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BLOOD
RUSH
Book Two of the Demimonde An urban fantasy by Ash Krafton
Sophie doesn't believe in happily ever after.
These days, she'd settle
for alive after sunrise. Advice columnist and
newly-appointed oracle to the demivampire, Sophie
Galen has more issues than a Cosmo collection: a new mentor with a mean
streak, a werewolf stalker she can't shake, and a relationship with her
ex's family that redefines the term complicated. And then there's her
ex himself, who is more interested in playing leader of the vampire
pack than in his own salvation.
Becoming a better oracle is tough enough, but when Sophie encounters a
deadly enemy - one she never dreamed of facing - it will take
everything she's ever learned in order to survive. Cover design by Duncan Eagleson. Price: $16.95 Now available! (US residents may order directly from our website) __________________________________________________________________________________ |
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DAUGHTERS OF ICARUS
New Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy
Featuring 28 stories by Therese Arkenberg, A.A. Balaskovits, Thoraiya Dyer, Joanna Fay, AJ Fitzwater, Caren Gussoff, Zachary Jernigan, Jennifer Linnaea, Douglas Ogurek, E. Catherine Tobler, and many more. Cover design by Rose Mambert. Cover photo by Jordan Tao Mambert. Price: $17.00 Available now at all major online
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AT TIMES I ALMOST DREAM Stories by Amy E. Yergen Amy
E. Yergen, hailed as "brilliant" by Publishers Weekly for her story
"Rapunzel's Daughters," returns to Pink Narcissus with At
Times I Almost Dream, a collection of stories that push the
envelope for strong female characters by exploring the very notion of
strength. Explore the social and romantic complexities of physical
difference in Thumbelina's blog. Consider the extent to which finding a
compatible roommate is similar to kissing frogs. By introducing
surrealistically analogous contemporary situations, Yergen's dream-like
fiction extends folklore and fairy tales, rendering familiar heroines
simultaneously strange and universal. Cover design by Rose Mambert. Price: $12.00 Available now at all major online
booksellers. (US residents may order directly from our website)
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QUEER FISH, Volume 2 Love takes a darker turn in our second volume of gay fiction. From revolutionary France to the Souk of Dreams in Dubai, in a fairy tale tower or on a distant planet, these protagonists - or their lovers - will employ any means to get what they want. Including stories by Jason Andrew, Therese Arkenberg, Brian Bobowski, Keyan Bowes, Gregory A. Carter, John Dimes, Patricia J. Esposito, Willow Fagan, Eduardo Febles, Jeannelle M. Ferreira, Dan Hart, Zachary Jernigan, J. Lannan, Rose Mambert, Michael Penkas, Warren Rochelle, Nathan Sims, J. Daniel Stone, Michael C. Thompson, and Nghi Vo. Cover illustration by PL Nunn.
ISBN: 978-0-9829913-9-8 Price: $14.95
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PEOPLE WITH HOLES Stories by Heather Fowler Hailed as “magic realism at its finest,” Fowler’s writing reveals the small but essential truths that motivate sex and relationships. Whether in museums of solitude, in airports of dreams, or at the circus, these stories are bound together by transformation, anthropomorphism, and ultimately by love’s inevitable consequences. Fowler’s unique vision is thought-provoking, with a touch of feminist sensibility, and shot through with quirky and laugh-out-loud humor.
Cover illustration by Siolo Thompson. Design by Duncan Eagleson.
ISBN: 978-0-9829913-8-1 Price: $14.95 . *60% of all proceeds from sale of this book (including 100% of the author's proceeds) will be donated to Planned Parenthood*
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FEASTING WITH PANTHERS A fantasy adventure novel by Lyle Blake Smythers We found the first one-eyed man at dawn...
So begins the highly original fantasy tale of warrior poet Catalan, when he and his band stumble upon a handsome acolyte near death in the mountain pass. But when the acolyte reveals his mystical vision, the poet finds himself at the center of a War Game between two mysterious sorcerers. To unravel the mystery, Catalan and the agents of the War Game must seek the missing components of an enchanted chess set in a quest complicated by deceit and treachery, in which nothing is what it seems.
Cover illustration & design by Duncan Eagleson.
ISBN: 978-0-9829913-7-4 Price:
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BLEEDING HEARTS Book One of the Demimonde
An urban fantasy
novel by Ash Krafton
Shy and sensitive Sophie has all but given up on love until she meets Marek, a mysterious stranger who seduces her with his striking good looks and his take-charge attitude. Yet the darkness she senses within him may be more than she is prepared to handle when Marek draws her into a world of vampires, werewolves, and treachery. Forced to leave behind the comfortable routines and certainties of her past, Sophie makes unbearable sacrifices and uncovers hidden truths about herself and the world around her.
*Named an Editor's Choice title by Independent Publisher Online.*
Cover design by Duncan Eagleson. Cover photo by Moira Ashleigh. ISBN: 978-0-9829913-6-7 Price:
$16.95 Available now at all major online booksellers. (US residents may order directly from our website) __________________________________________________________________________________ |
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COURT OF DREAMS A comic fantasy novel by Stuart Sharp Life is difficult enough when you're getting ready to head out into the real world and your relationship is falling apart at the seams. It doesn't get any easier when you fall sideways into a fantasy world populated by vicious princesses, roving nightmares, and figments of your imagination, all embroiled in the post-war politics of an expansive battle between dimensions. Join unlikely hero Thomas Greene on his comical journey through the Court of Dreams, a hidden world filled with the magic and the weirdest assortment of enemies and allies imaginable.
Cover illustration by Abigail Larson. Cover design by Duncan Eagleson.
