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New York City, 1993. A city of shadows and neon, pay phones and secrets.Jiulia Calista Crișana has been alive for four hundred and thirteen years and she has spent two centuries studying a forbidden text that could undo it all. She is scholar, thief, art dealer, predator.She is also very, very alone.Gilles Rousseau is twenty-eight, French, and dangerous. A Benandanti wolf operative sent to locate Jiulia and the book she guards, he was trained to hunt creatures like her. Three supernatural factions - vampires, witches, and wolves - are bound to an ancient grimoire called the Codex Limina, and each will kill to control what it contains. But the Codex is not a weapon. It is a cure. And the only woman who can unlock it is falling for the man who was sent to destroy her.From the seedy grandeur of Times Square to the forests of the Carpathians, The Striga's Curse is a novel about flesh and blood and impossible choices.…

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Nasreen Khalil sells other people's stories for a living. She has never had time for her own.At thirty-six, she runs a quiet antiquarian bookshop in Lower Manhattan, fluent in four languages and one she'd rather not speak: the one her mother uses when she says have you called Faris back yet. Nasreen has built a life out of vellum and provenance precisely so no one can ask her to explain the parts that don't fit. It works, mostly. Until an estate auction in Rhinebeck hands her a water-damaged Ottoman manuscript that isn't what it pretends to be.She starts translating it after the shop closes. She tells herself it's professional curiosity. But the text is too warm, the arguments too intimate, and by the sixth night she is no longer alone.Whatever is bound inside has been waiting a very long time for her.…

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Some houses have ghosts. This one has a god who laughs.Liriel Sanzari has nothing but her name, her hands, and eyes too green for a servant. When she's brought into the household of Ca'Thessana, she finds a world of silk, ritual, and a devotion so beautiful it barely feels like danger.She will learn otherwise. Just not in time.Daevil's Bells is the opening volume of The Laughing God, a dark, lush, unflinching story about what belief costs when it's dressed as love.…

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For years, the faceless terror known as the Hand of Fate has been secretly manipulating the port city of Reyza for her shadowy ends. Those she favors rise in status while those who betray her are never heard from again. When the opportunity to eliminate a powerful dynasty presents itself, the Hand of Fate conspires with a sadistic diplomat who shares the king's bed. Together, they hatch a plan to assassinate their rivals.The plan is flawless-every variable calculated-except for one.On the night the Hand of Fate's hired assassin makes his move, a notorious thief is also making his.Jarle Jadien has had it with the gray-haired harpy whom he serves and succumbs to the greatest temptation of all: The Ensther estate is home to the king's betrothed and a fortune in jewels. When the risky heist takes a disastrous turn, Jarle finds himself in possession of a treasure he has no intention of keeping. Avaren Ensther is beauty and intrigue in one, and a keeper of secrets that reach far beyond Jarle's world of whiskey and disrepute.Reyza's infamous thief has had his heart stolen from under his nose, but time will tell if his sirenic temptress proves worthy. Within the city walls, a retired war-hero investigates the conspiracy and attempts to uphold justice, but his efforts may not suffice to prevent an all-out war. Too many vengeful plots have festered; too much blood spilled. As the moons reach a cataclysmic alignment, unleashing the terrible force of the tides, neither hero, criminal, nor all-powerful monarch; can escape the tendrils of fate.…

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The year is 2041. Cybernetic implants enable the linking of man and machine like never before. These enhanced soldiers are called 'Cogs,' as in the term 'cogs in the machine.' Adrejan "Wr8th" Romero is cybernetically enmeshed with a hovertank he calls "Kate." When he is plugged in, Kate becomes an extension of his mind and body. The tank's sensor arrays are his eyes and ears, he thrills with the pulse of her engines, and feels the damage she receives. They act as one being-a lethal new lifeform on the modern battlefield. In the hellish chaos of war, Romero will discover his true calling. If he can survive combat with his greatest enemy.Cover: Narcisse Navarre - Copyright 2017Cover Model: Andrei Andrei…

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New York City's oldest resident hasn't aged a day. Beneath his youthful facade lurks an ancient menace. Experience the nightmare of eternal damnation through the depraved psyche of a nameless villain. Lose yourself in this antihero's shattered mind as he drifts between past and present, dreams and reality. In the tradition of Gothic vampire horror, An Endless Hunger is a poetic and harrowing journey told in a daringly provocative voice-that of the monster. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ An Endless Hunger is available for purchase at Amazon, Apple, B&N, Kobo, and Angus & Robertson. The links are in the comments.…

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Gia Bruno impulsively books a vacation to Italy to escape her unfulfilling New York City routine. As she wanders Hadrian's ruined estate near Tivoli, she becomes inexplicably lost. When she takes a break under an ancient olive tree, she is spellbound by a lover beyond her wildest fantasies. Time will tell if her enigmatic captor is the man of her dreams or her worst nightmare?The story is available for purchase on Amazon, Kobo, Barnes & Nobles, and Angus & RobertsonThe links are posted in the comments.…

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When calamity strikes, an ancient queen is banished by a clan of nomads. Five thousand years later, she returns to the world of men.I wrote this short story over 20 years ago, hope you enjoy it.…

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Vidonia, a pirate from Five Isles, has no intention of meeting her maker.…

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Poet laureate Irilio has just discovered his father's plans to wed him to the dullest woman in Laremlis. He vents his outrage during a stroll through The Thicket and ironically finds himself at the well of Zezen, goddess of sacred unions. In a fit, he defiles the tranquil waters, drawing the attention of a heartbroken veteran who shares his supernatural story of love and loss. The tragic tale inspires an epic ballad and possibly a curse.…

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It is often written that technology isolates us. Too many opinion pieces blame our screens for the loss of human interaction. Virtual reality is painted as a false experience, ultimately empty of emotional connection. The truth is our gadgets are merely tools. Like hammers or screwdrivers, their value lies in their application.A Dream of Florence, by Marzio Ombra, is the story of how virtual and augmented reality creates intimacy and transforms the endangered dream of an elderly couple into a reality.A Marriott Hotels #TravelBrilliantly Writing Contest entry.…

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This Jack the Ripper inspired short story was the winning entry for Shaun Allan's "Jack" Writing Contest. It was published on Halloween, 2017 in the Jack Anthology. I had a great deal of fun writing it. Hope you enjoy it.…

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In an age of widespread facial recognition, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence, travel isn't what it used to be; it's better.This short story by Narcisse Navarre is for the Marriott Hotels #TravelBrilliantly Writing Contest.…

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A series of Horror Flash Fiction shorts for the #HalloweenVault event. Thank you for reading.…