The city of Laimrig, once a mighty hub of commerce and a seat of power sinks into corruption and decay. Slavers, crime lords and corrupt officials hold sway while the ruling nobility wallow in decadence. War rages beyond the borders, while within rebellion simmers and sinister plots unfold.
Trilisean is an acrobat turned burglar. Conn is a jaded former mercenary. Against the background of deadly blades, subtle schemes, glittering treasures, dark sorceries and fell servants of forgotten gods, fate has thrown them together.
Fate has a sense of humor.
Broken Crossroads is a fast paced, witty, swashbuckling modern pulp fantasy adventure in the tradition of Fritz Leiber and Robert E Howard.
Rating: Unrated | A collection of poems and illustrations that are fun to read as adults looking back and to read to children.
ISBN 978-0-9908963-0-2 Rating: Unrated | Dr. Gerry Landis is a respected physicist, confident that he’s current in field. Then two students take him to the modest suburban home of Jeremiah Washington where he sees an amazing generator that powers the house using only water for fuel, a generator that could change the world.
When Gerry realizes that everything he knows, all the work he’s done is suddenly obsolete, he burns with the desire to learn how the amazing generator works. Gerry’s quest leads him to the planet Cygnus Prime where he and the two students, nerdy Keyshawn, and beautiful martial arts master Elka, go to study the science behind the generators. There they run up against an extremist group intent on driving outsiders from their planet. The extremists kidnap Keyshawn and sabotage the generator in Jeremiah’s house, badly injuring him. Gerry, Elka, and their new alien allies now have no choice but to redirect their efforts to saving both Keyshawn and Jeremiah.
Brighter than the Stars is an interplanetary adventure full of the wonder of discovery and the danger and mystery of deeply alien cultures. While modern in theme and setting, it captures the positive spirit of Golden Age sci-fi.
Rating: Unrated | The Muted Shout of the Gray Tower, A Science Fiction and Fantasy Anthology, offers an interesting mix of fantastic tales. Gardner’s Lost Twins is a ”space opera,” and Time After Time is more of a time traveling “soap opera.” But Pneuro Dancer and Liquid Villain are comedies, both silly and funny with a touch of preposterous reality:
From Pneuro Dancer, “[the ship] reminds me of your mother, D.L., suck-nasty and perpetually on the rag.”
From Liquid Villain, “Were you [a student from a middle school and a test tube containing the villain] really trying to take over the world?”
“Not anymore.”
In The Sea Cave People, L’Qisse and Taroe, become lovers: “Beloved, I’ve always loved you.” … “I’ve wanted you since I learned of physical love.” She [Taroe] drew a ragged breath, “And I’ve planned for you from the time I knew what to do.”
They discover the true nature of their tribe’s past and become the first royal couple to complete the traditional sea borne betrothal journey: “Holy Union and conception of Thirty-first Generation’s Monarch must occur at sea or on First Island which might be the middle of an archipelago. No one knows,” [said the Sea Shaman.
The Snow Vixen Is a were-fox with no memory of her human self. Lost in a wizard’s spell, she must free herself from his slavery and fight her way to a home and family that she doesn’t know exists.
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The Muted Shout of the Gray Tower also titles one of the tales with a continuation in The Children of the Gray Tower: wizardry, werewolves, and love triangles both involving Reade Beryl the Sorceress, Last Serf of the Gray Tower whose love overwhelms Tomlin of Martyr’s Cavern, Warrior Priest of The Book.
Rating: Unrated | How would a world populated by superheroes differ from our own?
Not much.
If you have a rare skill or a talent or an ability that you’re not using, then maybe you could relate to our heroes:
Orville Ortley, Mucus-Man, whose snot has the explosive power of a howitzer shell
Kevin Kiley, Count Karma, invincible wonder of the ethereal plane who’s utterly useless on earth
Mindy Maguire, Supermodel, upon whom the goddesses bestowed the most unwelcome power a Smith College women’s studies major could imagine
Instead of fighting evil on a cosmic scale, they guard St. Louis’s Chesterfield Mall. That is, until the day the villains’ lobby, the American Malevolence Institute, sets its sights on this ordinary shopping center. If the Institute should defeat this discount-bin collection of mall cops, it would mean the end of all life on earth.
Battling these villains would be an epic struggle in itself but, along the way, our heroes must also contend with the headline-grabbing super-group The Crusaders, a once-peaceable young woman who has been transformed into a chaotic beast after having been bitten by a radioactive badger, stifling government bureaucracy, the capriciousness of deities and, of course, their own personal shortcomings and that of their teammates.
