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Party Hard (Pixel Dust Book 1)

by David Petrie

A game developer gone rogue. Six adventures. One epic quest. Before the online game Carpe Noctem hit the market, the average person wasted a third of their life sleeping. Now, instead of lying in bed dreaming about showing up late to class in their underwear, players step into a breathtaking world of fantasy and adventure. For most users, this is a dream come true. For players like MaxDamage24 and his sidekick Kirabell, it is about to become something else. After being fired, one of Noctem... more

Horror on 22nd Street

by Swiyyah Woodard

She cradles her infant with guardian arms as her stone-cold bare feet chase her lover down 22nd street pass the Manhattan Casino. He runs because he does not want the obligation of raising a child. Her copper hair is sliced short from depression. Her slinky ox-blood dress falls beneath her feet causing her to stumble a few times. Her child bellows petrified by the screech of the near by train. She faces death. Fifty years have passed and a small town remains cursed by the tragic death of a yo... more

The Gargouille

by Xander Bailey

Santo Patrocelli is a member of a secret organization of warrior priests that have been fighting an order of shape-shifting nuns known as The Gargouille since the seventh century. Believing this conflict was over, he lives in seclusion in The Philippines. When The Gargouille reemerge, he is drawn into the battle once again. This time, however, he questions the righteousness of his mission as he falls in love with one of his sworn enemies.

Blood & Ash

by Deborah Wilde

Cold-blooded kidnappers. Long-lost magic. When things get serious, she goes full Sherlock. Ashira Cohen takes pride in being the only female P.I. in Vancouver. Her missing persons case should be a piece of cake. She wasn’t counting on getting bashed in the skull, revealing a hidden tattoo and supernatural abilities she shouldn’t possess. Or the bitter icing on top: a spree of abductions and terrifying creatures on a deadly bender. Reluctantly partnered with her long-time nemesis Le... more

Renegade WASP

by Jeff Gordon

Jeff Gordon graduated from Trinity College, CT (BA, English) and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (MA, English). During his career he was a high school English teacher, Director of Education and Community Services for the Hartford Stage Company, and a communications and corporate relations officer for two Fortune 100 companies. Renegade WASP is his first work of fiction and represents a career "road not taken". He and his wife live in southern Delaware.

The Old Man And The Little Leaf - a fantasy fiction novel:

by Tara Smith

You like Harry Potter? Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jorge Luis Borges, Alejo Carpentier and magical fantasy fiction or sci-fi? You like Ray Bradbury and Aimee Bender? Salman Rushdie and Arundhati Roy? Well then, you will love this book! Written by Tara Smith, this is her first indie novel. Below is the synopsis of the story. You can also read the first chapter for free here - https://medium.com/@tarasmith.author/the-old-man-and-the-little-leaf-a-new-fantasy-magical-realism-book-coming-soon-chapter-... more

Good Neighbors

by Russell C. Connor

Elliot Jefferson moved to the isolated Estates of North Hills to work on his sobriety and avoid other people at all costs. But when the electric transformers around the complex begin emitting a horrible buzz that he calls 'the Squall,' neither is easy to achieve.

Because some of his neighbors are acting strange. Twitching, fighting and muttering above voices only they can hear.

Soon Elliot will come face-to-face with the worst humanity has to offer, as wives imprison husb... more

Where Dreams Come True: A Story of Parallel Lives

by Carol Gino

There couldn’t be two more different women than Tracy Hamilton and Renata Rimaldi. For Tracy, life is and always has been a struggle - from suffering abuse as a child in a small town to trying to survive by herself in New York City. For Renata, a successful, world-renowned singer, life glitters with luxury, beauty, and love. One night, when Tracy has the TV on in the background, just so she doesn’t feel quite so alone, she is arrested by the splendid sound of Renata’s voice. Buoyed by its bea... more

Upon Stilted Cities: The Battle for Langeles (Chronicles of the Great Migration Book 3)

by Michael Kilman

The Ruins of Langeles are up for grabs, and two walking cities stand on the brink of war. Saud has arrived, Runner 17 is near death, the women of Nowhere are missing, and Roderick’s plot to destroy Manhatsten is underway. Never before has Manhatsten faced such danger. Enemies lurk both inside and outside the city, and there is an assassin in Daniels’s ranks. It will take all the power of the sisters of the Order of the Eye to protect the city. But Alexa Turon has seen the future and she kn... more

Upon Stilted Cities: The Winds of Change (Chronicles of the Great Migration Book 2)

by Michael Kilman

The Children of Gaia won’t stop until every last walking city is destroyed. The city of Langeles is rubble, resources are dwindling, and storm systems are larger than ever before. The people of Manhasten are in great danger, and they don’t even know it yet. Life in the city hasn’t changed much in the forty years since Mimi joined her telepathic sisters of The Order of the Eye, but the winds of change are blowing, and their enemy, the Children of Gaia wait in the shadows to turn the city ... more

Lyra Rayne: Ground Zero

by Bryan Strickland

Lyra Rayne’s greatest desire is to help. In big ways and the small, she just wants to help those in need. Through the altruistic ventures of her mentor, Dr. Grant Hill, and his vision for a clean, free energy source, Lyra found a way to help make the world a better place. That is, until the experimental reactor erupts into a scintillating wave of Exotic Particle Radiation that destroys their lab, and nearly kills Lyra in the process.

Miraculously surviving the blast, Lyra und... more

The Witch of Gray's Point (Lorestalker #3)

by J.P. Barnett

It hides in the shadows, waits in the desert, ready to pounce on any who enter its domain.

To Miriam Brooks, a solo study trip to an abandoned desert ranch house sounds like the perfect respite from the world, a way to unwind and center herself after a string of unbelievable encounters with terrifying monsters.

Yet the desert isn’t devoid of life. Something lurks outside her window, changing its form to suit its mysterious needs. She’s familia... more

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by Nikki Harmon

Kim is your typical rebellious black gay nerd, biding her time in college until she can get to her dream job at NASA. Returning home from work-study in the biology lab one day, Kim experiences a strange kind of double vision. She can somehow see her “choices” before she makes them. Just as she begins to investigate her new skill, Kim is kidnapped. Held in a remote farmhouse, she discovers that her abilities are no accident but that she has been an unwitting subject of an experiment by the profes... more

A Light from the Ashes

by Rachel Anne Cox

In the future wasteland of Virginia, Sam, the son of revolutionaries, wants nothing more than to leave the violence of his past behind him, but the impending Third Revolution and the two women he loves may not let him. It is the Year of 42, and Sam travels back home after spending seven years in a work camp to find his childhood sweetheart, Gemma, married to another man and helping to lead another rebellion against the corrupt government. Society has devolved into a pre-industrial agrarian wor... more

Connor's Gambit

by Z Gottlieb

Brad Johnson, a lone witness to a UFO sighting, becomes an alien target leading him to an off-world adventure. Brad risks everything when he accepts the adventure of a lifetime that includes an intergalactic battle he didn’t plan on. As Brad struggles to understand the conflict between the aliens, as well as his place in the universe, he learns one group threatens Earth's security and the other wants something entirely different. All Brad wants is to return home to his family, but not until he... more

Shadows in the Soul

by Jo Rentschler

It's like a ball of blackness that gets darker when you smile or laugh.

Twenty years in a loveless marriage destroyed Amy's self-esteem. Now, like her marriage, her car was slowly falling apart. If she didn't find a way to get a new one, she would lose what little she had left. With her inner voice reminding her of her faults, Amy thought washing dishes part-time would be a good fit.

From the day the rumor of Serenity's openi... more

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