Presented by legendary comic book author Jim Shooter, this book is a fast-paced science fiction novel with all the flair and fun of a comic book.

Nobody Gets the Girl

Comics & Graphic Novels

Maxey, James

Graphic Novels

UNKNO

Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show

New York Times bestselling author Orson Scott Card founded the online magazine Intergalactic Medicine Show in 2006. It has been a big success, drawing submissions from well-known science fiction and fantasy writers, as well as fostering some amazing new talents. This collection contains some of the best of those stories. There is fiction from David Farland, Tim Pratt, and David Lubar, among others, and four new Ender Universe stories by Card himself. This collection is sure to appeal to Card's fans and will serve as a great ambassador to them for these other talented writers. The contents are: Foreword by Orson Scott CardIntroduction: The Story behind the Stories by Edmund R. Schubert"In the Eyes of the Empress' Cat" by Bradley F. Beaulieu"Mazer in Prison" by Orson Scott Card"Tabloid Reporter to the Stars" by Eric James Stone"Audience" by Ty Franck"The Mooncalfe" by David Farland"Cheater" by Orson Scott Card"Dream Engine" by Tim Pratt"Hats Off" by David Lubar"Eviction Notice" by Scott M. Roberts"To Know All Things That Are in the Earth" by James Maxey"Beats of Seven" by Peter Orullian"Pretty Boy" by Orson Scott Card"Respite" by Rachel Ann Dryden"The Box of Beautiful Things" by Brian Dolton"Taint of Treason" by Eric James Stone"Call Me Mr. Positive" by Tom Barlow"A Young Man with Prospects" by Orson Scott Card"Ender's Homecoming" by Orson Scott Card - a special audio-only bonus

Science Fiction & Fantasy

LUBAR, DAVID

Pratt, Tim

Beaulieu, Bradley P.

Farland, David

Orullian, Peter

Barlow, Tom

Stone, Eric James

Dolton, Brian

Dryden, Rachel Ann

Franck, Ty

Roberts, Scott M

Science Fiction

Blackstone Audiobooks

Dawn of Dragons is a prequel to the Bitterwood Trilogy, telling the story of the first dragon, Morningstar, as he escapes from captivity in the final days of the Human Age. With civilization in turmoil following the rise of Atlantis, Morningstar teams up with an undead veterinarian and a shotgun toting nun as he seeks his path of ultimate freedom. His adventures lead him to a face to face confrontation with Hezekiah, the immortal prophet first seen in Bitterwood, and Jazz, the mysterious Goddess from Dragonforge and Dragonseed.  Dawn of Dragons is a must read for any fan of the Bitterwood Trilogy.

Dawn of Dragons (Bitterwood Series)

Createspace Independent Pub

Kaiju Rising: Age of Monsters is a collection of 23 stories focused around the theme of strange creatures in the vein of Pacific Rim, Godzilla, Cloverfield, and more. The anthology opens with a foreword by Jeremy Robinson, author of Project Nemesis, the highest selling Kaiju novel in the United States since the old Godzilla books—and perhaps even more than those. Then, from New York Times best sellers to indie darlings, Kaiju Rising: Age of Monsters features authors that are perfectly suited for writing larger-than-life stories, including: Peter Clines, Larry Correia, James Lovegrove, Gini Koch (as J.C. Koch), James Maxey, Jonathan Wood, C. L. Werner, Joshua Reynolds, David Annandale, Jaym Gates, Peter Rawlik, Shane Berryhill, Natania Barron, Paul Genesse & Patrick Tracy, Nathan Black, Mike MacLean, Timothy W. Long, Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, Kane Gilmour, Peter Stenson, Erin Hoffman, Sean Sherman, Howard Andrew Jones (The Chronicles of Sword and Sand tie-in), Edward M. Erdelac (Dead West tie-in), and James Swallow (Colossal Kaiju Combat tie-in).

Kaiju Rising: Age of Monsters

Lovegrove, James

SWALLOW, JAMES

Long, Timothy W.

