A science-fiction short story collection taking you to the front lines of human conflict—within our own minds. In “The Clock That Never Stops Ticking,” previously published in The Absent Willow Review, a bounty hunter neurologically modified to never sleep takes on her biggest foe yet. In “The Stranger in the Snow,” an amnesiac finds sanctuary in a mute woman’s cabin while tortured by visions of what may be his past life. “Brain Drain” is a whimsical tale of a young junkyard collector having an existential crisis. “When They Come, They Will Be Many” is a slipstream story about a guilt-ridden fighter pilot fending off mysterious flying creatures attacking London. Lastly, “The Rapture” looks at the collective insanity of mass purges through the eyes of a 13 year old girl. Explore the wonderful terrible depths of the human mind in this five short story collection.
Meet Daniel DeVoto
Daniel DeVoto writes science fiction and crime fiction as well as screenplays. His work has previously been published in the Absent Willow Review, Aphelion-Webzine, Heater, and Mystery Weekly Magazine.
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We Will Build
The World Needs Protecting – Before they can build in space they have to GET into space.
There is a ‘false queen’ attacking vampires in Asia – Bethany Anne sends her Own to look into that.
The moon base needs to be settled, can Team BMW make it happen? Do they have enough people? CAN they get the right people to help?
John’s cousin is now part of the team, will she make it?
It’s Hell to Choose
The World is caught off guard by the sudden advances in technology, some are not happy about that at all.
Bethany Anne’s group needs to move into production, who is she going to hire for that position?
Old enemies take a stronger stance at revenge than before.
Helping others is a tall order, but TQB Rises to the Occasion!
Release the Dogs of War
Stephen walked into the office which Barnabas was using as his judge’s chamber. While the massive amount of data Bethany Anne’s team was throwing at him was more than enough to assuage his curiosity, he had never felt this way in the last one hundred and fifty-two years.
He wanted a vacation.
He pulled the top manila-folder and took a look at the name, “Clarissa Bernier, CEO.” He opened the folder, and it was now in the agreed upon fashion. There was one page with her typical information of name, age, location, and a two paragraph background and the requested punishment. It was a type of joke now between Barnabas and Bethany Anne. No matter the requested punishment, she would strike it out and write “DEATH” and put a happy face on, with fangs.
It let him know that she was not letting up on her desire to make a lot of people pay for Michael’s death.
Sued for Peace
Greed and Fear, two emotions that rule both individuals…and Countries.
Now, China has decided that they will do whatever it takes to acquire TQB technology.
There was a glaring flaw in their plan. When they kill an unborn little baby in a raid, the Queen Bitch is Released.
Now, China has two options…Kill Bethany Anne, or Sue For Peace.
We Have Contact
When you least expect it, expect it.
Bethany Anne has been notified there is a spaceship inside the system…but they can’t find it. Is it Kurtherian, someone else?
The governments have to be told about aliens, which sparks a worldwide effort by Governments to find what TQB has…
My Ride is a Bitch
It’s out there, it’s always been out there – just no one believed it.
Governments, Black Ops, Rich Businessmen…All want alien tech and some are going to great lengths, illegal lengths, to procure it.
Someone went so far as to endanger a young girls family. A young girl who wrote a letter to the Queen Bitch. Now, those that are searching for the technology will have to deal with TQB.
If there is one thing that will get Bethany Anne’s attention… It’s mistreating the defenseless.
Don’t Cross This Line
It’s been three years Bethany Anne and her team have been building, trying their best to stay off the radar and not fight with those they are trying to save.
The emotions have boiled to the surface.
The is a line drawn in the sand, and some idiots just have to step across it.
NOTE: This book contains cursing. Perhaps humorous cursing, but cursing nevertheless. If this offends you, I don’t suggest reading this book.
