In Anthony Pond’s Conquistadors, Ryan Jordan joins a small expedition in central Mexico to climb three of the country’s highest volcanoes under the direction of their guide, Ricardo. After becoming ill at a mountain lodge following a meal in town, he chooses to continue with...

Clare’s Boutique: Three Stories and One Essay by Eric Giroux is a collection of moments of vulnerability, identity, and reckoning through the character Clare. In Ice Time, Clare and Jack O’Connor, once best kindergarten friends, reunite later under strained circumstances during a Scout troop trip...

Jeffrey L. Carrier’s Coal Dust on Purple Asters is a short historical trilogy about three families surviving in the rough mountains of Kentucky through wars and the Great Depression. In Rain on Chinquapin Holler, Wiley Hicks, a coal miner, is torn between providing for his...

Cosplay & Consequences (The Fandom Narratives) by J.C. Sato is a brilliantly written novella that could even be described as one long, shifting scene. The setting is an urban cosplay convention where performers, entrepreneurs, fans, and perverts assemble in this growing subculture to show off...

In Case Files from the Nightfall Detective Agency: Fury of the Vampire by David Alyn Gordon, Abraham had tried to build a holy tower to the heavens, but El had struck it down. From then on, the people shunned Abraham. He wandered aimlessly and became...

Caribbean Adventures by Fred G. Baker is a riveting collection of modern pirate tales set mainly in the Caribbean. The stories follow the daring exploits of Alex and his crew, opening with the audacious theft of the luxury yacht Caribbean Queen, which Alex’s crew swiftly...

In Close Your Eyes and They're Gone by Karen Black, the story follows Rose Baker, a nurse’s aide and devoted mother to a curious four-year-old daughter, Lily. Rose is doing her best to balance work, parenting, and the loneliness of having her husband stationed overseas....

Cristo & The Werewolf Dinner by Angus Bessai is a fantasy about a disgraced warrior dwarf, Cristo. The bounty hunter can’t believe his luck when he’s offered one hundred gold pieces to attend a noble’s birthday party. The duke’s daughter is turning ten, and she...

Conversations On The Edge by Devin McMillan is an emotional story that follows Alex Parker, a young man who faces life's challenges with courage and resilience. Alex is left broken after the death of his childhood best friend, Steven, and he grapples with the regret...

Shr. Mpe’s Consent Withdrawn sinks its hooks in with the quiet precision of a scalpel and doesn’t let go. This psychological thriller begins in the sterility of Saint Aeron hospital, where Sol Keeran arrives to inspect the forensics department. Instead of a routine audit, Sol...