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Animal Kingdom: Havok Season Seven
Featured pieces: “A Clamor of Wings” and “Taming the Volcano”
This collection celebrates a myriad of fauna from our world and our imaginations. You’ll find predators and prey, swimmers and soarers, symbiotes and parasites, all here to make your heart pound with adrenaline or melt with love.
Can young Roland Chadwick save the chickens from demon coyotes? Will Muldoon distract Captain Abbot long enough for the great white whale to escape the harpoons? What would you do if a telepathic space cetacean interrupted your overtime at work? And is there anything you can offer the dragon at the heart of the volcano that will calm his wrath? All this and more await you between the pages!
Forty-eight touching tales written for fans of science fiction, fantasy, mystery, thriller, and humor by authors from all over the world. Come experience the wonders of the animal kingdom like you’ve never seen them before.
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Casting Call: Havok Season Six
Featured piece: “Fines and Flames”
Within these pages you’ll find royalty under cover, magicians who aren’t what they appear (even when making others disappear), and sly skinwalkers on the hunt. Follow an investigator on a search through time for dangerous inventions and hear the confession of a universe creator.
A sweet little girl in search of a map will warm your heart, but you’ll certainly shiver when you look into the eyes of history’s creepiest jester. What kind of game is being hunted in Central Park? How will trespassing humans convince the Galactic Committee to let them go free? Oh, and who says a mechanical dog doesn’t have a heart?
Forty-four exceptional tales written for fans of science fiction, fantasy, mystery, thriller, and humor by authors from all over the world. This lively cast of characters will surprise you, make you laugh, and rejuvenate your spirit.
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Prismatic: Havok Season Five
Featured piece: “Abiral’s Goblet”
Featuring everything from man-eating tigers to pet turtles to violet lightning, these Prismatic tales will take you to worlds both familiar and exotic. Sip high tea on the volcanic cliffs of Alpha Infernum, trigger boobytraps in a futuristic penthouse decorated in shades of blue, and help a little green man named Jamie after he crashes to earth.
Find a lost identity wrapped up in memories of a ceramic bluebird. Laugh as a feisty orange squirrel helps a clueless wanna be hunter get back at the village bullies. Gasp when a scientist gets more than he bargained for after bringing home a very unique butterfly specimen. And please understand that hackers from the Europa Liberation Army definitely did not program household robots to attack at the sight of Martian Red.
Forty-nine vivid tales written for fans of science fiction, fantasy, mystery, thriller, and humor by authors from all over the world. Somewhere on these pages is an experience we hope you’ll never forget.
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Sensational: Havok Season Four
Featured pieces: “Stone Skin” and “The Language of Sound”
IMMERSE YOURSELF IN A JOURNEY OF THE SENSES
Our five senses shape our entire human understanding of life. But this is fiction, so you can listen to the world through the ears of a dragon. Smell the odor from outer space. Watch ripples form where another dimension touches ours.
Could an exotic purple flower invade earth and transform the entire human race? What if you were cursed by a jilted aromancer to smell only coconut and vanilla for the rest of your life? Discover the mess King Midas left behind for his heir. Hear the siren call of the sea as the poisoned melody changes Ariella into one of them. Cheer for the invisible girl as she fights to be seen. Experience the mysterious sixth sense.
Forty-nine sensational tales written for fans of science fiction, fantasy, mystery, thriller, and comedy by authors from all over the world. Somewhere hidden in these pages is an experience we hope you’ll never forget.
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Bingeworthy: Havok Season Three
Featured piece: “The Last Gateway”
DEEP ENOUGH TO SAVOR, GOOD ENOUGH TO BINGE
If you could choose from a thousand worlds to visit through one door, which would it be? The dystopian future where peanut butter is illegal? The alien invasion where beer saves the day? The dry flats of open plain where creatures hunt humans for their salty flesh?
Enter the forest of fear with a mother seeking to save her infant son. Launch weaponized pineapples and fire grape gatlings during the foodpocalypse. Destroy the Earth with a single flower. Try to hide your cyborg superpowers during a blind date. Protect innocent lives by sacrificing the legacy of generations of librarians.
Forty-six Bingeworthy tales written for fans of science fiction, fantasy, mystery, thriller, and comedy, this collection of bite-sized brilliance is designed to keep you turning pages long past your bedtime.
