New Release: The Nonessentials by Z. Martin Brown

Congratulations to Z. Martin Brown on his debut horror release The Nonessentials.

The Nonessentials
by Z. Martin Brown
November 8, 2023
Genre: Post-Apocalyptic, Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller
Overnight, the serene coastal town of Bellingham, Washington erupts into a battleground as a deadly pathogen sweeps through the state, claiming thousands of lives and prompting the Governor to declare Phase Zero, a statewide lockdown. Amid the turmoil, Max Maddison strives to reunite with his loved ones while evading ruthless gutter punks, a squad of deputies commanded by a menacing sheriff, and a sinister funeral home director who’s nipping at his heels.

Even with Max’s trusty SUV—affectionately named the Beast—and the unwavering support of his fearless childhood friend Carter, this is a formidable challenge for a twenty-two-year-old plagued by thanatophobia, the intense fear of death. You better buckle your seatbelt and hold on for your life, as this adrenaline-fueled adventure will be an uphill bloody fight.

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About the Author:
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Zachary worked in the film industry until the pandemic, during which he moved corpses for a mortuary. He lives in Arizona, where he’s creating extraordinary nonsense from inside air-controlled spaces

New Release: Dendre by John Cherpak

Congratulations to John Cherpak on the release of his science fiction thriller Dendre.

Dendre
by John Cherpak
August 27, 2022
Six hundred years ago, humanity left a dying Earth to colonize the uninhabited planets of Aphrodite, Sobek, and Rhea. Each new world developed their own cultures and religions and lived in harmony until the Republic of Havasar depleted the natural resources on Aphrodite.

The Republic of Havasar then conquered Taltronia, planet Sobek’s sole continent. And for nearly two hundred years, it has been under authoritarian Havasaran rule.

Sergeant Jasper Ogtredder, a Havasaran policeman, recently took a job in occupied Taltronia’s Territorial Police. Victor Creo, a low-level office worker and member of the subjugated Taltronian ethnic group, is just trying to survive and get by. However, his brother, Constantine, wants to liberate their home city of Dendre from the imperial rule at any cost.

The fates of these three men collide as a vicious terrorist group and the colonizing country battle to determine who will control Dendre.

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New Release: Severed: A Novella by H.G. Reed

Congratulations to H. G. Reed on the release of the mystery thriller Severed: A Novela

Severed: A Novella
by H.G. Reed
October 27th 2017
When snarky college student, Rory Halstead, witnesses a crime on campus, he must go to extreme measures to overcome his neurological disability and help police identify the suspect before a girl is killed and Rory is pinned for it.

"Of course, I look guilty. I'm the guy who was at the scene of the crime and won't tell anyone what he saw. My stupid, useless brain couldn’t form the words. No surprise there, I told them it would happen.

Now I’m sitting in an interrogation room with no less than three cops watching me from the double-sided mirror as if they can hear the tangential cascades in my head. They also see a blank notepad in front of me.

I’m going to prison for this."

New Release: Graceful Warrior - Nunnehi: Spirit Animal Series - Book 1 by Ann Kidwell

Congratulations to Ann Kidwell on the release of her debut novel Graceful Warrior - Nunnehi: Spirit Animal Series - Book 1

(this book released Feb 2019)

Graceful Warrior - Nunnehi: Spirit Animal Series - Book 1
by Ann Kidwell
February 6, 2019
233 pages

Two 14-year-old girls runaway to Seattle. What awaits them? Are they walking into a trap? A chance meeting at the SeaTac Airport will test the resilience of a shy, introverted 17-year-old girl with a gift she isn't aware she possesses. 

Becca: I’ve had enough of Mom smothering me and using me as her personal slave. I have someone who loves me and wants to make all my dreams come true. Tickets are waiting at the airport for me and my best friend Connie. He’s rich, handsome, and loves me. What could be better than that? Connie will be my bridesmaid at my wedding; then it will be too late for Mom to do anything. He said she would come around when she sees how much he loves me. Did I mention that he is a dream? 

Skye: I don’t want this gift. It is more like a curse. I can’t unknow what I have seen. I have seen her broken and being helped to a car. She is locked away and has no way of getting help. I think they made a mistake when I inherited this gift, I’m too shy and introverted, and the only thing I do well is dance. Casper, my Spirit Animal, is trying to teach me, but will I learn enough before it is too late. Oh, I hope she is strong because I don’t know that I am.

