Ilya Pytrovich Leschyov, master Systemist and former Spetsnaz elite, is the last of his team. Hunted by his government, he is given a second chance in the United States by the Flayne Institute, an experimental facility for The Therian Initiative. What he wasn’t expecting was to be changed into an anthropomorphic rat, the wiliest of mammals, to train a new generation of humanoid animal warriors. When his new warrior team is delivered in the form of six African Painted Wolf cubs, he must decide to save his conscience or the lives around him.
Céline Ilorsaint has always been a quiet rebel. She gave up a lucrative career, a rich family, all for love and driving principle. She is kidnapped on the way home to her husband and two children from a concert she’s performing. Awakening to cages of animal people, she is involved in a fortuitous escape that leaves a group of these freaks-of-nature in her care. The choice before her is simple: turn a blind eye to their plight or live in obscurity.
Read Man of Light and Shadows here!
It had taken Sapphae half a lifetime, but she had finally stepped up to keep the promise she kept around a traveling campfire years ago. Traveling through the Mist to her home in Archenheim, she will reclaim the throne that is rightfully hers. But in her way stands the beautiful Telen and the awe striking King Jarin. Which will she chose as her ally? Which as her enemy? Which as her soulmate?
Read Daughter of the Moon here!
Creating an original character that is engaging, colorful, and, well, original can be hard. This guide will lead you through the ins and outs of character creation. Let Katherine help you avoid many of the pitfalls that might be keeping you from having the literate roleplay, story reader, or visual art views that you are hoping for.
Read Make Your OC The Best They Can Be! here.
A kitsune has been trapped in a shrine for decades and a monster hunter has been hired to rid the shrine of the evil spirit. Will he be able to do it? Or can he come up with a solution that suits both of them better that sending the demon back to hell?
Read Samson’s Fox here.
Irene is sent out on December 21st to fix the scientific equipment of the Arctic science station. It’s cold. It’s dark. It’s creepy. And a storm is on its way. Are those clouds or horses that are rushing toward her on this darkest night of the year? Irene’s body tells her those horse-clouds hold riders of a certain type.
Read The Devil’s Ride here!
What dwells in the head and hearts of the freak show?
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Doctor Solomon Kelley has traveled from New England to leaving his friend and patient, the famed time traveler Jules Verne, to his own devices. His destination, the port city of New Orleans. He is searching for the one thing that will complete him: his wife, Doctor Honorine Kelley, one of the first female doctors of the blooming America. Will he find her in this magical city? Or will discover something…or someone…else?
Read Behind the Fleur de Lis here.
Dean Griffin Adamson has been in love with Dr. Kashki Kumar for years. Each time she comes to visit Miskatonic University, he has tried to get a date with her. Finally, she’s said yes. Will it be the date of his dreams? Or will it be a nightmare?
Read Istasha’s Gift here.
Dear Mr. Daniels, Thank you for coming to speak with me last week. As you can imagine, I don’t get many visitors here at The House. Though the staff may pretend that it is a pleasant bed and breakfast, those of us confined here are well aware that it is nothing more than a comfortable asylum.
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This selection of short stories is sure to tantalize and intrigue the senses. Travel the world through the sensual adventures of these demonic manifestations. This anthology includes:
Behind the Fleur de Lis
The Devil’s Ride
Samson’s Fox
Lord of the Wood
Istasha’s Gift
Innmouth’s Long Shadow
Read Dark Manifestations here.
Join new characters, new Feathers, and new adventures as we have Christmas in Venice in this new Darkwood Feathers novella. Ronald Spade, billionaire business mogul, has always wanted a Feather and now he’s finally getting one. But will he get everything he wants for Christmas?
Read Christmas Feather here.
In a world filled with secret superhumans, the World Powers are not just economic and governmental. They are also the seats of the Long Lived, those that have a life span that is unsurpassed by the rest of humanity, and who lead their countries in the shadows to greatness. But with the death of William Pitt after World War II, the British Empire has slowly fallen into disarray. His protégé, William Rook, is determined to bring him back to life and restore the British Empire to its former glory. However, the United States cannot allow its position as the world’s leading power to be threatened and the Church cannot allow resurrection to become a known phenomenon. So both bring in the world’s most powerful Puppeteer, Veronika Garradson, to use her superpower of commanding others to do her bidding with her voice to bring Rook to bay. But what happens when she gets swayed by his words, or the words of his best friend, Paige Wordsmith?
Read Stalemate here.
