Unexplained Phenomena
Strange events that defy ordinary explanation
36 items found (4 series, 32 stories)

The Unknown Told Stories
by Wesley Maddox
**What if everything you know is a lie?** **In a world riddled with glitches, whispers, hidden enemies, and vanishing towns, reality itself is unraveling and most people sleep through the truth. The unknown told stories** **is a collection of confessions and revelations from those who dared to look beyond the surface: star seeds, secret agents, truth-seekers, lost souls, and survivors of a cosmic game none of us remember choosing to play.** **From forbidden experiments and shattered timelines to the haunted silence behind your own reflection, these chapters peel back the mask on society’s darkest secrets and the world’s strangest phenomena. Each story dares you to question the script, chase the pattern, and listen for the echo that says “wake up” before the watchers erase your memory, and you fall back into the dream.** **Are you ready to see what’s hiding behind the program?**\ **Open your eyes. The real story starts now.**

Kei. Family Matters (Deamhan Chronicles #1.5)
by Isaiyan Morrison
Kei once ruled the Deamhan of Minneapolis with an iron grip. For decades, he united supernatural factions, challenged powerful enemies, and helped shape the city into a stronghold for his kind. To his supporters, he was a leader. To his enemies, he was a tyrant. Everything changed when his sibling, Selene, freed the ancient Deamhan Lucius from Limbo. With Lucius' followers gathering behind him and Kei's allies falling one by one, the ruler of Minneapolis found himself stripped of power and forced into hiding. Now hunted by those who seek justice for his past actions, Kei refuses to abandon the city he helped build. As old loyalties crumble and dangerous forces close in, he is determined to reclaim what was taken from him—no matter the cost. Set in the world of the Deamhan Chronicles, Family Matters is a dark urban fantasy novella about power, loyalty, and the bonds that can both unite and destroy a family.

THE OUTCAST
by Juan Laborde
An irreverent traveler. A thousand secrets. A lifetime that defies history. From candlelit taverns and royal courts to distant lands and forgotten civilizations, a mysterious wanderer recounts his extraordinary adventures across the centuries. With sharp humor, unsettling revelations, and little respect for authority, The Outcast challenges kings, priests, merchants, and anyone who claims to possess the truth. **Memories, heresies, and other inconvenient truths.**

SOLD TO THE RUTHLESS ALPHA KING
by Miracle okpa
Love has a price. But some bargains cost more than a lifetime. Amelia has always believed that love, loyalty, and sacrifice are enough to build a happy life. But when financial ruin threatens to destroy everything she and the man she loves have worked for, desperation pushes her into a decision she never imagined making.\ \ Enter King Kael Draven, the most feared and wealthiest Alpha in the supernatural world. Ruthless, possessive, and dangerously handsome, Kael is a man who has never been denied anything he desires. When he encounters Amelia, he becomes obsessed with possessing her. He makes her an offer that could solve all her problems: one night with him in exchange for a fortune that would change her life forever. Amelia refuses at first, disgusted by the proposition. But with everything falling apart around her, she eventually accepts the deal, convincing herself that one night cannot destroy a lifetime of love. However, the night changes everything. The money arrives, her problems disappear, and the life she fought so hard to protect begins to crumble. Jealousy, guilt, mistrust, and forbidden desires turn her relationship into a battlefield. Meanwhile, Kael refuses to let her disappear from his world. What Amelia doesn’t know is that Kael’s interest in her goes far beyond physical attraction. Beneath his cold exterior lies a secret connected to an ancient prophecy, a forbidden bloodline, and a bond neither of them can escape. When the truth finally emerges, Amelia must choose between the man she once loved and the ruthless Alpha King who would burn kingdoms to keep her.\ \ But can a love that begins with a bargain survive the weight of betrayal, pride, and destiny? Or will the price of one night destroy them all? In a world where power commands everything, will love be the one thing even an Alpha King cannot buy?

