UnCommon Origins presents 22 depictions of moments on the precipice, beginnings both beautiful and tragic. Fantastical stories of Creation, Feral Children, Gods and Goddesses (both holy and horrific), and possibilities you never dared imagine come to life. Including stories from some of the most talented Speculative Fiction and Magical Realism authors around, UnCommon Origins will revisit the oldest questions in the universe: Where did we come from? and What comes next?

UnCommon Origins: A Collection of Gods, Monsters, Nature, and Science

Literature & Fiction

Smith, Daniel Arthur

Tyler, P.K.

Hariharan, Laxmi

Lupton, Robert Allen

Meske, Brent

West, Jo

Cromack, Jonathan

Orton, D.L.

Stelter, Nillu Nasser

Ruhe, Erica

Short Stories & Anthologies

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

The past isn't over, it's an opening; the future isn't hidden, it's a trap. If she ever wants to see him again, she'll have to take the risk.When offered a one-way trip to the past, Iz sacrifices everything for a chance to change her dystopian future—and see her murdered lover one last time. After a perilous journey through a black hole, she wakes up on a tropical beach, buck-naked and mortally wounded—but twenty years younger! With only hours to live, she must convince an enraptured but skeptical twenty-something guy to fix their future relationship and thereby save the planet (no one is quite sure why.)But it's easier said than done, as success means losing him to a brainy, smart-mouthed bombshell (her younger self), and that's a heartbreaker, save the world or not.Across the infinite expanse of space and time, love endures...(Unfortunately, it’s not going to be enough.)FALL INTO THIS EDGY, action-packed, darkly comedic, dystopian love story, and be prepared to encounter a finicky time machine, a mysterious seashell, and a very clever dog (some sex, some swearing, some violence, but no vampires and absolutely no ditzes.)"Engaging, Funny, Romantic &amp; Harrowing" ~Publishers Weekly ⭐️ Starred Review

Crossing In Time (Between Two Evils)

Genre Fiction

Rocky Mountain Press

Remember how it feels to fall in love?<ul>
<li>Race against the clock through a dystopian nightmare. </li>
<li>Climb naked into an untested time machine (carrying a seashell and a promise). </li>
<li>Wake up 20 years younger, buck naked and mortally wounded, with your heart in your throat. </li>
</ul>This is a perilous journey of passion, loss, and redemption that will have your pulse galloping and your palms sweating, make you laugh out loud through your tears, and leave you flush with the sublime pleasure of being in the arms of the one you love.

Remember how it feels to fall in love?Race against the clock through a dystopian nightmare. Climb naked into an untested time machine (carrying a seashell and a promise). Wake up 20 years younger, buck naked and mortally wounded, with your heart in your throat. This is a perilous journey of passion, loss, and redemption that will have your pulse galloping and your palms sweating, make you laugh out loud through your tears, and leave you flush with the sublime pleasure of being in the arms of the one you love.

Romance

Time Travel

If someone took everything you live for, how far would you go to get it back?When a faulty time machine deposits Diego at the top of a pine tree, he knows he's in the wrong place—but has no idea he's in the wrong time. Naked and shivering in the chilly mountain air, he attempts to climb down but slips, whacks his head, and falls into oblivion. He wakes up inside a darkened room, crippled and disheartened, and must come to grips with the realization that he is marooned in a bleak alternate future. In this universe, what remains of the human race is trapped inside a handful of aging biodomes. With his mission failed, his world destroyed, and the one woman he loves, dead, he can find no reason to go on living. But Lani, the emotionally scarred doctor who finds him, refuses to let him die, and as Diego heals, their relationship becomes... complicated. He struggles to let go of the past but is unable to get Isabel out of his head—or his heart. Just when it seems he may be able to find some measure of happiness in a world teetering on the edge of extinction...Another note arrives from the future: Isabel is alive—but not for long…

Lost Time (Between Two Evils)

