Old magic. Drawn steel. Forgotten legends.In this collection of seven high-adventure fantasy tales, warriors, wanderers, pilots, and unlikely heroes face dangers born of magic, myth, and the choices of those who came before them.Take to the skies where war and sorcery collide. Cross blades with enemies both human and monstrous. Follow old tales down unfamiliar paths, where folklore takes unexpected turns and nothing is quite as simple as the legends claim.Author Jay...

Deep in the shadows of the Appalachian Mountains, a darkness stirs—and one girl holds the key to stop it.Jenny Morgan's life shattered the day her parents died. Sent to live with an eccentric aunt in the wilds of West Virginia, she expects nothing more than a quiet, lonely exile. But when whispers of witchcraft, ghosts, and monsters surface—tales Jenny dismisses as superstition—she's thrust into a world she never imagined. A monstrous evil is rising, one woven from...

Corporate greed meets pure vehicular carnage!Born into luxury but craving chaos, Catherine “Catastrophe” Cattaneo ditches her silver spoon for the blood-soaked thrill of the autoduelling circuit. With her future already mapped out by corporate puppeteers, she's determined to prove she’s more than just a pretty face in a combat car.On the edge of ruin, Ray “Sidewinder” Simpson is a man with one foot in the scrapyard. Betrayed, broke, and booted from...

Brass gears. Steam engines. Impossible machines.In this collection of six high-adventure steampunk tales, daring heroes, stubborn heroines, and dangerous mechanical creations collide in worlds powered by steam and imagination.From desperate airship combat to experimental devices that refuse to stay contained, plunge into adventure where innovation meets risk—and courage is the only constant.Author Jay Barnson delivers fast-moving action, inventive technology, and ch...

Ride into the Wild West with ten steampunked expansions of classic American tales.A Princess of Jasoom: An intrepid young researcher reaches for the stars from the Arizona desert, and finds love where she least expects it.Winged Hope: The widow of a brilliant inventor fights insurmountable odds to see her husband’s dreams realized and save the life of her daughter.The Van Tassel Legacy: A stranger arrives in Sleepy Hollow to unearth old conspiracies and bring the Va...

Delight in reading action and adventure short fiction from a variety of genres.In this issue of StoryHack, your'll get:The Claws of the Puma, a jungle adventure by Paul R. McNamee - In the rainforests of Brazil, poaching loggers and traditional rubber tree tappers are at war. Journalist Sarah Stoughton gets more than she bargained for when she is caught up in the violence, and comes face to face with the legendary man of the jungle, the Puma.

StoryHack Action adventure is a fiction magazine in the style of the great pulps of years past. It includes stories from a wide variety of genres.In this issue, you'll find:New Rules for Rocket Nauts by Michael DeCarolis. A recently dismissed recruit watches in horror as an alien race betrays and massacres his former classmates. Now he may be the only person capable of stopping the first wave of an interstellar war.The Price of Hunger by Kevyn Winkless. A desperate ...

Evil hides is the shadows of modern life. Mythic monsters lurk among the refuse of city streets. Wizards that peep and mutter seek unholy power in the present-day. Unfortunately, there aren't enough kindly sorcerers, children of prophecy, or battlesuit-powered billionaires to go around. So when average people are swallowed up in supernatural trouble, sometimes they have to stand against the darkness by themselves.Included in this volume are twelve new stories of regular people faci...

Steampunk—just corsets and monocles? Not today!Gear up for high-flying heists, cutlass-clashing duels, and steam-powered mayhem. From gritty alleyways to sky-high airships, this anthology throws you into the heart of adventure—where pirates rule, danger lurks, and only the bold survive.So, tighten your goggles, grab your cutlass, and hold on tight.

This ebook edition contains a special preview of Dean Koontz’s The Silent Corner.In one of the most dazzling books of his celebrated career, Dean Koontz delivers a masterwork of page-turning suspense that surpasses even his own inimitable reputation as a chronicler of our worst fears—and best dreams. In The Taking he tells the story of a community cut off from a world under siege, and the terrifying battle for survival waged by a young couple and their nei...

Wastelands 2 - More Stories of the Apocalypse is a new anthology of post-apocalyptic literature from some of the most renowned science fiction and fantasy authors in the field today including George R.R. Martin, Hugh Howey, Junot Diaz, David Brin and many more. It is an eclectic mix of tales that explores famine, death, war, pestilence, and harbingers of the biblical apocalypse.

-a Firehawks Hotshots romance story-Candace Cantrell fights forest fires as a lead member of a hotshot crew. When she lands the opportunity to build a brand new crew of her own, she ends up with more than she bargained for.Former Navy SEAL Luke Rawlings struggles with a past he can’t leave behind. A past that blinds him to the future, until the moment he tries out for a new hotshot crew.Most people wish upon a star. Hotshot crews do it differently:Fire Light ...