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Bound in Blood

His brother abandoned him as a child with nothing more than a note. He returned fifteen years later with consequences for their family. Tristan never forgave him for that night on the beach. Or for the secrets Aran still keeps.

Jamaica born, Susannah Gray came to Washington for nursing school and to find more about her father’s side of the family. She never counted on finding herself in a war, or the shadowy world surrounding…

A Short Story Anthology

The collection you are about to read isn’t the end of my short-story writing. Rather, it is the beginning and the middle. A look back at what I was able to write during a tumultuous time in the world. I wanted to create this anthology to share it with others and to have a tangible reminder of what I accomplished in that span of time, 2020-2022.

A Hot Summer’s Night

A Hot Summer’s Night was the winner of our third Bi-Annual short story competition. For this competition, the theme was ‘Summer’.

Trigger Warning: Violence and strong sexual references.

Black Metal Dad: A Journey Into the Dark Underbelly of Parenthood

For too long, humanity has wrapped itself in a cloak of lies that have indoctrinated us into believing having a family is a worthy endeavour. Our narrator, M’Lord Chook, shreds this cloak like an Eddie Van Halen guitar solo.

We are given front row seats on a journey that takes everything we thought we knew about living with kids and hurls it into a demonic woodchipper.

In this tale of two parts, M’Lord guides us through…

The Ravine

The Ravine is a short story that started life as a chapter in my novel GOLD! I culled it in the final edit and expanded it into what it is today.
The Ravine is a complete stand-alone tale and there is no requirement to have read the novel to enjoy this story.

Descent from Anwyn

Alizeh, the girl who carries a storm inside her

Genève, the fae who has had enough

And Trixie, the girl who can see evil.

Zeek is a powerful wizard who finds himself wrapped up in the destiny of all three.

One that carried his son, is now an evil queen. Another is a runaway and the last may be completely insane.

There are realms where magic is real, demons haunt your dreams, and trolls can save the day.

A war…

The Smile

In a land where there is six months night and six months day, where the wind rarely rests, and food is scarce, a girl and her family struggle to survive. When mother and father leave to find food, Ahnah and her favourite dog, Akiak, must endure on their own, but by following a dream, they may bring a smile to more than one face.

Going Up

Bill, a consummate prankster, gets stuck in an elevator on his way to the office. What he thinks is just par for the course, because of the bad day he is having, is actually a prank by his co-workers. But something goes horribly wrong after a series of unfortunate events.

Almost Human: Discovery

The controlling and secretive New American Government has created a series of perfectly compliant, genetically modified human soldiers. Emotion, independent thought and all forms of communication are forbidden. Their only purpose is to obey.

Used as a pawn in somebody else’s escape plan, Edel finds herself with unexpected freedom. She has been taught everything she needs to survive- except how to be human.

Danny is one of Harpton Main’s rich elite, but beneath the shiny surface…

Orange Sundress

Orange Sundress is the winner of one of the legs of our bi-annual short story competition. The theme was ‘spring’.

Upon the Arrival of Dawn

A darkness grows, threatening the delicate fabric of the Universe. An ominous cloud spreads, bringing an increasing imbalance across the Cosmos. Essences bent on wickedness and ultimate destruction are violently stripping the Energy of Life from innocent terrestrial creatures, bringing Existence to the very brink of collapse. Only one Celestial essence boldly accepts the calling to seek out the source of the encroaching evil and restore Harmony once again to Existence. Azrael, humble servant…

The Sorcerers

After deciding to save a young prince from certain death, Silva is led to believe that he is the key to finding an evil sorcerer and his army of wraiths. Together, alongside with Silva’s lonesome cat, Barlo, they will seek out the evil sorcerer and put a stop to him.
But Silva’s mysterious nature leads her to be untrustworthy. Her secrets and her powers may bring Silva to her demise.

Clandestine Lives: the Jester, the Courtesan and the Assassin

A legendary assassin, the most feared in the land. A beautiful courtesan, famed for her beauty and skill; and a jester, servant to a Duke with a fearsome reputation.
Three lives, one story. Their fates are bound together in a way in which none of them could ever have imagined. The curse that binds them, tests their sanity.
As the Empire slides into civil war, all three must confront the unpalatable truth about themselves. Unfortunately, none…

Iktomi and The Fire Eater

A group of young friends spend the night in a Teepee listening to a long story… that might be their last.

Silver and Salt

Aran always had his secrets, things he didn’t feel like sharing until his younger brother finally got up the nerve to ask about the past he never mentioned. At least until mid a few days in mid September after an early morning swimming lesson. Until asked, he never spoke of the family had before being adopted by their parents or some of his own past. It was his own until Tristan’s curiosity made him…

Humorous Tales of the Farm

Have you ever wondered
what animals get up to?