Clines, Peter

Berryhill, Shane

Correia, Larry

Rawlik, Peter

Erdelac, Edward M.

Wood. Jonathan

Stenson, Peter

Barron, Natania

Reynolds, Joshua

Gilmour, Kane

Sherman, Sean

Werner, C.L.

Stufflebeam, Bonnie Jo

Gates, Jaym

GENESSE, PAUL

Hoffman, Erin

Jones, Howard Andrew

Koch, J. C.

Annendale, David

Tracy, Patrick

Black, Nathan

MacLean, Mike

BRILLIANCE AUDIO ^

Richard Rogers was an ordinary man until he met the super-genius Dr. Nicolas Knowbokov. Now trapped in a world that has no memory of him, Richard is an invisible, intangible ghost to everyone but Dr. Know and the scientist’s two sexy superheroine daughters, Rail Blade and the Thrill. Assigned the codename Nobody, Richard becomes the world’s ultimate spy, invisibly battling the super-powered terrorist army run by the mysterious mastermind Rex Monday. The fate of the free world is at stake as the superhuman battles escalate, wiping entire cities from the map, threatening the survival of all mankind. Who can save us from the looming apocalypse? Nobody!

Nobody Gets the Girl: A Superhero Novel

Fantasy

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

There's a shark in the kitchen. A biology teacher peels the flesh from a dead angel. A billion bees swarm the Empire State Building. In an empty attic, a teapot filled with lizards reaches a boil. Everything is understood when a small town sheriff bites into an eyeball. These are the gates into the world of James Maxey. Good luck on finding your way back out.\nJames Maxey's award winning short fiction has appeared in Asimov's, Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show, and over a dozen other magazines and anthologies. There is No Wheel collects his ten most critically acclaimed tales.\nTo the East, a Bright Star: A former circus aerialist rescues a trapped girl as the ultimate natural disaster draws nearer. 
Silent as Dust: A tale of Seven Chimneys, a haunted house with one ghost too many. 
Final Flight of the Blue Bee: The Blue Bee’s former sidekick, Stinger, is released from prison after forty years. Can a venom gun, an army of bees, and a hostage deliver him the justice he deserves? 
Empire of Dreams and Miracles: In Atlantis, no one need ever fear poverty, disease, or death. But what is left of humanity once all the great struggles are won? 
Return to Sender: Crystal Lance is a half-breed angel assigned to root out a demonic cult in a small college town. The monks who’ve raised her have trained her in martial arts and taught her the true names of the 7,777 heavenly powers. But before Crystal can complete her holy mission, she must survive the temptations of coffee, pizza, her first kiss, and Elvis. 
Pentacle on His Forehead, Lizard on His Breath: A junkie uses drugs and magic to search for his dead father, leading his girlfriend to hide all the knives. 
To Know All Things That Are In the Earth: In the aftermath of the Rapture, a scientist attempts to understand the mind of God through the autopsy of an angel. 
Echo of the Eye: In a town of famous for its barbeque, the butcher is a vegetarian. Mostly. 
Where Their Worm Dieth Not: Atomahawk! She-Devil! Retaliator! The most powerful members of the Law Legion must unite to thwart the villainous scheme of the Prime Mover, until Retaliator discovers that they may be in the grip of an even more insidious evil. 
Perhaps the Snail: A young woman is invited back to the trailer of her pop-star idol for a sex act involving a silver tray, a wine bottle, a pistol, a tropical snail, and sudden mystic glimpse of the entirety of creation.\nEdmund Schubert, editor of Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show, where three of these stories were first published, writes in the introduction: “One thing about James: he pushes boundaries, and he pushes them hard. … James’s stories require a strong mind and strong stomach. They’re freaky weird and hauntingly honest at the same time.”

