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Dr. Offig's Lessons from the Dark Side

by P.S. Gifford

Print ISBN: 978-1-935460-26-8

eBook ISBN: 978-1-935460-27-5

Some people are optimists and some people are pessimists, but Dr. Offig is a “gruesome-ist!” Visit him in his cluttered and curious office and he will surely tell you one of the wonderfully creepy stories he is famous for—the kind that makes your eyes bug out in disbelief, your skin shiver and crawl, and once in a while they might—just might I say—even make you laugh out loud.

But be forewarned that these stories can also become very, very addictive. Once you finish with one of Dr. Offig's stories, you will most certainly want to read another, then another, and then another still. Which sometimes makes it hard to go to sleep with the lights out…

“P.S. Gifford is a writer of great wit and talent. He remembers that most treasured of all storytelling purposes: entertainment! Keep an eye on this writer, because he's going places and he's delivering a lot of joy along the way.”
—Scott Nicholson, Author,
The Red Church
and
Liquid Fear

“P.S. Gifford's stories are like being on the last seat of an out-of-control roller coaster—and the first carriage has just jumped the tracks.”
—Paul Mannering, BrokenSea Audio Productions

“P.S. Gifford's combination of horror and wit make his stories the ‘potato chips' of the genre: betcha can't read just one!”
—Billy Tackett, Dark Artist, Resurrection Studios

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The Celibate Succubus

by Barton Paul Levenson

Print ISBN: 978-1-935460-58-9

eBook ISBN: 978-1-935460-59-6

“Team Packer” is a covert Catholic strike team against supernatural evil with a secret weapon in its arsenal: 16-year-old Delilah Vincentio—the world's only Christian succubus. Trained by demons to despise humanity and lead them into sin, her unprecedented capacity for mercy caused her to renounce her place in Hell—and gain an angelic referral to Team Packer.

Delilah is assigned to infiltrate the Order of the Lightbringer, a Satanic cult that plans to make Pittsburgha test site for the Apocalypse. After Delilah's identity is almost discovered, Team Packer sends her to high school to hide out until things cool down.

But while Delilah may be reformed from her beguiling ways, she's still very much a demon—and she hasn't learned how to play well with others. In fact, trying to fit in and keep a low profile at high school may prove to be a tougher battle than bringing down the Order of the Lightbringer.

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The Unremarkable Squire

by Nick Layden

Print ISBN: 978-1-935460-54-1

eBook ISBN: 978-1-935460-55-8

A squire's oath is to be of service… but to whom?

In the kingdom of Basileon, an unremarkable and emotionally detached young man named Obed Kainos is about to stumble into adventure—quite against his will. When the knights of the realm gather in a quest to search for the lost Armor of Arkelon, Obed is chosen at random to replace the recently deceased squire of Sir Lance Valentino. While trying to perform his menial tasks faithfully, the young squire becomes entangled in the plots of mages, thieves, and kings.

And that's just his first week on the job.

Unfortunately for Obed, his indifference cannot save him from his new oath. For despite his enigmatic personality (or perhaps because of it), he manages to attract a band of misfits to his cause—the ugly, the arrogant, the clumsy, and the cowardly—putting the legendary armor within the grasp of one who never wanted anything at all.

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Of Machines & Magics

by Adele Abbot

Print ISBN: 978-1-935460-30-5

eBook ISBN: 978-1-935460-31-2

Billions of years ago, humans abandoned their cradle and are now scattered across the galaxies. But the legends speak of a time when the sun threatened to burn away the inner worlds of the solar system when it became a red giant, and a remnant of mankind returned to Earth from the farthest stars to install a machine to move humanity's cradle out of danger.

Since then, the remnant communities built settlements in the cracked and broken slopes of the old continental plates, exposed to the elements when the Earth was moved. Now nestled in the outer reaches of the solar system, Earth faces a new challenge—the sun has begun to collapse into a white dwarf. As the sun grows smaller and the world gets colder, the quest for the mythical machine that can move the planet closer to the fading sun becomes a race to save the planet from final extinction.

“An engrossing Steampunk quest to save our dying future planet. Fresh off selection as a finalist in the ‘Anywhere But Here, Anywhen But Now' contest, Adele Abbot is a writer to watch!
—David B. Coles, Author,
The Tourist
and
The Last Free Men

“Adele Abbot has a new take on past and future history alike. A fascinating and refreshing view which has a great filmic quality to it. Echoes of Terry Pratchett perhaps?”
— Jack Everett, Author,
1/1: Jihad-Britain
and
The Faces of Immortality

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