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Land of the Haunted Dolls

by Susan Whigham

A horror drama about an FBI agent who doesn't believe in the paranormal and she's about to have her beliefs tested. Five word synopsis: Detective battles supernatural and skepticism. The story has characters of many different races and religions, and is also LGBTQ-inclusive. It has some food for thought on the topics of trauma and addiction. Not for the diversity-intolerant.

Plenum: The First Book of Deo

by Geoffreyjen Edwards

Vanu Francoeur is a gender-neutral novice in the Kinship of the Suffering God, whose mandate is to seed new stars within a stellar nursery. Hir encounter with an exotic outsider stirs up a storm of conflicts within the usually quiet community, as well as creating havoc in Vanu's relationships with hir sibs. In protest towards the Kinship's heavy-handed reactions, zhe and hir sibs are drawn towards a dramatic resolution deep within the fires of a star, with consequences that could stretch across ... more

Magon: Magon

by Andrew McIntyre

Drawn from the superhero genre, MAGON will introduce you to a collection of new Celtic characters.

MAGON explores the consequences of mixing ancient DNA into the modern world. It is the crossroads of a genius mind and a scientific experiment gone wrong.

The dreams and aspirations of a young genetics student, confronted with the terror of a bullying roommate, who forces his victim to consume the results of his experiment - with catastrophic results.

It is a dark world of scie... more

Turmoil: Descent into Madness

by S S Hawkins

Two brothers find themselves standing on opposite ends of the world. One guided by four Divines to become a champion of the light to vanquish evil. The other, led astray by four Tormentors, becoming a vessel of darkness bent on destruction.

The Humble Warlock

by Omar Daniels

The story begins with Jason and Vera. A young witch and warlock with an insatiable appetite for folly. Together they wisk away their victims while satisfying themselves, all through the night.

Next is the story of Victor, a young Vampire whose long-lost girlfriend returns to haunt him, and his brethren, as they continue to survive undetected by the human world.

After that is a dish of candy. Taffy is known to make people disappear and Gavin likes keeping his enemies at bay. T... more

Tales From Another Dimension

by Robbie Sheerin

Tales From Another Dimension is a strange and fantastical collection of ten short stories. Robbie Sheerin is inspired by classic sci-fi, and invokes frightening twists and turns with each story. Travel to another dimensions and meet strange characters—sometimes human, and at times not so human. They will make you question the solidity of the Earth and mankind. Explore prejudice, fear, imagination, kindness, empathy, and human frailty.

The Nosferatu Conspiracy: Book Two, The Sommelier

by Brian James Gage

An epic paranormal chase thriller set during the Battle of Arras in March 1917. The second book in the multi-award winning Nosferatu Conspiracy series is a gonzo horror mash-up of Gothic fiction, suspense-thriller, and historical fantasy that tells the shocking supernatural cover-up of Kaiser Wilhelm’s true intentions for starting World War I.

Last Worst Hopes

by Lee Hunt

Nehring Ardgour has summoned Skoll and Hati from hell and they have torn the world apart. To make matters worse, Farrah Harbinger has predicted a new and worse adversary: the One, True Devil. But all the great are gone. The knights are dead. The master wizards have been spent. Only the dregs remain: a soldier with an evil hand, an arrogant wizard, an uncertain squire, and an old man with dementia. They are the last worst hopes.

Jade, Daughter of the Wasteland

by Stephen J. C. Andes

The year is 2035. A virus called the Twitch has killed a majority of the world's population over the age of eighteen. In a city once called Baton Rouge, The Wasteland has appeared. Jade is a sword-wielding 23-year-old survivor, fighting to get back what was stolen from her a decade before—her little brother Mason, kidnapped by a group of plague-mask-wearing white supremacists called the Antis. Samuel is Jade’s other brother, and the only family she has left. Loyal and kind, Samuel is increas... more

LO

by Bradford Tatum

Willoughby, known back on Earth as “the East Hamptons of the Kuiper Belt,” is the first sustainable colony on Mars. Built by the mysterious geneticist Carlo Yakamura this settlement encourages the rich to live as they please. They can enjoy decadent homes, physically modifiable partners, meals based on their best memories and even boutique children known on Willoughby as Builds. Designed to impress even at the dullest cocktail parties, the Builds’ proprietary motive genes have been sourc... more

FAIRY GODMURDER

by Sarah J. Sover

Gwendolyn Evenshine thought being a fairy godmother would be cut and dried—take on a charge, solve a royal problem, and return to the Academy for her next assignment. But she got too close. When the beloved Princess Francesca is brutally murdered on her watch, Gwen refuses to resume her fairy godmother duties. Instead, she laces her docs and hits the streets of Boston in search of the bastard who took Frankie from her, a serial killer who operates in lunar cycles. But Gwen’s magic is on the ... more

Disturbance in the Darkness: A Fated Encounter

by Ardnas Marie

Jonny’s nightmares have returned for the first time since therapy. He hoped never to relive his past, especially after the luck which delivered him from that hellhole. It had been roughly two decades since he landed on his grandparents’ stoop, barely alive. Now he has a son, Jacob, no wife, and a close-knit family to provide for with his floundering repair shop, but it is his, and he is content. He never talked about his past and hoped never to be forced, but all that’s chan... more

GoulCrest

by Alicia Jeanne

A dragon’s scale, a tile from the abandoned temple, an arrow from the Rakaron Kingdom, a writ of a noble, and a flower from the Field of Death. These are the items the king demands of competitors in the GoulCrest Games, and its victors will be awarded a prize most Vestovians can only dream of: lordship. For Pria, exiled from her traditionalist family of nomadic warriors, the GoulCrest Games are a chance to prove she is the best fighter Rancor Clan has ever produced. For Tayla, a starving peasan... more

A Veil of Gods and Kings

by Nicole Bailey

A god fighting his fate. A prince burdened with secrets. And a romance that could end in flames. Apollo is a deity… almost. Half mortal and refusing to take his position as god of the sun, he spends his nights drowning out haunting memories and his days avoiding responsibilities. Until his father forces him into an ultimatum: Ascend immediately. Or spend the year mentoring under the obnoxious Prince Hyacinth. Forced together, Apollo and Hyacinth grapple with their mutual disdain f... more

Stormsilver

by Raven McGory

Young is an unruly dragon god, found guilty of creating a human catastrophe and sentenced to a monitored punishment among humans. Thirty years later, he’s an amnesiac ghoul-hunter in the heart of DC—living with a god of fate, a husband and wife from the 1300s who share a body, demon sisters, a grim reaper, and more in a large penthouse he calls Calamity Cave. Forced to fraternize with the charming, ghost-seeing human Arella after she steals his sword, constantly being spied on by those overse... more

The Empathy Academy

by Dustin Grinnell

In 2032, biotech entrepreneur Sonja Woodward has created a genetic test that can identify a predisposition in teenagers for unethical behavior before they reach adulthood. Those who test positive are sent to Woodward Academy on Nantucket Island. Montgomery Hughes, a high school senior, is among the first students sent to the school. But Monty is there under false pretenses. He switched his test result with another student’s and is using an alias to hide his identity. Haunted by his disgraced... more

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