22 Books
2 Awards
1432 Publications
Tarzan races along the jungle’s edge where sunlit leaves hiss with each passing breath and the river’s roar carves the day into fierce, bright moments. A cry reaches him from a thicket—voices not...
Tarzan races along the jungle’s edge where sunlit leaves hiss with each passing breath and the river’s roar carves the day into fierce, bright moments. A cry reaches him from a thicket—voices not of the beasts but of men, reckless explorers who carry rifles and need to learn the old laws the jungle has spoken long before their maps existed. He answers not with pride but with precision, a hunter’s caution guiding him as he shadows the intruders, senses their fear before they utter a word, and steps into a doorway of motion where vines whip and drums beat in the distance. He is a figure carved from two worlds—steel-edged courage and a tenderness that blooms when a child’s small head rests on a knee of leaves. The jungle remembers him, and the people will soon learn to fear what they do not understand: a man who wears the wild like a second skin, and who can outlive a thousand days of danger by listening to the whispering green.
Project GutenbergLibrivoxFantastic Adventure
0 Books
2 Awards
1398 Publications
Randolph Carter steps into a night that refuses the mercy of morning. A city of dream-stitched streets unravels around him, where doorways vanish and return as different doors, and voices drift...
Randolph Carter steps into a night that refuses the mercy of morning. A city of dream-stitched streets unravels around him, where doorways vanish and return as different doors, and voices drift from walls that know his name. The more he travels, the more the impossible feels like memory—felt, heard, tasted—until choices born in sleep begin to dictate the waking day. In a landscape where memory can be bought with a breath and fear can be bartered for guidance, he must decide what price he’s willing to pay to keep his name intact and his loved ones safe from what lurks beyond sight.
HorrorFantasyDream Cycle
154 Books
1 Awards
1345 Publications
The Doctor and a small cadre of companions find themselves drawn into a snowfall-bound outpost where the air itself seems to whisper of old failures and new betrayals. A ring of androids moves with...
The Doctor and a small cadre of companions find themselves drawn into a snowfall-bound outpost where the air itself seems to whisper of old failures and new betrayals. A ring of androids moves with unsettling precision, half-dead in the glow of damaged consoles, while an ancient beacon pulse calls to a distant, treacherous city. As rivals jockey for power, the Doctor must realign loyalties, decode a message buried in static, and decide whom to trust when every step risks freezing into a mistake that cannot be unmade. In the white quiet, a single choice—to press on or retreat—will define whether they escape with bodies intact, or with something else entirely lost.
Science Fiction
0 Books
1 Awards
1314 Publications
A character-centered teaser set inside the ongoing crisis aboard a battle-barge in the Imperium’s war-torn sectors. Captain Karras, a disciplined yet haunted officer, must navigate a mutinous spark...
A character-centered teaser set inside the ongoing crisis aboard a battle-barge in the Imperium’s war-torn sectors. Captain Karras, a disciplined yet haunted officer, must navigate a mutinous spark in the ranks, a daemon-weapon’s dangerous hunger, and the Emperor’s unyielding code—all while keeping a squad of veterans alive amid a structural collapse and a distant, approaching danger that could unravel the entire fleet. The scene focuses on moment-to-moment tension, the frayed nerves of a crew under fire, and a personal decision that will define loyalties and consequences in a universe where mercy is scarce and the line between salvation and damnation blurs with every step down a burning corridor.
Science FantasyHorrorNovelization
0 Books
50 Awards
1275 Publications
Within the shadows of a fractured realm, a young wanderer named Elysia finds herself entangled in a web of ancient secrets and modern conflicts. Her journey begins in the quiet corners of...
Within the shadows of a fractured realm, a young wanderer named Elysia finds herself entangled in a web of ancient secrets and modern conflicts. Her journey begins in the quiet corners of Silverbrook, a town where whispers of the past echo through the mist-laden streets. As she ventures into the depths of the Western Forests, the line between friend and foe blurs, revealing hidden loyalties and sinister plots. Elysia’s path is fraught with peril, yet her resolve only deepens. She encounters enigmatic allies and formidable enemies, each shaping her understanding of her world and herself. Her quest is not just for survival but for the truth that could restore balance to her fractured homeland. With courage as her compass, she confronts the darkness within and without, seeking a spark of hope to ignite a new dawn.
FantasyScience Fiction
0 Books
3 Awards
1250 Publications
A Keeper’s ward, Lew Alton bears the burden of a secret he did not choose and cannot fully hide. In the dim glow of a Temple tower, where memories are stored like turbines in a vault, he uncovers a...
