The year is 1893. Rosie Weston, fireman, is working on an overnight passenger train to the World’s Fair. Her routine shift has turned into a nightmare, beginning with a peculiar trunk in the baggage car. Worse, a passenger has gone missing. Can Rosie discover the truth behind the cargo before more passengers go missing? Strange Happenings is a series of short stories set in an alternate timeline, where science and the unknown mix. Much like a penny dreadful, each story is meant to be enjoyed in … [Read more...] about Something Happened on the Way to the World’s Fair: A Strange Happenings Short Story by Kelsey Josephson by Kelsey Josephson
Wolfhearted: A Novella by Kathy L. Brown
Runa, alone, survives the massacre. But a traitorous mage has captured her king’s essence—his vital energy, linked to a long line of wolf-shifter rulers. Unless Runa can recover that power by dawn, the mage will command not only her, but also her kindred. Yet Runa is the weakest of the pack. Her quest will fail unless she finds help, and the dark winter woods is deserted but for a small dog and a young soldier. Prince Paolo is eager for adventure and stirred to action by Runa’s ordeal. As they … [Read more...] about Wolfhearted: A Novella by Kathy L. Brown
Interview with Author – Poppy Kuroki
About Poppy Kuroki: Poppy Kuroki is a professional ghostwriter and editor. She loves books, Dungeons & Dragons, and playing video games. She currently lives in Enoshima, Japan with her husband and dreams of owning a dog. What inspires you to write? I get inspired by great stories around me, in the form of books, movies, video games, or real life. Sometimes I'll create a character based on someone I've met or seen on the street. Sometimes I think to myself, "What if … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Poppy Kuroki
Interview with Author – A. F. Stewart
About A. F. Stewart: A steadfast and proud sci-fi and fantasy geek, A. F. Stewart was born and raised in Nova Scotia, Canada and still calls it home. The youngest in a family of seven children, she always had an overly creative mind and an active imagination. She favours the dark and deadly when writing—her genres of choice being fantasy and horror—but she has been known to venture into the light on occasion. As an indie author, she’s published novellas and story collections, with a few side … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – A. F. Stewart
The Empress of the Clouds by Desiree Ultican
The Empress of the Clouds by Desiree Ultican In March 1896, Widow Evaline "Evvy" Amstel has been left with a tremendous debt―before he was murdered, her husband had promised to build and deliver a revolutionary airship, The Empress of the Clouds, to Erasmus Marchand, an embittered Southern millionaire who resents the fact that the damned Yankees won the Civil War. Now that Amstel is dead, no one in Joplin, Missouri, a zinc/lead mining boomtown, knows where the Empress is . . . or if it even … [Read more...] about The Empress of the Clouds by Desiree Ultican
The Empress of the Clouds by Desiree Ultican
At the turn of the 20th century, Evaline Amstel's inventor husband Heinz has been murdered—leaving her in dire straits. He has indebted her fortune to a mysterious Southern millionaire with a promise to build a fantastic airship, The Empress of the Clouds. The widow faces treacherous escapades in her search for the missing aircraft before it is used for unspeakable evil. Targeted Age Group:: adults What Inspired You to Write Your Book? I began thinking about my steampunk adventure / … [Read more...] about The Empress of the Clouds by Desiree Ultican
The Orphan’s Secret by R. J. Francis
When a bitter evil threatens to destroy the kingdom of Arra, a nineteen-year-old farm girl, the orphan Elaina, finds her life entangled with that of the prince. Through her adventures in the royal court, Elaina learns who she truly is, what happened to her parents, and why the king himself is afraid of her. She also learns that only she can save the region from disaster. Targeted Age Group:: 14-Adult What Inspired You to Write Your Book? I enjoy novels where the worlds are intricately … [Read more...] about The Orphan’s Secret by R. J. Francis
Interview with Author – Scott Kinkade
About Scott Kinkade: I live in Oklahoma where I struggles to put words to paper. I graduated from Oklahoma Christian University with a BA in Arts. My major was English/Writing. I enjoy reading, writing, TV, anime, videogames and comic books/manga, the latter of which heavily inspire my writing. I welcome visitors to my web site, ScottKinkade.net. You can also follow me on Twitter @SK_Author, and friend me on Facebook at. What inspires you to write? I liken writing to playing with action … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Scott Kinkade
Interview with Author – David Lee Summers
About David Lee Summers: David Lee Summers is the author of ten novels and over one hundred short stories and poems. His writing spans a wide range of the imaginative from science fiction to fantasy to horror. David’s novels include The Astronomer's Crypt, which is a horror novel inspired by his work at an astronomical observatory, and The Brazen Shark, which was voted best steampunk novel in the 2017 Preditors and Editors Reader's Poll. His short stories and poems have appeared in … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – David Lee Summers
Theo Paxstone and the Dragon of Adyron by James Turner
Young Theo Paxstone aspires to a better life. A virtual slave at a steam mech repair shop, he slaves away under the sharp watch of Master Grimes, along with dozens of other orphan boys. The biggest and meanest of them, Grant, has in it for Theo and his best friend, Ollie, the shop’s part spotter bird. Every day is a struggle for survival. When a dragon attacks the royal tournament and sets it aflame, Theo escapes to help. He saves an elderly steam knight, Sir Bentham, from the blaze, assisted … [Read more...] about Theo Paxstone and the Dragon of Adyron by James Turner
Interview with Author – M D Flyn
About M D Flyn: I am a voracious reader, a writer, a chocolate inhaler, and LGBT. I perpetrate geekery, a lover of all things fantasy, scifi, and otherwise odd. I write speculative fiction that explores themes of individuality, belonging, and empowerment. What inspires you to write? Lots of ways. I have no problem with getting ideas, it’s having the discipline to sit down and write that is hard for me. Often something random will pop up when I am doing something that has nothing to do with … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – M D Flyn
Interview with Author – JM Guillen
About JM Guillen: Novelist, weird fiction writer, and future ruler of the Earth, JM Guillen summons strange things from beyond the stars and never rues the day. This madman was a normal, mild mannered midwesterner until he achieved his lifelong dream of being a full-time writer in the summer of 2011. When one of his stories, "The Herald of Autumn," was nominated for a Nebula Award, he immediately went mad with a miniscule, insignificant amount of power. Soon he was declaring … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – JM Guillen
