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Featured Fantasy by Sub-Genres, Heroic Fantasy

Red X Wolf by Dakota Krout

28 Feb 2025 Webmaster Leave a comment

Know when to hold your ground. When to walk away. But especially when to run.

Lily Red, known as ‘Little Red’, has trained her entire life to become a system-acknowledged scout under her Grandmother’s guidance. Hunting, tracking, and trap-making—she’s a master of her craft. But her dreams of joining the elite Scout forces are repeatedly blocked by a leader of the Wyld with a grudge against Grandmother.

When Lily uncovers an impending invasion by Wolf Warband, brutal raiders from the frozen north, a deadly challenge offered by their war leader sets her pulse racing. She’s his partner in prophecy, so as far as he’s concerned she’s the only person in the way. Little Red races away to warn the Wyld, but the city’s rulers mock her warnings as fairy tales, dismissing the threat entirely. Undeterred, she vows to protect the people of Canu Moch herself.

But Lily isn’t about to back down. She’ll be the competent protector of the people of Canu Moch—whether they want her or not. With the three city-states planning to ignore the danger, she strikes out on her own, quickly finding herself on the razor’s edge between duty and ambition as Little Red pits herself against the Big Bad Wolf.

Stay on the path. Don’t stray or roam. Lest the forest decides you shan’t find your way home.

Dark Fantasy, Featured Fantasy by Sub-Genres, High/Epic Fantasy

The Wizard’s Path by T. D. Ash

26 Feb 2025 Webmaster Leave a comment

Enter the world of Craton, where Ascendant gods roam and magic decides wars, in the first novel of the Smiter Saga.

Sixteen-year-old Bjorn Smiter has only known a life of swinging a hammer in his family’s forge. There is no destiny written or songs sung for peasants like him. And when his brother’s life was taken years ago, there was no vengeance offered to the weak.

When Bjorn earns the opportunity to study at a university of magic, he hopes this will be his chance at power. This could catapult him to fulfill the potential he knows is inside him. He could become strong enough to protect those he loves and become a mage knight or even a god.

But on his journey, an encounter of chance or fate spells trouble for Bjorn as it places unwanted attention on him from the royal palace. Even at the university life is not easy for a half-dwarf half-elf like Bjorn. He must learn quickly to control his magic, navigate relationships with other spellcasters, and survive the brutal contests of Mage Rage.

All the while, his suspicions grow that dark forces not seen in centuries are returning to Craton.

Dark Fantasy, Featured Fantasy by Sub-Genres

Living with Your Past Selves by Bill Hiatt

26 Feb 2025 Webmaster Leave a comment

Many teenagers struggle to find their identity, but for Taliesin Weaver, that struggle has become life or death–and not just for him. Tal, as he prefers to be called, believes in reincarnation, and with good reason. When he turned twelve, his mind was nearly shattered by a flood of memories, memories of his past lives, hundreds of them. Somehow, Tal managed to pull himself together and even to make good use of the lessons learned and skills developed in those previous lives. He even had the ability to work magic–literally–and there was no denying that was cool. No, his life wasn’t perfect, but he was managing.

Now, four years later, his best friend, Stan, has begun to suspect his secret, and Stan isn’t the only one. Suddenly, Tal is under attack from a mysterious enemy and under the protection of an equally mysterious friend whose agenda Tal can’t quite figure out. An apparition predicts his death. A shapeshifter disguised as Stan attacks him. An old adversary starts acting like a friend. He and some other students get hurled into Annwn (the Otherworld), face Morgan Le Fay, and only just barely get back alive–and that’s just during the first month of school!

By now Tal knows he is not the only one who can work magic and certainly not the only one who can remember the past. He realizes there is something that he is not remembering, something that could save his life or end it, some reason for the attacks on him that, as they escalate, threaten not only him but everyone he loves as well. In an effort to save them, he will have to risk not only his life, but even his soul.

Contemporary Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Featured Fantasy by Sub-Genres, Urban Fantasy

The Strange Case of Guaritori Diolco by Bill Hiatt

26 Feb 2025 Webmaster Leave a comment

Coming out of a coma after twenty years, Guaritori–Garth to his friends–discovers that the world he knew no longer exists.

Advanced technology has failed. Magic, which he didn’t know even existed, has become much more powerful. Supernatural groups battle for supremacy, forcing human beings to seek shelter wherever they can find it.
Garth’s only hope for survival lies with a varied group including a shape-shifter, an alchemist, a tarot card reader, a blacksmith with a flaming sword, and others. But a prophecy foretells that he will bring about the downfall of their leader, the mysterious Ms. M.

Even worse, Garth doesn’t know who he really is. When he and Ms. M find out, it looks as if the prophecy is true. The only way for Garth to stay alive is to disprove that prediction. But to do that, he’ll need to fight faerie royalty, vampires, ancient gods–and his own worst impulses.

Featured Fantasy by Sub-Genres, High/Epic Fantasy

The Traitor’s Son by Pedro Urvi

26 Feb 2025 Webmaster Leave a comment

A kingdom in danger, a great betrayal, a boy seeking to redeem his father’s honor. Will he succeed in exonerating him and saving the realm from an enemy in the shadows before it is too late for the whole North?

By the age of fifteen, Lasgol has endured a hard childhood and lives, cornered and hated, in a small village in the North. He is the son of the traitor, the man who betrayed the kingdom and tried to kill the King. His only companions are the mountains and the snow, ever-present in the region. Yet he refuses to believe that his father is guilty, even though the King himself was a witness to the betrayal.