The following are true stories of my various encounters and mishaps
from around the farm while working as a female farmer.
When dealing with any livestock they can have their own agenda,
take Butch the Goose he certainly had his eyes set on the local cyclist
back tyres or Horace the boar who decided to go exploring and ended
up in someone’s vegetable plot?
You never know what they are going to do…

In Ora: The Land of the Superior

With a breakthrough in biomedical, the key to eradicating disease was found. It didn’t take long before the development was moved to other areas of improvement, such as enhancement of physical features, biological alteration, controlled selection of the best qualities to achieve ideal and perfect humans.

The divisions of morality, selective privileges and social gaps were soon followed, dividing the world into the Origin and Ora. While Origin went downhill and was plagued with poverty,…

Soul Walker

It’s the year’s end of 2012, a time of “great change”. The city of Los Angeles is riddled with fear from kidnappings and murders being secretly orchestrated by a government organization of cultists who worship a dark deity. Their next target: Shannon Redferin, an LA native and celebrity famous her boundless leaps in the medical field as a doctor. After being framed for murder, her career is ruined and she is relentlessly pursued by…

An Anarchist Affair

Tyrants Fall! Anarchy is Order! Down with Authority!

It’s 1896 and there’s revolution in the air! A Lancaster mill worker is found murdered at Lord Throckmorton’s mill. Enter Augustus Mulberry and Arthur Touchstone (Consulting Detectorators, qualifications pending) who are soon on the case.

The pair of rather defective detectives find themselves embroiled in political intrigue, low-octane chases, angry mobs and twitchy dragoons – and at the mercy of Inspector Kelsall’s housekeeper’s breakfasts (which come with desserts)…

Ash

Daniel always knew from childhood that his family wasn’t like others. It wasn’t just the ghost of Delphine LaLaurie haunting them, or for the way politics and manipulation were more than a casual game to his family. His father was often the “power” behind the throne of any up-and-coming Louisianian political figure. His mother was a well-known artist and painter whose art frequently became the centerpiece of any gala or fundraiser. Backhanded compliments and…

Candlemas

Written by Chris Newton.

The Art of Gift-Giving

Giving gift to someone in your family can be fun or fraught with danger. What happens when Scarlett makes a gift for her mom? Who would know that a new tradition began with hurt feelings?

On the Night Before Christmas

Written By Ismael Rodriguez.

Sandwich Aficionado

When Terry settled in for the night, little did he know that he would be held, at gunpoint, while an intruder shows him a secret to making life more amazing than was thought possible.

What Evil Lurks…A Collection Of Short Stories Depicting The Tainted Unhuman Condition

Sometimes, there is a glitch. A massive one, in the cerebrum. No one really knows why it happens, but it does. Every single day, all around the world. When a man ceases to be a man, and transforms into something…else. It can manifest itself in the form of a killer, a pervert, a predator, a sadist, a monster, or even a simple victim…a piece of meat. The possibilities are many. But the glitch itself…

Hollywood Rage

Prepare yourself for blood, gore and guts by the bucket load!

A Vile has-been movie star deservedly gets his comeuppance on the set of a Hollywood film.

However, things don’t always go to plan and in this case the consequences are deadly.

Hollywood Rage is a 14K word GRAPHIC short horror story brought to you by the same author that brought you the terrifying and successful Fragmented Evil (also available on Rogue Animal Books).

Predominantly a Classic Horror…

Annis

Book One of The Goddess of Sorrows
In the harsh Dark Age world of Anticthon, Annis, a reviled sorceress, is sent beyond the Collie Mhòr, the Great Forest, by King Cathail to aid the defenders of his most northerly bastion, the grim fortress of Creag an Eagail.
In this bleak and savage land, in the grip of winter, Annis and her companions aid the local Laird in his forlorn task of holding back armies of creatures…

Always a Question of the Rats

Always a Question of the Rats was the winner of our first Bi-Annual short story competition. For this competition, the theme was ‘Autumn’.

The Mortality of Queens

England 1792: every man and woman is bonded to an Umbra – a shadow self that inhabits the unknowable Other Realm. It’s a mortal bond, if either dies, they both do.
Arthur has summoned his Umbra, Amorrie, to attend a ball but she materialises naked, with a broken leg and covered in another’s blood. The ball is disrupted by news of the death of a Countess after her warrior Umbra was murdered in Amorrie’s world.
Among…

Micro-Stories

This book is a compilation of micro-stories that encompasses diverse literary genres. Some have been awarded and all of them have been published in digital magazines, contests, and anthologies of international character. I hope you enjoy this mix of literary brushstrokes.

The Fylde Witch

‘There is a witch in Woodplumpton. She is buried, upside down, beneath a boulder…’

When you think of the Fylde, if you think of it at all, you might picture its coastline: Illuminations, picturesque windmills, and historic lighthouses.

