A man named Rat descends a staircase that never ends, following the rules laid out by his guidebook.Copenhagen is invaded by angry merfolk who pilot war-machines crafted from old shipwrecks.A musician with a grudge upsets the delicate balance of a very unusual seaside town with apcoalyptic consequences.The Birdcage Heart & Other Strange... [click here for more]
I descended, picking my way through the detritus of cogs and springs, bolts and tiny wings, the leftovers from a lifetime of hard work. Each step was a tinkle-crunch, gears smaller than the nails of my fingers grinding beneath my feet. It made for slow progress, this ground. The rubble was sharp, and I did not want to cut myself on the rusted angles.He met me at the door, swinging it... [click here for more]
The city lies sleeping. I can see it out my window, lights like diamonds spread randomly on black velvet. I don’t know what woke me, but as always, my first thought was about what happened that night. I swore I would take it to my grave, but it eats away at me. Haunts me, I suppose.It seems Atticus was right. Something like that never leaves you. It might fade sometimes, the way... [click here for more]
This is a short story about two brothers fighting for the north and their ghostly fates during the midst of the Civil War following the Battle of Natchez. David Bain is the author of GRAY LAKE: A NOVEL OF CRIME AND SUPERNATURAL TERROR and several short story collections. He teaches writing at a community college in Indiana. Watch for DEATH SIGHT, the first novel in the Will Castleton series, coming... [click here for more]
The story is a series of memoirs told by the most famous Queen of the Empire and some of her most memorable moments during her ascension and her rule. From a child reluctant to take the throne, to a woman reclaiming it in order to restore her true family name after it was tarnished by the corrupted Royal Houses. How did she manage to clear her family name and keep the Empire from falling into ruin... [click here for more]
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