Set against a cataclysmic earthquake and fire that destroys California 'Cold Fire' is the thrilling conclusion of the DMSR Series, which followed Alex and Team Four, along with Sheriff Dandy and the beautiful Congresswomen Redwood, and the enigmatic Vance, as they race to head off an alien threat that would see the end of life on Earth as we know it.

Union meetings can be strained at the best of times. But this one just has to take the cake. Never again will you meet such a weird assortment of characters in one place. And what will Honey do with them all now?

Location: A hilltop overlooking a small valleySetting: A plain wooden door, most likely oak.Action: Gritting her teeth, the woman boldly stepped through."We're here from the Abandoned and Forlorn Mercenary Company. We have information that is vital to your wellbeing and we need to urgently speak with you."The mercenary company begin their latest mission: to liberate the ogre named Smash. That's S-M-A-S-H; Sebastian Mayhew Aloysius Septimus Harrington IV to h...

The fractured Royal Family of King Albert of Torrif has been brutally massacred and all wives – past and present – and contentious heirs have been slaughtered. Only the out of favour Prince Jermyn, his younger sister Katheryn, have managed to escape.Meanwhile their disinherited sister, Jazzel, living in the Kingdom of Amberwine with her husband Donald Demontfort, has to come home and sort out the mess.So with family politics and intrigues to deal with and a mysterious vapour...

To the people of Gemma Arenae and the Southern Empire, Sand Racers are the heroes and celebrities of the day, with their heart-stopping, death-defying races across the Burning Desert into the Devils Heart. It requires a certain kind of grit and tenacity, split second reactions and a deep understanding of the desert itself, to challenge the swiftly changing landscape. But what is more heart-stopping and death-defying is when Nicolas, the Blue Rider, and his friend, Carver, the Yellow Rider,...

The decade of death: earthquakes, famines and devastating plagues that have swept the nations has left twenty-third century mankind weary and praying for salvation. They find it in the form of the Genetic Replicate Neural Uplinking Process, a fantastic new cloning device that will upload a person's memories, personality and thoughts and deliver them intact when a clone is downloaded.However, their new saviour is not as perfect as first thought, and there is more than one snake in t...

I can hear him mumble into my ear, "I won't be coming to play anymore. . . I have to go away tomorrow."

One cold summer's day on a flight to the South Pole a C-130 with passengers, fresh veggies and mail for the station comes across smoke and the wreckage of a crash. Further investigation reveals the ship to be of extraterrestrial origin. The rescue of a survivor and the murder of one of the aircraft passengers by an unknown assailant sets Alex Bird and Team Four from the Department of Military and Scientific Research's Special Projects on a search into the unknown. As they dig deeper, they ...

"He could hear the insistent voice and then through the blurry swirl of blackness he could see someone kneeling before him reaching out..."A shell-shocked soldier, Eric, returns from a tour in Iraq wracked by survivor guilt. Desperately searching for redemption, he finds himself inexplicably drawn to the poignant grave marker of Baroness Eliza Marie Breckenridge, the Weeping Lady. However, the Lady holds mysteries of her own, and haunts the graveyard wailing for her husband who nev...

You can run but you can't hide. You must just stick together and try to watch each other's backs. There is no escaping the dire consequences when the opposition is gunning for you as you run the gauntlet.

The two men stared with morbid trepidation at the malignant whirlpool, miles across, that dragged their tiny pathetic ship relentlessly toward its doom.It is the magic of the Blood Heart Cave that is needed to destroy the Cold Stone, an icon carried triumphantly by the Chaos Army, corrupting everything elven. Only a fool would go on this quest.But Brendan d'Arcy and his loyal friends will stop at nothing to destroy the stone and save the desperately ill Unicorn Princess.

Not every gold wedding band that is pulled off, is a betrayal.A Short Story by KD Nielson