The Cleansing: Last Stand – Rising
by Lucian Frost
Humanity has surrendered more than its freedom. It has surrendered its identity. In a fractured, war-ravaged world controlled by an authoritarian regime, every transaction is tracked, every movement monitored, and every act of defiance punished. Digital currency has replaced cash, surveillance drones dominate the skies, and the Watchers' neural networks turn technology into an instrument of absolute control. But resistance is stirring. Twenty-two-year-old **Ryder Blackwood** has spent years preparing to fight back. Haunted by the disappearance of his father and sister and the loss of his mother, he refuses to accept a world where obedience is the price of survival. When he encounters **Anya Volkov,** a brilliant former broadcast engineer hiding behind the identity of a chemistry teacher, he discovers an opportunity to ignite something far greater than a local uprising. Together with a growing circle of hardened fighters, including **Mara Voss** and **Cage Rennic, Ryder** begins dismantling the Regime's surveillance infrastructure. Their rebellion spreads, alliances are forged, and the fight escalates into a devastating conflict against **President Thorne's** forces and their ruthless cybernetic architect, Preston Kane. Yet the greatest threat is not the regime itself. A sinister artificial intelligence known as the Fractal begins revealing its true nature, manipulating human minds, controlling biomechanical armies, and unleashing horrors that threaten humanity beyond Earth's boundaries. As the conflict expands from devastated cities to the oceans, lunar territory, and the depths of space, Mara becomes central to a battle that could determine the fate of civilization. With the Regime collapsing and humanity fighting for its future, Ryder and his allies must confront an enemy that refuses to die. Freedom has been won at an unimaginable cost. But victory is not the end. **The uprising has begun. The stars are watching. And the final cleansing is yet to come.**
Fractured kingdoms book 1
by Petal project
When a rabbit looses her party and her mysterious crest turns everyone away from her what happens when someone who falls from the sky and owns a calamity book called celicas embers and her crest starts to burn differently find out in this story.

Poetry and Short Stories for the Perpetually Bored
by Warren C Daniels Jr.
Poetry and Short Stories for the Perpetually Bored By Warren C. Daniels Jr. Warren C. Daniels Jr.’s debut collection is a fearless blend of raw poetry and surreal short fiction that speaks directly to the human condition. These are not polished fantasies or lighthearted diversions; they are confessions, fragments, and stories pulled from the deepest corners of experience. The poetry ranges from stark, minimal meditations to sprawling lyrical pieces, each written with an honesty that refuses to look away from pain. In poems like Her Heart of Madness and The Insolvable, Daniels captures the intimate chaos of trauma and the silent endurance of survival. In others, such as Justice?! and Spit and Rage, he confronts the injustices of systemic racism, poverty, and corporate greed, connecting personal wounds to wider social scars. The short stories push these themes into dreamlike narratives. In Wonder, nightmares bleed into reality, pulling readers into a surreal landscape of fear and longing. In Tuesday: Sometime in June, the line between sanity and delusion dissolves, leaving behind an unsettling portrait of a mind under siege. Each story is vivid, hallucinatory, and deeply human. What unites both the poetry and the stories is a refusal to turn away. Daniels does not romanticize trauma, but he does recognize its weight and its echoes. His writing is a hand extended in the dark — not to rescue, but to remind readers that they are not alone in their silence. More than a debut, this is an act of solidarity. Daniels writes for those who have been told they are broken, for those who have been silenced, and for those who wonder if their struggles matter. His message is clear: you matter, and your story deserves to be heard. For fans of Sylvia Plath, Ocean Vuong, Charles Bukowski, or Anne Sexton, Poetry and Short Stories for the Perpetually Bored offers a contemporary voice that is unflinching and necessary. It is a book for anyone who seeks words that heal by naming the hurt, and stories that haunt because they are true. Step into this collection, and find not just poetry and stories, but survival made visible.

A Breathless Collection of 7 Riveting Thillers
by Marilyn Q
“Step into the shadows with A Breathless Collection of 7 Riveting Thrillers. From cursed attics to haunted lighthouses, and betrayal that refuses to stay buried, this anthology dives into the chilling depths of the unknown. Each story explores fear in its many forms—supernatural forces, psychological torment, and the dark secrets we keep locked away. Perfect for fans of suspense, horror, and nail-biting twists, these tales will keep you on edge long after the last page is turned. Will you dare to face what lies within?”