This story is much older than any of those things. This story takes place in the Fylde of 400 years ago, where boggarts dwelt in farmsteads, Jack o’ the Lantern roamed the wild woods, and three wise women…

The Fourth Tier

The Fourth Tier is the first book of the Underworld series, a spin off from author Penn Fawn’s Necropolis dark fantasy novels.

For the deceased, the underworld represents a terrifying awakening. It is where men who believe after they die they will sleep in eternal peace go, as opposed to being in a state where they are forever at rest.

The fourth tier is the deepest, darkest, most terrifying place in the afterlife where only the…

Perverse

19 year old Emylene Stipe is a 2^nd generation Goth who, like every teenage girl, is trying to find her place in the world. One night she comes upon an old painting in an antique store and is compelled to purchase it. When she brings it home, an image of a young woman appears in the sketch and then magically materializes in her apartment. Emylene nicknames her ‘Poinsettia” and they quickly become fast friends. But…

Lethal Revenge

A gripping intriguing murder mystery – Revealing the dark thoughts of a demented killer as he terrorises a quiet rural area with his evil intent. Who will be next? Will he succeed in destroying Paul and Josie’s romance and a bizarre legacy? Suspects secret lives are unveiled during the police investigation, further complicating the murder cases. When the killer is finally apprehended, shockwaves ripple through the jittery communities. This is a captivating novel bringing…

Compressed murder

Compressed Murder is not just a work of Science Fiction with a touch of black novel.
In this book you will experiment the vertigo of transportation systems of the latest generation, watch a multi-planetary society and appreciate the habitual problems of a big city: intrigue, mafia, murders…
All of which is splashed with a touch of humor and, of course, of hope that is the last thing that must be lost. Multi-functional robots, aliens and three…

Bio-Ethical What?

(SHORT STORY) Dexter Scott wakes up to a living nightmare. He’s been made into a real-life Frankenstein and comes to accept it, begrudgingly. But something doesn’t seem right with the hospital staff and his surroundings. What really happened to him before he wound up in the recovery room with new body parts?

Can’t Make an Omelette Without Breaking A Leg

Justin was doing what all guys do, mowing his lawn with a slight amount of obsession. His world turns upside down and he finds himself in a hole. Follow Justin through his re-telling of the story and laugh along the way.

Love and murder tale of two teenage physios

Two misfits with similar secrets fall in love and take revenge on the people that made them into what they became.

The Hourglass Sea

The Hourglass Sea is Book 2 of The Dandelion Farmer a Steampunk-style Science Fiction adventure set in the Martian colonies.
Escaping from an ambush at the Tomb found on his land, Edwin, and the Flammarion Expedition, desperately seek the sanctuary of home. However even darker forces than Du Maurier, are massing against them and fate is about to deal them all a terrible blow.
Questions remain unanswered; Why is Du Maurier so set on destroying Edwin?…

The Burnt Watcher

The Excise exists to keep the world safe.
This is done in two ways.

First is the Judiciary.
It understands local law and applies it evenly.

The second is the Watcher.
It understands Fear and fights it mercilessly.

Five hundred years ago the old world burned and the Fear rose from the ashes and the Glass. Watchers knew the Fear and found the ways of fighting it, enabling the world to be built anew.

Now the Fear is a memory, a…

The Dandelion Farmer

Steampunk meets Science Fiction adventure on the Wild Western Frontier of Mars. The Dandelion Farmer is a Victorian style Science Fiction novel set in the Martian colonies twenty-five years after independence from the old Imperial powers. Edwin Ransom is a young, idealistic botanical fuel grower, who is barely scratching a living out of the red earth. Edwin’s quiet life is intruded upon by the henchmen of Eleuthère Du Maurier, a ruthless fuel industrialist who…

The Pale Queen

A story can be freedom. A story can be prison.

In service to the mysterious Pale Queen, a poet-warrior navigates a world of magic, carrying a weapon created to kill gods.

Seren searches for his lost lover, striving to find her before the coming of the Never-Was. He writes in a secret notebook about encounters with friend and foe, hoping to make sense of these entangling threads. With his lion companion at his side, Seren seeks…

The Pits

An exciting epic action adventure awaits fans of international crime stories that starch into a contemporary semi-military thriller fraught
with wild car chases, gun battles, vicious drug lords, and murder.
A new adventure inviting you to join a U.S. Marine as he discovers an insidious criminal industry of pandemic proportions that exits worldwide, even right here in his own backyard — activity that needs to be tackled by no less than the best fighters.

THE FIGHT IS…

Iron Blood & Sacrifice (Return of the Yellow Dog)

With the Roman General Gaius Julius Caesar on the verge of launching his second and much larger invasion of Prydein, the country he is about to invade is riven by politics and a failing religion.

