A collection of short stories about adventurers and the monsters they love. Set in a charming tavern run by an even more charming bartender, audiences are free to enjoy the sometimes heartwarming and sometimes thrilling world of Sombfal!

A talking glory hole. A man who lives out his dream of becoming a horror movie hero. A loser who makes pretzels out of human intestines. A little boy who finds a monster in his closet and is given a very serious ultimatum. A high school basketball star who was stitched together from the spare parts of dead babies, but harbors a secret much less acceptable to his classmates: he's gay. These are just a few of the things you'll find here in the first collection of shorter works from Jeff O'Brien, author of Bigboobenstein and The Halloween Orgy Massacre.

It was a great honor ro be born on the same day in the same country as President Carter, and I am also thrilled he selected my birthday to be his. You know, I'm glad providence tapped the other child born ten miles away to become the thirty-ninth president of the United States. I don't think I would have had nearly as much fun being president. Maybe you will agree after reading my story.

Recipe for the apocalypse: * Four parts Horsemen of the Apocalypse * Three drops of bathtub LSD * A handful of sexual perverts * Garnish with a bunch of really hot pissed-off militant lesbians * Add a splash of savior approved Red Bull Shake or stir, just don't upset junk-monkey Phil in the process. Serve to the demons that are currently invading the Earth. You think you know how the world ends? You don't know shit!

As three generations of women navigate the uncertain paths of their hearts and futures, one summer promises to bring change—whether they’re ready for it or not. At thirty-eight, garden shop owner Jessie McBride thinks her chances for romance are years behind her and, after her failed marriage, she’s fine with that. She lives contentedly with her fiery mother and her quiet, headstrong daughter. But the unexpected arrival of two men on Glory Road make her question if she’s really happy with the status quo. Handsome, wealthy Sumner Tate asks her to arrange flowers for his daughter’s wedding, and Jessie finds herself drawn to his continued attention. Ben Bradley, her lingering what-could-have-been from her high school days who’s known her better than anyone and whom she hasn’t seen in years, moves back to the red dirt road. Jessie finds her heart being pulled in directions she never expected. Meanwhile, Jessie’s fourteen-year-old daughter, Evan, is approaching the start of high school and trying to navigate a new world of identity and emotions—particularly as they relate to the cute new guy who’s moved in just down the road. At the same time, Jessie’s mother, Gus, increasingly finds herself forgetful and faces a potentially frightening future. For these three strong Southern women, the roots they’ve planted on Glory Road will give life to the adventures waiting just around the curve. Praise for Glory Road: “Rich colorful characters capturing my heart, combined with a story that kept me up till the wee hours, Glory Road is a perfect read. Lauren Denton has done it again!” —Lisa Patton, bestselling author of Rush and Whistlin’ Dixie in a Nor’easter Stand-alone Southern women’s fiction novel Book length: approximately 95,000 words Includes discussion questions for book clubs

An enthralling, epic tale of the webs of misinformation that saturate, obscure, and complicate the vagaries of day-to-day life in modern America. It’s 2006, and a cloud of darkness seems to have descended over the Earth—or at least over the minds of a ragtag assortment of Bay Area writers, drug dealers, social workers, porn directors, and Melvin, a street kid and refugee from his Mormon family. A shooter runs amok in an Amish schoolhouse, the president runs amok in the Middle East, a child is kidnapped from Disneyland, and on the local literary scene, a former child prostitute and wunderkind author that nobody has ever met has become a media sensation. But something is fishy about this author, Huey Beauregard, and so Melvin and his friends Felicia and Philip launch an investigation into the webs of self-serving stories, lies, rumors, and propaganda that have come to constitute our sad, fractured reality. Glory Hole is a novel about the ravages of time and the varied consequences of a romantic attitude toward literature and life. It is about AIDS, meth, porn, fake biographies, street outreach, the study of Arabic verb forms, Polish transgender modernists, obsession, and future life forms. It’s about getting lost in the fog, about prison as both metaphor and reality, madness, evil clowns, and mystical texts. Vast and ambitious, comic and tragic, the novel also serves as a version of the I Ching, meaning it can be used as an oracle.

Working in the Adult Entertainment Industry, Darcie’s used to being surrounded by d**ks all day. She’s just tired of dating them. Three friends. Too many drinks. A terribly awesome idea. A girl can be played so many times before she snaps. Enough is enough. Time to turn the tables. This summer, the playees become the players. And brace yourself. Sh*t’s about to get weird. ***WARNING*** If you do not have a twisted sense of humor, a dirty mind, enjoy getting laid, enjoy a laugh or five, and aren’t into women who swear like drunken sailors then this book isn’t for you. Derail, derail this c*cktrain now.