The tiniest story seedling can root and branch into an entire forest of tales. Others aren’t meant to be so grand.Some of C.L. Foster’s stories have grown into those forests and others have been left as the little sprout they began as. She has written short stories for magazines, interviews, charity anthologies, flash fiction on blogs and in contests, and more. Instead of leaving them wandering separately in those forms to potentially be lost forever, C.L. decided to gather those b...

And they lived happily ever after... or did they?In every life, there is darkness, but there is also a choice. Does the hero break, or are they fueled for the fight? Are they compelled to follow the light, or will the demons that plague them plunge them into shadow forever?What begins as a fairy tale shifts into grim reality as life moves beyond the moment of true love's first kiss and the villain's defeat. For these princesses, surviving that fight is only the first chapte...

Relationships often suck... until we find that special someone that fits our lives just right.We clawed, we scratched, and we chomped at the bit for our own slice of the good life. Fights, misspoken words, hardships, battles, and other things made us feel like we weren't going to survive, much less thrive or love. We searched for wealth, longevity and even a home; not necessarily in the brick and mortar sense.Those bad things brought us to the moment we found ourselves trul...

What if Karma was a person?What if, when you wronged someone, another made it right? Time wouldn't need to tell; because justice would be swift and fair.Would you care more? Would you try harder? Would you be someone others would look up to, or would you run in fear?Karma is a bitch and she's knocking on your door tonight.

Fantastic Universe' started publishing in 1953 and continued until March 1960. It was one of the better magazines to launch during the boom in science fiction magazines publishing. It published many important stories' by some of the fields best known writers. Collected in this over sized edition are more than 175,000 words of science fiction and fantasy. Escape back to the golden age of science fiction! 'Exile from Space' by Judith Merril 'Cogito, Ergo Sum' by John Foster West 'Grove of th...