Izzy meets Eliza when he's sent to her planet on an assignment. Even though they come from different worlds, literally, they become inseparable. When Izzy discovers his home planet is in danger; he seeks help from an eclectic group of friends. Have you ever met a Firithian or wondered if Fester Tails are real? If you simply enjoy a good alien tale, then read Izzy & Eliza, the first in a series.Far beyond earth, the galaxy is a busy place. Turn left past the Famien Constellation and see the planet Klesia and her moon, Klesia Moon Prime. That moon is inhabited by numerous forms of life, including a greenish boy named Izzian Klowosky. Izzy discovers he must travel to earth for an assignment entitled the Goodwill Project. On his voyage, Izzy meets and befriends an earth girl, Eliza Allready. Together, Izzy and Eliza accumulate an odd batch of acquaintances, and learn that most people in the little town of Sudden Bluff aren't what they seem. Izzy meets Paksha, the easy going Indian boy. They become earth brothers, drooling over a cute, interstellar hitchhiker who stumbles into town. Along comes Laddie, an old man with a mysterious past, who peddles snow cones and advice from a magical shack. A Fester Tail infestation threatens to overcome a half-organic SpacePod named Leon, and no one is safe from the twin bullies Lucas and Link. Oh yes, a rogue alien may save the day or destroy earth, either one. A seasoned old planet hopper called Yarn watches it all. Yarn explains the finer points of outer space like the Freebot Builders and Dismantling Association and what it means to be a Compassionate Citizen of the Universe.When Izzy discovers his home may be completely obliterated, he seeks help from his eclectic group of friends. While trying to save Klesia, Izzian learns that an alien doesn't necessarily have to be human to have humanity.One reviewer wrote:A tale of supernova excitement! From the far away planet of Klesia, via a ride on a comet transport to Earth, Izzian Klowosky hurls himself into the many levels of drama and intrigue in this first book of a series. This is a story of alien middle schoolers being trained in other worlds, taking on the shapes and characters of their assigned environment, and dealing with intergalactic personalities and catastrophes. With an increasingly complex plot, the well-developed characters keep you smiling as they push on to solve their own personal problems and the minor problem of an entire disappearing planet. The feisty and rather strange characters grab your attention early on. Each new challenge keeps the reader eagerly turning the pages. The layered plots reach a crescendo and the book comes to a close with almost all the stray ends being tidily tucked away. However, there are plenty of tendrils leading toward the next book in the series!

If you're programming an Artificial Intelligence that can read people's minds, don't. If you do, don't let it read fantasy novels or cookbooks. And if you do that, don't, whatever you do, forget to build in an emergency shutdown. And if you do THAT, well, you're just plain stupid...Prequel to Book One of The Gifted Series Lily East is different from other people and has been since her birth. The government has been trying to recruit her, wanting to use her uncontrollable gift to their advantage. After years of evading, Lily finally gives into her "civic duty" and helps the government solve cases gone cold. Her life outside of being a special agent is far from normal. And as if that isn't enough, she finds herself falling in love with the man who almost killed her. This is life, as she sees it. Coming soon, in Book One of The Gifted Series, you will learn the whole story, and how Lily's powers came to be. I hope you'll enjoy this novella until then.

This is a collection of nine flash fiction “prologues” for the book Heart of the Raven, the fifth novel in the Amaranthine vampire series. These stories are not intended to stand on their own, but as a supplement to the novel.Meet Cyrpus, Neil, Sadihra, Wolfe and others as they go about their business not knowing that their actions may have consequences that will echo for a lifetime.This is a collection of nine flash fiction “prologues” for the book Heart of the Raven, the fifth novel in the Amaranthine vampire series. These stories are not intended to stand on their own, but as a supplement to the novel.Meet Cyrpus, Neil, Sadihra, Wolfe and others as they go about their business the day before Heart of the Raven opens. None of them know that their fates will soon become intertwined, or that their seemingly unimportant actions may have consequences that will echo for a lifetime to come. BONUS: read the first chapter of the Heart of the Raven.

