An anthology of short stories, by a variety of the international artists. Includes the full-color work of top animators at Pixar, DreamWorks, and other studios, emerging Web cartoonists, and established comic book and graphic novel creators.

"When former forensic photographer Miranda Rhoads moves to the seaside town of Lost Beach, she's decided to make her living as a wildlife photographer and put crime scenes behind her. But her plans are quickly upended when one morning, she comes across a couple sleeping in a canoe, entwined in an embrace. Looking closer, she realizes the man and woman aren't asleep -- they've been murdered. Detective Joel Breda sets out to find answers -- not only...

A treacherous new world awaits. Sisterwitches Isadora and Sanna Spence aren't sitting back anymore. In fact, they're both tangled in separate new worlds-ones they didn't anticipate. Despite the Dragonmasters home burning to ash, Sanna is certain of one thing-she will not be a tyrant, even though managing a brood of frightened dragons falls on her reluctant shoulders. When a devastating tragedy strikes the Dragonmaster families, Sanna is forced...

In the vast black of space, a new and powerful threat lurks somewhere just out of sight. Someone risks the annihilation of humanity by transmitting messages into the unknown. How long before the enemy strikes? After rescuing the survivors of an attack, and revealing their enemy was as human as the rest of the fleet, Pen expected an interesting new challenge. Talking to school kids about the mission, wasn't at all what she had in mind. Tempted to join...

As a girl, Maggie dreamed of joining the Sisters, a group of women who enjoy the status and attention afforded by their beautiful wings. Now, years later, she has wings of her own. But, an encounter in the woods forces her to reckon with her past-and the painful price her wings demanded.

Published in 1926 and written by civil rights activist and longtime head of the NAACP Walter White, Flight "belongs to an extinct but historically crucial genre of African-American fiction: the passing novel. Here, White, himself light enough to pass, explores the many dimensions of the path not taken. Along the way, he reflects on the American propensity for personal reinvention and the arbitrariness of racial designation" (Nell Irvin Painter, New...

When a headless body is found in the street, Clara and Katherine are left with a mystery of how a human's head could look cleanly blown off. But as another body is found and a new drug ravages the population, the risk of the High-Born invading Trixa to stem the tide looms over them and dark secrets from Clara's past come to the surface. This is the second book in the "Go Away Girls" series. A short story of 18,400 words.

These are Emily's last five days in Lightning Cove, a community on the northeast coast of Newfoundland where she struggles to free herself from an oppressive husband. Her life, she senses, is only half-occupied. All of which explains the three plane tickets hidden beneath a loose floorboard in the basement - one for herself and one each for her two youngsters. But a lot can happen in five days. With the town on the verge of a massive collapse because...

Can two adventure junkies find a future together? Clare O'Malley's ambitions have brought her to the very top of her field, a profession that requires her to lie and keep secrets even from those she loves. But, to become a bonafide legend, she has to find the former Shifter support group leader and Naravan cult hero, Kira Farseaker and bring her back to Narava. No easy feat, even for someone of Clare's considerable talents. To find Kira, Clare needs...

An illustrated book of projects demonstrating the properties of flight.