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The Bird's Wings

by Ryan Ball

Songbirds fly from wild - to the big city? Alex was dreaming to be a Broadway actor in New York City, but after Alex's mom died, he lives with his mean father called Mr. Flawman during Alex's middle school years, until it was his first day of high school. Alex loved high school, started having a crush on a girl called Tara Lollies, and Alex made a friend called Axel King. After that, Alex still dreamed of heading to New York City, but when he met a witch doctor, Alex, Tara, and Axel are all unde... more

UNJU

by Gleneley L Stander

In a setting where the multiverse is real, and travel between them can be manipulated, Katherine and Ethan must learn to navigate to these alternate realities to try to save their dying planet. Humanity is on a countdown towards extinction as climate change, pollution, and radiation have gone unchecked for decades, and it has taken its inevitable toll on their Earth-like planet and all of its inhabitants. The air has become unbreathable, the water undrinkable and mutants in all species have emer... more

Sparkle

by Arin Lee Kambitsis

Something evil is hidden in the woods outside of the beautiful town of Sparkle, PA, the kind of something Alyssa and Peter Huffy, newly arrived in town, do not believe in. But after Peter discovers a child hidden and shivering under a bridge on the edge of the woods - pale, terrified and bloody - he starts to wonder what could possibly be so terrible that it could frighten a child nearly to death.

That boy is twelve-year-old Derek Windward. He is the sole keeper of Sparkle&... more

Showdown at Jupiter's Edge: A Maxo Magnaveer Adventure

by Paul and Phillip Garver

In the year 2247, Detectant Maxo Magnaveer yearns for an opportunity to prove himself in the Cosmic Law Force so he can be promoted to squad captain. When a greedy privateer, Colonel Zaza D'Rump, brazenly hijacks a shipment of synthetic foods on its way to Mars with plans to starve the colony to death unless he is given control of Earth's shipping lanes, Maxo sees his opportunity to rise above, save the day, and finally move up in rank and prestige.

Fooled by those he thought we... more

Breaking Yesterday

by Brent R. Baker

You can have whatever you want. Under one condition. Laurel Martin and Jig Klein have nothing in common other than a smooth talking abductor offering an enticing reward for their cooperation. The mysterious kidnapper claims to have mastered time travel, and they are free to use it to fulfill their deepest desires…if they first step 2,000 years into the past, kill the young Jesus Christ and forever wipe Christianity from the pages of history. Friends and family launch a desperate search... more

Shadow Storm

by Jordan Brooks Hill

New York, 1895 As supernatural forces threaten the city, new Reapers Guild recruit Genie Gearhart is ready to hunt monsters and undo curses while modeling perfect femininity according to Miss Haversham's Primer for Proper Young Ladies, 1895 edition. Genie tackles her first mission, a haunting in Brooklyn, with partner and brother Hans. But as they investigate the ghost, it comes clear that something far worse, an Abominable Evil, threatens the good people of the five boroughs. Genie seeks help ... more

Ekleipsis: the Abyss

by Tamel Wino

Ékleipsis: The Abyss is the second short story collection by the award-winning author. Tales of depravation and insanity are woven together with unrelenting style and depth, scrutinizing human nature’s degeneration when compromised by tragic, vicious circumstances. These complex, wretched individuals and the irremediable conditions they are desperate to claw out of—or into—invoke the unfathomable question: What devastation are we truly capable of when left with no way out but down . . . in... more

Shady Woods

by J Mercer

At the start of high school, Grace James is forced to move back to her parents’ hometown in the middle of nowhere, Northern Wisconsin. Being that she’s dendrite, and couldn’t keep her powerful thoughts to herself, she set in motion a series of events that ran her family out of the very human city of Chicago. The stifling, small town of Shady Woods exists to allow the above-normals to live some semblance of a “normal” life, but at least Grace will learn how to use her dendrite powers in class... more

Mukülia: New World Rising

by Jason Penn Browne

Four Oceanus Marine Institute students and close-knit friends are drawn into a time-space continuum portal with an inter-dimensional Mukülia, the ancient civilization and ‘lost continent’ in the Pacific. In collaborating with the professor and his wife, who heads the O.R.C.A. research center, their mysterious aikido instructor, along with some marine mammal allies, the group is off on an expedition that leads them into uncharted expanses of the Pacific Ocean. Unique discoveries and extrao... more

String of Pearls

by Scarlett Ripley

College student Leanna finds herself on a multi-world quest to protect our realm. One night, Leanna learns that our world is but one of many in a realm, like pearls on an infinite string. Those who keep watch over its balance, the Council of Giants, call on Leanna to train and serve as a Warrior in their ranks. Her younger sister, Violet, becomes a Sensor. But, for a self-proclaimed loner like Leanna, training alongside Warriors from other worlds is not so easy. When she and her compatriot... more

Into the Violet Gardens

by Isaac Nasri

The year is 2024. A ruthless cartel dominates Latin America, and the FBI's Troy Levi gets commissioned to intervene. A cyborg for the bureau's Virtual Division, Levi delivers a devastating blow to the cartel's power but encounters a wave of social resentment in the aftermath. As the people's feelings for cyborgs grow bitter, former black-op cyborg ally and CIA operative Soriana Salazar finds herself caught between sides. Eliminating the cartel destabilized the region, fueling anti-cyborg sent... more

Scales of Ash & Smoke

by Emily Schneider

She lived her whole life enslaved to the dragons. But now she’s one of them. Seventeen-year-old Kaida, a human, has spent her entire life enslaved to the dragons who slaughtered half the human population a thousand years ago. She is forced to serve her ruthless Master, Eklos, until one deadly summer day when the Prince of Elysia saves her life. Prince Tarrin steals her away to the Royal Palace, shocking Kaida when he reveals that she is mutator formarum. He promises her safety, but when they... more

The Scrolls of Sin

by David Rose

The Scrolls of Sin - 120k horror fantasy collection - explores the dark side of human, and non-human, ambition. Join obsessed necromancers and sportive ghouls, bent conquerors and those who serve or betray. In the otherworld of Mulgara, David Rose has painted a land of opulence, beauty, hunger, and horror.

Clochán

by Lawrence O'Brien

KEVIN NEAL, as a young child, survives what happened in 1798 but loses everyone. When he is older and again evicted by a landlord, he still holds onto the memory of the crumpled remains of Anastasia Kelly’s letter. He has found her, but ANTY is as much a stranger as the tenants who live around an Abbey. He finds her aloof and part of a different world. The orphans try to hide from the past, but the violence encircling threatens what little they have left. Can the orphans survive the wak... more

Elzora Academy: Myth and Magic

by Dawn McKelvey

Jess is an ordinary girl who wants more out of life. Eighteen years of her life have gone by and she has nothing remarkable to report. Then she runs into a questionable character that calls her a witch. Rude. After that, everything she knows about her world goes pear-shaped. Turns out she is a witch, and a descendent of one of the most well-known sorcerers. She has to travel through multiple dimensions, learn about her true family history, play games of chess with a sword and shield, and cont... more

Safe! in Outerspace

by Anita & Brandon Holmes

After being whisked away in a spaceship, Brandon's brought in to be the pinch hitter in an intergalactic ball game. He must win in order to return to home on Earth, but it proves harder than he thinks when he’s given rules from another planet. Catch all the fun in this out-of-world picture book from debut author duo, Anita & Brandon Holmes. SAFE! IN OUTERSPACE is a fun, alien picture book geared for children ages 3-7 and is great for beginner and reluctant readers. Boys, girls, primary school st... more

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