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Haunted Ground: The Ghosts of Laskin's Farm

by Cailyn Lloyd

On the run from cartel enforcers, shrewd ex-con Kat Lundquist finds the perfect refuge, an old farmhouse in the middle of nowhere. But when an earthquake stirs up ominous forces below and evidence of a haunting mounts, Kat realizes she’s stumbled upon something more terrifying than the killers on her trail. As strange, senseless crimes rattle a nearby town, the assassins discover her hideout and close in for the kill. Desperate to escape, Kat joins forces with a new ally, a geologist whose pu... more

Critical Habitat

by Terrence King

A Fantastical Sci-Fi & Dystopian Action-Adventure that bends sci-fi and The Hero's Journey's tropes and archetypes. As a devastated world recovers from war and plight, an unlikely heroine emerges and attempts to rescue distressed rebels from the government’s corruption controlling the rationed food supply and from a rogue general trying to steal the only known honeybees.

And Earth itself fights back.

The Surge

by Monica Abbott

The Surge is an action-packed, Christian speculative fiction novel set in the present day. The high-concept theme is an adventurous dip into the world of deep underground scientific experiments culminating in the development of super-soldiers and the rewriting of human DNA. An EMP anomaly brings about the atmospheric, electromagnetic change that sets the DNA rewriting into motion. All around, humans are enhancing into A.I. hybrids. Except the protagonist, Rayner, his two children, and his cous... more

A Walk Through Dimensions

by Josh Fredrick

Emily is unsure of her life. Unsure of herself. She's close to either seeing someone or just offing herself. When a transdimensional traveler starts spouting off his idea for an adventure (while simultaneously juggling fireballs) she knows that this is her one chance to truly experience a thousand lifetimes. Honestly could you resist the temptation?

Invisible Rider

by Kathleen Summers

Is invisibility possible in 2092? Alex pays a high price to find out. She's survived a world disaster and has food. Most don't. She has a successful private research business, a safe place to live, and a happy, contented life. Global warming has been halted but storms still rage. The last fifty years have taken a toll on the planet and its occupants. Recovery is still in progress, but it's happening. Food and housing are supplied to all those in need. Things are looking up. Or are they? Alex ... more

Scratched

by Matt Micheli

Droves of the rich and beautiful have invaded the small town of Brawlton, forcing out the many generations of good-natured, wholesome townspeople. On the outside, these new inhabitants seem to have it all, but they soon learn that there is more to life than Botox, silicone, and spreading rumors while sipping on over-priced martinis. There is something lurking in the woods, and it is hungry for blood.

The White

by Matt Micheli

Things can change fast in Texas, especially the weather. Uninvited and unwelcomed, Dan’s estranged mother Margo shows up at his doorstep moments before a freak snowstorm hits their small Texas town. The arctic storm comes fast and hard, trapping Dan and his wife, their teen daughter, and her boyfriend inside with the malicious old woman who seems hell-bent on destroying everything her son and daughter-in-law have built together. Long-buried family secrets are exhumed, causing tensions to flare ... more

The Snow Witch

by Jaclyn Wilmoth

A book of spells. Memories in the snow. And nowhere to run. Lumi thought she'd escaped her past, but when she falls in love with a man from the far north, she leaves the safety of her life in libraries and follows him into the mysterious world of Arctic Town, a domed city where tourists play the part of frontiersmen and the birds watch her every move. Lumi begins making a home in the boreal wilderness, until the snow starts falling at autumn's end. To her dismay, each flake brings stray m... more

Native Fear

by C. F. Page

Winter 2017. Olly Torrance—on the run, and hundreds of miles from his home in Illinois—winds up passing through Coyote Village, Michigan. If he’d taken a left or a right at the Main Street intersection, he’d be fine. But he—unaware of the ill-omened genius loci of the Elkhourne Ranch—went straight. He went up Old Willow Road. And not being a local, he hadn’t known about the sinister rumors. Everything ranging from Satanic worship to scientific experiments . . . and stranger things. Olly fi... more

Love in the time of war

by Mustafa Abubaker

The Reaper's Quota

by Sarah McKnight

Meet Grim Reaper #2497. Behind on his work, he must complete his quota of thirty Random Deaths or face termination in the worst way. Faced with an insurmountable task and very little time to complete it, Reaper #2497 struggles to hang on to the one thing he's not supposed to have - his humanity.

Deathwind: War of the Harbingers

by Brad Pawlowski

When Nathan Stryder is abducted from Earth and thrown headfirst into an interstellar war, it shatters his world.

Freed from his captors by the Meraki Dominya, Nathan learns his sister was also taken and strikes a deal to rescue her. Enlisting in their military, he meets Arista, a skilled commando who has been trained to kill first and not ask questions later. But he soon discovers that under her hardened exterior, there is a kindred soul. As the risks around them escalate, he must deter... more

Killa: A Mixtape Novella

by Mario Moreno

Aspiring emcee Melody Méndez takes the stage in a deadly contest for a record deal. But when a phantom starts eliminating her competition, will she make it out alive? A modern take on The Phantom of the Opera, perfect for fans of hip-hop and suspense.

Through the Plot Hole

by Micah Kolding

Long ago, the fourth wall of a slapstick animation collapsed, and a cartoon cat got a glimpse of a "real world" beyond his Sisyphean existence. Now he roams the Diegesphere via "plot holes" that take him from one story to another, always hoping that his next plot hole will be the one to free him from fiction entirely.

In every story, "the Cat" finds new followers: mentors, minions, tokens, villains... characters doomed to die in aid of their fiction... more

A Gathering of Blood and Magic

by Anne Lee

Captain Garridan knows his enemy well. The Erepos, whose bite turns humans into zombie-like creatures, have isolated his people from the world. After one of the Infected breaches the city walls, desperation forces Garridan to do the impossible: enter a world of magic to escort his king and plea for aid from the mysterious faerie queen and her princesses, who shut their doors to humanity a thousand years ago. Raised by the cryptic sorcerer liaising the discussions between Garriden’s king and t... more

Beyond the Mind

by Stephan Karen

Ralph Adrienne is leading an aspiring project to design personality changer implants when he faces a new threat to his career. A change in priorities would impede his project, as the board of directors is planning to invest in a chipset that could record and manipulate memories. As the R&D Chief, he has to investigate the new project's scope, which leads him to get one implanted in his brain. The new chipset would soon change his perception of the world and shed light on the darkest side of his ... more

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