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The Nethergrim

by Matthew Jobin

Everyone in Moorvale believes the legend: The brave knight Tristan and the famed wizard Vithric, in an epic battle decades ago, had defeated the evil Nethergrim and his minions. To this day, songs are sung and festivals held in the heroes' honor. Yet now something dark has crept over the village. First animals disappear, their only remains a pile of bones licked clean. Then something worse: children disappear. The whispers begin quietly yet soon turn into a shout: The Nethergrim has returned! Ed... more

The little ones & their monsters

by Simón C. Díaz

Since I became an analyst of monsters when I was seventeen, I have done so many lectures about the management of these creatures, around the world, that if you're interested in the subject, is very likely that you've been in one of them. Unless you are a child. I have always found it very unsettling that, even when children constantly face monsters, and seek help against them as often as adults do, all these meetings that are scheduled with the readers of the many books that I have published ov... more

Future Apocalypse A Time Travel Novel "Beginnings"

by Barbara J. Gilbert

Is time travel possible?

Paulette Brown thinks so. She is a brilliant young lady who has solved what other scientist around the world could not—how to travel through time.

When she travels 250 years into the future, Paulette finds herself in a post-apocalyptic world, where the city of Seattle has been destroyed and is now under water. Panicked, she tries to return to the present, but something goes terribly wrong and she finds herself stuck in this destroyed wo... more

Four Weird Tales of Horror

by Larry Nocella

FOR REASONS UNKNOWN AND UNKNOWABLE Authorities are calling it the American Dyatlov Pass incident. Four campers on an overnight hike fail to return. Only three bodies are found. Authorities piece together what happened using the latest in cell phone video enhancement and GPS tracking technology, but disturbing questions remain. A literary take on the "found footage" horror film genre! LUNATICS AND MARTYRS A cynical photographer is hired for a photo shoot of a famous wealthy family on their r... more

Symphony of the Wind (The Raincatcher's Ballad Book 1)

by Steven McKinnon

Wanderers Series – Box Set: Books 1-3

by James Murdo

The Ascended Biologicals are gone and the galaxy lies in ruins. At last, a Wanderer ship makes a discovery with the potential to change everything.

The Time Traveler Professor, Book Two: A Pocketful of Lodestones

by Elizabeth Crowens

In 1914, the war to end all wars turns the worlds of John Patrick Scott, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H.G. Wells, Rebecca West and Harry Houdini upside down. Doyle goes back to ancient China in his hunt for that “red book” to help him write his Sherlock Holmes stories. Scott is hell-bent on finding out why his platoon sergeant has it out for him, and they both discover that during the time of Shakespeare every day is a witch-hunt in London. Is the ability to travel through time the ultimate escape fr... more

Spider Season

by Billy Hanson

A man obsessed with his own death, a sleep-deprived husband, a violently jealous teenager, and a businesswoman on a lethal trip to Europe are just a few of the characters inhabiting Billy Hanson's dark vision of the world. Here, danger lurks within every stranger, co-worker, close friend, family member…and even within your own mind. Because when Spider Season comes around, fear is everywhere.

Eclipse

by Ophelia Rue

On the distant planet Oasis the secrets lay behind the Porcelain Man’s dead eggshell eyes. The panicked riddles he spews between catatonic cycles drive agent Carver closer to the missing. The brilliant Ceren Dore lies frozen in her virtual snow globe world, watching perfect false birds glide across a perfect false sky. She shatters in his dreams as the disease inside her grows. A secret society of eight guardians, the super elite, live in the shadows, ever tinkering, their dark mechanisms making... more

Pinwheel and Other Twisted Tales

by Laura Long

Eight gothic short stories in the style and tradition of Twilight Zone or Night Gallery. From the bug-infested urban alleyways of "Underground" to the redneck backwoods of "Pinwheel," enjoy these stories one at a time or spin them all at once, but leave the lights on.

The Draconic Pipeline

by Matthew T Summers

Wake, eat, work, return, eat, sleep. Day in and day out, all day every day, without fail… Such is the life of a Pipeline Worker, and this was the life of Mark Smith. Until the day it wasn't. When a Worker's death opens up a literal new world for Mark, he finds that his own existence is not all that he once knew it to be. When forced to admit the truth, he realizes he is faced with life-changing decisions in both worlds… but one wrong move in either could end his trips between worlds and the live... more

The Scarred King I: Exile

by Josh Foreman

From the moment he could walk, Bowmark has trained for a fight to the death. The Disc awaits him: a giant bronze platform suspended over a river of lava. He dreads the day of proving—when he must kill or be killed—to claim the throne. His people have hidden from the rest of the world for generations. But when the discovery of a mysterious Atlas reveals forgotten lands and peoples, Bowmark begins to question his culture's traditions and laws. His unavoidable future seems grim and pointless whe... more

Sydney Porter: Dog Girl

by L.G. Reed

11-Yr old Sydney has a problem named Fred. He’s a retired bomb sniffing dog that her wounded veteran dad brought home with him from the war. Dad suffers from PTSD and only talks to Fred. Sydney wished she was a dog so he would talk to her too, maybe help her deal with a school bully. When her wish is granted, she learns that sometimes a simple wish can get you into a lot of trouble. Available through Ingram, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and Keyes Canyon Press.

The Awakening: An Origin Story (The Awakened Book 0)

by Jessaca Willis

Mara is not your average foreign exchange college student. She is different. Awakened. And in a world where people still don’t understand or accept those with Awakened powers, being out with her identity can be dangerous. So, she has always concealed her power, always protected herself from those who might harm her. But it doesn’t help her today. When Berkeley is attacked by anti-Awakened radicals, Mara finds herself caught up in the chaos and forced to decide whether she will ignore her Awakene... more

The Optical Lasso: Beware of Neptune's Dark Side

by Marc Corwin

A creature lying dormant beneath the Earth’s crust for over 35,000 years, waits patiently to transform a dying young boy into one of mankind’s greatest leaders in a time of dire need. In the year 2140 CE, Planet 9, more commonly known as Vixus, has resurfaced on the edge of the Milky Way... the only known planet that periodically reverses its rotation. Last seen in the middle of the Kuiper Belt in 2066 CE, it mysteriously disappeared after being discovered by a Galactic Corps scout ship. The ... more

The Blue Goon

by Joel Williams

"Adventure, action and fun awaits in this fantastic tale!" Shaun Chanter lives in a world where monsters, aliens, superhumans and villains are the norm, but Shaun's main struggle is balancing the perils of his high-school life along with his part-time job. However, Shaun's daily concerns increase when one night after work he inadvertently witnesses an alien spacecraft crash-land in a nearby forest. And in the wreckage, Shaun discovers a kerubix, one of thousands of alien cubes that landed ... more

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