Untimely death dances hand-in-hand with the murderous, Brythonic kind of power politics which grips the country from the threatened south coast to the most northern. The all-inclusive and Druid-led unity they had achieved the previous year and to so much…

Iron Blood & Sacrifice (The Sacking of Bidog)

Britain in 54 BC, is a mysterious land clinging to the edge of the known world, and the Roman General Gaius Julius Caesar; the scourge of the Gauls is on the point of his second invasion. This foreign General and his monstrous army which threaten their southern coast, although beaten on their first incursion the previous year will return in much greater numbers this summer, and the ‘werrin’ of Prydein fear the worst. Their…

Burning Books sampler

Take a look inside Burning Books’ decadent twisted world of mystery, music, magic & mayhem.

Sojin (Voice that Thunder #3.5)

Some dreams dig deep into the soul and never let go. They call for vengeance!
Before the gods, before the war, there lived a freckled-face little mugger called Sojin. He dreamed of growing into manhood, finding a wife and settling down. But that was before…
On the run, hiding from gods, giants and chimeric beasts, Sojin meets a new foe. Lestas, a brigand who demands Sojin pay his dues and join his band of runners. As…

Lucid Dreams: A psychological thriller with unpredictable twists

Bjorn Blomstrom’s life is spiraling out of control. With his mental state suffering, he turns to alcohol and sleeping pills, but they aren’t helping. Struggling to find work and running out of money, Bjorn is desperate for a break. So when a strange man offers him a job with a mysterious organization, he’s in no position to refuse. He is told that the Organization targets those who have had affairs, were involved in financial…

In the Middle

A modern coming of age story set in Phoenix, Arizona, starting in the mid-1980s and ending in the early 1990s. The narrator is a bright but troubled kid named Miller Hoffman, who struggles to win theapproval of his stern father while fighting his physical attraction to his outgoing stepmother.

Tales of Elhaanai: The Prophecy

Book 2 in the series: SPOILER WARNING

Their mothers died believing in it, Devona paid the price trying to stop it, Alric may die if he doesn’t surrender to it.

Alric triggers an ancient relic, a sword with a gem imbued with power in its hilt, he hopes by wielding it he will become the man, the KING, everyone wants him to be. Sadly his desperation has the opposite effect, unleashing a wave of darkness that…

Tales of Elhaanai

A baby switched before birth. A false Queen desperate to rule. A lust for power that could destroy the entire kingdom.

Using dark magic in an attempt to take control of the throne, Devona, the kings sister is caught in her own snare when a spell results in more than she handle and her own son pays the price.
Growing up, Alric thought he was like everyone else, just a bit stronger. When he is caught…

No Easy Decision

Josh is on a mission to find and take out a target. But a kink in the plan threatens to throw all his hard work away. How will he react and make an impossible choice.

Unsettling Micro-stories

Micro-Prologue

Unsettling Micro-stories is a collection of varied texts compiled by the author. Although almost all of them can be classified as horror stories, there are also some with a touch of humor, intrigue… Get to discover them!

Daniel Canals Flores

Young Love Old Lore

Paul Masters is a troubled and irresponsible young man who doesn’t much care about himself or his future until he crashes into the elderly Mrs. Halston one morning while rushing to school. He nearly kills her and, as a result, faces the harsh reality of severe legal jeopardy if she dies. His relationship with his girlfriend Sandy is also on the rocks and everything in his life seems to be spiraling out of control…

The Superspecies One

The abduction of a young girl recently happened in a Colorado forest and now a group of scientists is left trying to mop up a genetic engineering operation on bears that has gotten out of control and become dangerous to any and all who enter the forest. But are the animals really dangerous for no reason at all or does their enhanced intelligence simply make them aware of something ominous in human nature itself?

Dawn of a New Day: A Collection of Poems

Dawn of a New Day is an illustrated collection of poems inspired by that last moment of the day when you reflect on where you came from, where you’re at, and where you wish to be. Each poem starts in a dark place, but then you’re led towards a brighter outlook, where tomorrow really is a new day.

A Step into Darkness

A normal family. A desperate Situation. And a tempting crime.
Consumed with rage, James Hall, a reformed family man, confronts the birth parents of his adopted daughter who he blames for her disability. It is here that James receives a firsthand insight to the harshness of inner city living, where darkness and brutality lurk at every turn. Could you choose evil over good if it was your daughter’s life on the line?
A Step into Darkness…

Fragmented Evil

Fragmented Evil
A Compilation of Eight Spine Chilling Horror Stories

Not for the squeamish or faint hearted!
But definitely for fans of James Herbert, Shaun Hutson, Jeffery Deaver and Chris Carter!
Featuring stories of the occult, murder, curses, insanity, disease, haunting’s, satanic ritual and human sacrifice from around the globe. Including the North of England (Present and Victorian era), the Ukraine, West Africa, World War Two Holland and the streets of present day London.
Fast paced, shocking, raw and…

The Last Ranger of Sarn

Sarn is lost. The death of a world marches towards a victory that includes the genocide of the Castian people. The Black Prince and his horde of undead have no equal in this world, but the strength and tenacity of one girl will call a nation to fight.

