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Win Condition

by Libby Schultz

Enter the world of Char, where everything has a price and power is a game.

A global crypto token manipulated by wealthy magnates and sentient trading AI sorts the haves from the have-nots, squeezing its citizens and leaving them to fight over the remains.

Anyone can challenge the world order by competing in Char’s lethal gaming tournament, but predictably, the elites have the outcome rigged so that the winners join them or die.

When Arro... more

Surviving the Summit Conference

by Jon Kaczka

Everyone can achieve success through the Summit Conference. They just need to follow one rule: There’s no escape. An Asian American single mom needs to turn her social media skills into a corporate marketing career. An unemployed dad hopes his new MBA will land a good job as he tries to leave behind his childhood of growing up in a West Virginia trailer park. A trio of influencers—a fake televangelist, a rock climber, and an underestimated stoner—wander into the conference on accident. ... more

Mindlessness

by TE Norris

TRANSFERENCE

by Ian Patterson

Nicholas Fiveboroughs is a Sicko, someone that takes on others' illnesses. In a city where diseases can be transferred, the rich buy longer lives without pain, and the poor get a short life of constant sickness. Maybe it was fate, or maybe someone is looking out for him, but after Nicholas barely survives his latest affliction, he gets the chance to try and change things. To finally stop the whole disease transfer network.

Influences from the Being’s Inner Domain Book 1

by Racq Thah

The circle inside the cover illustration represents the spirit domain which exists within every being. The 3 points of the inner triangle are lighted, and represent the three spirits that reside within each human domain. They are connected in this triangle by lines which represents sharing and working together cohesively. The lines from the points in the triangle, (and from each spirit) to the middle of the triangle represent the position of dominance that only one spirit can hold at any momen... more

New Year, New You

by stories by Elizabeth Bear, Daryl Gregory, and the alumni of Viable Paradise 2023

An anthology of diverse speculative fiction exploring themes of reinvention, re-imagining, and revolution, from Elizabeth Bear, Daryl Gregory, and alumni of the 2023 Viable Paradise Writers’ Workshop.

FRANKENSTEIN THE LEGACY

by Christopher Schildt

Two centuries ago, a man named Victor Frankenstein succeeded in his quest to create life from lifelessness. But the result was a hideous creature that wrought havoc on the world, coming to its end in the frozen wastes of the Arctic, leaving a trail of corpses in its wake, and a legend that would not die. Now, three scientists travel to the North Pole searching for the truth behind a ship that has been found frozen in the ice. When they arrive, they are stunned to discover Frankenstein's notes... more

The Dryburgh Chronicles

by L.P Halliday

Scotland is a land steeped in magic and mystery, but Lilian Darling doesn't believe in such things. She has dedicated her career at Oxford University to clearing the names of those falsely accused of consorting with the devil, and that never involves any actual witchcraft. Until now. When she and her research partner, Edgar Falkirk, head to the misty hills of the Scottish Borders to meet a promising source, their journey takes an unexpected turn. Edgar's accidental discovery of an ancient spel... more

The Ardent Sorcerer Book One Sabina's Exodus

by D.M. Tortie

This tale begins in a mysterious setting, what appears to be roughly the 16th century Elizabethan period, in a sorcerer's manor that has been passed down through generations. "Silas Strathern" will be sworn in as Edenland's next great Sorcerer to the Throne. He follows his oaths, to do what is right and marry against his heart's desire for the duty of Edenland, while being Twarted by rival sorcerer, Lord Briggs. Silas Strathern doesn't expect to find himself consumed by the love he shares wit... more

Alassian Born

by Lynn Oakwood

Humans will call it a weapon of mass destruction, but to the Alassians it is known as the unlife, the eternal darkness.

Deep in the heart of the Sa’dalia rainforest, the city of Irieth has stood for millennia against the forces of darkness. When the human’s weapon strikes the city, the unlife breaks free and the world plunges into global conflict.

With the ancient darkness on the loose, the seventeen-year-old guardian of the Alassians must brave the pe... more

Fractured State in the Blighted Earth

by R.M. Tembreull

Chaos, the Destroyer, has launched his most aggressive and expansive campaign yet! His objective: initiate the Great Cascade and bring about the Discordant on Earth. His target: North America, where the Chaotic flashpoint within human civilization has occurred...in Texas? The eternal struggle between order and chaos is an inescapable condition of the universe. Caught in the middle is the delicate balance necessary for life to exist and prosper in our world. On Earth, the opposing sides in ... more

The Dark Lady

by Caitee Cooper

Ellie and Oliver are on the run with one goal in mind: survive long enough to make it back to Alaska. Sam and Darien have escaped the scorched ruins of their wedding, but their Hawaiian honeymoon quickly takes a shocking, sinister turn that no one expected. With dangers closing in on them at every turn and more questions than answers, the four will have to learn to rely on each other, the love they’ve cobbled together from the broken remnants of their families, and perhaps most important... more

Blood Awakened

by Gemma Jones

As one of seven watchers, born Nephilim, the light has tasked them to be the protectors of his children, the mortals. For eons, this has been their calling, but a prophecy which has been long unfulfilled begins unravelling for all involved. After eons without feeling, Septua regains all his mortal side emotions back after a chance encounter with someone that would change his life, putting everything he knew on its head, leading him to question: is the light truly all good and is the dark truly a... more

Lost Art Of Magic

by Jonni Jordyn

Magic has been lost for centuries, and when 16-year-old Destiny stumbles upon it, she accidentally unlocks it for all the descendants of the ancient clans, but some of them want it only for themselves and are willing to kill to keep it.

Contemplating Oblivion

by Keith Wiley

Qualia: the quality or feeling of a conscious experience. Qualia can't be described, they must be experienced to be known. A million years in the future, physics is closed. Humanity has computerized the brain, solved death, and spread across the galaxy. The greatest challenge that remains is figuring out how a quadrillion immortal, nearly omnipotent humans might survive the eventual end of the universe. Lysandra is a million-year-old quale-diver, a person who designs novel neural configuratio... more

Pierced Girls

by William Ivers

Sheena wants nothing more than to leave her troubled childhood behind. With no money and nowhere to go after high school, it seems her future will be more of the same, despite her dreams of becoming a music teacher. Desiring connection, Sheena imagines visits from her supposed father, deceased rock star, Joey Ramone. With tragic optimism, Sheena confronts poverty, violence, and the desperate world of drug addicts with the hope that she and her mother can forge a loving relationship and overcome ... more

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