Perfected by nature. Twisted by science. A miracle cure gone very, very wrong.The complete Helix Trilogy, a tense science-fiction thriller series about Ishmael: businessman, agent of the Wyrd Council … and a shapeshifter.Book 1: Blight of Exiles -- An abandoned forest resort should have been paradise for a creature like Ishmael. Isolated from civilization, so far removed from human eyes, Ishmael could have reveled in his true nature without threat ...

Perfected by nature. Twisted by science. A miracle cure gone very, very wrong.An abandoned forest resort should have been paradise for a creature like Ishmael. Isolated from civilization, so far removed from human eyes, Ishmael could have reveled in his true nature without threat of discovery.But he had been abducted, drugged and marooned there without a word, sent into exile by the cryptic Wyrd Council. And he’s not alone.In this unholy quarantine, Ishmael...

Ishmael took something more dangerous than refugees out of that quarantine, but it’s nothing compared to what awaits outside.Because of his crimes, his breach of quarantine, and his new and worrisome symptoms, Ishmael and his rescued Pack are pariahs among werewolves, loathed, and under constant suspicion.And yet, when bodies turn up in small-town Ontario, the Wyrd Council splits up Ishmael’s Pack and sends him to investigate. He’s hurried away from the safety and ...

What do you do when you wake up and realize you have been the villain all along?After years of working for CIRCE, Dr. Holly Eva Foster is beginning to realize why her patients have been dying off: she’s killing them, but she doesn’t know why.Meanwhile, following a devastating ambush and life-or-death surgery, the Padre discovers that his Packmates and colleagues suddenly revile and distrust him. Watching their behaviour degrade from bizarre to brutal, the Padre esc...

Ishmael has been cured, but at what cost to him and his allies?Two members of Ishmael's Pack are missing in action. The rest are either cured, powerless, or unfit for the public eye. The Wyrd Council has been destroyed from the inside by politics and murder, and its last members have scattered to the wind, unwilling to pick a side.Ishmael’s few allies have taken shelter in a bunker in Halifax, waiting for him to recover, waiting for him to choose a course of direct...

The Dwarves of the World bundle provides 9 fantastic short stories from 9 talented authors that explore the myths and corresponding mythology about dwarves and dwarf culture. Each story deals with a different aspect of dwarf culture and a different set of dwarves with personalities and situations as unique as the humans you meet every day.Table of Contents"Where the Dwarva Went" by Pat Flewwelling"Drums of the Deep" by Lisa Toohey"Beneath Schwarzer...

Modern lives seem littered with expiration dates. Packaging tells us when our food will go bad; when we can expect appliances to cease functioning; when contracts for the internet finish! But as annoying as these small expiration dates are, they fade to nothing compared to the larger events: when a species goes extinct; when a body of water evaporates, or dies because the PH balance alters; when giant icebergs break apart and glaciers melt forever, threatening the ecosystem of this planet....

Shadows surround us, but the light is always there, keeping them at bay.In these five speculative fiction novels, explore the darkness that thrives not only in the world around us, but also in our very souls. But that darkness will always be challenged. Using their brains, guts, and claws, determined men and women defeat the shadows in the myriad forms it takes: angry ghosts, blood-thirsty shapeshifters, and scheming corporations bent on world domination.Prepare to be thril...

Life is Change.Children become adults. Summer becomes Winter. The old pass from life to death. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.But to some, life is purgatory. A place of temporary suffering between this world and the next.In these eleven stories, every painful, frightening transition is driven by a single element.That element is Purgatorium.

Originally published in 2017, this new Anniversary Edition is fully re-edited, revised, and reinvigorated with a new cover and foreword exclusive to this edition.The Elements Anthologies bring together genre authors and ask them to do something different: write a story outside of their normal genre. The tension this creates, the inevitable creep of their chosen genre into the genre of the anthology, this is where the magic happens.Love is a...

Love is in the air. And the stone. And the Wi-Fi. And in the blood.Passions ignite in this anthology, as sixteen genre authors come together to deliver stories of unique, if unconventional romance.Even immortals can succumb to unhealthy infatuation, as seen in ‘Cursed.’In ‘Escape’, we see that falling back into love can be easier, and harder, than we think.Love can take root in the darkest places, in ‘How’s the food here?’Can an unhappy fairy-tale en...

The Elements Anthologies bring together genre authors and ask them to do something different: write a story outside of their normal genre. The tension this creates, the inevitable creep of their chosen genre into the genre of the anthology, is where the magic happens.Dark shadows, quiet savagery, and style collide as twenty-one genre authors each take their turn at the perfect crime.In Bone Deep, a heartbroken young man seeks justi...