Aliens have landed in midtown Manhattan. They claim to seek out planets on the verge of deep space travel and prepare them to join the galactic community.For Charlie Evans – the star blogger known as Evansessence – the alien arrival means canceling his big job interview. Because the aliens will only help Earth if a panel of six humans can pass their tests. A panel of five international celebrities … and Charlie.And the hardest dilemmas facing Charlie don’t come from the tes...

Water has always intrigued humanity. We walk along the shores and banks of oceans and waterways, take boats across the surface, or swim in the waters.But water hides secrets - including those of the creatures that live in its depths...- What if mermaids really do exist, and they lure men to their deaths?- Why might bodies suddenly start washing up on shores all around the world?- What if you discovered a lost girl is the daughter of a water spirit?This...

If their minds don’t kill me...The perfect grad night kiss with the girl of my dreams. Then her ex- had to go and clock me. With the whole graduating class watching...I woke up in the hospital a week later — reading the thoughts of everyone around me.Now I can’t stop.Secrets coming at me from everywhere. And every one of them from a mind I can reach out and bend.This power is going to kill me. But if it doesn’t......I may become ...

Enjoy the urban fantasy stories of the Uncollected Anthology: Urban Western now collected in this bundle.Ride along with an elf cowboy, investigate a disappearance in the middle of nowhere, Wyoming, stalk the Badlands with an alpha wolf, head out on a coffee run, out-shoot an Outlaw, prepare for a duel with a side of witchcraft.Explore the Uncollected Anthology with Urban Western!Table of Contents"Duel or Die" by Stefon Mears"And The Unicorn ...

Keifer McShane, a widower at only twenty-five. His beloved wife, killed by a freak accident. His only solace, gaming in his favorite setting: The Torn Kingdoms.Today Keifer backs a Jumpstart crowdfunding campaign for the new edition of that setting.But soon the magic, politics, adventure and danger of The Torn Kingdoms become much more than a game…Into the Torn Kingdoms, a rollicking novel of epic fantasy adventure, full of love and intrigue, politics and w...

Six decades after magic overthrew technology.Courier-wizard Donal Cuthbert barely sets foot on Mars before people try to kill him. Donal escapes a spaceport explosion and plunges into a world of corporate espionage.Helioship captain John Jacobs teeters on the brink of financial ruin. Only an unusual Mars-Earth business charter can save him. But murders on the ship drag Jacobs into the web of conspiracies alongside Donal.And something worse ...

Dangerous spirits lurk in the woodsA bargain can bind a soulEnchanted sleep can only be broken by true love’s kiss…You know these things are true…even in this modern world. Your heart still recognizes the power and mystery you can only find in a fairy tale.In Beauty and Wickedness, sixteen authors retell and reimagine some of the most enchanting fairy tales ever told. Within these pages, you’ll find beauty and treachery, magic and courage, innocence and wick...

Some cats judge their owners. Mine grades me.Tonight, I find out the truth. Why he jumps at shadows. Why he spontaneously tears off around the apartment.And the truth, well. No way I could guess this one…“Night of the Hogtied Alien” – a fun, rollicking short story of light science fiction full of cats, aliens, and an unusual weapon. From Stefon Mears, author of Stealing from Pirates and Fade to Gold.

The first snowflake of winter. Whoever catches it can wish for anything and get it.This past winter, Simon caught that snowflake … and choked. Couldn’t wish. Hid the flake away in a freezer.Today, he makes his wish.“Wish Fright” – light, fun short story of contemporary young adult fantasy. From Stefon Mears, author of the Cavan Oltblood series, and the Spells for Hire series.

Rumors abound about the Purple Gryphon. Some call the owner a witch. Others claim it sees a murder a week. Frequented by merchants, travelers, nobles, even adventurers.Local boy Zian Sonnalsson dreams of working there. Mucking stables. Waiting tables. Any job to work at the Purple Gryphon.The Purple Gryphon. Where Zian will learn that rumors often pale beside the truth…The Hireling, A Novella of Adventure Fantasy, a tale full of magic and wonder, action and...

Rod and Brenda. A seemingly normal couple, living in a seemingly normal neighborhood on the outskirts of Portland, Oregon.But Rod and Brenda hunt monsters. Fight to keep Portland safe from creatures that haunt the night. Like the vampire that just moved in down the block. Only the one vampire. Not a problem for them, right?Wrong. And perhaps already too late…“Young Monster Hunters in Love” – a chilling and romantic short story of dark urban fantasy with a twisted ki...

Five tales of exciting space adventure! Hard-pressed heroes facing long odds. Exotic aliens -- some of them desperate allies, others sinister foes. And more, much more.Turn the pages and join these adventures!"The Final Survey of Andrei Kreutzmann" -- A retired scout forced out of retirement to save a fleet"My Dead Father’s Signal" -- A strange signal, picked up around Pluto, hides a deadly secret"The Incident on Gamma Seven" -- The last mission of...