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Stories That Sing: Havok Season Two
Featured pieces: “Stealer of Secrets” and “Skinthief”
Trigger warning: attempted suicide, depression, torture
FLASH FICTION POWERED BY SONG. From Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra to The Police and Nirvana, the stories in this collection were inspired by the music of the last seventy years—and beyond.
Meet a man living in a time loop, argue with a darksoul caught in a mirror, outwit a stalker, and catch Cerberus before the three-headed dog ruins Christmas in Central Park. Find out what it’s like to be a skinthief, to hunt a genie—or become one—and track down a missing Megabot. But with all that excitement, don’t forget to pay attention to the clues and try to figure out which song inspired the story! HOW MANY SONGS CAN YOU GUESS?
With forty-five stories written for fans of mystery, science fiction, fantasy, thriller, and comedy, Stories That Sing: Havok Season Two is bursting with lyrical beauty and imagination.
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Featured pieces: “The Spirit and the Sister,” “Luminous Rage”
Trigger warnings: dead bodies (“The Spirit and the Sister”), abusive relationship (“Luminous Rage”)
Familial. Romantic. Platonic.
Love is but one word struggling to encompass a wide variety of emotions, connections, relationships. This anthology seeks to sail the vastness of love’s expanse and discover all the many ways humans love and are loved.
From loving your partner as a worm, to a love letter from a daughter to mother, to faun and mergirl lovers separated by culture, to a telepathic friendship nearly cast away, Unconventional Love is a collection like no other, bringing together hearts and emotions scattered across a universe so fast and an even greater love.
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Featured pieces: “Statues,” “Golden Hour,” “Cage of Promises,” and “Half of My Heart”
Trigger warning: abusive relationship (“Cage of Promises”)
Love is often depicted as light, joyful, fun, exciting, or carefree. But a darker side to love lurks under the surface—a frightening, desperate, tragic side.
From the love of gods and goddesses, to mortals who fell in love with death. From pure sweet romance gone astray, to villains who loved the hero. An actress no longer acting she's in love, a phoenix whose lover gives everything to be with her reborn, a lonely queen whose touch turns loved ones to ice, a space station caught between the pain of two lovers.
Dare to dive deep into this raw, emotional collection of short stories, prose, and poems which strives to expose the lightless side of tragedy, heartbreak, desperation, and love.
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Featured pieces: “Rebel Chef,” “Amateur Chef,” “Enemy Chef,” “Lord Chef,” “Runaway Chef,” “Master Chef.”
The universe is full of life.
Life is full of sorrow.
There are beings who walk between the stars, longing for love. There are rebels fighting for freedom. There are museums dedicated to all that has been lost. There are humans dying so that others can survive.
The universe is full of life; not all life is meant for the universe.
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Featured piece: “The Crownmaker’s Curse”
Authors Brittany Eden and Brigitte Cromey have collaborated as co-editors to bring you Crowns, a royal-themed anthology, which features a fantasy romance novella by Brigitte Cromey and a curated collection of short stories, flash fiction, poetry, photography, and art.
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Featured piece: “The Day Water Became Wood”
Tide & Scale is a thrilling anthology meant to awaken the explorer in all of us. These stories are filled with pirates and mermaids on journeys from the depths of the sea to the far reaches of space. For all intrepid adventurers who wish to brave the dangerous waters, we bid you welcome into the deep blue.
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Featured pieces: “Eliza,” “Stone Soul,” “Stone Skin,” “Stone Sworn,” “Stone Shattered,” “Stone Steadfast”
LOVE IS A CHOICE
A diverse collection of flash fiction, short stories, and poetry, Wither and Bloom explores the choice to love through trials and storms in all seasons of life—from new loves, lives built together, and long-lasting romances, to platonic love between family, friends, and strangers.
Within these pages, you'll be swept off your feet and transported to the worlds of…
A man and his wife who turned into vampires at age eighty-five. An EMT who chooses to save a child despite the life-altering consequences. A fae who doesn't take kindly to an arranged marriage with a human prince. The children that throw wrenches into even the most stable relationships. The man made of stone who falls in love with a woman that has her own stone walls. The post-it notes that keep spouses tethered during their busy lives.
