Bite Me

It's hard enough for Dianne to be fifteen and obviously to love her parents, even worse when there's something weird about them no one quite understands. Her father being a vampire and her mother being a werewolf is a simple fact of life. More worrisome are Mom and Dad getting sick for unknown reasons, the effect an accidental display of power is having on her social life, and the possibility that the boy next door thinks she's a freak. Matthew seems to like her, yet there's something of about him. Dr. Nat Silver, a vampire with several medical degrees, may provide some answers. For the most part Dianne feels it's her wit and devotion versus a world more cruel than any supernatural being could ever be.

Barely eighteen-year-old heroine Valentine Shapiro got a raw deal in the parent lottery. Her father was part incubus demon, and her mother's never forgiven her for that.Life after high school is tough enough without having to go 15 rounds with your inner demon. Thrown out of the house by her mother, Val puts one foot in front of the other and does the only thing that seems to make any sense--she takes aim at the town vampires. A stake a day, keeps the demon at bay. (But don't call her Buffy. That makes Lola, her demon, very cranky.) Her dark side makes everyday life a roller coaster, but means she's perfect for her night job as a bounty hunter. San Antonio's vampires are out of control, and it's up to Val, her faithful hellhound Fang, and her new partner, a handsome San Antonio police detective, to get the deadly fangbangers off the city streets. Soon enough she finds herself deep in the underbelly of the city, discovering the secrets of the Demon Underground and fighting to save those she loves. Whether they love her back or not.

Food is not only something we eat, it is something we use to define ourselves. Ingestion and incorporation are central to our connection with the world outside our bodies. Food's powerful social, economic, political and symbolic roles cannot be ignored - what we eat is a marker of power, cultural capital, class, ethnic and racial identity. Bite Me considers the ways in which popular culture reveals our relationship with food and our own bodies and how these have become an arena for political and ideological battles. Drawing on an extraordinary range of material - films, books, comics, songs, music videos, websites, slang, performances, advertising and mass-produced objects - Bite Me invites the reader to take a fresh look at today's products and practices to see how much food shapes our lives, perceptions and identities.

Cozy up by the fire on a dreary rain filled day and open up this tomb of stories, poetry, and art with a BITE! Hailing from the misty forests of Maine, this collection is eerie, creepy, and spine tingling. Not to mention, it is filled with vampires that taunt, seduce, and wreak havoc. With work hailing from the four corners of the world, we invite you to sink your teeth into this collection of frightening tales, art, and poetry by Susan Birch, Duane Bruce, Bonnie Rose Bryan, Ariana R. Cherry, Linda M. Crate, S.J. Galvin, Norbert Gora, Joshua Goudreau, James Graham, D.B. Hall, Charlie Marenghi, R.C. Mulhare, Sergio Palumbo, Kent Rucker, S, Anusha VR, and Drew Wilen.

Eli Channing was just a man on top of the world, successful, married to Ivy, the woman of his dreams. Then one night, they're attacked, and she's murdered by vampires beyond salvation. Eli was saved, recruited to join the elite vampire wardens, a keeper of silence and peace between humans and other beings, but in his heart is the desire for revenge. Nearly a century later, a woman named Ivy who writes fictional vampire novels appears in his path. This new Ivy stirs familiar feelings and dark primal passion in him. But she's not his Ivy. Or is she? Soon, Eli will discover what comes around goes around, and those we are connected to share a bond with us that cannot be broken. As Eli seeks the mystery of this new Ivy's connection to him, he will come face to face with the vampire who killed his wife. And he will face the hard truth of why she died and how he might be to blame.

Book One of the Serpents and Saints SagaHolly Hawthorne was just a good girl with a Cassandra Complex, but that all changed when she opened her door to the handsome, sarcastic vampire bleeding on her porch. And something about his peridot eyes seemed too familiar… Hadn’t she seen them before somewhere?Surrounded by a cheerleading werewolf with pink fingernails, a Russian Amazon with a fetish for big guns, vision-impaired vampire, and an ancient prophecy, the caustic couple has to wonder: can true love really conquer all?Even death?