Trigger warnings - Adult content. Violence and sexual content

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About the Author:
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I started late in life as an author. I found that I loved to read YA fiction and paranormal stories. Since I read a lot of those books, I ventured to see if I could write one. It took me five years and multiple revisions. The research for my first book was daunting, but found that I learned so much from that. Graceful Warrior – Nunnehi, brings attention to the subject of human trafficking in a way that is tailored toward informing YA readers of the grooming process that is involved in the fast and growing pace of social media without being judgmental or preachy. I included the Cherokee Spirit Animal aspect as that is something that I found interesting. I believe that we all have Spirit Guides that help us in our times of need. I think we can all learn from the Native Americans and their reverence for life and Mother Earth.

I am working on Book two of the Spirit Animal Series – Nightbird, which I hope to have finished in the next couple of months.

I'm spending my free time, trying to train two rambunctious colts to let me play with them. Not one of my wisest endeavors, fun nonetheless. Learning all about growing house plants and reading anything I can get my hands on.

New Release: T.A.G. You're Heard (The Assassins' Guild Book 2) by D.G. Carothers

Congratualtions to DG Carothers on the release of their MM espionage thriller T.A.G. You're Heard (The Assassins' Guild Book 2)

T.A.G. You're Heard (The Assassins' Guild Book 2)

by D.G. Carothers
February 3, 2020
Hello again, Mr. No here, communications agent for T.A.G. and your inside source to your favorite agents.

Our next file is on Operation Gingersnap and none other than Agent Code name Mr. Kr, aka Connor Foley Turgenev, our snarky and hyperactive computer genius.

Connor gets hit with a blast from the past that he'd thought was long dead. Yoshi and the rest of Upper Management must scramble to save him before his situation turns dire.

In the meantime, will nearly losing Connor push our gentle giant of a Chef, Asbjorn Sternberg, to open himself up to Connor and truly be the Daddy and partner that Connor wants and needs? Or will he let injuries obtained while serving in the Norwegian Army fuel his self doubt?
Find out this and exciting news that might change the face of T.A.G.'s future in this next installment from the archives.

The Assassins' Guild Series are enclosed stories but they are all connected and best read in order.

T.A.G. You're Seen
T.A.G. You're Heard
T.A.G. You're Felt (Coming Summer 2020)

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D. G. Carothers is actually a dragon very cleverly disguised as a human. They are a non-binary author of LGBTQIA Romance and Urban Fantasy, who enjoys writing original and entertaining stories. They are very excited to share the worlds they've created with you.

D.G. currently lives in Tennessee with their platonic life partner, who is not a dragon. They yearn to live back in Europe and will some day. In their spare time they are addicted to losing themselves in the lovely worlds created by other authors

D.G. is committed to writing the stories they see in their head without restrictions. Love is blind and doesn't see gender, race, or sexuality.

New Release: Out of the Congo by Mark Wade

Congratulations to Mark Wade on the release of his military historical novella Out of the Congo

Out of the Congo

by Mark Wade

October 25, 2019

57 pages

From The Author of Impossible Target

In one of the world’s most treacherous jungles

While bombing rebel positions in the remote Congolese rainforest, mercenary fighter-bomber pilot Seth Gustafson is shot down by rebel anti-aircraft fire. Surviving his traumatic bailout, Seth now finds himself in a desperate race of survival against deadly wild animals, exposure, hostile tribesman, and heavily-armed rebels.

A race begins between death and survival

Far from friendly forces, a small group of combat helicopters search high and low for Seth. With the odds stacked against him and the danger mounting, will Seth make it to the designated extraction point before the rebels capture or kill him?

Will he make it Out of the Congo?

Packed with gripping suspense, Out of the Congo will take you on an unforgettable journey of survival through the steamy undergrowth of the rainforest where danger lurks around every corner.

About the Author:

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Mark Wade lives in the Washington, DC region and is originally from Dallas, Texas. He is a graduate of Texas Tech University. An aficionado of aviation history since childhood, he got his private’s pilot’s license at age 24. Two of his greatest passions are aviation and military history. He served in the United States Navy as a Naval Flight Officer with almost 2000 hours flying the EA-6B Prowler. He is the youngest of four children and grew up hearing the stories of the ‘greatest generation’ from his parents and other relatives. Among his favorite authors are aviators including Stephen Coonts, Mark Berent, the late Jeff Ethell and the late Marshall Harrison. On Wade’s bucket list is flying a radial-engine airplane coast-to-coast with his daughter and chronicling the experience.

New Release: Soft Robots: A.I. Dystopian Thriller (MIM*X Book 1) by Scott Nicholson

Congratulations to Scott Nicholson on the release of Soft Robots (MIM*X book 1) a new dystopian/science fiction series.