The Sacred Protocol is the first volume in the Evilution series. It is an alternate history crime thriller. Two pivotal events in history have a very different outcome. The first is the Spanish Armada. The story swiftly moves to the collapse of the internet in 2016. A slide to dystopian culture is avoided by the new SACRED system. An increasing number of protesters against SACRED die mysteriously.Oceans will rise and cities will fall... Will mankind survive?When the entire continent of Australia disappears into thin air, Jack White, a professor of unexplained phenomena and folk lore is contacted by the government to assist them in cracking the case that has officials baffled. When another country disappears and leaves behind only ocean water, it becomes a race against time to find answers to the inexplicable disappearances that are now ravaging the world. How do you protect your family and prepare the world for an impending doom if you don't know what you're up against?

This issue of Fiction Vortex introduces some new subgenres that we haven't published before, including fractured fairytale, high fantasy, steampunk, and space western.Fiction Vortex publishes two new science fiction and fantasy stories each week. All stories in this issue appeared on the site during the month of July 2013.Science fiction and fantasy are such broad genres that they mean something different to every person you ask. Well, except for literary snobs; they're remarkably uniform in their opinions of genre fiction. It seems to me that they wouldn't pass muster with their beloved Holden Caulfield, but maybe that's a conversation for another day. The diversity of subgenres is what makes sci-fi and fantasy so cool (aside from lasers and spaceships, dragons and wizards, psychopaths and world destruction, etc.). There's something for nearly everyone.We strive to show this breadth of ideas in our stories, which is why we're so excited about this issue. It continues our trend of publishing great fiction, but it also introduces a few new subgenres that we haven't published yet. We've got our first truly high fantasy tale, our first fractured fairytale, our first steampunk story, and our first space western.That's enough subgenre to kill a Tartellonelionicate Mega-Aardvark.So sit back and enjoy the smorgasbord of science fiction and fantasy. And don't forget to pat your back on our behalf. No, pat your back, not our behalf. We don't like it when people touch our behalf, anyway. You're the reason we do this, and the reason we're still going. So thanks for your support, and look for more great fiction next month.Fiction Vortex publishes two new science fiction and fantasy stories each week. All stories in this issue appeared on the site during the month of July 2013.

From the lone rebellion of a WorldCoding Cyrbiid, to a besieged, remote Federation Outpost, to the dark magics of the Elite Echelon Military, and to Earth, where more and more awaken; Off-Worlders is an absorbing collection of sci-fi stories. A companion collection to the edgy Sci-Fi Action Thriller, Rise Siren Five.From the lone rebellion of a WorldCoding Cyrbiid, to a besieged, remote Federation Outpost, to the dark magics of the Elite Echelon Military, and to Earth, where more and more awaken; Off-Worlders is an absorbing collection of sci-fi stories.Fans of Rise Siren Five will love this; as they journey deeper into the characters, worlds and concepts of the first novel of the Disclosure Series. But these stories stand on their own, as a treasure trove of sci-fi gems; sometimes dark, sometimes sensual, sometimes humorous, S.S. Delaunay takes the reader on sudden twists and unexpected turns. A companion collection to the edgy Sci-Fi Action Thriller, Rise Siren Five."Even if you've never read the series before, these are short sci-fi stories. That's always a nice time-spender. The stories alternative from funny to suspenseful to dramatic to meaningful. You're getting a full meal out of this thing.”"This writer delivers her tales of adventure with a unique, cryptic writing style that readers will either love or hate. Myself, I find it addictive, and plan to read the next full length novel.”"The "special edition" includes an origin story for the series, and it points to a wide-open world that I can't wait to read more about."

