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VERA WARDEN and the TWO-FACED DEMON

by J. Rose

When Vera receives a scholarship to an elite tech school, she thinks the hardest part will be making friends. Turns out there are darker things at Morton Tech. Evil things worse than bullies. Like demons.

After a face-stealing demon only Vera can see appears, she realizes she’s the only one who can stop it. She’s going to have to use all her wits, and the confidence she’s gained from living with a facial difference and Osteogenesis Imperfecta (“Brittle Bone Disea... more

The Byways

by Mary Pascual

Neurodivergent high school student CeeCee Harper has a temper and a reputation for trouble. Angry at the rumors and afraid she’ll never fit in, she makes a wrong move—and lands in the byways, a world of alleys, magic, and forgotten people . . . some that aren’t even human. And if she doesn’t escape quickly, CeeCee learns, she’ll be trapped for good. Searching for a way out, she gets lost among monsters, drug pushers, the homeless, and political upheaval, and soon finds there are those who wil... more

Powerless

by Jacqueline Pretty

How far would you go for power? When Hanna was eight, her older sister burst into flames—the first of her siblings to get superpowers. Eight years later and Hanna now has three other superpowered siblings, while she remains disappointingly powerless. Hanna’s father, Artem Super, is the scientist responsible for discovering the super gene mutation. She has been working in his lab, desperate to find a way to unlock the powers hidden in her DNA before his patience runs out. Unfortunately for... more

The Witch of Wolfden

by Kodi Gonzaga

The Horner Paranormal Private Investigators, a trio of traveling twenty-year-olds that solve paranormal mysteries, arrive in a small town for a supposedly easy case. However, the Horner PIs quickly realize there's something else afoot thanks to their own special abilities. When the town witch is not only implicated in the case but also shows up asking to join the Horners, tensions rise, and suspicion abounds. In the end, the four must work together to solve the mystery and escape the supe... more

Kera's Awakening: The Battle for New York

by Austin LeBleu

Set in a post-apocalyptic New York City Kera, a young woman with a mysterious past, discovers her ability to control mutated creatures Joined by a group of diverse companions, Kera battles against the tyrannical Duke, who rules the city with an iron fist. Adventure unfolds as the group sneaks through the city, confronts challenges, and uncovers hidden truths about their world and themselves A story of friendship, courage, and the power of self-discovery

Ghosts of the Past

by Deanna R. Sweeney

Ghosts of the Past takes the reader on a centuries old battle between the forces of good and evil. Throughout her life, including her previous lives, Veronica has lived a lonely existence, being outcast from her community for the special gifts she possesses. After centuries of pain from watching the few people she loved being killed before her very eyes, Veronica is determined to end this long-standing battle between her and Lilith once and for all. The second book follows Veronica on a journ... more

The Awakening: A Veronica Strange Story

by Deanna R Sweeney

Veronica works as assistant manager at a spa resort in the little town she has lived in all her life. Recurrent, unexplained and otherworldly visions cause her to lead a lonely existence as experience has taught her that people tend to be suspicious of people that are different. Even her own mother treats her with indifference, and the only two people she has truly loved and trusted are both dead. Her career, at least, is going well until a colleague is found dead and another is mysteriously inj... more

Project Mariner

by Bahhaj Hockley

Project Mariner is a story of survival and triumph through personal tragedy and familial deception as generational legacies within the close-knit climbing community are debated and fought over, even upon the very slopes of Olympus Mons itself. It is the biggest mountaineering prize up for grabs in nearly two centuries, and it has reawakened one of the oldest rivalries in all of alpinism. Artfully weaving together references to the long-standing debate as to whether or not George Mallory ever mad... more

The Wolf Song: a Blood of the Wolf King Novel

by Caleb the Writer

A grand fantasy tale unlike any other. In a world that mirrors our own, violence and death are a way of life. Petty Lords fight for insignificant tracks of land, while pirates rule the waves and brigands stalk the night. Meanwhile, The Holy Aeternian Empire (or HAE), which reigns over the Kontinent of Gotheca (Götheßa), does nothing to protect its subjects as they fall into chaos and ruin. In the midst of all of this, a young boy would be born with red eyes. Unknown to him, he would soon bring t... more

Rosetta Dagotto and the Fight For the Underworld

by Mariah Brotzman

A sixteen-year-old student named Nova Tyler McNaughton died on the way to school. Nova was hit when he saved a little girl who had been chasing after a ball. The last thing he saw when he died was the little girl and her Mom hovering over his dying form and hearing a man calling the ambulance. Nova awoke in the Underworld where Charon, the ferryman, was there to meet him. Nova is gifted with Elysium and that is where he stayed for the next ten years. Rosetta Dagotto is a sixteen-year-old girl in... more

The Bridge to Magic

by Alex Thornbury

A gripping, award-winning debut for lovers of traditional high fantasy, set in the dying world where humanity is likened to weakness, and the only path to salvation is the same path which might lead to death. The Blight. The end of Mankind. The Bridge that may be salvation or the final betrayal. In this grimdark fantasy, Elika, an orphan on Terren's streets, hates and fears the bridge that spans the great chasm to the Deadlands. Like everyone else, she clings to the hope that purging every... more

The Sands of Abzu

by NASSIM ODIN

The Sands of Abzu Long before Alexander, in ancient Persia, there lived an energetic young man known as Fardad who was a gifted clairvoyant. An unanticipated whirlpool of the fate made him the grand-vizier of the mighty King Kai-Kobad. As the King’s appointed minister with the princess on his side, Fardad has to enter the caves, ascend the mountains, flight the manticores to get to the clues to decode the book of astrology. He must reach the legendary place called Abzu, which lies hidden deep... more

The Orc Who Saved Christmas (Loveable Monster Holiday)

by Michelle Franklin

He sees you when you’re sleeping. He knows when you’re awake. He wants to celebrate Christmas-- so invite him, for orc’s sake! Orcs don’t usually celebrate Christmas, but that won’t stop Darryn the kindhearted half-orc from celebrating by himself. After watching his mountain village celebrate the holiday without him for many years, a girl named Karla invites him to join the holiday festivities. Will a clever disguise and the power of friendship be enough to turn the hearts of the hard-hearted... more

Bewicched: The Sea Wicche Chronicles

by Seana Kelly

We here at The Sea Wicche cater to your art-collecting, muffin-eating, tea-drinking, and potion-peddling needs. Palmistry and Tarot sessions are available upon request and by appointment. Our store hours vary and rely completely on Arwyn—the owner—getting her butt out of bed. I’m Arwyn Cassandra Corey, the sea wicche, or the wicche who lives by the sea. It requires a lot more work than I’d anticipated to remodel an abandoned cannery and turn it into an art gallery & tea bar. It’s coming along... more

Between Shadow and Flame

by C.T. Bryce

Seventeen-year-old David Rose has been pulled from place to place by his mother Emily Rose for ten years, never staying anywhere long enough to form bonds or face consequences. When he discovers his mother burning a letter from the family they’ve been running from, he looks them up himself, desperate for a place that feels like home and a sense of connection. He discovers his father is Viktor Guthanderkaz, a member of the royal family of Fyrnlendh, a small island country on the Black Se... more

Sex with Jesus

by Mike Spiritfair Marty

Sex with Jesus (https://www.sexwithjesus.com) concretely describes the actions of the main characters as they each make choices during the events that occur, and it also addresses the economy, mental health, antisemitism, student loans, suicide, misinformation, the world, nature, deoxyribonucleic acid, and more. The characters are specifically contrasted with regard to how they each view the gap (if any) between their views of reality and their unrealized wishes. Within the action-packed meta... more

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