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!

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!

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!

"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?

Story of two people, Paul [Paweł] from Terra [Earth] - Poland; and Meteo from Androm. Action starts in the year 1668 of Andromedian Calendar, equivalent to Terra's 2023 year in Gregorian Calendar. However, due to the relativity of distance between the Milky Way and Andromeda, Paul comes from the year 2028, year which symbolized the beginning of Russia's attack on Poland after successfully defeating Ukraine. Ignoring the warnings from NATO and European Union, Russia gabled and attacked Poland from the direction of Ukraine border, resulting in massive damage to the civilian life. Destroying hospitals with artillery, gas stations with drones, hacking all local networks, preventing the information spreading immediately, freezing any resistance possibility of united movement from Poland and other European counties. Paul died while being the unfortunate casuality due to the fortune of being at the location of gas station, where said drone had been send for the sabotage mission - resulting in explosion that pulverised everything within the near vicinity.​ That had been end for Paul, wasn't it? Well, there is suprise waiting for him at the gates of Heaven. Surprise that had given him second chance at life. However, due to not wanting the original soul to suffer from his body being forcibly taken away, instead Paul strikes a deal of sorts, which eventually would allow their two souls share one body IF Paul will save both Meteo's and his sister's life. Which he succeeds barely.

After being found and brought back by her wealthy family, Arabella Donovan has an unexpected awakening and discovers that the world she lives in is a mishmash of popular story tropes. Her eldest brother is the tragic guy in a melodramatic, angsty novel; Her second brother is the cannon fodder in an showbiz power-fantasy novel; Her third brother is the scapegoat who ends up with a criminal record in a doting teen romance; Her fourth sister is the vicious villainess in a 'real vs. fake heiress' story; And even her parents are just antagonistic background characters in some sweet, middle-aged romance. Arabella Donovan: This family is a complete collection of misfortunes. The word 'tragic' doesn't even begin to cover it. Her family, after hearing all of her inner thoughts: "..."