Dina DeMille may run the nicest Bed and Breakfast in Red Deer, Texas, but she caters to a very particular kind of guest… the kind that no one on Earth is supposed to know about. Guests like a former intergalactic tyrant with an impressive bounty on her head, the Lord Marshal of a powerful vampire clan, and a displaced-and-superhot werewolf; so don’t stand too close, or you may be collateral damage. But what passes for Dina’s normal life is about to be thrown into chaos. First, she must rescue her long-distant older sister, Maud, who’s been exiled with her family to a planet that functions as the most lawless penal colony since Botany Bay. Then she agrees to help a guest whose last chance at saving his civilization could bring death and disaster to all Dina holds dear. Now Gertrude Hunt is under siege by a clan of assassins. To keep her guests safe and to find her missing parents, Dina will risk everything, even if she has to pay the ultimate price. Though Sean may have something to say about that!

Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker. Master and apprentice. Chosen by fate. Destined for conflict. When Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker are sent to the Galactic Games, they are meant to be keepers of the peace. Then they discover an illegal event that Anakin knows all too well: Podracing. Even though Obi-Wan forbids it, Anakin cannot resist the thrill of the race—and the chance to face off against his childhood rival, the loathsome Sebulba. As a Jedi, Anakin is supposed to let go of his past. But his past will not let go of him.

Trapped within the dead city of Marandur, Master Mechanic Mari and Mage Alain must escape both merciless barbarians and the pitiless Imperial Legion. Beyond those dangers lie the mightiest and most unforgiving powers in the world of Dematr: the Great Guilds that rule the world with iron fists. Mari's Mechanics Guild and Alain's Mage Guild have always been enemies, but they are united in wanting to kill their rogue members before Mari can fulfill the ancient prophecy of being the one who will finally overthrow their power. Mari and Alain must risk those dangers because halfway across their world lies a place where truth has long been hidden. A place that could explain why their world's history begins abruptly, with no hints of what came before. A place where they might learn how the Mechanics Guild came to control all technology and how the Mages manage to alter reality temporarily. A place that might tell them how to achieve a task that appears to be impossible. Never before have a Mage and a Mechanic worked together, and their combined talents offer their only hope. But she and Alain must first survive the deadly and implacable Assassins of Altis.

Myasi has been contracted to destroy an obstruction in the shallow seas of Ulto Marinos. But her attempt to do so reveals something more beneath the surface...A scifi short story set in the Travellers UniverseRyder Hilton gets a job as a body guard after his father refuses to give him any more allowances. Tass Oliver is a multi-million selling popstar, Ryder finds himself falling for her. Even though, he dicovers he is madly in love with his room mate Jo.

Childhood nightmares, myths and tales abound throughout the Urionverse. No-one believes them, but there is one place where fable and reality walk hand-in-hand.The Church Guard have come to Wose IV with all their arrogance, ego and bigotry. They have been warned...FROM USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR J. ROBERT KENNEDYThree top secret research scientists are presumed dead in a boating accident, but the kidnapping of their families the same day raises questions the FBI and local police can’t answer, leaving them waiting for a ransom demand that will never come.Central Intelligence Agency Analyst Chris Leroux stumbles upon the story, and finds a phone conversation that was never supposed to happen. When he reports it to his boss, the National Clandestine Services Chief, he is uncharacteristically reprimanded for conducting an unauthorized investigation and told to leave it to the FBI.But he can’t let it go.For he knows something the FBI doesn’t.One of the scientists is alive.Chris makes a call to his childhood friend, CIA Special Agent Dylan Kane, leading to a race across the globe to stop a conspiracy reaching the highest levels of political and corporate America, that if not stopped, could lead to war with an enemy armed with a weapon far worse than anything in the American arsenal, with the potential to not only destroy the world, but consume it.USA Today bestselling author J. Robert Kennedy introduces Rogue Operator, the first installment of his newest series, The Special Agent Dylan Kane Thrillers, promising to bring all of the action and intrigue of the James Acton Thrillers with a hero who lives below the radar, waiting for his country to call when it most desperately needs him.