Take a deep dive into the TV series that brought us all into the Buffyverse—including an episode guide, a trivia quiz, cast bios, and more! It’s been more than a decade since Buffy Summers first walked into the Sunnydale High library and came face-to-face with her Watcher, who told her she was the Chosen One who would save the world from vampires. In the seven seasons that Buffy the Vampire Slayer was on TV, we watched her kill her true love (but he got better), graduate high school (by blowing it up), discover she had a sister (who . . . uh . . . was always there?), sacrifice her own life (but she got better), watch her sidekicks become heroes (and villains), and, essentially, grow up. Bite Me!, Nikki Stafford’s critical analysis of the show, was one of the bestselling and most critically acclaimed books on Buffy when it was released in 2002. Current up to season 6, the book examined Buffy’s development, and outlined the mythical, religious, and historical backgrounds to the episodes. Nikki’s guide to season 7 appeared in her Angel book, but there was never one place where fans could get their Buffy fix all in one place. Until now. Revised and updated, the 10th Buffyversary edition of Bite Me! contains all seven seasons of this groundbreaking series, chronicles what happened to all of its stars, gives the background story to why the series ended and what legacy it has had, and even contains information about the new Buffy “season eight” comic book series from Dark Horse. Bite Me! is the definitive guide for all Buffy fans.

Woodland Creek Series. 30 Authors. 30 Shifter Stories. http://woodlandcreekseries.com/ She always did have a sassy mouth...just his type... Alice Grey thought life was easier when she was still a thief. As a flying squirrel shifter, it had always been as easy as gliding through some rich guy's open window and sailing away before the hounds could get a sniff of her. That was ten years ago, and she's still trying to escape her past, and the memories of the man who told her to run... Alice is reformed now. She doesn't live that life anymore. She hadn't wanted it to begin with. Forced into it to pay her father's debts to some very bad people, she still can't live peacefully because the dog shifters, one in particular, don't know when to quit. They catch up with her in Woodland Creek, hoping to clamp their teeth down on her neck and shake her until she's dead like a real squirrel. Jake Redfield, former undercover cop, fell in love with Alice when he met her on the job. He'd been trying to bring down her bosses at the time, and for the most part, he succeeded, but one man is out of prison, and he wants revenge as much as Jake wants to see her again. Wants to touch her and kiss her. Keep her safe. As a diamondback rattlesnake shifter, his venom can be deadly, and anyone who tries to hurt his Alice is just begging to be bitten... Paranormal romance, urban fantasy, protective hero, alpha male romance

Livy Kowalski has no time for idiots. When you shapeshift into a honey badger, getting through life's irritants is a finely honed skill. Until she gets stuck housing her nutso cousin and dealing with her dad's untimely and unexplained demise. That's where Vic Barinov comes in - or his house does. Vic can't step outside without coming back to find Livy devouring his honey stash and getting the TV remote sticky. It gets his animal instincts all riled up. But he'll have to woo her at high speed: all hell is breaking loose, and Livy is leading the charge.

I've got a defective vampire-hunting necklace and a no-return policy. Hey again, it's Vianne—vampire hunter and disaster magnet. I snagged the Artemis Necklace, but it's as dead as the vampires trying to make me their next snack. Now I'm off to Ricketts, Maine to find a witch who can fix it. There's just one small problem: Ricketts is a small town with a big monster problem. Witches with attitude, werewolves with abs, trolls with issues, vampires who don't do the whole 'sparkle in the sun' bit… and they all seem to know that I come from a family of monster hunters. Super. To make matters worse, something in town is on a murder spree and the town wants me to help find the murderer. Can I avoid becoming the next victim, fix the necklace, and stay ahead of the vampires still chasing me? Stay tuned. In Bite Me, dive back into a snarky adventure with Vianne and Ramble, her fire-breathing sidekick as they try to solve a paranormal mystery while piecing together her broken family legacy.