Two terrible dads. A nest of vampires… Nate Temple and his pal Alucard just want a little piece and quiet after the events of TINY GODS, but it just isn't in the cards for them. Tory leaves town and asks them to watch over the rebellious Reds. But they have other plans.When love is in the air, there is nothing a teenager wouldn't do. And there is nothing a dad wouldn't do to keep them safe. Even if it involves a Johnson Beaver concert, a magical djinn, and a herd of centaurs.This wild, fast-paced novella is a nice breather after the events of TINY GODS, and brings back a whole lot of pain and humor to Nate Temple. If he can reason with the estrogen-filled shifter dragons before they burn Kansas City to the ground...

     Carly and Miki have never forgotten the stories that Grim has told them of the Great Raptor, the symbol of their new home world of Luda. Yet, it is the comparison their mother once made of the Great Raptor to Grim that gives them the courage to help the injured bird they find in the garden. Find out what happens when their single act of love, faith, and kindness creates far-reaching consequences that no one, including their mother and Grim, could ever have predicted.

    He's a wooden man. An assistant. A diversion. The other peers want to know what's going on, so it's off to Europe for a trip to the First Palace. And no place in the world is safer than inside the headquarters of the Twenty Palace Society, right? Right?

    When she’s ditched on her thirty-third birthday by an online hookup who tells her he’s not that desperate, she hits rock bottom. No one will ever look past her zany hair styles and festive fashions to love her. Certainly not the deliciously hard-bodied male across the campus bar, drinking her in as though he’s never seen a woman before.Dragon shifter Syenite “Syen” Pyroxene craves a mate. But his family’s dishonor on their home planet Draconis means the coldly efficient bodyguard will never earn the attention a female. Until her. Evalina’s mouthwatering smiles tempt his lips, her sparkling eyes make him lose his focus, and her lush curves cry out for his hands to mold them until she melts with pleasure.These two wounded souls won’t easily risk their hearts—but they must. Dark forces from Syen’s past are circling Earth’s atmosphere, and Evalina is the only one who can save him…This novella comes with a happy ending! It features steamy love scenes, sparkles, and a big, beautiful woman who finally finds the dreamy lover she deserves. No cheaters, no cliffhangers, and satisfaction guaranteed. Take flight with the dragon shifters of Draconis today!

     With the portal so close to the Dranovian stronghold, Alderic is forced to participate in a Human Hunt for the first time. As he searches the forest surrounding the Talunaha, he is shocked to see the beautiful and wild-eyed human standing fearfully in front of him. Helena Chapman moved to Nome, Alaska after catching her fiancé in bed with her best friend the night before their wedding. Ignoring the warning of the longtime residents, she set out for a lone hike in the Denali National Forest. Her first night out she saw the strange, Mirage city in the sky and was swept into what she thought was a nightmare. Literally from two different worlds and cultures that are evolutions apart, Alderic and Helena will have to try and forge a new path for the tri-worlds in order to prevent a human uprising that threatens Helena’s life and to unravel everything Alderic has ever fought for.

    Ten years ago, Paxton Locke’s mother killed his father in a mysterious ritual that – thankfully – went incomplete. Now, Paxton makes his living as a roving paranormal investigator, banishing spirits while Mother languishes in jail.When a terrified ghost warns him of a dangerous, newly-freed entity, Paxton faces a fight far beyond simple exorcism. In a battle for his very soul, will he be able to endure – or simply fade away?From Dragon Award nominee Daniel Humphreys The Paxton Locke Series Fade Night's Black Agents - Coming June 19th! Come, Seeling Night - Coming in 2019!

    For hundreds of years, the danger posed by colliding worlds has been ignored as a crackpot theory, until now, and now it's too late. Maelstrom contains three novellas set in the Colliding Worlds universe (Collision, Impact and the conclusion, Maelstrom). Collision was commissioned by Vanquish Motion Pictures for possible development in film or on television.

    Humanity has travelled to the stars through interstellar portals, but the rebels and criminals were left behind on a ruined Earth. Eighteen-year-old Blaze is one of the last seven hundred people scavenging a living in an increasingly lethal New York. Her mother died six years ago. Her brother turned traitor. She believes her father is Donnell, the leader of the uneasy alliance between the remnants of the Earth Resistance and the old criminal gangs. She’s not sure what Donnell believes because he’s barely spoken to her since her brother betrayed him.Blaze has survived this long by being too unimportant to kill, but now the alliance is on the brink of starvation, and an old enemy is trying to seize power. When an aircraft carrying three privileged off-worlders crashes in New York, it adds more fuel to an already explosive situation, and Blaze is forced to step into the spotlight. Can the traitor’s sister convince Donnell, the warring divisions, and the off-worlders to work together to leave the death trap of New York? Blaze thinks that failure will mean the death of everyone she knows, but then she discovers the off-worlders’ secret. The stakes here are far higher than just seven hundred lives.Scavenger Alliance is set in the same future timeline as the Earth Girl trilogy, but takes place several centuries earlier, and features an ancestor of the trilogy’s main character, Jarra.

