Pick up four Neon Hemlock novellas for the price of two!

• Hybrid Heart by Iori Kusano

Haunted by both guilt and the insidious manipulations of a controlling talent manager, Rei is forced to question what parts of herself—and those around her—she will sacrifice on the path to top billing.

"A near-future but all too contemporary story of how young women are exploited and manipulated, this searing and ultimately hopeful story is an absorbing read.
— Martha Wells, NYT Bestselling author of the Murderbot Diaries

• Off-Time Jive by A.Z. Louise

When her old colleagues at the Bronx Academy of Magic start turning up dead, Bessie Knox's weakened abilities are pushed to their limits, but if she can't solve the case, she'll be next.

“Off-Time Jive is both an emphatic love letter to Black Harlem and a fresh take on the jaded noir hero.”
—Bendi Barrett, author of Empire of the Feast

• A Mourning Coat by Alex Jeffers

Caregiving has taken over Therre’s entire life, eclipsing his own small fame as a costumier. When his father dies, the funeral affairs are complicated by the long shadow of his late father’s internationally renowned career as an actor.

It is beautiful, sad and desperately poignant, and I loved it.”
—Roseanna Pendlebury at Nerds of a Feather

• The Killing Grounds by Joan Tierney

When the Southern Tier Strangler, a serial killer taking victims across the Rust Belt, winds up dead on Bina Morton’s autoliner, she finds herself caught in a murder mystery in reverse.

“By balancing the emotionally resonant with the frightening and bloody, this bite-size tale packs an outsize punch.”
—Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)