Soft Robots: A.I. Dystopian Thriller (MIM*X Book 1)

by Scott Nicholson
February 16, 2018
389 pages

After bloody civil unrest, environmental disaster, and the Third World War, benevolent corporations have replaced governments and delivered peace, prosperity, and equality to a grateful human race.

Max Carmichael is an agent in the Cryptics Bureau, whose duty is to protect the corporations that govern the world. But when he’s given a secret mission to find a mysterious woman linked to acts of sabotage, he discovers she was part of a MIM*X experiment that links human brains to artificial intelligence.

Evan Lord, the enigmatic and powerful CEO of the MIM*X corporation, wants to shape society into a harmonious blend of humans and robots using neural implants. Carmichael soon realizes his involvement is no accident, and he’s forced to choose between duty and morality as rogue outliers plot to take down MIM*X.

And the woman he is ordered to destroy causes him to question not only his own existence, but that of the entire global society as well.

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About the author:
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Author Scott Nicholson has written 15 thrillers, 60 short stories, four comics series, and six screenplays. He lives in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, where he tends an organic garden, successfully eludes stalkers, and generally lives the dream.

New Release: Crucible: A Post-Apocalyptic Thriller (Next Book 5)

Congratulations to Scott Nicholson on the release of Crucible: A Post-Apocalyptic Thriller (Next Book 5)

Crucible: A Post-Apocalyptic Thriller (Next Book 5)

by Scott Nicholson
October 24, 2016

194 pages

"One of the most thrilling writers working today." - Blake Crouch, Dark Matter

Rachel Wheeler and her friends are held captive in a strange city ruled by mutant Zaps, but she is determined to use her powers to overthrow their captors and escape.

But the domed city is more than it appears, and the Zaps have developed mysterious technologies and materials that mimic organic tissue. The Zaps are building sinister new creatures, hoping to replace the Earth’s natural environment with one of their own creation. Meanwhile, the world beyond the dome is becoming increasingly more contaminated and hostile.

As Rachel and the others fight for survival, even the city itself seems determined to destroy them.

Look for the thrilling conclusion to the Next series, HALF LIFE.

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Author Scott Nicholson has written 15 thrillers, 60 short stories, four comics series, and six screenplays. He lives in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, where he tends an organic garden, successfully eludes stalkers, and generally lives the dream.

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New Release: Directive 17 (Next Book 4) by Scott Nicholson

Congratulations to Scott Nicholson on the release of Directive 17 (Next Book 4) in his post-apocalyptic series.

NEXT #4: DIRECTIVE 17
July 31, 2016
202 pages
In a contaminated wasteland, Rachel Wheeler and an intelligent mutant baby find shelter in a silver city where neither belongs.

As the dwindling human race desperately fights to survive, they’re forced to adapt to the mutant technology and the new race that threatens them with extinction. But the hostile environment poses other threats as well—strange creatures and giant predators roam the wilderness, fueled by the mysterious radiation leaking from the advanced cities.

Rachel’s friends come to the rescue, but they discover she’s crossed a border from which no human ever returns. But something else might…

Look for NEXT #5: CRUCIBLE.

About the author:
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Author Scott Nicholson has written 15 thrillers, 60 short stories, four comics series, and six screenplays. He lives in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, where he tends an organic garden, successfully eludes stalkers, and generally lives the dream.

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New Release: Radiophobia: A Post-Apocalyptic Thriller (Next Book 3) by Scott Nicholson

Congratulations to Scott Nicholson on the release of Radiophobia: A Post-Apocalyptic Thriller (Next Book 3)

Radiophobia: A Post-Apocalyptic Thriller (Next Book 3)

by Scott Nicholson

April 13, 2016

205 pages

When mutants develop technology that threatens the dwindling human race, the last survivors fight to regain control of their world. 

Rachel Wheeler and her friends are dropped into the enemy stronghold of Wilkesboro as part of a desperate military operation. Their mission is to disrupt a new energy source that will give the mutants unlimited power. Even as the remnants of the central government plan nuclear strikes on all major mutant colonies, a mysterious new fallout threatens them all.

Will the nuclear holocaust deliver a final victory to the human race, or will the survivors face their own extinction in a world overrun with monsters and strange new races?

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Author Scott Nicholson has written 15 thrillers, 60 short stories, four comics series, and six screenplays. He lives in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, where he tends an organic garden, successfully eludes stalkers, and generally lives the dream.

