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The Darkness: Giger, Texas

by Joe M. Solomon

When night falls in Giger, Texas, shadows gather as they always do in dim corners and other areas bereft of light. But this time they consolidate and attack any who tread too close. Michael Warren, a twenty-four-year-old resident of Giger, finds himself at the epicenter of this horror and is stunned by the losses suffered overnight. Then the sun sets and the shadows again coalesce, growing more aggressive, the darkness eviscerating anyone it touches. His only weapon light, Michael struggl... more

The Blood will Dry

by Kate L. Mary

Five years after an alien invasion, the earth is unrecognizable. The human race has been decimated and the sun completely blotted out by dark clouds that bring constant rain. All indigenous plant life has been killed off and replaced by vegetation that has proven to be as deadly as it is invasive, and the aliens that have taken over the planet are seemingly invincible. Living in a crowded building with other survivors, Diana Foster wants nothing more than to forget what she lost the day the a... more

Invisible Soft Return:\

by Roberta Degnore

What if you are forced to be more than you ever dreamed? And there's a cosmic gun pointed at your head to make sure you'll do it. Be a murderer, or a creator?

Evet is a writer in the future attacked from the past. Accused of murder, she races to escape an alluring police torturer and her own crisscrossing identities that everyone seems to know better than she does. In a lonely cosmos with the latest drugs, she runs. But when she's forced to know other lives, the wind of eternity catches... more

Akairya: First half of The Fractured Soul (Volume 1)

by Abrianna Leaming

The country of Alkairyn has been stained by the growing touch of a blight. Named the Shadow because of its darkness, its strength is only possible because the soul of the earth has fractured. Unaware of the power she carries, half elf Akairya is forced to flee her home city as it is destroyed by the Shadow's children, Roraks, and dragons who have embraced the poison. Through the push of fate, Akairya comes across a dragonling, and together they stumble on a journey that will shatter their percep... more

The Heart of Stone

by Ben Galley

Mercenary. Murderer. Monster. He has been called many names in his time.

Built for war and nothing else, he has witnessed every shade of violence humans know, and he has wrought his own masterpieces with their colours. He cared once, perhaps, but far too long ago. He is bound to his task, dead to the chaos he wreaks for his masters.

Now, he has a new master to serve and a new war to endure. In the far reaches of the Realm, Hartlund tears itself in two over coin a... more

Somewhere Called Now: To Arrive Before You Leave

by Daniel Cowan

Somewhere Called Now is the story of four, "less-than-mature," college students from Savannah, Georgia who place an ad online, claiming they're an accomplished espionage group. In truth, this is a ruse by the team’s eccentric leader, Frank Brise, who is simply trying to raise money for his next fall quarter in school. Much to their amazement, they get a call from an international terrorist organization that kidnaps and blackmails them into cooperating with a wild international scheme involving e... more

Of Deception and Divinity

by N.D. Jones

A mighty war, waged every 500 years, has returned to the realm of mortals. And with it, the Day of Serpents arrives to wreak havoc upon the world. Assefa and Sanura struggle to complete their mate bond, as they also continue their fight in this preternatural war of fire versus water. Unseen enemies, surprise magic attacks, and betrayal lurk at every turn for the couple, and revelations about their powers and past come to light. As Assefa and Sanura fight to seal their bond and love, destin... more

Santa Claus: The King of the Elves

by B.C. Chase

When Santa's true love, Linnea, is kidnapped, he and his loyal High Elf friends embark on an enthralling journey across the perilous lands of Euchaia in a desperate bid to bring her safely home, little realizing that much more is at stake than Linnea's life. By the end, the very survival of all High Elves is in jeopardy and Santa makes a fateful choice between his love for her and the destiny of the elves. In this spellbinding adventure, internationally bestselling author B.C.CHASE taps the fur... more

How A Loser Like Me Survived the Zombie Apocalypse

by Steven Bereznai

Fatal Attraction meets The Walking Dead Amazon bestselling, post-apocalyptic master Steven Bereznai ruthlessly pits a below-average Joe against a zombie horde...and his ex-girlfriend from hell. After a devastating breakup, loser Marty Melon doggedly reassembles his shattered self. Self-esteem boosting Ted Talks, muscle-crushing kettlebell swings, and key episodes of The Golden Girls transform him from zero to b-list hero. This suicidal reject, turned pick-up artist, turned sensitive new ... more

Xenon Phobia

by Sterling Emmal

I was Dead. When the medical examiner cut away the clothes that covered my lifeless corpse to perform the routine autopsy, he saw the warning that I had etched into the cold dead flesh that was once the skin that covered my flat stomach: The time of my death was 3:15 AM. The cause of my death was a lethal dose of Morphine that was injected directly into my heart. My death was ruled as a homicide, But there’s only one problem with that. I am still here, and now I have a little vendetta to tak... more

14 Needles: An Unsettling Collection

by Aaron Deck

Don't miss out on this hair-raising collection of short stories! Based on 14 tattoos, these tales will take you on a disturbing journey inspired by each piece of art. You will travel to a military encampment in Afghanistan, through a trinket shop in California and into the secret, gruesome war being waged in the back alleys of civilization. Each tale strikes a different tone, from the horrific to the thrilling. Featuring stories such as:

Old Town San Diego S... more

The Muse: A novel of unrelenting terror

by Arjay Lewis

Famed novelist Jack Court has a secret: the wealthy writer is a serial killer. He has another hidden treasure, a small antediluvian creature that dwells within him and gives him youth, strength and a superhuman ability to avoid capture. On his trail is Sheriff Neil Trajan, who is certain Court murdered his wife three years earlier. \tWhen the author is hit by a careless driver, the creature leaves him and through a series of events, ends up with lowly writer, Harold Godwine. Godwine begins to w... more

The Last Shade Tree

by Margaret Panofsky

Sequoyah Morgan Hummingbird is different, living on the edge of reality where sharing thoughts is as natural as breathing. But he hates everything about himself—his name, his lost childhood in a Cherokee residential school, his tongue-tied shyness. Even worse, the Moon People, an octogenarian pair orbiting high above the earth, force him to comply with their ruthless repopulation scheme—because they alone have seen WW III destroy humankind. By age twenty Sequoyah hits rock bottom. He pulls throu... more

THE BIG BLACK BAG

by Barbara Sherman

Joe De Killer, a partner in a prominent law firm, embezzles the company's funds with the intention of living in the lap of luxury for the rest of his life. To carry out his plan, he enlists the help of a lawyer axquaintance, who is given the task of putting the money away in a safe place, so the law firm would have no way of finding it or pinning the blame on him. In their mad scramble from the law, the two associates-in-crime find themselves in a series of adventures tha... more

Confidence Game

by Britt Ringel

When a smuggler steals a ship and cons a crew to escape his past, he gets more trouble than his own. A space adventure in the spirit of Firefly, Confidence Game is a standalone novel set among the other books in the This Corner of the Universe galaxy.

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by Kyle Oates

In "The Evening Blade: Edge of Awakening" three individuals–Anara Swift, a young woman with no clear path for the future; Miranda Heath, an heiress held captive by her own family; and Joshua Kentaine, a squire with ambitions to avenge his family–come of age but behind the wars of Trista whispers in the Void begin to stir. Anara begins a new life as a courtesan after being forced out of the place she called home. She discovers that her new path has unexpected possibilities that eventually lead... more

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