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They came for a lost soldier. They left with the galaxy burning! NEWEST CHAPTER IN THE military-SF/romantic-thriller series perfect for fans of The Expanse, Old Man’s War, and enemies-to-lovers tension that cuts like a blade. Two old friends break into Hangar 18 looking for answers about a missing soldier. They find a black stone older than Earth—and it rips them across the universe in a heartbeat. Now Scott Wilson and Travis Jadon are fugitives in the Virelia Galaxy, hunted by Abradon: a telepathic tyrant who plans to weaponize time itself. His daughter, the breathtaking and deadly ...

In a future where death is optional for those who can pay the price, Roger Ballentine is one of the chosen few. Through the HOST program, his consciousness has been transferred into a young, perfect body—a vessel built to serve. But the mind that once lived in that body, a boy named Chip, isn’t entirely gone. As memories begin to bleed through, Roger’s control starts to fracture. Whispers in his head become voices. Movements he doesn’t command. Desires that aren’t his own. Now, as the walls between two lives crumble, Roger must confront the truth about what it means to be human—...

Errant Fairy Zartan faces the consequences of his century long dereliction of duty. His Guild Supervisor--Narese--administers a harsh punishment.

While collecting aluminum can along a side road not usually taken, a family of three make a discovery with the potential to alter the fabric of their existence.

A man, Daniel J. Martin, driven to the brink of suicide, discovers the true nature of death, and then embarks on a quest to discover the identity of the one person still alive who truly loves him.

One of the hottest e-short stories of the year is Extinction Event. A first person account of the end of life on Earth as we know it.

A lone drifter and his loyal Chihuahua, Cujo, set out from Florida for the wilds of Alaska, chasing an elusive dream. But a fateful detour on a desolate Minnesota backroad catapults them onto The Road of Trials—a harrowing journey where nightmares become reality. When monstrous creatures with scissoring mandibles and razor-sharp claws ambush their blazing McLaren Spider, a desperate escape leaves behind a chilling trophy: a claw that defies explanation. Haunted by the encounter, the narrator seeks answers from Dr. Harvey Michaels, a Washington State University anthropologist with secrets ...

In a Miami pulsing with secrets, Christos Shakillis chases eternity to reclaim his lost love, Deborah, through the NeuroLink Institute’s living reef—a coral-like cosmos of synthetic neurons that sings with her laugh, weaving galaxies from memories. Fueled by grief, he surrenders his fortune and mind to its bioluminescent tides, unaware of a shadow stirring within.

A prisoner, Michael Troy Evans, is driven by desperation to seek some pretty unorthodox methods to get the transfer he desires.

Life changes for a group of Florida State Prisoners at lunch time, when their world is pulled into an alternate reality.

An erotic adventure on the night of the gibbous Blood Moon of Mexico. The very adult S&M exploits call to mind the best erotica of Lady Chatterley's Lover, and Anne Rice's early work. Discover the sexual tension and passion of a dangerous encounter with a nameless stranger in the seedy heart of Mexico.

A high-speed escape from the shadowy Men in Black is just the beginning for a lone wanderer on the Road of Trials. Reeling from a chilling encounter with a time-traveling entity and the loss of his beloved dog, Cujo, in a devastating car crash, our narrator flees into the Canadian wilderness, seeking refuge in the remote town of Williams Lake. But safety is an illusion when he steps into a diner with a grotesque, toothy hamburger sign—and meets Chris May, a charismatic owner with pale, predatory eyes. What begins as a kind offer of help spirals into a descent into terror. Chris’s ...

A trip to the local haunted house, holds real horror for Cesar Molina and his date this Halloween.

Five siblings. One ancient civilization. Zero way home. When Gwyn and her family are hurled back in time to the heart of the Aztec empire, survival becomes more than a history lesson—it’s a test of loyalty, courage, and identity. Worshipped as gods, hunted as sacrifices, and fractured by old rivalries, the siblings must navigate a world of obsidian blades, sacred rituals, and jungle terrors. But when one of their own is taken, Gwyn must step out of the shadows and into legend. A story of myth, memory, and the power of family—The Golden Gods is a pulse-pounding journey that asks: What ...

Top-selling Murder Mystery writer Warren Duncan has conceived a plan for the perfect murder, and for the purpose of humiliating the untrained Canadian woman the press has dubbed 'The Mystery Maven' because of her unbroken string of solving what are considered unsolvable murders. The plan once set into motion becomes an unstoppable force and in a thunderclap Warren finds that he has indeed woven an unbreakable web of murder, only problem is, he's caught in it.

In the dust-choked backroads of the Florida Panhandle, a burned-out writer follows his brother and sister-in-law on a strange errand: collecting roadside cans for pennies and peace. When a glint of silver lures them past barbed wire and breathing pines, they stumble into a place where time folds like hot iron—aging them to dust in a heartbeat, then rolling them back to barefoot childhood before a pool older than myth. One step forward promises youth without end. One step back keeps the love they already have. Some secrets aren’t meant for books. Some stories are only safe around a fire....

What do we leave behind when the story ends? In this genre-defying collection, Wil Adams invites readers into four unforgettable worlds where identity is a performance, memory is a battleground, and love may be the only thing that outlives us. • A lonely bore fakes a shipwreck to win the admiration of strangers—only to discover that fame is its own kind of isolation. • A Southern Gothic murder unravels into a kaleidoscopic journey through alternate realities, where truth is as unstable as time. • A man seeks the last person who still loves him—not to be saved, but so he can ...

Deborah Ross is a literary sensation with a mind that never stops—until it does. Stricken by a crippling writer’s block, she retreats to the icy solitude of the North Atlantic aboard a luxury yacht, hoping the sea will stir her creativity. But when a mysterious man is rescued from the freezing waters, clinging to a lone deck chair, Deborah finds herself drawn into a tale more haunting than anything she could have imagined. As the survivor recounts his harrowing escape from a doomed ship, Deborah senses something isn’t quite right. His story is too vivid. Too timeless. And the truth, ...

What if the stories you read could save your life—or trap you forever? Fifteen-year-old George Williams lives in the shadow of abuse, poverty, and silence. His only refuge is the school library, where books offer escape, hope, and a glimpse of something better. But when a mysterious volume falls from a forgotten shelf, George is swept into a world where fiction becomes reality—and every story is a doorway. Guided by Clara, a whimsical and enigmatic “Bookworm,” George travels through the pages of Gone with the Wind, into the heart of a futuristic war for humanity’s survival, and ...

In the sweltering heart of the Florida Everglades, a python-hunting trip ends in a single gunshot—and a man vanishes beneath the black water. Michael “Bino” O’Hanlan was a husband, a friend, a son long estranged. Now he’s a body no one can find, and the two people who knew him best are telling different stories. Declan O’Malley, his lifelong friend, claims it was an accident. Tanya Sullivan, his wife, is already packing her bags. And Agatha Fletcher, the mother who left him as an infant, has returned to uncover the truth—no matter how deep it’s buried. As lies unravel and ...