It's a strange time, and who knows who is watching what, across all those screens . . . Six stories set in the future you didn't expect. This is The Zoom Situation.This volume of the on-going Space Cocaine project features works by Erik Grove, Jessie Kwak, Andrew McCollough, Kate Ristau, Jeb R. Sherrill, and Mark Teppo.

• Learn how books write themselves!• Discover secrets for making words!• Find out what happens when you have a decent idea and apply a plot to it!It's all here, in this handy guide to jumpstarting your novel. It doesn't matter if you've just started thinking about writing a novel or have done a dozen of them, getting started on a new project is always the hardest part. That's where this book saves the day. Inside, you'll discover all sorts of techniques and tips, in...

What's the most annoying thing about writing a novel? They don't write themselves.What's the second most annoying thing about writing a novel? No, really, they don't write themselves.What the hardest thing about writing a novel? Actually turning your sexy outline into a real book. With words, and stuff.Sure, you've got a really awesome outline, a notebook full of character sketches, and your work space is overflowing with "research" materials, but that blank page is...

SideQuests are stand-alone stories or novellas that chronicle the heroes, villains, and adventures in The Foreworld Saga across numerous eras and ages. They can be read in any order with or without prior knowledge of The Foreworld Saga.Many were displeased with the “peace” King Richard of England brokered in the Holy Land, and his return from the Crusades wasn’t greeted with cheers, but rather shackles. Now a “guest” of the Holy Roman Emperor, the Lion-Hearted is b...

SideQuests are stand-alone stories or novellas that chronicle the heroes, villains, and adventures in The Foreworld Saga across numerous eras and ages. They can be read in any order with or without prior knowledge of The Foreworld Saga.After a battle left Ramiro Ibáñez de Tolosa’s face terribly disfigured, the knight of the Order of Calatrava abandoned his sword for a pastoral existence. But his beastly appearance horrifies all those who cross his path—with the exc...

For more than a hundred and fifty years, the Night Office has stayed up late, fighting off all sorts of whistling horrors, shrieking monstrosities, and drooling frog monsters. One of the secrets to their success is lots and lots of coffee.This Education Assessment Exercise is meant to introduce you to the perils of working for the Night Office. Instead of throwing you into the field, where all kinds of terrible things could happen to you, the Night Office wants to know if you can m...

1872: The shattered South is struggling under the yoke of Reconstruction; the North has turned its attention to lands west of the mighty Mississippi. The United States is haunted by the blood that has been spilled, and only a few are ready to stand against the coming darkness.During the War, Elmore Stonebrook was a celebrated Sharpshooter for the Army of the Potomac. Known as God's Finger for the deadly accuracy of his rifle, Stonebrook fought for freedom for all men, but lost his ...

SideQuests are stand-alone stories or novellas that chronicle the heroes, villains, and adventures in The Foreworld Saga across numerous eras and ages. They can be read in any order with or without prior knowledge of The Foreworld Saga.A severed head and a cry of “Witchcraft!” start a frenzied witchhunt in a sleepy German village. When Konrad von Marburg, a Church inquisitor, arrives on the scene, innocent and guilty alike find themselves subject to the inquisitor’...

Issue #101 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, featuring stories by Mark Teppo and Jack Nicholls.

For more than a hundred and fifty years, the Night Office has been in your neighborhood. When someone on your street mysteriously vanishes, it is because the Night Office shoved them in a van in the dead of night. When stray dogs go feral, it is the Night Office that gets bitten so your children stay safe. When cats make strange noises at night, it is because the Night Office is standing on their tails.This Psychological Assessment Exercise puts you on a Night Office field operatio...

Rudolph! is a first-person account of the behind-the-scenes workings at the North Pole. Narrated by Bernard Rosewood, one of the elves of the North Pole Consortium, the story begins with Santa's realization that a young girl's request to get her dad back for Christmas isn't going to happen. Dad, you see, died in a car accident on a snowy road shortly after Thanksgiving. The NPC can do a lot, but they can't do miracles. Enter Rudolph, who has been hairless, cranky, and perpetually ...

What is new is old, and what is old is new again. Six stories that distort, warp, reconstruct, and reimagine the spookiest time of the year. This is NEU GOTHIK.This volume of the on-going Space Cocaine project features works by Erik Grove, Jessie Kwak, Andrew McCollough, Kate Ristau, Jeb R. Sherrill, and Mark Teppo.