by David Selby
David Selby was born and grew up in Berkeley, California. He taught elementary school in California, Mexico, and New Mexico for thirty-six years. He and his wife live in Northwest New Mexico. He has written many short stories including the Joe the Man with Gills series. Mica is his first novel.Mica, an expert navigator, uses the currents of the Darkstream to pilot his ship across the galaxy to join his love, Olivine. On the way, he befriends Ronnie, a stowaway who can look like a coat or a firs…
by Rock Panic
A talented young man, Ren Hong, drops out of Tsinghua University to establish a technology company called XlouS.XlouS's breakthrough application software, "Real-Time Online Translator", gains the favor of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, who buys its exclusive license for a whopping 12 billion USD.This is just the start of XlouS's rise to prominence in China's technology industry. Two years later, it subsequently launches the wearable smart device, "S-1", challenging American multinational tech…
by GaryH
When two small-town women find themselves with nearly unlimited powers of mind and body, their lives get complicated. Things turn nasty as a shadowy organization attempts to use Megan and Trish for their own evil ends, and destroy them, their town and the USA in the process.
by BookishEamie
On the verge of destruction, Hope lights the way.-by BookishEamie.Beneath the ocean, A Kingdom was hidden from the world."Your Grace," said the soldier bowing his head as a sign of respect to the king and queen."Speak," the king said, authority is can be heard on his voice."There was an outbreak occurred on the country where the Prince is located," he said still bowing his head.~~*~~"Mom, Dad, I'm back!" she cheerfully announced to her parents."Dad, please give me permission to rescue my brot…
by Minus Ninety Degrees
The arrival of origin ability era. Many berserk beasts spawned. Humans with superpowers blooming like mushrooms. Su Hao is just an ordinary 3rd year high school student who had mastered a lowly grade origin ability named “Model analysis”.However, when he was creating a character model in his mind by analyzing the opposing side’s ability, a crazy idea echoed in his mind. What would happen if he creates a model of the entire world? This would imply that he… would be like a God, controlling the wor…
by Lazy Cliché
"Every time background music plays in my head, I feel like there is nothing to be afraid of." —Fang ZhaoToward the end of the apocalyptic period, Fang Zhao lost his life. However, instead of dying, he found himself 500 years later in the body of a young and aspiring composer who shared the same name. Having received a second chance at life, Fang Zhao sets out to achieve the previous owner's dreams.Armed with the experience of living through an apocalyptic age and his profession as a composer bef…
by Second General
The enthusiastic, motivated, and hardworking fourth-year biology student, Zhou Wen, was about to graduate from his program into a jobless future. Who would have thought that he would be bitten by an experimental subject that would alter his fate? He was bestowed with the ability to not only see through all sorts of DNA and viruses but could also see the properties of medicines and chemicals. Thereupon, he embarked on a journey of becoming the great Supreme Pharmacist.
by durinde
The global war ended two hundred years ago, not with a bang, but with a whimper.Nations fought until resources were almost completely exhausted. By the time a cease-fire was called, the ability to return to the pre-war industrial era was nearly impossible. With the lack of resources, humanity declined to a quasi-medieval society of city states.Now 200 years later "Metalmancers" or those with the ability to control and shape metal have started to appear. With these Metalmancers and their abilitie…
by Yunyi
The first time they met, she was a clueless nurse at the hospital...The second time they met, she was a bartender at his favorite bar...The third time they met, she was his brother's love interest...He didn't know what she'd be the fourth time they met, but he had to make her his wife...---Halia was a simple cadet when she was suddenly asked to be the subject of a new secret government technology that gave her access to the memories and knowledge of other people.With this technology, she manages…
by A hundred birds facing the wind
Being reborn to when she was 18, Su Mian made a solemn vow to use her medical expertise for the benefit of humanity. “Wife, I’m by your side. Why not benefit me first…”. Before she had been reborn, Su Mian had willfully married a perverse trash of a man and wronged Commander Wei for 30 years. This time, Su Mian constantly thought about marrying Commander Wei…… In this life time, Commander Wei treated this wife with three words: love, love, and LOVE!
