boston globe horn book award for fiction

“Boss. Aren’t you too greedy? You are selling this husky mutt for 500,000?” A cute girl in a ponytail held a husky puppy, whose eyes looked exceptionally wise, in her arms as she glared at Lin Ye. Her gaze was accusing him of being a dishonest trader. Lin Ye explained, “Miss, I have to formally inform you: this is not a husky mutt.” The girl retorted, “Don’t you dare trick me.” “I’m serious. It has the bloodline of Cerberus. Its potential is limitless.” The girl was stunned by Lin Ye’s words. After pondering for a moment, she realized that what he said was absurd. Agitated, she yelled, “Are you sure? I don’t believe it!” Lin Ye gestured at the husky in her arms as he said, “Little fella, get down and show your future owner what you can do. Go!” “Woof!” The girl shrieked in horror as she witnessed the little husky spit out a fireball the size of a fist. …… Many years later, Lin Ye has crowned the Father of Beast-taming of the Blue Planet. When he was interviewed, he said forlornly, “It all started with a husky mutt.” At the same time, in a mansion, a gigantic red dog with three heads sneezed. Then, it barked at the television before it. “Woof!”

Post-apocalyptic wasteland, the Star Domain falls. Giant beasts ravage the earth, and humans undergo intense evolution. Su Qi awakens the Apocalypse path when no one had high hopes for Support Element Transcendents, "Slow Healing." "Blessing of Courage." "Guardian’s Blessing." "Pure White Blade." "Holy Light Guardian." With BUFFs fully activated, a massive cross shadow rises to the endless sky, and the Divine Light instantly covers the globe!

For the sake of her family, Maya takes the place of her dazzling stepsister and marries Michael—the man who stands above the clouds, a man she once thought was too far beyond her reach even to admire. On their wedding night, he declares the emptiness of their marriage with a single plane ticket to Boston. Everyone waits to see her become a laughingstock, waiting for the day she is cast out. Maya chooses silence, playing the role of a wife who doesn’t exist. She believes this will be her quiet ending—until the man who was supposed to look down on her begins, step by step, to tear apart the silent pact between them.

One year, after she transmigrates to the Matriarchy World, she meets a young man with an umbrella under the cherry blossoms. With warm and beautiful eyes, he says to her with a red face and lowered eyes. "May Your Highness always stay safe, happy, and victorious." Another year, after she transmigrates to the Doomsday World, zombies fill the city and she meets him again. A beautiful and fair person raises his grayish-white eyes and smiles at her. "Don't be afraid, I will protect you." In another year, when she transmigrates to the world of Star Wars...Ah! She meets him again! A slender and tall young man droops his long eyelashes and adjusts his collar button before slowly saying, "Where are you planning to hide this time?" Yun Xia: "There's no other place to hide so I'm borrowing your house as my hideout." Sweet transmigration story, read the story at your own discretion if you are diabetic!

"Z Virus: Across the Globe" A deadly virus has swept across the world, turning humanity into mindless predators. Civilization has collapsed, and survival is no longer a choice—it is a constant battle. Trapped within the walls of a once-ordinary school, a group of teenage students and their teachers find themselves fighting for their lives against the relentless threat of zombies. With danger lurking in every corridor, they must rely on courage, strategy, and each other to stay alive. But survival isn’t just about escaping the infected. Inside the school, emotions run just as wild—fear, hatred, revenge, guilt, and the crushing weight of loss. Every character carries their own story, their own pain, and their own reason to keep going. Amid the chaos and bloodshed, unexpected bonds begin to form. In a world falling apart, even the smallest moments of love and hope shine brighter than ever. When trust is fragile and death is always one step away… How far will they go to survive?

Lorraine Garvey, a beautiful but fiery Boston belle, learned her father was running a whorehouse he called a 'social club'. When he’s hanged, she comes out west to sell it and is welcomed by Jude Bonner and three of the dirtiest -- and the sexiest -- cowboys she’s ever seen.<br><br>Afraid for her virtue, she puts on her chastity belt to protect herself, but promptly takes it off again when she can’t resist their charms. What follows are countless nights of breathtaking kisses, erotic desires, and dirty imaginings while surrounded by wild heat, sweaty bodies, and strong doses of cowboy sex.<br><br>When it’s time to go home, she’s faced with a decision. Will she go back to stiff-necked Boston and lace up her corset and naughty imagination, or stay in this wicked, untamed country where she was born and throw away her chastity belt?<br>

After getting brain cancer, she wanted to have someone who could take over her family inheritance—a hundred houses and dozens of shops. On a certain dark and windy night, she dominated a man with suffocatingly good looks and was successfully pregnant with triplets. She did not expect this man to be a bigshot in River City. People called him Fourth Master Ye and it was rumored that he was a homosexual whose hatred for women was biological. He thought he hated women until he encountered her on the street with her big belly. He started to wonder if he had a fetish for pregnant women…

In the Ridgid Victorian era, where love was merely a transaction for power and money, Anne dared to dream of something more. Sinking into despair, she nearly abandoned her fantasy- until Lucian arrived. He didn't just open her heart; he shattered her world, revealing a truth about himself that others deemed inhuman.

The goat ate all grass but it doesn't stop, Somebody stop it!

Sophie Wexler transmigrated into a novel about The Galaxy, becoming the vicious, F-rank Healer-class cannon fodder. The original owner constantly caused trouble and made things difficult for the female lead, earning her the hatred of the entire internet. Upon transmigrating and seeing that everything had been ruined by the original owner, Sophie's only thought was: "What kind of nightmare start is this?!" To escape the original owner's fate, Sophie Wexler worked diligently, conducted herself conscientiously, stayed away from the male and female leads, compensated the soldiers harmed by the original owner, and strove to be a model citizen of The Galaxy, absolutely refusing to be the cannon fodder 'offed' by the Imperial Marshal! Broke and powerless, Sophie also had to support a man who'd been innocently dragged into the original owner's mess. She had no choice but to hustle. She started live streaming, became a masked singer, and held concerts. At first, netizens were scornful: 【Tsk, how good can she possibly sound?】 Later, the netizens were forced to eat their words. 【Damn, that's so good I'm on my knees!】 【What the hell, the violent episode of my Disorder Period has actually been soothed?!】 【The toxins in my Spiritual Sea have actually been eliminated!】 Her live streams went viral, the masked singer became a huge sensation, and tickets for her concerts were snapped up across The Galaxy. Sophie was content, thinking, "This time, I must have finally escaped the original owner's fate, right?" But what do you know, the man I've been doting on and supporting is actually the Imperial Marshal?! --- One day, Yancey Forrest came home to find that the boisterous person who was always claiming to be good to him was gone. His eyes darkened. Provoke me and then think you can leave? After catching her, Yancey traced his fingertips along Sophie's neck, smiling gently. "Why run?" Sophie trembled. "You... you're the Imperial Marshal?" His identity exposed, Yancey Forrest took her hand and slowly placed it on his own neck ring. "You know I won't kill you, don't you?"