Category: Fantasy

Excerpt – Ikona by M.D. Dixon

    A narrative that spans from contemporary urban centers to a stark, post-apocalyptic future unfolds in IKONA by M.D. Dixon. The story is anchored by a mysterious healing icon that influences the lives of four strangers, leading them toward a shared destination across fractured timelines. It examines the profound impact of individual decisions on […]

Interview – The Welcome Sign by Barbara Jean Weber

    Synopsis When 10-year-old Molly Parnell’s grandmother mysteriously disappears, she and her mother travel to Cape Cod to take ownership of the house they inherited and find out answers about the sudden disappearance. But what they discover could be more dangerous and life-changing than they ever imagined. Molly and her mother find a beautiful […]

Excerpt – The Last Adam by Ron Echols

    Ron Echols’s The Last Adam blends contemporary life with an ancient struggle unfolding just beneath the surface. The story follows characters who slowly realize their circumstances are being shaped by something far older and far more powerful than they imagined. Mary Levitt’s life changes abruptly when her pregnancy triggers violent attacks and unsettling […]

Excerpt – The Rebels by Jim Bates

  Synopsis The five Rothsy girls were in big trouble. They had tried to escape the horrible living conditions in the Rothsy Girls Home, and they had been caught. Supreme Commander Reginald Botta was incensed and decided to use them to set an example. He was going to stage a spectacular spectacle and hang the […]

Excerpt – M: The Mystical Odyssey of Harriet E. Wilson by Alison Clarke

  Synopsis Award-winning poet and novelist Alison Clarke reimagines the legacy of Harriet E. Wilson—the first Black woman to publish a novel in America (1859)—as a breathtaking journey across galaxies, myth, and time in her latest work, M: The Mystical Odyssey of Harriet E. Wilson. Blending historical fiction, fantasy, and Afrofuturist mythology, Clarke’s novel follows […]

Excerpt – Beneath Beauford Grove by E. Denise Billups

  Synopsis The curse flows through her veins, but so does the cure. Dr. Evangeline Beauford thought blood held no secrets from her. As one of Boston’s leading hematologists, she’s dedicated her career to studying blood’s mysteries—until a posthumous letter from her estranged sister draws her back to Beauford Grove after eighteen years away. The family’s olive plantation shouldn’t […]

Review – The Wondrous Life and Loves of Nella Carter by Brionni Nwosu

  Synopsis When Death comes to claim Nella May Carter, she catches His interest with her capacity to find beauty and love even amidst the hell of slavery. So Death – bored, disgusted by humanity, and believing the Earth would be greatly improved should humans no longer exist – lures Nella into a Faustian bargain: […]

Review & New Release – Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher

  Synopsis With only a few dollars to her name and her beloved dog Copper by her side, Selena flees her past in the city to claim her late aunt’s house in the desert town of Quartz Creek. The scorpions and spiders are better than what she left behind. Because in Quartz Creek, there’s a […]

Excerpt – The Explorers by Jim Bates

  Synopsis Jagen and Ank have been sent to Earth from their home planet, Rykos, on a fact-finding mission. Emperor General Xenon is a megalomaniac who wants the two young explorers to tell him if the planet is suitable to invade, conquer, and add to his collection. This is their first mission, and Jagen and […]

Guest Post & Excerpt – One Foot in the Ether by Kayleigh Kavanagh

    Synopsis Demdike and Chattox, famed witches of Pendle Forest, might be dead, but they’re not gone. Bound to their bloodline, they’ve spent the past two and a half centuries watching over their descendants, waiting for when they’ll be needed. When 14 year old Yana comes into her psychic abilities and inherits the ‘eyes […]