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It’s Halloween, and the Smurfs are excited for treats and for the costume party. But for Scaredy Smurf, Halloween is the worst day of the year! There are so many things in the dark to be afraid of. And this year, there’s a big monster on the loose. How will Scaredy get through the night?

Hefty Smurf loves to play sports, but he can’t get the other Smurfs to play with him. His solution—create “Smurf Olympics”! The Smurfs divide themselves into two teams, all competing for the grand prize: a kiss from the Smurfette. But when one Smurf is turned down by both teams, he decides to compete on his own, throwing the games into chaos! Can one Smurf take on the whole village? And can the Smurfs stop cheating and playing pranks on each other long enough for the games to actually take place?

When Gargamel chases the Smurfs into New York City, Clumsy tries to get Papa Smurf, Smurfette, and his brothers safely back to the Smurf Village. But can Clumsy be anything but clumsy? It’s up to him to prove that he can be a hero too!

Three Smurfs get to go back in time and become little again when they enter Father Time’s big clock. They are not worried or panicky as they enjoy being Smurflings again. Back in Smurf Village, the Smurflings feel bad to see lonely Smurfette sad. She needs a friend, and they decide to get a formula from one of Gargamel’s magic books to create a friend for Smurfette. Gargamel knows of this and starts to devise an evil plan....

Lazy Smurf naps through everything. Can an alarm clock help him stay awake?

What does it mean to be a Smurf? Find out in this heartfelt and hilarious guide to what it takes to be a member of of the Smurf family. As Papa Smurf once told Smurfette, “It doesn’t matter where you came from. What matters is who you choose to be!” Do you have what it takes to be a Smurf, too?

On the night of a blue moon, a white stork arrives at the Smurf Village. Baby Smurf brings warmth and laughter to the village, but something unexpected is about to happen....

It’s the smurfiest night of the year—the Blue Moon Festival—and everyone in Smurf Village is excited! But just as the blue moon begins to rise, the evil wizard Gargamel appears and chases Papa Smurf, Clumsy, Brainy, Gutsy, Grouchy, and Smurfette through a magical portal and into a world they’ve never seen before. Can the Smurfs navigate this strange world and smurf a blue moon to bring them back to their village before Gargamel catches them?

A white stork brings Baby Smurf to Smurf Village, one Smurf takes on the whole village in the Smurf Olympics, three Smurfs go back in time and become little Smurflings again, and more in this third volume of classic Smurf stories.

The third collection in the Music and Murder Mystery Series, Back in Black features one story for each song from the seminal hard rock album of the same name. This book showcases ten brilliant mystery writers at the top of their game, including Reed Farrel Coleman, Heather Graham, Tori Eldridge, Ward Larsen, and Andrew Child, among others.

There are anxious words to describe being in unfathomable trouble. A feeling of pressure, an emotion of being in over-your-head, and a sense of being smothered. Legion Centurion Alerio Sisera was drowning in the sea and experiencing all of them. From black, to gray, to green water overhead, Alerio transitioned through the ocean layers as he swam upward. Lungs screaming for air, and his chest heaving, his body threatened to take in a breath. It became a competition between the urges of his lungs

The heart and life of a battle is the center of the combat line. A dark, throbbing, and terrifying place. A place where death prowls between enemy shields, waiting for sharp blades to carve out an advantage. Welcome to 262 B.C. A single Legion is rushed into combat to stop a fortified army. The clash between Empire and Republic thrusts thousands of Legionaries into a nasty epicenter of conflict.

Game developer Kirk Delgado is dealing with your typical tabletop group while testing a new module for his wildly popular game, Nestrana. Unbeknownst to Kirk (but knownst to us!), he’s about to wake up in Nestrana. There, he meets the lovely Elf Solana and a disembodied Narrator who tasks Kirk with leveling up and fighting the final dragon boss. In order to do this, Kirk and Solana must form a party. Unfortunately, they’ve been matched with the overly good, overly large, and very stupid Blues. With a party this bad, Kirk may never get back home.

Welcome to 263 B.C. Between clashes of the Qart Hadasht Empire and the upstart Republic, men died. Whether from sharp blades held by strong arms or stones and bolts launched by ancient artillery, the hand of death grabbed souls from both sides of the battle line. Alerio Sisera will need more than an iron constitution, sharp steel, and a sturdy shield. To survive, he'll need his wits, luck, and infinite courage.

December 6, 1941: Best friends Frank and Stanley have it good. Their dads are Navy pilots stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, and the boys get a front-row view of the huge battleships and the sparkling water. Yes, World War II is raging in Europe and in Asia, but the US isn't involved in the war, and the boys are free to dream about becoming comic book creators. They've even invented a superhero of their own, in the style of Batman, Superman, Captain America, and other stars of the Golden Age of Comics. December 7th, 1941: Everything explodes.

Still Laughing features never-before-told stories from the creation of one of the most groundbreaking shows in television history.

Grand Master of the Science Fiction Writers of America and winner of countless awards—including the Hugo, Nebula, Edgar Allan Poe, and Bram Stoker—Harlan Ellison proved once more that he was both unpredictable and irrepressible in this second collection of innovative science fiction. Again, Dangerous Visions—the middle installment in a planned three anthology series—includes award-winning stories from incomparable writers such as Ursula K. Le Guin, Gene Wolfe, Ray Bradbury, Kurt Vonnegut, Piers Anthony, Dean Koontz, and James Tiptree, among many others.

Welcome to January 263 B.C. Attacking a pair of long spears with his short dagger was going to hurt and add to Alerio's collection of combat scars. And only leave him injured, if Fortuna smiled on him. If not? That's why he prayed to the other Goddess. This should have been the easiest, most luxurious duty a heavy infantryman could ever imagine. It didn't turn out that way and, at the moment, he regretted throwing the spear. These are the adventures of Alerio Sisera, Corporal of the Republic's Legions, Weapons Instructor, experienced Raider, Combat Rower, and protege of a Roman Senator.

A landmark short story collection that put the more character-based New Wave science fiction on the map, Dangerous Visions won several prestigious awards and was nominated for many others. This now-classic anthology includes thirty-three stories by thirty-two award-winning authors, over half of whom have won multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards.

The Legion is a machine of war. When the gears are turning, those not in sync with the machine get pulverized in the cogs. Most of the time, it's the enemy. Unfortunately, for Lance Corporal Alerio Sisera, the gears have political and egotistical parts that are just as sharp as gladius blades. Caught in the wrong place by vindictive officers, he is sentenced to a session on the punishment post and is badly injured. Wounded and disgraced, he must now save the same Legion that sentenced him to the harsh discipline.