The Bender (Issue 1)

Socially awkward, A+ student Keith feels hopeless and alone after his single mother dies suddenly and he’s expelled from college. With no where else to turn, he learns the facts of life from a murderous, alcoholic cowboy named Johnny on a revenge mission. Graphic Novel in 11 Issues.

Writer: Ellis Matthews
Artist: Iacopo Calisti
Letterer: Matteo Polloni

Iron Blood & Sacrifice (The Sons of Beli Mawr)

Unashamedly weighty, this iron-age saga brings to life some of Wales’ oldest and most revered heroes, those of Mabinogion fame. Lludd Llaw Ereint, Nynniaw, Rianaw, Caswallawn Fawr and Llefelys all walk again in this ground-breaking and entertaining trilogy. Never before have the invasions of Julius Caesar been told in this modern and contemporary way and from the Brythons’ perspective. Iron Blood & Sacrifice is a bloody romp through the palisaded hillforts of an ancient…

Carronia Incursion

For over two millennia colony ships left Earth, seldom to be heard from again. Now a means of faster than light travel has been discovered and the Galactic Union formed, reuniting the human diaspora. Most of the hundred worlds rediscovered by the GU Space Force Officiate have similar advanced technology. But a few worlds are discovered where colonies failed and all technology was lost. These primitive societies are sequestered for their own protection. Carronia…

honest poems

A book of honest poems. Spanning thirty-three years. Topics in the book include, love, loss, mental health and a sprinkle of humour. The poems can be raw but honest. I hope the reader gets the same enjoyment as I did writing them. Thank you for looking.

GOLD! The Kincaid Saga, Book 1.

Malcolm Kincaid is a self-made man. He is also a ruthless businessman and opportunist.
Rachel, Malcolm’s one-time fiancé; his business partner, and the mother of his child, finds herself forced to work with the man she has grown to despise.
Unaware of his true parentage, their son, Lachlan—after first studying for a law degree—advances through the ranks as their company grows into a mammoth corporation, while Rachel does her best to mitigate Malcolm’s increasing influence on…

The Halcyon Garden

An Evil King Seeks to Invade & Destroy the Long-Forgotten Garden of Eden! Centuries ago, when the world was much younger, there existed a Kingdom named Crestside. When an army of savage beasts, led by the mysterious Dark One, invades Crestside, the people are enslaved in ruin and chaos. A young man escapes over the eastern mountains to find a hidden valley full of enchanted creatures, an Angel Princess, and dark secrets. Together, the…

Finch Henry’s Air Fish

Finch escapes his bleak island existence to discover that the mainland philosophy has been shaped by an astonishing metaphysical discovery.

While futuristic and entertaining, the book questions the nature of existence, reality, and the value of life. If you’re fascinated by the wonder of consciousness and beyond, you’ll love ‘Finch Henry’s Air Fish’, a book written for those with an interest in the deeper meaning of life and who love to devour a page-turner.

‘One of…

The Antonine Romans and The Gladiators

The Antonine Romans and The Gladiators
A Gladiator Fight at the Trimontium Amphitheatre, Scottish Borders, holds the fate of Tribune Lacitus & his family. His brother Centurion Antallius has his own battles to overcome!

The Antonine Romans and The Tribunue’s Mission

Tribune Lacitus must use all his skill if he is to save himself, his brother Centurion Antallius of Balmuildy Roman Fort and his father Senior Tribune Rexis of Trimontium Roman Fort.

Beneath the Remains

There has been a massacre in the desert. Dozens executed under the order of Jose De Santos, a lieutenant in the ruthless De Santos drug cartel. Men and women cut down in a hail of bullets.