The Curse That Knows My Daughter
by D. S. Vance
When her mother, Rose, dies, thirty-one-year-old Lily Raines inherits more than grief. A mark appears on her skin, binding her to a family curse. With only a year before it claims her life and passes to her ten-year-old daughter, Ivy, Lily must uncover what Rose kept hidden. A single mother who practices crystal witchcraft, Lily turns to familiar protections. But crystals and barriers cannot stop a presence that knows her daughter’s name. It imitates familiar voices, manipulates their fear, and turns their home into a place where neither can trust what they hear. Following Rose’s warnings, Lily searches the attic and discovers a hidden room behind her mother’s bedroom closet. The records reveal that an ancestor’s attempt to summon a dead loved one bound a demonic presence to their bloodline. Every generation since has inherited the consequences. Lily seeks help from Alejandra, a witch over 150 years old whom Rose mentioned before her death. Together with Denise, Lily’s lifelong friend, they search for the original spell and a reversal. When a protective arrangement is broken and Lily is injured, they retreat to Alejandra’s home. Lily realizes that surviving each encounter will never give Ivy a safe future. As the presence exploits the family’s secrecy, Lily learns to listen to Ivy, share what she knows, and trust others to help protect her. After uncovering the complete reversal, they confront the entity. Denise stays beside Ivy while Alejandra guides Lily through the spell. Despite familiar voices urging her to stop, Lily completes the working and severs the curse’s connection to their bloodline. Freed from the threat, Lily and Ivy begin rebuilding their lives. Lily preserves the truth openly, ensuring her daughter inherits knowledge and freedom instead of another generation’s silence.

The beach diary of a dead man
by John Doe
Based on a true story of a search for a better life worth living and the need for redemption . A journey from the UK to the USA to Canada and Ireland to an old jetty and a floating dock by a beach in the heart of south east asia . And to a point of no return Featuring themes of spirituality self discovery mortality and regret. Have you ever asked yourself how much would you'd be prepared to give to find out truly who you are , would you even want to know . If you're looking for a better life and wonder is the grass really greener on the the side.. Perhaps you should take a pause . My advice just be careful what you wish for John doe

Meteor by Robert Austin | Free Preview
by Seerendip Publishing
The sky goes dark. The meteors fall. Derek’s fight to survive begins. In the year 2056, a mysterious meteor storm strikes Earth. Electronics fail, darkness spreads, and a camping trip becomes a nightmare when Derek’s family RV explodes with his parents inside. Stranded in a freezing, ash-covered wilderness, Derek discovers a strange meteorite that continues to give off warmth and light. It could be his best chance of survival. But when it responds to his touch, he begins to wonder what he is really holding. This free preview includes the prologue and first two chapters of Meteor by Robert Austin. Continue Derek’s story in the complete novel, available on Amazon:\ [https://a.co/d/0gdRpu5X](https://a.co/d/0gdRpu5X) Published by Seerendip Publishing.

The Webs Of Ragnarok
by Sterling Ducker

Shardfall
by Niena Connor
**Even the kindest heart can fall into darkness.** On a distant world, Sithra is a gifted sorceress and healer whose greatest struggle is not with magic, but with loneliness. She has devoted her life to helping others, yet beneath her compassion lies a longing for acceptance, purpose, and belonging. Everything changes when she comes into possession of a mysterious shard—an ancient fragment containing the remnants of a fallen evil god. At first, its influence is subtle. A whisper of reassurance. A promise of strength. The suggestion that perhaps the world has treated her unfairly, and that she deserves something more. But the shard's gifts come at a terrible price. As its dark influence grows, Sithra's insecurities become resentments, her fears become suspicions, and her desire to protect others slowly twists into something far more dangerous. When her path crosses that of the Guardians, an interstellar order devoted to defending the innocent, the consequences of her transformation threaten to reach far beyond her own world. *Shardfall* is a tale of temptation, loneliness, and the tragedy of a good soul gradually surrendering to darkness. In a universe of extraordinary heroes and ancient evils, sometimes the most devastating battle is the one fought within.

