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Books > Children's Fiction & Fun > Adventure Stories > Horror & Ghost Stories
"You are deluded, Romeo. Vampires do not have the capability to
love. They are heartless."
The Capulets and the Montagues have some deep and essential
differences. Blood differences. Of course, the Capulets can escape
their vampire fate, and the Montagues can try not to kill their
undead enemies. But at the end of the day, their blood feud is
unstoppable. So it's really quite a problem when Juliet, a
vampire-to-be, and Romeo, the human who should be hunting her, fall
desperately in love. What they don't realize is how deadly their
love will turn out to be--or what it will mean for their
afterlives. . . .
This riotous twist on the ultimate tale of forbidden romance is
simply to die for.
Set in the same world as A Curse of Salt, a heartbreaking sapphic
romantasy inspired by Little Red Riding Hood. Pirates are tearing
Mersey's seaside city apart like wolves. A fifty-year-old treaty
lies in tatters, and Mersey wants nothing more than to return to
her life at sea, to make those pirates pay and keep her people
safe, but a deal with her beloved grandmother ties Mersey to the
forests and a future that doesn't feel like her own. Afraid she'll
never get to be captain again if she stays, Mersey sets out to free
her city - and herself - from the hounds of the Heartless King.
When a reckless plan fails, Mersey finds herself caught up in the
world's most notorious pirate crew, and the arms of its
cold-blooded first mate. These pirates are determined to take
Mersey's city for themselves, leaving her caught in the beginnings
of a war; one she knows will have disastrous consequences for the
people she loves, but just might be the thing to set her free. Amid
lies, betrayal, and a blossoming love for someone she is supposed
to want dead, Mersey finds herself torn between two lives, each as
steeped in red as the other.
Deadknobs And Doomsticks is a collection of twelve illustrated
short horror stories. Ranging from the darkly bizarre to the
horrifically surreal, many of the stories are laced with a theme of
bullying and bullies. Dark undertones and malevolent overtones
interweave with characters and situations that pull the reader to
the edge of their seat. Wit and black humour is prevalent through
the stories, each with a delicious payoff for the reader. Joe
Pasquale shows that where there is laughter there is also a dark
and disturbing voice that is drawn to the horror genre to find its
release. With illustrations by the author, this collection shows a
rich depth of talent as an artist and author. Joe shows he has as
unique a voice in the world of horror writing, as it is in comedy.
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