Connecting readers with the best emerging fiction.

Tethered

By Crystal Brinkerhoff

The bodies wouldn’t sink. His muscles ached and his back screamed at him. Dragging the corpses into the ocean had been much harder than he’d expected. Heavy with salt water, his crew uniform clung to his body and trapped in granules of sand that chaf ...

#horror #thriller

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Frost Under A Bright Moon

By Caren Hahn

Winston Kingsley's hollow life of luxury drives him to find purpose in rescuing struggling nonprofits. But when he visits an old Victorian home-turned-sanctuary for troubled teens, he learns that not all of his beneficiaries want his help.

#holiday #humor #romance

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Close to the Bone

By Michele Freeman

Lettie Wilson holds the hands of the dying. Her gift of comforting those passing from this world was born from childhood tragedy. When a famous serial killer requests she attend his execution, she's forced to face a painful truth about her past.

#mystery #thriller

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Mistress Mary

By Caren Hahn

It's bad enough helping her aging mother-in-law sort through fifty years of clutter. But when she finds an antique doll that takes the nightmare to a new level, Mona is ready to call it quits. The doll, however, has other ideas.

#horror #humor

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Headless

By Cass Weldon

Indigo dismounted her motorcycle with carefully unhurried speed. The moon overhead was bright and silvery, and the noise coming from the house was happy—chattering voices and scattered laughter pouring out from golden glowing windows. The autumn nigh ...

#horror #thriller

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The Purse

By Dan Hahn

The smell of coffee lingered lightly from lunch as warm afternoon light streamed through the windows onto the linoleum topped table. Lorine sat with her purse open, engaged in the light conversation of old lovers. Yet Stanley hadn’t been in her life ...

#fantasy

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The Shark Waves Back

By Christopher Jones

A special-needs boy visits the aquarium. Does he know something no one else does?

#realistic fiction

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Black Dragon: Chapter One

By Genevieve Ann Atwater Maxwell

Erica has lived an ordinary life despite her odd, golden eyes, but her world is turned upside down when she is suddenly sent away without explanation, to a secluded island, where magical guardians called "Dragons" protect their people from outsiders.

#fantasy

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Black Dragon

By Genevieve Ann Atwater Maxwell

It was in the air. The islanders stared in amazement, their mouths hanging open, as the great ship cut through the clouds above them, gleaming gold in the noontime sun. Its sails were all scarlet, and rising above them waved a crimson flag marked wit ...

#fantasy

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Fat Man Blues

By Richard Wall

"Hobo John" is an English blues enthusiast on a pilgrimage to present-day Mississippi. One night in Clarksdale he meets the mysterious Fat Man, who offers him the chance to see the real blues of the 1930s.

#adventure #historical #thriller

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The Gentleman Physician

By Sally Britton

Nathaniel Hastings bit his bottom lip to keep from laughing while his patient, Lady Huntington, continued to spout nonsense about the reasons behind her various ailments. He knew very well nothing troubled her that a good conversation could not cure. ...

#historical #romance #clean romance

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Incognolio

By Michael Sussman

Ever since the concussion, I can’t get the damn word out of my head. I haven’t a clue what it means. But I love the sound of it. So, I’ll make it the title of my novel and allow the entire story to spring forth from this mysterious word. My neuro ...

#humor #thriller

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A Faerie's Will

By Genevieve Ann Atwater Maxwell

I watch the mortal with curious gaze. Our queen wants him- she has seen him many times in the woods before- and we are now sent to fetch him for her. The princess leads us, and we wait for her to choose the moment to reveal herself to him. While we w ...

#fantasy

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Cutthroat

By Crystal Brinkerhoff

Jane Hart’s heels clicked sharply on the marble floor, the only sound heard echoing along the gray hallway.A mahogany door with Attorney at Law Reed Jamison stamped on a gold plate announced that she’d found her destination. The door was heavier than ...

#contemporary #humor

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The Most Wonderful Sound

By Cassiopeia Fletcher

Seven years ago, Alexa came back from the dead with a friend, and he’s been by her ever since.

#fantasy #romance #clean romance

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What Alice Did

By Caren Hahn

Taking frenemies to a whole new level.