ISBN: 978-0-9829913-2-9 Price: $15.95
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WTF?! Corrective surgery gone wrong, punk rockers abducted by aliens, zombie sharks, dead matadors, exploding ice cream factories, and dwarfs obsessed with pomegranates are just a few of the things you will find in this anthology. From the quirky to the serious to the surreal, whatever happens in these stories is bound to leave the reader wondering WTF?!
Featuring 37 original stories by A.A. Balaskovits, James S. Dorr, A.A. Garrison, Erik T. Johnson, KJ Kabza, D.C. McMillen, Douglas J. Ogurek, D. Harlan Wilson and a whole bunch of other writers who don't use initials in their pen names.
Cover illustration by Newtasty.
ISBN: 978-0-9829913-4-3 Price: $16.95
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QUEER FISH, Volume One
Love takes many forms – and Queer Fish covers most of the ones you've never thought twice about! This anthology of gay fiction is packed with memorable couples just trying to make it work, whether "it" is as simple as distance or as complicated as figuring out how to date a headless ghost, an annoying court jester, an insidious incubus, an overworked superhero, or a big stupid Irish guy from South Boston. Whatever challenges these heroes face, there's never a shortage of passion, intrigue and zombie attacks .
Featuring stories by Colleen Chen, Chelsea Cook, Ashley-Renée Cribbins, Alice Fox, Tom Fuchs, Nathaniel Fuller, Chris Helton, Thomas Kearnes, Georgina Li, Rose Mambert, E. Craig McKay, Frank Muse, Danielle Renn, Ron Rosen, Lyle Blake Smythers, Sam Sommer, Michael C. Thompson, Johnny Townsend, and W2.
Cover illustration by PL Nunn. Cover design by Duncan Eagleson.
ISBN: 978-0-9829913-3-6 Price: $14.95
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RAPUNZEL'S DAUGHTERS What happens after the "Happily Ever After"...? All of these answers and more can be found in 31 original stories full of indecisive princesses, talking wolves, unhappy frogs, wicked witches, with a liberal sprinkling of fairy dust, magical transformations, and psychotherapy. *Named an Editor's Choice title by Independent Publisher Online.* Illustrations by Jade Liebes, et al. Cover illustration by Ciaran Gaffney. Cover design by Duncan Eagleson.
ISBN: 978-0-9829913-1-2 Price: $16.95 Available now at all major online booksellers. (US residents may order directly from our website) |
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ELF LOVE Tales of lust, betrayal, murder and... elves. 20 original stories enchant, intrigue, and delight as they explore the theme of "Elf Love" in a variety of genres: fantasy, suspense, romance, noir, humor, and much more. Edited by Josie Brown, Rose Mambert, and Bill Racicot, this one-of-a-kind collection features stories by Jon Bishop, Michelle Markey Butler, Rev Di Certo, Ed Cooke, Duncan Eagleson, Sarah Eaton, Joanna Fay, Athena Giles, Michael Takeda, Juniper Talbot, Otilia Tena, James Thibeault, and David Vernaglia. Cover design and illustration by Duncan Eagleson. Price: $14.95 ISBN: 978-0-9829913-0-5
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IMPOSSIBLE FUTURES
An
Anthology
Edited by Judith K. Dial
& Thomas A. Easton
An astonishing amount of the science and technology in vintage science fiction has come to pass. But an awful lot has not. Where's your anti-gravity car? Your food replicator? Your very own personal robot assistant? But those old, never-happened ideas are still fun. For a fresh take on those old ideas, try Impossible Futures! Includes stories by Rev DiCerto, Paul Di Filippo, Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald, Duncan Eagleson, Jeff Hecht, Edward M. Lerner, Shariann Lewitt, Jack McDevitt, James Morrow, Mike Resnick, Sarah Smith & Justus Perry, Allen M. Steele, and Fran Wilde. |
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ELEMENTARÍ
RISING
An epic fantasy novel by Nancy Hightower Winter is coming. It moves like a predator, taking villages one at a time, leaving the people either dead or half mad. For thousands of years, the Elementarí—spirits of the elements— have slept peacefully under the watchful eye of the Terakhein, a guardian tribe that protects them. But now that the Elementari have started to awaken, the Terakhein are nowhere to be found. In Gaelastad, where the trees never die, eighteen-year-old Jonathan is haunted by dreams of a little girl: the last of the Terakhein. Fleeing from enemies across treacherous lands, Jonathan must survive and find the girl. Fortunately, help comes in the form of Bryn, a terrible fire spirit, and Morgan, the most beautiful—and deadly—of water spirits. But are they strong enough to give him the time he needs to find the missing girl and stop the tide of destruction? |
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DARK WALKER: Tales of the Urban Shaman Some monsters are born, others are made... A supernatural killer is stalking Bay City. City Boss Micah Roth summons the Railwalkers – an Order of warrior shamans – to hunt for the killer the newsfeeds have dubbed “The Beast.” Out in the Zones, Railwalker Wolf and his companions have faced mutants and madmen, animals and demons, but the Beast of Bay City is a predator the likes of which they’ve never seen before. To apprehend The Beast, Wolf will be called upon to face his own private demons, and plumb the depths of the mysterious darkness surrounding his own personal history. |
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HOMEGOING A mystery fantasy novel by Michelle Markey Butler Disowned. Disgraced. Discarded. I had been Princess of Bruster,
then
Queen of Ferrant. Now I was neither. I built a new life, in a new land.
The clerk of my adopted lord. I
wanted to copy books and build his library. Quiet and unremarked
amongst parchment and ink.
Then the great ship came. It delivered a letter — to a land where almost no one could read. By the time the letter came to my hands, the ship had departed. We had no way to tell them we had never heard of them. They gave us one year, but how could we meet their demands when we did not know what they meant? War was coming. Unless I could prevent it. |
