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Final Edition: Rarity from the Hollow

by Robert Eggleton

Lacy Dawn's father relives the never-ending Gulf War, her mother's teeth are rotting out, and her best friend gets murdered by the meanest daddy on Earth. Life in the hollow is hard. She has one advantage - an android was inserted into her life and is working with her to cure her parents. He wants something in exchange. It's up to her to save the Universe. Lacy Dawn doesn't mind saving the universe, but her family and friends come first.

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Virtually Deserted
by Icy Savage

In 2057, almost the entire planet is addicted to a virtual reality system called the Stratosphere, where any desire the mind can conjure is sated. Society has descended into narcissism, the real world abandoned to decay. However, escape exacts a price. Without workers, the network that supports users’ digital dreams will collapse. The Stratosphere’s creator, Katharine Wilde, must decide. If the system fails, the last city on earth will crumble. Yet, the longer it operates, the more citizens l... more

The Fires of Orc

by Tony Phillips

In the wasted world, what does an old man remember? Before the fires he was part of something, something that would last. So he thought. Looking back fifty years to the destruction of 2032, he knows the end was inevitable. Power, greed, ambition and murder were the order of the day – and then the fires. A survivor remembers how the dawn of quantum computing signaled the end of democracy, how lust, vengeance and scandal lit the fuse, and how a hardened few started over, rebuilding tomorrow from t... more

Windows Into Hell

by James Wymore

What happens after we die? Mankind has speculated through the ages that a few righteous or lucky people go straight to heaven. Or so we’ve come to believe. Good or bad, our journey doesn’t end at death. For most of us, the afterlife begins in an office where an overworked and underappreciated demon decides our long term fate. Life is messy, it’s easy to miss one of the crucial lessons. In order to accommodate our unique shortcomings, a myriad of custom fitted Hells wait with open arms to teac... more

End of the Line

by Steven Penny

In this piece of short fiction, young Maeve O'Grady makes a sinister new friend on the train.

Son Of Terror: Frankenstein Continued

by William A. Chanler

SON OF TERROR : Frankenstein Continued is a direct sequel to Mary Shelley's classic book Frankenstein. The book follows the story of Victor Frankenstein's highly intelligent and terrifying Creature, focusing on his fascination with 21-year-old Mary Godwin (Mary Shelley's mainden name), an investigative journalist from New York City who is summering on an island in Maine.

Cursed: A Yorkshire Ghost and Thores-Cross Short Story

by Karen Perkins

Jennet's here. No one is safe. A skeleton is dug up at the crossing of the ways on Hanging Moor, striking dread into the heart of Old Ma Ramsgill - the elderly matriarch of the village of Thruscross. And with good reason. The eighteenth-century witch, Jennet, has been woken. A spate of killings by a vicious black dog gives credence to her warnings and the community - in particular her family - realise they are in terrible danger. Drastic measures are needed to contain her, but with the ... more

Operation Dark Angel: The Rise of Nicolaitanes

by Pam Funke

Evonne and Vrawg: Bounty Hunters

by Jeremy Hayes

Evonne and Vrawg are perhaps the most famous bounty hunters to walk the great western nation of Tauros. Their reputation for catching the nation’s most wanted is unparalleled. But what brought a Taurosian woman, and former pirate, to partner with a giant half-ogre from the Grey Ash Mountains? They both share troubled pasts and each was forced to flee their home. Wild adventures awaited them as they attempted to find a place to fit in. In their darkest hours, they found each other and formed an u... more

To Wish Upon a Star

by Scott MacDonald

Megan Brandt was a shy, lonely teenager secretly in love with a boy in school. It’s a common scenario that many young girls face and the resolution is typically something simple, like a makeover. Megan’s solution was less prosaic than that. She chose to enter into a contract to have her wish fulfilled magically by a bitter and alcoholic 132yr. old Gypsy fortuneteller with a lot of unresolved anger issues. \t A makeover would’ve been so much easier. Many years later, long after the wish had... more

Between Truth And Eternity

by Scott Moses

Joshua Boehm is at a crossroads, juggling his professional life of an intergalactic spy with his personal life of a loner and recovering addict. Wanting an existence celebrating the warmness of love instead of lamenting the past and dreading the future, Joshua yearns a normal life and the truth. Not necessarily the best attributes for a secret agent. Meeting the mysterious Myrra Nirvan, Joshua comes to understand that she is the key to defeating the enemy. The battle quickly becomes the ... more

Великолепная Ангел

by Геннадий Гиренко

Синопсис. Как вы знаете, вселенная уже давно освоена, поделена и сплотилась в организацию: Федерация Содружества Разумных Миров. Как старые добрые соседи, Миры торгуют между собой, общаются в сети, вместе едут в гости к другим соседям, ну, и конечно, иногда сорятся. Вот именно для таких случаев и был создан: Федеральный Корпус Урегулирования Конфликтных Ситуаций, где и проходил службу герой нашего рассказа мастер-сержант Стивен Хопкинс. Разумные миры многообразны. Различие ... more

Гости

by Геннадий Гиренко

\t\t\t\tСинопсис. Война подходила к концу. Мир с ужасом взирал на деяние своих рук, понимая, что теперь уже ничего невозможно изменить. Из-за разбуженных нанесёнными точечными ядерными ударами супер-вулканов, земное ядро начало разгон и теперь человеческую цивилизацию до окончания своего существования отделяло всего несколько месяцев. Оставалось надеяться только на чудо. И оно произошло, когда из далёкого космоса на погибающую планету прилетели Гости. Это был шанс для человечества. Чтобы ... more

Weaving Man: Book One of The Prophecy Series

by Tove Foss Ford

On a midwinter night on the planet Eirdon, a young man who is the greatest assassin of his time is summoned to the Royal Palace of Erdahn. He expects to be rewarded for completing a difficult and dangerous mission that has ensured the future security of his country, Mordania. Instead, he is given a newborn baby princess, second in line to the throne of Mordania. By the orders of the Queen, he is sent to a distant royal estate to raise her according to the severe and pitiless standards of the ... more

Suffer the Children

by Janden Hale

A genetic experiment unleashed a devastating virus that only affected children and what's left of humanity struggles to survive. When one of a small band of survivors is mauled by a grotesquely mutated child, the group is left with a harrowing decision that threatens to reveal their town’s darkest secrets. One man, Adam Dressler, volunteers to go to the town of Soquili for medical supplies, despite the dangers that lurk within. He must not only contend with the mutants, but cannibals that rove t... more

Den of Antiquity

by Bryce Raffle

When one thinks of a den, one tends to think of comfort. A cozy room in the house—a quiet, comfortable place, a room for conversation, reading, or writing. One doesn’t tend to think of high adventure, dragons, vampires, airships, or paranormal creatures. And yet, that’s just what you’ll find in these pages. Stories of adventure and mystery! Paranormal, dark, and atmospheric tales! The fantastical and the imaginative, the dystopian and post-apocalyptic, and everything in between!

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