Who will survive? Who will prevail? Who will prove themselves mighty? Rating: Unrated | An informal bike tour of 19th Century Bas Reliefs in the Louisville Area. Rating: Unrated | A wild look at nightlife in the bars of Old Louisville Kentucky. Rating: Unrated | 5 novellas from The Orion's Arm Universe Project. Mine is the first one called 'Heaven's Door' Rating: Unrated | Burn in the fires of imagination. Lift with the smoke into airy realms you've never known before. These 14 tales of science fiction and fantasy take place in the near future, the far future and lands that never were. Many stories originally appeared in e-zines including Fear and Trembling, Residential Aliens, Aphelion and Quantum Muse. Step into the pages of these folded dreams, and see if you emerge the same on the other side. Rating: Unrated | For ages 9 - 12. A visit to an abandoned house catapults Sam and Angela into magic, mystery and danger. Can they escape a duel between rival magicians? Can they use their wits and courage to find their way home? Will their lives ever be the same again? Find out in the debut volume of this exciting new series. Rating: Unrated | No good deed goes unpunished, or so the philosophers suggest. Samuel Rochez did a very good deed and therefore is considered a traitor by the whole human race. Throughout the galaxy he is remembered as the Benedict Arnold of his time. Only in Samuel's case the humans lost the war, and he is reviled as the one ultimately responsible. For a time he manages to live in anonymity. Upon his discovery he is forced to join a mercenary band on what is supposed to be a simple in and out mission. Soon he finds himself at odds with the band, running for his life, and striving to save the planet and its unusual life forms from destruction.  Rating: 5.00 Reviews: 1 | Book 1 in the "Great Death" series.
A man and his daughter drive into a massive meteor shower that disrupts their lives, but it’s only the beginning. It’s the beginning of the end, or is it? An Apocalyptic tale that focuses on individuals trying to maintain love, hope and family amongst death and dying. Hopefully it’s not overly negative, with a lot of humor and positive emotions, but there is a lot of death in it.
This is an adult story, with segments of violence, sex and death. Not appropriate for children. Rating: Unrated | Book 1 of the "Catalyst" series.
A young man, just 17, suddenly finds women mysteriously attracted to him while visiting New Orleans for Spring Break with his family. He acts as a catalyst, activating strange abilities in them that he doesn't understand. He's not ready for the responsibilities of adulthood, yet he's called upon to lead a string of followers. Where, he has no idea. Rating: Unrated | (Science fiction; horror)
Earth has attracted malevolent alien powers beyond human understanding. This is an account of a real nightmare, with extreme violence. Rating: Unrated | (Science-fiction; Mystery; Military)
Carl Resco retraces a missing researcher's mysterious trail to a planet called Sapo. On the dark side of the planet, the brutal Provide armada is hunting for the elusive Loci sect, and Resco must brave extreme dangers to find the answer to Sole's disappearance. Rating: Unrated | The story of an inter-galactic smuggler, drug dealer and soldier of fortune who keeps a very unusual pet. Regen is from the planet Brem, and Bremens have a reputation of being tough guys and great lovers. Regen finds himself in several tight spots and his pet skeen, Hitler, helps him out of each one. NOTE: I write under the pen name M. L. Hollinger. Rating: Unrated | June 6, 1944-the most crucial and most desperate day of World War II-Just before the D-Day invasion of Normandy France, two unsuspecting, unassuming heroes find a time machine and discover an international conspiracy to alter the course of history by altering key moments in the most pivotal and famous battles in history. In addition to Time Wars, there are 10 other SciFi stories. With his finger on the pulse of new Science Fiction ideas, Gordon Rowlinson provides readers with 11 stories of the unknown, the speculative and the fantastic:
A man returning from a interplanetary journey finds a horrible alternative reality on earth due to a time travel change done the past.
An adventure-seeker buys the ultimate vacation-a trip to the Cretaceous period, but finds himself in a strange, exotic and hostile world and in a desperate fight for survival.
A researcher invents a machine that reads minds but discovers that it is harder to interpret thoughts than read them.
A professor discovers that dreams are not necessarily mere constructs of the mind and can be brought into reality.
No one believes a friendless inner-city child's claims that he has a huge dinosaur as a friend, until the day where the child disparately needs his huge, mystery friend.
A down on his luck rock musician takes on a chance and joins a shock-rock band and finds their scary act is for real.
A team of explorers try to terraform a hostile planet to create an earth-like planet. However the more they try to change the planet, the more the life on the planet counters their efforts and fights back.