#contemporary #psychological

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Addy's Fault

By Genevieve Ann Atwater Maxwell

It wasn’t Addy’s fault. She kicked the rocks as she sulked down the dirt-paved road, her hands in her skirt pockets. She was an odd sight, a girl of fewer than twelve years, dressed like a doll in frills and pink, her short, black hair sticking out a ...

#fantasy

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A Poor Man's Boots

By Caren Hahn

With his inheritance at risk, Elliott decides to sneak into the royal ball to escape a future of servitude. Little does he know that he'll meet someone who will change his life forever.

#fantasy #romance

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The Takeaway

By Crystal Brinkerhoff

The tree stump seemed to call to him. Come, Boy. Come and sit.He did so with a heavy sigh, though he could hardly be called a boy anymore. He must be about the oldest person he knew. How lonely that sometimes felt. The only people who knew him now, k ...

#contemporary #literary

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Bind Them On As a Bride

By Christopher Jones

You thought you knew this story. Well, think again.

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The Little Mermaid (Original Fairytale)

By Genevieve Ann Atwater Maxwell

The Little Mermaid's life draws to an end as the prince she followed so faithfully weds another woman. But when her sisters arrive with a cruel solution, she sees another possible future for herself...

#fantasy

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The Emerald City

By Cassiopeia Fletcher

Nine-year-old Jonah is about to embark on the journey of a lifetime: crossing the main street to the corner store all by himself.

#adventure #literary

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Semper Romanus

By Christopher Jones

At the edge of Roman power, a yearlong struggle with the invading Carthaginian horde leads to division within the halls of Saguntum, Rome's farthest outpost.

#historical

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Avril's Phoenix

By Michelle Harris-Genge

Avril Bale has it all, which makes her ill-prepared for a tragedy that rocks the foundation of her security and sense of fairness. Avril’s Phoenix probes why bad things happen to good people in an emotional, uplifting journey following heartbreak.

#literary #realistic fiction

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Red Marks the Child

By Amira Awaad

This desert land was exceptionally dear to me. Its warm sands resound in the drumming beats of my eye-lashes. The sultry wasteland engulfed fresh oases with water that was pure — it pulsed and it pulsated. It throbbed like the beating of a living hea ...

#adventure #mythology

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Catgirl in the Pantry

By Brennan Smith

When Gavin finds that a catgirl from another world mysteriously appears in his pantry, he decides, against all logic, to let her live in his room. But it’s not easy to keep a curious, free-spirited catgirl a secret...

#paranormal #romance

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The World Over

By Cassiopeia Fletcher

Searching for her husband, River is drawn in by Mycroft, New Texas's shadow leader, who promises her answers in exchange for favors. Because even with humanity dangling by a thread, people still like to have power. And they still like to abuse it.

#adventure #dystopian #romance

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Coconut Dream

By Cassiopeia Fletcher

On the way to class, a college student dreams of a simpler life.

#literary #realistic fiction

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Excerpt - Home Sweet Witch

By Bettina M. Johnson

Lily Sweet finds out she's a witch, discovers a skeleton under her porch, stumbles across a new body, makes a best friend, flirts with a bevy of hunks, and finds a place to call home!

#mystery

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A Spider's Journey

By Natalie Nielson

A treat was here somewhere, and Grogle was going to find it. Standing on his back four legs, the front two prodding around, trying to sense disturbances, with the other two poking into buildings. The first few days had been easy, Grogle only had to ...

#adventure #fantasy #horror

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The Net Conspiracy: Meijuan's Plight

By DM Coffman

Meijuan, a female leader from the Li-ren tribe on Hainan, whose son (the mayor) has allowed in an evil presence, tries to warn authorities of their pending attacks.

#mystery #thriller

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The Billionaire Mentor

By Deb Goodman

A billionaire explorer and a suspense novelist at a dating retreat? Too bad their relationship is fake.

#romance #clean romance

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Dollie

By Miranda Renaé

Nora had a love-hate relationship with her job, the smells of a campfire, and fresh dirt being the love. She sat down on a log at the edge of the fire, watching her clients, the bright lights of their phones, and orange spikes of the flames highlight ...