After centuries of being the most dangerous predators on the planet, dragons were hunted to extinction. That is, until Dr. Rhett “Jack” Jackson and Dr. Kamala Anjali cracked the code to bring them back. Through their research at MIT, they resurrected the first dragon anyone has seen alive since the 15th century. There’s just one problem. Someone stole it. Caught between two ruthless yakuza clans who want to clone the dragon, Jack and Kamala brave the dangerous streets of Tokyo to steal their dragon back in a race against time before the world is taken over by mutated, bloodthirsty monsters that will raze it to ashes.
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Kyoko M is a USA Today bestselling author and a fangirl. She is the author of The Black Parade urban fantasy series and the Of Cinder and Bone science-fiction series. The Black Parade has been reviewed by Publishers Weekly and New York Times bestselling author Ilona Andrews. Of Cinder and Bone placed in the Top 30 Books in Hugh Howey’s 2021 Self Published Science Fiction Contest. Kyoko M has appeared as a guest and panelist at such conventions as Geek Girl Con, DragonCon, Blacktasticon, Momocon, JordanCon, ConCarolinas, and MultiverseCon. She is also a contributor to Marvel Comics’ Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda (2021) anthology. She has a Bachelor of Arts in English Lit degree from the University of Georgia.
Michael returns to fulfill a promise to his love, but the world isn’t the same place.
Michael, the Archangel himself, has returned after a hundred and fifty years rejuvenating in the Etheric Dimension.
Now, the most powerful male Vampire the world had ever known is back.
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The Dark Messiah, Book 1
Now, the most powerful male Vampire the world had ever known is back.
The problem? The world went through an Apocalypse and what little honor and justice that previously existed, is gone. Further, his love has left to the stars somewhere, fighting for those on Earth.
Now, Michael has to figure out where he is, where he needs to go, help those who need help and figure out how to follow in his love’s path. Because if there is one thing that Honor Demands, it is that he make good on his promise to Bethany Anne.
Those feeding themselves on the backs of others have very little time to realize an important fact.
This Dark Messiah has little compunction about killing.
The Darkest Night, Book 2
Michael just wants a little sleep. The last few days has been a bit of a learning overload after coming back a hundred and fifty years after he was blown apart by a backpack nuke.
The world destroyed itself, there are anti-gravity cars and ships, and his love is in the stars… somewhere.
Plus, there is a Vampire trying to make Europe his personal fiefdom. Akio and Yuko are trying to find him, and he has a young female Wechselbalg and male Vampire to keep on the straight and narrow.
Michael has his own brand of justice, and this world is now understanding the Patriach is back.
Nothing will be the same.
Darkest Before The Dawn, Book 3
Michael continues to work to fulfill the promise to his love, but the world isn’t the same place.
Now, there is a mistake he made centuries in the past walking around he needs to rectify.
To complicate matters, there is a group out of England believing Michael’s blood will be just what they need for their business. While they get nasty Vampires off the street at the same time.
Further, the effort to pull together the Sacred Clan’s ship parts are starting to come together.
Unfortunately, no one wishes to give Michael and his new family any help.
What is a man with a hair problem supposed to do?
Michael has his own brand of justice, and this world now understands the Patriarch is back.
Nothing will be the same.
Dawn Arrives, Book 4
It’s dark outside, but hope will not be defeated.
Michael, Akio, Yuko and the rest are searching for the pieces necessary to put together a craft which Michael hopes will take him to Bethany Anne.
But first, there are idiots in his way, seeking the same parts and intend to take them.
By force.
The challenge is they will find out what ‘force’ truly means when they dare to go up against the Dark Messiah.
One way or another, Michael will get back to Bethany Anne.
** As noted in other series set in the Kurtherian Universe, there IS cursing in this book, occasionally, it’s funny, too. **
The Governor she trusted to protect her wants her dead. The target she was sent to capture wants to help her live.
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When Caitlin finally gets the chance to join her brother on a mission outside of the walls of the town she has been trapped inside all of her life, her entire reality is shaken.
