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They live as outcasts, hated and feared by the very humanity they protect. They are mutants, born with strange and wonderful powers that set them apart from the rest of the human race.

Shaw Jennings, the seductive, enigmatic owner of Body Electric Tattoo works hard and plays even harder.

When Claudia accidentally eavesdrops on the epic breakup of Paige and Iris, the couple at her school, she finds herself in hot water with prickly, difficult Iris.

The United States occupation of Iraq is a swamp of incompetence and self-delusion.

Hail Bristol: former runaway princess, interplanetary gunrunner, Empress of Indrana.

Hailey - What do you do when you find out your whole life was a lie? That your husband really wasn't your husband but someone else's?

In a surprise attack that killed many of her dearest subjects, Hail Bristol, empress of Indrana, has been captured by the Shen-the most ruthless and fearsome aliens humanity has ever encountered.

Sidney Larson always thought dark-haired, blue-eyed Brett Carmichael was sinfully sexy, to say nothing of the muscular mechanic's talent with his hands.

Seventeen-year-old Zelda Bailey-Cho has her future all planned out: improv camp, then Second City, and finally Saturday Night Live.

Miss Harriet Peabody dreams of the day she can open up a shop selling refashioned gowns to independent working women like herself.

Violence sweeps the Territories as the Black Nation continues to bite at the heels of Asheva and Cestia, the fallen Red Princess.

Twin brother and sister Benji and Kelly wander off at the local county fair after witnessing their parents argue.

I saw her first. Blonde. Gorgeous. Feisty. I was smitten. But it didn't matter because she chose him, and he was my best friend and roommate.

The worst day of my life happened when Brandon died. We had our entire future mapped out. Careers, marriage, kids-in that order. Then the universe threw a curveball and ended it all.

This exciting new anthology has over a dozen original tales starring the vicious foes of Marvel's superheroes: Greg Cox's chronicle of the Super-Skrull's conflict with the Avengers, Michael Jan Fri