The remote Scottish island chain of St Kilda was abandoned by its people over a century ago.And for good reason.Bruce hates the cold, he hates being away from the city, and, most of all, he hates spiders.Now, drawn by the promise of rich gas reserves, he leads a team of corporate surveyors to these lonely shores. With no way off, they must endure harsh storms, gruelling terrain, and an infestation of arachnids.In this desolate isolation, a monstrous presence looms as they uncover the dark truth behind the island's evacuation.

A Coffin Full of Pineapples is the second in a series of mystery novels that Hilary Cohen first introduced to readers in 2023 with A Turquoise Grave. Set in the remote Grenadine Islands of the southern Caribbean, the novels feature former Chicago lawyer Maggie Mullaley, young, plucky, trying to leave past sorrows behind. Maggie is in the Caribbean to regain her emotional footing, longing for nothing more than the sea and the charms of village life. An experienced sailor, she winds up crewing for raffish charter boat captain Jack Phelps and finds herself in a world about as far from her disintegrating former existence in Chicago as possible.

In this debut story collection, Ysabelle Cheung weaves an eerie fabulism with tales that cross continents, technology, and time.Set in Hong Kong and America—between the present day and an uncannily altered future—this story collection warps the familiar rules of our world to ask: what does it mean to be Asian and a woman—living under the specter of state and technological surveillance—or trying to break free from it?In the title story, a young woman of color realizes she can make her fortune by surgically selling her facial features to whiter, wealthier clients. In "Please, Get Out and Dance," a group of rebels escapes a city that is literally disappearing around them—building by building, person by person—to migrate to a new home beneath the ocean, defying their government's mandate. "Herbs" follows an elderly widow who, when the clones of her dead husband start to appear uninvited in her home, must grapple with her...

A sporty, feel-good, body-positive rom-com pits a plus-size teen against her bullies to prove what she already knows—that she has exactly the right stuff. Sixteen-year-old Ruby has worked hard to be happy in her body, even when other people—including her brother and her PE teacher—insist there's something wrong with her for being fat. All Ruby cares about is hanging out at the skate park this summer with friends. But her brother's bullying words get under her skin, and in order to prove to him (and her impressionable little sister) that fat girls can do anything, Ruby finds herself signed up for the annual 5K Dawson Dash. There's just one problem: She can't run. The cute new boy next door can, however, and when Ollie offers to help her train, Ruby takes him up on it, even if it means he'll see her at her sweatiest and most vulnerable. Young athletes of all stripes, especially those marginalized in sports due to body differences, will find a hero in...

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