The city of Parole is burning. Like Venice slips into the sea, Parole crumbles into fire. The entire population inside has been quarantined, cut off from the rest of the world, and left to die - directly over the open flame. Eye in the Sky, a deadly and merciless police force ensures no one escapes. Ever. All that's keeping Parole alive is faith in the midst of horrors and death, trust in the face of desperation... and their fantastic, terrifying, and beautiful superhuman abilities.Regan, silent, scaly stealth expert, is haunted by ten years of anxiety, trauma and terror, and he's finally reached his limit. His ability to disappear into thin air isn't enough: he needs an escape, and he'll do anything for a chance. Unluckily for him, Hans, a ghostly boy with a chilling smile, knows just the thing to get one. It starts with a little murder.But instead of ending a man's life, Regan starts a new one of his own. He turns away from that twisted path, and runs into Evelyn, fearless force on stage and sonic-superheroic revolutionary on the streets. Now Regan has a choice - and a chance to not only escape from Parole, but unravel the mystery deep in its burning heart. And most of all, discover the truth about their own entwining pasts.They join forces with Evelyn's family: the virtuosic but volatile Danae, who breathes life into machines, and her wife Rose, whose compassionate nature and power over healing vines and defensive thorns will both be vital to survive this nightmare. Then there's Zilch, a cool and level-headed person made of other dead people, and Finn, one of Parole's few remaining taxi drivers, who causes explosions whenever he feels anything but happy.Separately they'd never survive, much less uncover the secret of Parole's eternally-burning fire. Together, they have a chance. Unfortunately, Hans isn't above playing dirty, lying, cheating, manipulating... and holding Regan's memories hostage until he gets his way.Parole's a rough place to live. But they're not dead yet. If they can survive the imminent cataclysmic disaster, they might just stay that way...

Chameleon Moon

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Sylver, RoAnna

Fantasy

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Living in a city whose population has been quarantined and imprisoned over an eternally burning lake of fire isn't what most people would call a 'normal life.' Then there are the superhuman abilities. Thousands of people with wings, scales, telepathy, sonic blasts - 'normal' seems long gone. But life goes on. Eventually, everyone discovers that life within Parole is just as real, meaningful, fun, frightening, mundane, and survivable, as any other. Sometimes it's just a little more intense. This collection of seven short stories from the universe of Chameleon Moon gives readers a look at everyday life in Parole, and the colorful, memorable, and thoroughly human characters who call it home. 1. Happy REGARDS 2. The Library Ghost 3. Group Therapy 4. Runtime 5. Phoenix Down 6. Un-Dead 7. Come Home Alone 8. "What You Remember," theme to Chameleon Moon, Book 19. "Dream Sweet," Memory Lullaby Waltz

Life Within Parole (Chameleon Moon)

Literature & Fiction

Short Stories & Anthologies

Parole is still burning. And now the day everyone has been waiting for is finally here: it's collapsed. A lucky few managed to escape with their lives. But while their city burned, the world outside suffered its own devastating disaster. The Tartarus Zone is a deadly wasteland a thousand miles wide, filled with toxic storms, ghostly horrors, and just as many Eyes in the Sky as ever. Somehow, this new nightmare is connected to Parole. And it's spreading. Now Parole's only hope lies in the hands of three teenagers reunited by their long-lost friend Gabriel - in their dreams. Growing up outside Parole, Shiloh Cole always had to keep xir energetic powers a secret, except from xir parents, Parole's strategist-hero Garrett, and Tartarus expert Maureen. When Parole collapsed, all contact was lost. Now, connected by Gabriel and their colliding pasts, xie joins collapse survivor Annie and the enigmatic, charismatic Chance on a desperate cross-country race, carrying a disc of xir mother's vital plans, whose encrypted contents may be Parole's salvation. First they'll board the FireRunner, a ship full of familiar faces that now sails through Tartarus' poison storms. Together, they'll survive Tartarus' hazards, send a lifeline to lost Parole - and uncover the mystery connecting every one of them.The world outside Parole isn't the one they remember, and it didn't want them back. But they'll save it just the same. It's what heroes do.

The Lifeline Signal (Chameleon Moon)

Discover the infinite realms of asexual love across sci-fi, fantasy, and contemporary stories\nFrom a wheelchair user racing to save her kidnapped girlfriend and a little mermaid who loves her sisters more than suitors, to a slayer whose virgin blood keeps attracting monsters, the stories of this anthology are anything but conventional. Whether adventuring through space, outsmarting a vengeful water spirit, or surviving haunted cemeteries, no two aces are the same in these 14 unique works that highlight asexual romance, aromantic love, and identities across the asexual spectrum.

Being Ace: An Anthology of Queer, Trans, Femme, and Disabled Stories of Asexual Love and Connection

Miller, Linsey

Thor, Rosiee

Anderson, S.E.

Taylor, S.J.

Bowman, Akemi Dawn

Victoria, Emily

Daigle-Orians, Cody

Hossain, Moniza

Yuen, Kat

Hart, K.

Brown, Jas

Ameen, Lara

Imura, Anju

Page Street YA

Life Within Parole: Volume 2 (Chameleon Moon)

Independently published

THIS IS THE FIRST EDITION, NON-CANON VERSION OF CHAMELEON MOON. Starting here will result in confusion due to wildly different characterization, plot, and continuity. Please begin this series with the 2nd Edition (it has a different/updated cover).* * *The city of Parole is burning. Like Venice slips into the sea, Parole crumbles into fire. Trapped inside is an entirely unlikely population of people with bizarre, beautiful, and terrifying abilities. When Regan, an anxiety-ridden hit man with the peeling skin of a lizard, meets Evelyn, a singer, revolutionary, and unofficial superhero, it's up to them to get to the heart of the mystery of Parole and its quarantined inhabitants. Along with a diverse group of misfits, they will evade a deadly totalitarian police force, uncover the truth about their entwining pasts, and fight to survive a cataclysmic disaster.

The Zharmae Publishing Press LLC

ARC 1, IN WHICH: A cute punk-rock vampire and a disabled firefighter-turned-mall-cop with a dark past join forces to battle the forces of evil.Jude used to leap out of helicopters to rescue/protect people from terrifying infernos. Now, by day, he protects the local mall from rowdy teenagers who ride their skateboards inside. By night, he protects the the parking lot, and the rest of Portland, from undead, bloodsucking creatures of the darkness. Or would if he could find them.But he's just about ready to give it up (living with PTSD and pain from the traumatic event that cost him a leg, a friend, and a lot more is hard enough), when something crashes into his life. And his window. It's one of these creatures of the darkness - and he's a lot less scary than expected. More cuddly, with dark fuzzy wings, and neon-bright hair.His name is Pixie, and he refuses to bite anyone. Assault/murder/draining fluids isn't punk, even if being a vampire really kind of is. He's very hungry by now, and the much bigger, meaner, deadlier vamps kick him around on the nightly. Jude would love to find and fight some actual undead bullies. And Pixie could use some help staying... 'alive.' Time to make a deal.Of course, life still sucks when you're a vampire who refuses to suck blood. Fortunately, there's a really interesting new barbecue restaurant in the mall, with an intriguing new recipe. (We hear that the secret ingredient is... love. No, really.)

Stake Sauce Arc 1: The Secret Ingredient Is Love. No, Really

Genre Fiction

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