12 tales of adventure, magic and wonder from a stellar author and illustrator line-up - the perfect gift for all story-lovers

It was September 1, 1969, and I, ten-year-old Tommy Warner, was living in the Berkshires town of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, with my six siblings in our family's 1835 homestead. That evening, I was next door, coloring with my neighbor when mental telepathy called me to leave our neighbors house and go home. A historic event was about to occur. All noises disappeared and in an instant, a UFO dropped out of the sky and I was abducted. I was gone for seven minutes before being put back down in a UFO beam at the edge of our Warner Homestead. Startlingly, just two weeks later, the UFO came back and I was abducted a second time. My story was featured in the 2020 Netflix Series Unsolved Mysteries "Berkshires UFO." My autobiography covers the events both before and after the abductions, and how this affected me. I write my autobiography to help others who may have similar experiences and to share the message that was left with me for all of humanity.

The fun and fantasy continue with bestselling and award-winning author M. T. Anderson.You haven't seen strange until you've seen what Brian and Gregory are up against.... Something incredibly strange is happening. It's not The Game of Sunken Places-Brian and Gregory have been through that before. But still...strange creatures have begun to chase after them. And Gregory's adventurous cousin Prudence has disappeared. When Brian and Gregory go to the Vermont woods to track down Prudence, they find many things are...off. People are not where they're supposed to be. Time has stopped working properly.

Would you trust a living blob of slime? Cassius was the first one to witness it fall from the sky. But its crash-landing wasn't an accident. Novae was shot down. And now, the very aliens that gunned his ship to oblivion are pursuing him. Their father, Overlord Cerebrum, hungers after the blob's flesh and will stop at nothing to obtain the living slime. If Cassius doesn't get Novae off the planet and back to his home above, the world will become a warzone. People will die--his friends will perish--and any survivors will have their brains hijacked, only to become slaves to the faceless tyrant looming over the planet. But Cassius can't do it alone. He'll need to trust the help of friends and strangers alike. Doing so feels all but impossible, for past wounds from broken relationships refuse to heal. If he fails to trust again, his quest is doomed to fail. The overlord will win, Novae will die, and Cassius's home world will vanish forever. Yeah . . . No pressure. A YA, alien, science fantasy adventure quest by California State Fair--and LA County Fair--award winning storyteller, Dakota Ryder Hatch. His animated short, "The Lost Spaceman" won first prize in both competitions. "It's not often I read a book that creates a totally new experience like this one does. This is a unique epic sci-fi space fantasy story. The characters are richly developed and the story line draws the reader in from the beginning. There's mind powers, space travel, aliens (good and bad), mortal peril, friends, frenemies, enemies-turned-friends, a little young love, and beating insurmountable odds---and then there's the alien animals... Seriously, you will not be bored." -- Amazon reviewer (★★★★★)

A powerful epic of interstellar travel, alternate sexuality, and overpoweringobsession, "The Dark Beyond the Stars" is currently in development by FrancisFord Coppola for a major motion picture project.

"Something in me knows of a life I was meant to live but for whatever reason, I have not . . . "Words that ring painfully true for Adam Sheppard, a San Francisco programmer who has spent the vast majority of his 30-something years lost in the dim glow of a computer screen. On the verge of a psychotic break, Adam begins to have a recurring dream of his early childhood and the hauntingly rustic town of Mendocino, California, where he grew up. Convinced he has left something behind there, something vital to his present sanity, Adam walks away from his current life to figure out what that is.One evening, out on the cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Adam has a chance encounter with a mysterious woman, only to later realize that she may be a long forgotten childhood friend. The coincidence of their reunion only deepens as Adam discovers that the woman has also returned to Mendocino due to a recurring dream, eerily similar to his own.Lost soulmates drawn together through time and space, or perhaps their meeting is only the beginning of a much deeper mystery. As Adam awakens to the possibility that his life could be destined for more than a bleak virtual wasteland, he soon finds himself a crucial pawn in a game that pits forces intent on enslaving the human spirit against those few quixotic souls who still search for meaning, beauty, and magic in the world.

"This story is a captivating blend of science fiction, fantasy, and mystery. For 11-13-year-old readers that enjoy books such as A Wrinkle In Time.""What am I?"Sheena Meyer is the girl that brings an extra sandwich to school each day just in case someone doesn't have lunch. She's also the girl that questions and investigates everything, driving her parents and teachers nuts. She spends most days waiting for some grand event to happen and change her life. But this isn't what she had in mind. The Murk is coming for her because of a gift she doesn't know she has.Nine years ago an angel appeared in front of select kids all over the world. In Michigan, it appeared in a willow tree in front of a four-year-old little girl. She's the only child that saw it, the one with the gift. Sheena is now thirteen and has since forgotten what she saw. But things change when her father is in a terrible accident, and she witnesses a supernatural being save him."I saw what you did. Come back!" An elderly man, the arrival of a peculiar new kid at school, and mysterious text messages will change everything Sheena has ever believed in, sweeping her out of a humdrum, teenage existence, and setting in motion what one little girl's destiny can mean to the world.