Magic Apocalyptic

An eclectic collection of stories from the members of the North Alabama Science Fiction and Cake Appreciation Society. Earl, Bubba, and the Flying Hubcap -- by Louise Herring-Jones – Two Alabama good ol’ boys have a close encounter. Messenger -- by Dan Thompson – A wanderer arrives at an isolated village with news about the plague that devastated the world. Pink Eggs in a White Box -- by Michael Guillebeau – A lonely technician finds love in an unexpected place. Mother Gone -- by Nancy G. Swanner – Three children search for their kidnapped mother, unaware that there is magic ...

Five Stars:"Excellent continuation... a Steampunk adventure that outdoes the previous book in the series."-Amazon Review Five Stars:"These books keep you wanting more and more!!"-Amazon Review DESCRIPTION: The Iron Horse is a massive steam-powered locomotive manned by a crew of warriors, miscreants, and genetic anomalies. Socrates, the train’s commander, is an autonomous steam-powered gorilla with memories and knowledge reaching back more than a thousand years. Their mission is to locate a new source of starfall, the rare element that powers the ancient city of Sanctuary. Their ...

The Pack and the Wind Riders must find a way to stop the God of Death before he poisons their world and all is lost. There is one hope: Ralina, Death’s Storyteller. The woman Death has forced to travel at side, recording every atrocity he commits. But Ralina heeds the call of the Goddess of Life, the only being who can defeat Death, and escapes to warn the Pack and the Wind Riders with the knowledge she has accumulated during her harrowing journey. But will it be enough? Is there any way to truly stop the God of Death?

In a post-apocalyptic world, 4,000 years from the present, Captain Senaya is the first of the Jaru forces to arrive at the far northern temple of the imposter deity, Queen Nouei. The Queen’s forces have been soundly defeated and she is now vulnerable. Senaya’s sole task is to secure a weak and defenseless queen until reinforcements arrive. But Senaya wants more. She wants to be the one who forces the queen to recant her false claims to divinity. Senaya is a seasoned warrior and this is her moment of glory. She has everything all planned, that is until she meets the queen.

"The Outlander and The Black Dagger Brotherhood, anyone?" 🔥From New York Times, USA TODAY, and #1 Dark Fantasy bestseller Tamara Rose Blodgett comes a gripping historical fantasy that fuses post-apocalyptic grit with Victorian elegance🔥 What Readers are Saying: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Fast-paced book you won't want to put down..." ~ Contagious Reads ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Every single one of these males are intense, and so protective..." ~ Calia Read ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "...so addicting..." 💔 Clara’s Perilous Journey: Eighteen-year-old Queen Clara Williamson must uncover the truth of her lineage ...

After the Earth has a close encounter with a comet comprised entirely of dark matter, the world is changed forever. Within months the human race is all but extinct and struggling for it's very survival. Electronic magnetic pulses have knocked out all technology and the animals have begun to evolve into bipedal humanoid races, challenging man's dominance. Taken in by a new race, and raised from a young girl, Annabelle has a happy life. Now the young girl finds herself in the middle of events being influenced by sinister unseen forces. With her dark matter imbued powers, she must use ...

Caution: Dragons ahead. Prepare to delve into fiery worlds full of dragons. From hatchlings to ancients. From tame to wild. Many have their own goals, and most want to see the world reduced to ash. To reshape the world in their own reptilian image. Others struggle to survive, but heroes rise among them. Which side will you choose? 18 stories by the following authors: Deborah Brown, Zachary Vincent, Eric Tobiason, Bruno Lombardi, Joel Realubit, Katie Kent, Barend Nieuwstraten III, E.B. Hunter, Dylan Roche, Lucy A. McLaren, Aaron H. Arm, Jennifer Strassel, Natascha Eschweiler, A.E. Lowan, Ash...

Alex Dubois changed from a human male to an Elven female. Come along with her as she travels with Captain Samuel Ash, an American Civil War Veteran, and their Dire Wolf, Socks. Join the adventure as the see the wonder of Treetop City and become embroiled in a war. Remember, this is Eden, and things are different from what they appear, and the key to winning this war lays in the dead Dwarven city of Glanim. Their lives depend on answering two questions: who is friend, and who is foe?

Millennia have passed since men ruled the world with technology: the seas are impassable, energy sources have dried up, and humanity has slipped into isolation and barbarity. But magic has begun to reemerge in a few, gifted people, raised as witches by their fellow sisters. They however are far from safe. Repeating a dark time in humanity's history, witches are no longer able to live a simple life without fear of reproach or ending up tied to a stake. In a world so ravaged and torn, who wouldn’t want to control the forces of magic? The Codex of the Witch was released in Italian in 2015, ...

