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Whisper

by David Haltinner

When a witch tells you to help her, you do what she says. Not because she's beautiful, but because you don't want to live the rest of your life as a frog, or something worse. Whisper was living a normal life among humans until a group of witch hunters show up in the city and begin killing off her kind. Now they have their eyes on her, and she finds that magic alone is not enough to keep her alive this time. She needs help, and the only person that can help her survive is a human. Ben Bau... more

The Borderlands of Forever

by Jeff B Willey

What happens when humanity confronts forces beyond understanding, pulling it towards different eternities? One of its own making—the vast synthetic intelligence known as machinu—and another arrived from realms long suspected, but ignored by conventional science: interdimensional entities. The Borderlands of Forever weaves through time, from the near future to the 32nd century, as its characters confront shifting realities. We meet Lila Sandcherry, agent with the Bureau of Sen... more

The Control Problem

by Norah Woodsey

Vera Elpis is a quiet young woman with a desk job, two friends, and a cozy apartment. On the surface, her life is easy. Children adore her, her inheritance sustains her, and she is safe. The only blight is her unexplained infertility, a condition that shames and enrages her. In her lonely quest for motherhood, Vera fails to appreciate her own peculiarity. What happened before she moved here? How does she always know the weather forecast? And why doesn’t her cousin Jennifer, an executive at a ... more

The Noble Villains (The Forge Born Trilogy Book 1)

by Seth Wildschut

Ex-soldier Darragh Moonford operates in society as an outlaw after being cast out by a kingdom that no longer needs him. As technology advanced, magic-enhanced soldiers became obsolete leading to many becoming criminals. Using his forge-enhanced abilities he takes jobs outside the law to provide security and income for himself and his partner Orion. Soon they stumble onto a plot that could destroy every kingdom and the world itself.

The New Empire

by Alison McBain

The world undergoes a drastic change in the fourteenth century when Chinese ships land in what is currently known as the Bay Area of California. Fast forward four hundred years to a much different America than we know, a land dominated by a tribal confederacy grown out of a strong alliance with Beijing. Told from the main perspective of Jiangxi, a Chinese slave, it’s an epic story that highlights the experiences of characters often overlooked in the history books. In doing so, it tells a unique—... more

The Broken Darkness

by theresa braun

In her debut collection, Theresa Braun explores the inner workings of the human heart and what it is we most desire—forgiveness, acceptance, love, fame, or merely to escape who we really are. Whether we are battling ghosts, demons, mythical monsters, the past, or other dimensions, we are really facing the deepest parts of ourselves. These thirteen tales of horror and dark fantasy may appear to be a matter of good versus evil, but they are all a reflection of the hidden corners of the soul that a... more

The Price of Rebellion

by Michael Bland

It’s 2047. Secrets have been revealed. And Washington wants revenge. Dray Quintero learned an ugly truth: the leaders in D.C. are fake. Using his technology, they’ve stolen the identities of those duly elected to Congress and are determined to stay in power. After revealing the dangers of their government-mandated implants to his fellow citizens, Dray joins the already-underway rebellion. But his joining is as much to free the United States as it is to avenge his daughter’s death. Before he ca... more

Celestial Academy: Essence (Afterworld Book 1)

by Olivia Pharos

Orphan. Slave. Drug dealer. As a Demon-Owned human, in an Afterworld that has Hell and Heaven on Earth, Wen White is the lowest a being can be. Her life is one of drudgery, degradation—and mortal danger. And that's before she started dealing Angelescence. Unlike anything in existence, it's a drug only she can produce, and everyone would kill, or die for. With decommission and execution closing in, she’s desperate to buy out her and her best friend’s Indentures. But upping her operations on... more

Still Hungry

by Bob Reiss

A waitress faced with the most terrifying customer she’s ever encountered. A bully who meets the world’s shyest supernatural creature. A biologist summoned to a military base where a strange phenomenon is occurring. A global leader trapped 28,000 feet above earth. Best selling novelist and world class story teller Bob Reiss has been a lifelong fan of the original Twilight Zone TV series. Here he presents his first short story collection; odd tales of eight characters resembling people we’ve a... more

The Light Within Darkness

by David C. Jeffrey

Year 2218. Commander Aiden Macallan of the Sun Wolf has defeated Cardew’s attempt to annihilate Bound Space, and Elgin Woo has discovered a vast new astrocell of interconnected voidoids, expanding humanity’s prospects exponentially. But Cardew escaped into the new astrocell and claimed it all for his emerging Posthuman empire. Hell-bent on eradicating the human race, he’s secretly cloning an invincible army of bionic psychopaths to do his bidding. The Alliance must stop him before he invades, bu... more

Squeal

by Gitte Tamar

Forced to move from home to home throughout his childhood, Tom’s fantasy of a family member rescuing him from the foster care system dies after several years pass without as much as a phone call. His life unexpectedly shifts in his early teens when his only remaining blood relatives, his grandparents, suddenly reappear. For the first time in his resentment-filled years of abandonment, Tom experiences a moment of optimism over moving to the family pig farm. Tom’s change in fortune should br... more

Unleashed Vol. 2

by Edward Jefferson

It is a fact that the choices you make will seal your fate.

She is the product of man’s own greed. She is the beauty who stalks the night. Her chosen name is Raven, and she is death that walks. She hunts her prey while hiding in plain sight; her alluring beauty shields her from suspicion and conceals her insatiable desire to kill. A primordial fire burns within her that cannot be quenched. No force known to man can stop her, and everyone who crosses her path is a pote... more

Kill Your Darlings

by L.E. Harper

INCEPTION meets INKHEART in this allegorical epic. A depressed fantasy author writes a dark ending to her story, killing her beloved characters. When she awakes and finds herself magically trapped in their world, she must fight to change the fatal finale. Trading her pen for a sword, she sets out to defeat the insidious villain who feeds on blood and dreams—but if she can’t overcome her inner darkness, she’ll die with her darlings.

Dystopomart: Survivorium Maxi Catalog

by Ryan Patrick

Be the first in your Habitable Zone to take advantage of the available wonders in the world's first-ever Dystop-o-Mart Survivorium Maxi Catalog! Need weaponized cuisine and fast-acting lava-resistant portable shelter? You bet! Originally an apocatourist destination known for its Fume Flume(TM), Petting Zoo Hospice, and Louseatorium, Dystop-o-Mart also offers the consumer so much more. Why leave your hunger, defense, and home library to fate? The 64-page, all-color catalog includes a wishlist of ... more

Manxiety

by Daemon Manx

The stories in this book were inspired by real-life events. Some are loose interpretations of my nightmares and experiences, and others are dark memoirs. All were designed to evoke emotion. Longing, fear, remorse, desperation, and of course, anxiety, are a few of the horrors we all face and the ones from which there is often no escape. These stories were written during the most difficult periods in my life. Addiction, incarceration, and depression are the demons of which I speak. Creating this c... more

Doubt The Stars Are Fire

by Daniele Kasper

After vanishing without a trace for months, Cara is home in New York and feeling more lost than ever. Everyone around her knows that she has changed, but no one knows why. A chance encounter with a fortune-teller at a festival sends Cara on a journey to recover her missing memories and leaves her with even more secrets to hide. She is more determined than ever to find a way to get back to Caine. That is, until a freak accident lands Cara in the arms of a man who may derail all of her plans. M... more

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