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Operation: Jade Helmet

by Ashley Fontainne

Eager fans around the world played Operation Red Helmet for years, making it the highest-grossing virtual reality game ever sold, and the designers, The Talladav Group, are the richest company on earth. After an oppressive, unrelenting worldwide heatwave hits, daily life grinds to a halt around the globe. People retreat to their homes, afraid to go out as violence and chaos erupt in the streets. The game temporarily shuts down as the world grapples with the fallout of civil unrest and critica... more

Max and the Spice Thieves

by John Peragine

When his mother goes missing, Max Daybreaker's world is turned upside down. Luckily, a crew of Spice Pirates, led by the mysterious Captain Cinn, help Max on his dangerous mission across the three seas. Along the way, an unlikely alliance aids in his search-a teenage warrior queen, a three-eyed seer, and an assassin spy. Their journey takes them through treacherous lands while facing shapeshifting bears, an ancient witch, harpies, and the nightmarish Djinn, who will stop at nothing to enslave th... more

Overworld, The Dragon Mage Saga, Book 1

by Rohan M. Vider

A magic apocalypse. A new world. Elves, orcs, dragons. And at the center of it all: THE DRAGON MAGE.
Earth is doomed and mankind has been exiled to Overworld, a strange world ruled by the Trials. Jamie Sinclair is a young man with unique gifts, and it falls to him to find a way for humanity to survive Earth’s destruction and build a new home in Overworld.

Can Jamie save mankind?
The Trials is no game. Join Jamie as he struggles... more

Journey to Jumbalot

by Ryan Wakefield

Alby, a loyal house cat, bravely walks through Professor Wizoom's triangular doorway and is transported to a strange, new world. He befriends a humorous and somewhat annoying little froguar named Fremmy; the froguar agrees to help Alby search for the missing professor. Their search will take Alby and Fremmy on an adventure within a fantasy world not filled with elves, orcs, and dragons. No, they are in a world inhabited by intelligent hybrid animals called jumboos. Courageous tigeroons, wise pan... more

The City Of Locked Doors

by Tristen and Keegan Kozinski

Four hundred years ago a plague befell the world. It warped the bodies of all organic things and drove both man and beast rabid during the night. Law and order vanished in a matter of days, along with most of the human race. Years passed and from this madness rose the Tyrants, a brutal god-like sect of individuals who could enforce their will on the surviving dregs of humanity. With their tyranny, they brought order back into the world and established settlements. A convoluted semblance of civi... more

The Darkness That Slept (Edition)

by Tristen and Keegan Kozinski

The world gathers on a precipice over chaos: In the West, the God-Emperor Cardolyn Tyier broods over his vast conquests and plots the subjugation of all other kingdoms. To the South, the Kalvonder plutocracy continues their bloody entertainments, too invested in small schemes, transient vices and petty ascensions to notice one of their own has a far grander design. From the East, a legion of paladins embarks on a crusade of holy conquest against the secluded Northlands, intent on supplanting ... more

MOON CHILD

by Gaby Triana

18-year-old Valentina Callejas has been raised to do what her Catholic grandmother and mother say to do. But Valentina feels a different pull--an affinity with nature, a desire to read tarot cards and study the occult. After ditching her church's retreat, Valentina flees her Miami home and ends up five hours away at Macy's house, a sister she's never met until now.

When a mysterious wolf leads Valentina to nearby abandoned Sunlake Springs Resort, she meets the "cla... more

Wreckers

by George Ellis

A space opera with attitude. And jokes. At 19 years old, Denver is the youngest wrecker in the verse. His only companion, other than his one-eyed cat Pirate, is an AI navigator named Gary based on classic 21st century sitcom personalities. That all changes when Denver meets Batista, a mechanic who claims to know what happened to Denver’s missing father and brother. Following her information, Denver is drawn into trouble with the various forces in the galaxy — bandits, feds and rival wre... more

Were-Dinosaurs

by S.B. Clark

You have just started Middle School. Already you're dealing with a lot: homework, bullies, turning into a dinosaur. Wait . . . what? Travel to the fossil-ridden lands of Montana as you stumble upon a mysterious cave that turns you into a Triceratops, your best friend into a Stegosaurus, the class know-it-all into a Pterodactyl, and the school bully into the ferocious Tyrannosaurus Rex every time there is a full moon. Move over wolves. Now is the time for WERE-DINOSAURS!

Triangle Black: A Novel

by Joseph Miguel

Damien Winters is leaving Mason General Hospital after an arduous shift when he collides headfirst with an ancient, unspeakable evil. Armed with a pistol, a trusted friend, and his wits, Damien must rely on his strength and resilience to survive. If he is to get out of Heatherton alive, he must make difficult decisions in the journey to confront the primordial power of the Sphinx. In a cabin across town, the love of Damien’s life is sheltering from the onslaught. If he can’t save her, w... more

The Lost Coven

by Bekah Harris

Felicity Hawthorne has never been superstitious. Coming from a long line of Appalachian healers, she's helped Nan cast grounding spells and left gifts of candy and moonshine for the fair folk, but was any of it real? Not likely. But when Felicity spots a mysterious boy at school that no one else can see, she begins to question the true origins of her family's beliefs, as well as her place within it. Could magic really exist? Were all of Nan's stories true? Were her parents really who they ... more

Sankofa: Born Equal Only

by Ben Mel

Sankofa: Born Equal Only is an Afrofuturism adventure that takes on gender injustice from the perspective of rival fraternal twins, Toomi and Ras, born to be the Guardians of Maat, the first Queen to rise to the throne in the kingdom of Axindar in a post-apocalyptic medieval Africa, where the future of our technology shapes the past of our time.

Running Behind Time

by Jan Turk Petrie

It’s the Summer of 1982, and Beth Sawyer is thrilled to have landed the title role in a play. It may only be in a fringe theatre in Shepherd’s Bush, but it’s the start she’s always dreamed of. It’s the Summer of 2020, amid the global pandemic, and Tom Brookes is furloughed. Unable to face lockdown in a tiny city flat, he moves back to his mother’s cottage in the sleepy Cotswold village of Stoatsfield-under-Ridge. Neither of them expects an everyday train journey to throw their normal live... more

The Flip Side Of Sad

by Ashley Amber

James Letta is the world's newest singing sensation. But for someone who always sings such happy music, he sure is sad. While on a promo tour for his new album, James has what he thinks is the hardest day of his career... until he has to relive it. A ghostly spirit decides to trap James inside his own album in order to make him learn the lessons of its lyrics, hoping she can help him get on the flip side of sad. In just under 7,500 words, this debut novelette by Ashley Amber that she desc... more

Catalyst

by Mathias Invictus

CATALYST starts on the first day of Morgan’s Senior year with a vision of a girl of fire—literally. Andalynn appears amidst the bustling hallway burning as an alabaster sun. She enters Morgan’s life as a catalyst of heart, his missing piece, long forgotten. The awakening of his soul proves only the beginning. Something is wrong with the world around him and a haunting presence pulls him toward answers and destiny. In a hidden cave high on the slopes of his beloved mountain, he meets Aelvi, a b... more

Anoka: A Collection of Indigenous Horror

by Shane Hawk

Welcome to Anoka, Minnesota, a small city just outside of the Twin Cities dubbed "The Halloween Capital of the World" since 1937. Here before you lie several tales involving bone collectors, pagan witches, werewolves, skeletal bison, and cloned children. It is up to you to decipher between fact and fiction as the author has woven historical facts into his narratives. With his debut horror collection, Cheyenne & Arapaho author Shane Hawk explores themes of family, grief, loneliness, and identity ... more

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