Suck It up, Mate

When 17-year-old Dom Wilson starts feeling out of place with his friends to complete a rite of passage, he decides to go for it; assuming all of his problems will be fixed. Instead he is faced with more problems than he bargained for. But who is he going to turn to when he is told to get over it even when he doesn’t feel like doing it?

Stories of Fairies and Gnomes, Sprites and Dragons

The Ancients believed that Elementals—fairies, sprites, gnomes, and dragons—lived among us. In time, these beings became the stuff of fantasies and legends. But what if, what if they are still alive and living among us? And can only be seen by the young or the young at heart. Or what if we only hope they are still alive? But we only tell stories about them.

Sometimes the Elemental interacts with people, preferably children-people or children-like adults; sometimes they interact among themselves; and sometimes, we only hope they are still alive.

Here are four short stories that try to answer those questions: one each of fairies, gnomes, sprites, and dragons. If you enjoy short stories, if you enjoy fantasy, you just might enjoy this book.

Stories For All The Children Of All The Worlds

Fris thinks he may one day fry in his own matter. A gigantic eye with a pupil 700 miles in diameter stares out into space. Smokey, a friendly feline, and Russ the terrier are very good pals who meet with adventure and a jolly man in green and his dear deer team. There are more Universes than there are grains of sand - so it goes without saying that - "We Are Not The Only Ones." In The Six, there is a leader's Yellow Jersey but they are wearing magic boots, not cycling shoes. If you could see into the future, do you really think that you could change it? Acer knew the answer.

Sojourns in Vana

Vorclaw must pay! General Baltus Blackpool continues to enact his revenge for his wife’s untimely death by placing the nation of Vorclaw under his military control and begins to hunt down the rulers of Vorclaw, known as The Council of Twelve.

Queen Ooktha, ruler of the arch-goblins, realises she is betrayed and is willing to sacrifice her followers and her own safety in order to garner revenge against the Blackpool brothers

– even if it means devastating her lover, Leif Foehammer!

Hundreds of miles far to the north, Leif and Bjorn Foehammer, Dru Blackpool and others are cut off from returning from their mission. They are forced to fight for their lives against the undead and other creatures. As they sojourn through the mountains to find a new way home, they encounter unexpected allies and a potential revelation about Leif’s past! But if they return, will it be a happy homecoming?

Shadow Witch

In a world full of magic and supernatural beings, what would you do if you were the only non-magical being in your family?

Bracken Carmichael is that very girl. Classed as an outcast amongst her people, her life has been a roller coaster of emotions in a normally dull little village.

But life is about to get very interesting when the Vampire Lord visits. Danger is around every corner and it seems that her family know more than they are letting on.

With an entire village against her, Bracken needs to find herself some allies, before a much darker time draws closer.

Shadow on the Other Shore

WHEN THE WINTER SUN SETS IN HELL AND CROWNS ITSELF KING...
THE EVE OF DESTRUCTION SHALL BEGIN.

Gaiadon, was paradise and fondly called The Other Shore, until The Lord of the Dark Flame, Conquest, shattered the Heartlands and built his demon city, Lodewick, upon the
rubble and ruin. Using blood magic to cast his dark arts, Conquest masquerading as Lord Abrecan, harvests power from his thralls in Baelmonarchia, while he brutalizes the lands and their Governors in the North. Anarchy erupts in fire and fury when Micah Apollon, crowns himself King on the forbidden Night of The Dead.
Meanwhile, in Mountwraith a hidden Spectral Star appears, but will the secretive Romarii meet the terms of the covenant they made. Will they be able to protect the Spectral Star from the Acolytes of Anuk.
Elgenubi Zuben, one of a group of insurgents called The Ten, give aid to Reynard and Lady Leleth's son, even though they are favoured members of Lord Abrecan's demonic inner circle.

THERE IS ONLY A WHISPER OF SHADE BETWEEN THE LIGHT AND THE DARK, YET THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE GODS AND DEMONS COME TO MAKE WAR.
GAIADON. THE OTHER SHORE.