Enemies appear in the strangest of places. The zombie-like ‘Mad’ roam the forests. Vampires and Werewolves from the fairy tales of her childhood become reality as Caitlin is forced to discover the truth of the Age of Madness and begin the fight for justice.
Can Caitlin lead the charge on freedom, and start the revolution that will change her world?
Set within the wonder of the Kurtherian Gambit Universe, discover the chaos and insanity of the Age of Madness—a time when the world turned on its head, and nothing is as it appears…
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Into The Fire
Hunting The Broken
The City Revolts
Chasing The Cure
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NOTE: This boxed set contains cursing. Perhaps humorous cursing, but cursing nevertheless. If this offends you, we don’t suggest reading this book.
When the greatest horrors exist in the mind, how do you deal with a man who puts them there?
Julianne is the strongest mystic of her generation. Her mental magic might even be getting stronger… it’s hard to tell when her practice time is eaten up by paperwork and leading her people.
That is, until a rogue mystic cult shows up, trying to drag Julianne into their plot for world domination.
This Boxed Set includes books 1-6 in the New Dawn Series
Dawn of Destiny Dawn of Darkness Dawn of Deliverance
Dawn of Days
Broken Skies
Broken Bones
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Set on the foundation laid by the Kurtherian Gambit Series, The New Dawn series tells an entirely new story in the Age of Magic.
The History of the World wasn’t what Valerie was taught.
The daughter of a vampire and sister of a devil walking, Valerie finds out she has something neither her brother nor her father possess:
She has Honor.
Setting off on a journey to America, she finds herself stepping up to be the Justice Enforcer the land needs. She will fight for the oppressed. She will destroy evil.
This digital box set contains eight action-packed science fiction adventures:
Justice is Calling
Valerie must flee a brother who leaves her for dead. Because, if there is one thing Valerie understands?
It’s that Justice Doesn’t Turn the Other Cheek.
150 years after a near apocalypse, the world is rebuilding. Survival has become the only rule, and justice is in short supply. Now, Justice has come calling.
Claimed by Honor
The New York City-State wakes up and their world has been shaken to its core. The Enforcers have been scattered, but they aren’t finished. This vampire is but a bump in their road to keeping the city-state in the hands of the CEO’s.
The Were’s are involved, some leave, some stay and new alliances are made and an old one broken.
However, in the end, it always comes back to heart and determination.
Judgment has Fallen
The City Has Changed… but not always for the better. Some love her, some hate her, but the one thing that is causing the city problems is Valerie herself. As a lightning rod, she needs to get out of the public’s eye and allow the emotions to cool without her presence.
Whether she wants to, or not.
Angel of Reckoning
For this vampire, it’s time to die… a second time.
Valerie understands that to take the fight to those who are attacking in New York, she needs to leave the spotlight. Both for the city, and for herself.
Her enemies are relentless in their attacks to get to her. Since they have relocated to the Chicago City-State area, that is where she must go.
Born Into Flames
When Valerie and Robin head north to take on an army of post-apocalyptic pirates, the deadly duo find themselves on a thrill-ride of air-ship battles and full-on assaults against pirate strongholds.
Her friends back in Old Manhattan discover an attempt at mutiny, while Sandra learns that being an expecting mother doesn’t mean she has to stop kicking ass and taking names.
Everyone must step up their game, or be consumed by the flames of this new world.
Defending the Lost
A time of reckoning has come for the council of Toro, a bandit city about to burst with corruption and injustice.
Valerie refuses to allow her world to rot, and she’s brought friends to help her teach the council a lesson.
Saved By Valor
A dream of peace. A hand of justice. A time for closure.
Valerie has found her way full circle, heading back to Europe, where it all began. New enemies await, calling themselves The Gods, and the journey to put an end to the atlantic pirate problem means dealing with the local trouble makers as well as these false gods.
Return of Victory
The future of the world is in their hands, and they will set it right.
Valerie has returned to New York in a time of reckoning. When an enemy declares war on her and her friends, there’s no holding back. The whole gang reunites for a fight-fest of epic proportions that promises to determine the fate of their lands once and for all.
