Philosophical Fantasy

Tim is an ordinary thoroughly modern, Atomic Age man of the 1980s or 90s. He has a nice apartment in a typical high-rise and a luxury Skycar to toodle about in when he wants to leave the city. This morning, Tim is headed to the department store–not to shop, but to look again at his favorite mannequin. We won’t judge him because we don’t know the story yet. We are about to.

It wasn’t my fault. I didn’t even see her. There was a bump, and the next thing I knew, she was sitting in my passenger seat. Hitting her with my car didn’t kill her. She was already dead when I smashed into her. But sitting beside me, smiling, wearing a tie-dye outfit from the Hippie era of the 1960s, she didn’t look like a ghost. She looked great for a dead girl. I kept driving. She had things to say. She was saying that she’d be happy to be my “old lady” now. I'm just trying to stay in control of the car and not freak out at the girl suddenly beside me. When the car stops ...

Mighty Greyboar, the world's greatest professional strangler, is dissatisfied with his lot in life. The work is steady and the pay is good, but what, he wonders, is the point of it all. But when he learns that there is a Supreme Philosophy of Life, Greyboar the Strangler is born again! Still, just how can a professional man in good standing pay the bills with all this philosophical exploration getting in the way.

Welcome to a world unravelling at the seams... In the dying echoes of Earth’s final age, four beings rise from the shadows: Tar-Klis the tyrant, Grimhildr the vampire-witch, Sugwin the mischievous imp, and the mysterious L’amie. Together, they guard the last remnants of magic—and a terrifying secret. Into this crumbling world steps Decede, an unlikely dreamer with a connection to forces even the gods have forgotten. As chaos spreads and nightmares awaken, Decede must choose between surrendering to darkness or reshaping the fate of all realms. For fans of atmospheric worldbuilding, ...

In the depths of a cosmic void, an ancient creator stands before a blank canvas, haunted by worlds that destroyed themselves—again and again. Around him writhe seven shadow-eels, living manifestations of his past failures: doubt, destruction, entropy itself. As he attempts to paint existence anew—separating light from darkness, waters from sky, breathing life into clay—his shadows corrupt and destroy. But where he once would have abandoned everything, this time he fights back—transforming his failures into the foundation of creation itself. Can a broken god learn to create alongside...

The Last Portal When fifteen-year-old Lyanna Ravencrest hears the Portal Bell ring in her mind—though it remains silent to everyone else—she knows something is terribly wrong with the magical network that connects all worlds. For three centuries, her family has served as guardians of the ancient portals, watching children answer the Bell's call to become bridges between realms. But now the connections are failing, entire worlds are going dark, and children with old magical bloodlines are vanishing from their beds without a trace. The Great Houses of Valdris blame House Ravencrest for ...

When kingdoms fall and gods go silent, who decides what rises from the ashes? Sasuke's simple rescue mission turns catastrophic, thrusting him into a conflict that spans worlds—and time itself. Haunted by visions and discovering ancient powers stirring, he realizes the war tearing apart the kingdoms is merely a symptom of something far more sinister. Meanwhile, a farm boy named Clavis finds himself under the protection of Rune—a failed experiment with the capacity for both terrible violence and unexpected mercy. Together, they navigate a landscape where the boundary between maker and ...

When saving your world means destroying your heart. Prince Enki never wanted to be a god. He only wanted to save his dying planet. As Nibiru chokes on its own dust and atmospheric processors fail, Enki leads a desperate expedition to Earth—a primitive world rich with the gold that could restore his home's failing skies. But when his people prove too vulnerable to survive the harsh mining conditions, he makes a choice that will haunt him forever: he creates a new race by splicing human resilience with Anunnaki intelligence. The hybrids—calling themselves the Adama—exceed every ...

When voices from the future whisper in your head, you either decide you're losing your mind—or accept you're humanity's last hope for freedom. David Caffery's ordered world shatters the moment he hears her voice. She claims to be family. She claims to be from 2102. And she's asking him to commit an unthinkable act to save millions of lives. But in a war between AI gods fighting across time itself, truth is the first casualty. Every ally could be an enemy. Every coincidence could be manipulation. And David's autistic mind—the very thing that makes him different—might be the key to ...

