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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

Faith of a Vampire - Sophia's Redemption (#1 In The White Swan Series)

by Mark Sprague

Sophia Dobre is a young farm girl living with her family in Weston, Massachusetts. Sara Manori is a member of a powerful and influential vampire clan. In a strange twist of fate, the two meet, become friends, and their lives are filled with adventure and mystery. But unfortunately, a vampire having a human as a companion has consequences, and Sophia unintentionally becomes a vampire. During her transformation, Sophia learns that she has a unique bloodline which gives her special abilitie... more

Occasional Diamond Thief

by Jane Ann McLachlan

When 16-yr-old Kia is training to be a universal translator, she is co-opted into traveling as a translator to Malem. This is the last place in the universe that Kia wants to be—it’s the planet where her father caught the terrible illness that killed him—but it’s also where he got the magnificent diamond that only she knows about. Kia is convinced he stole it, as it is illegal for any off-worlder to possess a Malemese diamond. Using her skill in languages–and another skill she picked up, the ... more

Bound by Duty (Bound Series Book 1)

by Stormy Smith

Amelia grew up in a world of half-truths. She knows she's an Elder, but has no idea what that means. Her father reminds her daily that she must maintain control, but he refuses to explain why. Even worse, she's betrothed to the prince of the Immortals and doesn't even know his name. Finally breaking free to live a few normal years at a community college, the last thing Amelia expects is to find her best friend in a cheeky southern girl, or fall for a self-assured human who sees her for who s... more

At Hell's Gates 2: Origins of Evil

by Stephen Kozeniewski

Welcome back to Hell’s Gates! The palpable sense of dread may seem familiar, but this time things are a bit…different. Fresher. Newer. As though just recently born…

See that squealing baby over there? He could grow up to be a lifesaving doctor (or perhaps the antichrist.) What about that scientist burning the midnight oil? He could be working on a bug zapper (or a doomsday device.) Did you catch that comet out of the corner of your eye? It might bring good luck ... more

Red Equinox

by Douglas Wynne

Urban explorer and photographer Becca Philips was raised in the shadow of Miskatonic University, steeped in the mysteries of her late grandmother’s work in occult studies. But what she thought was myth becomes all too real when cultists unleash terror on the city of Boston. Now she’s caught between a shadowy government agency called SPECTRA and the followers of an apocalyptic faith bent on awakening an ancient evil. As urban warfare breaks out between eldritch monsters and an emerging police sta... more

The Ghost Box: A Reagan Moon Novel

by Mike Duran

Reagan Moon -- paranormal reporter, terminal underachiever, and staunch cynic of the human race. The only ghosts he really believes in are the ones in his own head. But his world is about to get an upgrade. When Moon is hired by a reclusive tycoon to investigate the events surrounding his girlfriend's tragic death, he learns of an impending apocalypse about to flatten Los Angeles. Seems that the Summu Nura, ancient gods from a parallel dimension, are looking for a new stomping ground. And Holl... more

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