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Adventures of a Space Bum Book 1: Starlost Child

by Jon Batson

When Starwort Bacchus finds herself running from her landlord, skipping out on the rent, she jumps aboard an automatic repair vessel and hitches a ride to the next port. But the search for her father's legacy, the inheritance her uncle nearly decimated, takes her to planets where friends and enemies are hard to identify, and her best ally is a computer. With a pocket full of "Universals" and a ceramic blade strapped to her thigh, she travels the darkness looking for a home. Instead she finds a g... more

PASS ON THE CUP OF DREAMS

by Bruce Fergusson

Can a cut-throat reiver escape his nefarious past with the help of the only woman he's ever loved, and the keeping of a promise he never dreamed he'd make? Falca Breks will find out on a journey through a wilderness more dangerous than the squalid port city of his birth, toward confrontations with not only enemies old and new but also himself--and the lure of a betrayal that could make him the richest and most powerful man in the Six Kingdoms.

Hunt for Justice

by James R. Vernon

Esmerelda Ciantar was the eldest child of the most powerful of the Hawkpurse families. Her family's history could be traced back before the Plague and could have been the very first Hawkpurse family in existance. Trained from an early age to eventually take over the family business, Ezzy spent the first twenty years of her life shut away from the rest of the world. But then one man destroyed hundreds of years of her family's wealth and prosperity. Ean Sangrave. Now Ezzy is set on a path to... more

Hidden Monster (The Monsters Among Us Book 1)

by Amanda Strong

For seventeen-year-old Samantha Campbell, running back woods trails usually means freedom from her less-than-perfect life. That is, until the day a morning run turns into a living nightmare. When Samantha wakes up to find herself bound to a dirty, pinstriped mattress, she realizes she’s anything but free. With a masked abductor repeatedly injecting her arm with an unknown substance while holding her captive, Samantha tries in vain to find out what he wants, but he refuses to speak. Until the day... more

The Mask of Tamrel

by Heather Shaw

First book in the Magistricide series. For 2,000 years the country of Thevin has been sealed away from the savageries of the outside world, protected by the sorcery of a god-in-flesh known as the Gyre. Magic has been perfected and condensed into a sacred metal known as chromox; magisters control the elements, govern the weather, and construct great cities where the wealthy play at games of power. Outside the cities dwell the nithings, rural growers of food and tenders of animals, who work the... more

In the House of Madame Heretia

by Heather Shaw

The second book in the Magistricide series. Tannigal is in flames, destroyed by the frenzy-inducing songs of the inhuman bard Tamrel. Kelrob, a young magician of great promise but limited experience, flees the city’s ruin alongside his companions: Jacobson, a weary mercenary whose body has become Tamrel’s vessel, and Nuir, the sheltered but willful daughter of a great merchant-lord. Their destination is the house of Madame Heretia, a disgraced archmage of unknown powers and dubious allegiance... more

Where Monsters Lie & Other Tales

by Nick Mazmanian

Where Monsters Lie Trenton Rennick is a mover who just wants to be paid; but he'll have to survive the night in order to earn his biggest paycheck to date... his life. Other Tales... Lighthouse to the Depths Amber heads out into the frozen oceans of Europa to discover what made her husband go mad. Echoes Margo enters an ancient library, in a world forgotten by time, and finds she isn't alone inside of its dusty walls. Nightlife California, 1965, we follow the journey of a... more

Secrets of the White Lake: Wind Shadow Chronicles

by Daniel Chong

Wind Shadow Chronicles is a profound and imaginative fantasy book-series that challenges the proverbial questions of faith, science and morals. It meticulously depicts a dark and unforgiving world where hope must be restored. The story moves with tenacious pace, unveiling heightened mysteries and revelations that capture a reader’s imagination. The first book, Secrets of the White Lake takes place in a post-apocalyptic world, where a mysterious aurora hovers in the sky like a beacon, silentl... more

Innocent Beings (be their voice)

by Barbara Thumann-Calderaro

“Innocent Beings (be their voice)” is a middle grade/young adult fantasy that explores the issue of the inhumane treatment of slaughterhouse animals as well as the health benefits of vegetarian lifestyle from a different point of view – the animals! A newly converted teenaged vegetarian, troubled by the merciless treatment of animals in the meat production industry, sets out on a path of personal discovery en route to an animal sanctuary. Not knowing why she hadn't realized these fac... more

America Inc

by Ashley Wolstein

Step inside a world where reality isn't real. In the future, the entire world has been united under one empire: America. Ivan Luciano is the most powerful man in that empire, and he wields that power with an iron fist. But he wants more, and it was easy enough to convince his girlfriend, Lucy, to help. A brilliant engineer, Lucy, has brought life to robots. They're even passing as humans. One of them is now going to run for President of the United States. And, if Ivan has his way, he'll win. And... more

Suicide Forest

by Jeremy Bates

Just outside of Tokyo lies Aokigahara, a vast forest and one of the most beautiful wilderness areas in Japan...and also the most infamous spot to commit suicide in the world. Legend has it that the spirits of those many suicides are still roaming, haunting deep in the ancient woods. When bad weather prevents a group of friends from climbing neighboring Mt. Fuji, they decide to spend the night camping in Aokigahara. But they get more than they bargained for when one of them is found hanged in ... more

Ghostboy and the Little Ghost Girl

by Jason James

Ghostboy is a children's book series aimed at 9-12 year olds (and for us older folk, who still think we are ten years old), and follows the adventures of Tristan, an eleven year old boy, who is constantly being haunted by the neighbouring ghosts. In this first story, Tristan is visited by the ghost of a Little Ghost Girl in need of his help.

Tales of Blood and Sulphur

by J.G Clay

What happens when ordinary everyday people come face to face with the slithering, gibbering things that exist in the periphery of our vision? What happens when the future, far from being bright, is a dystopian nightmare where an all-powerful Church reduces the ordinary man in the street to walking organ banks? When, in the midst of human barbarity, a force more powerful than any human stalks it’s equally powerful prey? What happens when the Gods themselves turn sour, bitter and unforgiving... more

A Digital Carol - A Tale for Our Generation

by Adolphus Writer

For all who enjoy Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, Mandated Memoranda Publishing’s new eBook A Digital Carol – A Tale for Our Generation retells the science fiction story with new forms and modern perspectives. No longer do we read a tale of a mean miser who, through sorrowful experiences, becomes kindly. We now face a monstrous egotist who teeters between damnation and redemption.

9781502991706

by Randal Svea

A multi-genre parody about a land where every girl's a princess, for all the good it does them, and where the schools teach the controversy over science vs. sorcery. http://goo.gl/LgFz9F

7 Kara Volume 1

by Becca Hillburn

Beneath an old porch. Up in a forgotten attic. In a dusty corner of a basement. Lilliputians are tiny people who occupy the in-between spaces of our world. Sometimes, if you're careful, you can catch a glimpse of one. 7" Kara is a suburban fantasy comic aimed at young girls. Inspired by books such as "The Borrowers", "The Littles", and "Gulliver's Travels", 7" Kara follows the adventures of the 11 year old Lilliputian Kara. Kara lives with her parents in an old doll house that's been hidden away... more

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