Cirrus@Austlit

'From food to vitamins to people, Rev despises all things artificial. If it's not natural, it's not worth his time. His body is pure. His strength is everything.

'And he loses it all so quickly.

'Without a job and almost losing his life, Rev is saved by the beautiful and intriguing Sveta and offered a new chance, a new existence.

'Powerless against Sveta's charms, Rev falls into her strange world, a fight club arena where physical form is worshipped and champions are celebrated in a bizarre game of bloody violence and supernatural spectacle.

'The Arena is a chance for Rev to prove himself, to become the legend he was born to be. But in this world winning has a cost.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Travis was just looking for an edge. And then he fell right over it.

'Struggling with the demands of their studies, a group of university students dabbles with an occult solution to staying up all night: a demon that feeds on sleep.

'When the spell goes awry, Travis takes the demon into himself and glimpses unimaginable power. At a cost. Now he must battle to keep it there, keep it quiet, keep the world safe from the brewing darkness that has fused to his soul.

'But the demon doesn’t want to stay hidden. It wants a taste of life, a taste of death and Travis finds himself with little choice but to go along for the ride.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'A clockwork vampire.

'A collector of prized souls.

'A plague of wolf monsters.

'Shifters. Ghosts. Goddesses. Dragons. Demons. Wizards. Mermaids. Psychics. All contained within the pages of this book.

'Enter a dark urban fantasy world where…

'A woman struggling to make the most of her cursed life is haunted by her future.

'A little girl confronts her fears to prove the old man next door is not, as her sister believes, a wicked, soul stealing fae.

'A restaurant specializing in the flesh of magical beasts goes one dish too far.

'A politician unleashes a monstrous plague to win an election.

'An abused wife finds her divine power.

'A young girl suffers the whims of her drunkard wizard father on a trip to the abandoned zoo.

'A courier falls into the clutches of a bizarre clockwork vampire.

'An elderly toy maker has spent his life cleaning up after the demonic acts of his dolls.

'A medium author who has grown rich off tales of the dead is threatened by a fellow psychic.

'Nine dark corners of Guessing, nine stories of wonder, whimsy, and horror.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'This short story sequence features three unique tales, told through the eyes of the city herself as she watches Death in action.

'The Death Watch Sequence includes the following short stories:

'The Not Death of James Dome

'Immortal Death

'Vigil for Death

'Three tales. Three moments of life. And then the end.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.