She’s sixty years old and destined to save the world … just as soon as she finds her reading glasses.Divorce has already turned Claire Emerson’s tidy, predictable life upside down. So when her sixtieth birthday brings a cranky gargoyle, an annoyingly sexy wolf shifter, and an unknown magical calling, she thinks she's losing the only thing she has left: her sanity.Because menopausal grandmothers with creaky hips don’t just randomly discover they’re next in a long line of powerful women protecting the world from dark Mages. Until those Mages attack.But when Claire tries to fight back, her brand new magick proves to be as unpredictable as her hot flashes. Clearly, if she’s going to save the world–never mind her own life–she’ll have to learn to step into her power first. Whatever that means.

An incredible fourth book in the horror anthology series which Booklist called "Highly recommended for longstanding horror fans and those readers who may not think horror is for them. There is something for everyone in this one."Darkness Beckons is the fourth volume in the non-themed horror series of entirely original stories, showcasing the very best short fiction that the genre has to offer, and edited by Mark Morris. This new anthology contains 20 original horror stories, 16 of which have been commissioned from some of the top names in the genre, and 4 of which have been selected from the 100s of stories sent to Flame Tree during a 2-week open submissions window. A terrifying cocktail of the familiar and the new, the established and the emerging. Previous titles in the series, all still in print are After Sundown, Beyond the Veil and Close to Midnight.Contents List:SAINT BARBARA by Nina AllanHARE MOON by H.V. PattersonUNDER COVER OF DARKNESS by Stephen VolkDUSK by Angela SlatterA FACE LEAVING NO TRACES by Brian EvensonGOOD BONES by Sarah ReadFACTS CONCERNING THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE ORLOFF SIX by Alyssa C. GreeneHE WASN’T THERE AGAIN TODAY by Peter AtkinsDODGER by Carly HolmesFROM THE MAN-SEAT by Reggie OliverTHE SERVICE by Ally WilkesTHE LATE MRS. APPLEGARTH by Mark GatissTHE FIG TREE by Lucie McKnight HardyIF YOUR SOUL WERE A PITCHFORK I’D DESPISE YOU by Eric LaRoccaHEEBIE JEEBIES by Amanda Cecelia LangKILLING BONES by Simon ClarkIL CREPUSCOLO by Helen MarshallREMEMBER ME by Ronald MalfiWITCH’S CLUTCH by Simon StrantzasCAMP NEVER by J.S. BreukelaarFLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing Independent Flame Tree Publishing, dedicated to full-length original fiction in the horror and suspense, science fiction & fantasy, and crime / mystery / thriller categories. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices. Learn more about Flame Tree Press at www.flametreepress.com and connect on social media @FlameTreePress.

It happens every year. A select few disappear, never to return.From The Falkland Islands to the Himalayas, Puerto Rico to England – people are vanishing without trace or explanation. A young man who’s lost everything stumbles across an ancient secret.Can he unlock the mystery? Will he find those who need him?...can he escape the Unknown?Praise from readers:?????"Phenomenal." - Rachel Granoff, Amazon review?????"Excellent storytelling." - Anne-Marie Chamberlain, Amazon review

My name is Kane, and I am a six-foot-seven French Canadian. But, one year ago, I was a wolf.Before, I was in the woods when a crazy soldier man bit me. The next morning, I awoke a human. This was unexpected, for I have awoken many times not human, always wolf. Perhaps I slept wrong.However, when the light of the full moon touches my perfect skin, I transform into what my friend Emelda calls the Wolfwere. According to her, she calls it thus because I am a "reverse werewolf". I do not understand this phrase. It sounds like something you might find in a knock-off Kama Sutra book.Now, in lesser moon phases, I become lesser wolves. Dogs. One time a pug. Another, a Rottweiler. And many others.Emelda is a human but never wolf before. This I do not hold against her, for she helps me in so many ways. She is a very good driver while I am a very good crasher.She is my best friend and is helping search for the secret that will change me back into a wolf. To do this, we must track down the man who bit me.However, that soldier also attacked people. And while he turned a wolf into a beautiful man, the humans he bit became strange, horrible creatures.Together we must destroy those monsters, so I may get the answers I need to become wolf again and rejoin my pack. Return home.This is a battle to the death, a perilous fight against powerful and supernatural enemies. To defeat them, I will have to become the Wolfwere. Although, each time I do, I grow even larger and this destroys my t-shirts and jean pants.So, it is a battle to the death… with wardrobe changes.