All brand-new tales to get you through the long summer days and nights Featuring all-new original tales by Silas M. Adams, Matthew F. Amati, K.G. Anderson, Jamie M. Boyd, Melinda Brasher, John M. Campbell, Katie Cervenec, Vivian Chou, Emmie Christie, Richard S. Crawford, E. N. Dauvin, Bruce Golden, Kris Faatz, Steve Forti, Jon Hansen, Joachim Heijndermans, R. W. Hodgson, Andrew M. Johnson, Jonah Jones, Zoe Kaplan, Julia LaFond, H R Laurence, Xavier Martinez, Zachary Olson, Nancy Pica Renken, Keira Reynolds, Camden Rose, Alex Scott, William Shaw, Aditya Sundararajan, Ed Teja, and Tais Teng.

There’s something funny going on here … Featuring stories by Featuring stories by Chase Anderson, Pauline Barmby, C. Dan Castro, P.A. Cornell, Sarina Dorie, CJ Erick, Arvee Andaya Fantilagan, Eric Farrell, Ben Fitts, Philip Brian Hall, David Hankins, David A. Hewitt, Hall Jameson, Pamela Love, Anne Marie Lutz, Sean MacKendrick, Lena Ng, Kurt Pankau, Bethany Tomerlin Prince, Michael Allen Rose, KR Samp, Clark Mark Sodersten, Gary S. Watkins, and Nemma Wollenfang

This is the anthology we all need — one that can help us survive our corporate servitude with our hearts and souls intact. We’ve all been there: standing behind a desk or a counter for ridiculously long hours, letting the movie of our imagination roll behind our eyes. We’re certain that you can, far too easily, find inspiration from your workplace. Magic, mayhem, revenge — and, yes, perhaps even redemption — can all be found here.

"Much Ado About Baseball is the best children's book I've read in the past 10 years!" -Brad Thor, New York Times bestselling author of the Scot Harvath series "A moving tale of baseball, magic, and former rivals who come together to solve a problem." -Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW In this companion novel to Midsummer's Mayhem, math and baseball combine with savory snacks to cause confusion and calamity in the town of Comity. Twelve-year-old Trish can solve tough math problems and throw a mean fastball. But because of her mom's new job, she's now facing a summer trying to make friends all over again in a new town. That isn't an easy thing to do, and her mom is too busy to notice how miserable she is. But at her first baseball practice, Trish realizes one of her teammates is Ben, the sixth-grade math prodigy she beat in the spring Math Puzzler Championships. Everyone around them seems to think that with their math talent and love of baseball, it's only logical that Trish and Ben become friends, but Ben makes it clear he still hasn't gotten over that loss and can't stand her. To make matters worse, their team can't win a single game. But then they meet Rob, an older kid who smacks home runs without breaking a sweat. Rob tells them about his family's store, which sells unusual snacks that will make them better ballplayers. Trish is dubious, but she's willing to try almost anything to help the team. When a mysterious booklet of math puzzles claiming to reveal the "ultimate answer" arrives in her mailbox, Trish and Ben start to get closer and solve the puzzles together. Ben starts getting hits, and their team becomes unstoppable. Trish is happy to keep riding the wave of good luck . . . until they get to a puzzle they can't solve, with tragic consequences. Can they find the answer to this ultimate puzzle, or will they strike out when it counts the most?

Our story starts, when ancient hearts, reincarnate to tell the tale, and as they unveil, the mystery, that links together all of history, the secret knowledge that once was forbidden, becomes unable to stay hidden, but when the deception of the past begins to bubble, the darkness conjures a conniving trouble, however karma spins the wheel in the name of the light, to set the world right, and when the most powerful souls of the divine, are alive once again to shine, like the prophecies told, a wonderful adventure is set to unfold, as Luna meets Soleil, when she crosses under the archway, through the magical portal their past lives created, and so their reunion was predestined and fated, because life is like a poem that never ends, and when they team up with their old friends, they open so much more, than just the ancient teleportation door, as the farther they travel, the more begins to unravel, and is unfurled, in this mythical fairytale world, because with the powers of their mind, they are able to find, the treasures their past lives left behind, and the truths that lie in the legends lost to time, as they sing the everlasting rhyme, and take the stage, to vanquish the evil and kick off the golden age!

Bunky cannot wait for the summer holidays! Soon, his entire family, including cousin Rodney, his little Wolf Plum, and Bunky’s best friend, Rosalia, travel to the North Pole in order to visit Santa Claus. During their stay at the North Pole, Bunky will have to challenge himself while diligently studying for the Golden Decimal Mathematical Contest. As a result, he will learn more about himself and about the mysterious ways in which one’s noble dreams come true. Eventually, he will also encounter the Northern Star. Bunky and the Summer Wish is a story about perseverance, personal integrity, self-acceptance, and finding one’s true worth and inner strength in a world seemingly dominated by competition. While Bunky makes a wish upon a star on a warm summer evening, he also makes a solemn promise to do everything in his might to impress those whom he loves the most—especially his beloved Rosalia. Throughout the story, he will learn more about his true value as a person and discover the importance of holding on to one’s dreams while having faith in the righteousness of one’s heart. It is the story of an imperfect yet noble hero—the story of almost every reader.

After a harrowing encounter with the vengeful Jade Empress, man-turned-dragon Elazar embarks on a perilous quest to find the elusive Forgotten Library, seeking to right ancient wrongs. With his loyal friends, Elazar discovers not only the hidden library but also the startling truth about his own heritage—and the terrifying reason the library was meant to remain lost to time.