Philosophical Fantasy

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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, ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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, ...

Once a popular scholar in UFO circles, world-renowned writer Alex Barnett has retreated from the public-eye. After a near-brush with death years previous on a remote outback station, Alex has been gifted (or cursed) with numinous abilities that ultimately bring harm to those he loves the most. But soon his withdrawal is hampered by a new mystery: the whereabouts of Adam Lavas. Sensing a kinship with the failed musician (and believing Adam to be more than human), Alex journeys to the secret mansion known as Meridian in the foothills of Adelaide, there to discover an ally whose true form is ...

Hope is losing faith in himself after all of his losses, that are not just on the battlefield. He must risk his own life to gain new a ally, but he may have to risk everything to stop the evil lurking in the shadows.

The dreamer stirs awake and if he wakes, he dies, and his death would bring forth the end of the world. Three scientists from the three corners of the world predicted that the world will end in less than six months. International efforts to save a portion of humanity might be too late and too little. Three men who have one thing in common, regret, might be our only hope. John a Catholic priest with a faith crisis, Adam an Atheist with secret guilt that is consuming him and Ramy an online Jihadi with a death wish, are on a forced path towards the dreamer. A secret order calls a search for ...

Trapped between reality and the mystical realm of Sa Neo, sixteen-year-old Lily never felt like she belonged - until a serpent necklace draws her into a world where thoughts shape reality and nothing is quite as it seems. As Lily navigates this ethereal landscape filled with mermaids, sorcerers, and otherworldly creatures, she forms an unbreakable bond with Crysanthe, a mermaid queen who helps her understand her own untapped powers. But when cruel Queen Jade threatens everything Lily holds dear, she must master her abilities and face her deepest fears. With the help of Jacques the eccentric...

Wherever he goes, the Dreamseller enchants, stirs up trouble, and inspires his listeners to search for the most important thing: the heart of the human soul. Every person he meets is someone who has abandoned their dreams and is struggling through life: a professor who has stopped pursuing his passions; a lonely alcoholic with no family; the elderly who have lost their zest for life. Through his wisdom, the Dreamseller helps them to look into their silent hearts and get to the root of their unhappiness.

A major bummer, Agnes Blatt is dead. Immediately after being struck by a car, she finds herself on a conveyor belt in the Fourth Bardo. There she joins forces with Jerry, her high school crush, and Patsy, an adorable dog who lived on her street. The three dead souls travel together through all of the afterlife, battling demons, warding off ill-intentioned angels, and defending their three-souled union to everyone they meet. When Agnes finds a knife that can cut through illusions, the trio hack their way through the wilderness of the afterlife, tumbling from one adventure to another.

The Perfect Humans Imperfection delves into the realm of satirical philosophical fiction, exploring the quirks and contradictions inherent in humanity. This book invites readers into a world where humor and deep reflection intertwine, often presenting seemingly out-of-place comedic moments in its early chapters. While it may initially appear to veer towards the absurd, the narrative unfolds with a purpose beyond mere entertainment. This is not a theological or religious tome but rather a thought-provoking journey that carries a profound message beneath its satirical veneer. As the story ...

After The Calamity, the animals thought the humans had managed to do themselves in. But, it turns out, a few are cowering in makeshift villages. So the animals - among them a cat, a dog, a crow, a baboon, a horse, and a bear - have convened to debate whether to help the last human stragglers...or to eat them.

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?

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.

In the Realm of Sa Neo, dreams are doorways between worlds. For three years, Lily has tried to forget the magical world she once visited—and the chaos she may have left in her wake. But when haunting visions of a dark-eyed merman plague her nights, she knows she must return. The enchanted realm she discovers is not the one she left behind: merpeople are being hunted, dark forces hold children captive, and an ancient evil spreads like poison through the lands. To save Sa Neo, Lily must first face the truth of what she's done. As she travels through lands of eternal wisdom and forgotten ...

One slice changes everything. Welcome to the Great Game. This isn’t just a book. It’s an invitation to a universe that edits itself as you read. A place where memory is clay in the right hands, truth is a negotiation, and belief is both the lock and the key. To join the Great Game is to accept that certainty is brittle and doubt is a kind of magic. It’s to follow muses who deal in “maybe,” to bargain with gods updating their brands for modern worshippers, to find prophecies scrawled on pizza boxes and secret histories buried in the mundane. These pages hold stories of anti-heroes ...