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Short Days, Long Nights

by Shawn Scuefield

What happens when the ordinary clashes with the extraordinary? Or when fear and wonder intersect with the eeriness of the inexplicable?

In The Resurrection Man: A stranger’s visit to a small town turns the lives of its residents upside down as dark days from the past are revisited and suddenly dead no longer really means dead…In Nameless, Faceless: After nightmares begin plaguing Eric Meecham, ruining his relationships and leaving him questio... more

Viral

by Piers Platt

"In my first battle, I made fourteen thousand dollars in five minutes." On a remote planet, an autonomous scout makes first contact with extraterrestrial life. Without warning, the alien attacks, ripping the drone to shreds. Humanity is at war. Back on Earth, Sam is just another jobless graduate, drifting aimlessly while she lives off of the government's monthly stipend. When war breaks out with the aliens, she sees a way out of her life of boredom: she signs up to be a "deathstreamer," a new b... more

Pendulum Heroes

by James Beamon

Melvin Morrow has become a barbarian warrior maiden. Will he be able to escape this new, dangerous world and the chainmail bikini he foolishly chose as his armor or will he and his friends be stuck living their lives as their game avatars? Melvin's a teenage boy not used to being ogled or the real world consequences of wearing a steel bikini. But the real world has shifted... him, his friends Jason and Rich, and his big brother Mike are stuck in character, in a place where danger doesn't lurk... more

The Queen's Gambit (Rogue Queen Book 1)

by Jessie Mihalik

When the Quint Confederacy and the Kos Empire went to war—again—Queen Samara wisely kept her Rogue Coalition out of the conflict. But staying neutral in a galactic war doesn’t pay the bills, not when both sides refuse to trade with neutral sectors.

With her people on the brink of starvation, Samara hatches a daring plan to snatch the kidnapped Kos Emperor from the Quint mercenaries holding him. The Kos Empire will pay a fortune for their emperor’s r... more

Silver Hollow: 2018 Edition (Borderlands Saga)

by Jennifer Silverwood

Amie Wentworth trusts books more than people. After her parents' deaths ten years before, she writes fiction to escape reality. A timely invitation from her long-lost uncle arrives, but she's used to ignoring the mysterious surrounding her life. Until she is stabbed in an alley and brought back to life by a handsome stranger.

Soon Amie is dragged into the very sort of tale she is used to selling. To make matters worse, the man who saved her life keeps turning up and her would-be... more

Homo Transformans: The Origin and Nature of the Species

by Mary Elizabeth Ames

Two highly antagonistic factions, the Cassius Foundation and the Biogenics Corporation, competed with each other achieve power and dominance in society. Both sought to exploit a new species of humans, H. transformans, by misusing and abusing them in breeding and genetic engineering programs to advance their own interests. Hence, H. transformans were hunted and captured for their abilities to transform or were killed for their genes. Genetic experimentation and engineering resulted in the ... more

The Jracon's Burden

by Tom Simmons

Hock City

by C. Schmidt

Pineville - sometime in the future. A man awakes in the desert, clueless on his whereabouts and how he got to his location. His questions about his situation stir his soul. With some unexpected assistance, he finds the path that may lead to answers. The path to Hock City. A place unlike anywhere he has ever seen. Before this moment, his world was small and peaceful, but now - everything has changed. After a string of encounters, he has a new sense of direction. He hopes that the direction leads ... more

Zone 23

by CJ Hopkins

ZONE 23 ... a darkly comic dystopian satire about being human, all-too-human, featuring two of the most endearing Anti-Social anti-heroes that ever rebelled against the forces of Normality. Set in the post-catastrophic future, in a peaceful, prosperous, corporate-controlled society where all dissent and non-conformity has been pathologized, and the human race is being genetically corrected in order to establish everlasting peace on Earth, Zone 23 is a hilarious, heartbreaking affirmation of the ... more

Hero Forged (Ethereal Earth Book 1)

by Josh Erikson

He thought he had covered all the angles, but it’s tough to plan a contingency for accidentally trapping an evil god in your brain. Gabriel Delling might call himself a professional con artist, but when walking superstitions start trying to bite his face off, his charm is shockingly unhelpful. It turns out living nightmares almost never appreciate a good joke. Together with a succubus who insists on constantly saving his life, Gabe desperately tries to survive a new reality that suddenly feature... more

Doomsdale (Argronia)

by Andrew Watt

The Doomsdale invasion is pending. Can inexperienced heir to the throne of Argonorth, Argron Caslin, unite the lands to face the Doomsdale beasts? The clans are barbaric, the rangers swear fealty to no-one, Argonorth is in civil war, and Tushluck does not have the strength to stand alone. Will evil prevail?

The Electrical Menagerie (The Celestial Isles)

by Mollie E. Reeder

The Electrical Menagerie, one-of-a-kind robotic roadshow, is bankrupt.

Sylvester Carthage, illusionist and engineer, has the eccentric imagination the Menagerie needs to succeed creatively — but none of the people skills. Fast-talking Arbrook Huxley, meanwhile, has all the savvy the Menagerie needs to succeed commercially — but none of the scruples.

To save their show, Carthage & Huxley risk everything in a royal talent competition, vying for the once-in-a-li... more

The Tree That Grew Through Iron (The Panagea Tales)

by McKenzie Austin

The natural world was dead. Archaic gods and legends withered away, forgotten by mankind in their lust for industrial advancement. The Time Fathers of Panagea kept their divisions' times in check, but they couldn't keep the land from crumbling beneath their feet. Nicholai Addihein rules the Southeastern division's world of coal, steam, and iron. An impulsive decision soon bucks him from his status as a respected leader when he stops his division's time to save his love, Lilac, from an untimely... more

Headless

by Tristram Lowe

In this urban fantasy thriller, a serial killer in Japan is chopping off heads. An unlikely pair of journalists try not to lose theirs.

Akio Tsukino is bored. He’s a staff photographer at the Dainichi Daily in Tokyo, stuck in the back pages, shooting parades and grade school plays. When a serial killer starts chopping off heads in nearby Kofu, Akio sees a chance to break out of the routine and prove himself. It never occurs to him he'd find him... more

The Timekeeper's Daughter

by C.J.M. Naylor

On her eighteenth birthday, Abigail Jordan foresees the death of a woman, and then it comes true. From there, she goes on an incredible journey of self-discovery in which she uncovers the secrets of her past and her heritage as a timekeeper--people chosen to record and measure time, but not change it. But timekeeping isn't the important aspect for Abigail; for her, it's finding out what happened to her biological mother, Elisabeth. Her mother's death was deemed a suicide, but Abig... more

Revolution (Maereath: The War of the Democratic Coalition Book 3)

by Eric Mrozek

FEAR HIM.

The war rages on. As Thrakoth continues his march toward conquest, Helisah, Aegras, and Fasti race home with the knowledge that will finally allow them to avenge their homeland. While Aegras oversees the assembly of a devastating new weapon, Helisah and Fasti continue the fight against the Telurian Empire, but they discover that the enemy is far closer to home than they ever imagined.

With the help of old friends and new allies, the secret warriors begin their hunt for a... more

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