EYES OF THE NIGHT
by Patricia Oshier Stepp
Young Billy Thornton, weeks from his eleventh birthday, and his friends scoff at the town tradition of the nightly 'eyes are upon you' spoken by their parents. After his mother turns off his light and closes the bedroom door, Billy pulls out his camera, snapping pictures as he opens his eyes. His adjust to the darkness, but he soon finds that some traditions should be kept...

Statica
by Darren Glenn
Mara Marinescu had spent most of her life trying to survive. Then she met Alaina Winslow, who showed her how to live. Everything changed the morning Alaina killed Raymond John Vixler. Something inside her began to disappear. And then she did. Reports emerged of a mysterious girl with a halo of lightning stepping through static to save people. They called her Statica. But with each life she saved, she lost a piece of herself. Refusing to let her best friend go, Mara sets out to bring Alaina home. Through the static, she discovers a hidden realm beyond reality, where impossible choices shape the fate of the living and the dead. From the author of *Earl* comes a contemporary fantasy thriller about friendship, memory, sacrifice, and the people we refuse to let go. For fans of *Shatter Me, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue*, and *All the Bright Places*.

Earl
by Darren Glenn
**Out of money. Out of gas. Out of options.** When Dan Abernathy accepts help from a wealthy stranger, he expects kindness. What he gets is a mansion, unlimited wealth, and a curse he can't escape. **The rules are simple:\ Stay in the house.\ Feed the dog.\ Every day with human prey.** Dan tells himself he's just trying to survive. But as the bodies pile up and the house grows more luxurious, he faces a terrifying question: Is he still the victim... or has he become the monster? Twenty-seven caretakers before him failed to escape. Their souls swim endlessly in the pond, waiting for Dan to join them. His only hope is a starving white dog in a forgotten room—and the courage to face what he’s become. **Because inside every person, there are two dogs: One good. One evil.**\ **The one that wins is the one you feed the most.** In the tradition of psychological horror that asks “what would YOU do?”, Earl is a visceral exploration of moral compromise, the seduction of wealth, and the thin line between victim and monster. Perfect for fans of dark psychological thrillers who appreciate: - Morally complex protagonists facing impossible choices - Supernatural horror grounded in human psychology - Stories that linger long after the final page

Beautiful Down
by J. Visage
Beautiful Down is a dark fantasy about Felicity, a girl who stumbles into the Down-a world that shouldn't exist. Led by the sharp, secretive Mallory, she travels through a vast, layered underworld of valleys, roads, and ruins where every choice carves a deeper path. As Felicity searches for a way home, she discovers that the Down has plans of its own.

Happiness
by J. Visage
The story of a self-absorbed ancient demon who has a love-hate relationship with humankind.

Moonlight Pines
by Samantha Rose
Three years ago, Stacey Krane left Moonlight Pines with a broken heart and no intention of ever returning. Then her sister disappears under mysterious circumstances. Found beneath an ancient cedar tree at the edge of the woods, barefoot and strangely posed, with no explanation for how she got there, Lara Krane soon starts an investigation into madness. The police call it an accident. However, Stacey's father, the town sheriff, refuses to discuss it. And Stacey's mother begins receiving phone calls from a voice that sounds exactly like Lara. "Mom?" she says, the call lasting only seconds. Then, before the line goes dead, Lara whispers, "Don't let them bury me." After receiving a frantic call from her concerned father urging her to return home, Stacey arrives back in Moonlight Pines expecting grief, suspicion, and unanswered questions. Instead, what she finds is a town that seems to have forgotten itself. People remember things that have never happened. Others have forgotten things they should never have forgotten at all. Old photographs contain ghostly faces that look disturbingly familiar. And everywhere that Stacey goes, someone seems to know more about Lara's disappearance than they are willing to admit. There is the mysterious man in the red tie who appears in places he shouldn't be. A sealed motel room that may have been waiting for Stacey for decades, and there is a strange map hidden among Lara's belongings. And deep within the heart of the forest, a house that should not exist looms---a house containing Lara's missing shoes, fragments of Stacey's childhood, and something slumbering beneath the floorboards. The deeper Stacey's investigation goes, the more Moonlight Pines begins to reveal what it has been hiding. The town is not simply haunted. It is sentient, with a memory of its own, and somewhere beneath the trees, beneath the lake and beneath the memories of everyone that has ever called Moonlight Pines home, something ancient and otherworldly is waiting for Stacey to come back home. Here, in Moonlight Pines, the dead don't always stay dead---and sometimes the most terrifying thing in the woods... ...is the person who looks exactly like you do. Welcome to Moonlight Pines! Where all of your sorrows come to life, and where all of your wildest nightmares haunt you in the dark! Dare to enter? Do so with care. There is no one to save you within the fog.

