Ray Bradbury, the master of American science fiction, offers an intriguing answer to the question that all writers dread: Where do you get your ideas? One evening in South Florida, an author is dozing beside a swimming pool in when a stranger interrupts his peace. The newcomer, a self-professed fan and a literary agent of sorts, has a proposal for the author . . . one that may shape the course of literary history. With just a few thousand words, this charming short story from Ray Bradbury may change the way you look at classic literature forever. "One More Body in the Pool" by Ray Bradbury is one of 20 short stories within Mulholland Books's Strand Originals series, featuring thrilling stories by the biggest names in mystery from the Strand Magazine archives. View the full series list at mulhollandbooks.com and listen to them all!

Ray Bradbury, the master of American science fiction, offers an intriguing answer to the question that all writers dread: Where do you get your ideas?One evening in South Florida, an author is dozing beside a swimming pool in when a stranger interrupts his peace. The newcomer, a self-professed fan and a literary agent of sorts, has a proposal for the author . . . one that may shape the course of literary history. With just a few thousand words, this charming short story from Ray Bradbury may change the way you look at classic literature forever."One More Body in the Pool" by Ray Bradbury is one of 20 short stories within Mulholland Books's Strand Originals series, featuring thrilling stories by the biggest names in mystery from the Strand Magazine archives. View the full series list at mulhollandbooks.com and read them all!

Michael Palmer and Matthew Palmer join forces to pen the story of John, a low-level criminal looking for the next big score in the in the factory town of Logan. A small-time criminal joins a gang, he does a year in prison, and he swears he's better than all of it. That's when he decides he will rob the home of the Harpy, an ancient women living out her last days in a moldering mansion above town. But things don't go as John expects, and Harpy is given a reward that may well be a curse. With this information, John swears he's invincible...but has he thought of every angle? "The Deal" by Michael Palmer and Matthew Palmer is one of 20 short stories within Mulholland Books's Strand Originals series, featuring thrilling stories by the most legendary authors in the Strand Magazine archives. View the full series list at mulhollandbooks.com and listen to them all!

A Merman Named Stares will finally join a Sea of Creatures. He will enjoy a good swim, fresh fish for Lunch, and a Beautiful Mermaid to share his Dream with in the Colony. A Blue Scaled Mermaid that he will come to care for, fight, and die in an attempt to save the Mergirl from a predator. A Mermaid Bone Crunching Meat Eating Monster. He will face many unexplored places and countless monsters. A Place Forbidden by The Gods and Goddesses that Ruled Millenniums Ago over the Sea. A Graveyard Built for Watery-Eyed Gods. That Lived Millenniums Ago. He Will Face the Dark Gods and Goddesses from another Time and Era. A Huge Graveyard of Dinosaur Remains and Prehistoric Skeletons of Huge Sea Creatures. Each will be exposed in a cloud of soft white-colored sand. Monstrous Warrior Mermen from 1000s of years ago Lay in Rock. Some in Statuesque Form. Each on the bottom of the Dark and Dead Seas. A Story Based on a 13-foot Silvery Blue Scaled Merman with Powder Blue Eyes. And a Colony of Blue Scaled Mermaids. Mermen Colonies that live near the Ocean Floor. A Dark Scaly Demented Mermen and Mermaid Colony also Live There. Beneath the Clean, Clear, Crystal Water in the Dark, Black, and Dead Seas. Some in the Dark, Dead Mediterranean, Red, Baltic, and Black, Seas. Each Colony will fight for its survival and for its species. An Ancient Graveyard for Mighty Mermen Gods and Warrior Mermen from yesteryear, Stand on the white sand on a pedestal on the Ocean Floor. Surrounded in chalky white light dust. A current in the Sea would make the white sand rise around them. Which can only be seen when the Sea is at its calmest or turmoil. A Castle Built at the Bottom of the Sea belongs to The Gods. Gargantuan Mermen that lived Millenniums Ago. Reign in the Dark and Dead Seas. A Towering structure made of Bones of other Gods and Monsters formed the Kingdom of The Godless Gods. An Epic Novel with 100,000 words. A Fantasy Adventure, and Horror Novel.

Fall in love with British Billionaire Michael Sinclair in Colet Abedi's new STANDALONE romance Tame from The Sinclair Brothers Series. Abby Walters fell in love with me when she was a child. In many ways, she still is one. That sweet, sheltered good girl may look like a walking orgasm, but I know she’s innocent. Too innocent for me, the renowned British playboy. It’s ironic, isn’t it, that I’m the one spending my career in philanthropy while she toils away as a barista. The heiress to her own fortune, she’s terrible at this job. It’s all wrong for her. But then so am I. So why did I offer to hire her? Because I want her close to me.Under my control. And in my bed. It’s not like Abby’s going to tame me. Right? Tame is book 3 in The Sinclair Brothers Series and can be read as a standalone. Mad Love & Mad Love 2 - Clayton Sinclair Tame - Michael Sinclair