What happens when you release the hero within—and she's a stranger? "I'm stuck in a loop, trying not to look at the ghost of a girl with golden curls and hazel eyes..." When a series of eerily haunting dreams drives Cole back into battle too soon, the power she's only just learned to wield fails to show up for the fight. Dreamwalker and childhood friend Ash claims a trip to her long-forgotten homeland in the mountains will help her reclaim her missing magic and hard-won sense of purpose. But the last thing she wants to do is waste days trekking through the monster-infested wilderness with nothing but a snarky ghost and a boy who's made it his life's mission to save a dead girl. "The last guy who wanted me to trust him tried to sacrifice me to the Mara . . ." Cole's hesitation doesn't stop Ash from spiriting her across sea-monster-ridden waters to the terrifyingly twisted lands beyond, leaving her broken yet beloved city without protection. If she can't reclaim her past and restore her connection to the dreamscape before it's too late, her newfound friends won't be the only ones to pay the price. But more than just monsters stand in her way—and this time, taking back the power to stop them might just break her. Black the Tides is the second book in a lush and labyrinthine trilogy of paranormal-meets-gothic-dystopian YA fantasy filled with monster-infested mountains, haunted forests, and unexpected twists for those who like a little sparkle with their monsters (it glistens so nicely on all the blood.) Fans of cinematic solarpunk utopian planning, dark Northern Gothic forests, and monster-hunting road trips will love this genre-bending dark fantasy with a devastating cliffhanger twist. Buy Black the Tides for a shocking voyage into dark seas today!

In the City of Nightmares, death is far from the end . . . "The edges of this world's map are not bordered with monsters but with ghosts." Losing her magic was one thing, but getting bodyjacked by the ghost of her past self? That’s a whole new low for teenage dream-weaving threadwitch Cole. And when sea monsters shipwreck her hard-won backup, there’s only one hope left to contain the nightmares and escape a bodiless purgatory of eternal torment. "I'm afraid I'll go mad long before Cadence breaks." But sacrificing the life of a child—however eerie and backstabbing—is too great a price to pay, even to save her friends and her city. As her remaining allies fall and resistance mounts, Cole fights to hold back the monsters at the cost of her own rapidly draining life force. Can she bring herself to destroy her body-snatching young frenemy for good before everyone she loves goes up in flames? In this explosive conclusion to the Threads of Dreams trilogy, the spark of revolution is lit—and even a drowned city can burn. Read Burn the Skies for a red-hot, unrelentingly inventive finish today!

Daughters don't get to choose their fates. But there's one choice no one can deny her. Hana dreams of floating away on the breeze like the cherry blossoms. But when an otherworldly stranger offers a chance at escape from the stifling bonds of impending arranged marriage, duty and desire collide in a war that threatens to bring down her family, her clan, and her village. Freedom. Passion. Family. Fate. What do you do when there are no good choices left? A Gothic NA Fantasy retelling of the ancient Japanese folktale The Maiden of Unai, this short story explores the untold perspective of a young woman destined for an arranged political marriage in a time and place where family fortunes mattered more than individual happiness or choice. Historical tragic romance in the vein of Rome & Juliet with a supernatural twist and a lightly poetic seasonal framing device, this folktale is part of the Shinjū/"lover's suicide"/suicide pact genre in Japanese literature, and includes reader advisories on depictions of misogyny, parental abuse (emotional/non-physical), suicidal ideation, kidnapping, arson, murder, suicide, drowning.

The climate apocalypse meets monsters of myth & legend in a heartbreaking villain origin (short) story. Her secret was supposed to save the world. But when the tide turns against her, there's only one way to keep from going under. Sacrifice. Brilliant academic, driven young professional, cynical wife, and reluctant mother, Maryam Ajera's ambition knows no bounds. She'll do whatever it takes to rise to the top. But when her secret mission to stop the end of the world is hijacked by tragedy, the monstrous intelligence possessing her dying city forces her to choose between surrendering her life or signing on for an eternity of sacrifice. ______ In a city overrun by monsters, she's not the only one who'll pay the cost. Before her deal with the devil, Maryam Ajera was anything but ordinary. Read the letter she can never send to the son she can never acknowledge confessing the true story of their world before its fall. Discover the unexpected villain origin story of the unearthly mayor of the Towers of Refuge in this short spinoff to the Threads of Dreams series. Covers events leading up to Blind the Eyes, and can be enjoyed as a standalone or read at any point up to or following Burn the Skies. Ecopunk end of the world fiction for fans of post-apocalyptic, dystopian, antihero fantasy, morally grey characters, and tragic romance. Recommended for teen through adult readers. One-click this devastating monster eco-apocalypse short story today! Also available in Italian from VirgiBooks Inc. as "Lettera dalla Fine del Mondo."

