creative systems, behind-the-scenes insights, and strategic frameworks that show how lasting formats are builtand how creators can lead, adapt, and endure in a landscape ruled by algorithms, audiences, and rapid innovation.

Benjamin isnt being difficult; hes just having a difficult time. Benjamins brain works differently, and that is a wonderful thing! He notices the tiny details others miss, creates vibrant art, and has more energy than a lightning bolt. But school can be a challenge when your legs want to jump and your thoughts want to fly. Busy Benjamin is a joyful celebration of neurodiversity. Its a must-read for parents, teachers, and children alike, proving that when we change the environment to fit the child, we discover just how brilliant they truly are. Join Benjamin as he learns to navigate school, one "buzzing" idea at a time!

The Unravelment: Book 6 Hierarchy Nikolai "Niko" Reyes has spent his life climbing from the quiet streets of the Philippines to the dazzling skyscrapers of New Yorks financial elite. But when his ambition opens a door he can never close, Niko is pulled into a hidden world where the brightest lights cast the darkest shadows.Behind the scenes of global markets, entertainment empires, and political games lies a hierarchy few dare to glimpse a network of power where success is no accident, and loyalty comes at a price. As Niko is swept deeper into this inner circle, he faces a chilling question:What would you sacrifice to build a legacy that lasts forever?From whispered deals and celebrity power plays to choices that pit ambition against the people he loves, Nikos journey will force him to confront the cost of greatness and whether hes the one pulling the strings, or just another puppet in the game.The curtain is rising. The players are watching.And the next move is yours.

Timothy was seven when he built his first theater in the basement of his narrow house on Elm Street, creating worlds where broken things could be made beautiful again. With safety scissors and worn-down crayons, he crafted kingdoms where dragons were friendly and stories always ended with healing. His cardboard stages were sanctuaries where the sounds of his parents arguments became distant thunder, where a lonely boy could be an artist creating hope from scraps.However, Timothy learns that hope is a luxury that broken families cant afford, and that love comes with conditions hes too young to understand.As his father leaves to "find himself" and his mothers mental health deteriorates, Timothy discovers that his gift for understanding peoples pain makes him valuablebut only as long as he continues to give what others need. Teachers praise his maturity. Classmates confide their fears. His mother clings to his invented stories because the truth is too heavy to carry. Everyone takes from Timothys endless empathy, but no one asks what he needs in return.The cardboard kingdoms grow darker. The healing stories become sophisticated tools of psychological manipulation. The boy who once created beauty from brokenness learns that power doesnt come from being goodit comes from being irreplaceable to people who need what only you can provide. That love isnt earned through serviceits commanded through necessity.Through twelve chapters that chronicle Timothys evolution from an innocent creator to a masterful healer-manipulator, Before the Big Top reveals how family dysfunction and conditional love can transform a childs gift for healing into a hunger for control, disguised as compassion. This is the origin story of the Ringmaster, showing how a boy who believed in fixing everything became a man who learned to transform peoples pain so beautifully theyd beg him to do it again.In Timothys basement, surrounded by shadows and whispered promises, the circus is bornnot as entertainment, but as the ultimate expression of a simple truth: when no one loves you for who you are, you become very good at making them need what youre willing to give.

Her first case. A missing boy. Sometimes being a Rose is the hardest thing.... Sylvia "Sylvie" Langly, a 22-year-old psychic investigator, takes on her first solo case when an 8-year-old boy named Tommy Mitchell disappears during a school field trip to Whispering Pines Forest. What begins as a missing child case becomes a confrontation with a tragic supernatural entity that has been trapping children across seven decades. She receives her grandmothers diamond rose pin, symbolizing her official status as a Rose investigator. Immediately, desperate father Robert Mitchell arrives seeking helphis son Tommy vanished three days ago near an abandoned ranger station, and police have found nothing. The Rescue When Sylvie becomes trapped herself, her sister Danadespite having suppressed her psychic abilities for yearsrushes to help. The sisters blood connection creates a psychic anchor that keeps Sylvie tethered to reality. Sylvie reaches Ezekiel not through force but empathy. The story explores their difficult adjustments and the psychological toll on Sylvie, who processes her trauma through therapy. Dana officially joins the family business as a Rose, and the sisters become investigative partners. This novella blends urban fantasy, psychological horror, and family drama with an emphasis on emotional intelligence over combat. Its a character-driven story about empathy, healing, and the courage to face darkness while remaining compassionate.

Love or power? For Panther-shifter Tomas Montoya, choosing between them may cost him everything... When Tomas found his mate Maru Yoshida in the Asian Pride, he thought hed discovered his perfect future. But fate had other plans. Now, with his grandfathers death, Tomas has been thrust into a dangerous game of Panther politics as heir to the powerful South American Pride. Sent to North America to forge crucial alliances, hes torn between his growing responsibilities and his fierce devotion to Maru. For Maru, life has become an endless maze of political machinations she never wanted. Gone are her peaceful days as a graphic artist. Instead, shes surrounded by strangers, watching her mate drift further away as he juggles Pride duties and his fathers relentless demands. The only time they truly connect is in the dark of night, when passion temporarily drowns out their problems. But when an attack on Maru reveals hidden enemies within the Pride, Tomas must make an impossible choice. Will he choose the power his father demands he embrace, or risk everything to protect the woman who holds his heart? In this sexy, intense shifter romance, even the strongest bonds are tested when Panthers play deadly games... Note: this story was originally published as part of the Prowl the Night anthology.