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New Release: Earth Zero: A Post-Apocalyptic Thriller (Next Book 2) by Scott Nicholson

Congratulations to Scott Nicholson on the release of Earth Zero: A Post-Apocalyptic Thriller (Next Book 2)

Earth Zero: A Post-Apocalyptic Thriller (Next Book 2)
by Scott Nicholson
“One of the most thrilling writers working today. Miss him at your peril.” – Blake Crouch, Wayward Pines

The second book in the Next post-apocalyptic thriller series

EARTH ZERO
As the remnants of the human race mobilize for an attack on the mutants who have taken over the abandoned cities, a small band of survivors are caught in the middle of the conflict.

Rachel Wheeler’s own mutant abilities could make her a valuable resource for the new government and the army it has formed in the wake of the apocalypse. But the people who want to take back the world have a ruthless vision for the future, and a toxic planet is unleashing its rage in the form of deadly predators. Meanwhile, the mutants are evolving at an astonishing rate and establishing a social order that defies human control. When her group is drawn into the ultimate war, Rachel must decide whether to stay loyal to the ones she loves or fight for ideals she doesn’t fully embrace.

The top of the food chain is at stake, and the extinction of the human race may not be the worst possible outcome.

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Look for Next #3: Radiophobia, as well as the AFTER post-apocalyptic series and the ZAPHEADS spinoff series.

“Always surprises and always entertains.” – Jonathan Maberry, Patient Zero

“Nobody thrills like Nicholson does. Nobody.” – J.A. Konrath, Origin

Scott Nicholson is the international bestselling author of more than 20 books, including The Harvest, Creative Spirit, and Kiss me or Die.

Afterburn: A Post-Apocalyptic Thriller (Next Book 1)

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Author Scott Nicholson has written 15 thrillers, 60 short stories, four comics series, and six screenplays. He lives in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, where he tends an organic garden, successfully eludes stalkers, and generally lives the dream.

New Release: Afterburn: A Post-Apocalyptic Thriller (Next Book 1)

Congratulations to Scott Nicholson on the release of Afterburn: A Post-Apocalyptic Thriller (Next Book 1)

Afterburn: A Post-Apocalyptic Thriller (Next Book 1)

by Scott Nicholson
"One of the most thrilling writers working today. Miss him at your peril." - Blake Crouch, Wayward Pines

A near-future post-apocalyptic thriller series.

NEXT #1: AFTERBURN

Five years after a devastating solar storm wipes out civilization and spawns a strange race of mutants, Rachel Wheeler and her misfit family must choose whether to hide away or fight to join other survivors.

As their food supply dwindles inside their bunker, radiation from abandoned nuclear plants is altering the world around them. Not only are the mutants building their own cities and weapons, the remaining dregs of the U.S. military are massing for an attack. In this decaying environment, hostile new creatures crawl out from the crevices and up from the waterways to threaten them all.

But as a half-mutant, Rachel’s choice isn’t as simple as mere survival—the mutant way of life might be more promising than anything humans could hope to restore. And Rachel’s next decision could tear apart her family and the entire world.

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About the author:
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Author Scott Nicholson has written 15 thrillers, 60 short stories, four comics series, and six screenplays. He lives in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, where he tends an organic garden, successfully eludes stalkers, and generally lives the dream.

New Release: The North by Sean Cummings

Congratulations to Sean Cummings on the release of his post-apocalyptic zombie thriller for teens The North.

The North

by Sean Cummings 

Kindle Edition, 320 pages
September 29, 2014

 by Bloor Street Books

Breakout from the armoury. Escape the city. Live. 

Sixteen-year-old David Simmons is on a mission to save his eight-year-old sister. In a smoldering world infested with walking cadavers, the survivors of Simmons infantry reserve unit are going hatches down in a pair of armoured personnel carriers and everyone knows that it’s only a matter of time until their fuel runs dry.

There’s a weak short wave radio signal from a place called Sanctuary Base and it’s supposed to be zombie-free. But there’s more than a thousand miles to cover, a biting, unforgiving cold, armed survivalists, legions of the living dead and someone called SUNRAY.

They’re outgunned, outnumbered and out of time.

This tense thriller for teens offers a terrifying and brutal vision of survival in a post-apocalyptic world where the bonds of friendship and family are the only things left that are worth fighting for.

About the Author:

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Sean Cummings is a fantasy author with a penchant for writing quirky, humorous and dark novels featuring characters that are larger than life. His debut was the gritty urban fantasy SHADE FRIGHT published in 2010. He followed up later in the year with the sequel FUNERAL PALLOR. His urban fantasy/superhero thriller UNSEEN WORLD was published in 2011.