Among them, alive and hidden under the bodies, is undercover DEA agent Michelle Vasquez… and her lover Helena Esposito, slain by the cartel firing squad. From beneath the remains of these murdered souls, Vasquez emerges with a deep and…

Fury of the Fierce (Book 3 of the Fierce Saga)

Agent Riley Harper, along with a ragtag new team of allies, races against the clock to save the world from utter devastation. The House of M.O.R.S. has released a deadly contaminant upon the earth, and time is running out before every living soul will be infected. While Juliet Cubro cannot be found, Riley questions how far over to the enemy’s side Eugene Pierce has truly gone? How will Riley Harper and Albatross Unit counter…

The Cassidy Chronicles Volume One

Welcome to the world of 2113. The country has shattered into ten squabbling nations and the solar system is on the edge of colonization. Technologic wonders abound. Yet, it’s not unlike our own. People meet, fall in love, face assassination at their wedding – well, perhaps not.
Meet Aiyana and Kendra, Cass and Ken to their friends, a genius physicist and a retired movie star with a mysterious past. They live quietly, get along with…

The Fierce Will Fall (Book 2 of the Fierce Saga)

Agent Riley Harper and the newly formed Albatross Unit fight to discover the true sinister plans of the House of M.O.R.S., but what happens when a secret organization comes out of the shadows and threatens to end the world as we know it? As Albatross Unit refuses to give up the fight, the House of M.O.R.S. is forced to make a clear and public statement, informing the people of the Earth that their days…

A GAME OF GODS

What if…
What if a world existed where ancient civilizations still thrived?
What if prehistoric creatures roamed the land freely side by side with warriors from an age long past?
What if a world existed where people with unusual gifts lived in harmony and acceptance?
What if aliens who wielded vast power were trying to save humanity?
What if ancient advanced beings were responsible for the beginning of life on Earth?
What kind of world would that be?

A GAME OF…

Twilight kingdom

A webtoon set in the 14th Century. Gemma de Sainte-Croix-du-Mont is on a journey to become a hero, a legend. She’s a survivor, a skilled teenager who has lost her family, and has no country. She roams the lands of Europe, a continent broken due to demographic collapse, political instabilities, religious upheavals, famines, plagues, climate change… Created by Carlos Ernesto Frutos (writer) and Pablo Fernández (artist)
It can be read on WebToon and Mangatoon

Hard-boiled Wonderland

In a world of virtual utopia, a lemon tree supervisor gazes at the stars, dreaming of adventure. Then one day his request for a transfer is accepted. Becoming a test pilot on space station Atlantis, it appears the Gods have been looking on him kindly. But all is not it seems upon the station and soon our hero must ask himself the true reason for his selection.

A fun sci-fi adventure told in classic hard-boiled…

The Fierce Are Fading (Book 1 of the Fierce Saga)

The first book of the Fierce Saga features Riley Harper, a troubled and tired floater agent with the FBI, on assignment in Seattle to assist the local Police Department in finding a serial killer. When her partner, Officer Peter Drake, goes missing, Riley believes the case is much bigger than a simple killing spree. After officials declare her partner to be dead, Agent Harper embarks on a mission to find Officer Drake, despite being…

Criminal Intent 9MM Truth on a Stick

Nonstop action!
Recipient of Author Shout’s Reader Ready silver award.
Tom doesn’t have employees, it’s more akin to prisoners. Sam Garrison wants his freedom, but the price is stiff. He stumbled on something which could free him. If he fails, Tom’s retribution could be too horrid to even consider. Death isn’t the least of it.
The little drive packs a big punch, but it is enough to buy Sam’s freedom?
Set in the biggest city in Alaska, this…

Scion of Two Pantheons

Bryan West was an orphan; abandoned at birth and raised in the foster system, the Army, and the intelligence community. They turned him into a survivor and a killer. He’s just found out is that his father is an ancient divinity and that he is a divine S.O.B: he only ever intended Bryan to be a donor, and wants Bryan’s body to replace his old one; soul not required. Luckily, his mother sides with…

BREAKHOLD!

A seventeen-year-old Queens, NY native named Jeremiah embarks on a journey through the Spirit Realm in hopes of persuading Starr-Source (God) to resurrect Marissa (his murdered girlfriend). Unfortunately, once he crosses over, he loses all his memories. Now, Jeremiah must relive his life while navigating through a dimension filled with velociraptors, armored beasts, and various menacing spirits. Not to mention, he is wrestling with the idea of being a potential murder suspect of his…

ZONE OF SILENCE

Z.O.S. is a memoir in Southeast Asia. Kay Merkel Boruff tells the story from her perspective of wife and widow of an Air America pilot killed during covert operations in Laos. She takes the reader there as only one who has been there can. You experience the highs, understand the efforts to escape the constant fear of the dangerous reality these American heroes face daily, feel the anguish of her loss and the isolation of…

The Judas Robe

During the height of the Spanish Inquisition a ruthless inquisitor by the name of Bishop Roberto Promane tortures a fellow priest, Father Sanchez, for information about the whereabouts of a relic known as The Judas Robe. The robe is believed to be the single piece of physical proof of God on Earth. Promane succeeds in uncovering the robe only to lose it to Sanchez’s rescuers, the knights of The Order Of Christ.
Present Day
Joel Gardiner,…

The Policeman and the Silence

A science-fiction detective story set in the mysterious city of Kaza-Blanka where nobody remembers their past.

