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Farseeker

by Joanna Starr

Enlightened. Enslaved. Erased. Earth, 50,000 years ago before the magic vanished. Invaded by aliens posing as gods, advanced civilisations crumbled. Now, these powerful off-worlders war for control of the planet, and the people who remain no longer remember what they once were. Seduced then enslaved, humanity has fallen. Beneath the destroyed remains of an ancient temple, Thaya discovers a relic and a scroll written by the last of an advanced civilisation. The scroll contains a message and... more

Chrysalis of the Creator: A Passionate Adventure Through Space and Time

by Marieke J Treloar

Nara is a human female that is brutally attacked, an attack she is not meant to survive. At her moment of greatest despair she prays for the creator to "Save her or show her to her next existence." About to succumb to her injuries a brilliant light announces the arrival of being she believes are the creators Archangels, the ones he has sent to save her. She awakes only to find herself transported 400 years into the future. In this time the Earth in fact the Milky Way no longer exist, destr... more

Aethyr

by Sean E. Kelly

If you copy your mind, your memories, your sins…are they still yours?

One day in Pittsburgh, Paddy Riordan died...his body did, anyway. His digitalized mind wakes up in a world where nothing is what it seems, his memory fragmented. When a stranger appears with a dire warning, Paddy must piece together his broken past to save his mind and the woman he loves, all while eluding masked assassins, cutting-edge artificial intelligence, and the sinister sorcere... more

Death Lessons

by James Maxstadt

Lilly is a young girl playing outside her house in Capital City when she sees her neighbor pass through his door, literally. Also, his feet aren’t touching the ground and he floats down the steps, never actually touching them. For most children, the sight of such a thing would cause panic. But for Lilly? She’s curious more than anything else and helps him reach his final destination. Lilly is a necromancer, even if she doesn’t know what that is yet. After a summer of trying to keep it to hers... more

Magical Intelligence

by M. K. Wiseman

Rhythm of the Wild Drum & Other Stories

by Agnes Kay-E

A book of seven unique tales: KING OKPARAREBISI would stop at nothing to get an heir and to gain immortality. ONUMA is an independent woman who struggles with being single as her younger sister's wedding approaches. A broke girl has a dream, a real dream. ROTIMI's desires to make his wife, Nneoma, a perfect woman. JANE suspects that her husband Tobias is cheating on her but is she ready for the truth? KATHLEEN has a thing for her boss and will do about anything to make him notice her. SAM... more

The House that fell from the Sky

by Patrick Delaney

When twenty-nine-year-old Scarlett Vantassel comes to the conclusion that her life doesn’t resemble any of the things she actually wanted for herself, she drops out of school and moves back home, attempting to reconnect with the people she left behind. But a shadow falls over her return one early October morning when a sinister house miraculously appears in the center of the city, sparking a media frenzy that attracts attention nationwide.  

Soon after the newspapers label it, &qu... more

Tetrlfhaa

by Permdeep Singh Dhadda

When nine stars explode in the night sky, the people of Tetrlfhaa hold their collective breath, knowing it is a sign from The Graphed Man. The world’s most feared – and loved criminal. For the first time in anyone’s living memory The Lore and The Law, the dominant theocracy of the world, is being challenged, and the established power of Tetrlfhaa begins to unbalance. The wondrous deeds of The Graphed Man implants daring dreams into the hearts of the brave, and a seemingly new world begins ... more

Into the Labyrinth

by Edwina Darke

Isandra Mayham, college professor and fully-licensed praecantor, knows exactly how dangerous a magical mistake can be. So when her rebellious little sister disappears after a black magic ritual gone horribly wrong, Isa sets out to save Amy’s stubborn, misguided, magic-seeking butt. Preferably before the Praecantian Council’s enforcers catch up with either of them. But Amy’s trail leads out of the mortal world and directly into the realm of an old enemy. And Arctus, the seductive, deceitful faer... more

Room for Tomorrow (ARC)

by Bruce Ballister

Parker Parrish is bored with her otherwise successful LA legal practice and is tormented by a recurring dream. Resolving the dream’s challenge will change her life. If she is successful, it will change the future. She’s found a room that holds the secrets to humanity’s salvation and the disturbing solemn truth that our future is a horror show. If you could glimpse the future and saw that all humanity had accomplished was a ruin, how far would you be willing to go to change the outcome? Parker... more

Stranger Still

by Michaelbrent Collings

Your sins are Legion… … and now you belong to him. *** Legion is a teacher. An avenging angel. A murderer. A madman. -- "This is the kind of story that once you start it will not release you until it is ready." - The Genre Minx -- Born in the blood of a dying mother, raised in the underground lair of an insane father, he travels the world looking for those who keep secrets and sins. He finds those who have fallen short, and teaches them the lessons they need to leave their mistakes... more

Ignorance is Strength (The Dystopia Triptych, Vol. 1)

by John Joseph Adams, Hugh Howey, Christie Yant

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. George Orwell once wrote of a world where abuse of power begins with an abuse of language and a bastardization of truth. Some of today's most exciting voices in speculative fiction explore the ramifications of those ideas in IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH. THE DYSTOPIA TRIPTYCH is a series of three anthologies of dystopian fiction. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH—before the dystopia—focuses on society during its descent into absurdity and madness. BURN... more

Lunar 3097: Bk 1 the AI Chronicles

by Gary Timbrell

Lunar 3097 2019 CIPA EVVY AWARD - Merit Award Science Fiction In the near future, humankind has made incredible advances in technology and science. The human race has always had an insatiable appetite for knowledge and an inherent need to explore space. In an attempt to justify man's existence, we search for extraterrestrial life, and out of pure necessity, we search for new forms of energy. Earth is running out of natural resources, such as fuels and arable land to grow food to support the ... more

Canny Danny

by Gerhard Dennis

MISERY meets CABIN IN THE WOODS and FIFTY SHADES! Gerald Grimes, Failed Writer, needs a miracle to salvage his writing career and save him from becoming the next Assistant Night Manager at the local CrapMart. 'Canny Danny' Jackson is a fugitive serial killer with delusions of supernatural grandeur who wants to ensure that history records his unique legacy. He abducts Gerald and seduces him into chronicling the saga of Canny Danny and his otherworldly harem of cannibalistic sex slaves. Gerald bel... more

Maygest's Tale

by C. E. Cannery

Maygest, an arthritic old thief, who has been conning the people of war-torn Osskrip for the last decade, finds his plans for a comfortable happily-ever-after halted as the once-feuding warlords join forces and raze all the thieving towns, together.

With nowhere left to turn to for filling his pockets, Maygest, ever coin-loving, decides to just rob the war camp instead; however, his plans go awry as he discovers not gold, but a child—his own. Suddenly the future matters, and ... more

What the Tide Brings

by Heather Ewings

In most tales of selkies it is a woman whose magical skin is stolen, who is forced to marry the lucky thief and live a life of misery, pining away for her home in the sea.

But what if the stolen skin belongs to an infant, taken before they have memory of life under the waves?

When Myna's labour results in a disfigured infant, it doesn't take much for the midwife to convince her husband the child needs to be dealt with. Years pass, and a h... more

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