2012 saw the publication of Sean’s first urban fantasy for young adults. POLTERGEEKS is a rollicking story about teen witch Julie Richards, her dorky boyfriend and race against time to save her mother’s life. The first sequel, STUDENT BODIES hit bookstores in September 2013.

Sean's newest book is THE NORTH. A post-apocalyptic zombie thriller for teens. It will be released in October 2014.

New Release: Complementary Colors by Adrienne Wilder + giveaway

Congratulations to Adrienne Wilder on the release of the m/m romantic thriller Complementary Colors!

Complementary Colors
By Adrienne Wilder
Erotic romantic suspense (m/m)
My sister Julia manipulated my life into a prison to keep me silent about our dirty family secret. Her greed made me a slave and circumstance left me with no way to escape.

Trapped, the only way I could silence the nightmares driving me to insanity was to wrap them in color, hold them with shadow, and stitch them to negative space with line.

But no matter how bright the pigments, no one could see my confession.

Except for Roy Callahan.

I thought he was just another nameless one-night stand in a long line of many.

But I was wrong. Roy could see past the façade of my life and through the veil color over the canvas. He could see what the world couldn’t.

With him I’d find the courage to tell the truth about the boy.

The boy who kissed me.
The boy who loved me.
The boy whose name I couldn’t remember.
Author’s Note about Complementary Colors charity donation:
Mental illness affects people of all ages, races, religions, and financial status. And millions of those people will die because the only way they think they can escape the pain is to take their own life. Many victims of suicide are Veterans and those in the LGBT community.

Because so many people can benefit from having resources in a time of crisis, a minimum of 10% of sales from each book will go to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. With every thousand copies sold I will add an additional 1% until I reach 25% of all monies made.

This donation will be done in the memory of all those who have been lost to suicide.

Friends.


About the Author:
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Georgia born and bred, I am an artist, a writer, and a general pain in the ass.

I spend most of my days working on my next book or designing cover art for other writers. For stress relief I do Olympic lifting and occasionally run (but hate it). I have been in love with writing since I was very young but it wasn't until recently that I decided to pursue it as a profession.

I have experimented in several genres and found that since I identify as male, male romance has been the most comfortable for me to write. I don't discriminate in my books. All characters are fair game. I do however, prefer a happy ending at some level.

I don't write the standard romance book. Some might even argue that what I write isn't romance at all. Personally I think of them as love stories, where even in a fantastical world, there are realistic outcomes to the obstacles the characters face.

Many of my books have dark turns and twists where the characters fight for the light at the end of the tunnel. I write action, fist fights, gun fights, down right dirty evil people who have to be stopped, things catch fire, blow up, and fall in. My characters come in a unique range. They are not all good guys, but the majority of them have very good hearts. Many of them have been through hell in their lives, and many of them have a laundry list of faults. But hopefully they manage to surprise you with their tenacity and loyalty.

If all goes well, there will be a myriad of different kinds of books available this year. If I am really lucky, you will enjoy them.

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New Book Release: The Narrow Gate (Solom #2) by Scott Nicholson

Congratulations to Scott Nicholson on the release of The Narrow Gate (Solom #2)

The Narrow Gate: A Supernatural Thriller(Solom #2)
by Scott Nicholson
Kindle Edition, 320 pages
Published February 26th 2014 by Haunted Computer Books

"Like Stephen King, he knows how to summon serious scares." - Bentley Little, The Burning

"Scott Nicholson knows the territory. Follow him at your own risk." -- Stewart O'Nan, A Face in the Crowd

SOLOM: THE NARROW GATE
Book #2 in the Solom series

After the violent death of Katy Logan’s psychopathic husband, she inherits a farm in the Appalachian Mountain town of Solom.

Determined to protect her teen daughter Jett and not surrender to fear, she builds a new life in the wake of the tragedy. However, the dark forces that drove her husband to madness still lurk in Solom, and a horseback preacher has returned from the grave with a sinister mission. Solom’s slumbering spirits are stirring, the herds of goats are restless, and the townspeople are banding together to ward off the sinister force that threatens to destroy them.

Katy and Jett discover an unexpected ally as they are drawn into the supernatural showdown, but is anyone--or anything--powerful enough to walk away from Solom’s final battleground?

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Author Scott Nicholson has written 15 thrillers, 60 short stories, four comics series, and six screenplays. He lives in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, where he tends an organic garden, successfully eludes stalkers, and generally lives the dream.