In a world where leaders force-feed their supplicants with lies and abuse, freedom is an illusion. The world lies divided: one half a Utopian prison, the other a ruthless military dictatorship. Two women born to different halves of this disparate future earth must battle their own demons while facing an archaic conspiracy - one which threatens to submerge the world into a second mass extinction.

The truth has lain concealed for too long. It festers and boils, hankering for escape... coveting its own freedom. But this new world is not prepared for the exposure of such dark secrets. Can mankind withstand the devastating truths they so desperately seek?

The truth has lain concealed for too long. It festers and boils, hankering for escape... coveting its own freedom. But this new world is not prepared for the exposure of such dark secrets. Can mankind withstand the devastating truths they so desperately seek?

“A master of the short story” discusses every aspect of the writing process, from story structure to staying focused, in this candid essay collection (Booklist). Ron Carlson’s short stories have been featured in The New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine, and elsewhere, while his numerous collections have won critical acclaim. In this series of personal essays, Carlson explores his own process, inviting the reader to watch over his shoulder as he creates the short story “The Governor’s Ball.” “This is the story of a story,” Carlson tells us. But as he crafts a tale, he also offers practical advice for writers, covering everything from the first glimmer of an idea to the final sentence. Carlson urges the writer to refuse the outside distractions—a second cup of coffee, a troll through the dictionary—and attend to the necessity of uncertainty, the pleasures of an unfolding story. “The Governor’s Ball”—included in its entirety—serves as a fascinating illustration of the detailed anatomy of a short story.

Destiny Sojourns thought her only worry this year was telling her mom she didn't want to go to college. Instead she discovers she must save the Numbers from the Necromores. The Necromores are taking the blood of the Numbers, their life line. She must discover the key to their salvation before the Necromores find her. She will have to fight, run and test her limits. Can she survive?

In his debut novel 'YEVAL', C.W. Schultz explores the differences between the portrayal and reality of violence. Randy Mulray is on the threshold of madness, envisioning incommunicable murders in a room (called the 'Dark Room') he is mentally forced into by a monster named Yeval. A horror story like never before, 'YEVAL' flirts with the notion that violence in entertainment is too shallow and appealing for audiences to really grip the iniquity and futility.

A classic, dark, whimsical fantasy set in an imagined reptile-driven kingdom. The inhabitants are talking, thinking, serpents that poignantly humanize the story.At birth, king cobra brothers Ophis and Neddris miraculously escape death. They survive and are ordained as princes, destined to inherit the crown.As the brothers cross the threshold into maturity, they are thrust into a labyrinth of temptations that lurk around every corner. Do they abandon the regal rules and boldly challenge their fate to quench their insatiable curiosity?Trapped, Ophis and Nedrris are torn between a forked path of trickery and playfulness, humor and drama, darkness and danger. As they pursue their extraordinary journey towards their own destiny, the stakes are tragically high and their choices mystically transform their world.The plot intensifies when the princes stumble upon the surreal gypsy folk. They are magnetized and become entangled in the moonlit perils of passion...This book arouses a dreamlike, abstract quality, merged with a twisted plot and supernatural element that cannot be revealed.

When a cautious writer, J.H. Bunting, decides to take his family to Paris, he realizes he's just $600 short. To raise the money his audience donates to 12 adventures they chose for him to accomplish in Paris. What follows is a series of uncomfortable, amusing, and sometimes life-threatening adventures in one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Bunting finds dead authors in Pere Lachaise cemetery, performs a song and dance under Arch de Triumphe, and gets lost in the 100 miles of illegal catacombs 60 m below the city. Follow Bunting as he stumbles his way through Paris and witness a side of the City of Light you've never seen before.