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A-S2: A Clockmaker's Journey

by R. A. Cabral

A PREQUEL TO “IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE” Clarence Odbody, the angel who helped George Bailey realize he had a “Wonderful Life,” is making a comeback in the new fantasy novella A-S2: A CLOCKMAKER’S JOURNEY. On Christmas Eve 1700, British clockmaker Clarence suffers the indignity of an accidental drowning in the River Avon. In the Spirit World, given the option of guardian-angel-in-training (GAIT) or a cushy cloud overlooking the English Channel, he selects the former. But after two underwhelmin... more

Cyberdawn: Beginnings

by Mark Anthony Tierno

What if every conspiracy theory you’d ever heard of was true… and it still wasn’t enough. Earth is entering a new age of peace. No weapons, countries ready to put down their armies, every home benefiting from megacorp generosity, but if you’re Black Jack Hannigan this sounds a bit like fattening up the calf before the slaughter. He’s seen them, creatures straight out of mythology. Winged tigers, ghouls, werewolves, they all exist; all part of the same millennia-old conspiracy. The “Peop... more

The Conscious Virus

by Miki Mitayn

What if a virus, created by people of malign intent, developed consciousness? And you were the doctor given that information, through unorthodox, thoroughly unscientific channels? Talking to spirits.
Nerida and Mari are lesbians with a good life together. They travel all over Australia, visiting Indigenous communities and mining towns for work and adventure. But they have a secret life.
Mari has grown into a shaman. She goes into trance and channels ghosts: intelligent, passionate, ... more

Winter Masquerade

by Kevin Klehr

Ferris wakes on the Sea Queen, an enchanted cruise ship sailing on a chocolate sea. He has no idea how he got here, but he desperately wants to go home to his boyfriend.

The alchemist is the only person who can help Ferris, but he’s been kidnapped. The ransom is high tea with scones and jam. Meanwhile, the passengers are gearing up for the Winter Masquerade, a ball where love and magic reign.

With a murderous musician, an absent boyfriend, and a mystical party, Ferris soon l... more

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by Cheryl Campbell

Dani's return home to Maine after three years of diplomatic missions overseas lands her in jail and within Colonel Houston's crosshairs. Maine's civilian and Commonwealth forces continue to work together against the Wardens-the genocidal faction of alien Echoes-but Dani's relationship with Colonel Houston deteriorates into a personal conflict, putting others' lives at risk. When Houston has sixteen-year-old Oliver whisked away to become a Commonwealth soldier, Dani's primary ally in getting him ... more

The Tricker-Treater and Other Stories

by Briana Morgan

"The Tricker-Treater is gonna stop by your house tonight. You gotta meet with him and do what he says, or else."A woman agrees to take part in a creature's sick game to save the child she loves. A girl and her mother move into a nightmare house. Two brothers embark on a high-seas treasure hunt.In this haunting collection, Briana Morgan shares stories of love, loss, and horrors both real and imagined.

The Saga of the Phoenix

by Oriano Galvanini

During one of his travels, in the 1960s, the protagonist, a young radio operator, comes across a mysterious organization, the Phoenix, which operates worldwide and has unlimited financial resources and technologies that were unthinkable in those years. He had been chosen because he was deemed suitable, on the basis of some mental analyzes to which he had been subjected without his knowledge. After a few trips during which he has the opportunity to verify the extraordinary technologies available ... more

Heart of the Talisaar

by Joe Shephard

Chronicling the final days of a devastating conflict, the story predominantly follows Kal'atora Kyrenapur and his friends as they fight to defend the human colonies of the Talisaar from an overwhelming foe. Whilst on Earth, Elspeth Tanner, learns of a shocking truth that explains the origins of the Talisaar and how we're all connected, but which may also hold the key to humanity's salvation. It's an action-packed tale full of exciting battles, interesting characters, religious and political intr... more

Nothing to Get Nostalgic about

by Eddie Brophy

Charlie Harris is haunted. Haunted by addiction, haunted by depression, but more than anything he is a man haunted by his childhood. For years, Charlie had successfully used his relationship with his past and with fear to his advantage. He became a successful and award-winning author by confronting the tangible terrors of a divisive world of economic strife and political polarization. Unfortunately, the one fear he was never able to confront was the one that now hid under the crib of his infant ... more

Perseverance: How It All Began by Ardel Emery

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Epic love laced with epic pain… Loving him was my secret. Mine alone. I never let anyone come remotely close to accessing that part of my heart. Not even myself, except on rare occasions. Trystan was simultaneously the source of my greatest love and the source of my greatest heartache. He never knew how I felt about him. I’d never told him how deeply and profoundly in love with him I was…and still am. He had always considered me a friend so that was the position in his life that I desperately... more

Time Machine Emergency

by Dan Arthur Busby

A genius twenty-two-year-old student makes an astounding discovery while working for a college professor. Derek and Professor Kibble are the right combination to invent an unlikely but very timely time machine. Forced to hurry their experimentation because of a nuclear threat, they add a woman, Lex, to the team and take a leap into the unknown. Which fate would be worse-nuclear destruction or a jump into time travel? Soliciting the help of Alexander the Great, they formulate a plan to rewrite hi... more

Lost in Time: Trapped in a Prehistoric World

by Dan Arthur Busby

By 2040, the US corrections system had found an unbeatable way to save money. Simply send them out of the present world. ..send them to a very ancient past world. Time travel technology had blossomed, but was exclusively used by the government. Men like Jimmy Dantly had been highly educated in the field, and worked for the government, doing research and maintenance. For Jimmy, everything was turning up roses, until a freak accident at work turned his world upside down. A coworker was k... more

The Whisper of Dragons

by Michelle Picard

Kavi, the protagonist, is the heir to a dragon guardian, unbeknownst to her clan, a 21st century nomadic magic using group whose magic allows them bend reality by manipulating the Story of everything, the material that binds all matter.

Gemma Calvertson and the Forest of Despair

by Ryan Hoyt

A heroine's first adventure. A kingdom's last hope.

Gemma spends her days studying a war her father fought in before her birth, but she realizes that not everything is what it seems. When she sets off to interview an aging hero, she learns about an emerging threat to the kingdom prophesied by the forbidden factions of magic and religion.

Since she can't go to the officials without incriminating her new friend Richard, they mus... more

Vampire Hunters

by Trudie Collins

By day they lead ordinary lives, by night they hunt vampires. When JD agrees to train someone from outside the hunter society, little does he realise how much she will affect his life, and the lives of his fellow hunters. As she immerses herself in their world, she learns how deadly vampires are. Hunters have to kill or be killed and just one bite is all it takes to turn a human into a monster. When one of the team becomes infected with vampire venom, they are left with one burning question. ... more

Sweet Dreams

by Brittney Herrera

This story is about Ally, who is an energetic little girl who prefers to play rather than go to sleep. One night, her mom has an idea to tell her a story to show her that sleeping is not only necessary but can be fun as well. She spins an adventurous little tale for her baby girl about the Maya Heritage of Belize.

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