What happened to her fairytale life? She’s young, she’s sharp, she’s the hardest working attorney in the whole LA office. Still, when Alexis O’Brien finally gets brutally honest with herself, she has to admit she’s nothing more than a glorified workhorse for her boss and his slippery partners. Her dissatisfaction only deepens when she gets sent on a wild goose chase to rural Wyoming to […]
Ten astounding tales by triple award nominee Brad R. Torgersen. Go on fantastic new adventures at the bottom of Earth’s oceans and at the edge of the solar system. Meet humans who are utterly alien and aliens who are all too human. Originally featured in the pages of Analog Science Fiction and Fact magazine as well as Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show, these stories […]
When a beautiful woman claiming to be a ghost from 1912 appears in Nick Marshal’s new office and begs for help in solving her murder, he’s intrigued enough to consider her plea. A scandal that rocked Hollywood almost destroyed his law practice, so taking on a client who insists she’s dead seems a good way to refresh his career. The more history he uncovers, the […]
My name is Kora Allred and I am an Isis. I underwent an operation that swapped fragments of my genetic code with genes from a lion. I even have the tail to prove it. The operation is still a new technology that garners a lot of gossip and glares. There’s even an organized group of Anti-Isis who are actively picketing and rallying to make the […]
When Max takes his dog, Sammy, to play fetch at the park, he has no idea that his life is about to change forever. As he chases Sammy through the trees, he enters an amazing place—the kingdom of Terra Libre. Sir William, a Master Knight, offers to train Max in the art of knighthood and Max wants nothing more than to learn to sword fight, […]
It’s 1912, the beginning of the Mexican Revolution—and the Mormon colonists must flee to the United States. When his estranged wife is mistakenly left behind, Ammon Hancock goes back to rescue her. But when he finds her, he must coax her to follow him to safety… and maybe even love him again. This revolution could be the very thing that ends their war of hearts. […]
When the Valley falls to Sunblade and Carla’s mother is captured, Carla realizes that only her father is powerful enough to defeat Sunblade and save her mother. But Athol is a prisoner of the High Court in the Realm Under the Hill. After the assassination of the Aos Si king, Shade has escaped but is hurt and dying. He flees into the hands of an […]
Torn between justice and revenge, Sir Calan hunts down smugglers in medieval England. Elsbeth, a woman scarred by fire, may hold the key to heal Calan’s troubled soul, but she has secrets of her own. Something dark stirs within the peaceful walls of the prosperous town of Graywall, something only the mysterious vigilante known as The Shadow can overcome. Torn between a sense of justice […]
Five teenagers who’ve recently discovered they have magical powers and are living in the Seattle underground feel it’s their responsibility to protect unsuspecting humans from otherworldly foes. Things are going well until Johnathan, their unofficial leader and the boy sixteen year old Paige is in love with, is bitten by a changeling—the venomous saliva causing him to metamorphose into a ravening beast with each full […]
Maribel dreams of the ocean, but has never been. Her overprotective aunt and uncle have kept her away from the place that calls to her at night. And trying to push them into taking her isn’t an option. She knows how much it hurts them to talk about the very thing that took her parents’ lives so many years ago in a boating accident. In […]