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Forged
A swordsmith’s unappreciated apprentice puts her career, and even her life, on the line to confront a knight with a deadly secret.
Trainee
Seeds Among the Stars, Book 2 Trina is stunned when the teachers segregate her into a class of technologically challenged candidates. This decision makes her question the spacer test while her assigned teammates consider her a liability. She must fight the shafter instinct to retaliate or she will be cut from the program altogether. Deluth finds their colony-bred teammate fascinating, but his best friend since childhood is bent on seeing her fail. Every attempt to protect Trina from his friend's aggression only makes her more suspicious of Deluth's motives no matter which side he chooses. Will technology and her past hold Trina back, or can she learn to accept new alliances on the way to becoming a full spacer?
Becoming Home
A heartwarming, closed-door romance for readers 16 and up. Country star Brian Lakes abandoned his career when his ex-wife died so he could raise his estranged son Nick. He finds a little town far away from the music scene, but connecting with a grieving pre-teen proves a lot harder than he’d expected. Celia Baker retired early to recover from the stress of counseling at-risk kids. She struggles against loneliness and reactions honed in a city that seem so out of place in the sleepy town of Foster’s Way. Then she befriends an unhappy boy at the park, and all her instincts go on alert. Celia has little reason to trust and Brian has his hands full, but a twelve-year-old kid and a beloved guitar keep drawing them together. If they listen to the music of their hearts, they just might earn a second chance at life. Pick up your copy of Becoming Home to join a good-hearted woman and a struggling single dad in their quest for love and life in a small town.
The Dark Side
The liberation of Summersun brings the wrath of the universe upon the Silver Dragon crew. Sandmen stole away Commander Reynard, and not a single myth in the galaxy speaks of them taking anyone alive—ever. Political tensions mount across the galaxy, caused by the crew’s direct participation in the assassination of Commodore Micah Donkor and the kidnapping of Princess Aurora. VP-Admiral Maxtin, with the looming death of his old ally and superior Vice-Presidential Admiral Easter, enters a power struggle with Easter’s war-eager new favorite: Admiral Kantian. While the Silver Dragon crew tries to find a way to search for Reynard and navigate the political upheaval they helped set in motion, the Sandmen besiege them. They manipulate the crew’s already fragile relationships. When crew members begin sabotaging one another, trust wears thin. The crew members journey across unknown planets, dreamscapes, and even hostile alternate realities to come together and fight beings who use their darkest fears and desires against them.
Deep North
How far would you go to protect your chance for happiness? Journalist Brenda Contay seems to have it all: a Pulitzer Prize, plenty of money and good friends. Just one thing is missing: a relationship that counts. That changes when lawyer friend Marion Ross invites Brenda to go fishing in northern Minnesota on a big, comfy houseboat. Charlie Schmidt has a cabin nearby, and before long, Brenda is thinking a lot about Charlie’s gracefulness and good looks. But two other men have followed the women, each with his own agenda... It’s a beautiful place, northern Minnesota. Cold, clear, unblemished. But none of it will count when Brenda Contay must choose between losing her chance for happiness, or committing a terrible crime.
Secrets
The Steamship Chronicles begins with Samantha Crill's attempt to reach the Continent where her ability to read the hearts and minds of machinery does not mean hiding from the law or a life sentence in an asylum. With the machines she encounters on the way crying out for transformations only she can perform, though, the careful plans quickly fall apart. Nathaniel Bowden has his eyes set on captaining a steamship of his own, a distant horizon with the crew suspicious of his noble background and his position as cabin boy. He's willing and eager to win their approval through hard work while learning every aspect of the ship. Only the ship's engineer holds fast against his charms, denying him acc...
In Creeps the Night
Ghosts, goblins, and ghouls creep through pages of spooky flash fiction. Discover critically acclaimed authors that will make your skin shiver and have you flinching at bumps in the night. Whenever the mood strikes for something creepy, this collection will leave you looking over your shoulder.
The Captain's Chair
A science fiction adventure for ages 13 and up to enjoy. Indie traders value freedom over security. Samantha Marsdom has grand plans to expand the starship she inherited from her father into a profitable indie trader fleet. She has much to prove to herself and her father’s crew, but the path has not been easy. Still, her reputation is growing, and when a prime job comes her way, she’s eager to show the crew, and her childhood friend, she has what it takes to secure their freedom with hefty profits. This is a short story in the Seeds Among the Stars universe. It stands alone and can be read before or after any of the books in the series. An excerpt from book 1, Shafter, is included. The novels in Seeds Among the Stars: Book 1: Shafter Book 2: Trainee
The Knowing One
After two thousand years, the Desanti god known as the Raging One was freed from his imprisonment, releasing the Sundered Lands from the chains slowly tearing apart the fabric of reality. Except freedom came with a heavy price. Almek must reverse the accelerated degradation of time on his body before it’s too late. Only by returning to the Fortress of the goddess of time will he be able to stop the damage. Although powerful, Almek’s students cannot alter the natural course of the seasons, and the onset of winter makes travel impossible. The victory they gained will be lost unless two long-time enemies bridge the chasm between their cultures in time to save their friend and master.
Collaborative Production in the Creative Industries
In recent years research into creative labour and cultural work has usually addressed the politics of production in these fields, but the sociotechnical and aesthetic dimensions of collaborative creative work have been somewhat overlooked. This book aims to address this gap. Through case studies that range from TV showrunning to independent publishing, from the film industry to social media platforms such as Tumblr and Wattpad, this collection develops a critical understanding of the integral role collaboration plays in contemporary media and culture. It draws attention to diverse kinds of creative collaboration afforded via the intermediation of digital platforms and networked publics. It c...