    Add to that the occasional riot over sudden-onset omega heats and knothead alphas thinking they own the universe, and Matt is pretty sick of this whole puberty thing. But getting beat up by alphas, pitied by omegas and ignored by the rest of the world doesn't even top the list of Matt's problems. Also attending Matt's high school is a sweet, handsome, unfairly perfect alpha named Teddy, and Matt has been in love with him for a literal lifetime. Teddy is also Matt's step brother. Things can't really get any worse for Matt from this point. Which is of course when Matt finally presents. Somehow, it doesn't end up making his life any easier. He just hopes to get out of his adolescence without Teddy ever knowing how he truly feels; that despite a one in a million chance, Teddy might be Matt's true mate. And true mates aren't always reciprocated. Matt can handle a lot of disappointment, but losing Teddy would be the one blow that breaks him.

    It's seventeen years since the Revolution overthrew the last king of the New British Empire, and the newly-reconstituted North American Commonwealth is developing rapidly, on course to defeat the French and bring democracy to a troubled world. But Miriam Burgeson, commissioner in charge of the shadowy Ministry of Intertemporal Research and Intelligence—the paratime espionage agency tasked with catalyzing the Commonwealth's great leap forward--has a problem. For years, she's warned everyone: "The Americans are coming." Now their drones arrive in the middle of a succession crisis—the leader of the American Commonwealth is dying and the vultures are circling. In another timeline, the U.S. has recruited Rita, Miriam's estranged daughter, to spy across timelines and bring down any remaining world-walkers who might threaten national security. But her handlers are keeping information from her.Two nuclear superpowers are set on a collision course. Two increasingly desperate paratime espionage agencies are fumbling around in the dark, trying to find a solution to the first contact problem that doesn't result in a nuclear holocaust. And two women—a mother and her long-lost, adopted daughter—are about to find themselves on opposite sides of the confrontation.

    Power is currency, lives are cheap.   Hephzibah Euphrasia Joséphine d'Albret hates her name. She hates the life she comes from, the fourth daughter of a legendary family—and, perilously, the one with negligible magical potential. And that suits her fine. Fleeing the Authority allows her to choose her own path: software engineer and startup founder. Finally, Zizi’s found a life she loves. One that doesn’t care about the magic she doesn’t have.   A sleeping city festers…   Zizi never wants her life to change. She loves her job, loves her freedom, loves her city, whatever its problems… and Oakland has problems. Mythological creatures are loose in the streets, predators and monsters feed recklessly. Criminals are bolder, disasters more frequent. Protected humans are coming up drained of blood—and if the Authority gets irritated enough, it’ll be her vampire best friend they kill for it.   …and calls for a leader to rise again.   Her city needs a real Sorceress, a powerful caretaker…not a low-magic nerd that refuses to play by the bureaucracy’s deadly rules. Unfortunately for her, Zizi is all Oakland has. With misfit allies and lethal enemies around every corner, an encyclopedic understanding of magic theory, and serious amounts of snark, can this Sorceress possibly survive the summer?

    He's used to being the new kid in school. So when he moves with his family to the small town of Rail Pass, he doesn't expect things to be much different than the last three towns.But then he meets Dean Winchester, an aggressive fellow student who sees Castiel as the shiny new toy he and his friends get to mess with. Castiel has had his fair share of bullies in the past, but nothing like this. He's never felt this way about a bully, or anyone for that matter, before. Maybe something's wrong with him, that he could feel so attracted to someone who makes his everyday life hell.But then again, he sees the way Dean looks at him sometimes. And there's a lot more to Dean Winchester than meets the eye.Words:500321 complete

    The FBI discovers that Tony DiNozzo is the missing son of Patrick Sheppard — kidnapped from the hospital shortly after his birth.

    Upon Mary Hatford's death, Nathaniel Wesninski makes the call to his uncle Stuart rather than continuing on the run and ending up in Milport, Nevada.Upon graduating university, Andrew Minyard turns down all offers of a professional Exy career and muddles through a 'normal' life, until the boredom and inanity of it all wears him down and he accepts an offer of a break to spend some time with his cousin Nicky in Stuttgart, Germany.There he meets Abram Hatford, a handsome and broken young man who has more in common with Andrew than he suspects, and nothing's normal anymore.

