Buffy the Vampire Slayer #2: Buffy the Vampire Slayer 2: Halloween Rain; Bad Bargain; Afterimage

Recently separated (while technically still a newlywed) Charlotte is at a crossroads. She wants very much to do the “right” thing, but feels torn between going back to a marriage that might be doomed and living the unpredictable terror that can be single life. With everything so up in the air, Charlotte doesn’t know whose advice to trust: her best friend who just wants her to be happy, her cynical co-worker who isn’t afraid to tell her when she’s acting like a crazy person, or the bitter wacko who has taken residence in her brain, making Charlotte feel like she might have become an actual crazy person. Divorce is expensive, and Charlotte needs to figure out how to pull herself back together without losing her savings. In a desperate quest to find strength, confidence, and answers, she decides to try something new: roller derby.

A funny and poignant story of a young woman who finds her true self in the unlikeliest of places, Going in Circles is an irresistibly satisfying read from a talented author.

Three classic stories based on the cult classic television series are gathered in this bind-up. Includes "Halloween Rain, Bad Bargain," and "Afterimage."

In every generation, there is a Chosen One. A slayer destined to protect the human race. She alone must fight the demons of hell. She alone must risk her life to stop the spread of evil.

Buffy is the Chosen One.

In Halloween Rain, as if Halloween at the Hellmouth isn’t bad enough, a brewing storm threatens to bring new demons to life, just in time for a celebratory massacre.

A curse on the school’s rummage sale causes strange behavior in the halls of Sunnydale High in Bad Bargain.

Buffy and her friends are looking forward to the revival of the old drive-in theater, but when people start slipping into comas in Afterimage, this late show may be their last….

Christopher Golden is the award-winning, bestselling author of such novels as Wildwood Road, The Boys Are Back in Town, Of Saints and Shadows, and the Body of Evidence thriller series. He has cowritten a number of novels and comic books set in the worlds of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. There are more than eight million copies of his books in print. He lives in Massachusetts with his family. Nancy Holder has published sixty books and more than two hundred short stories. She has received four Bram Stoker awards for fiction from the Horror Writers Association, and her books have been translated into more than two dozen languages. She has written or cowritten twenty Buffy and Angel projects. Her books from Simon Pulse include the New York Times bestselling series Wicked and the novel The Rose Bride. A graduate of the University of California at San Diego, Nancy is currently a writing teacher at the school. She lives in San Diego with her daughter, Belle, and their growing assortment of pets. Visit her at nancyholder.com or follow her on Twitter at @nancyholder.