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Danielle Ackley-McPhail
Who says there never enough time anymore?Help yourself to thirty-one tales and poems of wit and wonder for those with but a little time to read. Pick up Danielle Ackley-McPhail's…
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Why build your library one book at a time?
Score the entire Literary Handyman series in one large, but convenient volume! A one-stop reference for helpful tips on the craft…
Welcome to a World of Invention To a mermaid watching airships as she dreams of the sky... to an orphan girl caught between innovation and tradition... From a desperate Lady…
Who's Hungry? If food is your love language, this is the book for you! Whether you're looking for a quick, simple treat, or you want a fancy-restaurant meal on a…
The wonder of a mermaid yearning to reach the sky… The wrath of the selkie protecting its own… A dragon waging war against pirates…Whether you root for the sailor or…
The Literary Handyman: Build-A-Book Workshop takes decades of experience in book design and layout and parses it into an easy-to-understand blueprint for constructing a book that will only stand out…
Kara found power and strength in the discovery of self. But it came a hard truth. As a bridge connecting many worlds, none of them held a place for her…
Kara O'Keefe discovers her destiny and danger stalks her. Pursued by malevolent forces she does not understand, she must place her trust in a dead man she loved but never…
With one small step, mankind embarked on a journey fraught with potential and danger in equal measure. Glimpse what it is to be human, or not, in the technological age…
Love…Life…Liberty… Kara must defend all three or lose them for all time. As this journey of self-discovery comes to an end, will Kara find herself and retain her freedom, or…
Success in publishing is equal parts skill, determination, knowledge, and pure, simple luck. If you have the drive and the skill, but you’re missing that little bit of insight into…
Caught in the midst of a frightening transformation Suzanne’s hard-won convictions are tested as never before. She is left with one question-what if they’re wrong? The truth could either save…
Explore the many delightful culinary uses of candied ginger, along with interesting ginger facts and health benefits.
Drawing on decades of publishing experience, More Tips from the Handyman is a collection of articles aimed at helping those new to the industry navigate the literary world.
Dance Among the Embers, But Don’t Get Burned…
From a kitsune slinking through the mists… to an elven champion tied to every crossroad in the moment of Midnight… to the…
Guilt, the venom running through humanity’s veins,
The cancer eating mankind’s soul.
Death, both courted and earned, well-fed upon denial.
Balanced on the delicate edge between madness and damnation, clarity…
Seven tales of conflict set among the stars, driven by the very roots of mankind’s Earth-bound strife. Yet even in the face of the vast void of space, these brave…
Give the Enemy Hell!
At the ass-end of the galaxy, Allied Forces-including the 142nd Mobile Special Ops Team, better known as Daire’s Devils-stand ready to defend the contested colony planet…
Kara O'Keefe returns to Ireland and Tir na nOg carrying a weapon feared by gods and men. She seeks solace, and a miracle for Patrick, her father, mortally wounded in…
Time... Fluid and Mercurial. Scarce noticed until it runs out.The measure of our lives is but a blink of the Cosmic Eye. What unknown forces move between those ticking seconds…
When the mortal coil wears thin and the great unknown draws nigh you may spy the narrow gap between the mystical and the mundane. The extraordinary awaits… will you step…
Lance Cosain, the halfling leader of The Wild Hunt MC, protects his turf and his people from Dair na Scath, the high king of the fae. Who will triumph? The…
There are creatures lurking in our world. Obscure creatures long relegated to myth and legend. They have been sighted by a lucky-or unlucky-few, some have even been photographed, but their…
Mike McPhail,Danielle Ackley-McPhail
By the late 21st century, humanity has final reached for the stars and established an off-world colony in the system of Tau Ceti, only to discover that man’s greatest enemy…
Danielle Ackley-McPhail,Day Al-Mohamed
In England, far from his desert home, Ali bin-Massoud serves as apprentice to the famed Charles Babbage. Heartache, danger, and thieves mark his journey as Ali is summoned home at…
Cj Henderson
On July 4th, 2014 the world lost C.J. Henderson, an iconic author and all-around great guy. He lost his battle with cancer, but he did not go quietly and he…
Peter David
Everyone loves a hero…but sometimes we can’t help but root for the villain… Indulge both impulses with this nostalgic flipbook anthology-The Side of Good / The Side of Evil. After…
Robert Greenberger,James Chambers
Among the stars or in our own backyard, lose yourself in the wonder of these tales as we humbly posit mankind’s reaction to the awesome certainty that ‘they’ are out…
Brenda Cooper,Danielle Ackley-McPhail,John A Pitts
Eking out a place to live and be free in peace on unforgiving worlds, among-at times-unforgiving people. And yet Fremont’s Children persist, learning that it isn’t about the conflicts, but…
Innovation Goes Rolling Along, But Who Keeps the Engines Running? In the midst of war and a changing world, you seldom hear tales of the dedicated souls that keep ingenuity…
Jody Lynn Nye
Journey with us through the pages of Gaslight and Grimm: Steampunk Faerie Tales to discover timeless truths through lenses polished in the age of steam.
Crows have seen it all, and though they haven't always lived to tell the tale, still they play their part. We bring you ten tales in tribute to Edgar Allan…
Journey with us through the pages of Grimm Machinations to rediscover timeless truths through lenses polished in the age of steam.
Wayne Thomas Batson,Kerry Nietz
When villainy strikes, when harm threatens, when nature takes its brutal unsympathetic course, true heroes take their stand in an instant, without thought, and chose to act on the side…
Jody Lynn Nye,Keith R a DeCandido,Danielle Ackley-McPhail
Ten years ago, four editors joined forces to bring the dark and dangerous root of the faerie legend into the modern-day. And that’s how Bad-Ass Faeries was born. After a…
From an infernal fiend baking cookies for a small child, to a pastor’s kid rescued from a fall from grace by an unlikely pair, Devilish & Divine explores encounters with…
Jody Lynn Nye,Gail Z Martin
We can scarce hope to pierce the Veil without crossing it, but some souls will ever bend their will against the aether, combining artifice and arcane to uncover its secrets…
