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Not Your Average Monster: A Bestiary of Horrors

by Pete Kahle

NO VAMPIRES… NO WEREWOLVES… NO ZOMBIES... BEEN THERE. DONE THAT. You’ve heard their stories before and you’re screaming for a different breed of horror. Those monsters have had their moments in the moonlight and now it’s time for us to bury them in their graves. Let’s lock them in their coffins, pierce their hearts with wooden stakes and shoot them between their rotting eyes with silver bullets from an AK-47. You wanted some new monsters. You got ‘em. Say “hello” to the on... more

The Specimen

by Pete Kahle

One month ago, an urban explorer was drawn to an abandoned asylum in the mountains of northern Massachusetts. There he discovered a large specimen jar, containing something organic, unnatural and possibly alive. Now, he and a group of unsuspecting individuals have discovered one of history's most horrific secrets. Whether they want to or not, they are caught in the middle of a millennia-old war and the latest battle is about to begin

Flight to the Fort (Pistols and Pyramids Book 2)

by Jim Johnson

Tjety, an exiled Ranger of Mayat, and Ruia, a young fisherman’s daughter, team up to guide the survivors of a bandit attack through the dangerous and rugged Kekhmet frontier. Can they reach the safety of Fort Sekhmet before foul cultists and their horrible mummified creatures can capture them?

Flight to the Fort is the second episode in PISTOLS AND PYRAMIDS, a monthly series best described as an ancient Egyptian-themed weird western with magic... more

Ranger of Mayat (Pistols and Pyramids Book 1)

by Jim Johnson

When Tjety, an exiled Ranger of Mayat, discovers a ransacked village along the lawless northern Kekhmet frontier, he marshals his training and divine hekau magic to hunt down the ruthless cultists responsible for the attack. But can he find them before their prisoners are twisted into mindless slaves serving a necromancer bent on shattering the tenuous balance between order and chaos?

Ranger of Mayat is the first episode in PISTOLS AND PYRAMIDS, a monthl... more

Living the Secret

by Jo-Marie

Ayden & Jayden (very tiny beings) are the bullies of Maple Community, a town inside of a tree. They think they’re prepared to leave their sheltered environment and face the huge outside world. They’re wrong. They need help. Lots of it! Luckily, they meet someone who can teach them how to survive. The twins learn that the outside world is not what they expected and that their town has kept a huge secret from them, actually more than one secret. Surviving in this dangerous world means that these ... more

Adi's World

by Jo-Marie

Adi’s World \t\tTwo decades ago, a 14-year old student, named Lee, hated living inside of Maple Community so he left. The adults didn’t want others duplicating his dangerous exit, so Lee’s name is never mentioned. Now Adi lives inside this same tree. She and her best friend, Addy, are happy until Addy suddenly dies. The town bullies, Ayden and Jayden, add to Adi’s sorrow. In great emotional pain, Adi turns to her older friend, Michael for support. He gives her a journal as a way of shari... more

Fluke Family Hero

by Robert Erickson

Second in the Fluke Family series, Fluke Family Hero explores Maynerd Fluke Dumsted's career as the sheriff of his hometown.**King Kryan Kruke now rules the Kingdom of Gnat, but he is still up to his old tricks. He schemes to rule the four lands of Gnaught by capitalizing on Maynerd's relationship to the long dead hero, Richard the Brave. The King hopes to springboard that fame to his advantage by transforming Maynerd into the new national hero.**The chance arrivals of bad luck Fata Morgana and ... more

The Cloud Seeders

by James Zerndt

Serve Your Country, Conserve Your Water, Observe Your Neighbor This is the slogan of the Sustainability Unit and of a country gone eco-hysterical. After nearly twelve months without rain and the hinges of the world barely still oiled, Thomas and his younger brother, Dustin, set out across a drought-ridden landscape in search of answers. What they discover along the way will change their lives, and their country, forever. The Cloud Seeders weaves humor and heartache, action and romance, a... more

Rider of the Crown

by Melissa McShane

Imogen, warrior of the Kirkellan tribes, must as part of a peace treaty be married to the vicious King of Ruskald for five years. Confined to his freezing city, forbidden to fight, Imogen sees nothing but darkness in her future—until an unexpected twist of fate sets her free. Now, as ambassador to Tremontane, Imogen faces new challenges as she struggles to maintain her warrior’s identity in an alien country--and develops a forbidden attraction to the King of Tremontane. But when war once again t... more

Karimath - A World at Peace (The Gates Book 1)

by Jacques Ferreira

Karimath always dreamed of becoming an adventurer. He receives an amazing magical skill on his 16th birthday, that dream becomes a reality - and much more. After becoming a dragon rider, Karimath starts on a quest to remove the magical barrier that locks his dragon in. Of course, something sinister is going on in the land as well; something that doesn't want him to succeed in freeing the dragons.

The Commons: Book 1: The Journeyman

by Michael Alan Peck

“Paul Reid died in the snow at seventeen. The day of his death, he told a lie—and for the rest of his life, he wondered if that was what killed him.”

And so begins the battle for the afterlife, known as The Commons. It’s been taken over by a corporate raider who uses the energy of its souls to maintain his brutal control. The result is an imaginary landscape of a broken America—stuck in time and overrun by the heroes, monsters, dreams, and nightmares of the imprisoned dead.

T... more

Horatio Talbot & the Secret of the Crinkleberry Tree

by Melissa Nourse

A loving father disappears in the middle of the night, leaving his young son, Horatio, to care for a tree which produces a very special fruit - a crinkleberry. Once the berry is harvested, strange events start taking place which leads Horatio on the path of finding his father and solving the secret of the crinkleberry tree.

Merlin's Wish

by Lee Andersen

A demonic cult is corrupting leaders across the planet. An immortal, Marcus Wrath's cells are converting to the Essence of all Evil, Goshamael, the eight demon promoting the eight sin of cowardice and traitors. Can he be saved by the NOLE team or will he become their greatest enemy?

Giganteus Rex

by Lee Andersen

US Installations destroyed across the globe. A popular demon with the aid of the lesser Three Demons of Chaos are destroying sites on the plante. Marsports across the world were distroyed including the ISS platform. Mars Colony Gregories only means of survival. The POTUS calls on his NOLE team and Marcus Wrath to save the world on his most heart throbbing adventure.

Rebirth (The Chronicles of the Reverie Book 1)

by Natomi Karkael

The North, the most advanced region of Rendal, was at peace while its citizens enjoyed the latest inventions in fully automated cities. Decades later, Dr. Klov and his assistants made a startling discovery. The North’s only energy source, Vocam, was being depleted at an alarming rate. Dr. Klov gathered several of his colleagues and their teams together and created the Klovis Group. After failing to find a solution they went into Kepca and began their research. A few years later the North attacke... more

This Is/Is Not the Way I Want Things to Change (The Spanners Series Book 3)

by Sally Ember, Ed.D.

Clara, Moran, Espe, Epifanio and the alien Band of holos are back in Volume III of "The Spanners Series." Psi-Defiers launch increasingly violent protests during this five-year Transition, attempting to block Earth's membership into the Many Worlds Collective. Earth's nations and borders must dissolve and Psi-Warriors must strengthen in their battle against the rebels. Clara, as Earth's first Chief Communicator, also juggles family conflicts and danger while creating psi skills training Campus... more

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