Speculative and Diverse Storytelling
A Gray Life by Red Harvey
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When the city falls apart, and humans become something other, three people fight to survive the New World.
Juniper Jones is an empath with a past full of love lost and death. When the city starts to crumble, she feels at home in the darkness. Her job as a prostitute makes for easy living, as she can anticipate her client’s emotions. She never imagines using her abilities to help anyone, until she meets Ashley Heard.
Ashley witnesses her father’s murder at the hands of home invaders and is forced to flee a decaying city. When she meets Juniper, she has no choice but to follow the only adult who hasn’t yet tried to kill her.
Meanwhile, a twelve-year old boy chronicles his experiences as a captive in a deranged man’s basement, all the time wondering about the fate of his friend, Ashley. Together with other captives, he plans an escape. However, once Outside, the survivors encounter monsters of a different kind.
Despite their hellish surroundings, three people manage to briefly connect in their efforts to navigate a strange and harsh New World.
More Things in Heaven and Earth [Book 1] by E.A. Comiskey
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She’s taking advice from angels, but even angels aren’t all-knowing.
Simone has been a Christian for a long time. Her faith has helped her build a perfectly normal life. After years of struggling against the voices that only she could hear, a normal life is all she really wanted. But when an angelic being approaches her with a plea to intercede between mankind and those who are “other” her eyes are opened to the fact that her idea of God and creation have been far too small.
When society crumbles and the very heavens quake with rumors of war, Simone must learn for herself exactly what price is paid by a human who assumes to speak for God.
Dwelling in Heaven and Earth [Book 2] by E.A. Comiskey
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Book Two in the Heaven and Earth Series.
In the name of safety, the elders have shut out the outside world and demanded a culture of strict conformity. Shifrah’s differences create a mental prison from which she cannot escape–until Donovan rides into town.
The Blood Drinker, Donovan, son of the ancient Prophetess, has come to warn that the demon queen has rallied her army to attack the city. He implores them to disperse across the land, trusting in That Which Is to protect them. The city’s leaders remain adamant that safety is found in the fortress they have built, but, as tensions rise, Shifrah uncovers the gruesome truth of their secret attempts to appease the Bloodless.
Donovan decides to change Shifrah into a Blood Drinker. Combined with her Gifts, she’ll be as powerful as the gods, but she can’t save her people until she learns to overcome her own dark appetites by embracing her dark nature.
Loving in Heaven and Earth [Book 3] by E.A. Comiskey
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Book Three in the Heaven and Earth Series.
Born deaf, with the power to control the will of those around her, Jax is raised to be a
killer. When her village is destroyed and she is spared, she’s given a second chance at
life.
Taken in by Hala, a part-demon seeking redemption for his mistakes, and Risa, his
fae wife with a secret ambition for power, Jax embarks on a quest to learn what it means
to live a good life.
When an unexpected rift between the people she loves threatens to tear
her new world apart, she makes a choice that will change the destiny of an entire race.
List of Thirteen by E.A. Comiskey
Available in Winter 2018
If Jim C. Hines wrote about Gilmore Girls taking a journey through the underworld, it might be a little something like A LIST OF THIRTEEN.
Death sucks, but there’s good beer in Purgatory.
Alice and her adult daughter, Claire, created a “bucket list” of thirteen experiences they would seek out before Alice died from cancer. They never expected to die in a plane crash attempting to cross off number three. Now, mother and daughter are stuck in the underworld, unable to move on to their ultimate destiny until they finish the list, but finding an Irish Pub near the Fields of Asphodel, or swimming naked in the ocean while being pursued by bloodthirsty Aztecs and a smitten Egyptian god is as hard as it sounds. When everything they ever thought they knew is challenged, will faith be enough to carry them through?
A LIST OF THIRTEEN moves between the time after Alice’s death and the time before, allowing the reader to explore the way her relationships evolve and intertwine throughout her life and beyond.
Chasing Butterflies by Rod Martinez
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Devastation is coming, not just for Palm Creek, Florida – a small town just a few miles from Cape Kennedy and N.A.S.A. – but eventually – it could destroy the entire eastern Florida coast if it isn’t stopped. A predator with mysterious origins and no understanding of its inherent danger is on the prowl with seemingly nothing that can stop it. It hosts a cancer of epic proportions, not only the kind that eats away at your body – it’s also the kind that transforms your soul. Four total strangers from different walks of life will be on a mission, they just don’t know it yet. And the decisions and outcomes of these four unlikely friends will either save or destroy the populace.
