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Hideous Monster. Beast. Menace to all. Many names have been applied to Medusa of Piraeus. All were wrong. The one true label that Medusa bears is that of victim. Cursed by the cruel Goddess Athena while attempting to offer an olive tree at the Parthenon, Medusa finds herself hunted by those who fear her. Fleeing Athens she struggles to survive the wilds of Hellas while bearing the curse of a Gorgon. Alone in a cave she manages to thrive until that fateful day she meets Perseus… Medusa is a reimagining of the story around the character with a realistic spin on the mythology of Ancient Greece.

Physically and emotionally drained form the constant pressures of being a world famous popstar, Lizzie Francis sneaks away from her tour during a stop in Philadelphia. While out she accidently runs into a cable installer named Derek. Completely unlike the usual models, actors, and athletes she has dated in the past, she finds herself enamored with him almost instantly. He’s friendly, kind, and very normal. Deciding it best to keep him a secret from her overbearing manager she hides their relationship. Slogging along as a cable installer until he figures out what he wants to do with ...

Failed baseball player after a serious injury ruined his college career, Alec Jedynak now works as a night janitor for Calcu-Star Laboratories in Berkeley, CA. During one of his late night shifts Alec is recruited into serving as the cameraman for a complex experiment. The first experiment is a success and the pair of doctors request that Alec return the next night to be their cameraman. Midway through the the second run an earthquake ruins the experiment sending Alec and the two doctors through the wormhole and onto an alien planet. There they find themselves embroiled in a conflict ...

Sometimes fate is a fickle thing. A simple little change here or there causes a ripple that effects everything and everyone around it. Heima and her inhabitants are no different. It is a question that man has asked throughout his history, “What if?” What if someone did something else? What if the one action taken was changed? Heima itself would feel the ripple of change if one word was changed from a simple yes to no. That one little change will alter the events of the Ninth Kostir and everything afterwards. Even still, fate always has her way. Even in Heima. A re-telling of the ...

Our world is not quite what we think it is. Magic permeates throughout everything in the form of mana. Women born near the planet's surface during a full moon can pull mana from the earth beneath them and manipulate small amounts of it to cast spells. Most know them as witches. The average witch can cast spells of limited power and strength. Renee Holden is one of those witches. She spends all of her time researching beyond the simplest of spells because she wishes to rise above the petty little spells and political squabbling that fills the day to day life of a witch. Her world drastically...

With Earth’s environment failing after two American Civil Wars and a Third World War Humankind is forced out into space to save the species. The second eco-ship launched, the ‘Skybound’, had a catastrophe that kills a large portion of the crew leaving those born about the eco-ship alone to continue the mission towards a star-system with a potential habitable planet.Senior Technician Johnathan Fischer works to maintain the computer systems when he is pushed into a relationship with Commander Rosemary Yarden through the mechanizations of the eco-ship’s computer Mark. While learning ...

Serving as a leader for the Kingdom’s most successful combat Platoon, Rone Millar is a highly decorated soldier who has fought all sorts of monsters in defense of the Kingdom. Orcs, undead and goblins fill up his combat duties. He is about to find himself in a new fight as he is maneuvered into a relationship with a beautiful young woman named Marah Taylor, who is the niece of the Region Commanding General. Their relationship is going swimmingly until Mages from the Mage’s Guild perform an examination and discover that Marah might have magical powers. Rone struggles with this massive ...

The second and final book in the Legenda series. Gift of Flight continues the story right after the end of Smuggler's Luck.After successfully escaping a trap where they were both experimented on, Jarron and Elyse enter Eal’tain space in order to learn more about her father. There they learn about her unusual powers and what they learn pushes them to decide to hide what she can do from others. Upon returning back to the Galactic Union they find that they are wanted as criminals due to mechanizations of the man who is pursuing them.They flee immediately and during their flight they discover...

The crew of the ‘Keg’, consisting of Jarron Moynihan, Hain Stonefist, and Feligrin Bumbletoes were hired to deliver an unusual crate to a secluded planet. While on the delivery they discover within the crate was a young woman named Elyse. They are betrayed by their employer who was using the woman as part of an experiment. Jarron and his friends are forced on the run to evade the powerful man who wishes to capture him and the young woman. They soon discover the young woman has amazing mystical powers and set off while avoiding their employer to learn more about her powers, known as ‘...

Spoiled, overbearing, selfish, and destructive, Princess Lucienne Simone Demarais is a wrecking ball of trouble. Everything from starting bar fights to crashing stolen carriages, she is out of control. Her father, King Richaud the Second of Montagne has had enough but is out of options. Finally he decides to force her to either marry an unbearable Prince from the Kingdom north of Montage or join the Blue Covenant, a magic wielding religious order for a few months.Not wanting to be married to an unbearable lout, she has no choice but to join the Covenant as an initiate Priestess. Put through...

Waking from injuries caused during the end of the Kostir, Daell Skeidsson finds himself having to quickly adjust to his new role as both the King of Heima and husband. He soon discovers that his new bride, the Queen of Heima Astir Jofurrsdotter, is everything that he could have ever dreamt of in a wife. On top of learning more about her, he discovers that his blossoming earthcrafting abilities continue to grow well past those of any other Jordling. This discovery will change everything known about Heima. Now sitting on the throne, Astir has smoothly and easily adjusted to her role as the ...

The 9th Kostir is forthcoming. It is an event that pits a representative from each of the three major cities of Heima in several contests for the right to marry the Princess, Astir Jofurrsdotter. The Princess herself stands in an unwary position as she will play a significant role in choosing the winner of the Kostir. That winner will become the next King of Heima and her husband. Upon completion of the Kostir, Astir shall become the next Queen and ruler of Heima. She knows her fate is to marry a stranger and become the Queen but she desires more than just a King. Daell Skeidsson just wants...