#horror #paranormal #urban

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Spooky

By Rae Sterling

It was the day before Halloween that I found her on my doorstep. She was just too adorable, a tiny black kitten with huge green eyes just sitting on top of the Jack-o-lantern on my porch like some sort of Halloween postcard. I was supposed to be leav ...

#horror

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Blog Entries of the Brokenhearted

By Stephanie Van Orman

The wind blew the grass in waves that rippled like the waves of the sea. The tombstones didn't bend to the wind. She couldn't see him, but in her mind, he was there.

#contemporary #paranormal #young adult

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The Librarynth of the Lost

By Taya Okerlund

An evil assassin is plotting the death of Fairy's crown prince. The princess will have to get her hands dirty, making some sketchy bargains, just to protect them, but the traitor is closer than you think.

#adventure #fantasy #middle grade

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Dragon's Fury: Chapter One

By Brian Meeks

From out of the mist it flew... ...a dragon bent on revenge and hungry for power. Who will stop him?

#adventure #fantasy

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Red Wrath

By Gerhard Gehrke

I was sitting in a bar, brooding and thinking about superheroes. There was a special on the news all about them. The large flat-screen televisions mounted on the wall should have been showing the Mets game. Instead we got a fawning comedian whose fil ...

#fantasy #science fiction

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Supervillain High

By Gerhard Gehrke

“See that guy there in the purple mask robbing the bank? That’s my dad.”Brendan stopped the video on his phone and waited for a reaction. Mr. Childes, his school counselor, nodded as if this was something he had heard before. The older man took his ...

#science fiction #young adult

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The Follower

By M. K. Martin

I watch her sleep, her short bristle of hair twisted into sweaty knots. I can’t help her and it’s killing me. I lay down next to her, the heat baking off her in waves. I sigh and the dust puffs out, a few small dry leaves flap at me as if annoyed by ...

#science fiction

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Dragonsphere

By Richard Fierce

It was dark and cold. The distant sound of dripping water echoed throughout the narrow tunnel, part of a large system of interconnected passageways and caves deep in the Viss Mountains.A hooded figure navigated his way through them hesitantly, pausin ...

#fantasy

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Hand in Hand

By Cassiopeia Fletcher

Sequel to "The Most Wonderful Sound" After three weeks at her new job, Alexa grudgingly admits that she may have made a mistake. Emrys does the best an invisible friend can to make things better.

#fantasy #psychological #romance

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Entwined

By Linda Hogenson

Tali know the day she will die. Even as the eldest daughter of the King, she knows she is expendable. So, if there's trouble, she's guaranteed to be right in the middle of it.

#fantasy

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The Bright Side

By Caren Hahn

Jess's cheery optimism has met its match.

#contemporary #humor

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Black Dragon: Chapter Four

By Genevieve Ann Atwater Maxwell

Erica has lived an ordinary life despite her odd, golden eyes, but her world is turned upside down when she is suddenly sent away without explanation, to a secluded island, where magical guardians called "Dragons" protect their people from outsiders.

#fantasy

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Blood Price

By Ben Blackwell

When I was 17, Wright claimed me. I'm his to send into the ring whenever he it's profitable. Countless times I had killed for him, until one fight was my last.

#fantasy

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Raven's Ascent

By Ben Blackwell

Instead of watching Netflix in my PJs with my dog, I had to bodyguard a meeting. Yawn. Until a possessed witch came in and killed the vampires. I shouldn't have let myself get pulled into this whole mess, but here I am.

#fantasy

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Excerpt 1 from The Panama Contagion - The Virus

By DM Coffman

A psychopathic killer unleashes a deadly contagion and a cruise ship laden with explosives heads to the Panama Canal--but the CIA ignores the warning. Yi goes undercover, but can he prevent the destruction after being infected by the Foreigner?

#adventure #horror #thriller

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Black Dragon: Chapter Three

By Genevieve Ann Atwater Maxwell

Erica has lived an ordinary life despite her odd, golden eyes, but her world is turned upside down when she is suddenly sent away without explanation, to a secluded island, where magical guardians called "Dragons" protect their people from outsiders.

#fantasy

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Gilead Rose and the Scarlet Dove

By Ella Zundel

When one boy's desire leads him to almost being cursed, a particular bird might be able to help him before he is changed forever.

