“I shouldn't have brought Metaxysm outside the lab. Even looking at it now, I know something strange has happened with it.”
Abby is an underground inventor in the suburbs of a mid-size city where what you know doesn’t carry as much weight as who you know. Struggling in her new role at Soto Labs, she tries time and again to create a gadget that will earn her acclaim within the scientific community and, more importantly, among her peers.
Her colleague, Ben, a senior inventor with his own struggles, takes Abby under his wing. But in a devastating blow to both of their egos, a careless mistake is made that immediately threatens the life of another employee, puts a target on Abby’s back, and sets the world at risk.
Lovecraft meets Clue In this fast-paced horror-infused tale of fear and the unknown. Fans of horror, science fiction, or other uniquely told tales of the macabre will enjoy “Metaxysm.”
Not all vampires are created equal...
Sheriff Birdseed and Deputy Wyatt are two ordinary friends living in the small, idyllic town of Royal Lake. One evening, while responding to a complaint of strange activity in the deep woods, they stumble across an old, abandoned mine. Wanting to push aside his fears, Wyatt makes a rash decision that alters their futures forever.
Two outsiders, Kennedy and Jace, are traveling to a concert and take a shortcut through the hills of Royal Lake. When their car breaks down, they’re at the mercy of the kindness of strangers to get them back on their feet. What they don't realize is the annual county fair has begun, and the denizens of Royal Lake have a special show that no outsider would ever forget.
Filled with dark humor and suspense, Hillbilly Vamp takes readers on a wild roller coaster ride through the twisted minds of backwoods creatures who possess an insatiable hunger that must be met at any cost.
This isn't a love story... this isn't Dracula... this is a story about fun-loving monsters.
Young retiree, Sebastian Page, is forced to leave his comfort zone when confronted with conflicting emotions about his current girlfriend, Lacey, and former love, Mena, while working with them to solve the mystery of a former coworker who went missing.
Sebastian lives a low stakes life in small town, Black River, Missouri. He leaves behind the corporate slog, the woman he once loved, and a childhood he can barely recall. With girlfriend Lacey, they reconnect with an old friend, Matty, and encounter old ghosts: Mena, an ex-girlfriend now engaged to someone new, and the absence of a former coworker that doesn’t appear accidental.
As Sebastian attempts to regain Mena’s affections once again, disturbing events befall the circle of friends that lead to the discovery of a strange white chapel in the middle of Fort Pines Park; a sprawling forest large enough to conceal the darkest of secrets.
Each new catastrophe draws closer to home, revealing cryptic connections between the chapel and a dark force hunting random victims to create ritualistic soap.
Who knew being an adult had to be so violent?
In a world where individuals are defined by their unique "gifts," Loren Turtingas is about to discover he is far more dangerous than he ever imagined. Forced into a Guild program, he'd rather fail and pursue his passion for Law, but fate has other plans.
Lor's journey takes a sharp turn when he meets the mysterious Paerli, who seems to know more about his abilities than he does. He also falls for the compassionate Damaetra, but a dangerous plan will threaten her life and force Lor to confront the true nature of his powers. He must navigate betrayals, secret rituals, and a looming threat to save her.
Haunted by visions and a connection to forgotten history, Lor must decide whether to embrace his dark gift or forge his own path. Teaming up with friends like Dill, an Engineer with a knack for tech, and Nico, a Formulator with a hidden past, Lor embarks on a perilous journey to Mount Gehenna.
Will he master his abilities, or will he become a pawn in a game much larger than himself?
Can the secrets of the dead save the living?
Haunted by recent violent events, Loren discovers the perilous gift of immortality and power drawn from the dead that could either save everything he loves or doom it to darkness. Thrust into the shadows of a fractured world, Loren is forced to confront a dangerous twin, a cult that worships ancient forces, and a government desperate to control him.
With the help of unlikely allies—a cunning guide, a secretive void brother, and a hardened exile—he seeks to unlock the secrets of an apocalyptic breach threatening to consume all of Roseaarde.
