Three dark and disturbing horror stories from an astonishing new voice, including the viral-sensation tale of obsession, Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke. For fans of Kathe Koja, Clive Barker and Stephen Graham Jones. Winner of the Splatterpunk Award for Best Novella. A whirlpool of darkness churns at the heart of a macabre ballet between two lonely young women in an internet chat room in the early 2000s--a darkness that threatens to forever...

When a student's suicide is tied to a disturbing online suicide club of unhappy teens, Kirk Stevens and Carla Windermere discover that an anonymous psychopath is manipulating the teens into self-destructive acts.

School and life have become much more difficult since Ben Y's older brother died, especially since the indefinable Ace seems determined to seek her out without clarifying what kind of relationship she wants; mostly Ben Y tries to cope with her situation by going to the chatroom and obsessively typing messages to her brother who is no longer there--but when she starts getting messages from the ghost in the machine (apparently) she finds that her deepest...

After he is involved in a prank that led to an elderly woman's injury, twelve-year-old Mitchell must make amends by participating in a police program in which he chats online with a nursing home resident.

During the summer before she starts the seventh grade, Madison Finn makes friends both in person and on line as she tries to adjust to the changes in her life. This fresh, new series for "tweens" introduces Madison Finn, a seventh graderdealing with issues such as friendships, divorce, and school, while using herlaptop and the Internet to help her through changes.

While Wesley and Stella are battling for the spot of valedictorian, they unknowingly find each other on the Warship fandom website and build a romance that might not survive a meeting in real life. Stella Greene and Wesley Clarke are battling it out to be Gene Connolly Memorial High School's top student-- and for the coveted valedictorian scholarship. But they have more in common than they think. They've been chatting, using aliases, on the fan-site...

When recently widowed Joe Murphy "meets" Shawna Mitchell in an online forum, all he's seeking is advice on keeping his home and his family together. Shawna's compassionate e-mails become his lifeline, and as months pass their correspondence grows deep and warm. Discovering that Shawna lives only blocks away. . .well, it feels like more than luck. It feels a lot like hope. With three children to raise, Shawna has no interest in getting close to another...

"An FBI agent joins the search for a missing senator - and encounters a woman he was once in love with. Full of complicated pasts and people desperate to hold on to the present, this novel delivers a masterful story of redemption and revenge"--Provided by publisher.

In Japan, teenaged Abe Sora, who is afflicted with "Lou Gehrig's Disease," finds friends online and elicits their help to end his suffering.