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Uncover the secret annals of untold history in these eighteen medieval manuscripts. Each tortured scribe will bring you face to face with ancient horrors lurking in cursed castles, wild woodlands, haunted hamlets, and mysterious monasteries. Including a lineup of authors both established and emerging, HOWL Society Press presents the first-ever anthology of historical horror from the medieval period, fittingly introduced by the writer who arguably started it all: Christopher Buehlman, author of the medieval horror epic Between Two Fires.

With Michael’s life hanging in the balance, Amber had a choice: Save her star-fated love or keep on the crusade to unite the magical community. For Amber, her fate was sealed even before her birth and it was her destiny to fight the great battle ahead of her. But, when it came to her heart - her friends, her great love - Amber’s torn. Not only was she the Queen, but she was a human in every sense of the word. She was vulnerable. And so the very people - Chloe and Michael - that gave her strength, quickly became her weakness. It wasn’t her fault she loved too much, was it?

When you are in love with the one you fear and hate the most, it leaves you no options. How can you fight her, protect her, love her, when all it would do is leave you in pieces? Amber and Chloe are pulled deeper into the Prophecy that reveals itself as the Blood Moon rises. Michael is pulled and torn into different directions. His choice is fated but is not known until Amber embraces her true destiny and is crowned Queen.

Chloe, a teenage witch, realizes her future potential through an unfortunate kidnapping. She is destined to be the most powerful witch in the world. Together with family and friends, Chloe begins to embrace her journey through her visions. These visions will ultimately be her guide on her journey.

Amber Stone, once a child prodigy, has just become curator of a special collection of Macedonian artifacts for the Seattle Museum of Natural History. Chloe, a prodigy of a different sort, holds a position at the museum focusing on tribal art. The two become fast friends, united by Amber's unsettling dreams and Chloe's unorthodox ways of dealing with them. Two strangers arrive in town, bringing with them a prophecy recorded more than 3,000 years ago, a prophecy that places Amber directly in the midst of a battle that has spanned a millennia.

Marcus is a young man, full of life and innocence, yet his homelessness cast a spell of yearning for adventure and a better life. He wants that adventure and to return to a normal life someday...but that day isn't today. Eliza, a beautiful vampire, seduces him into a world like no other. Their young love and hunger drive them together and also pull them apart. Marcus ventures out on his own as a newborn vampire and experiences all the emotions of rage, anger, love, and lust in order to become the man he is today.

Two parents chosen to conceive and birth the child the world has been waiting for are desperate to change what has been foretold for hundreds of years. Wanting to save the life of the unborn child, measures are taken to hide the coming of the innocent baby. Dark secrets are unveiled, and evil forces come forward to take what is theirs. Can prophecy be rewritten? Is there a savior destined to come?