She sought her place, potential and purpose. Who knew a killer guarded them inside a whirling cone of havoc and death?Raven hated suffocating. So after nineteen years of relentless maternal smothering she fled from lifeless vacuum to utopia, at least Austin's reasonable approximation thereof, where a girl might discover herself and have some fun. Freewheeling turns to awe when she becomes an instrumental part of cutting-edge research that, with sufficient and dangerous determinatio...

When time runs out, people get desperate. That's why Shauna volunteered for the suicide mission against the alien Zets. Time was nearly up for the human survivors of a centuries-old war, so why not? Yearning for revenge leads to desperate measures. But then again, so does love. Somewhere in the intersection of those two powerful motivators, Shauna & Chuyen test the limits of their desires.All proceeds from the sale of titles in the Coming Together: Off World series will benefit the...

Timmy can't get a break. First, his parents are wrecking their marriage with zero reluctance to use him in the process. Second, he's got a monster under his bed, stuck there as a result of him losing a story duel with Joshua. Unfortunately Joshua is about to blow him off, not wanting to waste time with someone incapable of creating a nerve-racking, virtualized story. Timmy isn't worthy. Or is he?

Like your science fiction / fantasy on the darker side?Do you like to read about personal struggles and challenges made all the more difficult by technology or something really bizarre or fantastic?Do you feel stories don't always have to wrap up all cheery and warm, with extra rice pudding and happily ever after for everyone?Me too.Here are six of my dark sci-fi tales purchased and published by e-zines from 2007 through 2011 plus one previously unpublished ...

THE PAST IS NEVER TOO FAR BEHIND…When Thorne McCafferty rushes home to the family ranch, he is thinking only about whether his sister Randi will survive the car wreck that has put her in the hospital. He never expects that Randi's E.R. doctor will be Nicole Stevenson.Nicole has never forgotten the teenage passion she shared with Thorne… or the sting of his unexplained rejection. Now she's all grown up—but he still affects her in the very same way. Will they both be able to ...

A Beauty and the Beast Fantasy Romance RetellingFour handsome fae princes.One awkward bookworm.An Enchanted Vale.A beastly curse to break.Rosalina O’Connell lives her life in Orca Cove as quietly as she can.When her father turns up missing, Rosie goes after him and finds herself in the Enchanted Vale, the land of the fae. Where her father has been imprisoned ...

Dragons may be extinct, but the evil they fought isn’t, and it’s stirring once more.This is what the young scholar Alaric Thorne knows as he combs the Library of Alexandria for a glimmer of hope in the looming conflict. He learns that although the dragons may be gone, that doesn’t mean they’re truly lost forever. Some part of them remains in the ruins of the city they died to protect, buried and bound to a long lost artifact: the Soulforge Amulet.When Alaric sets out to unc...

Daily Strength, a year-long devotional, walks Christian men through Scripture passages that speak to their most pressing issues. Featuring content from the ESV Men's Devotional Bible, each daily devotion features a short summary of a Bible passage with a thought-provoking message from from one of more than forty contributors. Arranged canonically from Genesis to Revelation with short introductions to each Bible book, Daily Strength encourages and enlightens men t...

Our world presents daily distractions that can easily displace Christ as the center of a man’s heart and life. The goal of the ESV Men’s Devotional Bible is to strengthen and encourage men through the life-giving Word of God and sound devotional content aimed at nurturing godliness.With 365 theologically rich and gospel-centered devotions drawn directly from the Bible, this all-new resource was created under the editorial oversight of Dr. Sam Storms with contributions from...

The Whumpy Printing Press presents: High Stakes and Bloody BusinessFrom bloodthirsty monsters to misunderstood victims, this anthology brings together thirty vampire stories. The vampires in these stories are sometimes good, sometimes bad, but they're always hungry.So sink your teeth into this collection to satisfy your (fictional) bloodlust.Included authors: Kailey Alessi, Ennis Rook Bashe, Max Browne, Mill Cohen, Alfie Court, Megan Renee Doyle, Booker G. ...

Daily Strength, a year-long devotional, walks Christian men through Scripture passages that speak to their most pressing issues. Featuring content from the ESV Men's Devotional Bible, each single-page daily reading features a short summary of a Bible passage with a thought-provoking message from author and pastor Sam Storms. Arranged canonically from Genesis to Revelation with short introductions to each Bible book, Daily Strength encourages and enlightens men th...

An enlightening narrative exploring an oft-overlooked aspect of the sixteenth president's life, An American Marriage reveals the tragic story of Abraham Lincoln's marriage to Mary Todd.Based on thirty years of research, An American Marriage describes and analyzes why Lincoln had good reason to regret his marriage to Mary Todd. This revealing narrative shows that, as First Lady, Mary Lincoln accepted bribes and kickbacks, sold permits and pardons, ...