Set in the near future, the world is advancing as new technologies emerges. But the effects from the attack in an early decade of the 21st century, by an elusive group called Ordo Tribus XI (Order of the Three Eleven), lingers. Soon, a sinister force arises, quietly permeating into everyone’s lives and into all nooks and crannies of the connected world.This novel is set in the near future. It begins with historical fiction set at the end of World War I, followed by current day November 2011. These set the historical context for the rest of the book.The novel delves into future technology as gradual change occurs. The novel is a narrative and social commentaries that is equally relevant to the present, as it was to the past, and likely for the future. It offers a thoughtful look at greed, corrupted power, hate and atrocities. Readers are treated to characters from several parts of the world united in their determination to root out this pernicious threat. The backdrop settings consists of information warfares, cyber attacks, ground breaking future scientific and military technologies.Contents:PrologueChapter 1 - Barbarians at the GateChapter 2 - A World ApartChapter 3 - Crime and PunishmnentChapter 4 - Just VisitingChapter 5 - Anonymous VotersChapter 6 - The CureChapter 7 - GatheringsChapter 8 - Money TalksChapter 9 - Hackers and CrackersChapter 10 - The RebelsChapter 11 - Changing of the GuardsChapter 12 - Power PlayChapter 13 - The Last LectureChapter 14 - The PurgeChapter 15 - The ChaseChapter 16 - Lifting the VeilChapter 17 - Unpleasant TruthChapter 18 - Sympathy for the DevilChapter 19 - The LairChapter 20 - The AwakeningEpilogue

An electronics enthusiast builds a satellite receiver that can receive deep space transmissions. He picks up a broadcast from outer space outlining an attack on Earth. The aliens could destroy Earth as easily as snuffing out a candle. What can be done to stop them?It’s autumn half-term and 12-year-old Lou Elliott and her friends Jack, also 12, and his younger siblings David and Emily are reunited at the Welsh holiday resort of Abersoch. After an eventful summer the children are not expecting anything untoward to happen this time, but that’s before they come across a strange, ramshackle old farmhouse while out walking across the moors not far from Abersoch. It’s the home of a lonely old lady in her 90s – and she’s at her wits’ end, certain it’s haunted. But is it, or is there a more rational explanation? Something Strange in the Cellar, first published on Smashwords in April 2013, is a wholesome, traditional-style short novel (just over 29,000 words), suitable for all ages from nine upwards, and is book 3 in the Lou Elliott Mystery Adventure Series by George Chedzoy. It comes after the full-length novels Smugglers at Whistling Sands and The Missing Treasure but it's ok to read it first.

Trian meets Tom aka Mindbender from "Tom the Berserker" series.If there’s one thing the evil Dr. Emile Schmitt-Rottluff can’t get enough of, it’s samples of your precious bodily fluids. He’s the gaslight era's virtuoso of illicit cloning and mind-bending manipulation of the human genome. He’s got his eye on Jeb Snead, one of the toughest men who ever lived, undefeated in over a hundred bare-knuckle bouts. He's also got the hots for Jeb's girlfriend, Miss Kitty. Hope Ng, her nefarious rescuer Rufe, and the sexy mutant Miss Kitty, are all under his watchful, evil eye. Luckily for them, the ghost of Tecumseh takes an indulgent interest. Rife with the bizarre juxtaposition of psycho-sexual elements, On the Nature of the Gods is simply unforgettable.

Another thrilling anthology of short stories by some of the rising stars in independent publishing. In this second collection of short Speculative Fiction we bring you another treasure chest of great Science Fiction and Fantasy. Here you will find stories of intergalactic policemen, virtual soldiers, spirited princesses, lonesome spacemen and even megalomaniac dogs and kleptomaniac goats.Another thrilling anthology of short stories by some of the rising stars in independent publishing. In this second collection of short Speculative Fiction we bring you another treasure chest of great Science Fiction and Fantasy. Here you will find stories of intergalactic policemen, virtual soldiers, spirited princesses, lonesome spacemen and even megalomaniac dogs and kleptomaniac goats.So dust off your old suit of armour and grab your blaster pistol and come join us in exploring more ‘Spectacular Tales’.