War has descended upon Anistemia. Four armies now stand at the city's gates, and Anistemia’s fate teeters on the edge of ruin. With their strongest knights scattered across the land, Felicia must rise to lead her people against impossible odds. But with an army of giants and legions of the undead approaching, will she lead a final stand—or choose to flee, ensuring the survival of what remains? Far from home, Collin Mann languishes in slavery deep beneath the City of Mal, toiling in its mines. Despairing, and having lost hope of ever finding his brother Ethan, Collin drifts through each ...

"We'd had to be cut free of our mother's womb. Abby and I were fused, you see. But here's the real kicker; Abby had the magic, I didn't." Now adults, Makeda and Abby still share their childhood home. The surgery to separate the two girls left Makeda with what feels like an even worse deformity: no mojo. The daughters of a celestial demigod and a human woman, Makeda and Abby were raised by their magical father. Today, Makeda has decided it's high time to move out and make her own life.

I should have died. People I trusted certainly tried hard enough. Instead, I wake in a mysterious old mansion in the arms of an otherworldly stranger. I can’t return to the orphanage, not after they tried to kill me. I won’t return to that life of fear and suspicion. I know I’m different, but Magic? What the hell? It gets worse. I can raise the dead. I’m dangerous. I can do great harm. But mine is not the only secret in Winterhurst. A powerful sorcerer is waiting for the perfect moment to strike me down. If I can’t learn to harness my gift—and resist the lure of disquieting dark...

In a Post-Apocalyptic world of Magic and Machinery, Jack Knight is an orphan who finds himself caught between a life-altering decision. Join the military and fight the demon hordes or sell his soul to the Corpos. Both options having minimal appeal to a shut-in like Jack. Thanks to the high cost of living, and his sister’s medical expenses, Jack has never given much thought to what he’d want to do with life, always living paycheck to paycheck, scrounging just enough to keep the lights on and his sister safe. However, an Angel presents him with a third option.

It is prophesied that one will come to save them all. "He Who Will Come" is the story of a child who will possess the secrets of the men from before. A child who will move stone and wood with only a glance. An old story, told by their father’s father’s fathers. This child of prophecy would grow into a man who would ease the burdens of all villages. Nobody knew how the great stone giants to the West were built or, for some, sprang up from the ground like the cottages. Nobody knew, but speculation abounded. Noah fell firmly on the side of those who believed there once were men who worked ...

A post-apocalyptic human resistance sci-fi fantasy novel A lone hiker isolated on the trail, encounters a blinking light in the forest. His curiosity overtakes him. He leaves the trail to investigate the blinking light and encounters a trail of dead soldiers in the woods whose deaths cannot be explained. They appear to have fallen dead where they stood. The trail of dead bodies leads him to a seemingly deserted military bunker where he learns that the military has been conducting a project in artificial intelligence in secret. As he enters further into the compound, he comes to realize that...

Events are spiraling out of control inside Dragonwall, as Shayla’s enemies seek to turn the tables on her, and Kale finds his position as the knights’ commander challenged. When the queen asks Kale to report to a nearby village that has been raided, he jumps at the chance to get away from the politics and intrigue. Little does he realize he’s about to uncover a terrifying secret that may change the course of history… Meanwhile, the Iron Horse makes a surprise stop when Socrates and his team discover a train wreck filled with the mummified remains of an ancient crew. While studying ...

The 1970s aren’t so groovy for an out-of-work stunt woman, a bookie with a price on her head, a tennis star who lost her legs and fiancé in a car crash, and an itinerant martial artist tortured by the ghosts of the dead. However, things are looking up when they receive mysterious, and very lucrative, job offers from the reclusive multi-millionaire Vernon Bronson to serve as his personal troubleshooters. . .or have they merely jumped from the frying pan into the fire? Warning: This book contains a variety of seventies tropes such as a bionic woman, a trucker with an animal sidekick, a ...

When Finn Monroe gets chased out of a birthday party and into the quarry during a meteor shower, she starts wishing on the falling stars for a better life- one free of cliques like the Hive, who have been toying with her for years. But once the stars start falling, they don’t stop battering the world until it is unrecognisable in all ways but one: Finn’s still a poor outcast, but in a world where Outcasts are one of many castes, and where the Queen Bees who used to bully her are now potential future queens who potentially have actual magic in their veins. There’s a chance that Finn ...

Earth is dying, but I hold the key to its survival. The people of Earth thought we wouldn’t survive. Why else would they only send their criminals with a ship full of aliens? We proved them wrong. All we have to do is cross the galaxy and return home before Earth freezes to death in less than three months. Easy, right? The unknowns of the universe, like meteor showers, wormholes, and space pirates, are nothing compared to what we face on our own ship. With our own people. Our salvation has never been so close…yet so far away. Will we make it back to Earth in time to save not only those ...

Civilization has fallen in all but a few places as the Madness ravages Europe and Asia. America is the last holdout against the corruption causing nanocytes to malfunction. Bethany Anne is far away, fighting for the survival of the entire universe, unaware that her technology has turned on humanity. Earth needs a protector from Bethany Anne’s line, and the Kurtherian Lilith has found her champion.