#fantasy

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Magic Dick

By Matt Vella

Thin rain fell from a purple sky. Dismal rivulets crawled down the dirty building-fronts, spreading a film of grime. Above the narrow alley, concrete towers cowered together against the clouds. The few shops that weren’t abandoned had been closed for ...

#fantasy #mystery #thriller

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My Charmed Life: Pandemic Edition

By Caren Hahn

Superpowers are cool, but they won’t get you more toilet paper when a worldwide pandemic causes a shortage. Or will they…?

#contemporary #humor #satire

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DRIVEN

By The Behrg

They will call her Monster. Child killer. A seething psychopath. Though right now she is just another hapless driver fighting traffic on her daily commute, unaware of the destination to which she will arrive. For her next stop is not a location, but ...

#horror #literary

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The Descent, Chapter One

By Apryl K.B. Lopez

This short novella is a prequel to The Cavern and will entertain readers of new adult and young adult fiction, complete with action and confronting personal regret.

#adventure #dystopian #new adult

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The Color of Magpies

By Nikki Lower

She was fine. She didn’t need any help. She just needed to try harder.Kneeling on the grated metal floor of the conservatory, Magatha could feel the faint, ever-present whirrings and rumblings that kept the giant spheres of House in illogical motion ...

#fantasy #new adult

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The Speed of Sound

By Steppen Sawicki

Jay had never been much of a talker. He had won Carrie’s heart with gentle touches on the hand and shoulder, neck and waist. He had made her dizzy with rare utterances of her beauty and his love, precious because they were so rare. When they married ...

#science fiction

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Eagle in the fridge

By Zenta Brice

I need to pee!’ ‘Great!’ I definitely can’t let Karl back in the house by himself. He has a quite serious predilection for destruction. I can’t leave my spot here either, not right now. ‘Well, do it, then.’ I bend down and unzip his trousers. ‘Nobody ...

#historical

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Ultimas Drake

By MIchael Young

Meckule fidgeted in his ceremonial attire, wondering whose name he needed to curse for coming up with such fickle clothing. Not for the first time, he wished he had been born in the Dorian Clan instead of the Scarlatti. Then, he would have been broug ...

#fantasy

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The Empty Swing

By Ella Zundel

He was my best friend. He said he'd always forgive me. But I don't think he would now, if he knew I'm the reason he's dead.

#mystery #realistic fiction

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Black Dragon: Chapter Five

By Genevieve Ann Atwater Maxwell

Adam has guarded his home for centuries, a lone figure of power who time itself seemed to slide around. But that life has not been as easy as it seems from the outside, and he is ready to defend anything that may help him.

#fantasy

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Of Water & Satin

By Caren Hahn

When Ginny's celebrity crush dies mysteriously on the set of his newest movie, she's convinced she'll never get over it. As it turns out, binge-watching his films just might be the clue to figuring out what happened to him.

#contemporary #mystery

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The State of Dreaming

By Ana Lesue

The dreams of the "mean girl" tell an intriguing story if you are willing to listen.

#contemporary #psychological #young adult

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Shadows of Time

By A. E. Chewning

Emmie Phillips’ life is turned upside down after a series of unexplained events in her childhood launch her into the world of the paranormal as she “slips” into the past.

#mystery #paranormal #science fiction

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Excerpt 2 from The Panama Contagion - The Attack

By DM Coffman

A psychopath unleashes a deadly contagion and a cruise ship laden with explosives heads to the Panama Canal--but the CIA ignores the warning. Yi goes undercover but will he discover the full scope of the Net's plans in time to stop the destruction?

#adventure #thriller

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Kidnapped

By Genevieve Ann Atwater Maxwell

Tabitha is getting REALLY tired of getting kidnapped. As the daughter and heir of the feared Dark King, she has long been a target of those who wanted to control her father, but now she seems to be a victim worth taking on her own merit.

#fantasy

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A Monster's Reward

By Genevieve Ann Atwater Maxwell

Seventeen years of war. King Albrecht set the battle report aside, rubbing the bridge of his nose. He was… so tired of all of this. The bloodshed, the trampled fields and food shortages, the monsters his brother had bred with his sorcery ravaging the ...

