Another great selection of mysteries and science fiction by great modern and classic authors. Here are 8 short stories and 2 novels:Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:“Ear Worm,” by Robert Jeschonek [Michael Bracken Presents short story]“Who Slew the Valkyrie,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]“Pot o’ Gold,” by Shannon Taft [Barb Goffman Presents short story]“Trouble in Paradise,” by Veronica Leigh [short story]The Scarlet...

A very pleasing personality, the Psychomorph. Always the person you most wanted to see---

The world marveled at the perpetual youth of the mighty Air Chief—and Wrane Randall got the inside story. But little value did he find this information, strapped to the Table of Death, a victim of the most heinous plan of body stealing in history—for his body was to continue life, ruled by an alien brain!

Gilbert Archer knew he wasn’t breathing. He clasped his wrist and felt his pulse; there was none. He should be dead, yet he had never felt more alive, and his body glowed with an uncanny radiance!

Kari Voucher is loving it at her new job working for the Illinois Northern Railroad alongside her two favorite wolves that made it all possible for her. But while she takes well needed pride and joy up in her current gig, there are unfortunately others who don't and will stop at nothing to sabotage the railroad infrastructure board by board, from the bottom up which they do so to one of the most valued trains bringing oil from the refineries to destinations all over the upper Midwest and b...

Billabong: A waterhole. Or more to the point, a small lake formed by a change in the course of a river. Sometimes referred to as an oxbow lake.

A little girl named An, struggles with her own loneliness and its effect upon her life by one day inviting another girl from school to the park for a picnic. The ensuing events devastate An.

Please note: This is a novella. Shorter fiction is a fun and quick read, not a full length novel.One year ago the Event swept through the world and wiped out the entire adult population. Now all the children are alone and fending for themselves.Go back to when it all started, the first time Everly Hilton realized her entire world had changed on the night of the Event. How did the children react? How did she cope with seeing all those dead people? How did she protect her sis...

Life jumps the rails, runs away from you and there's no catching it up. Not ever.A free short story from Iain Rowan, winner of the Derringer Award for best short crime story."I mean it," the gunman shrieked, and he pointed the revolver at Ward, the end of the barrel moving in tiny circles with the shaking of his hands. "I mean it. One step closer..."Ward stopped where he was. Other than the man with the gun, no-one else was standing. The sun was shining bright throu...

Introducing RUINED, the dark and sexy new adult romance from author Alyssa Adams…Katie Summers is a small town girl taking her shot at college in the big city.  But when Katie's mother gets sick, college takes a back seat to making money to pay hospital bills, and making money at all costs means doing things that Katie never would have imagined.  Horrible things, that put her future at great risk.Feeling as though she's in a nightmare, Katie is shocked to me...

A young meta-human journeys through time, in search of a prophet to save her dying world.Written in tribute to Samuel "Chip" DelanyCover art and design by Quinton Veal.

Driving across the city to have dinner with old friends, Marion finds herself suddenly reminded of an experience she had long forgotten. As the night progresses, the memories surface one after another, some more easily recalled and others feeling as though they occurred in dreams rather than reality—all forcing Marion to wonder about both the importance and the fallibility of memory.Fever is a collection of sixteen short stories that reveal the secret inner lives of women ...