..and more. Rating: Unrated | Healer Sean Danet is immortal—a fact he has cloaked for centuries, behind army lines and now a paramedic’s uniform. Having forgotten most of his distant past, he has finally found peace—and love.
But there are some things you cannot escape, however much distance you put behind you.
When Sean heals the wrong man, he uncovers a lethal enemy who holds all the cards. And this time he can’t run. It’s time to stand and fight, for himself, for his friends, for the woman he loves. It’s time, finally, for Sean to face his past—and choose a future.
A story of love, of battle—and of facing your true self when there’s nowhere left to hide.
Rating: Unrated | “I am Daphne Prydferthbwytawrganawyreni. PRYD-ferth, bwy-TAW-gan, are-ANY. It’s Welsh. Damned if I know how Mom got her talons on a Welsh dictionary. It’s a dragon thing, I guess. I was abandoned early on. Mom went west with a crew of migrating geese.” Until I met Daphne Longhandle, I figured dragons tended to eat whatever came along. The macaroni and cheese was a bewilderment.
--Daphne Longhandle’s Last Flight from Platterland Rating: Unrated | Times are bleak for the race of wizards. Evil seems to prevail with the warlocks holding the reins and the mages spurning their aid to anyone. Yet, good magic still exists within the world and its seeming epicenter of Cadence, NY. And at the heart of this positive force, is Wyatt Silver, a twenty-two year old wizard who knows that he is a wizard—just not how to be one.
Heeding his mother’s parting words, the inexperienced wizard Wyatt Silver pursues a life away from magic and anything remotely connected to his past. In time, Wyatt settles into this newly humbled life while also becoming smitten with a female companion. Ever cautious and still continuously haunted by the memories of the day that altered his life, in the end Wyatt feels that his decision was all for the best.
Times are bleak for the race of wizards. Evil seems to prevail with the warlocks holding the reins and the mages spurning their aid to anyone. Yet, good magic still exists within the world and its seeming epicenter of Cadence, NY. And at the heart of this positive force, is Wyatt Silver, a twenty-two year old wizard who knows that he is a wizard—just not how to be one.
Little does Wyatt know that the world in which he was hiding from is actively pursuing him, the last member of the Silver line. Completely unaware of his family’s importance and their connection to an ancient power, Wyatt eventually finds himself thrust back in to the supernatural world consisting of mages, warlocks, and those wizards who survived the purge. With the aid of unlikely allies, Wyatt may yet be able to protect the mysterious Troika and those close to him, but at what cost. Watch as Wyatt sorts out friend from foe while traveling between the real world and the magical yet mysterious realms of Valitroa and Arlutoo. Only time will tell whether Wyatt can learn the well hidden secrets of his race in time and ultimately become a true wizard of the Silver line. Rating: Unrated | What do a missing prosthetic arm, an AK-47 and a Tooth Fairy have to do with one another? Find that out and more in this delightfully bizarre collection of 13 humorous fantasy, sf, and adventure tales by Jeromy Henry.   Rating: 2.50 Reviews: 2 | Book 2 of the Newark trilogy. After much struggle, a lost race of robots is uncovered and life in the colony changes forever. Rating: Unrated | 15 original time travel stories as told by one of the genre's most original and prolific voices. Rating: Unrated | A collection of science fiction short stories describing the misunderstood and confusing results of two cultures trying to understand each other.
When aliens and humans interact, the results are often either comedy or tragedy. In this terrific collection of 31 original and often hilarious stories, author Harris Tobias explores both possibilities. This is off kilter science fiction at its best. So strap yourself in and get ready for a fun ride through the cosmos. Rating: Unrated | The Crimson Battle Axe, a sword-and-sorcery hero story about justice versus vengeance, love versus apathy, forgiveness versus bitterness, and good versus evil. Throughout the story tough choices must be made by the main characters―they must choose the right path while constantly challenged by doubts and dark forces working against them. Through fantastic battles and tender moments, with humor and unlikely friendship, five travelers follow their destiny on an amazing quest. Cover by Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell.
Add to Cart Rating: Unrated | Book one in the Newark Trilogy. A colony struggles to survive in an unforgiving world. Two brave teens strike out on their own and overcome impossible odds to help their struggling colony. Rating: Unrated | Retired New York City homicide detective, Vinny DeMarco joins his old partner, Bluto, in a pizza restaurant in Reno, NV. The oldest pizza delivery man in America gets more than he bargained for when he delivers a pizza to the mysterious Scotsman, one of Reno's big shot gangsters. What follows is a tale of action, murder and revenge as hot and spicy as a pepperoni pizza. Rating: Unrated | An aging and crippled homicide detective and his long dead partner team up to solve one last case. Rating: Unrated | The Turn of the Karmic Wheel is a unique, fresh approach of how each individual’s actions in life affect the masses.
