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The First EVO: UPRISING: (The First Series Book 2)

by Kipjo K. Ewers

In EVO UPRISING, the long-anticipated sequel to The First, Kipjo Ewers, brings you deeper into the new world of the EVO Universe… Where you either evolve or die…Seven years after the Judgment Virus, also known as the EVO Virus, infected the planet, a portion of the Earth's population of humans has died. At the same time, another percentage received powers and abilities. Superhumans now walked the Earth. Some use their abilities for good, taking up heroes' mantel, others for evil, becoming villai... more

Shadelands

by Rachel Randall

A Starbeam girl, must evade controlling imps to rescue a friend, reclaim her light, and return to the family she lost. Will she escape in time?

Keeper of the Dead

by Ryan Young

After spending years of solitude surviving the undead and collecting their IDs as artifacts, a man discovers that a photo doesn't match the corpse that carries it, sending him on a journey north in search of what became of the mystery woman.

Everyday and Ordinary

by Mark Warren

A horror novel investigating the origins and dissemination of evil and cruelty across time and space. The book Preface begins is de Sade's Charenton, France, then quickly moves across the Atlantic to 1990s Maine. Gender and sexuality are primary subjects along with bullying and physical threats to two children and the town of Newton, Maine. The gender/sexuality issues comment on de Sade's misuse of those themes; the rest of the book subtly calls out contemporary horror fiction writers for gros... more

The Shattered Spire: The Chronicles of Xax

by Ted Cross

The magic of the Spire of Peace has banished evil from the Known Lands for more than twelve hundred years. When a dragon destroys the spire and murders the king, the realm is thrown into turmoil. As civil war looms, can the royal Kaldarion family regain control over the kingdom and restore peace?

American Cannibal

by Rebecca Rowland

Those who do not learn from history are doomed to (rep)eat it. A mother and daughter negotiate the Oregon Trail with grisly results; an elementary teacher watches the carnage of The Challenger explosion spill over into her own classroom. A possible prospector traveling west is drawn to an isolated inn where no one walks away hungry; a 1950s housewife shares the gruesome repertoire of behavior expected of a proper lady. Prohibition and women’s suffrage, the Civil War and the Vietnam War, the J... more

The View from Here: A Science Fiction Novella (The View from Here Trilogy Book 1)

by Leon Stevens

Two heads are better than one. What would you do if you found yourself on or in another world? Do you have the skills and knowledge needed to survive or to make sense of what you see? Thomas sets out on a hike he has done many times before. Taking only what he needs for the three or four hours he expects to be gone, he passes a vehicle in the parking lot. The handwritten note on the dashboard read: Not Abandoned. The view at the end of the trail was not what he expected—neither were the fr... more

The Golden Ellipse

by John Hopkins

Book One in The Powers That Be trilogy, THE GOLDEN ELLIPSE draws parallels between the Great Pyramid’s mysterious origin and Fermi’s paradox in an epoch-spanning story rich in history and paranormal intrigue with an eclectic cast of dimensional characters, gritty dialogue, dark humor, and a clandestine organization known as The Powers That Be (PTB), chartered to foster humankind’s destiny in a crowded universe.

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The Hollow Boys: The Dream Rider Saga, Book 1

by Douglas Smith

THE DREAM RIDER SAGA, BOOK 1

Vanishing street kids. An ancient evil. The end of the world.

Our only hope? A hero who can't leave home.

At seventeen, Will Dreycott is a superhero…in his dreams. And in yours.

Eight years ago, Will's parents, shady dealers in ancient artifacts, disappeared on a jungle expedition. Will, the sole survivor, returned home with no memory of what happened, bringing a gift…and a curse.

The gift? Will can walk in our dreams. At night in Dre... more

DREAM JUMPERS the INHERITANCE

by Adrienne La Faye

Twelve-year-old African American twins, MALIA, and MICAH, OLIVER, aren't what you would call the top dogs of the middle school social food chain. But, with her brute strength and no-can-do attitude, Malia has the likes of Serena Williams on her radar, and nothing will stop her from athletic greatness. Well, except for one thing: her clumsy twin, Micah. But it's Micah's analytical nature, and biological research tendencies get him to think about the creepy noises that haunt their house at night, ... more

A Fate of Smoke and Ash

by Shania Scichilone

TO BE WOVEN BY THE FATES IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART.

When the skies split and the veil between Earth’s realm and the Godly realms is lifted, the prophecy awakens in the form of eighteen-year-old Shivalri Grimsbane, she with the blood of all three realms. In her lifetime, Shivalri never thought magic to be more than a fairy tale. Though raised unaware of her witch-hood, she quickly learns that her lineage is full of enchantment. Through a string of destiny, her magic has co... more

ReInception

by Sarena Straus

In 2126, society finally has its quick fix. ReInception is a machine used for modifying human behaviors, everything from taming unruly children to reprogramming terrorists. Columbia student Leandrea Justus is passively anti-ReInception. But when she and her boyfriend are separated during a bombing at an anti-ReInception rally, Ward — not just his name, but also his status in society — helps her. In return, he wants her to help The Origins, the alleged terrorist group blamed for the bombing whom ... more

GR3T3L-1 (Good Tales For Bad Dreams Book 3)

by V.M. Sawh

When they are stranded on the surface of a hostile alien world, two sentient robots H4NS3L-671, the military-minded combat drone, & GR3T3L-1, the advanced surveyor prototype, find themselves with neither memory nor mission. With no resources and no one to count on but each other, the robots must learn to work together in order to endure the brutal landscape, unlock the mystery of their missing memories, and plan their own rescue, all before their power runs out. What they don’t know is tha... more

Les Femmes Grotesques

by Victoria Dalpe

In each of these stories, the reader is lured into a sinister shadow space, one both familiar and uncanny. Life is strange, beautiful, and terrible in the world of Victoria Dalpe's debut short story collection. Her characters run the gamut from nosy neighbors to boomtown prostitutes, sentient moss to ghouls with a taste for artist’s flesh. The stories contain chance encounters with truck stop mystics, haunted reality show renovations, and cat people roaming the western plains. In Dalpe's writin... more

Needlework

by Bekah Berge

Four musicians vie for a coveted spot on the main stage at the prestigious Olive Branch Music and Arts Festival. For as long as she can remember, Melly has only been good at one thing: making music. From the instant she got her fingers on a flute and tambourine, music had transformed her life and become a way for her to express the hidden desires of her heart. And like every artist in the realm, joining the illustrious Olive Branch Music and Arts Festival was her ultimate dream. When Haki... more

The Mushroom Effect

by M. A. Iori

A time travel-story that narrates a fatal drama about two lovers separated by death (a modern version of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice). She died and he lost his memories of her. A life that, Francesco, feels destroyed, incurable. Rehabilitation has failed. The encouragement of his family was not enough. Friends put aside. Except that, suddenly, after months of unlimited suffering, an old schoolmate proposes an ambiguous solution: to try a substance able to take him into a parallel world t... more

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