Being a PI in the high-tech, magical city of Manzala requires more than street-smarts.Martin Aten makes do with a lifetime of experience in software engineering. Accompanied by the voice of his wife Jean and his memories of days gone by, he lives each life day-to-day, just scraping through.But every once in a while, a job comes along that’s bigger than it looks. And when the city’s most successful techno-dwarf hires Martin to recover a stolen, prized personal possession—the...

Everyone's had a terrible boss—but most aren't in charge of a covert syndicate of underground magic users already hated by the public and targeted by law enforcement.I'm pretty sure mine is trying to kill me. Summoners go missing, and he picks me to go check if demons are running loose and "report back."I've got no backup.No field experience.And orders to stay under the radar...While confronting supernatural evil that oblite...

THESE LADIES AREN'T WAITING.Twenty bestselling and award-winning authors offer enchanting tales of women and girls forging paths through darkness and peril. Cleverness, curiosity, and determinations make worthy heroines in fantastical new worlds.Featuring stories by:Jody Lynn NyeKatie CrossRobyn BennisRaven OakFrog and Esther JonesDawn VogelMatt YoungmarkLee FrenchConnie J. JaspersonJeff...

In 2020, the COVID-19 novel Coronavirus came and our lives changed.We all quarantined. We shut down our economy. And we made sure to keep a distance of at least six feet in an effort to keep the virus from killing as many people as we could save.In the midst of this, the speculative fiction authors within this volume began to think about what life looks like if the quarantine doesn’t leave. What happens if the illness keeps us all on restriction. Who will end up breaking th...

In that other world, I found a mysterious girl. Her life had been stolen to power a demon's magic.And I left her behind, bound to that demon.Now nothing else matters.Not my graduation.Not Grace's excuses or the politics of summoners.Not my friends, and not my foster family.I abandoned her, leaving her enslaved.I will burn everything to fix that.High school graduation is an exciting time for anyone. Bu...

Robert Lorents has done it all. He beat back the demonic Cythymau’s invasion of our world. He’s rescued Andrea, the damsel who’d haunted his thoughts for a year. And, while doing all of that, he'd still managed to graduate high school and get himself into college.But everything has its price, and for Robert that cost has been heavy. The aftermath of the battle left law enforcement on high alert, just as eager to kill as to capture summoners. New laws are being put into place to hun...

Welcome to FhCon.An event unlike any other, hosted by ancient and secret masters of fandom.They're all insanely happy you're here.Nineteen popular, bestselling, and award-winning authors bring you stories of a convention experience that only the Old Gods will make you forget!Edited by Frog Jones. Foreword by S.T. Joshi.