Welcome to Jake's Monthly. This month's trip around the best and strangest genres has taken us to Alternate History- a popular subgenre of SciFi where history turned out differently.We have all sorts of flavors here, including light fantasy, steampunk, military, and Bizarro. These stories are intelligent, well-written, and overall good examples of the genre.So, sit down, pull up a chair, and gaze into worlds where you never did.We hope you enjoy your stay.

Welcome to Jake's Monthly. This look at the weirdest and best genres out there has taken us to Locked-Room Mysteries- Mystery fiction where the crime is specifically impossible.These stories are largely contemporary with a bit of Western flair. Some of them are incredibly immersing and others are opportunities for a shrewd reader to solve the mystery before the investigator.So, welcome. Take a seat.We hope you enjoy your stay.

This is the second anthology published by the publisher Jake's Monthly, whose goal is to publish a new collection of short fiction every month for at least a year.This collection contains nothing but stories inspired by H.P. Lovecraft, a man who was likely the most influential horror writer of all time. The stories within are amazingly diverse, spreading out from Lovecraft's signature fear of the unknown to his lesser-known comedic stylings and even extending as far as a genre whic...

All throughout November, fresh and experienced authors submitted stories of dead and dying worlds. This is the result.Welcome to Jake's Monthly, a project designed to produce a new, themed short-story collection every month. Having just escaped Lovecraftian Horror, we now find ourselves in the ashen seas of the Post Apocalypse. Prepare yourself for bleak tragedies, fun flash pieces, and a glimpse of hope amidst the rubble.

A multi-author collection of eighteen original superhero tales ranging from the dark to the hysterical to the downright bizarre, including 2016 Aurora Award nominee "Super Frenemies" by Stephen Kotowych."And Introducing the Scarlet Scrapper" by Leonard Apa: A Golden Age tale of an actor who hates playing a superhero on the radio but discovers a new role awaiting him."Sovereign's Last Hurrah" David Court: In a retirement home, elderly supervillains scheme to return an item of ...

Note: Several stories in this collection contain cursing. About two contain sexual references, two make your heart sing, one is joyfully absurd, another somber, and several others are exceedingly clever.This book is an anthology of science fiction. It is also the first anthology in the series known as "Jake's Monthly". This is the project's maiden voyage, and a lot of experienced writers, award-winners, editors and new voices have contributed. We hope that ou enjoy this collection....

Welcome to Jake's Monthly, a voyage through the best and weirdest of genres which now takes us to Thriller. Suspense, action, chases, and shootouts abound, here, and the writers have made sure that the ride is well worth the price of admission.This collection has modern and SF thrillers packed with explosions and mystery. There's even a Dark Fantasy thriller and, strangely, a Bizarro one.Buckle up if you're tall enough, because this is Thriller.We hope you enjoy the...

Welcome to Jake's Monthly. This monthly trip through the best and the most unknown of genres now takes us into Punk, also known as the Cyberpunk derivatives. Steampunk, cyberpunk, hydropunk, paleopunk, sliderpunk, lalalandpunk, atompunk, and just about every other Punk genre is included in these pages, including a brand new one!So, prepare yourself for some strange, alternate technology. Read a steampunk dystopian spy thriller, experience every genre in the movement in four minutes...

Welcome to Jake's Monthly. This literary voyage into the obscure and the bizarre is celebrating its six-month anniversary with Bizarro, a literary movement dedicated to the strangest and most entertaining stories possible.This volume is intended for people who want a change of pace, an injection of unadulterated, nonsensical fun in their lives, and high-quality stories that they won't find anywhere else.These stories contain an ammunition-wearing cow, a horse whisperer, a p...

For the past 20 years in America, our society has grown up with everything at easy reach. We simply went to Walmart and we could pick and choose anything we wanted at a “low price guaranteed.” We never thought about where all these things were produced. China as a result has grown on a large economic scale and in the big cities like Beijing and Shanghai we have an astounding growth of civilization. As new visitors come to the big city they are discovering a brand new world. This reimagined...

This is the fourth monthly collection published by Jake's Monthly. In a change of tone from the past two collections, this month's theme has been Science Fantasy- a focus on the optomistic and the miraculous coexisting with the rational.Collected here are nine stories, some artistic, some action-packed, but all wonderful. Watch poor, overworked Puck try to save the world and see Tesla and Merlin fight face-to-face; read hope brought to a literally gray world, and enjoy a decidedly ...

Welcome to Jake's Monthly. Our latest collection takes us to Magic Realism, a lighter flavor of Fantasy fiction.This collection contains the paranormal, the supernatural, and the downright fantastical with works ranging from a children's story to poetic fiction to a story of a personal apocalypse.We hope you enjoy your stay.