Set in the small college town of Raleigh, MO, the author delves into the psyche of several residents who live
vastly different lifestyles. From the affluent to the poor, we follow each characters’ journey through life be it
one of faith, self-indulgence, greed, kindness or diversity.
Angela Frank, a young wife, mother, psychiatrist and reluctant psychic, holds the key to unleashing a force
more powerful than humankind has ever experienced as universal law takes hold, ultimately revealing the
characters inner self, their soul. Under such scrutiny, some will face horrific consequences of their life’s actions,while others will find absolute pleasure.
From Joshua Allen, an egotistical, handsome, dashing young man to Euclid Hannigan, a simple country middleaged
retiree, you will be moved with emotion when the demons hidden deep within or the joy of gentleness and
compassion surface as each characters story unfolds to a final climatic finish. Rating: Unrated | Revelations is a Lovecraftian horror set in modern times in the east coast mill city of Colton Falls.
On his first ambulance shift, Peter Poole is savaged by a ghoul and infected with its deadly disease. Death or transformation into a ghoul is surely to follow. With help from his partner and a cast of increasingly strange misfits he strives to survive in a city rife with eldritch horror.
Revelations is available in ebook form in most formats through www.smashwords.com and in soft cover by www.lulu.com.
Rating: 5.00 Reviews: 1 | Play 21 fantastic and original games with cards and dice. Many games use fun sf and fantasy themes. Others do not. This collection includes both solitaire games and games for two or more players. Enjoy endless hours of fun! Rating: Unrated | Play twenty brand new, fresh card games, several with fun sf and fantasy themes. The book includes solitaire games, as well as games for two or more players. Games range from simple to complex. It's great fun, and like nothing you'll find anywhere else! Rating: Unrated | The first book in a new epic fantasy trilogy. When tragedy brings forth servant Emelia's powers of wild-magic she is embroiled in a quest to battle a seductively evil undead sorcerer. But the wild-magic comes at a cost--that of her mind. Rating: 5.00 Reviews: 1 | The Greer Agency is a gritty detective fiction presented in 15 separate, but connected stories. The reader follows the development of private detective Mike Greer, the only PI in the Altoona, PA phone book. It’s tough to make a living in a decaying old railroad town, but with the help of an anonymous benefactor, Greer lands some interesting cases—cases that he solves with guts and determination. Throughout the stories, his budding romance with Susan grows. Eventually, they realize they are right for each other.
Readers will find Mike Greer an accessible everyman with luck, pluck, smarts and a host of interesting friends. He finds his way into and out of problems large and small. Greer narrates the stories in a refreshing and original voice. Each story has its own plot and can stand on its own, but as the book progresses, the mysteries pile up and the plots get more complex until the explosive last story.
Rating: 5.00 Reviews: 3 | Native American Fish & Wildlife Investigator, Rhoda Deerwalker, finds more than she bargained for when a routine bird smuggling case turns deadly. Promoted to head of security she stumbles on a survivalist cult, a terrorist plot, and her roots as a Native American. Along the way she also finds romance. It's an exciting read from beginning to end. Rating: Unrated | Ebook Short Description
Two men will rise: Jonathan Boyles-a quiet, NASA computer programmer; and William Floke – a con man/messiah raised on the plaque rotted surface of Mars. Baseline humans, clones, AIs, and tweaks will compete to claim their place in a social order ruled over by super-corporations. Eventually the children of the programmer and the messiah will meet on Ross 128-4 to do battle and open the gate.
Rating: Unrated | Jake Stonewalls life is in constant danger as he is pulled through parallel worlds, with little warning, and with almost no control.
He is aided by the teachings of an enigmatic martial arts master. Jake learned more about fighting from his martial arts instructor than he ever learned in the army. His instructor also trained him in arcane mental arts. Those special talents grew as Jake was pulled from one parallel world to another.
Through many trials and adventures, he learns about the true nature of reality. Jake struggles for control and searches for a meaning and reason for his exile. He discovers unexpected dangers, but also discovers unexpected allies. Rating: 5.00 Reviews: 1 | 15 short stories from the editors of Quantum Muse. Rating: 5.00 Reviews: 2 |
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