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Leap of Faith

by Anthony Harrington

With their marriage in shambles after the devastating loss of their son, Kevin and Amy Kessecker take a trip to a private island to spend a long weekend with friends to salvage their relationship. Unbeknownst to them, something has followed. Soon, the group of friends find themselves pitted against an unstoppable killer with impossible abilities. It will take everything they have to survive the night. Miles from nowhere. No place to hide. Hunted by a deranged killer. Don't call the cops; ... more

House of Bane and Blood

by Alexis Menard

In a city split into two opposing sides, power comes in many bloodlines, money, love, and—most importantly—secrets. An heiress in the most notorious family in Lynchaven, Camilla Marchese is doing all she can to keep her family’s syndicate, the Iron Saint Railway, from slipping into bankruptcy. When the gorgeous and depraved Nicolai Attano, the leader of a rival family, offers to pay off the Inspector in exchange for her hand, she has no choice but to give up not only her throne—but her name. ... more

Grandpa's Cabin

by Ross Victory

The first of an exciting trilogy available September 13, 2023, Grandpa’s Cabin tells the story of eighty-four-year-old geneticist Bernie, who leaves a mysterious property to his eighteen-year-old grandson, Nova. The only condition is that the boy never sells it, as the place is home to some dark family secrets. Years later, Nova and his friends celebrate his 21st birthday. They come face-to-face with those secrets, and Nova must choose between friends and family legacy.

The Abandoned Realm

by Brittany Hansen

Her first mistake was abandoning her story. Her second was assuming her characters would stay on the page. When a writer abandons a story, the hero is ripped from the existence the author created and sentenced to the Abandoned Realm. With less people believing in the power and magic of fiction, the real world and the Abandoned Realm are slowly poisoned as the boundary between them weakens. A vengeful hero-turned-villain exploits the boundary’s weakness to make a portal, flooding San Francisc... more

Knocktopia

by Hunter Malone

A trail of cryptic codes sends Ben and Sam deep underground to discover a treasure more valuable than gold. Ben Coolahan loves his life in Boston in 1873, but when his father passes suddenly, he’s sent out west to the family’s mine. Ben’s father left him only a medallion, coded messages, and a warning to keep them secret. His new guardian, Delilah, an overbearing woman, sends him to work in the mine. Ben finds refuge with Jack, a Cornish miner who shares his superstitions and tales of the ... more

Eclipse Arts

by Michelle Chastaine

Supernatural seventh-graders forge their own path to stardom… but stardom has its costs! Liska, Ephy, and Airin are thrilled to finally attend their dream school, Eclipse Arts, where they can let their talents and passions shine…there’s just one big problem: their families. Ephy’s family wants her to become an instant star, while Liska’s passion for music clashes with her family’s reputation. In singing, Airin finds relief from a terrible family curse. But when a stunning opening ceremony ce... more

IT BEGINS

by Scott Sullivan

In the vast expanse of the sky, two passenger aircraft from different corners of the world vanished, leaving only mysteries behind. A Transvaal plane, on its routine journey over Zambia, was enveloped by blinding white light, ascending into the heavens without a trace. Search efforts across continents proved futile, leaving behind a chilling enigma. Simultaneously, in Brazil, renowned for its UFO sightings, another passenger aircraft disappeared, but its passengers were returned in a macabre ... more

Modern Magic

by P.L. Hight

There are no magical schools… There are no flying cars or dark forests full of spiders… And brooms? They are made for sweeping. There is Magic, however, and it is Modern, governed by old-age rules to preserve it in the common day. Yet, despite all the rules, it sometimes shows itself accidentally, and for us, it just so happened to escape a sixteen-year-old girl named Nyssa. This unintentional act attracts the attention of two powerful factions who, through millennia, have struggled... more

Hearthender

by Catrina Prager

Hearthender tells the story of a demented Oracle, who preaches the destruction of Amagiraea at any cost. Of men desperate to protect their homes, as war slowly engulfs the entirety of the known world. Of women who, bereft of worthy idols, become gods to their own people. It is a story of war, quest, and political intrigue. A hundred years ago, the Veshini Isles started sinking into the Long Sea, forcing their denizens to find new homes, and with them, a new identity. Fast-forward four gen... more

The Cartographer's Vault: Book 1

by Richard Houlden

The Cartographer's Vault is a collection of 13 short stories that is kicked off by the daring Ashra Whistlo who endeavors on a journey to discover a mythical space station - The Cartographer's Vault - which is said to contain accounts of everything that had ever happened within human history. When she reaches the station, she is greeted by its mysterious custodian, The Curator - an artificial intelligence construct - who explains that the vault contain not only the history of human existence bu... more

Ascent

by MARK ANTHONY

The Circle was over.

Ellie, Josh, and Sam’s world is growing, expanding with people who suffer the same bane as themselves.

The cloistered Ellie must emerge from the shadows. The young Josh must learn to live with the beast that walks beside him. And Sam plays a duplicitous game to learn about the demonic phenomena that have destroyed all their lives.

The enigmatic Mika, with his Pantheon of Conduits each with their own curse, is searching for a legend of evil - the an... more

Book of No

by Nabeel Mohan

When God hears voices in his head, there's only one thing he can do. So begins the first tale in this bizarre collection spanning genres from science fiction and horror to poetry and memoir. Enter, if you dare, this space where dreams collide with waking life, creatures lurk in every shadow, messiahs are not who they seem, and innocence is always corrupted. The stories featured here reflect a realty that is as insidious as it is fragmented, where humankind suffers not under the weight of Or... more

The Naked President

by Denis Holden

The Naked President The Naked President is a tongue-in-cheek political/social comedy about the remarkable and eccentric Cartmel family. It weaves together the lives of the richest man in the world, an irrational socialist activist, and an eccentric philosopher venerated by a fearsome West Coast motorcycle gang. After World War II and a personal tragedy, the handsome, heroic fighter pilot Captain Roger Cartmel deserts England and moves to the USA. He travels through Wyoming, Maryland, Texas, an... more

The Paradigm

by Kim Devine

Laurel Havendale’s sixteenth birthday has opened an unyielding vault of judgment and peril when she learns that she must either join the cryptic Paradigm to save her family, or escape in exile to the outlands of the realm with nothing but the whispers of a secret. Her past has been hidden, and her future has been watched. She holds onto her precious love, Jacek, through the darkest moments of her own existence and reality, but he slips deeper under the control of the Paradigm. No one can ever le... more

Summoned

by M.B. Thurman

When Hadley Weston reunites with her estranged lover, Fitz MacGregor, she discovers that he is a witch. And she’s one, too. As Hadley navigates a new world of magic and invasive government officials, she and Fitz must work together to find a lost family artifact before it falls into the wrong hands. Fans of A Discovery of Witches and The Magicians will be swept away on a journey of love, magic, and self-discovery in this love letter to travel and found family.

Blood Divided

by Katie Keridan

Kyra Valorian and Sebastian Sayre have finally remembered their pasts as the former Felserpent Queen and King, and now it’s time for them to change the future―by reuniting the realms and bringing peace to Astrals and Daevals. But tensions between Aeles and Nocens have never been higher, and those of silver and gold blood are more divided than ever. In addition to improving her recovrancy abilities and completing internship, Kyra is determined to uncover her father’s role in the evil Astral ex... more

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