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Suburban Monsters

by Christopher Hawkins

The house at the end of the block with the overgrown lawn. The darkened store window in a forgotten corner of the shopping mall. The colorful characters of a children's TV show. What dark secrets do they hide?

From award-winning author Christopher Hawkins come thirteen tales of the horrors lurking right next door.

A shut-in sets out to make a new life for himself by losing weight at the point of a scalpel.
A store clerk with a mannequin obsession hides a macabre a... more

The Devil Pulls the Strings

by J. W. Zarek

Set in modern-day Wentzville, MO, New York City, and 1813 Genoa, Italy, where time travel, Slavic mythology, secret societies, Paganini's music and one haunted hero collide. Twenty two year old Boone Daniels has problems, debilitating panic attack, gut-wrenching guilt, a wendigo haunting him since age six, and now he almost killed his best friend in a joust. But when he fills in for his injured friend at a New York gig, he goes to meet the gig's contact at his NYC brownstone. A body falls fro... more

Love Stories

by Katherine Villyard

What is love? What can love drive us to do? In these stories, love pushes us to revenge, to reach beyond the boundaries of life and death. To rescue a family member. To fight the good fight without even knowing it, or to risk everyone and everything to save someone who may or may not be worthy. To make the wrong decisions and walk into hell. To transcend who we are. Love can make us both the best and worst versions of ourselves Love Stories is a collection of seven previously published ... more

Dream of Writing: An Original Screenplay

by Gregory L Fischer

College English senior Ramen Noodle (Ray) wants to make a name for himself as a screenwriter more than anything in the world. Unfortunately, he's got a long way to go. He gave up a football scholarship and decided to support himself and his education at Orleans University by working as a bartender in the French Quarter. Not to mention he's failing his capstone screenwriting course. But after enduring a recurring nightmare about a possessed, murdering cannibal who dresses like an alligator and te... more

The Adventures of Elsabeth Soesten: Prize Play

by D. E. Wyatt

A glorious contest of arms awaits in the City of Ain.

Seeing an opportunity long denied her to demonstrate her mettle, Elsabeth has been drawn to Ain by a gathering of the most celebrated masters of arms from across Navarre and Boehm, summoned to a conference on their art by Sir Stemham Crosseby, Master of the Longsword. The foremost attraction of the event is the Playings — A testing of his students before the eyes of the Count of Ain himself.

Elsabeth seeks the unthinkable... more

Vertical City

by Tristan Scott

Edgar Pacey is alone in a world without loneliness. His home, Vertical City, a gargantuan skyscraper on the island of Tristan da Cunha, is claustrophobically packed with the last remnants of the human race. Edgar, a carbon miner and resident of the underground, awkwardly navigates his days without privacy or solitude. He often wonders - to the indifference or confusion of those around him - if their way of life is normal? But then, Edgar's quick thinking during a seemingly freak mining accident ... more

The Narrator

by Babak Hodjat

Imagine an app that creates a story based on one’s life, complete with genres and characters to choose from. The Narrator is that app. There’s just one problem: the company behind the product isn’t seeing the popularity and use they were hoping for. Fraught with suspense, The Narrator is a foreboding of the power of technology, and asks the urgent question: How much of our lives is guided by free will and can we get back control before it’s too late?

The Body Politic (The Tribal Wars Book 2)

by Stella Atrium

Brianna Miller returns to Dolvia where tribal women protest the oppressive rule of Rabbenu Ely by self-torchings in the Cylay Square. Brianna re-establishes her tribal schools and takes on assistant Kelly Osborn who is mixed blood and also a poet. Kelly visits a neighboring planet Cicero where her aunt Carline Bryant takes over her education. While returning to Dolvia, Kelly meets the Australian adventurer Hershel Henry who has signed on for a tour of Dolvia as a photo-journalist. Henry ta... more

SECTION 5

by Michele E. Gwynn

The missing are being returned...but who is sending them back? For Special Agents Roger Otis of the FBI and Niall Alchurch of MI6, their assignment to Section 5, a joint international taskforce investigating incidents of unusual origin, has been a step up the career ladder, but the price paid for the privilege grows with each new case. Chasing down mysterious coordinates leads them on a hunt for missing persons across the globe—cases long grown cold. Amid unbelievable discoveries and di... more

Type B

by Steve Mitchell

John, a courier for Mercy Hospital lab, is given instructions to go pick up two blood specimens and rush them to the hospital for analysis. John discovers information about a deadly blood disease that is fatal to everyone except those who have type B blood and those who have not reached adolescence. The medical community doesn’t know what it is, how it spreads or how to cure it. What they do know is the virus spreads rapidly with a 100 percent mortality rate. As the disease takes its toll on t... more

Saurian : Redemption in the Amazon

by John Craven Smarr

In a laboratory, in the hills of California a discovery has been made...a discovery which will change the world as we know it. A basin lost to time has been discovered in the Amazon jungle, rumored to be filled with plants and animals from pre-history. Dinosaurs- Alive, Today. Now, BioPharm, a Bio-engineering company that makes pharmaceuticals out of the chemical properties of plants and animals alike has put together a safari to take advantage of the rich resources unknown to modern science. An... more

The Way of the Cicadas

by Audrey Henley

An amnesiac survivor proves the outside’s habitability and spurs a group of bunker-borns on a gritty journey through an irradiated wasteland—perfect for fans of The 100 and Station Eleven.

Come One, Come All

by E. Gilliland

The Pied Piper Circus lures in the lost, the lonely, people who wish to be stronger or faster or prettier…but once you join, you can never leave. Louisa knows the dangers of the traveling carnival, but she cannot afford to stay away. Not if she wants to get rid of the white owl that’s been haunting her, invading her dreams. Not if she wants to know about the dark, sinister mark in her eyes that convinces people to follow her every whim, no matter how terrible. Not when she fears what she mig... more

Forged of Fire: A New Adult Fantasy (The Forged Series Book 1)

by Stacy Von Haegert

On Goodreads' "Best New Adult and Fantasy Romance" and "Books that Deserve to be on Film" lists "Buckle up! This is the beginning of a new hit series..." - S.J. Pierce, International Bestselling Author Legends are not born. They are forged of fire... Long revered as one of the realm's most lethal warriors, Ashdon LaGoryen now prefers a solitary life. Far removed from his volatile past, he has no interest in returning to the station of his royal birth. But when an ancient prophecy comes ... more

Unidentified Funny Objects 9

by Alex Shvartsman

The Unidentified Funny Objects series delivers an annual dose of funny, zany, and unusual science fiction and fantasy stories. All-new fiction from the genre's top voices! In this volume you'll find: * Overworked fairies distributing swords. * Alien yeti slackers * Elf bakers * Absconded books * Superhero dance battles * Matchmakers ... in spaaace!

The Hostess

by Catherine Oyster

"Take a trip, see the world. New York to Paris in less than one second." Michaela loves her job as a "hostess." It pays ridiculously well and all she has to do is take a sedative and snooze through her shift, while a far away guest uses her body for instant teleportation. But when Michaela wakes with mysterious marks on her body, her dream job turns nightmare.

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