#fantasy

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Push-Pull

By Gerrit Stainer

A little village in the desert is in mourning, and in silence. On a summer's day the peace is disturbed by two young people making a racket. What's going on?

#fantasy

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Encounter

By Gerrit Stainer

An orienteering exercise for a trio of Boy Scouts turns into something they had never expected.

#contemporary #horror #paranormal

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Black Dragon: Chapter Two

By Genevieve Ann Atwater Maxwell

In chapter 2, Erica finds herself on the isle of storms, surrounded by strangers and stranger stories. Luckily, not all those around her intend to remain strangers for long-- strange, yes, but not strangers.

#fantasy

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Excerpt 1 from The Hainan Conflict

By DM Coffman

Yi realizes the feelings he has for the judge Sarah are stronger than he thought, or even wanted. Such a relationship would only complicate things. Especially since he had to keep his true identity from her. When she finds out, the conflict begins.

#adventure #romance #thriller

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Excerpt 2 from The Hainan Conflict

By DM Coffman

The crew of the Dolly Mae (US Reconnaissance) are given the dangerous mission of transporting Navy SEALs for a surprise attack on the Net's center on Hainan Island. The success hinges on a strategic mid-air collision, but things go wrong.

#adventure #romance #clean romance

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The Net Conspiracy: Yi's Story

By DM Coffman

A Chinese American attorney is sent to China as an undercover spy to ferret out corruption. But graft is a common mainstay and the Net organization will stop at nothing, including murder, to prevent him from succeeding.

#mystery #thriller

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Spring Cleaning

By Natalie Nielson

Flora forced her window open, past the lingering frost. She breathed in the crisp breeze filtering down from the enchanted tree above her little home. It was still a little too early, but Flora had already decided; she was starting spring cleaning. ...

#fantasy

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Ghost Music

By Antoinette McCormick

An unexpected inheritance unleashes an unimaginable horror.

#contemporary #horror

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Deus Ex Mechina

By Zach McClellan

A dark figure crashed through the window of the saloon into the dusty street, releasing a grunt of pain. Jeers called out after him as he scrambled away. “Teach that slimeball a lesson, Sloan!” “He’ll think twice about cheating!” “Wow, he had to have ...

#fantasy #western

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My Beauty For Your Ashes

By Traci Wooden-Carlisle

It all started with one lone tear. It escaped unguarded, quickly falling from her high cheek bone, wetting the concrete below. It was closely followed by another. Soon there was a rain of tears splashing against the once warm, dry stone underneath he ...

#romance #clean romance #spiritual

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Rebel Mage: Awakening

By Ben Swallow

Is still in the middle of the night as I wake up. I frown as I look around. It is still dark and there is no one in my room. What woke me up, then? I was already falling back asleep when I heard a sound from outside the room. It sounded like clatte ...

#fantasy #romance #clean romance

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Christmas Eve Frenzy

By Adelaide Walsh

“2040. That is a year that will live in infamy in our history. That year, Dr. Zack Temba and Biolance unleashed a scourge, a lethal virus, on all of us that eliminated millions of the Journeymen around the world, reducing the rest of us to mere subje ...

#dystopian #romance #clean romance

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REN

By Amira Awaad

The ancients used to say that a spirit resides in everything. That all matter, living and inanimate, are gravitational channels of energy. They believed that some individuals were selected to encompass magnificent fragments of older souls. But unles ...

#adventure #mythology

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As a Sword in My Bones

By Jessica Joiner

"If the Royal Council does nothing to curb my mother's cruelty, the oppressed people of Boldaria will revolt and this nation will be engulfed in a civil war," Prince Tristan Leander warned as he finished speaking before the gathered members of the tw ...

#adventure #spiritual

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Grow Where You're Planted

By Cassiopeia Fletcher

When the unthinkable happens, 22-year-old Andromeda Hunter has to figure out how to bring her family back together while struggling to overcome her own grief and trauma.

#psychological #realistic fiction #romance

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Ink

By Ella Zundel

Three teenagers enter the abandoned house on 24th street, without knowing they have just walked into a dangerous history, that is all, shall we say, contained inside a single book.