Almost Dead

Dr. David Edminson is a thirty-six-year-old street-smart, iconoclastic clinical and forensic psychologist who works out of his customized van treating the inhabitants of Skid Row between midnight and 5:00 a.m. David’s patients and others in the area know him as the “midnight shrink.” He divides his practice between treating people in his van and his office in Hollywood, his work as a forensic psychologist with the LAPD and as a clinical professor at County-USC…

Project SHaDe

(Ongoing) In a world that curses humans to morph into beasts, beast hunter Kafka must uncover his elusive past, and receive a revelation that will either bring him to despair or legend.

Necromancy

It is the 16th Century, and in the graveyard of a small Lancashire village, something diabolical has taken place.

The Horse’s Ass or the Rabbit’s Foot

(Mature Content) Tommy isn’t your ordinary person. It’s not everyone who ends up hanging by their feet and at the mercy of some goons from the mafia. How did he get there? Good question. It all started with an iPad.

Tommy recounts his unfortunate story with humour, but no humility. He follows rules, such as, Rule #1 I look out for myself and I don’t think about other people.

Upside down in a dark building, he…

The Timekeeper’s Conspiracy

Simon’s workaholic father left when he was a young boy. He had never given his father much thought at all, until a mysterious package arrived after his 21st birthday. A dangerous ripple effect begins the moment the package is opened.

Simon and his best friend Luke are drawn into a complex war with Dr. Tate Pedersen and his vast team, who have vowed to create a pandemic by releasing a deadly virus upon the world….

The Ouiums Journey: Hell Broke Loose

When Esa Blyth escaped from the pits of hell, he thought his troubles were over. Soon after his return, however, he discovered his magic and the world he’d left behind had changed.

Without his innate gift and support from covens, the ancient and powerful witch had no choice but to forge ahead.

His meeting with Skylar Lee, a dark witch with an incredible power that promises much, is a turning point for Esa. There is an…

Faith in Love

Set in rural Yorkshire, England – a wood reveals it’s secrets – is there a serial killer on the loose? Back in time a young girl grows up unloved, her animals are her only loving devoted friends – until she meets her future husband and finds the love she craves – but has destiny got other things in store for her?

Angle

It’s been ten years since the Cuban Missile Crisis escalated into full-scale nuclear war. The 7th Fleet of the United States Navy still fights the communist threat in the East, but Taiwan is being overrun by China’s People’s Liberation Army. As the island faces its deadliest armed conflict ever waged, five unique individuals confront the battlefield before them and the raging battles within their own hearts.

Merdoc and Adrock, are American Navy pilots who experience…

The Antonine Series (Books 1 to 3)

“The Antonine Series (Books 1 to 3) is a Compilation of the first three Novellas.
1. The Antonine Romans and The Golden Torque
2. The Antonine Romans and The New King
3. The Antonine Romans and The Redemption

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The Antonine Romans and The Redemption

The Antonine Romans and The Redemption
(The third Novella)
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Jamis is torn between his Scottish and Roman life. Centurion Andronicus is also troubled. Both men try to find peace within themselves and with the enemy.

The Antonine Romans and The New King

“The Antonine Romans and The New King”
Jamis becomes a Scottish King and his life is in the balance from the Romans.
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Sequel to “The Antonine Romans and The Golden Torque”

The Antonine Romans and The Golden Torque

The Antonine Romans and The Golden Torque
Jamis seeks revenge on the Romans for the death of his father. Nearing death, he is given a second chance & becomes a Translator for the Romans, seeking peace with the Scottish Tribes.
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Dark Beginnings

Follow Nak an orphan that belongs to the order of light, but on his day of Choosing, the stone breaks.

Now along with his master and friends he must find the pieces of the stone before the forces of dark.

The God Hunters

Nicholas Benson is a university professor and plain, ordinary guy just out for a good time. The alien Katel is a hunter, a Tik, whose abilities allow her to travel through the multiverse. She’s hunting an escaped criminal who used to be a leading member of the ruling council on HomeWorld.

The trouble is, she needs a body, and Nick has the only one available. It’s a weak, human body, however, so she changes it;…

Shadows of the Past

Tormenting dreams. A shadowy figure with all the answers. Is he leading her to the truth, or plunging her deeper into her nightmares?

Josie Benson has exactly what she wants – a happy, quiet life. She’s lived a charmed life for her nearly twenty-five years on the earth. Then the nightmares started…

Chased by an unidentified entity, clutching a book with blood-covered hands, the vivid nightmares terrify Josie, making her afraid to close her eyes. With…

The Secret of Dunhaven Castle

A foreboding past, an uncertain future.

For Cate Kensie, castle life is no fairy tale.