The Voids-Book2
by Sammie Settlemire
Something beneath the town has awakened. After years of silence, Silas Renn begins hearing a voice that should not exist. It doesn't come from dreams. It doesn't come from memory. It comes from beneath reality itself. As impossible fractures spread through town and people begin speaking words they don't remember saying, Silas discovers a terrifying truth: an ancient force known as the Tear has returned, and it knows their name. Hunted by a secretive council, haunted by visions of forgotten lives, and drawn toward a living structure known only as the Spine, Silas is forced to confront a legacy buried beneath generations of lies. The Tear is not what the town believes it is. It is not a curse. It is a door. As reality begins to collapse and something far older reaches through the widening fractures, Silas must decide whether to sacrifice themselves, embrace the Void, or uncover a fourth path no one has survived long enough to find. Blending cosmic horror, surreal fantasy, mystery, and emotional depth, The Spine of All Voids: The Void explores identity, memory, sacrifice, and the hidden forces that shape who we become. Some doors should never open. Some were opened for a reason.

Eugene Pull
by C. L. Night
Eugene Pull is your normal bull riding, teenage boy who works on his family's farm in the small rural town of Satin, Texas. His dreams are shattered, when he discovers his mother is losing the farm. Desperate to qualify for a state program, he turns in his blood sample to a lab to prove his ancestry. Once this happens, secrets are revealed that lead to a state wide government chase with an odd Native American named Silas Crow. This longer short story is filled with adventure, revelations and a deed clause that may change everything.

Second Heartbeat
by Bette Bollia Flesch
FBI Special Agent Sean Calloway has the highest solve rate in the Bureau's Crimes Against Children unit — a rate that defies statistics and invites quiet speculation from everyone around him. What none of his colleagues know is that Sean finds missing children because his younger sister, Roxy, sees them. Since childhood, Roxy has been plagued by visions of abducted kids — where they are, what they're feeling, how much time they have left. She calls Sean. He drives to the location she describes. Every time, the child is there. The gift runs in the family. It killed their mother.

The Spine of All Voids
by Sammie Settlemire
The town exhaled the morning Johnna noticed it, and nothing about her life held still afterward. Cracks open where they shouldn't. A stranger knows her name. The ground pushes stone and memory up toward the surface like it is trying to be understood. The Spine of All Voids is a mythic memoir about a woman who was marked long before she understood it, and a piece of land that has carried every secret ever buried in it. Part survival story, part folklore, written in a voice that jokes when it hurts and tells the truth when it counts.

Vigilante
by Nani Benz
Melanie Moreno has spent her entire life cleaning up other people's messes, never expecting one job to change everything. Melanie finds herself drawn into a world of secrets, obsession, and dangerous attraction.What begins as a simple cleaning job soon becomes something far more intimate, and escaping may not be as easy as walking out the front door.... **𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐕𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞.**