Secret Island - A New Dawn

In this sequel to Christopher Hayes-Brown's book Secret Island, the High Lord Amon of Atlantis devises a plan to rebuild and recolonise an Earth which has suffered a complete environmental collapse. While Amon himself stays behind and travels across Atlantis, a series of ships undertake the dangerous journey into an unknown world. Prince Oliver and Prince Artorious are on board the lead ship. As they head towards the continent of Africa, what will they discover?

Sea of Tears

The Keeper of the Dead protects all souls; living and dead.

Newly named Keeper of the Dead, Sondra Carstairs, senses a new threat to the remote Atlantic island of Anona. When a soul reaches out to her from deep within the formless energy of the veil, Sondra receives the confirmation she needs. For when this soul walked among the living, he was a powerful Man of the Sea and her father.

Then Livy Talbot, Sondra’s cousin, arrives on Anona and the threat is revealed: an enemy of the Keeper with the ability to command the sea into a deadly storm. To keep her cousin alive, Sondra follows her instincts—and her father’s guidance—and banishes the storm. In doing so, she reveals her own strength to this faceless islander that sends storms easily from the shadows.

When this islander reveals an additional ability to steal another’s soul, Sondra has to figure out who this islander is—and why they are determined to push Anona into the Land of the Dead, from where none will return.

Reaper

The devil is back and angrier than ever. Jethro has lost everything, including Indie – the other half of his soul. With the struggles of a new era and an enslaved world, Jethro must fight his way to revenge. His only goal is to kill the Bravillia King, the man who took from him something even more precious than Indie.

With a new team of friends and a new life, Jethro is confronted with a heart-wrenching decision that could change everything.  

Quest for the Island's Treasure

Ella is sent to the island of Jersey to stay with her aunt and has no idea what is in store for her once she arrives. Making new friends – both young and old – Ella has the opportunity to explore the island of Jersey and to discover many of its amazing sights. With her friends James and Marcus, she embarks on a mysterious trail in the quest for long-forgotten treasure. With the amazing help of a startling source, the children begin to realise that there is something more important in life than treasure.

One Step Away

John Kenton, a young man caught between limiting parental guidance and an imagination fired by hidden meaning, is killed one evening by a lorry as he cycles home from school along the icy roads of his West Yorkshire village.

Death provides a choice to go with a catcher to his next stage in life in the afterworld or remain ‘between worlds’, closer to his home and his reality. This is a world of denial and conflict, populated by those fearing judgement of their lives on Earth, the Leaves. Before going with the catcher, an ancient link forges a connection between him and one such Leaf, Simon, kindling a quest that he must somehow free him from his own misjudgement.

Embarking on a journey of self-discovery, he learns how the afterworld is structured and organised and meets others like him. This reunites him with his partner, who like him is descended from an apparently extinct and mythical bloodline. She awakens him to their love and journeys together, spanning almost five hundred years.

Past life times and true identity revealed, he and his friends are brought into conflict with the Leaves who hold Simon and torment his family still living on Earth.

Oklem

“Just because the war is over, doesn’t mean the story is.”

What happens after a 10-year war? Unity brought the Mortal, Fire, Ice and Earth Nations together to defeat Skull, a pirate army desperate to merge the supernatural world with the mortal.

19-year-old Azar Geminus finds himself at the centre of a bizarre, supernatural mystery. With the war at an end, and his heart broken, his only goal is to reunite with his parents. But this proves more challenging than expected when he learns that they have gone missing. Whilst the city he has lived in all his life begins to expose the darkness that dwells within, Azar finds himself changing in ways he cannot control.

As betrayal, mystery, and danger close in around him, Azar realises that there are three sides to every story: the Nations, the supernatural, and the truth. As one war ends, another, much more personal, is just beginning. And when the fate of the Nations rests on lies, who else can he rely on other than himself?