Many great tales have sprung from the old West, tales of men driven from perhaps even the brink of death to enact their vengeance. Men thought to be already dead stalking their betrayers to the very ends of the Earth. Let us imagine for a moment that one such a man really was dead - long dead.
In this "weird west" tale of grit and vengeance, an eccentric bounty hunter pursues a killer who uses poisonous ink to terrorise the folk of the Wild North.
A series of sci-fi short stories for @LayethTheSmackDown's new Smackdown
The unlikely tale of a zealous fanatic and a hateful heathen. Loves light shines in the depths of darkness.
Western set in the town of Wolfrock, which is caught in the middle of a war between the two largest cattle and horse barons in the South West! One day a stranger known only as Logan rides in and is thrust into the mix of the warring barons, the sheriff and his deputy! Question is, where does Logan fit in?
Imagine a steampunk world in the Victorian era in modern ages. That's where Syl is. Syl, eighteen, has spent her entire life in the Gear Hall as an Engineer, a top ranking job in the world of Varse, or for as long as she can remember. Her last memory was her when she was four years old, being taken by her guardian Mar...
He's relaxing in a hotel with his two dogs and a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle bourbon when she knocks on his door looking for help. For the next two months he connects with a hip hop record producer, a genius hillbilly coder and his MBA stripper wife, a gambling addict mayor, an alcoholic sheriff, an incontinent polic...
Nearly every culture on Earth harbors a secret underworld of fighters who adhere to ancient codes of honor and practice impossible martial arts. From the jianghu of the kung fu masters of China, to el bosque lucha of the luchador heroes of Mexico, the fencing schools of old world Europe, the martial arts underground o...
Alvina is still fighting to get her throne back. To save her brother, her country and her own sanity. They only need one leg-up and then the war will be over. Quinn is struggling to stay in the present. Stay with his family and not give into the growing darkness within him, but as Alvina and her army draws closer, Dr...
Alvina and Quinn have never been further apart, but their connection to the spirits might be what reconnects them again. *** Quinn av Stál is slowly losing his mind. He's sure of that, and the only thing keeping him together is his fiancé Islo Charred. When he starts discovering the true range of the powers reciding w...
A royal bloodline gets divided by rebels' attempted regicide, casting Alvina from her throne and into hiding, as Quinn, the bastard brother, is forced to take her place. *** Alvina was supposed to be queen, but when her coronation is abruptly stopped by an explosion, she has to flee the country she called home. Missi...
(HONORABLE MENTION) Rik Sandro is a dimension traveller. Jumping from one version of the world to another was intriguing at first, until he discovered he can never go home. Now all these new beginnings are just a pain. Maybe it's time to stay in one place. Maybe it's time to settle down. Maybe it's time to fall in...
Radar finds people that are hard to locate-but not for free. When he's approached about retrieving a kidnapped girl, he doesn't ask questions and accepts after seeing how much he's getting paid for it. But through his search for the girl, Radar learns he's dealing with inter-dimensional human traffickers who will do a...
A shattered world, a sea of sky, and a thousand islands linked together only by the ships that sail beneath the endless blue. Where island kingdoms dream of empire, old allegiances fray under new stress, and old secrets are being unearthed. And into this maelstrom of change, the Ravens' Child is born...
It's the late 1940's and Amerika has won the war. However, in one bustling metropolis, a private investigator is hired to find a book, little realizing that if he doesn't, it could lead to a much deadlier war. One of cosmic proportions. Percival Blackwood, has seen what goes bump in the night, dreamt alongside the a...
**1st place in the Golden Writer Awards (2020) - Science Fiction** **1st place in the 2020 Rosie Awards - Science Fiction** **1st place in the Witchcraft Awards - Science Fiction** Starfarers are professional space-traversing mercenaries with a go-get-'em attitude. For Jim and Liz, there are very few jobs they won't a...
Look at this collection as your very own inter-dimensional portal, one that spans multiple genres and niches, from hard-boiled noir and space opera, to wuxia and pulp adventure. In these very short stories, readers will be transported to strange new worlds via brief encounters, often less than 100 words at a time. Alo...
What all can happen in just one night... Perun Hammerfist is a flashy gangster with a reputation for elegance -- and brutality - to uphold. While murdering off a debtor, he accidentally drowns in the river that flows through Prague, beginning a nightmarish journey that not only forces him to confront his long repres...
Welcome to Toontown where cartoon characters - Toons - live side-by-side with humans. The whole Who Framed Roger Rabbit cast is here: Roger Rabbit, Eddie Valiant, Baby Herman, and of course Jessica Rabbit, the sultriest woman ever "drawn that way." They're up to their old tricks in a whimsical new mystery by Toontown'...
An Earth rampant with telekinesis results in isolated city-states forced to live beneath protective domes. Among the Americas, New Teotihuacan has arisen as the most powerful, thanks to its strict social classes and teenage fighting force known as masazin. A resident of New Teo's Worker City, Calli Bluehair loses her...
"Haunting and Emotional. If Ghost Rider were a cowboy, this would be his backstory." For a man who has the courage to look life in the teeth, everything is black and white. J.T. McCutchen has made a living by this philosophy. So far it's served him well. Busted down From Texas Ranger to private security for an oil com...
War. War never changes. More than two hundred years after the end of the world and Jacob Burns knows this better than anyone. Once a decorated Knight of the Brotherhood, he now lives in disgrace among the scavengers of Goodneighbor. Ever since the Brotherhood had fallen, he'd been a wanted man. Wanted by Diamond City...
The War has ravaged Earth for two generations. Young Walter Marlow and his family struggle to survive, in a world of desperation and death. When Walter and his loved ones are captured by the enemy, everything turns upside down. Loyalty, friendship, and faith are tried to the utmost, and he will come to discover what i...
Satchmo Turner is a failed private detective from the rusting heart of the Black Country who is reeling from the loss of his sister and fiancee. He's going nowhere at work, and treading water in life, until he picks up a simple missing person case and stumbles into something much bigger. Satchmo soon finds himself in...
A hidden tower. A trapped servant. An evil enchantress. Sound familiar? In a bygone world of steam and airships, Alek builds singing automatons for the villainous Lady Elise, hoping that one day he can buy his freedom. Everything changes when a healer's apprentice happens upon the tower. With Felix's help, Alek learns...
17-year-old Simon Blink hires a private eye to help him find who murdered his uncle. It is soon discovered that his death was linked to a mysterious painting.
Dr. Heinrich Vanderstein is a young, handsome and promising scientist, but his heart is filled with evil desires. Unless someone somehow has the courage to stop him, he will enslave all humanity with the diabolical inventions he's created. . . . .or stolen.
A Homicide Detective from the Chicago PD hunts down a killer, while trying to pin the murders on another man.
The Kingdom is no longer the only place to reside. An earthquake has opened a previously inaccessible pass that leads to a new land. Settlers flock to the new land and establish Freedom Springs, a place where dreams of fortune can come true. For many those dreams become nightmares. Unruly road agents, demented reveren...