    Because if he doesn't know where he is, his brothers won't be able to find him very easily either. He ends up in Silverton, a small mountain town nestled deep within the Rocky Mountains where he meets Dean Winchester, a very beautiful and very grumpy omega.Words:112526 complete

    Join us out here where all things alien and weird flow freely. Dive headlong into spaceships and monsters, tentacles and insanity, determined struggle and starborne terror. Whether sprawling across civilizations or tightly focused and personal, these tales paint a psychedelic vision of strange proportions and wondrous possibility. Where space opera meets the weird. An anthology of 29 illustrated short stories that blend the weird cosmic horror of the Cthulhu Mythos with the star-spanning vistas of space opera by a diverse array of all-star authors... Remy Nakamura • Lucy A. Snyder • J.E. Bates • Gord Sellar • Brian Evenson • Heather Hatch • Desirina Boskovich • DaVaun Sanders • D.W. Baldwin • J. Edward Tremlett • D.A. Xiaolin Spires • Tom Dullemond • Premee Mohamed • Wendy N. Wagner • Kara Dennison • Brandon O'Brien • Heather Terry • Wendy Nikel • Robert White • Ingrid Garcia • Richard Lee Byers • Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. • Tim Curran • Angus McIntyre • Ada Hoffmann • Bogi Takács • Wendi Dunlap • Cody Goodfellow • Nadia Bulkin You'll meet soldiers and scientists, starship captains and intrepid explorers, each with secrets to hide and a story to tell. And then there's the aliens. So many aliens. Some friendly, some monstrous, but all of them exciting. Engines full. Course set. We're going in.

    Most of the time clients just find him. After a job goes wrong he goes looking for work and finds more than he expected with a married man of faith with blue eyes and a trench coat.Words:4971 complete

    Unfortunately, or fortunately, for him there are still more surprises in store for him. Somewhat of a sixth year, Severitus and Slytherin!Harry fic.Characters: Draco, Harry, Harry/Draco, SeverusGenres: Romance, DramaRating: M+Warnings: Violence, Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Spoilers, Voyeurism, Under 18

    Greg Keyes reimagines the eighteenth-century as an era of apocalyptic sorcery in which a young printer’s apprentice named Benjamin Franklin joins forces with a host of historical personages to prevent humankind’s annihilation by demons and black magic inadvertently released by the great British alchemist, Sir Isaac Newton.  Newton’s Cannon: Isaac Newton’s discovery of philosopher’s mercury threatens to destroy all human life on Earth, unless he and his new American protégé, young Benjamin Franklin, can keep the substance out of the malevolent hands of France’s King Louis XIV. “An intricately crafted, elegantly delivered story filled with idealism and betrayal, adventure, and philosophy . . . fascinating” (Library Journal).  A Calculus of Angels: A demonic conspiracy has destroyed England while unleashing chaos and terror upon the world. A possessed Peter the Great marches his conquering armies across a devastated Europe. And Newton and Franklin prepare for Armageddon.  Empire of Unreason: As eternal winter descends upon Earth, Franklin returns to the American colonies to hone his alchemical skills and ready his secret cabal of scientists, Native Americans, and former slaves for the upcoming battle for humankind’s survival. “The most original fantasy I have read in years” (Kevin K. Anderson, New York Times–bestselling author).  The Shadows of God: Angels and demons watch and wait as the last warriors of dead Europe invade the New World intent on defeating Ben Franklin’s American alliance and conquering the colonies. “Inventive and exciting, filled with clever details and high adventure” (Science Fiction Chronicle).

    Weird is good!Living with his ‘different’ family is never predictable for Alfie, but nothing could prepare him for what happens when he finds a strange key on his way home from school. This is no ordinary key – it seems to break the laws of physics! Once he’s figured out how to use it, Alfie is caught up in adventures that are literally out of this world.This story has evil grannies, flame-throwing frogs, bossy computers, shape-changing aliens, huge explosions, best friends and parallel universes. In other words, it’s a bit weird…but weird just means different!

    Dean's life might never be the same.Words:15371 completeCover by Dreamer

    Knives is an orphan. He grew up rough, never feeling like he fit in. He fell in with a bad crowd and everything went downhill from there. When a strange man starts asking him questions he doesn't understand, but promises him answers, he follows him to this strange group that might be a cult. Suddenly, he's rooming with a sexy guy named Tanner, who has been assigned to guide him. Until Tanner, he liked his sex like he liked his jobs: quick and dirty. But Tanner calls something more from him, even if he's full of crazy talk about wolves and true mates. Tanner didn't expect Knives, and he's not what he dreamed of... he's more. Tanner has a good life as an omega of the Maple Ridge Pack, but he's dreamed of the day when he would find an alpha to suit him and being making a life and a family together. Knives isn't anything like what he expected, but Tanner knows immediately that he's found his true mate. Tanner's connections run deep in Maple Ridge, but he already knows that no matter where Knives goes, he will follow. Before Knives can unlock who he truly is, he has to accept that all the crazy things he's being told are true and submit to the Maple Ridge Alpha, or he'll forever be the lonely outsider. The Orphan and the Omega is a 29,000 word novella about trust, true love, and finding a family for the first time.

