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Starsight Volume II

by Minnette Meador

STARSIGHT VOL. II - BOOKS III & IV – War ravishes the Imperium, held together by the valor of ancient warriors and the devotion of the empire’s elite. Trenara no longer trusts the power that has turned the boy she once loved into a man she no longer understands. He frightens her. Joshan’s ascendancy grows every day as he leads them to Sirdar’s domain. The monster has prepared a welcome that none of them expects and Joshan knows he is endangering them all. Sacrifices are made; bonds are broken. T... more

Starsight (Starsight - Volume I Book 1)

by Minnette Meador

Book I in the Starsight Series - Trenara never thought she would have to guide a student she loved to become a messiah, but it is the only way this second trial Starguider can salvage her world. Torn between her devotion to Joshan and the fate of her kind, Trenara struggles against accusations of murder, the onset of war, and the loss of her faith in gods who have turned their backs on her. The only people she can trust to help them are two war-ravaged heroes; the boy's life-long trainer and an ... more

The Elemental Union: Book One: Devian

by Shanna Bosarge

Devian introduces Sterling Rin’Ovana -- a complex, beautiful, and dangerous woman who forges toward a powerful future despite her unknown past. Resentful of the silver eyes inherited from a mother she never knew, Sterling must learn to put aside the wayward glances and the whispered insults of those who see her as a monster. Silver eyes that also betray her as a Devian, and the hunted quarry of the Severon. Born in the midst of a battle between her Veillen father and graekull demons and the bl... more

Mayhem

by Michael Molisani

Apocalypse is only a temporary setback. After the Collapse, chaos swept the world. Cities burned and flesh was sacrificed on an altar of wholesale rage. Out of that bloody and ashen swamp rose new powers. City states and nations adapted to a world where magic is real, ghosts whisper, and ancient gods lust. This is a salacious world, infested with malignity and apotheosis. The Bruja's adopted daughter lives on. Lady Mayhem, nightmare mirror of the Antecedency. As Mayhem prepares to retire, ... more

The Place Inside the Storm

by bradley w. wright

It’s 2038. Tara Rivers is fourteen years old, socially awkward, and a bit rebellious. Her family has recently moved to Los Angeles from the Pacific Northwest ‘rogue’ clusters. Tara feels alone and confused. She doesn’t have any friends here, except her cat, Xel, a sophisticated robot with artificial intelligence. She knows she should try to make friends but the social rules other kids seem to understand without thinking don’t come to her as easily. Without warning, the corporation where Tara’s p... more

Dead Last: Volume 1

by Marc Quaranta

The story begins inside a TV station outside of Indianapolis. A group of people has made shelter inside as an airborne virus is killing over half of the world's population. While the station is running on a backup generator, they don't have food or any supplies to survive. They must go out into the air, survive whatever it is that is out there, and keep themselves alive long enough to make a new plan. However, when they discover there is a survivor's station downtown, they try to get there, but ... more

The Paths of Destiny: A Parker Chronicles Novel (The Parker Chronicles Book 1)

by Claude Perry

In a timeline different from our own, Robert Bixby Parker, a former member of the United Nations Organization's Peacekeepers, is a detective for the Miami-Dade Police and bestselling author of paranormal detective novels. He has been recalled from civilian life to join the investigative division of the UNO known as Security, Peace, and Justice. Co-Authored with Ann Franchi, The Paths of Destiny chronicles Parker's journey within the SPJ, as detailed in his journal entries. Within thes... more

Unfit Magazine Vol. 2

by Daniel Scott White

Featuring Ken Liu, Cat Rambo, Yoon Ha Lee, M. Yzmore, David R. Grigg, Michael Merriam, J.B. Toner, Tim Major, Eric Del Carlo. Edited by Daniel Scott White. Consider the possibilities of alternative timelines-such as those found in steampunk and cyberpunk-as a storytelling device. Can these timelines be made to seem as real as our own? In Vol. 2 of Unfit, we take a closer look at the realms of cyberpunk and steampunk. -Ken Liu expertly stretches time and dimensions in “Altogether Elsewhere... more

Unfit Magazine Vol. 1

by Daniel Scott White

Featuring: David Brin, Robert Silverberg, Jerry Oltion, David R. Grigg, LJ Cohen, Emily Devenport, Eric Del Carlo, Joe Taylor, and Bruce Golden. Edited by Daniel Scott White. This magazine is about fiction that isn’t fit for ‘them’. What do I mean by ‘them’? Who in particular are ‘they’? They are the government. They are your parents. They are your teachers. They are everywhere. -In David Brin’s fantastic story “The River of Time” scientists are coping with co-existing streams of time as s... more

Into the Book Box: The Pirate Abduction

by Michael Boyajian

Ten year old Gregory peers into a Free Library book box and is swept away into the the greatest adventure of his life in the fashion of Robert Louis Stevenson

Dax Zander, Sea Patrol: The Hand in the Moon

by Noah Knox Marshall

Frequently diving headlong into adventure, 13 year-old Dax Zander is the loving, scientifically-curious middle son of a brilliant physicist and decorated captain in the US Navy. In 2077, the entire family is stationed in an undersea base, 90km north of Oahu. When a delegation of gentle, aquatic aliens arrive on Earth, begging humanity's help against an invading threat to their homeworld, Dax finds himself an unlikely but critical influence in the course of events that could save... more

After/Effects

by Kelsey Clifton

When Mia Islington joined Charlie Team, she expected danger. Even in the volatile world of the Dogs, rift-hopping isn’t for the faint of heart; there’s always the risk that when you cross over, you might not cross back. She also expected to find herself in some undignified situations. Trussed up like a spider’s dinner, covered in Horlanan slime, being chased by a beaver the size of a bear – nothing is too extreme for a Watchdog. But what Mia didn’t expect was that knowledge – of the future... more

Breaking Destiny

by Mitty Walters

Of death and taxes, only one remains certain.

A quiet businessman—known by most as Joe Kettleman—narrowly survives an attempt on his life. While recovering from surgery to remove a bullet, imaging reveals a lethal tumor. Unwilling to spend his final days under chemical bombardment, he returns to a remote cabin in New Mexico to die in peace.

But when death takes its time and Joe outlives his supplies, he’s forced to take a perilous... more

Curse of the Sea

by Joni Parker

A NATO training exercise goes terribly wrong when five warships are mysteriously transported to Eledon, the Realm of the Elves. The warrior Lady Alexin is charged to escort the troops back home to London in the year 2031 with the aid of the Wizard Ecstasy and a magical shrinking potion. Yet, when authorities question her story, she'd detained and imprisoned under suspicion of terrorism. Caught in a web of politics, betrayal, and bungling bureaucracy, her magical abilities are pushed to the limit... more

The Dark Rider

by Shannon Kelley

Last Stop on the Z Train

by Jason Storbakken

LAST STOP ON THE Z TRAIN spans genres: space opera, tragedy, magical realism, comedy... and it all exists in one world, the New York City Metropolitan Authority! Twenty-three stories, 23 subway lines. And, like the MTA, all the stories are interconnected. It is a world very much like ours, yet altogether different. Enter New York City's subway system like never before and encounter mystical creatures, cosmic adventures, and a variety of social realities.

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