Jamie Hattori's alter ego, the masked hero Kensei, has been doing pretty well protecting her neighborhood from petty villains with her martial arts skills, her father's katana, and a little help from the local spirits. But things get rough when the spirits start flaking out, the Goddess of Discord throws a few cursed apples, and an online gossip site sics an angry football player on her. Then there's her slipping grades, the vampire owls, and the cute roller derby chick looking for romance. And even worse, Jamie's hero-hating mom is starting to get suspicious. Can Jamie defeat her mysterious nemesis without tearing her family apart? And more importantly, will she score her first kiss?

Kensei

Zimmerman, Jeremy

Literature & Fiction

DefConOne Publishing

"Growing up in Arkham, you hear things. Ghost stories wrapped in magickal moon lore with a heaping helping of elder gods and forbidden books, all swapped between boys and girls over dwindling campfires. We collected alternate histories like kids on TV traded baseball cards. As a child of Arkham, you just took for granted you lived in a special town, but seeing that difference up close and personal, in the place where you gave up evenings and weekends so college admissions might think you were well-rounded and responsible, well, seeing that kind of truth was an awful big shock." -- "Arkquarium" by Folly Blaine Mad Scientist Journal has brought together eighteen tales of people who have either lived in this strange corner of New England or had the misfortune of visiting. Mixed in with nods to classic Lovecraft icons are stories that bring a new eye to the genre. Tales of horse drawn carriages share space with orbital shuttles, alternate worlds, and football. Included in this collection are Sanford Allen, Brandon Barrows, Folly Blaine, Darin M. Bush, Kelda Crich, Nathan Crowder, Erik Scott de Bie, Sean Frost, Phil Gonzales, Brian Hamilton, Samuel Marzioli, Erick Mertz, Craig D. B. Patton, Jenna M. Pitman, Evan Purcell, Damir Salkovic, Emily C. Skaftun, and Cliff Winnig.

That Ain't Right: Historical Accounts of the Miskatonic Valley (Mad Scientist Journal Presents)

Barrows, Brandon

Patton, Craig D.B.

Crowder, Nathan

Purcell, Evan

Skaftun, Emily C.

Frost, Sean

Allen, Sanford

Winnig, Cliff

Short Stories & Anthologies

Living pasta, sinister balloon animals, robotic torch singers. These are but some of the strange tales to be found in this book. Mad Scientist Journal: Spring 2015 collects thirteen tales from the fictional worlds of mad science. For the discerning mad scientist reader, there are also pieces of fiction from Deborah Walker, Jamie Lackey, and Kaleigh Rodgerson. Readers will also find other resources for the budding mad scientist, including an advice column, horoscopes, and other brief messages from mad scientists. Authors featured in this volume also include David-John Tyrer, Meg Merriet, Rich Knight, Jarod Anderson, L. L. Phelps, Robert Dawson, Leland Neville, K. G. Jewell, Sierra July, Diana Rohlman, K. Kitts, Jen Albert, Michael Hudson, Kate Elizabeth, Torrey Podmajersky, Scott Chaddon, Loria Chaddon, and Andy Brown. Illustrations are provided by Errow Collins, Luke Spooner, Shannon Legler, Justine McGreevy, Scarlett O'Hairdye, and Dawn Vogel.

Mad Scientist Journal: Spring 2015

Walker, Deborah

Merriet, Meg

Anderson, Jarod K.

Lackey, Jamie

Rodgerson, Kaleigh

Knight, Rich

Phelps, L. L.

Tyrer, D.J.

In Denizens of Distant Realms, fantastical things intertwine in half a dozen fantasy short stories. Dragons and witches fend off suitors by unconventional means, old pacts with demons are fixed with true love, dark magic threatens lives and livelihoods, and magical shoes and mermaids both offer young women new opportunities.

Denizens of Distant Realms

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Vogel, Dawn

Fantasy

The Cask of Cranglimmering (Brass and Glass)

The Long-Cursed Map (Brass and Glass)

In the turbulent skies of the Republic, it's not always easy to outrace the storm ... With their destination determined, Captain Svetlana Tereshchenko and the crew of The Silent Monsoon are in pursuit of the Last Emperor's Hoard and the fabled Gem of the Seas. Or they will be, once they rescue their pilot, make a deal with a notorious scoundrel, and outfit themselves for their plunge into the Boiling Sea. When they realize what the Gem of the Seas is capable of, they must struggle with their loyalties, morality, and unforeseen complications to choose the right path. With alliances tested and rivalries resurfacing, Svetlana must lead her crew and associates on their most dangerous mission yet!

The Boiling Sea (Brass and Glass)

This woman hurt Jaccob, and she's Lady f***ing Vengeance. Vivienne Cain has come to Cobalt City for one reason and one reason only: to confront the villainous sorceress who broke her friend's heart. Getting hired by said villain to purge her shiny skyscraper of an invading demon was not on her agenda, especially not given her messy past with possession. Nor did she anticipate exactly how hard it would be to resist a redhead bombshell in a green silk dress... The other other woman...? Of course Ruby Killingsworth is ready for her once-flame Jaccob "Stardust" Stevens's dangerous goth booty call. But she isn't prepared for exactly how good she looks in leather, nor for the demon that has made her tower its new feeding ground. If she's going to get her tower and her empire back, she'll have to make a deal with Lady Vengeance, one that involves both business and pleasure... Self destruction be damned... she wants this. It will take every ounce of knowledge, skill, magic, and trust the two can conjure to defeat their supernatural adversaries and save Cobalt City, the world, and each other. Femmes Fatale is the sexy, sapphic story of two women battling their demons, both within and without.

Femmes Fatale

De Bie, Erik Scott

Cherry, Amanda

Having faked her death to escape the mistakes of her past, Vivienne "Lady Vengeance" Cain only wants to drink away her demons and be left alone... until the kid wanders into her bar with questions. His name is Marcus Orestes, and he wants to know about his father. Justice, once the world's greatest superhero. Justice, who died along with the rest of Supergroup. Justice, whose powers the kid seems to have inherited. And no sooner does Orestes show up than all hell breaks loose. Ninjas, two-bit super thugs, murder bots, and even her niece, the amazing A-Girl, and worse: some sinister force pulling the strings. The dangers are overwhelming, but Vivienne isn't the type to just lie down and die. Time to sober up, come out of retirement, and get to the bottom of this... And Lady Vengeance is all out of bourbon.

Libations for the Dead

At the national fencing championship, Yumi Kujikawa has to balance the ethics of competing as a superpowered individual, the ghost haunting her, her cursed ancestral katana...And her nemesis Danielle Swain, member of a network of international assassins, who is playing a treacherous game...Oh, and Yumi's growing crush on her cute team manager, Lisa!Drama! Secrets! Swords!

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