The Dryden Experiment is expanding its Creative Commons revolution into new genre. Dryden Nightmares gives you nine treasures of the horror genre plus a bonus creepiness from Dryden founder Katie Papillio.Welcome to the twisted minds of Kitty Sarkozy, Eugene Kelly, Laura Konrad, Katie Papilio, and Fluffy Sama. They are the things that go bump in the night.

War is coming. The Lady of Battles will have it no other way.Lillian and Gregory fear the demi-goddess is already moving her pawns and dark knights into place, preparing for the first strike. Earth must be ready, but first Lillian needs to ensure that the uneasy alliance between the Fae and the human military does not fail. Every ally is needed if earth is to have any hope of surviving the coming war.As fate draws friends and enemies closer together, one ne...

In this short story, Manninglore is a Wizard who is feared and loathed by the people of the valley he lives above. But when extinction threatens humanity, he comes down and shows them that he, too, is nothing more then they are - human.

"Debris and Detritus, the lesser-known Greek gods..." * These words launched over a dozen alternate realities and histories, invaded existing universes, and even inspired a book or two—with Debris and Detritus running amok through every world they touch. With nothing else to go on, writers from various genres created deities that might or might not actually be Greek, might or might not be of any particular gender, might or might not be of this Earth—...

This volume contains eleven poems. The subject matter generally lies in the realm of love found, love lost or some other aspect of love.

The warriors of Torbellai brought back a prize in the night, and young Paitra wants to see it. Even hidden away in the armory, the artifact changed the whole mood of their mountain citadel from dread foreboding to hope. And Paitra's people need hope to turn the tide in their long war against the troll horde. Might this small triumph presage a mightier victory?But the warlord hid the fighters' plunder for good reason. Forged by trolls and radiating magic, it present...

How can I celebrate love/ now that I know what it does? So begins this booklength lyric sequence which reinhabits and modernizes the story of Orpheus, the mythic master of the lyre (and father of lyric poetry) and Eurydice, his lover who died and whom Orpheus tried to rescue from Hades.Gregory Orr uses as his touchstone the assertion that myths attempt to narrate a whole human experience, while at the same time serving a purpose which resists explanation. Through poems of passionat...

He comes from Scyllia's Wasteland, Guile the wanderer. He prefers to be alone, but Fate has other plans for him.

This is the prequel to an upcoming series about a retelling of the Nephilim story, the giants that once roamed the earth. Prepare for an epic fantasy setting, full of magic, dragons and all kinds of mythical creatures!It describes the fall of the mighty city of Imbuthara through the eyes of the guard Inra, which, unbeknownst to him, is the first step in the prolongued war of the Nephilim, that will set all the world ablaze.Get ready for a taste of monstrous epic fantasy, an...

This journey through many lives, seemingly unconnected is more powerful than any army could dream of being. Solitary face after solitary face in life weave an intertwined whole. Our past informs our future while those alive in the present remain ignorant of sacrifice. He gave his soul so everyone would have a life and an afterlife. The wizard gave himself, peace now reigns where demons once tread.

Book 1 in the Cambirsteen series.A young girl nicknamed Poet uses words to cast spells and battle monsters while searching for a kidnapped friend.This book comes in two versions. Short-Attention-Span and Normal-Attention-SpanThe Short-Attention-Span version has only 56 pages and keeps the story line to a minimum without any subplots or long dialogue or explanations. This was designed for people like me who want action and pictures and a brief story to connect them. I...

The wizard's tower is falling down, falling down, falling down! The Wizard's tower is falling down, my fair lady.This is the second short story in the Evenings with Rory series. It is only tied in with Harriet's Mystery in that the inspiration came from Rory's Story Cubes, which are fun and awesome.Should you like to appear as part of Evenings with Rory, please email the author.