Part of The Seers Trilogy. Recovered from the journals of an unnamed boy. Where redemption and ruin are one and the same. In this visionary YA trilogy finale, the boundaries between Dreaming and reality collapse. As Jake, Brooke, Emma, and Juan confront the source of their unraveling world, power becomes a burden—and the cost of truth becomes unthinkable. For fans of The Raven Cycle, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, and Annihilation, The Corrupted One delivers a mythic, emotionally charged ending where nothing is as it seems… and no one leaves untouched. Power always leaves a mark. ...

Part of The Seers Trilogy. Recovered from the journals of an unnamed boy. Every act meant to save begins to destroy. Dreams have rules. Jake is about to break them. After surviving a night that changed everything, Jake, Brooke, and Emma are desperate to return to normal. But the world has already shifted— and something else is pulling at the edges of their reality. As strange visions bleed into waking life and buried truths claw to the surface, the three friends begin to unravel— caught between what they see, what they fear, and what they can no longer deny. Early Praise: ★★★★...

When you need a memory to be wiped, call me. Transferring unwanted memories to my own mind is the only form of magic I've ever mastered. But now, I'm holding so many memories I'm not always sure which ones are actually mine, any more. Some of them are sensitive; all of them are private. And...

What if happiness were compulsory? What if your thoughts were not your own? Plunge into HEDON for soul-twisting sci-fi. In 2051, the Bhutanese Empire rules post-apocalyptic Shangri with iron-fisted Buddhist compassion. Happiness is compulsory, but making everyone happy isn’t easy in an overpopulated world. Breeders are ghettoed, homosexuality is mandatory, and Shangrians’ happiness levels are strictly monitored by hedometers implanted in their heads. Become depressed, or feel too happy without helping others feel the same, and The Tax Man will get angry. Very angry. Gemini and Cyan, ...

Five ordinary people will be blessed with powers to become the pillars of humanity. Hope must lead Salvation, Honor, Peace, and Light against the forces of evil (Destruction, Death, and Chaos) before they can release Darkness on the planet.

"Smart, propulsive and gripping, THE GOD GAME is an ambitious thriller and a terrifying examination of what could--and probably already is--happening in the world of artificial intelligence."—Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Run Away You are invited! Come inside and play...

When the world’s fire remembers your name, you can’t walk away. In a city built atop a dying Line of alchemical flame, the last of the Ashbinders are vanishing — burned away by their own craft. Caelan, a marked alchemist, survives where others don’t. His spirals burn but do not kill. Haunted by the Guild’s collapse, he descends into the tunnels below the forges, where the hum of the Line still lives. There, among ash and broken chains, he finds what the Ashbinders tried to hide: a living fire bound in the heart of the world. As the Line awakens, so does the truth — that every ...

Without warning or explanation, an extended solar flare bombards the earth and doesn't stop, making each day a battle for survival. The sunlight blinds and burns instantly, and then kills within minutes. The radiation has also destroyed all of the earth's circuitry, leaving the nights dark and dangerous.

Three souls. Three impossible journeys. One truth that could shatter everything. In this haunting collection of speculative fiction, memories become weapons, burdens transform their bearers, and the price of truth may be higher than anyone imagined. BLOOD OF THE GODS: In a post-apocalyptic world where humanity survives by harvesting blood from chained gods, novice extractor Mira accidentally bonds with Aquilos, the God of Still Waters. When she discovers the truth behind their "divine sacrifice," she must choose between preserving her society built on torture or freeing a vengeful god who ...

The Cost of Faith (The Loyal Adversary's Saga, Vol. 1) What if the Devil was the first hero? Step into a universe where the first and most terrible sin was an act of love. Where the fall from heaven was not a rebellion, but the ultimate sacrifice. This is the story you were never told, the secret history of the cosmos, where the line between villain and savior is written in starlight and shadow. He was God's favorite. The Archangel of Logic. The most perfect being in all creation. His name was Lucifer, and he lived in the Pleroma—a realm of perfect symphony and unchanging light. But when ...

With Hope fracturing, can Salvation lead the others to stop the one who has been torturing him the most? Can he finally have peace and be with the ones he loved? But the question still remains: who is the Death Bringer?