Morgan Reilly – författare

A laugh-out-loud miscellany of everything you ever wanted to know about death. From bizarre funeral practices and macabre urban myths to lucrative jobs in the death business. Accompanied by cartoons from the creators of the hit webcomic, `Cyanide & Happiness.’There’s just something about the end that makes us want to run screaming back to the beginning…Did you know that three American states still use the firing squad as a means of execution? Or that you can see Galileo’s preserved middle finger in Florence? How about the new trend of having your loved one’s ashes turned into a diamond? Loaded with funny and fascinating facts, The Pocket Book of Death is a jaw-dropping miscellany of macabre word origins, hysterical famous last words, bizarre death rituals, the last meals of death row inmates and more. This is a side of death you’ve never seen before.Is your job killing you? Maybe it’s time to find the perfect career in the death business. Browse through the list to find the most lucrative jobs in the industry. A little paranoid perhaps? Then discover some of the deadliest jobs in the world or the tiniest animals that can kill you.Accompanied by side-splitting cartoons from the creators of the hugely popular webcomic, `Cyanide & Happiness’, The Pocket Book of Death is so packed with info that it leaves no stone unturned…er, tombstone that is.

Grief.Rory had grown used to her mother's absence, visiting her primarily in dreams while she led a human kingdom to fulfill a magical deal. With Rory's blend of herbs, she created a tea that gives the drinker deep, lucid dreams where they can build a world of their heart's desire. But when her mother dies, Rory struggles with the grief that follows, a grief that mingles with bitterness that cuts into the soft places of her heart.Betrayal.A villager is found dead, and blame falls on Rory's dream tea. But Rory's road to proving her innocence becomes complicated when the villager's betrothed wants revenge, aided in secret by someone Rory trusts…Anger.Angered and betrayed, Rory races against time to meet with those in power who can prove her innocence and stop the madmen on her heels, navigating the growing shadows within her to keep from losing what matters most–new friends, a new love, a chance at a new life…But she's cursed, her mind haunted. She can't sleep, she can't dream, and her nightmares are becoming real.Drift into book two of The Dark Library Series, complete with a slow burn romance and found family. But beware the moment you close your eyes…

Wish for the power of the gods.When Neeve steps foot on the crossroads, she prepares the wish that will take her magic, removing the dark power that nearly killed her best friend. But when she meets handsome chaosborn, Erick, he discovers that her power goes beyond everything she'd imagined.She's godborn, gifted with deathsight, and someone placed a powerful barrier to guard her from the truth.A curse forged in chaos.Deathsight is a burden that leaves Neeve emotionally wrecked, but people travel to her door, coin in hand, to know where their life thread ends. Keeping herself and her sister fed, Neeve sells death readings until one fateful reading goes terribly wrong and she finds herself cursed, aging from dawn to dusk, losing her youth with every rising sun.Only a fool would try to cheat Death.Neeve and Erick set out on a desperate quest to reverse the curse before it kills her, her only hope resting on the shoulders of the woman who cast the spell. But Neeve is not the only one in pursuit. The relentless Wandering Order is closing in with one of its most lethal agents hot on their trail, and that agent sets his sights on Erick.From cultists to curses and a friend's imminent death, Neeve faces the growing fear that she won't save herself or the ones she loves before Death comes to call.Welcome the shadows in the third installment of The Dark Library Series, a dark retelling of Rapunzel with a powerful FMC, a badboy MMC, and grumpy/sunshine friends-to-lovers.Don't be afraid of the dark.