-Michael "Bugger" Bagger, Modern Magic
All Ishiru Suzuki wanted to do was complete his shift at the 7-11 and go home. But when three costumed nuts break into the store, he finds himself swept up in a chain of events that will take him to god knows what. Can an ex-Green Beret, a high-school hockey coach, a female paranoid's paranoid, and a clerk with a chip on his shoulder survive with their lives- and sanity- intact?
The Achilles Detection and Elimination Service are in big trouble these days; they're feeding and housing nine to twelve not-quite-humans, and their only financial backer will agree to help them only if they agree to dress like superheroes. And now, Peoria, Illinois is overrun with a plague of zombies. There's no rest for the wicked, but these particular do-gooders aren't doing so hot either.
Some radio talk-show hosts get problems like this; distraught newlyweds, husband with a job problem, wife feeling left out, the usual. But the whole "rotting corpses in the freezer" thing crops up, and suddenly, this isn't just your average domestic squabble. Does Dr. Laura ever get days like this?
Sometimes, the fine lines between fiction and fact can become blurred. For aspiring writer Kate Martin, this is never clearer than when a disastrous shipwreck lands her on a deserted island with the type of creature she'd only read about. How do you fight a man with no face?
Who is Emma Poule? An intern at a nursing home. A changer of bedpans. A handler of bingo cards. A fusion of human and king crab. And a royally confused participant in what may be a clash of interdimensional proportions.
When the natural and supernatural realms abruptly collided outside a small town in New Jersey, humans and demons alike dealt with it. Now, three years later, winged fomentor of chaos Drachma Varden is at work again- as a police detective in Chicago, Illinois. But not all the demonic arrivals to this new world are as friendly as he is- as he discovers when a horrific string of murders rack the Midwest. Is the culprit merely insane- or are these simply part of a greater, more terrifying plan?
Aliens are attempting to destroy Earth. But even aliens need technical aid . . . and when they accidently dial a wrong number, it's up to lowly phone drone Ron J. Walters to stop them. Hold, please.