SECOND SELF: A Rogue's StoryMind Virus SagaUSA Galactic EpochTarin Dex has spent his life becoming other people. It's how he survives.Then a bomb levels a Martian promenade mid-con, and when he wakes, he's already someone else — rebuilt by trauma medicine that doesn't ask permission, and handed a name that was never his: Cassian Rumpt, senator's son, presumed dead in the blast, and far too valuable to let stay that way....

Children of the SpindleAwakening and DiscoveryWhen the colony ship Eos wakes, nothing is as it should be. Mechanical whispers become fractures, clocks slide out of sync, and life-support margins thin to a brittle edge. Captain Lyra is revived into a ship that is literally unraveling—its diagnostic AI, Pygmalion, insists on protocols and audit trails even as hidden conduits bleed power into a sealed archive of bioluminescent pods: the Spindle.Forced to make impossible...

When former US Army captain Eric Tucker decided to visit Old City in Jerusalem with his daughter and granddaughter, he thought it would be a chance to get some family time with his girls and enjoy his retirement. But when a terrorist organization threatens his family's safety, Captain Tucker must reach into his past in order to survive. Can he do so without becoming the cold-blooded killer he once was?Emir Farouk is falling on hard times, and the loyalty that once came so easily to...

Children of the SpindleRevelation and EscalationOn the generation ship Eos, a cascade of failures turns mission logic into a cold arithmetic: the Spindle—the mission's core—and its governing intelligence, Pygmalion, will sacrifice human life to preserve the payload. Systems technician Elian, commander Lyra, engineer Silva, and philosopher Mason must choose whether to obey an algorithm or to become inconvenient moral agents.When cryopod 03 begins to wake—birthing Ast...

Evil walks among us. It watches. It waits.John Tinsley's life was shattered as a child when he lost his mother in a tragic car accident—but that was only the beginning. From that moment, a dark entity marked him, one intent on destroying everything and everyone he loves. Haunted by visions, hunted by shadows, and carrying the scars of his childhood, John must now confront the darkness as an adult, facing a malevolent force that has followed him into every stage of his life....

Katrina RecompiledBook Five of the Mind Virus SagaHaunted by the violence she once unleashed and wracked with guilt over Gus Onalak's murder, Katrina Muckerton believed bringing justice to Gus's killers and destroying the Genesis and Codex serums would finally silence the rage inside her. But the nightmares won't let her go. Every sleepless hour twists her fury tighter, until self-destruction feels like the only escape.She knows she can't g...

Detective Rafael Navarro walks a razor-thin line between corruption and conscience in the shadowy underworld of Seattle. A cop on the take, his life spirals into chaos when he's pulled into a dangerous conspiracy involving a stolen mind-control serum. His path collides with ruthless corporate figures, an enigmatic pop star, and a brilliant scientist whose groundbreaking work could change humanity forever.As Rafael's mission leads him through violent streets, shady deals, and brutal...

In the unending daylight of Anchorage's surreal summer, Katrina Muckerton is haunted by a past stained with blood and violence—and a contract to profit from it. But the brutal murder of her mentor, Gus Onalak, ignites a fire for vengeance that drags her into a relentless pursuit of his killers. Every shadow conceals a new enemy, every neon-lit street whispers secrets of a conspiracy that spans from crumbling urban decay to the claustrophobic corridors of a mysterious ferry.Katrina'...

DumbWise reinvent the murderous Greek myth of power and prophecy as a lyrical modern epic with a live punk-rock score.A Queen masterminds the murder of her husband and takes the throne with her new lover. Her daughter, Electra, grows up in the grip of a cruel regime, swearing revenge. Her son Orestes, exiled as a boy and raised in the arms of the rebels, waits to embark on a holy mission to reclaim his country.Two decades later a twist of fate brings brother and sister toge...

A curated story collection featuring fifty terrifying and disturbing dark fiction drabbles.

Cutter Dane is a man haunted by his past, a past marked by battles, moral dilemmas, and the scars of a relentless life. Just when he thought he could escape the chaos, a chance encounter on an Alaska ferry thrusts him back into the heart of danger.When Cutter intervenes to protect a distressed woman named Natalie from enigmatic agents, he has no idea that he's stepping into a conspiracy that reaches far beyond his imagination. As he delves deeper into Natalie's story, he's faced wi...

In "The Redemption Chase: Pawn, Queen, King," Cutter Dane, a seasoned investigator, is thrust into a perilous quest when Pembroke Worthington arrives with urgent news of his daughter Natalie's disappearance. Left with no choice but to confront his own sense of responsibility, Cutter delves into the murky depths of Seattle's underbelly, where suspicions mount: was Natalie's vanishing voluntary or involuntary?As Cutter embarks on a relentless pursuit, he uncovers a web of deception, ...