The Good Captain is a sci-fi adaptation of Herman Melville’s novella Benito Cereno, conceived for and originally distributed via Twitter. . . .
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Welcome to the world of master fabulist Edward Morris, where History has been pulled down a Hieronymus Bosch rabbit-hole and everything makes far too much sense. In Morris’s alternate history tour de force, on an East Coast two centuries after Armageddon, a rogue soldier throws himself back in Time to wreak havoc upon History and feed on the blood in . . .
‘Indigo’ is an ongoing gothic fiction story set in Melbourne, Australia. Indigo investigates supernatural occurrences. But her work takes a frightening turn when a strange being switches its interest from indigo’s client to Indigo herself. Stalked by her ‘follower’ she must delve back into her own past to find the key to her freedom. Many of the ghost . . .
Jason races into Azazel’s life—sweaty, tortured, and hunted by covert forces. Even though her football-player boyfriend doesn’t like it, Azazel is drawn to Jason. He’s so complicated. He gets in fistfights, but always wins them—efficiently and thoroughly. He reads Plato and argues with their AP teacher. But he’s also quiet and serious, haunted by a past he won’t talk . . .
A man wakes up inside a coffin with no knowledge of how he got there or who he is. After freeing himself, he finds a note in his pants directing him to “Avoid the sunlight! Don’t touch anybody!” Afraid, hurt, and alone, he starts a journey to discover the truth about himself. But some things are better left unknown. . . .
Liz Bahti wakes up half-dead from her latest alcoholic binge and declares it will be her last. She discovers that it’s not as easy as moving two thousand miles, shaving her head and rebuilding old friendships. Stalked by demons both human and mental, she learns that there’s just one crucial question she needs to answer: does she think she’s worth . . .
Tarantella is a 78,500 word action/thriller novel set in 1939 London and revolving around two characters: The orphan paperboy Jules and the legendary and feared Lady Tarantella. Here is a short synopsis of the novel (please note, the novel is complete): Tarantella. Veiled vigilante. Recluse. Kidnapper of children. Dangerous. Unstoppable. Whispers abound as to the masked sentry’s responsibility for . . .
Scott Williams is a young man who likes to play video games, watch TV and burgle houses. Issues of law and order, social conscience and the nature of freedom aren’t things he spends much time worrying about. But the ages-old battle between Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham comes tumbling out of history and lands on modern-day Nottingham . . .
In 2154, where independent nations have given way to splintered corporate entities responsible for the housing, health, security and education of their employees and shareholders, government everywhere has been scaled down to the point of collapse, leaving those outside of private territories to fend for themselves. Over the shoulder of five inhabitants, carve out slices of a world that . . .
Tori McNulty has problems. As she’s putting her life back together, she’s attacked in Boston’s South End. She doesn’t remember much: mostly blood-drenched pavement and the crumpled body of her assailant. The good news is that she’s uninjured and not a murder suspect. The bad news is the obnoxious young man in 18th century dress shadowing her and confusing, violent . . .
Para-forensic Psychologist Dr. Mykael Xanders expected her interview at Tepes Memorial Institute, a covert medical facility for supernatural beings to be brutal. Until the sudden death of an orderly forces her to team up with Administrator Ryland Hynes, an unapologetic chauvinist who believes the best position for a female is in his bed. Together they race to uncover the mystery . . .
A horror-themed webserial that takes place “in real time” over the course of 72 Hours. Focuses on three different protagonists, which alternate from chapter to chapter. . . .
Sometimes, the government needs a villain. That’s when they turn to Julia, leader of Project Redemption, a special organization that take incarcerated super felons and uses them in various covert activities. They may not be nice and they may not be clean, but they get the job done. Sometimes, all that stands between our security and a super-powered maniac, . . .
“Mr. Abernathy” is an intense, convoluted thriller with a science fiction slant. The action moves easily between modern-day America, WWII-era Germany, and other settings, tracing three stories. By the time the various plots converge the author has mixed history, physics, folklore and spies into the tangled web.
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Read this on my iPhone during vacation last week. A scary possible future! Glad it was vacation as I stayed up late for the last 2 hours of the book to find out how it ends. Really thought this was an innovative idea, and a neat switch from reading MCM’s lighter stuff.