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The Five Turns of the Wheel

by Stephanie Ellis

Stalking the landscape of rural England are the sons of Hweol, Lord of Umbra. Creatures with a taste for blood and death, they lead the Dance—five nights of ritual, the Five Turns of the Wheel. Proclaiming these events as a celebration of Mother Nature, the grotesque mummers troupe of Tommy, Betty and Fiddler, visit five villages on successive nights to lead the rites as they have done for centuries.In this blend of folk horror and dark fantasy, two women decide it is time to put a stop to the h... more

Wilderwood

by Halli Starling

Wilderwood is a haven for those who have been cast out of “proper” society: academics, artists, the eccentrics and undesirous. It is also home to other kind and having weres, mages, and even an ancient griffin living amongst mortals just isn’t done.

Except in Wilderwood.

Octavia Wilder cares for those who live in the town her ancestor built and when a feral vampire threatens the peace, she partners with the Ranger who has brought word of the thre... more

The Aftermath: The Sequel to the Pleiadian Trilogy (2nd Edition)

by William A. Guillory

The Aftermath is the beginning of a new era for the remaining inhabitants of planet Earth who survived two global pandemics. The total population has been selectively reduced to 3.6 billion, and no one was left untouched by these cataclysms. While the trauma of the two Great Tragedies led to a transformation of human consciousness, the Consortium still retains control of human thinking through the extensive use of IT systems, Wi-Fi devices and communications. The Chairman of the Consortium, a... more

The Crossing Gate ( A Waltz of Sin and Fire series, book one )

by Asiel R. Lavie

She can’t grow up. Literally. In the kingdom of Elpax, juveniles must walk through the mysterious Crossing Gate to become adults—and seventeen-year-old Lenora is determined that her third attempt at crossing to adulthood will be successful. Even though adulthood means facing horrible realities, such as sin-spots appearing on her body whenever she commits a sin, it also means being able to have a job. And Lenora needs to work to support her struggling family. But Lenora’s Crossing Day goes ... more

A Wish Too Dark And Kind

by M.L. Blackbird

Among the immortals that inhabit our world, Arnaud Demeure is known as the man who can fulfill your one true wish or who can also conjure your worst nightmares.

Eight invitations are sent to eight immortals, and when Arnaud Demeure hosts a party, no one refuses his request. Why have they been summoned? Is it for a celebration or does a sinister fate await them? After all, in the ways of magick, a party can also be a ritual to end the world.

As the mystery deepens,... more

The Defenders of Dembroch - Book 2: The Sinners' Solemnities

by Patrick Harris

On an eerie night much like this one, the King of Dembroch left on a secret mission, only to return in a casket. THIRTY YEARS LATER Identity unknown, the King’s Killer remains at large, gathering forces to slaughter innocents and drench an entire country in blood. It will happen, he promises, at the end of the Sinners’ Solemnities, a dark festival in which sacrifices breed monsters and madness. Desperate to stop this act of terror, the Queen of Dembroch dispatches her defenders to... more

Pneumanauts

by Cameron Armstrong

The year is 1976 – seven years since First Contact – when seventeen-year-old Kirk MacNair’s crisis of faith reaches a tipping point. He absconds across the Saskatchewanian prairie in a stolen van with two former churchmates: Roland, a nihilistic burnout, and Louis the fantasy-obsessed homeschooler. With a bag of contraband anti-hallucinogens stashed in the backseat, they navigate the perils of a cross-country pilgrimage to the proverbial Wedge City, a hippie commune nestled in the mountains of B... more

Madness

by Paityn E. Parque

Death is not an escape. One night Ezra Adkins is brutally murdered in her own home. As she was dying, she expects to wake up in the afterworld. She was wrong. She loses consciousness and awakens into a horrific game of kill or be killed. Players can be killed an infinite number of times, but the only permanent way out of the game is their actual death by suicide. Players in the game ruthlessly hunt each other for points, while others kill for fun. Most players have given up on findin... more

A Force of Nature (Spirit Seeker 1)

by Janna Ruth

The war against nature has begun Nature spirits have ravaged the world with natural disasters for millennia. They're dangerous, unpredictable, and largely invisible. After eight years of living on the streets, Rika is one of few people in the world that can see spirits. Most of the time, she keeps a fragile peace with them, but when the Erlking, a powerful storm sprite, attacks Berlin, Rika is dragged into the fight against nature. She joins the Spirit Seekers, a group of elite soldiers trai... more

Dusted by Stars

by G.A. Matiasz

Science fiction space opera adventure novel with a touch of fantasy. Starship pilot and freight hauler Stacy Jones takes on a commission to transport a seemingly innocuous object from a mysterious employer to the Perfected World of Kapala. The mythical sangrael from the legendary Medea Aeëtes. With Kryz, a pint-sized Rarj, Stacy battles thieves and hijackers across the galaxy teeming with aliens and danger to protect her precious cargo. The escalating action culminates on Kapala in a transcenden... more

Yves, or the Man Who Wasn't

by L.N. Mayer

Some want Tell dead, others want to exploit him. Most want him to go away and never return. Can Tell claim what is rightfully his in order to abolish the decree that made him an outcast in the first place? Or will his quest for power be his own undoing? In this action-packed sequel to TELL, OR THE ADVENTURES IN THEMIDDLE, this time it will take more than just another odyssey. It will take resolution, willpower, and mastering the one thing Tell has yet to conquer... his imagination.

I, Cassandra

by E A Carter

She is a prisoner who can alter reality. He is a dead soldier brought back to life as a sentient machine. A forbidden love affair that transcends time, the end of the world, and what it means to be human. 2086. In a world divided between a protected zone for the super-rich and the billions left to survive in a dying world, Cassandra’s ability to alter reality marks her as a valuable asset to Global Command. Lost in a terrorist attack to the United Freedom Fighters, she is discovered in the seed... more

The Forgotten Sky

by R.M. Schultz

Unrest smolders in a galaxy where most citizens endure the oppressive society of the Northrite corporation.

Run by six masked council members, the Northrite exploit the powers of Elemiscists—those with magical abilities—and keep them as indentured servants. When a nearby sun turns blood red and begins pulsing, people flee their homes, and the millennia-old government is plunged into chaos. Six diverse individuals from across the galaxy become entwined in a struggle for survi... more

The Sphere of Destiny

by Nassim Odin

Giza, Egypt, 832 A.D. Al-Khidr is awestruck when he finds a mysterious metallic sphere inside the Pyramid of Giza. As a long-time medieval alchemist, he has seen his fair share of interesting finds, but this discovery is like none other. Unbeknownst to him, the relic will change his life in unimaginable ways. The curiosity catapults an alchemist through space and time to an alien planet, but his efforts prove futile when he comes head-to-head with the aliens who viewed him as a curse. With dange... more

THE SPELL OF THE ROSE

by Toni Behm

FLEEX: ADVENTURES AROUND THE WORLDS — THE SPELL OF THE ROSE

— Magic may take many forms, but love shall rule supreme —

Though wholly shorn of memories like all who dwell in the village of Fogland, Fleex knows this: his heart will always beat for Fin and Fin alone. However, when his dearest friend is hoodwinked by th... more

Little Bit: Alsoo Rising

by Henry A. Burns

Twenty years have passed since a small group of galactic refugees sought shelter on Earth. Frightened, defeated and traumatized they huddled in their. artificial burrows for years, Little Bit, born on Earth, has experienced none of the horrors her parents escaped, she grows up pampered and protected, a pet of the god-like humans. When her home world is discovered she starts having a strange dream where the spirits of two long-dead humans speak to her. They tell her she must return to her home wo... more

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