A Keeper’s ward, Lew Alton bears the burden of a secret he did not choose and cannot fully hide. In the dim glow of a Temple tower, where memories are stored like turbines in a vault, he uncovers a truth that could tilt the balance of power on Darkover: a hidden lineage, a forbidden laran gift, and a pact that knots loyalty to blood. As forbidden networks of influence awaken, Lew must navigate a web of loyalties—family, mentor, and the stubborn stubbornness of a people who neither fully trust nor fully understand him. The world presses in from every cracked seam: the clang of metal in the market, the whisper of conspirators in the library stacks, the ache of a memory that never belonged to him but now claims him as its own. In this crucible, choice is not a moment but a fevered season, and every action ripples through towers, terraces, and the frozen reach of Darkover’s wild, beautiful, treacherous skies.
Not Collected
41 Books
62 Awards
1232 Publications
Something wakes in the street outside a tavern where the rain tastes like tin and the clock on the wall seems to have learned to smile. The man who should be invisible—Rincewind—feels a spark of...
Something wakes in the street outside a tavern where the rain tastes like tin and the clock on the wall seems to have learned to smile. The man who should be invisible—Rincewind—feels a spark of worry he would rather trade for a polite obituary. An incompetent tourist haunts his steps, two coins clink in a pocket that’s never full, and a dragon’s shadow leans across the window like a question that refuses to be answered. The city knows his name, and the city loves to remind him that names have consequences. Twoflower’s questions are innocent, but they have a way of turning corners that leave you with fewer chances than you started with. They wander through streets where wizards practice patience the way a barber practices hair, where a luggage with a mind of its own follows a path paved by mischief and compulsion, where every doorway is a hinge for a door you never saw closing. In this world, magic is as likely to be a blunder as a blessing, and courage is simply the smallest step you take after you realize you’re being chased by your own cowardice—yet you run anyway, because the road is long and laughter is the true compass, even when it leads you to trouble you never expected.
Humorous FantasyYoung AdultFantasy
10 Books
3 Awards
1202 Publications
A hardened Civil War veteran finds himself hurled onto a world of copper skies and iron jungles, where earthbound instincts collide with alien honor. On Barsoom, alliances are forged in the heat of...
A hardened Civil War veteran finds himself hurled onto a world of copper skies and iron jungles, where earthbound instincts collide with alien honor. On Barsoom, alliances are forged in the heat of sieges, and a soldier’s stubborn resolve becomes a key to unlocking a city’s hidden past and a race’s perilous future. Carter’s body learns the gravity of another planet before his conscience does, as he rides through canyons and war drums that beat with a rhythm only he can hear. In this land of airships and sworded disputes, the question isn’t whether he can survive—it’s whether he can become the man who can name the sky and save the people who wish to forget him ever landed among them.
MarsPlanetary RomanceFantasy
0 Books
27 Awards
1185 Publications
A character-centered teaser that drops the reader into a moment of mounting dread inside a decaying, seaside inn where the boundary between memory and nightmare dissolves. As the narrator navigates...
A character-centered teaser that drops the reader into a moment of mounting dread inside a decaying, seaside inn where the boundary between memory and nightmare dissolves. As the narrator navigates intimate spaces—rooms, stairwells, a lobby perfumed with salt and something darker—they confront the cost of knowing what sleeps beneath the surface, and whether they can survive the truth without becoming part of it.
Cthulhu MythosHorrorLovecraftian
0 Books
14 Awards
1079 Publications
In the shadow of a crowded galaxy, a restless pilot and a crew of unlikely allies move through a web of alien contact, corporate intrigue, and the stubborn stubbornness of human curiosity. A simple...
In the shadow of a crowded galaxy, a restless pilot and a crew of unlikely allies move through a web of alien contact, corporate intrigue, and the stubborn stubbornness of human curiosity. A simple choice about a salvage job spirals into a reckoning with what it means to trust, to bargain, and to live among beings whose biology and motives are almost, but not quite, your own.
Science FictionInterstellar TravelHard Sf
3 Books
14 Awards
1074 Publications
A perilous journey begins in the familiar, a ring’s secret whisper becomes a call to war, and a small band of unlikely travelers must bear a burden that could unmake or save the world.
A perilous journey begins in the familiar, a ring’s secret whisper becomes a call to war, and a small band of unlikely travelers must bear a burden that could unmake or save the world.
FantasyWizardsInto Movie
9 Books
47 Awards
992 Publications
Deep within the bustling streets of a city alive with stories and secrets, a young woman named Joan finds herself drawn into a world where magic pulses just beneath the surface of everyday life....
Deep within the bustling streets of a city alive with stories and secrets, a young woman named Joan finds herself drawn into a world where magic pulses just beneath the surface of everyday life. Her artistic eye uncovers hidden symbols and whispers of ancient spirits, guiding her through a labyrinth of folklore and urban legend. As she encounters beings both wondrous and dangerous, Joan must unravel the mysteries of her heritage and the city’s enchanted history. What begins as a subtle exploration of myth turns into a personal quest for understanding and acceptance. Her interactions with local mythic figures and her own inner doubts set the stage for a tale of resilience and discovery. In this city of shadows and light, every corner holds a story waiting to be told, and every encounter pushes her closer to her true destiny.
Urban FantasyFantasyBest Of Year Anthology