Dark Fantasy. Charlotte Emerson has been a "V word" since 1925, when the utterly amoral vampire William transformed her. Now living alone in California, Charlotte has a glamorous yet empty existence that is brightened by her human best friend, Emily...until Emily commits suicide. As Charlotte grieves with Emily's boyfriend, Jared, the two of them grow closer, and Charlotte inexplicably begins showing signs of mortality. More about the torturous feelings that accompany immortality than the rules of the vampire universe, this sultry, romantic, and hypnotic novel will quench the thirst of readers who like their vampire yarns packed with poetic writing and psychological tension.

Fiction. Supreme teen slacker Cameron Smith just wants to coast through his life...until he learns that its end is frighteningly near. After he is diagnosed with mad cow disease, Cameron meets a punky, pink-haired angel who convinces him that he must not only find a cure, but also save the world. This launches a full-bore-looney road trip adventure during which Cam and his pot-smoking new acquaintance Gonzo encounter a happiness cult, rescue a Norse god disguised as a yard gnome, and puzzle over secret-police types bearing snow globes. Mixing physics, fire giants, and Don Quixote into a delectably surreal brew, Going Bovine is just the thing for fans of profound absurdity.

Fiction. When her father departs on an extended business trip, 15-year-old Rebecca Brown must leave her beloved New York City to live temporarily with a family friend in New Orleans' posh Garden District. Rebecca doesn't fit in at the snobby prep school she attends, and she feels isolated until she meets and befriends Lisette--a ghost who has haunted a local cemetery for more than 100 years. As Rebecca learns Lisette's disturbing story, she is drawn into a dark web of family secrets, culture wars, voodoo curses, and vengeance. Redolent with vivid descriptions of New Orleans, this horror-tinged novel will please fans of Kim Antieau's similarly atmospheric Ruby's Imagine.

Paranormal Romance. As a young girl, Grace was attacked by wolves but saved by one yellow-eyed member of the pack. Years later, she obsessively watches the woods for "her" wolf when the pack returns each winter. When a local tragedy sends the townspeople hunting the wolves, a wounded boy with yellow eyes shows up on Grace's doorstep. He is Sam, human in the summer and a werewolf during the colder months, and he has longed for Grace from afar. Sam knows that the next winter when he changes form, he'll remain a wolf forever--so he and Grace don't have much time. Twilight fans who like strong female characters and creative twists on monster lore will adore this poetic, unhurried love story told from both main characters' points of view.

Science Fiction. At the brink of worldwide war between the Clankers and Darwinists in 1914, Archduke Ferdinand and his wife are assassinated and their son Prince Alek flees from their enemies in an enormous, walking war machine. Meanwhile, young Deryn Sharp disguises herself as a boy so she can enlist in the British Air Service and fly one of its genetically engineered, living warships. Alek's and Deryn's fates intertwine when circumstances land them both aboard the Leviathan, a whale airship. This action-packed steampunk alternative history will delight fans of Philip Reeve (the Hungry City Chronicles) and Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke).

Adult Fiction. In this tragic, hilarious, and unapologetically graphic story, part-Irish, part-Indian foster kid Zits has an out-of-body experience (several, in fact) just as he is about to commit a horrendously violent act. Spun through time and successively into the bodies of a white FBI agent in the 1970s, an Indian child during the battle of Little Big Horn, a 19th-century Indian-tracker, a homeless alcoholic, and finally an airline pilot, Zits emerges from his journey transformed. Fans of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five or Octavia Butler's Kindred will be mesmerized by this brutal yet ultimately hopeful novel.

Short Stories. These ten stories written by contemporary Native American authors--including Cynthia Leitich Smith, Louise Erdrich, Richard Van Camp, Joseph Bruchac, and National Book Award-winner Sherman Alexie (for The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian)--are beautiful and intense. With themes ranging from painful tales of divorce, poverty, and addiction to proud celebrations of American Indian identity, strength, and humor, this collection "reminds us that the American Indian story is far from over."

Adventure. Ahtna Athabascan poet and author John Smelcer spins a tale of survival in the cruelly beautiful Alaskan wilderness. Native Alaskan Johnny Least-Weasel's stubbornly traditional grandfather Albert has gone out to check his trapline, and he's been gone far too long. Johnny's grandmother urges him to go looking for her husband, but Johnny's uncles on the tribal council aren't concerned. Meanwhile, Albert Least-Weasel has his leg caught in one of his own traps and must fend off wolves, hunger, and bitter cold. This taut, suspenseful story will keep you turning the pages.

Dark Fantasy. When Miranda's guardian angel, Zachary, breaks protocol in an attempt to save Miranda from a vampire, he fails and is demoted. Insecure, unpopular Miranda--with whom, by the way, Zachary is hopelessly in love--gets turned into a vampire by none other than Dracula himself. Before long, she's callously killing people and living the glamorous life in the Master's castle. Zachary has only one chance to redeem himself: he's got to save Miranda's soul and foil Dracula's plans for world domination. Fans of author and Muscogee (Creek) tribal member Cynthia Leitich Smith's previous fantasy novel Tantalize will not want to miss Eternal--and they'll also be eager for the next volume, in which the characters from the previous books will meet.