Sandy's comfortable, workaday life is rocked when he meets Lark, a mysterious woman who can manipulate time and teleport across great distances at will. What begins as a romance turns deadly when she is abducted by a sorcerer who seeks to control the metaphysical portals she defends. Determined to rescue her, Sandy is drawn farther and farther from the life he knows, into the wondrous and perilous Labyrinth of Souls. There he meets fantastic allies and adversaries, and learns that the very fabric of reality is threatened by his quest.

The Door of Tireless Pursuit: A Labyrinth of Souls Novel

Literature & Fiction

Vessels, Stephen T.

Genre Fiction

ShadowSpinners Press

This collection of twelve short stories is brought to you by the writers of ShadowSpinners, a collective blog dedicated to exploring the darker side of fiction. Join us for a journey through the shadows. Wherever you end up, it is sure to be fascinating. Within these pages you'll discover a wide range of genres, from literary to fantasy to horror and beyond. Humorous, terrifying, thought provoking and strange, but never predictable, these twelve stories explore the hidden corners of human experience.

ShadowSpinners: A Collection of Dark Tales

Engstrom, Elizabeth

Lowes, Matthew

Clark, Alan M.

Alber, Lisa

Ray, Cynthia

Witchey, Eric M

Lay, Christina

Owen-Wilson, Cheryl

Herber, Pamela Jean

Short Stories & Anthologies

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Twelve stories of dark futures and odd imaginings to catch your breath and unhinge your mind: these stories deliver what Marianne Moore called, “Imaginary gardens with real toads.” Though “The Mountain and The Vortex” - the novella that gives this collection its name - is a complex tale, intricately interlaced with historical allusions and genre-jumping subplots, it remains imminently readable. These are the works of a true storyteller, and are accompanied by seventeen mind-bending illustrations by masters of the craft. Séquanon flew backward in time and crashed into the eye of God. The impact sent him swinging wildly in his hammock. The instrument panels went blank and a moment later displayed data that made no sense. The stasis generators had disengaged before he’d reached his destination. Drones deployed and transmitted exterior views to the monitors. It appeared that his ship had lodged in the side of a mountain...

The Mountain & The Vortex: and Other Tales

Muse Harbor Publishing

”Stephen Vessels is one of those rare artists who effortlessly—or so it appears—cruises through genres, equally comfortable in science fiction, dark fantasy, and his own brand of emotionally-charged weirdness. He skates gracefully on the thin ices of genius in this superb collection.” —Elizabeth Engstrom, Author of Lizzie Borden, The Northwoods Chronicles, and Baggage Check ”The Mountain and The Vortex is a tour-de-force of the imagination, and a book of many worlds: some scary, all wondrous, all original. Exotic and intensely human, these stories will stay with you and leave you waiting eagerly for Stephen Vessels’ next book.” Lorelei Armstrong, Author of In The Face ____________________________________________________________ Twelve stories of dark futures and odd imaginings to catch your breath and unhinge your mind. With sixteen illustrations by Jean “Mœbius” Giraud, Alan M. Clarke, Stephen C. Gilberts, and Cheryl Owen-Wilson. ____________________________________________________________

Fiction, poems, music lyrics, and art from Santa Barbara, CA, and beyond.

Santa Barbara Literary Journal: Stardust

Rolle, Sojourner Kincaid

Courington, Chella

Talley, Max

Webb, Silver

Denenberg, Risa

Bern, Dan

Deitch, Nicholas

Chiles, Ted

Krenzel, Jesse

Independently published

The end is coming. But how will it arrive? From alien civilizations bent on human destruction, to demonic incursions from beyond the event horizon, to the dangerous malevolence that lives within us all, Equilibrium Overturned drags you into the heart of darkness to explore brutal personal and worldwide apocalypses and the lives wavering on the brink.Survive destroyed worlds and terrifying dystopian societies. Experience a prison of the future and the whitewashing of a horrifying past that threatens our very existence. From preventable transgressions, unavoidable doomsdays and personal calamities both near and far, Equilibrium Overturned offers shocking revelations into what life may be like when the end comes.From Bram Stoker Award-nominated editors Anthony Rivera and Sharon Lawson, Equilibrium Overturned contains fourteen apocalyptic visions of life and death from an accomplished group of horror, science fiction, dark fantasy and speculative fiction authors.

Equilibrium Overturned: The Heart of Darkness Awaits

Waggoner, Tim

Everson, John

Faherty, JG

Caselberg, Jay

Knighton, Tony

Vogt, Josh R.

Hemenway, Jeff

Grey Matter Press

Delirium Corridor: A Dark Anthology

Reed, John R.

Dowell, Trey

Andrea, Zane

De Voe, M. M.

Rivieccio, Genna

Williams, Frederick T.

The Fifth Fedora: Weird Noir & Stranger Tales

Schulz, Monte

Witchey, Eric

Eidt, Jack

Knight, Maryanne

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