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Yesterwary

by Styna Lane

No one expects to run out of love. We fall for neighbors, strangers, celebrities, and gods, but we rarely consider the consequences of being so careless with our own hearts. To Demi Harper, the thought of running out of love is nothing more than a cautionary tale told by her older sister, to protect her from heartache. But the loss of the only person in the world who loves her in return proves that it may not be so ridiculous a thought, after all. A gasp, a pain, and a foreboding silen... more

Fatizen 24602

by Philip C. Barragan, II

Sixty years in the future, the diet industry becomes a branch of the federal government. The Office of Size Compliance monitors everyone's dietary intake and imprisons the obese in concentration camps. But when Delilah Palladino is jailed for being fat, all hell breaks loose.

A Chance Beginning (Shadow's Fire )

by Christopher Patterson

Three young men, two brothers and a cousin, all want to leave their lives as farmers for various reasons, whether it is to get rich, see adventure, or ultimately save their family's farm. Erik and Befel - brothers - and Bryon - their cousin - leave their families thinking that the world outside their daily farm lives is going to be much easier, only to be disappointed. They end up working in pigsties, lumber yards, and sleeping in alleys before they wind up as porters for a group of mercenaries ... more

All the Night-Tide

by Hazel Butler

A stunning collection of Steampunk-themed stories based on the poems of Edgar Allan Poe. In this fusion of Gothic and Steampunk, each story comes with the poem that inspired it. From tragic, fatalistic love stories, to wild adventures, misguided scientists, and mad experiments, this volume has a taste of everything. Gritty, grungy, dark and engaging, it comes beautifully packaged and fully illustrated, with seven stories and six poems, plus an introduction from the editor.

Chasing Azrael

by Hazel Butler

When Andee Tilbrook's husband died, her preoccupation with death turned to obsession. Thanks to her unique ability to commune with the dead, her husband remains all too close, yet never close enough. Mired in grief, she clings to James's spirit, slowly losing touch with the world, her friends, and any desire to continue living. But when her friend Josh becomes the target of Natalya, a jealous, capricious and violent Russian beauty, Andee somehow finds the strength to free herself from her misery... more

"Song of the Red Wolf" The Tala Chronicles

by Toni House

Billy and Wizzie Frank, a gorgeous young couple just starting their lives together, all they wanted was a beautiful house to call home, a place where Wizzie’s younger sisters would feel safe. They travel south in search for the perfect home. They find a house with a view, right on the Alabama River, but they get more than they bargain for.

Layers and layers of violent hauntings and encounters, hidden secrets, and violent promises, the ghost of a Native American Indian Chief... more

Synthetic Illusions (Jane Colt)

by Mary Fan

Illusion is the only reality. Jane’s new career as a composer is a dream come true, but her blossoming relationship with Adam is marred by his terrifying nightmares. When Jane receives a warning that a shadowy agency is targeting Adam’s seminary school, she rescues him in the nick of time, but the only way she can protect him from such a powerful enemy is to run. In a shocking betrayal, her brother wasn’t the one who warned her about the attack on Adam. Instead, Devin was leading it. As J... more

84 Drawings

by Bruce Zeines

This a book of visual stories that pay homage to the style underground comics. The visuals are engaging and tell each viewer their own story. There is a foreword by Parabola editor Lee Van Laer. "Reaching out into the imaginal, he has created what Ibn ‘Arabi would call a barzakh—a reconciling bridge—which occupies the gap between material reality and the world of ideas. —Lee Van Laer; from the Foreword Very good use of black line, cross-hatching and shading to create the illusion of depth.... more

Sex, Peanuts, Fangs, and Fur: A Practical Guide for Invading Canada (Fangs and Fur Book 1)

by Renee Miller

A Practical Guide for Invading Canada: Step One: Have a Plan President Robert Armstrong needs an unstoppable army so he can take over the world. He obtains three monstrous viruses and sets his plan in motion. Step Two: Testing, 1, 2, 3… Patients Zero, otherwise known as Chris, Steve and Rafe, sign up for experimental treatments they believe will cure their afflictions. Instead, the President turns them into monsters. But the lab is not the big wide world and the President must kn... more

The Time Slip Girl

by Elizabeth Andre

What if the woman you loved was more than a century away? Dara, a computer programmer from Chicago, is visiting London when she opens a door in an Edwardian house and slips into Edwardian England. Agnes, a beautiful London shop girl, takes in the bewildered 21st century American lesbian, but, as Dara begins to accept that she is stuck in 1908, she also begins to accept that she has feelings for Agnes that go beyond gratitude. And the longer Dara stays, the harder Agnes finds it to hide her growi... more

Masque (The Two Monarchies Sequence)

by W.R. Gingell

Beauty met the Beast and there was . . . Bloody murder? It’s the Annual Ambassadorial Ball in Glause, and Lady Isabella Farrah, the daughter of New Civet’s Ambassador, is feeling pleasantly scintillated. In the library is Lord Pecus, a charming gentleman whose double mask hides a beastly face, and who has decided that Isabella is the very person to break the Pecus curse. In the ball-room is young Lord Topher, who is rapidly falling in love with an older woman. And in the card-room, lyi... more

A Time-Traveller's Best Friend: Volume One

by W.R. Gingell

Meet Marx. Meet Kez. Marx is a small, angry man with a time machine and a chip on his shoulder. Kez is a homicidal little girl with a price on her head and a penchant for kicking people where it hurts the most. When Marx crash-lands on Second World, he has no idea that he has plunged headfirst into the middle of an assassination plot- or a one day war that’s about to make his day a very bad one. From their first meeting at gun point, to their sometimes turbulent and always sarcastic ... more

Ralph Pincus, Occultist Extraordinaire

by Marcus Lambert

Christians, you have a new savior.

Don't worry, this one's Jewish too.

And his name is Ralph Pincus.

Ralph joins forces with an evangelical sorcerer and a noble vampire in order to save the world. The reluctant trio must learn the truth before time runs out: Why does destiny's invitation sound like the garbled death rattle of a child murderer? What is the secret shame of all good vampires? What is a viable online revenue stream for zombie exploitation? Why ... more

Freedom Club

by Saul Garnell

The year is 2085, and the world dives blindly into capitalistic hysteria while dreaming of a technologic singularity. India and China now dominate as economic leaders, and people have become over-reliant on the cold logic of artificial intelligence. Who can save the world from such self inflicted decay? Here we find Sumeet, the cream of Indian education, and a top notch investment banker. But he's unhappy with the good life laid before him, and soon meets Shinzou Friemann, a mysterious co... more

An Unbreakable Will (The Vargr Clan Trilogy Book 3)

by Angela Stevens

Join Tore and his children in this dramatic conclusion to the emotionally charged Vargr Clan Trilogy. “When you know who you are, when your mission is clear and you burn with the inner fire of unbreakable will. No cold can touch your heart, no deluge can dampen your purpose. You know that you are alive.” Chief Seattle, 1780

Hold On (The Vargr Clan Trilogy Book 2)