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Time Shifters

by Shanna Lauffey

An ancient people who can move through time or space... A secret that never should have been revealed... One day in a Los Angeles restaurant, Akalya of the Harekaiian witnesses the capture of several of her people and is the only one to get away. Now it is up to her to rescue the captives and learn how... and why... they are being apprehended. The key lies in discovering who is behind the hunt for her people, when no one should have known they existed.

Juarez Square and Other Stories

by D.L. Young

Eleven gripping stories, including new works exclusive to this collection, envision the near-future impacts of advanced robotics, artificial intelligence, automated warfare, and genetic engineering. The award-winning story The Reader, Training the Fundies, and the title work Juarez Square envision an anarchic, cutthroat existence along the US-Mexico border. In Ximena, a defiantly unconventional woman opens a robot brothel in Madrid. The Gianni Box tells the tale of a stolen artificial intelligen... more

Tales of Mr. Snuggywhiskers: The Autumn Tales

by C F Crawford

When Hallie and Cory cross a magic branch that shrinks them to mouse size, they make the acquaintance of Mr. Snuggywhiskers–the friendly, well-spoken mouse who lives in the tallest tree in their backyard. From the day that Hallie discovers his tiny red door to the moment that Hallie and Cory realize their mysterious connection with Mr. Snuggywhiskers, they find out how enchanting the world of Mr. Snuggywhiskers can be.

Sadie Sapiens

by Jeff T Bauer

High school, junior year, and Emma is barely getting by, head down as she stays low on the social radar. Sadie, her best friend and constant companion, craves attention and understanding as much as Emma does. The two of them find strength and comfort in their friendship while surviving one crisis after another. Thing is, Sadie only weighs four pounds, stands ten inches tall and talks to Emma by barking. Until Emma notices something very unusual - Sadie displays a high degree of intelligence.... more

The Scent of Roses, Book I: Revolution

by Sabrina Jennifer Seidner

Lasting effects of radiation poisoning clog the air, stifling telecommunications, endangering reproduction, and leaving the land barren of trees and plants. Survival has been achieved under manmade safety structures, and relentless sanitizing of the atmosphere. “The Scent of Roses, Book I: Revolution” is Sabrina Seidner’s first in a trilogy depicting humanity’s struggle to repopulate and create a successful society, at all costs. An esteemed Maintainer for the Powers, Heather Staman is jettisone... more

29 Argyle Drive

by David Turri

29 Argyle Drive The fictional address of the title is an old house that stands in the hills above the pretty seaside suburb of Sumner in Christchurch, New Zealand. The house is bought by a retired teacher who at the time ran an English language institute, part of Christchurch’s flourishing study-abroad industry. His plan is to shift the school from its cramped premises in the central city area out to Sumner. The neglect of more than a decade must first be cleared away. It is during this that ... more

Sucker

by Mark Lingane

Van H. Avram, PI, stumbles from case to case, getting by on his good looks and appeal to desperate dames. But when a missing-person case dumps the body of a skinny blond thing on his doorstep, he finds himself plummeting into the clutches of an underworld intent on human sacrifice. An underworld of biblical origin.

An ancient evil rises up to destroy the world and, without asking for it, Van is thrust into the role of savior. As reality--and the occasional building... more

Two Dogs at The One Dog Inn

by David John Griffin

Dogs are reported for their constant barking … and so begins one of the strangest stories you will ever read. Audrey Ackerman, sent to visit the dogs at a 17th century coach house, is unsettled by paranormal sightings. Stella Bridgeport – manager at The Animal Welfare Union – communicates with Audrey via emails. And those Stella receives are as startling as they are incredible: descriptions of extraordinary events concerning a science fiction writer’s journal; giant swans; bizarre androi... more

Avenging (The Rising Series)

by Holly Kelly

Two thousand years ago, King Triton witnessed the slaughter and total annihilation of his merchildren. He vowed then and there to never again father a child. Powerful and eternally youthful, Triton was no stranger to seduction. But his resolve was unwavering—until he met Nicole. Unable to resist the human woman, he found himself swept up in her arms. When he finally came to his senses, he abandoned her to return to his refuge in the sea.

Twenty years later, he comes face to face w... more

Quantum Voyeur: A Novella

by John Zakour and Elena Beloff

When Eliza was thirteen, she was shuffling through a turnstile of foster homes when she met a mysterious doctor who seemed to understand the strange extrasensory abilities awoken in her after her parents’ deaths. A few years later, as she finds herself living in seclusion in Dr. Conners’s lab, Eliza realizes that she’s not ready to sacrifice control of her life for the sake of security.

Eliza can travel through time, and Dr. Conners and his financier want to put Eliza’s talents to suspicio... more

Achilles vs. Mecha-Hector: A Bronzepunk Adventure

by Jesse Beeson Tate

The story opens twelve years into the Trojan War. Prince Hector of Troy has been brought back to life as a bronze, mechanical android. His preparations for a rematch with Achilles is interrupted by the murder of his resurrector. Now he must race against the clock to solve the murder and confront the dark gods of Troy's past.

Portals (Modern Magics Book 2)

by Maer Wilson

For supernatural detectives Thulu and La Fi, “normal” is a relative term. La Fi is a medium, Thulu is a finder, and their usual clients are already dead. But when their friend Reo is shot, and a group of stranded angels shows up at their house for help finding a missing child, things are striking too close to home. And the portals that let the magical races return to Earth are opening on their own. With trips off-world, a kidnapped psychic and changes to their own abilities, Thulu an... more

Relics: Modern Magics, Book 1 (Volume 1)

by Maer Wilson

Most of Thulu and La Fi's clients are dead. Which is perfect since their detective agency caters to the supernatural. But a simple job finding a lost locket leads to a big case tracking relics for an ancient daemon. The daemon needs the relics to keep a dangerous portal closed. His enemy, Gabriel, wants the relics to open the portal and give his people access to a new feeding ground – Earth. Caught on live TV, other portals begin to open and the creatures of magic return to Earth. The people... more

After Mind

by Spencer Wolf

AFTER MIND defies the experts… Artificial Intelligence is not the end of the world.

Cessini Madden lives with an extremely rare medical condition… then his physical life ends before he reaches age thirteen.

After an Artificial Intelligence breakthrough, Cessini is reborn as a young AI child named Packet. Scared and living alone in a technology center, Packet recognizes nothing from his past, save for one thing: he is deathly allergic to wate... more

A Circus of Brass and Bone

by Abra SW

A Circus of Brass and Bone is a post-apocalyptic steampunk novel about a circus traveling through the collapse of civilization. People come together--or die. In post-Civil War America, an aetheric calamity killed a third of the population outright, and many of the survivors suffer strange nervous symptoms that are steadily increasing in severity. Basic technology is also rendered dangerously unstable by the disaster. The circus members find themselves traveling through the collapse of civilizati... more

The Wisherman

by Danielle Racey

Oliver Donovan isn't exactly what you might call a normal teenager. Not anymore. The sudden emergence of an uncommon gift changes his entire life, and not for the better. After he is suspected to have had a hand in a family tragedy, he is shipped off to The Delafontaine School to learn discipline and good manners. He soon discovers that there is nothing typical about The Delafontaine School either. When a group of senior boys invites him into their circle, he discovers that his admittance to... more

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