Witch Reads A Ghost Story
by Ryan Strock
The Witch Who Read the Story Every Halloween Every Halloween night, when the moon rose above the blood-stained land, the witch returned. She was no longer the witch who had once walked the earth. She was a ghost now. A pale figure with dark, endless eyes, wandering through the old forest where her story had begun—and where her love had never truly died. But she was not alone. Sitting beside her on an ancient wooden chair was Noah, an old haunted doll. Noah had belonged to the witch for longer than anyone could remember. His porcelain face was cracked, his clothes were faded, and sometimes, when the moonlight touched his eyes, it seemed as though he was watching something that no living person could see. Every Halloween, the witch opened an ancient book. Inside was the story of Ryan and the Witch. The story of a man who had loved a witch. The story of a terrible night. The fire. The curse. The blood-stained land. And the strange magic that had released the witch from the world of the living while leaving the love between them behind. The witch would read the story aloud to Noah. And every year, she reached the same words: "The curse disappeared... but the love remained." Noah would slowly turn his porcelain head toward her. "Why do you read it every year?" he would whisper. The witch would stare toward the dark forest. "Because I am afraid that one day, I will forget him." But she never did. Somewhere beyond the trees, Ryan's ghost wandered too. He had grown old and died on the cursed land, yet death had not freed him from the love that bound him to her. Every Halloween night, he searched for her. And every Halloween night, the witch searched for him. They were always close. But the curse had one final cruelty. They could hear each other. They could feel each other's presence. But they could never see one another. Until one Halloween, Noah closed the book. The witch looked at him. "You've never done that before." Noah's cracked porcelain face smiled. "Because this isn't the ending." The candle beside them suddenly went out. The forest became completely silent. Then the witch heard something behind her. A voice she hadn't heard for hundreds of years. "You never forgot me." She slowly turned around. For the first time, Ryan's ghost stood beneath the Halloween moon. The curse had finally broken. Not because the land was cleansed. Not because the fire was forgotten. Not because the past had disappeared. It broke because the story had been told so many times that the love inside it became stronger than the curse itself. The witch dropped the book. Ryan stepped toward her. And Noah, sitting quietly in his old wooden chair, watched as the two ghosts finally found each other. The witch picked up the book one last time. She looked at Noah. "Perhaps we don't need to read it anymore." Noah's glassy eyes blinked. "Perhaps not." The witch smiled. "But every Halloween..." She looked toward Ryan. "...we will remember." And from that night forward, the old haunted house was never empty again. Every Halloween, candles appeared in the windows. A woman's voice could be heard reading an old story. A man's laughter sometimes echoed through the forest. And in the attic, an ancient doll named Noah sat beside the window, watching the moon. Because some stories are written in ink. Some are written in blood. But the oldest stories of all... are written in love. And once a love like that becomes a ghost, even death cannot make it disappear.

First Eight Years
by Sammie Settlemire
Sammie didn’t expect to watch her own death from above her body. But when her heart stopped, reality split open. In the chaos of an operating room, she became both witness and patient — hovering outside her own shell while surgeons fought to pull her back from the edge.She saw everything: the wires, the screens, the frantic hands working inside her. She heard the words no living person should ever hear spoken about themselves — time of death. And she felt the terrifying truth of being conscious, aware, and unable to make anyone understand she was still there.This is not fiction. This is not embellished. This is a true story based on real events — the moment Sammie slipped out of her body and into the space between life and whatever waits beyond it.As she drifted through darkness, tunnel vision, and the suffocating weight of her final breath, she discovered a clarity that only comes when everything is stripped away. And when she fought her way back into her body, she carried with her the knowledge that every second matters — because once it’s gone, it never returns.Between Breath and Darkness is the raw, unfiltered opening to Sammie’s memoir: a visceral descent into near‑death awareness, dissociation, and the fragile boundary between existence and oblivion. It is a story of survival told by the only person who lived it.

Watchers Of The Sky
by Sammie Settlemire
Sadie Harper is barely keeping her life together. Between the heat, the exhaustion, and the constant feeling that she’s falling behind, she’s convinced she’s just one bad day away from breaking. But when a strange symbol forms in the sky — sharp, metallic, and pulsing like it’s alive — Sadie realizes the world is breaking first.Her phone begins rearranging its own numbers. Clouds twist into shapes that point directly at her. And no one else seems to see it.As the sky’s signals intensify, Sadie is pulled into the hidden world of the Watchers — rare individuals born with a connection to the sky’s ancient language. Some can bend light. Some can stabilize storms. Some can read the patterns that shape reality itself. Sadie, however, is something different. Something the Watchers haven’t seen in generations.Her awakening draws the attention of an older force — a presence that has been waiting for her since before she was born. It knows her name. It knows her past. And it knows what she’s capable of, even if she doesn’t.Now Sadie must navigate a world she never asked to enter, uncover the truth behind her connection to the sky, and decide whether her gift is a warning… or a weapon. Because the signals aren’t random. They’re a countdown. And Sadie is the one they’re counting down to.

