What happens when you release the hero within—and she's a stranger?"I'm stuck in a loop, trying not to look at the ghost of a girl with golden curls and hazel eyes..."When a series of eerily haunting dreams drives Cole back into battle too soon, the power she's only just learned to wield fails to show up for the fight.Dreamwalker and childhood friend Ash claims a trip to her long-forgotten homeland in the mountains will help her reclaim her...

In the City of Nightmares, death is far from the end."The edges of this world's map are not bordered with monsters but with ghosts."Losing her magic was one thing, but getting bodyjacked by the ghost of her past self? That’s a whole new low for teenage dream-weaving threadwitch Cole. And when sea monsters shipwreck her hard-won backup, there’s only one hope left to contain the nightmares and escape a bodiless purgatory of eternal torment.

The climate apocalypse meets monsters of myth & legend in a heartbreaking villain origin (short) story.Her secret was supposed to save the world.But when the tide turns against her, there's only one way to keep from going under.Sacrifice.Brilliant academic, driven young professional, cynical wife, and reluctant mother, Maryam Ajera's ambition knows no bounds. She'll do whatever it takes to ...

IN A DROWNED CITY WHERE HOPE KILLS AND DREAMS ARE DEADLY, EVEN YOUR THOUGHTS CAN BETRAY YOU...Haunted 17-year-old outcast Cole is desperate to suppress a macabre obsession with the Mara-taken before she becomes the shapeshifting horrors' next victim. But when a dangerously distracting stranger offers a chance to escape her rule-bound existence, she tumbles into a glittering underworld where all is not as it seems. In a world where no choice is safe and no one can b...

THE FUTURE OF VANCOUVER IS FULL OF MONSTERS IN THIS ACCLAIMED DYSTOPIAN-GOTHIC YA DARK FANTASY TRILOGY.Don't think. Don't speak. And definitely don't dream—The Nightmares will find you.A multi-awarded gothic dystopian fantasy series by a Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction & Best New Weird Horror-winning author about a macabre, neurospicy misfit and her trickster ghost unravelling monster-infested, post-eco-ap...

Discover new and uncharted worlds as the authors of Unknown Realms weave tales of time travel, mystic portals, alternate dimensions, and undiscovered landscapes.

BETTER TO DESTROY THAN TO NEVER LOVE AT ALL.When you’re nothing, you have to grab everything you can and hang onto it with everything you’ve got.Cast-off scion and shadow prince of the austere tower of Refuge, Ravel fought for years to carve out a glittering stronghold of decadence from the detritus and decay abandoned below the monster-infested floodwaters of the City of Nightmares.He seized every rotten fruit of "rulin...

A troublemaking ghost.A devious rebel.A stylist with a secret.A monster-hunter who exists only in her dreams.And one girl who's about to lose everything she thinks she needs to find the one thing she never knew was missing.Claim your fears. Own your failure. Keep fighting."Why we loved it: A unique twist on the YA-dystopian genre, Wiggins weaves a complex tale that unfolds like a dream itself — mystical, and sometimes odd, but al...

YŌKAI ROMEO X JULIET IN ANCIENT JAPANDaughters don't get to choose their fates. But there's one choice no one can deny her.Hana dreams of floating away on the breeze like the cherry blossoms.But when an otherworldly stranger offers a chance at escape from the stifling bonds of impending arranged marriage, duty and desire collide in a war that threatens to bring down her family, her clan, and her village.Freedom. ...

In a drowned city where hope kills and dreams are deadly, one wrong thought can end your life.Haunted 17-year-old outcast Cole is desperate to suppress her macabre obsession with the Mara-taken before she becomes one. When a stranger with unsettling gold eyes offers a chance to escape her rule-bound existence, it--and he--prove a dangerous distraction.The body count is on the rise and the ghost who won't leave her side isn't the only one with someth...

Something deadly lurks below the surface . . .Haunted by visions of those she failed to save from the Mara, Cole is determined to end the deadly nightmares once and for all.But her hard-won confidence is shattered when she rushes into battle, only to find herself suddenly and inexplicably stripped of her powers.With Ash and Cadence at her side, she embarks on a desperate quest through the monster-infested wilderness. If she can't restore her connect...

These heroes might not be angels, but you know what they say...it's always better to trust the devil you know...Looking for a typical hero tale? Keep looking. These twelve tales explore the grittier side of what it means to make life's hardest choices and let their reputations pay the price.From back-alleys and ancient cities to graveyards and castle walls, these trouble-makers are out for themselves...or are they?Fiction-Atlas Press is proud to pre...