In the midst of diagnoses, loss, misunderstandings, hurt, and everyday wear and tear, love is a daily choice.
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Featured pieces: “Lady of the Roses” and “Snow Dark”
Trigger warning: abuse, depression, suicidal ideation, eating disorder, self harm
Blood, Beasts, and Betrayal…
A forest is under the thrall of fear. Wolves stalk their prey in the night, and curses plague the land. A woman and a monster forge an unlikely friendship while two royals face off over a crown.
When it comes to fairytales, beware what you think you know. For the truth can be sharper than thorns…and even stories full of roses can make you bleed.
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Featured piece: “The Island of Forgotten Things”
Trigger warning: sexual abuse, physical abuse, suicidal ideation, depression
Is Neverland a place of sweet dreams—or of unending nightmares?
From whimsy and sweet to dark and emotional, The Never Tales: Volume One reintroduces you to these characters in ways you’ve never seen before. Take Peter's hand and soar past the second star for an awfully big adventure…if you dare.
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Featured piece: “Flying Free.”
Is Peter Pan a hero, a villain, or a shadow in between?
Climb aboard the Jolly Roger and explore the classic tale of Peter Pan in a new, eerie light.
Moving and dark, The Never Tales: Volume Two is a collection of short stories, flash fiction, and poetry that reimagines the Neverland stories with epic twists. So grab the helm, believe in fairies, and beware the shadows as you jump on the wind’s back . . . then away you go!
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Featured piece: “Spirit of the Jaguar”
An anthology dedicated to Mary Weber, author and teacher extraordinaire
What if lightning was your only currency? What if talking to a house-sized spider determined the fate of your galaxy? Warriors Against the Storm weaves a thread of expectancy and overcoming the odds that will shake your resolve and take you on a roller coaster ride of wit and revelation.
In this compilation of short stories by twenty authors, get ready for interstellar adventure, wise and perilous dragons, jungle spirits of hope and death, supernatural law enforcement, magic-wielding freedom fighters, and a glowing sword that reflects its holder’s wavering faith.
Join authors from across the globe in support of one of their own by partaking in these life-honoring tales where characters learn from their pain, challenge their beliefs, and question their sense of self. Their decisions will either save lives or bring the world to a disastrous end.
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Featured pieces: "the noose," "Shrieking Shadows"
Trigger warnings: depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation
Faces to the Sun aims to chip away at the stigma surrounding the subjects of mental health and mental illness by bringing together 45 independent creators from around the world to share their experiences through writing and art. Following in the footsteps of our first anthology (There is Us), all proceeds from the sales of Faces to the Sun will be donated monthly to organizations and groups providing mental health services, such as BEAM (Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective) and The Trevor Project ASAN (Autistic Self Advocacy Network). The book itself is 240 gorgeous, full-color pages filled with artwork, photography, poetry and prose.
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Featured pieces: “Drowning” and “The Lucifer Project”
Trigger warning: abusive relationship (“Drowning”)
A girl willing to do anything to reunite with her dead lover, mermaids that attack a town with waterspouts, a sailor who might miss his chance at love, a skeletal whale that hunts ships, and a mysterious captain who rules the dead at the bottom of the ocean. This oceanic collection spans genres, ranging from poems of love to stories that exhibit a visceral fear of what lurks in the depths.
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Featured piece: “Shadow of the Cinchona Grove"
A marriage counselor who has never been in love...
A jeweler's obsession...
A hero-tuber and a mystery man trapped in a haunted house...
Curses, plants, and shapeshifters in a South American garden...
A princess' problematic seventeenth birthday and the curses surrounding it...
And a castle besieged by ice and basilisks!
What do all these things have in common? They are all variations on the Beauty and the Beast retelling. Fall in love with an old fairy tale in a whole new way as you enter their worlds and find enchantment!
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Featured piece: “Ocean Shackles”
Trigger warning: abuse
A tower can be a safe place, especially during a zombie apocalypse. But what do you do when your safe place becomes a prison?
On a spaceship far away, a young woman lives alone in a different kind of tower. One day, her songs reach a fellow traveler…
The sixteen stories within these pages will take you to the realms of the fairies, to desert lands far away, to war-torn places where weary characters just try to survive, to forests, to windswept seascapes, to London and New York City, and into the far reaches of the galaxy. Explore the realms with us!