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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

A Lunatic's Laugh

by S. T. Blake

After she died that time, she was frozen, waiting for the answer to crash in on her...

Lilli Ashler was an actor of limited ability who found fame in a play called A Lunatic’s Laugh. Her mediocre talent led gossips to say she must have sold her soul for success. Then she disappeared from public view.

When Lilli dies, her granddaughter, Dominique, inherits her Gothic Irish mansion. Opposite the mansion stands a notorious asylum where the writer of A Lunatic’s Laugh spen... more

Omog’ryl'ak

by Mark Allen Masson

After Thought

by Nate Eckman

AFTER THOUGHT is an electrifying and unforgettable dystopian thriller that imagines what society could look like after America’s second Civil War. In the wake of unspeakable violence, the United States adopts a technology to ensure everlasting peace. But one woman, Ada, uncovering her family’s redacted past and a surveillance company’s role in the war, pushes the nation to the brink of an even bloodier conflict. What follows is the immersive account of our heroine, who realizes that she’s m... more

Welcome to the Silent Zone: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller

by Viktor Csák

“You are hunted by the most dangerous animal on the planet.” Years after the outbreak of a mysterious pandemic, hardly any survivors are left in the quarantined wasteland of North America. Hunger and the menace of man-eaters are nothing compared to the ferals – those who were infected and mutated by the virus. The ferals have an unquenchable need to hunt and kill, and even a single bite will quickly transform human into a rabid beast. Two survivors, the pregnant Megan and her brother David, le... more

Children of the Unhomed

by Andy C Wareing

River should have been heir to the throne of Oceania, but she is held, a prisoner of both the rebel insurrectionists and of the prophecies concealed within her own mind, the same prophecies that hold the secret to the survival of her entire species. In a world ravaged by antimicrobial-resistant disease, a new sovereignty has risen to violent prominence, one founded on the brittle friction between ancient Māori traditions and quantum physics. River’s parents have abandoned her. Three great ga... more

PULSE

by J Z York

Staff Sergeant Grace Woods has had enough of pain. Her assignment as a cryptographer at an underground black site lets her focus on her precision work. She’s in control, shielded from past loss of everyone she loved. But she can’t control the sun. Massive solar flares create electromagnetic pulses, killing electricity on Earth and throwing Grace into a duplicate plane, and duplicate command populated by Fae. Immersed in her new world, threads tying her to a malevolent Fae and her former wor... more

GIRL, INCORRUPTED

by Megan Bledsoe

Magical lore, all the feels, and ominous characters who haunt the page.

GIRL, INCORRUPTED is about Daphne James, a college senior who sets out to become the kind of girl her boyfriend says he’d marry only to entangle herself with the local vaudeville star, an incorrupt corpse who thinks that Daphne can help reanimate her body.

With minimal heat and an emphasis on horror, this love-horror hybrid is perfect for fans of dark fantas... more

THE ROMAN FUTURE

by Robert Allen Miltenberg

Scatius Commodius Lavatorius is Rome's greatest scientist. And for all he's achieved, one question haunts him night and day: Will Rome Survive The Test Of Time?

Engelstatt

by Samuel Church

On the surface, the mountain town of Engelstatt, Austria is picture-perfect. It offers guests stunning views, fresh air, and the chance to experience an Alpine village untouched by time. For university student Jacob Liro, a school shooting survivor and aspiring artist, it is the perfect place to spend spring break with his classmates and a chance to hit the reset button on his life. What Jacob and his class don’t know is that beneath its fairy-tale facade, something sinister lies in wait in the ... more

Changeling

by Arista Holmes

Changeling, is a portal contemporary fantasy about Lizzy Hail, a fey determined to find out what happened to her mother, who went missing during a trip to the mortal realm. Only when Lizzy highjacks a portal illegally to follow her mum's trail, she and her best friend discover a world hundreds of years more advanced than their own, and full of vampires.

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