With no family and a dead-end career, Cate Kensie and her beloved dog, Riley, trek across the pond to claim an unexpected inheritance: a Scottish castle! Soon after arriving, Cate begins to question her own sanity when she experiences strange events and peculiar manifestations. As Cate struggles to explain the unexplainable, she prowls the castle’s vast and mysterious halls in search…

10 Keys to Attain Happiness

“What are you doing to make your life happier?
This book talks about 10 principles that need to be adopted to live a life full of happiness, well-being, and fulfillment. These 10 principles are created based on the research conducted in the field of psychology in the leading universities of the world. Many great researchers, who have conducted many experiments in this field, have suggested various activities that can be converted into habits to sustain…

Falsely Accused of the Unthinkable

An escaped prisoner encounters horrendous struggles – a traumatised woman over turns his life completely – will he ever prove his innocence or is he in fact guilty? Astonishing revelations are unveiled about who he is! Ironically, the injustices the pair suffer conclude in the same dramatic final twist!

The Village Narcissist

A body is found hanging from a noose made from a bell rope! Is this just the start of things to come?
The deceptively quiet remote village is shattered after a brazen obnoxious outsider purchases The Old Vicarage – strange disappearances occur. It wasn’t until the gruesome village history was revealed – that the baffled police could solve the chilling mysteries connected to the bell tower.

The fictitious villager’s characters play a colourful and humorous part…

Isabelle

One ordinary night was about to create changes… for all those involved! Over the next several days, like a train wreck at a very high speed with no brakes on, things were about to go downhill fast and get pretty ugly too. With so many things out of everyone’s control, the fight for their lives were on.What you’re about to discover is a true tale of horror, mystery and thriller. So sit back, relax…

Beneath the Twin Suns

A same-world anthology involving 35 authors. The anthology provides a unique blend of pre-Stone Age, fantasy, contemporary, and science fiction genres and tells the history of a fictitious planet.

Better Living Through Selective Apathy

Better Living Through Selective Apathy is your helpful guide to achieving a healthy and balanced life. Making a conscious decision about what is worth caring about helps us to understand the reasons why we have stress and anxiety in the first place, and how to avoid the majority of stress-causing variables in our daily life.

We are bombarded with “daily atrocities” from every direction. Every one of these are molehills we are expected to turn…

Star Blazer

Fueled by his fear and hatred for humankind, a Father relocates to a tropical island where he and his family can live out their lives in peace and purity.
Once there, everything is perfect…
…until he learns that he can never truly escape his species or more importantly himself.

Shane Sheba and Sky

We all go through times when we feel lost, alone and discouraged. The events of daily life can sometimes appear to have led us to a place where true happiness is hard to find. But fate can also be kind. Sensing an on coming mid-life crisis, Paul Viner almost unwittingly stumbles into rescuing three brutalised, and yet remarkable dogs that would join him on a journey of self-discovery. This true-life story is an account…

Hanging by a Thread: A Collection of Poems

Life is messy.
Life is blind.
Life is anything, but divine.

Kerry Harte’s debut book, Hanging by a Thread, is a small collection of poems that delve into themes like mental health. The book includes several sketches by the artist, Adam Laws, as well as one painting by artist, Sarah Walker.

Wander Wonder

A terrible mistake in the past is what drives the two protagonists to face their worse nightmare, the thing that once took everything they loved – the mysterious towers that links them.

Silver Lining

Everyone hides behind a facade…

Rilon Arlett, the heir to the Presidency, continually hides behind a facade of lies. He hides secrets too big to be exposed to the world. With the death of his father due to his mistakes, his secret is thrust into the spotlight, and with his brother continually questioning him at every move, he may have to hide something bigger than himself. It may be a secret that warrants him undesired…

The Tragic Life of Julie McNally

A short story about an alternative look at the troubles in northern Ireland.

The troubles is a period of civil unrest in northern Ireland, the republic and Great Britain between 1960 to 1996. when fighting ceased with the good Friday agreement.

In this story, the agreement does not get signed and the British tighten their grip on the north. Julie following in her fathers footsteps takes a desperate and final stand against the oppressors

Black Widow: Blood Ties

Raised in a city where drug dealers walk the streets and murder awaits you around every corner, becoming a cop seemed like the perfect choice for Andrew Jamison. As a cop, he could clean up the streets and keep his younger brother safe.

It didn’t take long for Andrew to learn that criminals have more rights than the victims. That a simple mistake or lack of evidence can allow the guilty to walk free. So,…

Holly Blossums

She wished to be twenty-one, now she’s a teen angel in an adult’s body.
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A coming-of-age story where a mischievous teen angel, Holly Blossums, is sent back to earth as an adult to unite her future parents. She soon finds the perfect parents: one is “happily” engaged and the other is too busy being a widower, mom, and cop to consider romance.
Can Holly help them follow their hearts and become her new family?