#adventure #paranormal #young adult

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A Gift of Silk

By Gerrit Stainer

Pausing in the meager shade of a scrub oak, his head throbbing, the man reminded himself why he was making this sacrifice. The mountain Snow-wall is named for its winter coat, but in high summer the snow disappears from the western face. There was no ...

#fantasy

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Lock of the Heart

By Christopher Jones

When a night of gambling turns in to a longer night in a cell, there is more than one way to pick the lock.

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Ava's Coronation

By Natalie Nielson

Ava stood, distinctly feeling the cold metal of her new ornate headpiece. She scanned the room with new eyes. The numerous flags decorating the room stood out ferociously against the grey stone walls. The deep red banners, embroidered in gold with th ...

#fantasy

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Out of the Dark

By Caren Hahn

Rebecca's husband was lost in the first round of bombings. Two years after the war, she's moved on. New job. New life. Even a new chance at love. But will memories of Gavin ever stop haunting her?

#contemporary #mystery #romance

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From These Unhonored Dead

By Christopher Jones

Not all who live can move. Not all the dead lie quiet. And some are caught between.

#military #paranormal

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Excerpt - The Cat's out of the Bag

By Cynthia Terelst

One van. Two hearts. Thousands of kilometres. Meeting someone as real as Evie is something Jesse never expected. But Evie doesn’t want a relationship. Will she be able to open her tortured heart to him?

#romance

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The Last Page

By Richard Fierce

Not every story begins in light.

#fantasy

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Goblin

By Gerhard Gehrke

Spicy’s dreams of becoming an apprentice sage are shattered when humans attack his village and kidnap his sister. Forced to leave the ashes of his home behind, he must uncover what the raiders are after.

#adventure #fantasy #young adult

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A Quest

By Gerrit Stainer

An old story: a young man on a journey. Even a small errand can take on the meaning of a myth.

#fantasy #romance #clean romance

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Lightness

By Gerrit Stainer

Thirteen is too old to be talking to a toy - but what if the toy is your only friend?

#fantasy #science fiction

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Shall We Dance

By Sandra Walls

The tenement flat was on the first floor. It was a room and kitchen with a separate toilet. Not one in the middle stairwell of the close like some tenements in Glasgow.Me and my three older cousins were in the bed recess, they were sleeping already, ...

#realistic fiction

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Destruct

By Sheridan Anne

My best friends’ scream jolts me out of my daydream. I whip my head in her direction, trying to figure out what’s going on. Jacinta dashes across our small room, fumbling and cringing as she tramples every piece of our belongings on the way. I try my ...

#fantasy #young adult

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Kora

By Marina Epley

A thrown stone misses my head by inches. I shudder but continue walking, eyes focused on the muddy ground under my feet.“Filthy pig!” I hear voices behind me. “Don’t you ever wash your ugly face?” Tears well up in my eyes. I guess I do resemble a pig ...

#dystopian #young adult

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Pharaoh's servant

By Rebecca Lee Varady

The old cook’s day started several hours before the sun rose and ended several hours after it set. His position at the Palace was of great importance, and he was responsible for the Palace’s entire food preparation - from the Pharaoh’s banquets to th ...

#mystery

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Weather's Store

By Thelma Giomi

It is that hour before darkness when everything on earth is a black paper-cut silhouette against a near colorless backdrop. It is the hollow hour when I feel like I’m the only sentient being left. In this absolute void I want to reach in and hold ont ...

#literary

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Earthcore: Initiation

By Grace Bridges

Ko ahau te taniwha. I am the taniwha, that legendary beast called dragon by the ignorant. Some call me kaitiaki—the guardian—others call me mythical. Ha! As if their beliefs on the matter make any difference to the fact. I am here. My siblings are ma ...

#fantasy #young adult

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A Child's Cry

By Bill Joyce

Somehow the Good Lord had found a way to blend tomboy playfulness, crusader dedication to mission, and fairytale princess beauty into one human being. Her somewhat husky voice always echoed with laughter, hinting that something more intimate was poss ...

#thriller

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Tarnished Guardians

By Bill Joyce

Megs, Naval Lieutenant Commander Katharine Marie Callaghan of JSOC, carefully marked off the basement of the upscale residential home in the suburbs of Toms River, New Jersey. This was not her type of case but there was no questioning the orders rece ...

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