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Bad-Ass Faeries

Bad-Ass Faeries 3: In All Their Glory edited by Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Jeffrey Lyman, L. Jagi Lamplighter, and Lee C. Hillman

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Think all faeries spend their days picking flowers and dancing in circles? Think again!

We bring you tales of urban conflict, of lurking assassins, of defenders of the home front. Eternal battles...between good and evil, right and wrong, Seelie and Unseelie…fought by timeless warriors whose battle cries echo throughout both history and legend.

Discover fae fighting the good fight with every turned page.

A WAC pilot and her leprechaun guardian get a bit of their own back in L. Jagi Lamplighter's "A Not-So-Silent Night."

Refugee recruits from Daemor defend the base camp from gators and mongers in Patrick Thomas's "The Size of the Fight in the Solider."

Elaine Corvidae treats us to a new glimpse of the realm of the Shadow Fae as an assassin stalks Pook, the Unseelie king on the Seelie throne, in "Field of Honor."

And in David Sherman's "The Price of Friendship" a simple Nix gives Viking warriors a lesson in unconventional warfare.

Each story in this collection follows a fine warrior—and fae—tradition. Protect your own, avenge your fallen, and put the bullies in their place. So get ready to declare your allegiance, because...

By Land, Air, or Sea, the battle lines are drawn...Which side are you on?

Published by Mundania Press LLC

Full-Throttle Space Tales

Avast there ye scurvy dogs!

So you think you're brave enough to join us on this here voyage through space and time? If you come with us, you better be prepared to loot, pillage and maim. This is no voyage for the lily-livered amongst you.

If you dare open these pages, Robert E. Vardeman will take you out into the solar system where a man must defend his ship and his discovery from a fierce pirate lass who is not afraid to kill everyone aboard. Neal Asher will take you to the surface of a distant planet where a ruthless monster battles a crew of unsavory buccaneers. Some aliens think they can mock us humans and C.J. Henderson shows them that it's better to be a pirate than be the butt of an intergalactic joke.

In this volume you'll find fifteen swashbuckling tales guaranteed to shiver your deck plates. You'll join pirate crews as they raid starships carrying fortunes. You'll see brave men and women as they defend themselves against terrifying corsairs. Of course, not all space pirates are the same. If you come with us, you'll meet corporate raiders and even pirates who grab their pleasures where they can, even if it means fighting military satellites and stealing their entertainments directly from the networks.

Aye, and we pirates seem to attract more than our share of ghosts wanting to exact revenge on the foolhardy. You've been warned. Dead men tell no tales and even if they did, you couldn't hear them in the vacuum of space. Arrr!

Still think you want to come along? Then pick up yer bottle o' rum and sign on with this crew that includes Daniel M. Hoyt, M.H. Bonham, Carol Hightshoe, Uncle River and many more.

"An absolute 'must' for dedicate fans of robust science fiction adventure is David Lee Summers' deftly edited anthology Space Pirates: Full-Throttle Space Tales #1, a series of fifteen swashbuckling short stories of piracy in outer space by some of the best new writers working today." Midwest Book Review

Published by Flying Pen Press LLC

Space Sirens is the second anthology of the Full-Throttle Space Tales series. Edited by Carol Hightshoe, editor of The Lorelei Signal and Sorcerous Signals, Space Sirens contains 19 seductive tales of women in space, by established and rising-star authors.

The science fiction genre is full of stories about big tough guys who, with their fists and trusty ray guns, travel through space, seeking adventure. But what about the women? Let's face it, girls want to have fun too and most of them can handle themselves in any spaceport in any part of the galaxy they find themselves.

This is their turn to have their stories told. They may be members of the fairer sex, but they're space sirens! Inside this volume are nineteen tales of women who are spies, assassins, soldiers, doctors, and even planetary rulers.

But, what is a book about Space Sirens without real sirens? First is Aphrodite Love, a siren whose singing talents have made her the biggest star in the heavens. Then there is Mistral, a convicted murderer who escapes to a distant planet, but brings with her the ancient siren song.

We invite you to listen to their tales, but do so with caution. Authors include Sarah Hoyt, David Lee Summers, Bobby Nash, Selina Rosen, M.H. Bonham, David B. Riley and thirteen others.

Published by Flying Pen Press LLC

In the future, war is still Hell

After you bomb your targets from the air, sea, or high orbit, someone has to go in and occupy the territory you've just claimed. They have to hump their gear in on their own backs, and they fight in all manner of inhospitable environments, from open space to the toxic atmosphere of alien worlds to the airless vacuum on the surface of a dead moon. You need someone who just does what has to be done, for as long as it takes to accomplish the mission.

You need the infantry. You need grunts.

Join the brave men and women who march into battle, be it here on the Earth of tomorrow or on far-flung worlds. Inside these pages are eighteen stories of duty, courage, and strength in the face of bitter conflict -- be it against our fellow humans or even life forms as yet unimagined.

See how future conflict is experienced from the newest recruit to the most war-weary general, not only by those caught in the heat of pitched battle, but also those left behind. Visit near-future Earth, where war is broadcast in real time with corporate sponsoship. Meet a mysterious entity that takes on the form of a dead soldier and brings iwth it a harsh message for humanity. Elsewhere, an alien race comes calling, interested in whatever resources it can take from Earth, and not at all worried about any resistance which might be offered by anyone already living there.

Gear up and get on the ready line with the likes of Robin Wayne Bailey, Selina Rosen, James Swallow, Julie McGalliard and many more.

Published by Flying Pen Press LLC

What horrors lurk among the stars?

If you dare venture into space, you will find planets where the rain will dissolve the flesh from your skeleton in a matter of minutes. There are undead stellar corpses that warp the very fabric of reality. There are bursts of radiation that will cook you alive within the walls of your spaceship.

And those are just the terrors we expect to face when we leave Earth.

In this volume you'll find seventeen tales guaranteed to send a shiver down your spine. You'll meet cold and dispassionate aliens--some so large they'll swallow your starship whole, others so small they'll turn your blood to dust. The prospect of encountering undead creatures such as vampires and zombies on Earth is frightening enough. Imagine meeting them while trapped during an interstellar flight. You’ll join men and women as they dare to explore haunted spaceships. In the end, you may discover that the most frightening creatures we’ll encounter among the stars are humans themselves.

We invite you to peer into the darkest reaches of space with Ernest and Emily Hogan, Sarah A. Hoyt, Dayton Ward, Danielle Ackley-McPhail and a dozen more new and veteran writers.

Published by Flying Pen Press LLC

Science Fiction Trails Publishing

Learn more about cattle drives than you ever wanted to know, see an alternate view of the Texas revolution and more!

Published by Science Fiction Trails Publishing

Published by Science Fiction Trails Publishing

Published by Science Fiction Trails Publishing

Other Collections

The anthology contains works by Mike Allen, Bruce Boston, G.O. Clark, Kendall Evans, Larry Hammer, Mark Rich, David Lee Summers and many more.

Published by the Science Fiction Poetry Association

Published by Raven Electrick Ink