Imagine a society that suffered years of steady decline, in which trust was broken, and a sense of hopelessness prevailed. Communal identity had been lost, and society became divided. Most people had lost direction and grown weary. Tony Sunderland paints a bleak picture of the...

A Sense for Memory by R.H. Stevens is an imaginative and exciting science fiction novel combined with stunning illustrations of alien worlds and species. Stevens uses elements of mystery, psychological thriller, cosmic horror, and political intrigue to create a truly captivating story. From the very...

In A Savage Nation by Leon Harris, a brutal alternate history inverts the transatlantic slave trade into a horrifying mirror. It is a world where African empires are advanced, and Europe has reverted to a world of primitivity. The story introduces the “Great Harvest,” which...

Augmented Reality by A.R. Milton describes a dystopian world of BioCyber warfare. Headed by twin brothers, an organization had taken over society by means of an AI-driven web, becoming The Eternal Intelligence Entity (E.I.E). Designed to rule the world, it played on human desires, persuading...

Auralis: The Bridge (Book 1) by R.A. Wagener is a praiseworthy, speculative, sci-fi technothriller. We meet Asher Newman, a mid-level systems integration engineer at Luminate Technologies. When Asher’s team was assigned to run final-stage testing on a new hi-tech chip, Asher discovered that the architecture...

After the Quiet: Stories to the Edge and Back, Volume Two by Carl Lakeland is a collection that leans into the tension of lives lived under pressure, where consequences arrive before anyone is ready to name them. The opening story, Bagels and a White Rose,...

Ashen Lands by Tess Manchester centers on Randall Colt, a seasoned military veteran who must travel across a civil war-ravaged America. Bombardments have fragmented and reduced it into chaotic regions characterized by mass burial grounds, burnt-out woodlands, and ruthless armed groups. He must deliver a...

As the Waters Rise by Susan Greenberg Feltman follows Police Commissioner Manny Stewart as he juggles his son Zach’s turbulent adolescence, the pressures of policing New York’s crumbling underground Colony, and the unfinished business of his own violent past. At home, Manny faces escalating defiance...

“Some souls are blessed to love; others are doomed to.” This statement captures the essence of Dane Sullivan's short novel, After All Other Options, which carries both a sense of familiarity and a weighty burden. Jack Blaine, owner of The Stoplight Motel and Grille (a...

After the Before by Ernie Gammage shows us a hauntingly beautiful post-apocalyptic landscape, where memory, mystery, and survival weave together in unexpected ways. Scavengers Sophie and Markus stumble across a mysterious sealed box buried in the ruins, hundreds of years after a global collapse. Driven...