The princess has returned, and she will have her Victory.
The Reclaiming Honor series is part of The Kurtherian Gambit Universe.
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When Nickie accidentally activates her special functions and finds herself with a stolen ship full of hostile Skaine, she has no choice but to figure out what to do with the cards she has been dealt.
A by-product of her activation, her internal computer system also finds her Aunt Tabitha’s diary in her memory banks. In these accounts, Nickie finds a long-desired link back to her favorite aunt, whose recounted stories help them both to accept the trauma they’ve survived.
The Deuces Wild Complete Series Boxed Set Includes all five books in the series:
Beyond the Frontiers
Rampage
Labyrinth
Birthright
Resolution
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Ryder has been held against her will for twenty years … Now it’s time for some payback!
Two hundred years ago the earth was destroyed by the World’s Worst Day Ever. Keeping his head down for the last few centuries, a mutated vampire has taken advantage of the new post-apocalyptic normal.
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Madness Unleashed:
Now, Ryder is provided an opportunity to escape his tyrannical rule… But she won’t stand for simply disappearing, it’s time for justice.
Taking one mutated vampire down should be no problem, right?
Wrong!
Throw in a newly developed herd of zombies, and Ryder is facing a full recipe for disaster.
Get ready to enjoy the ride!
Madness Rising:
There is the improbable, and then there is the impossible.
Ryder had gone from the impossible to the highly improbable with Massimo and Leandro.
But can she do better?
While the vegetarian vampire, werewolf and bearded mountain man are willing to support her, Ryder needs an army to do better than throwing away the lives of herself and her new friends attacking Afana.
Will Massimo and Leandro be able to help her out, one more time?
Justice will be served, one way or another. The question is merely will Ryder be alive to see it happen?
Escaping Madness:
Time for justice to be served!
Ryder doesn’t know if she can kill Afana and liberate the bunker.
One thing she does know is that the Merry Gang will do the impossible to free the hostage, or die trying.
Unfortunately for the Gang, there is a fate worse than death: The Madness.
Will Ryder and the Merry Gang survive the Madness?
Will Afana finally meet justice?
Will the captives find freedom?
** As noted in other series set in the Kurtherian Universe, there IS cursing in this book, occasionally, it’s funny, too. **
The truth has never been this dangerous…or this exciting
Fifteen years ago, John Kimberley walked out of his partner’s office and never looked back. He didn’t want to. It was easier to believe that he was heading for a stellar career and a future unburdened by huge student loans. The career proved to be rich and rewarding. His financial health—likewise. There was that other nagging consideration that surfaced now and then; a nasty little voice that kept whispering that he sacrificed the love-of-his-life for prestige and money. But he knew how to ignore it.
Then a sinkhole opened up in Arizona, swallowing a refinery, one of his employer’s subsidiaries. A significant loss. Certainly, worthy of further scrutiny. For a change, he needs to do field work in a research library where he discovers a list of natural disasters that spans decades. The one thing these natural phenomena have in common, is that they had all targeted his employer’s holdings. A joint venture here, a subsidiary there. His corporate employer sure seems to be the type of business that is every insurer’s nightmare.
Until John finds a pattern and a thread that begs to be pulled. A man who had no business being in Arizona, was caught on the security cameras, and appeared to be casing the refinery. The next step would be to find out what the man had to say for himself. Except he’s off on a field assignment—and heading for Alaska and so is a research team of scientists, aiming to hold field trials of a new product. The project leader is someone who has not been part of John’s life for the last fifteen years. He swore to never speak her name again. But a few days later, when a new tragedy claims many lives, including the man John had hoped to find, he knows that old wounds will have to remain hidden even as new ones open up. And suddenly, he is faced with so many choices, pulled in so many directions that running away is not an option. At least not this time. He knows that there is something terribly wrong with the island…he just doesn’t know how terribly wrong it is to try and find out.
