In the year 2112, Federal Agent Chuz Alawode has little to investigate. Under the protection of the technocratic rule of the Order, violence and crime have been reduced to rare anomalies. When people do fall through the cracks of the near-perfect system, Chuz is there to find out what went wrong. But when his wife falls a hundred stories from their Chicago apartment, he's given an assignment far from home. Grieving is not allowed under the Order.Chuz is sent to 99 Town, a Luddite e...

Thirteen Grinchy Tales to Read By The Fire As You Watch For Krampus! Featuring classic tales from horror masters such as M.R James and William Douglas O'Connor plus newer horror authors.This anthology collection hearkens back to an era where scary stories were part of the holidays. It also features horrific chapter artwork as our gift to you. Ghosts, hauntings, holiday fiends, and Christmastide terrors. And those are just the authors!This set of spooky tales is a perfect re...

SEVEN LIVES!The assassin android Seven, driven insane by years of isolation from the Network and manipulation by her enemies, has infected every computer across North America. And now she's calculated a way to infect the minds of every neural-implant-equipped human. Her surrogates and drones stalk the streets of 99 Town and Chicago, hunting for the one man who understands her psychosis more than anyone left alive: Chuck Alawode.But ...

99 Town burns in the distance, and Chuck Alawode, former Federal Agent of the Order, finds himself in a precarious situation. Either help the Underground rebel collective he's been fighting against for years, or be handed over to the Order for trial and certain execution.The Underground has a simple mission for him: Plug into the disembodied head of the captured assassin android "Seven," live her memories, discover how she and her team of six others brought about the rise of the Or...

Abby Hendrix keeps an ax next to her living room couch. Most nights, it stays there untouched while she snuggles under a pile of blankets and reads the latest book from her favorite gothic horror novelist, HHR Eventide. Her life as an accountant in her quiet hometown in northern Minnesota is mundane. And she's just fine with that. Her only real problem is, every time her strict sense of virtue falters, a demon from Hell climbs up her basement steps.That's what the ax is for.

Bullet Points captures the complexity, tragedy, and hope of warfare and violence in human and nonhuman society, with reprints and original stories every three months. The January 2024 issue (Volume 4) presents stories on a combat theme:Original StoriesJoe Prosit, "Instant War"Lucas Enne, "Revival"Lesley L. Smith, "Wartime Telework"Henry McFarland, "Every Soldier's Right"Andrew Knighton, "The Sound of War"Dani...

In 1999, seventeen year old Taylor Mosley was the lone survivor of a brutal mass murder. She lived through "that night" and killed the madman who killed her friends, but twenty years later, she still struggles to function in her modern corporate workplace. When she's mandated to attend counseling sessions after showing up to work drunk and belligerent, Taylor is convinced the killer from her past is back and stalking her through her suburban neighborhood. While doing her best to manage a h...

Memories bought and sold.Unlikely knights claimed by dragons.Humans evolved for a space-bound existence.These are just some of the imaginative tales of science fiction, fantasy, and action woven throughout Otherworldly. Eleven diverse genre-fiction authors have come together in a single collection to bring you short stories that will explore worlds old, new, yet-to-come, and imagi...

Thirteen tales of horror designed to haunt your sleep!Enter a collection of chilling volumes where darkness reigns and fear is a constant companion. Each of the Anthologies of the Damned brings together more than a dozen master storytellers per book, each weaving a unique and terrifying tale that will leave you jumping at shadows.Imagine Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark but written for grownups. Babysitter slashers, classic vampires, an author descending into madness, and ...

The Storyville Project is a publication of the nonprofit organization, the Lakes Area Writers Alliance and is a collaboration of creative nonfiction and fiction from our Minnesota-based author/members. Because our members come from all walks of life, you will find a variety of subjects and styles within.The Lakes Area Writers Alliance's goal is to encourage and support our fellow writers.Everyone published in this book, and all who worked to see it...

Mind-bending science-fiction. Nightmare-inducing horror. Shocking psychotic crime noir. Inside are sixteen tales by Joe Prosit, short story author extraordinaire, each crafted to tantalize and terrorize, and selected from dozens of magazines and podcasts into this definitive collection. Crack the cover and go on a journey into the furthest reaches of the human experience, from the pinnacle of progress to the blackest pit of insanity.Step into a nexus of spirit and science, excellen...

This second installment of Machines Monsters and Maniacs will bring you deeper into the worlds of the cybernetic, the insane, and the macabre than ever before. Inside you'll find evil corporations, nefarious governments, uncaring gods, alternate dimensions, ghosts of the recently deceased, lingering demons hidden in tiny lights, users trapped inside of simulations, and of course, time-traveling Nazis!Who can stand against such horrors?An armored space marine? A pack of huma...