In fairytales, the magical happens. The illogical also happens. Bad decisions are made, people marry homicidal psychopaths, and there is a disturbing tendency to abandon children in the middle of dangerous forests.

The retelling of the fairytales in this book try to insert just a modicum of common sense - or, failing that, at least point out the truly horrendous lack of it.

The Monkey of Manhattan: The city of New York is startled, when a monkey broke loose in the city! The monkey terrorizes everyone and steals things from people in the central park. The monkey is called Monkey Boy and belongs to a street artist who regularly performs tricks in Times Square. The Monkey of Colombia: After years of no contact and ignorance, Marleen and Bruno go on vacation to Colombia. It's been years since they left Boy the monkey there and gave their lives a new meaning. How wou...

The caste of Sharmaz contains a collection of short stories ranging from hard science fiction to fantasy and from horror to humor.

Those who like fantasy will most probably enjoy the title story, Gisele and Galdan, The ancient magic and Why not all snakes have a split tongue.

The white glow of steel, There are so many others and clear as sunlight are science fiction stories.

Furthermore you will find some horror, like the story of what happened after the famous 80's movie 'An American werewo...

When eleven-year-old Ash Merrill discovers a hidden house in his home town, his life takes an exciting turn. Quintus Bowen, the owner of the house, and an ancient journal, which he inherits from an unknown relative, tell him the story of his ancestors and of the Bowen Family. This is just what Ash has longed for; an adventure! But the more he learns the more questions arise. He gets his answers when a classmate dies and Quintus Bowen tells him of The Mystery of the Blue Moon.

How far would you go to keep your greatest secrets from being revealed?

No one’s perfect, they say. But Ava came about as close as one could get. When she disappeared, her two best friends made it their new life goal to find her and bring her home.

In their excruciating search, they uncovered all the secrets Ava was so eager to keep. The more they discovered, the more they wondered: How well can you really know someone? And where do you start looking if you don’t know who it is you want...

She shook her head softly, and averted her eyes briefly. When she looked back into his, her eyes glistened. “Darling, please sit down. Let me explain…”

Sam took a step back and lost his temper. “I can’t keep doing this! You’ve got me running here and there, losing my job, getting it back; I don’t know what you want from me!”

She cried softly and looked at him pleadingly, her hands outstretched.

“Sam, please. Don’t get upset. I know it’s all hard to understand, but I prom...

When Ana Christina Emily (aka ACE) returned to her home after a four-year walkabout she experienced one shock after another.

Her late mother turned out to be her adoptive mother.

Her father, who went missing shortly before her first birthday, now appeared to have sneaked to England, where he recently died.

While traveling to the UK, where she was expected in Bath for the reading of her father's will, she had to change flights in Kuala Lumpur.

In the departure hall, an unknown Asian girl gav...

The book tells the story of Jason, who is seriously in trouble with himself. He just can't get any further in his life. Fighting against himself and the storm of life, he fails every time. Until one day he comes into contact with an education that takes him out of the eye of the storm. This book is written for anyone who is currently battling in her or his own storm, or has already come out of it.

When Roos Boum contemplates things like reincarnation, déjà vu, and death; stories form in her mind around these phenomena. Because as long as the opposite is not proven, who's to say, for example, that reincarnation doesn't exist? What if children have talents that cannot be explained? Or what exactly is a déjà vu? Could it be a ripple in parallel timelines? And what will you do when a hyper solar flair will hit our earth, are you prepped? Or what if we wouldn't die? What would happen wi...

HANS VAN TIGCHELT, Born in Turnhout, Belgium, in 1964, married with two children, is a lover of sportscars and bluesrock, whilst professionally he's a manager in a large multinational. Little indication thus of him concealing a writer within, let alone a poet. Admittedly, his poetry is not your usual rhyme of love or the loss of it. Reading his lines is more like coming down with the flu: the more it sets in, the more poorly you will feel...

So beware:

THOUGHTS OF EONS will upset you and m...