    The builders of the ancient Keep of Dare communicated with other Keeps via a transporter – whose instruction manual unfortunately did not survive the centuries. Thus, Archmage Ingold Inglorion – the only trained wizard in the Keep – and his warrior-woman partner Gil Patterson of California find themselves in what they suspect is an unknown world, with no idea how to return home, while an army of deadly ghosts starts to appear within the Keep itself.

    One night, his boss’ daughter emerges from the wall in his office, pursued by killers. Smitten, Peter helps her escape — and the life he understands disappears as he is snatched from one alternate timeline to another.Nikki Varian is a bohemian rebel whose overbearing father uses his time-traveling power to create alternate timelines and exploit them for profit. But when the old man is murdered, her quest to find his killers and preserve what is left of her family leads her to the horrifying truth: that alternate timelines can be destroyed as well as created. When Nikki is captured by the survivors of her father’s xenophobic extermination campaign, Peter must discover his own mysterious power in order to save her. Together, Nikki and Peter must find a way to make peace with her father’s implacable enemies — or the timeline that they both call home will be the first of many to unravel.

    He finds himself hired by a king of a small European state, whose son, Prince Radic, is desperately in need of the expertise Lukas can provide. A six month stint in a foreign, picturesque land is not so wonderful, especially when Lukas sees that his subject, the prince, is nothing short of a royal ass. Keeping him sober and out of trouble is a full time job, until of course, the prince begins to realize that Lukas is not the enemy, but an ally, and maybe even something more.As the two work together over the next few months, dealing with local government and issues of trade, Lukas becomes more than a behavior modifier, he is helping Prince Radic understand his place as future king. When outside threats loom over Lukas and Radic, Lukas must decide between his own personal feelings and the responsibilities and obligations Radic needs to accept on behalf of his people. Follow the tale of Lukas and Radic in this story book romance of m/m erotica and see if happily ever after endings are still obtainable.

    When his forces are decimated on the battlefield, Gregory finds himself fallen into the hands of an enemy Marquess—a man whose sharp mind, imperious disdain and impenetrable castle walls are legendary.But the Marquess has a proposal to restore Sir Gregory to grace. All he needs to do is make a choice.His life—and the lives of his men—or his honour?[Story within a story: modern married Mystrade (East End Boy 'verse) with medieval AU]Words: 26,767

    Well, it’s quite a burden to be a beast, too. Kane isn’t like most people: he’s not human, for one thing. What he is, is exceptional. An event from his past led him to stay on Earth, a planet of people that were often scared and hostile to his kind. Even so, Kane ignored all the hateful things said to him and focused instead on the job he chose to do. That job is everything to him, and it’s his reason for living. When one man shows up—Al, a new hire who keeps smiling at Kane when he should be looking at him with fear and distaste—Kane is faced with a challenge he never expected. He didn't think anyone would ever truly want him, and to discover that a very sexy, handsome man does indeed want him, shakes Kane to his core. Despite Kane’s best attempt’s at keeping distance between them, he finds himself partnered with Al. Kane knows he needs to push Al away, and he tries. Sort of. Al isn’t scared off like Kane’s former partners, and if he and Kane can survive the fight that’s coming for them, then maybe they’ll have a chance to discover what it means to love. Note: This story has a HFN ending

    Which is why he ends up answering an email that starts with “Dear sir, I hope this letter doesn’t offend you…” and ends with “You will be compensated generously for your time. Sincerely, Castiel Novak.”The email says Castiel is looking for “the boyfriend experience,” as they call it in Dean’s profession. He wants a live-in, someone to hold him at night, someone to make him dinner and greet him after a long day of work with a smile, someone to play pretend with.Words:46489 complete

    3800 years in the future.Maëlcolm is a skilled BDSM trainer, a spy, and unfortunately, a prince. Cameron is Maël's older brother, titular heir to their father's kingdom and in love with his enby bodyguard, Li. Kat is a slave. A genetically modified being created for one purpose, and one alone. To please her masters in bed. Los is a gifted Companion, the only thing that makes him happier than practicing his calling is loving Maël, the one man Los can't have an official relationship with. If Maël doesn't give up his calling and do as the Ard Righ demands, his family loses everything. If Cam doesn't do what he needs to do to become worthy of the throne by the Ard Righ's stringent standards, their family may be executed. If Kat, autistic, touch-averse, and afraid, chooses to fight her fate, she'll die. When an artificial intelligence named 'the high king' is at the helm, the cost to human hearts may be impossible to bear.