Don't think. Don't speak. And definitely don't dream. The Nightmares will find you. BLIND THE EYES In a drowned city on the edge of the sea lives a girl in a tower. Cole is nobody. One more haunted drone among the grey, spiritless masses. Until her dreary future is stolen—and a quest to take revenge uncovers ghosts, betrayal, and her bloody past. She's about to become their worst nightmare. BLACK THE TIDES Something deadly lurks beneath the waves. Battered but defiant, Cole can't wait to get back into the fight. But when her newly reclaimed thread-witchery fails her mid-battle, the only path forward leads through the monster-infested wilds. Can she reclaim her forgotten dreamweavers' birthright from the mountains before they claim her? She never even saw it coming. BURN THE SKIES In the City of Nightmares, death is far from the end. Shattered, powerless, and more alone than ever, Cole fights on. Failure means more than her own destruction. If the city falls, its eldritch horrors will sweep across the land. But will her last-ditch grasp at the power to stop them go up in flames? The dreamscape takes no prisoners. Neither does she. One-click to binge the multi-award-winning trilogy today!

These heroes might not be angels, but you know what they say...it's always better to trust the devil you know... Looking for a typical hero tale? Keep looking. These twelve tales explore the grittier side of what it means to make life's hardest choices, and let their reputations pay the price. From back-alleys and ancient cities to graveyards and castle walls, these trouble-makers are out for themselves...or are they? Fiction-Atlas Press is proud to present, The Devil You Know featuring stories by: USA Today Bestselling Author C.L. Cannon, USA Today Bestselling Author Lily Luchesi, Zoey Xolton, K.A. Wiggins, K Matt, K.R.S. McEntire, Scott Moore, J.M. Rhineheart, Angela Kulig, Kat Parrish, Amber Morant, and Nick Edinger!

When you’re nothing, you have to grab everything you can and hang onto it with everything you’ve got. When the dreamwealking threadwitch Ravel's been obsessed with since boyhood vanishes, the shadow prince of Refuge's dissolute underground risks all the power he's begged, borrowed, and stolen to chase her down. But, on that desperate road trip through the monster-infested wilderness, he's forced to peel back his own mask and grapple with the dark truths behind all the glitter. Will he find the right thread to pull and win back his love, or will the conscience this puppetmaster has been running from all his life finally cut his strings? Tragic pasts and twisted futures collide in Boy With No Name, a novelette-length dystopian romantic tragedy (lovers-to-enemies-to-...? / antihero romance) for upper YA to NA/Adult audiences. (No spice, off-screen trauma, implied child neglect.) This story takes place in the Threads of Dreams universe and is suggested as a companion read to book 2, Black the Tides. Also available in Fiction-Atlas Press anti-hero anthology The Devil You Know. Dive into the haunted darkness with Ravel today!

The Cutting Edge of Modern Short Fiction A three-time Hugo Award nominated magazine, this issue of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine offers up ten fantastic stories by some of the best writers working in modern short fiction. No genre limitations, no topic limitations, just great stories. Attitude, feel, and high-quality fiction equals Pulphouse. “This is definitely a strong start. All the stories have a lot of life to them, and are worthwhile reading.” —Tangent Online on Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, Issue #1 Includes: “Hand Job: A Dan Shamble Zombie P.I Adventure” by Kevin J. Anderson “Death in the Serengeti” by David H. Hendrickson “The Pink Slime’s Appointment with Destiny” by K.A. Wiggins “Bet the Devil” by O’Neil De Noux “Cock-A-Doodle-Die” by Robert Jeschonek “Milk Run” by Brian Thomas Woods “The Whole of the Wideness of Night” by Nina Kiriki Hoffman “When Sparrows Fall” by Lisa Silverthorne “The Blood-Red Leaves of Autumn” by Annie Reed “Updates” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch “Minions at Work: Old Hand at This” by J. Steven York

Discover new and uncharted worlds as the authors of Unknown Realms weave tales of time travel, mystic portals, alternate dimensions, and undiscovered landscapes.