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Featured Science Fiction: The Galactic Mage by John Daulton

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Featured Science Fiction: The Galactic Mage by John Daulton

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Altin Meade is a sorcerer with a curse. Seeking to avoid a looming doom, he sets his magical sights on the stars—a quest that will likely bring about the very consequence he’s seeking to escape.

Far across the galaxy, Ensign Orli Pewter of planet Earth has a looming doom of her own—one of loneliness, depression and, worse, a race of genocidal aliens known as “Hostiles” seeking to destroy humanity. Trapped aboard a spaceship she never asked to be upon, Orli is in a fight for both her life and her sanity.

Worlds apart, Altin and Orli share a destiny, but neither knows the other is alive. The Hostiles know. And they have other plans.

Featured Science Fiction: Port State

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“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” – Arthur C. Clarke

There are many ways to test humanity to destruction. Serving tea and cakes is one of them.

And it is over tea and cakes that the enigmatic Mr. Day makes his proposition to skeptical diplomat Thaddeus Maine.

The offer is for the United Kingdom to become the sole distributor of technology so advanced as to be out of this world. A conduit, delivering wonders to the rest of the globe.

Naturally, the United Kingdom will want to attach a premium, to cover their costs and so forth…

But when it comes to a sufficiently advanced technology, we are so conditioned by what we see at the movies that the real thing no longer seems magical.

And unfortunately, that’s exactly what happens.

Featured Fantasy: Groundhog’s Mackay (a Maggie MacKay Holiday Special) by Kate Danley

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Featured Fantasy: Groundhog's Mackay (a Maggie MacKay Holiday Special) by Kate Danley

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Creatures with sharp teeth who crawl beneath the earth. Relentless brutes who control the seasons with shadows… It can mean only one thing.

Groundhogs.

Here to make sure spring never arrives.

Fortunately Maggie MacKay and Killian of Greenwold are on the job to save Groundhog Day from rodent monsters burrowing where they don’t belong.

Maggie MacKay Holiday Specials are fun, fluffy ~40-page paranormal stories meant to give you a little more time with all your favorite characters. They have no greater purpose other than to give you a little joy and are total popcorn reads. These urban fantasy adventures can be read in any order and wherever you are in the series.

Featured Fantasy: Once Upon a Bite – 15 Incisive Faerie Tales by Multiple Authors

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Featured Fantasy: Once Upon a Bite - 15 Incisive Faerie Tales by Multiple Authors

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Fifteen tales tinged with darkness, where vampires and werewolves roam and familiar fairytales take on overtones of blood and vengeance.

Note: Some of these stories are not suitable for sensitive readers, but my story, Cat in Combat Boots, is just plain fun. In it, Beatrice, the intrepid grandma from I Bring the Fire finally gets her “man.” Yelf Reviews by Kay McSpadden is also very fun, but don’t drink tea while reading it! You’ll ruin your computer screen.

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Featured Science Fiction: Blackout the Complete Seres by Daniel Young

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Featured Science Fiction: Blackout the Complete Seres by Daniel Young

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SAVE THEIR WORLDS? CHECK. DON’T KILL EACH OTHER? MEH.

A stubborn captain, an angry gunner, an alien trickster, a haughty monster, and a pair of twin assassins.

When it comes to motley crews, the Blackout has most starships beat.

But as a ruthless force swarms over the quadrant, crushing and enslaving all civilizations in its path, it might fall to this unlikely band of non-heroes to turn the tide.

If they don’t end up killing each other first.

Blackout: The Complete Series is old-fashioned space opera at its best, perfect for fans of action-packed drama and fun!

If the top things you look for in your sci-fi are…

  1. Action.
  2. Action.
  3. Action!

…then welcome to your next binge read.

Note: The Blackout series is an homage to thrilling pulp sci-fi of yesteryear. If you’re interested in hard science fiction look elsewhere. But if you’re looking for action-packed adventures on strange worlds with even stranger aliens, this series is for you!

Featured Fantasy: Muckrackers and Minotaurs (Terra Haven Chronicles Book 3) by Rebecca Chastain

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Featured Fantasy: Muckrackers and Minotaurs (Terra Haven Chronicles Book 3) by Rebecca Chastain

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The exciting conclusion of the Terra Haven Chronicles!

Kylie’s everlasting seed is supposed to guide her to the story of a lifetime, but that hardly matters now. Suspended from her position as a journalist for the Terra Haven Chronicle, she can’t publish anything.

However, a stymied career is the least of Kylie’s concerns. Someone is targeting her mom. First, they tried to make her look like a criminal. Now they’re trying to kill her.

Kylie will stop at nothing to save her mom. Unfortunately, the only people who might have useful information are pyromaniacs and prisoners, and they would rather see Kylie dead than help her.

Determined to flush out her enemy, Kylie must follow every lead, no matter how dubious. And this time, not even Kylie’s loyal gargoyle companion, Quinn, can keep her safe…

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