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A brilliant, geeky, hand-painted water bottle. The only spark of personality and life Thane dares keep in his gray cubical, at his dead end job.An accident sets that water bottle falling. Falling! Thane's most treasured possession, split-seconds from destruction! Panic overwhelms him.But the bottle catches in midair. Floats. As though on its own. Why? How?The answers to those questions will change Thane's life forever.Mind Over Employment, an exciti...

The year, 1297. The Battle of Stirling Bridge cements the name of William Wallace in the annals of history.But another Scottish leader played a major role in that victory for Scotland. Andrew Moray. Whose fate remains the subject of scholarly debate.Here, at last, we present the account of the Moray's squire, Charles Morton, who tells the tale of the night before the battle, and the truth about the Moray."The Forgotten Rebel", an imaginative work of historical fanta...

Ian Wheeler, born a night person into a family of day people. The kind who didn't need alarm clocks, and rose, singing, with the sun.Ian survived high school on strong black coffee and late-night study sessions. College? A non-starter with those hours. The military? Even worse. Late night security guard? A possibility.But then he saw the ad. "Internship available. Personal assistant position. May lead to full-time. Some phones. Some typing. Nighttime hours only. Schedul...

Rumors abound about the Purple Gryphon. Some call the owner a witch. Others claim it sees a murder a week. Frequented by merchants, travelers, nobles, even adventurers.Local boy Zian Sonnalsson dreams of working there. Mucking stables. Waiting tables. Any job to work at the Purple Gryphon.The Purple Gryphon. Where Zian will learn that rumors often pale beside the truth…The Hireling, A Novella of Adventure Fantasy, a tale full of magic and wonder, action and...

The darkness of pre-dawn on a summer solstice. Cold on the salt flats, even with the bonfire. Crowded with strangers -- and Victoria, who misses her warm bed. Only attending as a favor for her BFF.Some of the celebrants strip down for a ritual. An ancient solstice rite. One of them a beautiful man with a swimmer's build -- and a birthmark Victoria knows well. Marco, her old unrequited high school crush.But men with shotguns crash the party. And Victoria without her gun…...

Devil's Night, the night before Halloween. A night when Bishop York and his best friend, Anselmo, tell scary stories.Bishop and Anselmo plan big things for their senior year Devil's Night. First, the big high school Halloween dance with their girlfriends, Faye and Jewel. Then all four whisk away for scary stories and private fun at the most haunted site in Long Pine City.Abandoned, mysterious Colver High School.Unfortunately, terrors all too real await them…...

The Crossroads Hotel. A place between worlds. A place of magic and mystery.Brice McCleary, fighting a hellish rainstorm from the driver's seat of an old car. Trapped somewhere between Bakersfield and Flagstaff. Hungry. Tired. Stressed near the brink. His only passenger, a beloved cat named Pepperhead.A passing semi nearly drowns them. Brice must chance an unlit, unmapped exit.Pain, wonder, and transformation await him at the Crossroads Hotel."The Language of...

Longhairs and Short Tales, an irresistible collection of short stories featuring cats.Mythical cats and magical cats. Larcenous cats and inspiring cats. Sweet cats and wisecracking cats. Some talk, some keep their own counsel, and some might even work with aliens. All of them from the wild imagination of Stefon Mears, author of the Rise of Magic series and the Cavan Oltblood series.Within these pages you will find:The Coffee Curse - An urgent plea disrupts ...

South of the Dragon Spike Mountains. East of the Dwarfmarches. Here, clans of orcs rule the grasslands. And the Broken Tooth Clan stands mighty enough to make even the cursed elves hide in their Wailing Forest.Gorek. Fierce warrior of the Broken Tooth clan.But an even better cook.The future of the Broken Tooth rests on Gorek’s cooking. But first, he must gather the savoriest – and most dangerous – of ingredients.“The Great Orc Cook-Off” – a rollicking fantas...

Qorunn, a world full of magic, monsters, and politics. A world Deirdre Ol'Miri calls home.Irreverent Deirdre Ol'Miri. Knight with a wild side. A dweomerblade, who calls her magic through her combat training.Known widely as the Slayer of the Ogre of Threepeaks, in this volume Deirdre tells her famous story in her own words, with attendant asides, snark, and a style all her own.The Ogre of Threepeaks, a thrilling novella of epic fantasy adventure, full of mag...

Keifer McShane, a widower at only twenty-five. His beloved wife, killed by a freak accident. His only solace, gaming in his favorite setting: The Torn Kingdoms.Today Keifer backs a Jumpstart crowdfunding campaign for the new edition of that setting.But soon the magic, politics, adventure and danger of The Torn Kingdoms become much more than a game…Into the Torn Kingdoms, a rollicking novel of epic fantasy adventure, full of love and intrigue, politics and w...

Curwin Necromantic. The best at solving problems with the dead, all around Portland, Oregon.Ollie, a journeyman necromancer, fields a call from a strange gothic mansion, tucked into an otherwise ordinary neighborhood. A mansion where space warps oddly. Where magic seeps and drips around every corner.Where Ollie faces the worst challenge of his career, and maybe his life.Wish him luck.Blue Collar Necromancy, an urban fantasy novella full of fun twist...