A short story featuring the vampire, Absolom, after his departure from Rome at the end of the novel, Absolom Rex. Sons of the Wolf chronicles Absolom's brief encounter with an ancient roman family with a lineage and a curse that traces back to the beginnings of roman history."You will always be fifteen, just like everyone else here.""But, where are the adults, the babies, the cities?""There are none. It’s just the castle, the forest, the cornfield and us."Welcome to Fifteen, a world where each inhabitant is fifteen years old and dangerous. The laws of this strange world demand that boys and girls remain mortal enemies and these laws are upheld with cold-blooded determination.When Akeem and his best friend Quinn find themselves in the world of Fifteen, they become opponents on opposite sides of an endless war. Though separated, they have the same goal, to find each other and find a way home but their friendship is forbidden and they would face a death sentence if their true feelings for one another are ever discovered. Will Akeem risk the wrath of the collective to find Quinn or will he save his own life by hunting her down?

An imaginative short story featuring Ralik Teral, a young hero in the making from The Darkwater Adventurers Guild Series. The People Circus chronicles how Ralik and Doran unravel the shocking secret surrounding the gypsy circus that visits their small town.Brian Parker reveals his dry sense of humour with this potentially boring subject matter - showing us how statistically, our lives can be categorised from one moment to the next!Meet Pat and Bill Smith, married with 3.1 children, having sex 1.8 times per week, until the day fate lends a hand and moves them into different statistical categories ...