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Blood Runner

by JD Stanley

When the world was new The Great Mountain, Enlil, banishes his sister to the Netherworld for taking a lesser as consort. But Sumerian doctor-priest, Kurshram, fights a hard human way through Ereshkigal’s flaming palace to trade his soul and life for the release of his great love. A thousand years later during a temple raid, the blood of slain priests washes into his crypt and reanimates his body while his memories remain locked away with his soul. Only half a man, he thirsts for the... more

Dwarf Story

by Professor W. W. Marplot

For Arty to miss a day of school, either he is very, very sick or a fairytale-character turf-war has begun in his backyard — such as what begins this particular Wednesday. First, he finds an axe-swinging, bearded, sweaty warrior Dwarf scaring his dogs. Soon enough, Emma, Cry and other middle-school friends also find fairy creatures — Elves, Spriggans, Pixies, and a hoped-for dragon — crashing into their normal homework-doing, backpack-carrying, phone-charging schooldays. Why are these magica... more

The Corral Ring

by Thomas Richards

Sorcery dawned 500 years BCE, but did it ever really end? To know what happened, we must return to the middle ages - to a time that birthed legends whom history forgot... For reasons that Ezekiel Stone and Laura Tailor are far from realising, their lives are intertwined with events guided by unseen hands that require the rediscovery of buried history and guarded secrets, to overcome. Alas, getting involved has the potential to make things worse, because what they learn, how, and their resulting... more

Deadly Creatures

by Dan Wickline

Jimmy Doyle is an honorable man who took a bullet for his country. On his return home to 1950s New York City to become a private detective, he accepts a position with Lucius Fogg, a preeminent occultist. Fogg dabbles in solving macabre crimes, and as his legman, Doyle is thrust deep into the world of the supernatural. He often has to face danger alone, for Fogg never, ever steps outside of his home. When the police ask for Fogg’s help with a series of murders, Doyle is flung head-first into trou... more

Her Dark Matter Necklace

by Robert Albo

When Alice Blair is accepted to the world-renowned St. Robert’s high school, she figures it must be a mistake. She’s an orphan from the Midwest, alone, with nothing special about her. But on her fifteenth birthday, the headmaster gives her a necklace, and she begins to dream of weird worlds. Alice learns that as she sleeps, her consciousness actually explores the dark matter universe of Thronos, the universal spirit. As he reveals the science of dark matter, the human soul, and other mysteries, ... more

Outbreak (The Dark Days Series) by Christopher Cole

by Artisan Book Reviews & Promotion

Cities are bombed out ruins and wilderness is humanity’s new home. The undead roam the earth, and the new world order is about the struggle to survive. Sonny Daniels begins an emotional and physical journey of personal survival and protecting those he loves. While survival is a constant struggle, Sonny’s most desperate fight is the struggle preserve some semblance of a compassionate soul. Sonny and his parents are caught in the zombie outbreak in upstate New York. After the passage of the fir... more

Bloodline of madness

by Michael santana

When your world collapses and everything you know and love is a lie. The only thing to do is go mad, but what if that is the plan from the start. What if your madness is the key to ending the rotting world. Inspired by lovecraftian horror, we follow Franklin as he learns the truth of his existence.

Weapons of Mass Disablement

by Ionah Arbuthnott

Israel faces an imminent attack by hundreds of thousands of missiles installed by Iran in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza with the aim of destroying Israel and annihilating her people. Israel has a secret weapon which can disable the full arsenal of missiles but Iran discovers the secret and acts to prevent the weapon being deployed . Israel is doomed and needs a miracle to save her.. This comes in the form of a second secret device brought to the Israelis by an Australian woman on behalf of her friend,... more

Split In Time

by Leisa F Green

Joe is an eccentric time traveler from a strange and desolate planet who becomes stranded when something detonates on the ship. He soon discovers a stowaway in the wreckage and questions their involvement in the explosion. As he searches for materials to repair the time ship on the unfamiliar planet, he is plagued by memories of his alter-ego, Ralph, and the persistent fear of the unknown on this dark and unpredictable world.

Refraction

by Terry Geo

Most stories start at the beginning, this one begins at the end, at least for Maria. Events around her death result in the formation of Silicate, a privately funded facility studying the human mind. If you could dream anything into existence, what would it be? Your favourite animated character? A date with a supermodel? Spending time with a lost love? How about an army of soldiers who can’t be harmed? Embark on an epic adventure that spans this life and the next. Discover the secrets hi... more

The Perfectly Fine House

by Stephen Kozeniewski

In an alternate reality where ghosts are as commonplace as the weather, the most terrifying thing imaginable is a house not being haunted.

Donna Fitzpatrick runs a surrogacy agency, where ghosts can briefly possess volunteers in order to enjoy carnal pleasures. She’s also working herself into an early grave. But that’s no big deal because death is no worse than puberty. That’s particularly evident in Donna’s twin, Kyle, a self-absorbed roustabout who spends most ... more

The Magic Necklace of Al-Andalus, 2nd. and enhanced ed.

by Robert H Boyer

With a nod to E. Nesbit’s The Story of the Amulet and The Arabian Nights, Robert H. Boyer’s The Magic Necklace of Al-Andalus spins a magical tale that is worthy of these precursors. The three heroes—Cass, Thea, and Alan—inherit a magical necklace that allows them to time travel from today’s Philadelphia to ancient Al-Andalus, or Spain. Their quest, which they slowly discover as the fantasy unfolds, is centered on convivencia, or harmony: the three children partic... more

A Red Sun Rises

by K.D. Van Brunt

When the end of the world comes . . . face it on a skateboard

Nine years ago, an unknown poison called the “Red” saturated the atmosphere of the entire planet, killing off everyone except a remnant of immune survivors. Jake is a survivor, but the Red has left its mark on him, changing him in strange ways he does not understand. The answers to his questions, however, will not be found inside the gated confines of his small community.

Jake and his group are not the only ... more

Trail of Pyres: Sundering the Gods Book Two

by L. James Rice

Murder came to the lords of the Silone Clans upon the Eve of Snows, and the survivors scattered to the sea in a desperate journey to safety. They surrendered Kaludor, their island and home, to the demonic Shadows of Man and the Taken they possess. Eliles and the twenty souls who stayed behind on Herald’s Watch, surrounded by a tower of impenetrable fire, find they are not alone. Ivin, along with other surviving Silone lords, negotiate a desperate peace with the Hidreng of the Hundred Nations,... more

Elder Blood

by E. A. Setser

Everyone Has Their Secrets In Berinin, a new Chieftain Heir is born, but only his grandfather and a child from ArcNos know the truth of his birth. In Ferya, a denial of paternity fractures a family. In Ivaria, the plight of an orphan motivates his adoptive father to seek a child of his own blood. These four children -- MeiLom of ArcNos, Galo of Berinin, Eytea of Ferya, and Vielle of Ivaria -- are part of a long-forgotten line of hominids called Hybrids. Soon after, an ArcNosian soldier ... more

Screamcatcher: Web World

by Chrisy J. Breedlove

When seventeen-year-old Jory Pike cannot shake the hellish nightmares of her parent’s deaths, she turns to an old family heirloom, a dream catcher. Even though she’s half blood Chippewa, Jory thinks old Native American lore is so yesterday, but she’s willing to give it a try. However, the dream catcher has had its fill of nightmares from an ancient and violent past. After a sleepover party, and during one of Jory’s most horrific dream episodes, the dream catcher implodes, sucking Jory and her th... more

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