Detroit has a hero, someone to stand against the forces of darkness, and resist the rising tide of horror and bloodshed. This isn’t his story. Alice Frye is an Artificer living in Highland Park, and she’s perfectly happy running her curio shop full of gewgaws and magical artifacts while her zombified late husband handles the cleaning and grocery shopping. . . .
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Phantasia Celeste has spent her life living in an ethereal world of flying islands and pretty people with soul-wings – but, unlike Phantasia, other faeries don’t have white hair or diamond eyes and so, driven to understand her place in the world, she travels to the human world. The 31st Century, however, is not a friendly place. A millennia . . .
The one who makes the choices that nobody else will. The wanderer. The war veteran who can’t quit. The avenger. The one who gave up everything. The one who hides her face behind her masks. The one who lost everything. The lord who is gone forever, and the lord that won’t be stopped. . . .
“Stone Soul” is a high fantasy serial that tells the tale of men from beggars to kings seeking one thing at any cost; power. The drums of coming war grow louder with every passing hour, and all in Hylnod desperately seek to be one of the victors. . . .
Jason Blue has been ten years old for just a few days when a dragon hungry for his flesh abducts him from American suburbia. Then things only get weirder. Permanently estranged from Earth, Jason travels through the slightly futuristic free city of Gyeeds, the supernaturally calm waters of the Starving Sea, and the ambiguously prosperous dictatorship of Droydania. He faces . . .
The exploits and adventures of college student, computer geek, and occult detective Elaine Hadaly Mercer. She begins her career as an undergrad at Arizona State University majoring in Computer Science and Engineering; but comes from a long blood line of dabblers in the arcane arts with a strong bent for the scientific—hitherto that strange alchemy of genius courses through her . . .
This is the story of an Earth devoid of humankind. Man and his ancestors have simply never been, but in his absence, new civilizations have grown and prospered. On a small island called Sankami, somewhere in what would be Earth’s Pacific ocean, eight sentient species have evolved. Each have their own laws, customs, and beliefs. The one thing that . . .
A unique fantasy novel, first in its series, which tells the story of a farmer boy named Uic, who lives on the outskirts of the Great Empire in the world of Eterneth. He suddenly discovers and rescues a mysterious girl who cannot even speak and soon, with peril at every turn, Uic must unravel the truth about his mystifying companion, . . .
A humorous chronicle of supernatural occurrences in a small Wisconsin town. Featuring Lovecraftian references, classic monsters, and magic. . . .
It’s been a thousand years since the Pact was forged with the blood of heroes, uniting the five tribes and pushing the shadows back into the darkness. Since that time, peace has reigned in former Eventide. But now, dark shadows working behind the scene for centuries have corrupted the once-pure High Magus Council, the overseers of the Pact and enforcers . . .
The floating island of Ansau was created nearly 500 years ago to escape the Ve Cataclysm, since then it has drifted with the ocean currents in relative isolation, until now. Broken Shores is a big fantasy story told through a series of short stories. It is designed so that any of the stories can be read in any order, . . .
Follows the adventures of a small group dedicated to exploring supernatural mysteries. During the course of the adventure new characters are introduced and pasts revealed. The POV of the posts are stated in the title and switch between several of the characters. It starts out as a journal but changes into a normal story as it progresses. The author uses . . .
The pixies are forced from their home, by the wicked witch and the ghouls and spectres who follow her. After a long journey, they arrive in our world, and they make a new home in a garden belonging to the story’s narrator. Life as a refugee is not always easy, though. The pixies are desperately in need of a . . .
After 32 chapters, I’m having a hard time figuring out what to say about A ‘Verse Full of Scum. At times, it works, and works well. At other times, it’s just okay.
The story is told first person by Ghost, a bounty hunter in a somewhat Firefly/Serenity universe. He’s hired by [more . . .]
I love the violent, anti-romance twist of this retelling. It was not as violent and dark as I expected from the description, but quite compellingly realistic.
I love the contrasts to the Disney-fied version of Cinderella. The step-family is truly family, and beauty is not blonde and demure and dainty. I [more . . .]