Lasgol is determined to clear his father’s name and to do this he has only a single option: the School of Rangers, a secret place where the respected and feared defenders of the lands of the kingdom are trained for four years. Going there is insane, hate and death await him. But as the son of a Ranger, he is entitled to attend.

At the Camp he will find himself involved in political intrigues, disloyalties and fights. He will encounter hatred and fearsome enemies, but also a handful of friends, novices as much out of place as he is himself, determined to do whatever is necessary to pass the first year… without dying in the attempt.

Will Lasgol survive the first year of instruction at the Rangers’ Camp? Will he find out what happened to his father? Will he be able to clear his name?

Find out while you follow fascinating adventures with a group of characters you will fall in love with.

Epic fantasy full of adventure, action, magic, mystery and some romance for all ages: children, teens and adults.

Enjoy this book with your kids and family.

Fairytale Fantasy, Featured Fantasy by Sub-Genres, High/Epic Fantasy

Dellia by David Scidmore

26 Feb 2025 Webmaster Leave a comment

Lost and alone in a vast world with all his technology broken and no food or water, Jon is in dire need of help. Skilled and knowledgeable, Dellia is just the help he needs, if only he can keep from falling for the one woman whose duty might compel her to stop him.

All Jon ever yearned for was a simple life with few responsibilities and someone to share it with. In the middle of an ordinary day, a shattering accident rips him from his uncomplicated life and plunges him into a baffling world that defies the physical laws he knows so well. Stuck in a world of impossible phenomena, terrifying creatures, and mystifying prophecies, his only hope of returning home is a harrowing journey that would propel him through three distinct realms.

But his arrival has not gone unnoticed. Suspicious of the circumstances of his appearance, a jittery ruling council requires someone to investigate. So they send the one warrior best suited to the job: the dedicated and compassionate Dellia. She lives to help people. It is what gives her life purpose and meaning, but as a protector, her duty binds her with an unshakable devotion to the council.

Dellia’s heart calls her to give the desperate Jon whatever aid he requires. Yet, how can she when every step walks a knifes edge between her own deeply held convictions and a nervous ruling council determined to see him as a threat?

An epic high-fantasy romance about ordinary people thrust into extraordinary circumstances, Dellia blends alternate worlds, action, adventure, and dire peril, with political intrigue and a pinch of humor.

Urban Fantasy

Soul Fraud by Andrew Givler

26 Feb 2025 Webmaster Leave a comment

If you love urban fantasy, coming of age stories, and sarcastic narrators that don’t know when to shut their mouth, you’ll love Soul Fraud.

A demon stole Matthew Carver’s soul. They’re not supposed to do that.

Matt has a terrible life. Seriously—it’s awful. It is so bad that Dan the Demon is shocked when Matt turns down his infernal offer: 10 years of a blissful life in exchange for his soul.

But Dan is a salesman behind on his quota and his demonic managers are running out of patience. He forges Matt’s signature on the dotted line, stealing his soul and thrusting him into a supernatural world he never knew existed. Matt must learn to navigate the hidden society of demons, faeries, demigods, and worse.

Matt has to get his soul back and stop a supernatural war before it is too late….

“I’m proud of you.” (Andrew’s mom)

“I didn’t even know you could read.” (Andrew’s grandfather)

“Neat.” (Some girl at a party)

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Movie Review – Mother Superior Directed By Marie Alice Wolfszahn

6 Jan 2025 Webmaster Leave a comment

A Haunting Masterpiece of Atmosphere and Ideology

Mother Superior is a slow-burning descent into a world of occult secrets and inherited sins. Marie Alice Wolfszahn’s direction blends haunting beauty with a creeping sense of dread, pulling viewers into the suffocating corridors of Rosenkreuz Manor.

Isabella Händler shines as Sigrun, capturing vulnerability and strength in equal measure, while Inge Maux commands every scene with an unsettling authority as the Baroness. The film’s stunning cinematography and haunting score linger long after the credits roll.

Fans of Suspiria and Hereditary will find themselves entranced by Wolfszahn’s bold vision. This isn’t just a film—it’s an experience.

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Prepare for a journey into the heart of fear. – “The Aggregate” by G. Owen Wears

17 May 2024 Webmaster Leave a comment

Criminal noir and cosmic horror by the author of “The Place of Stars & Bones”

There is dust on the horizon and dust in the fields. The sky is a burned out shade of white and cicadas haunt the trees and rooftops. It is late September, and Lucy Ashwood has just finished the last unremarkable day of her life.

By morning, Lucy finds herself lying in a puddle of gore. The dead number three: two men from the MontVida Corporation and one sheriff’s deputy. They came to serve notice of genetic patent violations, and to evict the Ashwoods. When the Ashwods push back, the end result is an accidental bloodbath. Lucy’s contribution involves feeding the dead to her pig, Wilbur. The contribution of her cousin, Arthur, involves his connection to a criminal collective known as the Aggregate. They say they will help the Ashwoods…for a price.

Subject to waking nightmares and crippling guilt, Lucy goes on the run. As her visions grow ever more vivid, Lucy begins to suspect there is more to what happened at her home than simply murder. Meanwhile, the Aggregate has decided to call in its favor for assisting the Ashwoods, thrusting Arthur into a world of violent revolution. Neither Lucy, nor Arthur, nor the Aggregate realize there is something else at work, something malevolent that has sprung from the very soil beneath their feet. It speaks through Wilbur, through the drone of the cicadas, through the hot dry wind. When it finally gains a foothold it will force its way through the veil between worlds, Lucy and the rest of humanity be damned.