Cynthia Lee: 36 books

A man murders his wife after she has admitted her infidelity; another man kills an openly gay teammate after receiving a massage; a third man, white, goes for a jog in a “bad” neighborhood, carrying a pistol, and shoots an African American teenager who had his hands in his pockets. When brought...

How did the average American learn about art in the mid-nineteenth century? With public art museums still in their infancy, and few cities and towns large enough to support art galleries or print shops, Americans relied on mass-circulated illustrated magazines. One group of magazines in particular,...

From divorce court to popular culture, alimony is a dirty word. Unpopular and rarely ordered, the awards are frequently inconsistent and unpredictable. The institution itself is often viewed as an historical relic that harkens back to a gendered past in which women lacked the economic independence...

"Some horror stories come true." When 16-year-old Belle Fortune's loathsome aunt sends her to a charity school in nearby Glass Town, Belle rejoices. But not for long. Because at the Glass Town Establishment for Girls, imaginations starve. Mr. Glass, the school's benefactor,...

When 16-year-old Belle Fortune’s loathsome aunt sends her to a charity school in nearby Glass Town, Belle rejoices.  But not for long.  Because at the Glass Town Establishment for Girls, imaginations starve.  Mr. Glass, the school’s benefactor, doesn’t believe in imagination...

"Her mirror image has a life of its own." The Memory Fair is held every year in 17 year old Sally Frost's small Southern hometown. This year, some of the townspeople are selling some very strange things, antique mirrors, bloodstained wedding gowns, even human teeth. A strange...

Late 19th century. "How do you rebuild your life when you have been "unmade"?" In the city of Dawlish, people and things disappear without explanation, an event known as an “unmaking.” Cast out of good society, many form “unmade societies” in which...

Publisher’s Note:   Products purchased from 3rd Party sellers are not guaranteed by the Publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. LPN to RN Transitions, 5th Edition, eases the return to academic life and helps licensed practical and vocational...

This book contributes to the literature of interlanguage pragmatics by building an interface between researching and teaching speech acts in the Chinese context. It is written for researchers, language educators, classroom teachers and readers who are interested in interlanguage pragmatics research,...

Drag kings and sea monsters, switchblade travellers and teacup ghosts—these stories and poems are a mixture of the mundane and the bizarre. Here you’ll find true tales of a son’s death and a girl’s first heartbreak, stories that range from the minutely personal to the transcendently universal. Words...

Once upon a time, in a dungeon far, far away, the kinkiest writers in the land were summoned to pervert beloved fairy tales with dominance, submission, bondage, and surrender. In these stories twisted princesses take control of their submissive princes, witches play with power exchange, and fairies...

***Rogues! Even the word conjures a special sort of hero—***a playful bad boy with a heart of gold—at least when it comes to his lady love. This volume is filled with the Jack Sparrows of old—pirates sailing the high seas, Regency-era highway men, modern day jewel thieves, like Cary Grant in...

Vampire stories from New York Times–bestselling and award-winning authors! In Immortal: Love Stories with Bite, edited by New York Times–bestselling author of the House of Night series P. C. Cast, an all-star lineup of today’s most popular authors offer new short stories that prove when...

Sparkly Vampires? Oh Pluuueeeaasse! Since when have there been sparkling vampires? Are they a new brand of champagne or what? Vampires are supposed to be wily, tricky, and even evil. And they never, ever sparkle. In this book, you’ll find stories with some refreshing takes on vampires: vampire heroes,...