There Is No Wheel (Borderlands)

Literature & Fiction

Short Stories & Anthologies

Bad Wizard

In 1892, Oscar Zoroaster Diggs turned up in Topeka with a suitcase full of high quality emeralds. Instantly the richest man in Kansas, his winning smile and keen mind launched him into a meteoric political career. As Secretary of War under Teddy Roosevelt, Diggs oversees the construction of the ultimate tool for spreading democracy, a fleet of rigid airships. Dorothy Gale, a reporter for the Kansas Ear, is the one person who knows the truth about Diggs. She met him ten years prior in the Emerald City, where he ruled as the Wizard. But how can she explain to her editor that Diggs intends to use his aerial navy to invade an island in the clouds ruled by witches? Stopping Diggs is going to take more than the power of the press. She’ll need the help of old friends, and maybe a Winged Monkey, as she pursues the Wizard across the wondrous and deadly Land of Oz.

This omnibus edition collects the original three novels of the critically acclaimed Bitterwood Trilogy, Bitterwood, Dragonforge, and Dragonseed, plus the prequel short short story “Tornado of Sparks” that first appeared in the Solaris Book of New Fantasy. As an added bonus, this collection includes a complete, never before published fourth novel set 1000 years before the events of trilogy, Dawn of Dragons. About each book: Tornado of Sparks: The dragon Vendevorex demonstrates his magical powers for the dragon-king Albekizan in a test that orphans a human infant. Can Vendevorex reunite the child with her only remaining family? Bitterwood: Dragons rule the world and humans serve as their slaves, pets, and prey, with only the mysterious dragon-slayer Bitterwood fighting the dominant dragons from the shadows. But when Bitterwood slays the beloved son of the dragon-king Albekizan, the dragons launch a war of extermination against all humans. Can mankind survive the combined might of the dragons? Dragonforge: As a war spreads throughout the dragon kingdom, a band of human rebels take over the armory of the dragon armies, the legendary Dragon Forge. As the dragon armies mass to take back the fortress, Bitterwood finds himself in the fight of his life, facing off against the most dangerous dragon of all: Blasphet. Dragonseed: With the dragon forces in disarray, the humans face their own woes as allies banded together to fight the dragons begin to take up arms against each other. With all of civilization on the verge of anarchy, can Bitterwood save the day by joining forces with his worst enemy—the sun-dragon Hex, the last surviving son of King Albekizan? Dawn of Dragons: 1000 years before Bitterwood, a man named Alex Pure gets disemboweled by a dragon. It’s the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Also, the apocalypse.

Bitterwood: The Complete Collection (Bitterwood Series)

Dragons rule the world, united under the powerful dragon king Albekizan. Humans have been subdued for centuries, existing only as slaves, pets, and prey. Yet one man, the mysterious Bitterwood, strikes at dragons from the shadows, fighting a long, lonely war of resistance. When Bitterwood is blamed for the death of Albekizan’s beloved son, Bodiel, the king launches a full scale campaign to rid the world of the legendary dragon-slayer—even if he must kill all of mankind to do so. This new edition of Bitterwood has been revised and updated from the original paperback release. “For the sake of humanity, join in Bitterwood’s revolt.” – Kirkus Reviews “A grabber from page one, a smart tale of adventure and revenge sprinkled with echoes of our own dangerous times. James Maxey’s world of dragons and humans at war is so solidly and engagingly rendered that I never wanted to leave.” – John Marco “Bitterwood is an unlikely hero in a rich world, with a rich history that holds many surprises. James Maxey tells his story with a sure hand. Enjoy the journey!” – Carrie Vaughn "Fine action and cool world building. Anne McCaffrey through a mirror darkly." – E. E. Knight “A magnificent hero story.” – Orson Scott Card

Bitterwood (Bitterwood Series)

Genre Fiction

Following the events of the novel Bitterwood, a new and untested dragon-king now rules the land. The firebrand prophet Ragnar has raised an army of men to overthrow the dragons, and their first target is the town of Dragon Forge, home to the foundries that supply weapons and armor for the king's soldiers. Against this back-drop of war, the legendary dragon-slayer Bant Bitterwood finds himself in an uneasy alliance with a sun-dragon named Hex as they race to halt the genocidal schemes of the most dangerous creature alive: Blasphet, the Murder God.

Dragonforge (Bitterwood Series)

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