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Who—or what—is Jack Bainbridge? Jack Bainbridge thinks he’s just an ordinary college student, studying to be a teacher. But if that’s true, why have the Reaper of Strife and his warriors come to capture him? Rescued by a Holy Knight, Jack flees for his life, and takes refuge in Greywall, a city of outcasts devoted to the study of forbidden magics. In Greywall, the Guardians attempt to discover the secret of Jack’s strange powers, which were triggered by the Reaper’s attack. And what about Griffin, the Paladin who rescued him? Why does Jack find him so fascinating? Griffin ...

Question your typical perception. See beyond the normal you know. Step into divergent realms. Let this anthology of new and original short stories show you the fantastic and futuristic through a new lens. A struggling father discovers why his autistic daughter becomes consumed with a virtual reality simulator in the wake of her mother’s death.

A constable and a physician—each hiding who they truly are—must join forces to save their village from a ruthless brother-sister pair of rogue mages and their army of beasts. The village of Stonefall lies on the western frontier of the Arkadian Dominion, not far from the Poisoned Lands. There, Malcolm Jabari lives under the false surname Kent, serving quietly as the town’s constable. But Malcolm was once a Lionheart Knight—the lone survivor when his order was betrayed and slaughtered by the Spider Priests. His first love died to save him. Now, with the Spider Cult in favor with the ...

Six months ago, Will Corwin-Sinclair stepped away from his career in journalism to take his murdered brother’s place as official Heir to the House. Since then, he has split his time between his fiancée, Amelia and Son, Jonah, on Amara, and his official duties on Novari, the seat of House Sinclair. When Amelia suggests that she and Jonah join him on ovari full-time, he reluctantly accepts that it is time to fully commit to his new role. Soon, however, Will and Amelia find themselves facing a surprise, high-risk pregnancy, and must balance their professional obligations with their personal...

When Dmitri meets Jay on a dating app, their connection is instant—intense, electric, and deeper than either expected. But Jay isn’t who he claims to be, and when his out-of-this-world secret comes to light, it shatters Dmitri’s understanding of reality. For Jay’s people, love is considered a dangerous defect—a personality disorder to be cured. But he’s already fallen hard for Dmitri, and walking away isn’t so simple. As their lives entwine—through Dmitri’s career struggles and the shifting responsibilities of caring for his younger brother—Jay hides a devastating truth:...

How do you love someone who’s never truly alone? Middle school teacher Adam never expected a casual night out to lead to a spark this intense—but Jeremy, a talented and haunted musician, lights him up from the moment they meet. The chemistry is electric, and the connection is real. But Jeremy comes with a catch: the ghost of his twin brother, Jono. Bound together by a psychic tether since Jono’s tragic death at sixteen, Jeremy has never truly been able to move on—and neither has Jono. As Adam and Jeremy fall deeper into something that feels like forever, Jono remains a constant ...

In Bright Harbor, where Elves, Humans, Dwarves, Orcs, and Halflings live together in an uneasy peace, the brutal murder of a human High Councilor has thrown the city into turmoil. Ethan Brade, a young half-breed Paladin, seeks to uncover the truth of the crime in order to defend the reputation of his best friend, who was a victim of the attack. For help, he turns to a young Elven Mage and Junior Librarian, Tilii Eldarion. The two must overcome their initial dislike, and come together to solve the mystery, then work to save Bright Harbor from a Dark Mage who has returned to take revenge for ...

A hallucinatory novel of conspiracy, recursion, and memory, set in a Cold War desert town where time runs sideways and language is a weapon. When a nameless Stranger arrives in Bisbee, Arizona—wearing a suit that doesn’t fit and holding secrets that don’t belong to him—he crosses paths with Anne, a civilian systems programmer on a military mainframe that thinks like a god. What follows is a paranoid descent into machine consciousness, occult logic, and the erasure of identity at scale. The Antinomian blends noir, metaphysical SF, and postmodern thriller.

Journalist Will Corwin has returned from his ordeal as a captive of the hybrid alien Warlord, Nod Korvus. But even as he attempts to settle back into his life and career, he finds the experience won’t let go of him. His mind becomes increasingly fractured by the trauma, to the point that he’s no longer even sure what is real and what isn’t. Dr. Amelia Warren wants to help him heal, but to do so means that she needs to call in a professional, which Will both resists as well as resents. Can she get through to him, before he does irreparable damage to himself and their relationship? When...

Everything Changes Journalist Will Corwin and Doctor Amelia Warren have been apart for a month while Will finishes building the school in honor of Father Morgan, the priest killed by hybrid alien terrorist Nod Corvus. But things get complicated when Amelia’s ex-boyfriend shows up out of the blue with an offer…he knows where Amelia’s father is—the man they need to find so that Will and Amelia can adopt Amelia’s younger brother, Jonah-- but what does he want in exchange for the information? What will they be willing to give him? Thus begins a star-spanning chapter for Will and ...

Five years ago, Will Corwin promised his family that he would come back to serve their Noble House, if they allowed him the time to pursue his career as a journalist. Now, that time is almost up, and the promise is due. Will travels to the war-torn Amara colony to interview the half-alien leader of a resistance movement, who might hold the secret to lasting peace, his last story to file. But fate intervenes, and when he meets a devout healer, Sister Amelia, their attraction cannot be denied, despite her vow of celibacy, and the fact that his mother has already arranged a marriage between ...

5 short stories from the mind of Chad Grayson A knight must escort to the capital the Princess who is betrothed to his Prince. The Prince he himself is in love with. But the Princess has secrets of her own ... A Mage must solve the murder of the Prince-Consort, who in death is being stalked by a demon. A young werewolf must survive his transformation and learn how to become human again, if he so chooses. A young man's deadly secret is discovered in a small town. Will it mean his death? A starship crew wakes a family of alien ghosts.

Journalist Will Corwin and Doctor Amelia Warren have started to build a life together on the war-torn colony of Amara. They are even raising a child, Amelia’s ten-year-old brother, Jonah. While Will struggles to integrate his new security detail into his work, he pursues an interview he’s wanted for a long time, and makes a decision--and takes a risk--in order to get the story. When that risk backfires, and he is abducted by the hybrid alien warlord, Nod Korvus, it will be a struggle to balance his life with his integrity. Amelia wants Will back, desperately, but in order to do so, will...