Will Loren embrace his powers and save the world, or will he be consumed by the darkness that seeks to claim him?
Ten years. That’s how long Loren has been presumed dead.
All immortals have a weakness. To the family at home, they can only wonder if that weakness has led to his demise. Damaetra lives in hiding with their young twins, along with Gale and anyone else on the strongman’s hit list.
But there is hope: they have a plan to bring what once was back to life and will do all they can to build the machine that will set them free.
This is a story about the ordinary rising up to do the extraordinary.
Three Epic Novels. One Unforgettable Journey.
The Northern Roseaarde Omnibus is a sprawling second world dystopian fantasy where magic is extracted from the living, corrupt empires rule with an iron fist, and the ultimate rebellion begins in the shadows.
In the heavily segregated North, prestige belongs only to the Guilds. Engineers, Formulators, Readers, and Shepherds dictate the future of the Seven Cities. Loren Turtingas is a simple man who wants no part of this cutthroat hierarchy. Forced to attend the Guild training program on Heart Island, Lor's greatest fear comes true when his latent abilities are awakened.
Lor is a Reaper. He possesses the terrifying power to draw essence out of any creature, living or dead.
But his new gift opens him up to forces beyond his understanding, even truths about himself. When a psychotic immortal kidnaps the woman he loves to unlock a cosmic horror trapped beneath Mount Gehenna, Lor's quiet life is shattered forever.
Branded as a criminal and exiled to the deadly swamps, Lor must fight for his survival among terrifying beasts and desperate renegades. But the Seven Cities made a fatal mistake by casting him out. They gave him an army.
With the help of his outcast friends, Lor will master forbidden magic, tame the terrifying monsters of the deep, and wage a rebellion that will shake the very foundations of the world.
This complete omnibus includes all three books in the Northern Roseaarde Series:
Book 1: Nefarious Gift
Book 2: Despicable Boon
Book 3: Existential Pest
Fans of dark dystopian fantasy, rebellions, and intricate magic systems will devour this gripping saga. If you love stories of found family, forbidden love, and outcasts rising up against tyrannical empires, this is your next binge read.
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This is not a typical love story. This is a story about identity, acceptance, betrayal, what is truth, and what is propaganda. This is a story about the ordinary, rising up to do something extraordinary.
Infinity Hall is an agglomeration of short stories written for and between competitions, and sometimes while dreaming.
Most stories inside have a horror-like edge, touching down into the lake of the unknown. Others can be downright strange. Not all of them tug at your oddest curiosities, but may choose a bite of bittersweet instead.
This is a collection of stories born out of moments of panic, stretches of writer's block, and/or written while dreaming of alternate universes.
It's an Anthology. Of sorts.
Not all vampires are created equal...
Sheriff Birdseed and Deputy Wyatt are two ordinary friends living in the small, idyllic town of Royal Lake. One evening, while responding to a complaint of strange activity in the deep woods, they stumble across an old, abandoned mine. Wanting to push aside his fears, Wyatt makes a rash decision that alters their futures forever.
Two outsiders, Kennedy and Jace, are traveling to a concert and take a shortcut through the hills of Royal Lake. When their car breaks down, they’re at the mercy of the kindness of strangers to get them back on their feet. What they don't realize is the annual county fair has begun, and the denizens of Royal Lake have a special show that no outsider would ever forget.
Filled with dark humor and suspense, Hillbilly Vamp takes readers on a wild roller coaster ride through the twisted minds of backwoods creatures who possess an insatiable hunger that must be met at any cost.
You speak of darkness. Do you truly know it? You say it is dark because the candle has gone out? You think it dark because the moons hide their faces behind a cloud? You feel it is dark because your eyes are closed? You do not know true darkness. True darkness is not the absence of light; it is the absence of hope.
- Alywyn d'Winter, Journal
In a dark fantasy set on the planet Anarond, follow the downward spiral of Alywyn Rose d'Winter from innocent youth into the depths of brutality, slavery, and despair. In her escape from the chains that bind her, she finds unlikely allies, latent abilities and learns that the impossible doesn't exclude the improbable.