Bücher veröffentlicht von Luminous Aphotica Publishing

Sometimes, talking to the right person can show you a path out of darkness...but what if that person has been dead for thirty years?Monica should have known better than to remain in New Hope. How stupidly optimistic, how naïve, she'd been. Why did she think her life could be anything but pain and sorrow and regret? Why did she think she could just be okay with murdering her ex-husband, even if he was a blood-thirsty werewolf? Why does she think, now, that drowning her sorrows in alcohol is the answer? So much for Lex being the one who needs to her get shit together.Lex. Monica knows she's pushing her away, but she can't just forget her life before, can't forget the man he once was, who they once were. Who she once was. Who she and Lex could have been. All that possibility...gone.Her only refuge is her bookstore, The Second-Last Word, which she built on the ashes of the one once owned by her father. More pain, sure, but at least it's been dulled by the passage of time.Then, in a fit of pain and anger and grief, she calls the number of the bookstore her father owned, destroyed three decades ago.And he answers. And he knows who she is. In the span of seconds, everything-absolutely everything-Monica thought she knew is turned upside down. Can she find the strength to not only save herself but the lives of all those she's ever loved? Can she save her father, three decades in the past? Can she end a cycle born of an aphotic darkness?"OMG, I have not been breathing! These pages have been terrible but also beautiful and strangely moving."Jennifer Dinsmore, editor of The Aphotic series

Whoever said you can't go home again was right. Lex tried. And now she really wishes she hadn't.When Lex left No Hope, she had no plans to return. Never wanted to. Not after... No. She doesn't allow herself to go there. Leave it in the rear-view, just like her hometown.Ten years down the road, the past can't seem to stay in the past and her life is in disarray. She really needs to start getting her shit together.Then her mother is brutally murdered, and Lex finds herself on the long, desolate drive back home. Once there, Lex discovers things are worse than she thought. The family home is in shambles, her father is in decline, and her brother is, somehow, an even bigger asshole than before. Taking comfort in the presence of old friends-and a possible new lover-Lex plans to again leave No Hope in the rear-view as fast as possible. Screw what's left of her so-called family.Those plans go awry when a mysterious woman, known to the locals as Spooky Talia, asks a seemingly impossible favour of Lex take up a quest for a mythical talisman so she can strike a bargain with a vicious group of bloodsuckers who aren't known for their patience. A bargain that will, apparently, hopefully, save her life and deliver her mother's murderer.It's also Lex's last chance to get her shit together. No pressure.Embarking on the most bizarre road trip imaginable, Lex will have to face her demons-both real and imagined-in order to rediscover any hope in a town where hope has always gone to die."Nope. Don't like this at all. Tobin, I don't trust you. No, no. F*ck no!" - Jennifer Dinsmore, editor of The Aphotic series.

Two ancient relics. Two feral, supernatural species. One fight for control. Some families are born in blood.For almost a century, the Clutch has been confined by a small boundary. All attempts to cross it have failed miserably, with no survivors to tell their tales. Chloe and the other vampires long for the life they had before. Back when they could roam and hunt freely. Back when they had control over the wolves.Back before the wolves found that damnable Book and locked them within a few miserable square miles of rock and brush at the edge of Lake Kwanashishing.The wolves have a standing proposal: they would consider a compromise if a vampire escaped the inescapable boundary and met on the pack's land. Typical wolves.Chloe believes she may have found a way, though the very thought makes her uneasy. Vampires should never try to cross running water, after all. Then there's the fact that the wolves' pack leader and the Clutch's First hate each other. And as the second, Chloe is bound to protect her leader.But when the moment comes, Chloe is shocked to find she is more concerned for the safety of a sad little boy than she is for that of her First. Can she save him from her First, or from the pack? Can she do it without invoking the ire of her Clutch and jeopardizing their one chance at freedom?"So many of the most brutal aspects of this story are so beautifully told!" - Jennifer Dinsmore, editor of The Aphotic series

Losing blood doesn't always mean you're bleeding. You think you know what it means to lose blood?Zero does. One of her members broke the rule: no werewolf shall harm or kill another. But the replacement is an overeager fool who refers to himself as the Fed. He'll risk everything to prove his worth. And he's out for revenge.Rainer does. Her parents, her sister, her husband, her child...her blood. The werewolves took everyone she loved, and she's vowed to never let it happen again. But when she finally opens herself up, she puts a whole new family in the werewolves' path. She'll risk everything to stop the wolves. Now, she's out for revenge.Sam does. With her mother gone, Sam is finally forging a relationship with her father. So she isn't sure what to think when Rainer shows up, stinking of smoke and death, and tells Sam and her dad that they must come with her. For their safety.But Sam is different from other kids her age. Precocious and foul-mouthed, she's learning she's strangely powerful. And that even the werewolves can sense it.Yet another, darker power waits, biding its time. It just needs to find that perfect...someone.Someone willing to spill blood."This is disturbing. These f*ckers are scary!" - Jennifer Dinsmore, editor of The Aphotic series