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Steps Along Toll 277

by Salene Hill

Steps Along Toll 277 is a fictional tale about a rural area, and its many mysterious. The narrator is lost in a time spin of suspense, crime, and drama. There is a chance and time of history, strange beginnings, and unknown endings. Life might be greener on the other side of a certain culture line, but can be changed with the blink of an eye. The novel will have you turning pages, and not skipping one beat of the fast track. The love of adventure, travel, and spellbinding is created to enhance t... more

Transformer Kit: A gritty & humorous urban fantasy (Mantle Series Book 1)

by S. T. Blake

New York needs a hero. As usual. But is it ready for a hero as outrageously unusual as this?

In the early 70s New York punk scene, Kitty Hampshire is still finding her own identity. But she’s certain of one thing - she always knew she was meant to be a man. Kitty learns about life from the eccentric friends she meets in NYC’s underground music scene and then has the surgery to affirm her true gender. Kitty becomes Kit Simmons, but other forces are present in the flesh grafte... more

Drinks and Sinkholes

by S. Usher Evans

Bev may not know who she was before she showed up in the quaint village of Pigsend five years ago, but that doesn't bother her much. She's made a tidy little life for herself as the proprietor of the Weary Dragon Inn, where the most notable event is when she makes her famous rosemary bread. But when earthquakes and sinkholes start appearing all over town, including near Bev's front door, she's got to put on her sleuthing hat to figure out what—or who—might be causing them before the entire t... more

LOY: In the forests of the mind

by Todd David Gross

The world is destroyed. Stripped of all modern technology, a small group of people survive and evolve. The Rehloy are born blind and don’t gain sight until they reach puberty. Learning of the world first through their other senses, creates such a high level of awareness in them that they border on the mystical. For a thousand years they have lived in isolation, developing a special relationship with nature. Theirs is a “spiritual” life, ethereal, in some ways divine. But the outside world is ... more

Sunrays Among Shadows

by H. Dawn Hunter

The Present: After an abduction left them without memories of their childhood, Lily and Liam Howell have led a quiet life. For twenty years, they’ve avoided the topic of their disappearance, carefully tiptoeing around each other in fear of what they might expose or discover. Until Lily remembers something. Then she’s willing to do anything to recover their lost year. But there’s a reason they were made to forget. The Past: Jasper Behrtram has a task to complete, and through the use o... more

STORMLESS

by Nick Stitle

Auris is a land of storms and chaos, where seven violent Tempests rule the continent. Different energies are pulled from the Tempests themselves, forming the seven Sects of Summoners who channel their power through Crystals. But when a Summoner of a long-extinct sect—a Blood Sorcerer—shows up in the throne room of Arvendon, the world begins spinning on a new path toward an unknown future. Auris has two classes of citizens. The upper class are all from seven different Sects of Summoners with m... more

Requiem for a Prodigal

by Tim Novar

In an alternate timeline where the Roman Empire never existed, Asterius, a transhuman bouncer working on the Greek island of Mikonos, is plagued by terrifying nightmares. In his quest to find the source, he becomes entangled in a conspiracy involving buried temples and sleeping gods. Can he unravel the layers of deception before his world descends into madness?

The Watchers: Home World

by Trenton Hamm

The Watchers: Home World is the first of a three-part series that tells the story of the Elohim largely from the perspective of Uri, a "sage of his people". The Elohim home world is dying, and the Elohim along with it. Uri has worked since primary school to become a part of the salvation of his world: to arrest the runaway greenhouse effect that threatens them. But now he finds that his life's work is pointless, and there may be no way to change this futu... more

A Bad Place to Be a Hero (The Bad Series Book 1)

by Jerry F. Westinger

"There is no bigger bastard than a man who thinks he's a hero." Thessa is a young noblewoman who has an unfortunate run-in with a werewolf on her engagement night. Lokenn is a fugitive necromancer, out to restore the reputation of his maligned art. Corlis is an innkeeper nursing a dying aunt amidst rapidly mounting debts. And around them all, a dirty city hides a web of even dirtier secrets. In a string of bad luck and worse decisions, the three of them end up getting arrested and neck dee... more

Survive the Cursed (These Cursed Origins Book 1)

by Ashton Abbott

At the end, we only have ourselves to blame. We focused on pride and what reality should be. No one could see it until it was too late. In the end, the darkness didn't have to do much. We were more than capable of destroying the world ourselves. Now evil roams the earth, killing what's left of us. I don't know why it bothers. We are fallen. After the world fell survivors banded together in an attempt to thrive amongst the chaos that evil had unleashed. The only way to make it, ... more

The Infinite-Infinite

by M.K. Williams

Imagine waking up one morning to a better life: a beautifully stylized home, an elevated position at your job, and a cleaner society. Oh, there’s a catch – your boyfriend may be a murderer with access to the most powerful invention in human history. This is exactly how Nina Marks woke on August 8th. Kidnapped across the multiverse, Nina has to navigate her way home. An action-packed journey that will transport readers across several stops in the multiverse, this is a thrilling read for fans o... more

Interview with a #Vanlifer

by M.K. Williams

The one question no one is asking in the current climate crisis is, “how does this affect the vampire population?“ Scoring an exclusive interview with Peter and Ursula, the now internet-famous influencers and #vanlifers, our narrator details their evening in Yosemite National Park with a pair of vampires. In this satirical short story, we will learn about Peter and Ursula’s experience as vampires, their unique risks as the climate continues to change, and how they plan to use their celebr... more

GRONE: Legends of the Known Arc Book 1

by Patrick Cumby

IN A LAVISH VIRTUAL UNIVERSE OF EMPIRES AND ALIENS, THINGS JUST GOT REAL. FAR TOO REAL. The QARMA supercomputer at Stanford University hosts the most vivid and realistic metaverse ever envisioned. But now a malicious cyberattack has cut the metaverse off from its creators and users. Behind an unbreakable firewall, time in the machine has begun to speed a million times faster than it should. As days and weeks tick by in the real world, centuries and millennia pass in the evolving metaverse.... more

Starlight Jewel: Gifts of the Auldtree, Book One

by E.L. Lyons

Axly, the Starlight Company's premier seductress-thief and assassin, will do whatever it takes to keep her human brother hidden. The secrets of his origin could tear their world apart, and keeping them has driven her to lies and murder. Her people, the sprygan-human hybrids that live under the city of Minalav, aren't keen on allowing their most skilled asset to roam free. A job with a human offers a chance to get her brother out of danger, but it comes at a price. Divided loyalties, duty, romanc... more

When I’m lonely I dream of you

by Tallie

From an unexpected meeting at the great Japanese mountain to endless comparisons in an almost magical baker's academy. From the timeless retreat of the abandoned to the hectic life of the Korean idol of the future. Each story in this album is invariably filled with atmosphere, mood, and ideas for reflection. In small but vivid stories, Tallie shares musings on music, the modern age, and life.

Epic of Helinthia

by MJ Pankey

When a madman seized the throne, the gods on Olympus fell silent, and the island of Helinthia withered into decay...

Dargon is sure these events are no coincidence and convinces Kelric and Gadnor to join him in a rebellion against the king, hoping to incur favor with the gods and restore prosperity to their ravaged lands. Confident of their purpose, they embark on a journey to rally support for war, leaving Dargon's sister Gonivein safe behind the walls of Shallinat... more

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