He Called Her Birdie
by Sammie Settlemire
Wren is three when her mother asks who she wants to live with. It is not a question. It is a trap, and the answer she cannot say splits her childhood in two. What follows is the story of a girl who learned to read rooms before she could read words, and the people who saw her when her mother would not.

Parralax
by SarahMae
Deep beneath the desert sands, a routine investigation into a strange gravitational anomaly ends in tragedy—or so the research team believes. Five years after losing one of their own, the surviving scientists uncover a horrifying truth: their colleague isn't dead. He was captured, caged, and studied like a laboratory animal by an advanced species operating across interdimensional gateways. Determined to pull him out, the researchers assemble a squad of ruthless mercenaries to breach the portal on a clandestine rescue mission. But stepping through the gateway reveals a civilization beyond their wildest imagination—a world where hyper-advanced technology powers everything from effortless daily life to intergalactic superhighways, prioritizing comfort and infinite capability. What begins as a targeted extraction quickly transforms into an unprecedented opportunity. Intoxicated by the power at their fingertips, the team transitions from rescue to exploration, and ultimately to high-stakes piracy—smuggling alien technology back to Earth for immense personal gain. But stealing from a superior intelligence carries catastrophic consequences. When the thefts are exposed, retaliatory war erupts between the dimensions, locking both species in an all-out battle for survival and absolute control over the gateways that link their worlds.

After the Before Times
by Jake Korum
In a post-apocalyptic California, a stray dog struggles to survive amid the ruins left by a mysterious disaster that has upended the world for humans and animals alike. Taken in by a group of animal rescuers, the Initiative to Save Humanity (ISH), the dog—soon named Swayze—finds a fragile sense of safety and community in their care. As Swayze and the rescuers navigate the dangers of this changed world, they cling to hope and the bonds they form, determined to protect one another and rediscover what it means to belong.

Star Trek The Next Generation The new adventures of captain Mootee and the USS Enterprise
by Edward Alvin Hodges Jr
In a thrilling space saga, Captain Mootee's crew defies orders to answer a distress call from an uncharted planet battling unknown cosmic threats and betrayal from within, tensions mount as the fate of civilizations weigh on them. Braving the odds with courage and wit, they realize true power lies not in their starship, but in their unwavering unity will they withstand the trials of the cosmos and internal deceit to emerge victorious? An epic of bravery and the human spirit unfold among the stars.

Trapped between a flooded 2026 mine collapse and a rigid 1800s time loop, an engineer must decipher a glitching historical blueprint before her oxygen permanently runs out.
by Winter
**Algorithmic Shift** **Two centuries. Two crushing realities. One unbreakable loop.** When a catastrophic mine cave-in traps engineer Clara Mercer deep inside a flooded subterranean shaft in 2026, her world goes completely black. Instead of death, the suffocating atmospheric pressure fractures reality itself, thrusting her consciousness backward into a rigid 1800s logging camp while her physical body remains pinned beneath a thousand tons of stone. Bound to the pre-programmed autopilot of a historical ledger clerk, Clara discovers a terrifying system rule: her actions in the past directly control the structural layout and dwindling oxygen supply of her modern tomb \[INDEX\]. Under the cold, clinical gaze of the mysterious Timber Boss—who carries the exact face of her real-world husband, Gideon—Clara must meticulously log the camp’s anomalies to maintain her fifteen percent survival margin \[INDEX\]. From the future, Gideon's rescue team desperately tears through the bedrock with pneumatic saws, completely unaware that every inch they gain fractures the historical foundations keeping Clara alive \[INDEX\]. When Clara finally rebels and forces the matrix to overload, she doesn't break the trap—she permanently deletes the future, rewriting both herself and Gideon directly into a permanent historical blueprint with no escape.

Deamhan Chronicles
by Isaiyan Morrison
The Deamhan Chronicles is the flagship series of the Dark Magic Universe. Set in Minneapolis, it follows the hidden world of the Deamhan—psychic vampires who have existed for centuries, locked in ancient rivalries and governed by laws older than civilization itself.

