Genre: Speculative

Wolf’s Pawn by Chaaya Chandra

Wolf’s Pawn by Chaaya Chandra

Twenty-five hundred years ago, two human armies marched into the jungle to claim a mineral rich area. On the dawn of the day that was to be their first meeting in battle, both sides awoke from a magical sleep that transformed them into wolf-folk. The two sides fled the area and attempted to return to their own countries, only to be rejected by their kin […]

July 4, 2017 / 0 Comments
Chaos Queen: Dark Immolation by Christopher Husberg

Chaos Queen: Dark Immolation by Christopher Husberg

A new religion is rising, gathering followers drawn by rumors of prophetess Jane Oden. Her sister Cinzia—once a Cantic priestess—is by her side, but fears that Jane will lead them to ruin. For both the Church and the Nazaniin assassins are still on their trail, and much worse may come. Knot, his true nature now revealed if not truly understood, is haunted by his memories, […]

June 23, 2017 / 0 Comments
Colony Six: Sketches by Teyla Branton

Colony Six: Sketches by Teyla Branton

Eighty years after Breakdown, Detective Reese Parker has pulled herself up from the dregs of society in Welfare Colony 6 to become a sketch artist and enforcer for the CORE (Commonwealth Objective for Reform and Efficiency). She works hard with other enforcers to maintain peace and order among the CORE’s 2 million residents, especially against the radiation-crazed outsiders called fringers. But Reese hides a secret […]

June 22, 2017 / 0 Comments
With These Wings by Wendy Knight

With These Wings by Wendy Knight

Seventeen-year-old Phoenyx was taken by the aliens who were supposed to save humanity. But Phoenyx didn’t die. She escaped. Changed, different. Terrifying. Now she protects the people she used to call neighbors and friends, despite the fact that they don’t trust her. She looks like the aliens—beautiful, strong, and winged. And that’s why those she protects want her dead. She doesn’t blame them. All the […]

June 21, 2017 / 0 Comments
Planet of the Red Dust by N. Tolman Rudolph

Planet of the Red Dust by N. Tolman Rudolph

Jared Adams is the sole survivor of the space ship Wayfarer, wrecked on a dead planet, alone in this barren world. Until he sees two humans arrive at the crash site. Aaronia, daughter of the king, and her uncle Porto are in awe of this strange man who speaks babble and yet appears God-like. He rescues her uncle from a deadly beast by throwing lightning […]

June 10, 2017 / 0 Comments
Return to Salem by Theresa Sneed

Return to Salem by Theresa Sneed

Through a series of ill-fated events, Bess Martin finds herself thrust back to Salem in the middle of the Salem witch trials. Last time, her sharp tongue earned her ‘high suspicion of sundry acts of Witchcraft’, and she barely escaped with her life. Will Hezekiah, the brave young man who came through the rift to the future with her three years ago, follow Bess back […]

June 9, 2017 / 0 Comments
Nothing Left to Lose by Dan Wells

Nothing Left to Lose by Dan Wells

Hi. My name is John Cleaver, and I hunt monsters. I used to do it alone, and then for a while I did it with a team of government specialists, and then the monsters found us and killed almost everyone, and now I hunt them alone again. This is my story. The final confrontation with the Withered. [bctt tweet=”John Cleaver is back on the hunt […]

June 6, 2017 / 0 Comments
The Darklights by Michaelbrent Collings

The Darklights by Michaelbrent Collings

I am a FixIt. When the Company has a problem—a factory gone under, books that need auditing, or a rebellious planet to be destroyed—I’m there, and I take care of it. I’m the most successful FixIt in Company history, and I have NEVER failed to punch a ticket. TF-653 is different. The staff and crew of a terraforming installation on a planet so strange it […]

June 5, 2017 / 0 Comments
Convergence: The Unconquered Mage by Melissa McShane

Convergence: The Unconquered Mage by Melissa McShane

Once a thief and secret mage, then a leader of mage warriors, Sesskia is now Empress-Consort of the combined countries of Balaen and Castavir. But that title is far from secure. Sesskia and her husband Cederic have only two-thirds of the Balaenic Army to face off against the former God-Empress of Castavir. None of the Lords Governor of Balaen or the consuls of the Castaviran […]

May 26, 2017 / 0 Comments
Convergence: The Wandering Mage by Melissa McShane

Convergence: The Wandering Mage by Melissa McShane

The convergence is over, but Sesskia’s role in preventing it has left her far from her friends and husband Cederic. As she tries to travel north to rejoin them, events keep interfering. The mad God-Empress of Castavir is in control of an army that threatens to sweep over the newly rejoined countries of Balaen and Castavir. Men and women who use magic like Sesskia’s have […]

May 26, 2017 / 0 Comments