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Cursed [Book 1] ✔ by Red_Harvey
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Imogen's ability to see the future does little to help her from a demon haunting. When ancient spirits come knocking, seeking re-entry into the human world, she struggles for answers. Yet, truths are easier to come by only after the spirits hijack her body. Imogen's gift makes her vulnerable to preternatural influences. Knowing this, she moves back to Graydon to start a new life. Her childhood friend, Rafe, seems to know more about her powers than she does. When another psychic foreshadows her death, she tries her damnedest to prevent it. Imogen's true test of character arises when she is forced to stop the body-thieving demons from destroying all of mankind. "Cursed" is a paranormal horror story fraught with surprises, humor, and old clichés turned on their heads. Readers hunting for a paranormal read with a Buffy-esque twist are sure to enjoy. *Featured on @fright 's "Top Paranormal Reads" list* (EDITING: tread lightly. Point out errors you notice)
Obsolution ✔ by Red_Harvey
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Ty, a shift manager with an alcoholic wife, creates a female replicant in a dystopia veering toward full mechanization. For Ty, the surreal drudgery of working in a retail environment is interrupted when robotic interfaces are installed at his job. Any protest of the machines will prompt Prominents to place him in a re-education program, and that's if he's lucky. In an effort to distract himself from a failing marriage, Ty becomes obsessed with the idea of a printing a live composite. In a botched job, he ends up printing a female version of himself. Thanks to his clone, Samantha (or Sam as she insists being called), Ty and his family are in danger of being jailed by Prominent forces. A dangerous life of hiding in plain sight is nearly impossible to pull off, especially when Sam strays from simple Prominent edicts by dating a woman. Ty's reality begins to unravel and he is forced to new truths, all while coming to terms with the full-force of mechanization and violence that surrounds him. [Previously FEATURED] [WON FIC AWARD FOR BEST SCI-FI NOVEL] (EDITING, FEEL FREE TO POINT STUFF OUT) [FEATURES CHARACTERS FROM "THE DARK"] ***One of four Honorable Mentions for the Diverse Writer and Diverse World Grants from The Speculative Literature Foundation***
Ferocious by LeighWStuart
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***Featured Story*** Five years ago, the brothers Sean and Levi disappeared from the woods without a trace. The police of Allsbury, Arkansas might have given up their search, but Brooklyn, one of the boys' best friends, is still desperate for answers. The morning before the boys were taken, Brooklyn began seeing things that others could not see - things that could not possibly exist. On every anniversary of the kidnapping since then she is haunted by frightening images and hallucinations that are getting worse each year and turning into warnings... Brooklyn's search for the truth of what happened to her friends leads her to the edges of her own sanity and into a fight for survival. Not knowing whom she can trust, she finds herself the hunted instead of the hunter. And she will learn that in this town, friendship is deadly. Thank you @Lucyface for the wonderful cover!!! Slow updates. Thank you for your patience! ((hugs))
The Undesirables (Sample Chapter) by thumandgloom
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(Chapter 1 only) In the winter of 1941-1942, Leningrad is under siege, and Karen Hamilton, a seventeen-year-old American musician, finds herself trapped and struggling to survive. Throughout the city, people are dying of starvation and frostbite, and Karen knows that if she doesn't escape immediately, she will share their fate. If she has any hope of leaving Russia and reuniting with her fiancé, Bobby, in New York, she must do the impossible: cross enemy lines and then stow away. On her harrowing journey, Karen encounters Petr, a young conscripted Russian soldier. She isn't sure she can trust him-he is equally wary of her. But as the two join forces in order to stay alive, an unexpected romance takes root. Now, as Karen gets closer to the reality of escape, she has a choice to make: Will she return to a safe life in America with Bobby, or remain in war-torn Russia with Petr? This is a sample chapter of the book that will be available October 18 from Lake Union Publishing.
Expiration Date (Books 1 and 2) by MikaelaBender
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Now a digital pilot for SYFY The Society knows when we're going to die. They imprint it on our arms at birth. I was supposed to die yesterday. I'm the girl who's Expired. Winner of the 2020 Readers Choice Awards Cover by @Forcade
Forgotten by writingaworld
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Memories are dangerous. Memories are weapons. Seventeen-year-old Stella Parlett has believed that for her entire life. In the Federation of Equal Opportunity, formerly known as the United States, the freedom to remember is a small price to pay for the safety that lies in forgetting. When Stella turns eighteen, she'll enter a new life free of fear and free of memories. Everyone has the right to forget their wrongdoings, to have a second chance. And Stella can't wait to do it herself. But everything changes the day Stella adopts a child into her home. All of a sudden, she has something to lose. And when the Federation itself starts to threaten the ones she loves most, Stella is forced to make a difficult choice: what is she willing to fight for?
Enhancement by scifiwriter
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Welcome to the nation. Welcome to the place where everything is monitored... everything is portioned... everything is perfectly under control... Everything except the SkyTrain Holland Renner was aboard. In a matter of seconds, Holland finds herself in a world she didn't know existed. Before, she was free within limits. Now, she's one of 400 others. Before, Holland was at least human. Now, she's not so sure. All she knows is that she needs to endure and survive. But what does this have to do with SkyTrain 267-B? Click the "Start Reading" button to uncover the secrets buried within the core of Holland's society. WATTY AWARD WINNER 2015!
Star Law: A Marshal Cole Series by jdobbin
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A murder mystery in space, a frontier marshal investigating and a young girl who is the key to it all. Highest rating in sci-fi: #2!
Through Silent Skies by johncurzonauthor
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Please fasten your seatbelts. As this century draws to a close, a new epoch in air travel is dawning. Jets are being replaced by high-tech airships known as arrowheads. Noah Drake, captain of the airship Albatross, is expecting his next flight to be a typically humdrum Atlantic crossing. Little does he realise how wrong he is... A 30,000 word novella.
Red Planet, Blue Blood by CassidySavidi
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Anderson is a private investigator on the hard, bleak planet of Mars. When synthetic humans start turning on their masters, Anderson has to figure out why and how. His job is made all the more difficult because clones don't talk -and neither do the dead. Anderson has to decide whether he fears the illegal world of custom-made humans more than he loves paper. And he really loves paper. A hard-boiled, noir private detective mystery with a sci-fi twist. **Making it up as I go so suggestions and guesses on where the plot is going would be helpful.