by akashvm
The world as we know has ended with an event which is described as the rise of a new dominant species. Historians and keepers of knowledge call it 'CATACLYSM'. With the end of cataclysm arose a new species of organism....well....not really organism, but a new strain of viruses called R-virus, which could take on any living body as host. This behavior of R- virus provided it with the ability to adapt to any and every conditions on earth. Human beings, known as the most adaptable creatures in the …
by Bartimaeus
In 2099, researchers found a way to unlock an unused part of our brain, which became a source of great power. 111 years later, everyone has access to that power and it has transformed society into a hierarchy where strength is of the utmost importance. This system is stable for now, but someone possesses a key that could completely unbalance all of it. While dancing on the blade of a double-edged sword, the thrilling chase drags in everyone involved like a whirlpool... the closer you are to the …
by Tatiana Vila
When not writing or doing book covers, Tatiana Vila can be found binge-watching series, painting cool abstract stuff, eating way too many candies, and fantasizing about interior design makeovers. Her motto: let the mind run wild.Check out some of her cool book cover designs at her website:www.viladesign.netIce Queen. That's what everyone calls Dafne at school. The girl with the striking looks of a Raven Princess but whose cold-steeled touch freezes everyone in her way. Her reputation works for h…
by August Niehaus
Author:In another lifetime, August was a punk kid running a writing-themed e-zine in 2002 and participating in online survivor writing contests; these days, she’s a punk pseudo-adult with an office job and a studio of her own.Meet Pitney Scolan. Pit, for short. He’s a decorated general and a venerated leader of the sprawling human race. He’s protected his species' colonies from vicious native animal populations and hostile alien life. He’s fiercely introverted, and he’s really looking forward to…
by Sebastian Badarau
In addition to writing books, Sebastian Badarau also acts and directs for stage and film. Most recently he has worked with film director Graham Baker (Alien Nation) adapting the novel A State of Denmark for a 2021 release.His latest project is radio-drama ¨The Uncertainty Principle¨ which he wrote and directed himself and was broadcast by Radio Iasi, last year. It tells the story of three scientists who are on the verge of a major breakthrough in quantum mechanics but find themselves in conflict…
by Jenny Twist
Jenny Twist was born in York and brought up in the West Yorkshire mill town of Heckmondwike, the eldest grandchild of a huge extended family.She left school at fifteen and went to work in an asbestos factory. After working in various jobs, including bacon-packer and escapologist’s assistant (she was The Lovely Tanya), she returned to full-time education and did a BA in history, at Manchester and post-graduate studies at Oxford.She stayed in Oxford working as a recruitment consultant for many yea…
by Jenny Twist
Jenny Twist was born in York and brought up in the West Yorkshire mill town of Heckmondwike, the eldest grandchild of a huge extended family.She left school at fifteen and went to work in an asbestos factory. After working in various jobs, including bacon-packer and escapologist’s assistant (she was The Lovely Tanya), she returned to full-time education and did a BA in history, at Manchester and post-graduate studies at Oxford.She stayed in Oxford working as a recruitment consultant for many yea…
by _Sha
Fifteen disciples.They were useless in the Academy of Magic and Witch-hunting.....An excerpt from the chapter 91The Third Son of the Magic MasterThe students after the lecture started leaving.Crag was looking toward Lui, he was observing him as usual. For him, Lui was only the third son of the Magic Master. Crag was forced to betray the third son of the Magic Master from his study, it was the only wish of his father. But deep down in his heart, he always thought that why his father was using an …
by Theresa Oliver
Theresa Oliver is an author of clean contemporary romance, clean historical romance, young adult, middle grades, and children's picture books. Theresa is the author of the Christmas Cove series, the Whiskey River Brides series with Hot Tree Publishing, and much more. She lives in Florida with her husband, children, a persnickety cat, and a very bossy dog.In Thou Shalt Not Kill, Catholic high school students are faced with a decision: Do I kill to save my life and the lives of others or not, even…
by Marva Dale
Marva Dale is the pen name for author Debra McReynolds. Retired from the public relations field, Debra now spends her free time indulging in her passion for writing. "I used to fill my school notebooks with stories," Debra relates, "and then add artwork to go along with them. My second grade teacher, Mrs. Daley, predicted that I would be a writer one day."A fan of the mystery genre, she enjoys crafting tales with a twist of suspense, a touch of romance, and a bit of humor. Debra and her husba…