Senna should have been keeping a profile as low as the human traffickers she hunted. After all, she had a family to think of. In part, it was them that motivated her to keep fighting the losing battle. She didn’t want the past coming after daughter. Knowing what she was to Akecheta Darkwood, and the price tag she once carried, Senna knew they would stop at nothing to get her back. If they ever did find her, they’d take everything; the life she’d worked to build and the family she so loved. No, it was better to take the fight to them and keep it there.Lively enjoyed a challenge. She savored the perks working in the field afforded her; a credit card with no limit, a new wardrobe, and the freedom to come and go as she pleased…well for the most part. Best of all, this mission presented the perfect opportunity to erase her most horrendous error, one she was still being punished for. One she’d never forget. Still, Darkwood entrusted her, knew she was his best, and what better way to get back in her creator’s good graces than to bring home his favorite feather?
Read Rogue Feather here.
Set in the Greek city-state of Priene in 650 BCE, this fascinating murder mystery opens with Bias, a minor priest of Poseidon, being stalked by a murderer at the sacred grounds of the PanIonian, the religious and political center of the Ionic League.
As Bias crouches at the back of the cave, he recalls the events at the previous weeks which would lead him to his predicament.
While assisting at the opening of the PanIonic games by securing the blessing of Poseidon, Priene’s best athlete is poisoned and dies in Bias’ arms. The citizens perceive Bias to be infected by “the miasma of death” and he is challenged with the responsibility of finding the killer.
As the games progress, Bias is in the unenviable position of having to interrogate some very influential people and their families. The magistrates, athletes, and Aristocrats grow increasingly impatient with his murder investigation. When another favorite athlete is killed in a chariot race, the pressure on bias intensifies. Was it an accident? The athlete’s uncle doesn’t think so.
Bias has set the trap for the murderer on the sacred grounds of the PanIonian. Will he find a solution to these crimes in the darkness of the cave where the action began?
read Murder at the Panionic Games here
Bias of Priene is back! In the much awaited sequel to Murder at the Panionic Games, Bias must once again put his deductive powers to work to save his city-state from the miasma of death. King Gyges of Lydia, in an attempt to ally himself with ancient Greece, has sent several of his citizens to the city-state of Priene for the festival of Apaturia. They hope that by the end of the festival they will be adopted by prominent Ionian families. With any luck, a few of their daughters might marry Ionian men, as well. However, their plans are thwarted when a young Lydian man is found dead on the first day of the festival. In ancient Ionia, the Greek city-states have no police force. The family must deal with the matter. But, as the Lydians have no rights in Greek Priene, the lesser priest of Poseidon Holikonios, Bias, once again, is conscripted to solve the murder!
Read Murder at the Festival of Apaturia here!
Bias, the timid but intrepid (against his will) investigator from the Greek city-state of Priene in ancient Ionia, is at it again in this tale of murder, prophecy, and intrigue. The two priests of the religious Panionion, of which Bias is the minor priest, are dispatched by the Ionic League council. They are to obtain advice from the mysterious Oracle at Didyma on how the League should react to the recent aggressive advances of the powerful army of the king of Lydia. Second only to the great Oracle at Delphi in the ancient Greek world, Didyma is rampant with intrigue, confusing predictions, and sexual fascination. During his quest, Bias runs up against Thrasybulus, the mighty tyrant of great Miletus, makes friends with the early scientist, Thales, and is bewitched by a beautiful, young widow. In the end,the investigator races against time to prevent a horrible blasphemy that could tear the League apart!
Read Murder at the Oracle of Didyma here.
Bias of Priene, the detective hero of ancient Greek Ionia, is at it again, in this fourth adventure!
Bias, the minor priest of the Panionian temple of Poseidon in Priene, is sent with his boss, the major priest Chrystheus, by the city fathers of Priene to try and head off a coming war with the city-state of Samos, which lusts after the rich farmland of the plain of Mycale. What he doesn’t expect to step into (but he probably should be by now), is to be thrust into an atmosphere of murder, piracy, and sword-and-shield combat!
The island of Samos is the capital of piracy in the Aegean Sea, and although a legitimate member of the Ionian League, is ruled by a merciless gaggle of aristocrats called the Geomoroi, who know that their city-state must prey on the ships of other seagoing nations (including her sister states of the Ionian League) in order to be prosperous and rich. But it is also the site of the legendary Heraeum, a magnificent temple dedicated to Hera, the wife of Zeus, and her bloodthirsty son, Ares, the god of war.
When a horrific murder is enacted upon the very steps of this most sacred of temples, it is up to Bias to solve the crime and to prevent a horrendous conflict between his beloved Priene and pirate-infested Samos. Can he do it, or will this be his swan song? And what of the beautiful and lustful Ossadia, waiting backing home to welcome or reject him?
Read Murder at the Heraeum of Samos here!
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