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The Thing From HR: a Cthulhu, Amalgamated novel

by Roy M. Griffis

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒂 𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒈𝒈𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒅𝒖𝒎𝒑 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔? Narg was content working as a Damnation Services-10 in HR. Sure, he was related to one of the Elder Gods, but a little nepotism never hurt any Thing. His life was just wailing and gibbering, right up until his Uncle needed a small favor from his nephew. All Narg had to do was go down among the humans...and pretend to be one of 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐟... more

THE NINTH PROTOCOL

by Kevin J Simington

A man with no memory must run for his life, barely staying ahead of those who seek to kill him, while simultaneously trying to unravel the mystery of his missing memory. Not knowing who he can trust, his fight to stay alive becomes increasingly desperate, and what he eventually discovers will shock him to the core. The story unfolds at a breakneck pace, full of twists and turns that you won't see coming. Written with intelligence and wit, this is a fast-paced, high-tech thriller that will... more

Undoing Time

by Rachel Dacus

Can a jilted rich girl find her purpose on a time travel mission to save history? She’s ready to try, as long as love isn’t part of the picture. When heiress Olivia Pomeroy’s fiancé runs off with her maid of honor, Liv swears off romance forever. To escape, she accepts an invitation to help her cousin raise funds for an art museum in Florence, Italy. What Liv doesn’t know is that she and her cousin May share a genetic talent for undoing time. Liv soon finds herself on a quest to save her coun... more

Kal's Quandary

by Aaron Frale

The number one space pirate in the galaxy…

…discovers she is the only one who can save it from utter decimation.

After stealing the most advanced Teristaque ship, Kal and her crew are pursued by an armada across the galaxy. Despite burning through space in the fastest vessel in the quadrant, there are too many factions after her to avoid them all.

Another spacecraft gets the drop on her. It’s Makiuarnek, the man who slaughtered her villa... more

Kal's Fate

by Aaron Frale

An innocent girl with a mysterious father…

… finds herself a fugitive on the galaxy’s most wanted list.

Considered too fragile, Kal is forbidden to join the raising of the Et’Tal’s home and feels as if she has shamed her family. Her lithe stature links her to her absent father. He left the village to fight in the Teristaque Wars and never returned.

She meets Sarge, a strange star species called Human, who seems to know the se... more

Dystopia's Edge

by Ian Price

The year is 2121. The world has changed a lot, but in ways that you’d probably expect. I thought I put my hitman days behind me. Turns out that couldn’t be further from the truth. I’m Benjamin Edge, mercenary for hire. Running guns, carrying out hits, I’ve done it all. When you grow up as a child soldier fighting for one city-state against another in the crumbling ruins of a fallen civilization, killing becomes second nature. This newest job seems a breeze, though. Smuggling lab equipme... more

Flotsam

by R J Theodore

Captain Talis just wants to keep her airship crew from starving, and maybe scrape up enough cash for some badly needed repairs. When an anonymous client offers a small fortune to root through a pile of atmospheric wreckage, it seems like an easy payday. The job yields an ancient ring, a forbidden secret, and a host of deadly enemies. Now on the run from cultists with powerful allies, Talis needs to unload the ring as quickly as possible. Her desperate search for a buyer and the fallout from h... more

Hettie and the Ghost

by Becca De La Rosa

Nightshade's Requiem

by Anthony Hains

Before she died, Cole Nightshade’s grandmother taught him how to keep his demons from coming out of their hiding places and wreaking havoc. But none of Nana’s lessons have prepared him for Saint Edwards Mental Asylum, where he’s landed after a foster-care placement gone wrong. Saint Edwards has a history of abuse and death that makes itself known to Cole in alarming ways. Walls containing the spirits of prior inmates scream in agony. Young women who once ran from monsters, or from their own pain... more

The Warrior With Broken Wings

by Thorsten Brandl

Sometimes the most dangerous thing in the universe is a man with nothing left to lose...

Thomas Knight is a professional photographer struggling to cope with the tragic death of his wife. Drawn into the heart of an ancient prophecy involving a legendary sword and a mysterious vintage camera, he suddenly finds himself transported to a medieval world beyond his imagination.

The last of the Verðldian kingdoms is about to be destroyed by an unspeakable evil, and i... more

The Little Fairleaf

by Jeremy Forsyth

The Fairleafs are a humble family on the rise, and its senior members showcase their ambition by formulating a daring plan to get the attention of Alepion's royalty. Trone and Eldrian Fairleaf are two young brothers who play at war but who are suddenly thrust into their parents' game of high stakes and fatal mistakes; theirs is the task of befriending the two Daughters of Alepion. But while the brothers pursue the young sisters, other plots have hatched in the night, and the Old Way are cr... more

Rise of the Ravenisha

by P. Grace Lawson

Rise of the Ravenisha: A Fantasy Fiction Novel On Freeing Yourself From Bondage And Coming Into Your Own Power A wonderfully woven, speculative fiction novel about werepanthers, warrior women, and revenge. Warrior women. Ancient power struggles. Corrupt experiments. Queen Idia sold her friends and fellow warriors into slavery for nefarious reasons, an ancient tribe of African warrior women known collectively as the Ravenisha. Hundreds of years later, the Old-Generation Ravenisha ant... more

Gateworlds Earth - Athanator - Book 1

by Gillbert Troll

A few years back, an ancient portal (Multiverse Gate Earth) was found in the jungles of Guatemala. The Gate once found was opened, and every sentient creature on Earth was randomly soul-joined with another creature within the multiverse. Once the Gate was opened, chaos ensued. Riots started, smaller and larger wars were fought. Now, after twenty years, order has been restored, and life has returned to a new normal. John Zelm Athanator, the protagonist of the book and the veteran of the wars... more

Friends for Robots

by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor

In this upbeat, positive collection of SFF short stories from Merc Fenn Wolfmoor, author of So You Want to Be A Robot, you'll find hope, humor, friendship—and of course, robots. Have you heard the one about… ...a neural network who wants humans to drink more water? ...a person stranded on Mars with only an obsolete robotic toy? ...a cyborg caught in a time loop with a frightened ship? ...a self-aware mech who doesn't want to be a weapon anymore? ...an AI sent into the deepest part of the... more

Hamlet in Baltimore

by Pavel Cerny

HAMLET IN BALTIMORE is a horror about the 5 year old Edgar Poe and his two actor parents being murdered by a vampire. It is a wholly made up fantasy. In reality Poe's alcoholic father left the family when Poe was 1 1/2 years old, and his mother died of consumption when he was 2. Instead, this is a fiction about what formed E.A. Poe's life and work. The book is Part One of the planned A Heart Laid Bare series. Part Two-THE BLUE BOTTLE, about the author's strange relationship with his 13 year old ... more

Friends For Robots