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The Engineer's Mechanic

by L. K. Wintur

Ren, a gifted mechanic, is unwittingly on the cusp of igniting a revolution that could dismantle the oppressive empire of MetiCorp. After he rescues a droid and is discovered for his talent, he embarks on a quest to reach the elusive ICON status by mastering robotics. When Ren meets a mentor and uncovers information about the legendary Engineer and founder of MetiCorp, he is drawn into a whirlwind of dangers, both in the holographic and real worlds, that throw the fate of the entire city into... more

Running in Parallel: Running in Parallel Book 1

by Kara O'Toole Treece

A waitress. A warrior. Two women. Two worlds. One goal: to stay alive. All Fara wants is to earn enough tips to pay the bills, somehow learn to stand up for herself, and eat a good cheeseburger. What she gets is a federal agent who is convinced she is hiding a dangerous device in her tiny apartment; and a new and unexplainable ability that she really could do without. All Blu wants is to restore democracy to her world, preferably without dying in the process. What she gets is the unwanted... more

Darwin's Eden

by Rob Alexander

In the far future, a colony has been established on a new planet called Natchator, but it's inhabitants have lost communication with Mother Earth. One of the nations on Natchator, Oriana, has taken over the planet through authoritarian religious force, and rewritten a false history. The hero of the story, Ben Huxley, grows up in the regime's shadow, so much so that the most powerful man of the regime, Hector Sporn, has started grooming him as his personal assistant. But then Ben learns that Spor... more

The Forlorn Trail: The Eye of Ur I

by Jacob C. Sadler

All maps end at the Forlorn Hills. The trail through the mountains is seldom taken. Those who do take the trail disappear or come back deranged. But when his children are kidnapped by a tribe known only to legends, Jessie Bingham must leave his farm and venture into the last uncharted region in the West. Aided by a mysterious relic and a group of eclectic friends, he embarks on the Forlorn Trail. If he is to rescue his children and return to his quiet life on the frontier, he will have to learn ... more

The Work of Restless Nights

by M. Weald

It's a science fiction novel inspired by the likes of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Blade Runner, and Ghost in the Shell. Set in Chicago, year 2195, it looks at what it means to be human in a world of AI and augmented reality. We follow a government agent tasked with keeping society's delicate balance in check no matter the cost, an agent whose level of implants blurs the line between human and machine. Her assistive AI whispers in her mind. Control is rarely abandoned all at once, more t... more

City of Rain (The Cinqhawk Saga Book 1)

by William Lejeune

An ancient mystery. A sorceress in hiding. And the wizards who hunt her. Daughter of a minor house and fledgling mage, Summer Fontenay yearns for a life beyond her cloistered world. But when her dying master entrusts her with a mysterious parchment, she must use all that she has learned to survive. For there are those in the imperial court who would kill to obtain it and the secrets that it holds. Suspected of murder and pursued by the emperor’s wizards, Summer must deliver the parchmen... more

The Reset (Time Corrector Series Book 3)

by Avi Datta

WHEN THE WORLDS COLLIDE, THEIR LOVE WILL REWRITE THE FABRIC OF REALITY In the shocking third installment of the Time Corrector series, super-genius Dr. Vincent Abajian finds himself in an even grander drama, and this time, the fate of his beloved daughter is on the line. The Reset is a culmination of worlds colliding, timelines interweaving, and relationships that seemed indestructible, reaching dire breaking points. Vincent gets in the midst of an international political crisis forged b... more

Final Warning

by David Drum

A zany, high-stakes, epic adventure. As aliens speed toward Earth, strange things occur. A corporation releases a dangerous technology. A female scientist fights to expose the danger. The corporate president is abducted. An experiment goes awry, a Victoria's Secret model tries to save herself, Neanderthals return, and more. A fable for our times.

