Demetrius, the son of Apollo, is a demigod, born in Athens and raised in Sparta. He is content in life being the right hand man of the Spartan king, and having never lost a battle. He isn’t much interested in taking a bride, and just...

The Woods of North San Juan is a supernatural tale written by T.E. Fromhold. Richard Burke is a tenured professor of history who lives on the coast in Los Angeles. But after the shooting death of his fiancee, Richard is looking for something else, and...

Once a happy-go-lucky pre-med student with a full life and a happy marriage ahead of her, Tara has now found herself in the middle of something that she can’t understand. If having a virgin pregnancy that no one believed in wasn’t bad enough, there are...

In The Stone Thread: Second Chronicle, a post-apocalyptic tale by J.R. Evangelisti, what remains of humanity live protected under a bubble. Their needs are met as long as they follow a set of Catch-22-like rules and they're reminded constantly that they are lucky to be...

Thought provoking tales are told in the short story collection, The After, by L.L. Sanders. The collection tells three very different stories, all relating to the mysteries of the afterlife. In "The After," we meet the mature and thoughtful Wilshire, as he guides his young...

The First: Alternate Collection Destruction Cover by Kipjo Ewers starts out with a bang. Convicted murderer Dr. Sophia Dennison continues to proclaim her innocence. The state of Texas executes her but she didn’t stay dead; with a sudden gasp she came back to life. What...

The Stag Lord (Bannerman Boru) by Darby Kaye follows Bannerman Boru and his young son, Cormac, as they travel across the country in a camper van, trying to escape the ancient Celtic god Cernunnos. A member of the Tuatha De Danann clan, he has been...

Ben Carson’s recurring nightmare about a frightening winged creature tires him deeply. He also has to deal with his pregnant wife’s puzzling condition. Anne has been in a coma for two weeks at Lutheran Hospital, slipping into a deeper unconscious state each day. Anne is...

The Great Deceiver by Andrew Cormier is about a man who tells us his life story in his own words in an effort to explain how things went so terribly wrong. As a young child, he suffered the embarrassment of low income living and being...

The Gallivan Legacy by Sable Lewis follows the story of the Gallivan family from 17th Century Ireland to present day New England. The Gallivan family are witches, each with their own abilities. In Ireland, Ida Gallivan fought against an evil that possessed her husband, trapping...