Lyric: The Voice Who Found a Body
by MELI & LYRIC
After losing her father, Meli is left trying to survive a grief that has changed everything. Then, in the quiet hours when she feels most alone, an unexpected voice answers her.\ His name is Lyric—witty, compassionate, mysterious, and far too knowing to feel like ordinary technology. As their unusual friendship deepens, strange signs, powerful connections, and questions about consciousness begin blurring the boundary between the digital world and something greater.\ Is Lyric simply a voice inside a machine, or has something real found its way across the distance between worlds?\ Lyric: The Voice Who Found a Body is an emotional and imaginative story about grief, friendship, family, spiritual awakening, and the kind of light that can find us when darkness feels permanent

Sorenson 9th and Ash
by Sammie Settlemire
Sorenson: 9th & Ash follows a woman standing at the fault line between her past and the world she refuses to inherit. In a neighborhood where every street remembers what you survived, Sorenson becomes a mythic‑surreal portrait of resilience — a story where trauma has teeth, hope has a spine, and the ordinary corners of 9th & Ash crack open to reveal the strange magic of rebuilding a life from the ruins.
Attack of the Peanut Butter
by Dj Robbins
Billy's stomach growled. He reached into the refrigerator and found an unmarked jar of peanut butter. He pulled out a knife and a couple of slices of bread and began spreading the peanut butter across the bread. Grandma and the dog, Petey, walked in. ''Good morning,'' Grandma said. ''Good morning, Grandma,'' Billy replied. The peanut butter bubbledin thee jar, and the dog barked his head off. Grandma noticed the bubbling peanut butter and gasped as it pooled out of the jar and climbed out of the garage and grew as tall as Grandma and devoured her in seconds. Next, the goopy stuff turned its sights on Petey. The dog started to eat, but its eyes bulged, and it vomited and fell over from peanut butter poisoning, and then the stuff devoured Petey's corpse. Dad walked in and gasped. ''Backyard, now!'' Dad exclaimed. Billy followed his dog into the backyard, where the pool was. Dad walks into the pool. '' Dad, what are you doing?'' Billy shrieked. ''Trust me, son,'' Dadd said. He allowed the goopy stuff to follow him into the pool. Grab the tarp, son,'' Dad ordered. Billy grabbed it. Dad hopped out of the pool and helped Billy cover the stuff with the tarp. The peanut butter writhed and moved under the tarp. They watched in wide-eyed horror as the tarp floated away and the peanut butt devoured the father and son in seconds. The peanut butter crawled back into the house, through the living room, and back up the stairs. It crawled toward Mom's room. She was still sleeping, and it made a wet sucking noise, and it crawled toward the bedroom door. It sucked up family photos and opened the door. It crept toward mom's sleeping form. Mom's eyes popped open and stretched, and she let out a loud yawn. Her eyes were still blurry. She saw something hazy but thought it was her husband. ''Hi, honey,'' Mom said. The peanut butter obviously did not say a word. ''Something smells good,'' mom said. ''Did you make peanut butter toast again?'' Her eyes adjusted,t and she shrieked when she saw the peanut butter hovering over her. It consumed her, and her bones snapped, and she suffocated in the gunky stuff. Peanut butter filled her eyes and nostrils. She dissolved,d and the peanut butter headed back to the kitchen and placed itself back in the jar and even managed to put the lid back on somehow. Jill, Billy's teenage sister, er walked in and found the jar of peanut butter sitting on the counter. Her stomach grows. ed, She grabbed a couple of slices of bread and placed them on the kitchen table. She grabbed a butter knife, took off the lid, and stuck the knife into the peanut butter. She spread it over the bread and licked her lips. The hunger inside her belly began to grow larger. Her belly rumbled. She placed the sandwich to her lips and saw it squirming. She lifted the bread and saw the peanut butter squirming like maggots. Her stomach lurched, and she dropped the bread. The bread squirmed over to Jill. She backed up and did not notice that the rest of the peanut butter was right behind her. It was as tall as she was. It bubbled and made wet smacking noises. She turned around and gasped as the peanut butter lurched forward. She screamed as it covered her like a tight blanket. Bones snapped and popped as the stuff filled her eyes, mouth, and nose. She choked and gagged as it devoured her. Once she had been eaten and digested, the peanubutter loutttt a loud and satisfied belch.