In the distant future, people have regressed and live simple lives without machines or technology. Bur, a primitive and uneducated man, spends his days fishing and ignoring the village folk. Nothing stirs his mind or life, but this all changes when he fishes a mysterious...

Not Violating HIPAA: Baseline combines medical fiction and alternate history and is an anthology of related short stories. It is best suited to the mature adult reading audience. It was penned by Chris P Jackson in a slipstream pulp style that will resonate with fans...

Intent on wrapping up the thesis for his doctorate in anthropology at UC San Diego, Gilmore Crowell had spent the last eight years studying sex workers in Tijuana. The last thing he needed was the news that some big shots at the University wanted him...

If you're in the mood for laughs, grab a copy of Community Klepto, a dark comedy novel by Kelly I. Hitchcock. Twenty-five-year-old Ann Josephson hates having to do anything involving people. A compulsive kleptomaniac, she often visits the local community center to work out and...

When Simmy Jackson discovers her family is intent on moving from Buffalo to Utah, she is puzzled. Curiosity gives way to dismay when she realizes that the inspiration behind their exodus is none other than their cuckoo Aunt Beaner's consultations with her Ouija board. It's...

Once upon a time, in a kingdom called Parking Lot, a king and his queen looked for a suitor for their child. King Public and Queen Ample Parking would have found this task enjoyable if not for the one problem to which they cannot turn...

In The Tickling Tale of Smoo by Louiza Kallona, Ben and Lucy listen to their grandmother tell a story about the world’s tickle spot hidden in the armpits of Smoo. Nobody they knew had laughed in months, not even a chuckle. Their parents didn’t believe...

Social Vampire is a work in the coming of age, interpersonal drama, and social issues subgenres. Penned by James Schannep, it is intended for the young adult reading audience. In this delightful, amusing, and heartfelt teen drama, we meet newcomer Gordon when he’s about to...

Poppy Shaw, a not-very-successful forty-six-year-old actress, moved to a splendid guesthouse in Topanga Canyon for a ridiculously low rent. She then learned that the urn with the remains of a famous healer named Dalia, who had lived in the house, was buried under the olive...

Ultravox vs. the Ottoman Empire by Elliot Stanton introduces the reader to Alexander “Sandy” Trevelyan, a history teacher and an obsessive Ultravox fan. Sandy has been following Midge Ure’s synth-pop band for over four decades, and his passion has never waned. Now, nearing his sixties,...