In the modern world, paranormal dangers lurk all around. When there is no chosen one to be found, no altruistic half-vampire around, and no superheros flying overhead, it's up to average people to do the business of defeating evil. They have no powers, no prophecies, and all the odds are stacked against them.In this short story collection, regular folk find themselves up against nightmare creatures, conniving warlocks, and all manner of supernatural dangers. All set in contemporary...

StoryHack Action adventure is a fiction magazine in the style of the great pulps of years past. It includes stories from a wide variety of genres.In this issue, you'll find:New Rules for Rocket Nauts by Michael DeCarolis. A recently dismissed recruit watches in horror as an alien race betrays and massacres his former classmates. Now he may be the only person capable of stopping the first wave of an interstellar war.The Price of Hunger by Kevyn Winkless. A desperate ...

Supernatural evils lay hidden, deep in the shadows of society. Be these dangers man or beast, they will strike at unsuspecting, everyday people. What if there are no selfless wizards around when a demon steps from the alley? What if there are no supers to be found when the ancient demigod awakens? What if there is no prophesy and no chosen one to stand in the way of the dark forces? In these cases, the regular people must must courage to face the foe. The protagonists in these stories have...

StoryHack is back with another batch of thrilling stories in a variety of genres. StoryHack is a short fiction magazine heavily inspired by the great pulps of yesteryear.Eyes as Blue as Metal by Dominika LeinAfter discovering a human upon a worn-torn planet, an alien commander is betrayed by an ambitious underling.That Summer's Evening Long Ago by Misha BurnettHow do you catch a criminal who uses magic to erase the memory of...

Evil hides is the shadows of modern life. Mythic monsters lurk among the refuse of city streets. Wizards that peep and mutter seek unholy power in the present-day. Unfortunately, there aren't enough kindly sorcerers, children of prophecy, or battlesuit-powered billionaires to go around. So when average people are swallowed up in supernatural trouble, sometimes they have to stand against the darkness by themselves.Included in this volume are twelve new stories of regular people faci...

Brace yourself for the next exciting issue of StoryHack Action & Adventure. Taking cues from the greatest pulp magazines of a bygone era, StoryHack publishes all-new stories of bravery and derring-do in a wide variety of genres. There is something in here for everyone, and each story includes art.Here's what you will find in this issue:Predator/Prey Relationships by Julie Frost. When Ben’s ability to shift into a werewolf is stolen, he must play a most dangerous game ...

After the notorious outlaws Amaranthe and Sicarius helped overthrow the corrupt faction controlling the empire and brought in a great war hero to lead the nation to prosperity, they finally earned their pardons—and some time off. A tropical vacation cruising around in a private submarine? Perfect. But their trip is interrupted by a summons from the new president: they're needed back at home. Trouble unlike anything they've ever dealt with threatens to destroy the capital city and throw the...

When her island home is invaded by enemy soldiers, her family captured, and the town enslaved, Taylina must find a way to fight back and free her people. But their enemies have powerful warships, sorcerers, and dragons. Her simple people are no match. Her only hope is to venture onto the forbidden half of the island and seek the one individual powerful enough to battle their enemies, a dragon known for eating humans rather than helping them.Find out what happens to Taylina and meet...

Welcome to the Kitchen of the Gods — a forbidding volcanic cauldron guarded by merciless, invulnerable Omni aliens, and giant primitive ExosegsOn a hostile planet, ConFree Legion trooper Thinker (Beta 3) and his Squad Beta comrades approach the Omni swarm. As they fight their way into the Camp of the O, they find themselves helpless and terrified in the grip of the aliens' awesome psypower.The battlefield soon becomes littered with the pitted, smoking A-sui...

Sardelle Terushan, sorceress and healer, should be lying low. Magic is forbidden in Iskandia, and magic users are drowned, shot, or otherwise slain. The problem? She's fallen in love with ace fighter pilot and national hero, Colonel Ridge Zirkander, a man whom everybody notices, including the king. It's not long before Sardelle has spies dogging her steps and people trying to blow her up. Worse, her presence is jeopardizing Ridge's career. If she can't find a solution to the nation's centu...

His past is haunting him — and she won't take no for an answerOnce a proud soldier and fearless immortal, Thinker is now a dishwasher trapped on a dismal collective System world without even his own memories to comfort him. Tortured by dreams of people he has never met, he will be returned to the clinic if he fails to adjust to life on the outside — and his adjustment is not going well.Although required to submit, he had just killed a thief trying to rob hi...

An ancient killer is coming for everyone — human and Omni alike — and the only chance to stop it was lost more than 2,000 years ago"Read your own heart, then walk your own road."All I wanted was a little reassurance — a glimpse of the future. I shouldn't have asked."I speak from the Realm of the Dead," the sorceress Moontouch said. "You will abandon me, and your son, again, leaving us to face our enemies alone. I see a White Death, invincible, wasti...