Cursed by Red Harvey
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Imogen can see the future, not that it does her much good. When ancient spirits haunt her, seeking re-entry into the human world, she struggles for answers. Yet, it’s only after the spirits succeed in using Imogen’s body as their new vessel that her real journey to save the Earth begins. Imogen’s gift makes her vulnerable to spirits that desire reincarnation. When she moves back to Graydon, she begins a new life. And Imogen’s new boyfriend, Rafe, seems to know more about her powers than she does… Once another psychic informs Imogen of her impending death, she tries everything she can think of to prevent it, even as she knows her fate is inevitable. Once she’s dead, Imogen’s true test of character is how she can stop the body-thieving demons from destroying all of mankind. “Cursed” is a paranormal horror story fraught with surprises, humor, and old clichés turned on their heads. Readers hunting for a paranormal read with a Buffy-esque twist are sure to enjoy.
Note: Re-release and edit of the 2013 edition
Camylyon-Episode 1* by Michelle De Leon
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Gabrie Jordane and Rakota Toyin are partners in life and partners against crime. In the premier episodes of the series Camylyon, an investigation of a Bolivian arms dealer leads to the discovery of a dangerous female drug manufacturer and trouble with the Chinese mafia. The couple and their Extraordinary Abilities Bureau take the fight all the way to Dubai for an epic battle which is only the beginning.
*Other episodes to be released in 2017 and 2018
Camylon- Episode 2* by Michelle De Leon
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Episode Two is a continuing saga of…
Gabrie Jordane and Rakota Toyin, partners in life and partners against crime. In the premier episodes of the series Camylyon, an investigation of a Bolivian arms dealer leads to the discovery of a dangerous female drug manufacturer and trouble with the Chinese mafia. The couple and their Extraordinary Abilities Bureau take the fight all the way to Dubai for an epic battle, which is only the beginning.
Episode Two brings a new plan from Luz and Caden Chen, two bad guys Gabrie Jordane and Rakota Toyin must stop.
*Other episodes to be released in 2017 and 2018
The Beginning by R. Malak
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“The Beginning” is a mixture of science fiction, fantasy, mystery, and survival.
Devastated by war with unknown creatures, Talmen a roamer searches for his long lost brother in the hopes of re-uniting his broken family.
Cora a resourceful ranger trained in both stealth and marksmanship heads out with her new squadron to eliminate a threat posed to her home by an Orc WarHorde.
Togran Ka leader of the WarHorde finds himself embroiled in ancient rivalries and blood feuds. His attempts to adapt to human weaponry, causes much hate amongst the believers of Sezrath.
Lucy and Rollo siblings abandoned by their parents, make their living selling items they have scavenged and repaired to any surviving human settlements. Opposite sides of the same coin, Rollo is a cheerful boy with the glow of innocence still about him and Lucy an overprotective cynical woman, who fears for the future.
The Mother a creature of pure malevolence and vileness seeks to cleanse the world.
Beyond Falcon’s Reach by Jay Northearn
Available in Summer 2018
The story bears a powerful vampire theme with Gothic, medieval and steam-punk fantasy elements. The classic hallmarks of the genre are subverted in two ways: the non-terrestrial environment, and transformation from classic Gothic villain to haunted redemption seeker.
This takes place against the background of an ancient treaty between land-folk and the blood-dependent mountain people, now at a precipice as a new Ice Age converges and a rising evil in Farr City threatens all.
Craving power and near-immortality, Mourde Cullis of Falcon’s Reach produces a mythical blood-elixir under the auspices of a fanatical cult, but after capturing the daughter of a Landmaster the consequences are disastrous. A colourful character menagerie of different origins and outlooks must come together against a sinister, absolutist threat.
The Origin Stone by Kathryn Wells
Available in Spring 2019
Emily Renzi thinks she’s going crazy. After her parents move to a quiet village, she senses that something is off about the house they’re living in. Dreams of strange creatures invade her sleep, and mysterious shapes appear in the garden. Confiding in her older brother, Ru, they research the house’s background and find that a scientist disappeared there during World War Two. Afterwards, sightings of strange creatures were whispered around the village. Could the creatures in Emily’s dreams and the ones rumored about be the same? And if so, what do they want from her? As she struggles to piece together the truth from the fiction, she finds out that beasts aren’t always monsters – humans, however, are a different matter.
His Nibs by Alan L. Corbett
Available in Spring 2019
Francis finds himself submerged in a world of sexual promiscuity and black magic. He also warrants the attraction of several transsexuals, among them Stella, the devil’s bastard child.
Francis has been tasked with informing the naive Stella of his paternal lineage. In return for this favor, the devil endows Francis with age-reducing soap, and penis-enhancing cream. The devil also gives him a fortune-telling hand mirror, making him rich beyond his wildest dreams.
In order to complete his task, Francis plots with Stella’s girlfriends and the demon Madra, anything to help him convince Stella that he is the devil’s son.
The awkward hilarity culminates in a blow-out at Satan’s London mansion.
Annual Anthology
Available free for download/Available for purchase on Lulu
Nuff Said’s 2015 anthology release of speculative fiction, comprised of new writers and contest winners like Rachel Cohen’s “Special”.