Literary

If someone took everything you live for, how far would you go to get it back? When a faulty time machine deposits Diego at the top of a pine tree, he knows he's in the wrong place—but has no idea he's in the wrong time. Naked and shivering in the chilly mountain air, he attempts to climb down, but slips, whacks his head, and falls into oblivion.  He wakes up inside a darkened room, crippled and disheartened, and must come to grips with the realization that he is marooned in a bleak alternate future. In this universe, what remains of the human race is trapped inside a handful of aging biodomes. With his mission failed, his world destroyed, and the one woman he loves, dead, he can find no reason to go on living.  But Lani, the emotionally scarred doctor who finds him, refuses to let him die, and as Diego heals, their relationship becomes... complicated. He struggles to let go of the past but is unable to get Isabel out of his head—or his heart. Just when it seems he may be able to find some measure of happiness in a world teetering on the edge of extinction... Another note arrives from the future: Isabel is alive—but not for long…

Share the wonder. Experience the passion. Take the journey... FROM AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR D. L. ORTON comes a funny, provocative, and sensual collection of stories. Laugh, cry, and linger over these brief but intense glimpses into the lives of two hesitant young lovers, a human-dolphin friendship, a lonely divorcée who believes she's too old to fall in love, a billion-year-old AI and his human companion &amp; many more. The Last StarTwo beings watch the last star in our universe wink out and discover the answer to how it all ends. And, perhaps, how it all begins. Just FriendsFriends since they carried Scooby-Doo lunch boxes in second grade, two college students take the awkward, irreversible, and perilous step away from just friends. PhoenixIf you think your roommate is bad, then try living with a practical-joke-playing, drop-dead-gorgeous, celebrity femme fatale. No one is safe from her feminine wiles—least of all you. My Kingdom for a Double EspressoIs sex just a physical thing for guys? You know you're in trouble when your girlfriend tosses that out after you make the mistake of telling her no... Down in FlamesPersonal tragedy played against a background of public disaster leaves one woman stuck in a very personal hell—and hoping for a second chance. WillingRight now, at this every instant, you are older than you have ever been—and younger than you will ever be again. There will never be a better time to find love. The Idiot's Guide to Writing Workshops(Or How to Review a Manuscript &amp; Not Risk Getting Run Over in the Hotel Parking Lot) The Devil and a Hard PlaceAfter all the time spent apart—all the doubts, all the denial, all the lonely nights—a love that refuses to die draws them back together like moths to a flame.

The Last Star & Other Stories

Rocky Mountain Press (US)

From award-winning author D. L. ORTON comes book three in the Between Two Evils series... Shannon fights to stay alive inside a rogue biodome and discovers something totally unexpected... Peter. Lani is forced into the role of the reluctant heroine but rediscovers her street-kid mojo and sets out to find everything she's lost. Diego receives another dirty sock (and a note) from the fireball express: The window between universes is closing. If Diego has any hope of getting back to Iz, he must get to the Magic Kingdom and fix the time machine before it's too late. What could possibly go wrong?

Dead Time (Between Two Evils)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

From the Award-Winning Author D. L. ORTON comes Book 3 in the Between Two Evils series...  Shannon fights to stay alive inside a rogue biodome and discovers something totally unexpected... Peter.   Lani is forced into the role of the reluctant heroine but rediscovers her street-kid mojo and sets out to reclaim everything she's lost.  Diego receives another dirty sock (with a note) from the fireball express: The window between universes is closing. If he has any hope of getting back to Iz, he must get to the mountain and fix the time machine before it's too late. What could possibly go wrong?

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UnCommon Origins: A Collection of Gods, Monsters, Nature, and Science

Crossing In Time (Between Two Evils)

Crossing In Time (Between Two Evils)

Crossing In Time (Between Two Evils)

Lost Time (Between Two Evils)

Lost Time (Between Two Evils)

The Last Star & Other Stories

Dead Time (Between Two Evils)

Dead Time (Between Two Evils)