The Vampire Jack Townson: Fame Has Its Price

by Jack Townson

A man down on his luck trips and stumbles into a world of bloodthirsty monsters hidden among the precipices of New York City. A chance encounter with illustrious vampire Alexander LaMont ensnares the clumsy yet hopeful James Donovan in shadow and treachery, thrusting James into his new identity, The Vampire Jack Townson. Will Jack survive the vampiric politics of Manhattan, or will final death come to claim him at the next sunrise? Welcome to New York. We bite. Jack Townson's contemporary... more

In Dreams, We Fly

by Juliet Rose

After the untimely death of her mother to cancer, Sitka thinks when she goes to live with her aunt and cousin in Wilmington, North Carolina from New York, the biggest challenge she'll face will be as the new kid in an unfamiliar area. However, when she witnesses a body being dumped in the woods, Sitka finds herself hiding in an abandoned shack from the perpetrators of the crime. A secret door she finds in the floor of the space takes her beyond her world... fifty years back in time. She finds th... more

Carrying the Dead

by Juliet Rose

Six months after the sudden loss of an unplanned pregnancy, Hannah Moore is almost ready to think about living again. That is until one fateful day when a reckless, young motorcyclist changes the course of both their lives forever. One terrible, momentary decision ends his life at Hannah's unwitting hands, sending her down a spiral she can't find her way out of. Even a brief stint in the mental hospital does not release Hannah from that which insists on haunting her waking moments, and the night... more

The Workaholism Cult: A Tale of Otherworldly Invasion

by Jou Nathaniel

This is a workplace horror story. Sam, an employee who loathes his job, makes a chilling discovery within the IT company where he works. Something sinister lurks within, transforming negligent employees into deranged workaholics. Meanwhile, Sam begins to experience supernatural phenomena more frequently, leaving him uncertain about the reality of what he sees. Is it genuine or a manifestation of stress-induced mental disorder? But not for long. What was initially dismissed as a mere hallucina... more

Salvation Taverns

by E.M. Goldsmith

Nearly half a century after the methodical slaughter of the rookes who wandered the land of Aerda, weaving stories and inspiring the citizens of the growing empire, only one rooke remains. It has long been his duty, a task he traded his name for, to spread the tales that keep the dragons in a peaceful slumber. When the Seven Aspects of the Relic task him with the quest of rekindling the hope and respect that once accompanied the role of a rooke among the people of Alleysiande, he must decide ... more

A Sudden Absence

by Christopher Mari

Each morning since Lee Carter’s young wife, Frankie Buonasera, died on 9/11, he’s woken up expecting things that aren’t there—and knowing exactly what he lost. Two and a half years since her death, however, his life has moved in a decidedly surreal direction: the appearance of a packet of letters in a safe-deposit box he never knew existed; calendars that have their days listed out of order; traffic lights that are suddenly upside down. And now, buildings and bridges appearing all across New Yor... more

Always Carry Your Scythe

by Pip Paisley

Trixie D’Vita didn’t scythe. That was Mom’s gig. Then the Angel Investigative Bureau (AIB) turned up at Aunt Harry’s bar. Seemed the hottest afterlife gameshow in the Mystical Realms was misappropriating newly-departed souls. And Death was a person of interest. When the AIB can’t find Death, they come looking for Trixie, Death’s estranged daughter. Soon Trixie's best friend is in dire peril. An AIB trainee is traipsing towards trouble. And Trixie, armed with nothing but a pocket-scythe, is... more

The Rabbit Hole

by Matthew Fries

An evil ideology is altering the minds and bodies of visitors to Santa’s Kingdom, a Christmas-themed amusement park, and once joyful children are transforming into little monsters. Unaware of the horrors that await them, the park’s newest hire, Jimmy Miles, and his pregnant sister, Bailey, are looking for a fresh start. Upon arrival, the siblings are stunned to find the park overrun. Gingerbread Go-Kart Palace has fallen, the go-karts commandeered, and a convoy of children are demanding freed... more

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