Kris
23) Wind energy
29) Be my valenslime
Do you know exactly how and why you age? And what you can do—whatever your current age—to slow that process and have a longer, healthier life?
In The Longevity Code, medical doctor Kris Verburgh illuminates...
32) Taeowolf
Deception, Betrayal, and Desire
For Aiden Murphy life was ordinary, a sensible journey where adventures only played out in his dreams. But an intriguing encounter with a mysterious stranger turns his dreams into reality and sends him on a journey, which turns his life into a nightmare. In the midst of the chaos, past loyalties fall apart, love alters, and fear becomes anger as suffering pushes Aiden to commit the unthinkable. Can he
...A punk band struggles to save their show when it's upstaged by the wail of a real banshee.
Across impassable seas and beyond lonely cities, two wayfarers journey across a vast continent.
A tired wanderer fights his impulse to run when he is hunted down with a magic photograph.
An ocean-sick miner steals a submersible to escape from the oppressive priest caste of a deep-ocean settlement.
Four short fantasy stories take eerie
...34) Down and Out
Endless Darkness. Oppression. A Fragmented Society.
Sealed away in the bleak tunnels of Undercity, Teddy Peterson forages through the decaying remains of a shattered civilization. Surrounded by darkness, he and his adopted family of scroungers struggle to survive under the tyranny of the Upperlords. Their city is crumbling, and their tormentors don't care.
Desperate to save the people he loves, Teddy searches for answers.
...35) Severed Ties
What happens when the search for the perfect date goes perfectly wrong?
Declan has commitment issues. He's been an office temp for literally years now, and his friends delight in telling people that he left his last boyfriend at the altar.
And that's all true. But he's starting to think it's time to start working on his issues. Maybe.
When Declan meets Sidney—a...
Ria is tasked with protecting the only zoia flowers in Tell's forests. Day in and day out, she tends to them and ensures that their songs are bright. The flowers are her life's work, after all.
So what is she willing to sacrifice for them?
This short story complements the Shadow and Ruin series:
Book 1: Quest of Shadow and Ruin
Book 2: Blade of Night and Winter (coming March 2024)
40) God Forsaken
The Vampire God escaped to Japan. Now he's reaping the reward of the kelpies' blood syndicate.
When a kitsune calls in Frank's debts, Frank and Wrenn find themselves in Tokyo embroiled in a Frankenstein family reunion no one wanted—nor thought possible.
Brother's back and he's building a cult of like-minded yōkai.
Add angry kami, needy mate magic, a language neither
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