Wednesday, November 6, 2024

The Mayhem Virus

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Following the events of a futuristic world where ethics and morality are victims of technological and scientific advancement. The Mayhem Virus challenges the agency and sovereignty of the people who augmented and enhanced their bodies with robotics. Those who refused to accept such augmentations are viewed as lower class citizens and treated in that way. Born in California, Mathew L. Brengman earned a BA in English and a minor in Radio, Television, and Film from the California State University of Fullerton. Mathew's journey has been rich with diverse artistic endeavors. In Los Angeles, he honed his film-making skills, writing, directing, acting in, producing, and editing both short and feature-length films. Some of his work includes films like Rules of the Trade and To Sleep and Dream, as well as short stories such as The Perfection of Time and Passing By. His theatrical talents have graced stages in Southern California and Europe, showcasing his dynamic range as a performer. Currently, he works to enhance AI, underscoring his passion for exploring cutting-edge technologies. His assortment of experiences enriches his storytelling, imbuing his novels with a unique blend of cinematic flair and deep narrative insight. Whether by picture or page, Mathew continues to enrapture audiences.










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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Shattered Faerie Tales: Rise of the Heirs

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Snow White,Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Rapunzel rule their kingdoms with an iron fist—so harshly, in fact, that Snow has strictly forbidden her daughter Rose from marrying her one true love simply because he is the son of the Evil Queen. Instead, the tyrannical queens have all arranged marriages against their own children’s will. Ever a rebel, Rose has decided to make her own path, forging an alliance with the Evil Queen and the other fairytale villains against her own mother. She hopes to inspire the next generation of royals to defy their parents and make their own destinies. After all, the heirs and heiresses are meant to be all-powerful kings and queens one day too, aren’t they? But when Rose uncovers a long-hidden secret, a new power will arise, and a nightmarish betrayal will upend everything they thought the rebels knew... Is Rose’s rebellion doomed to fail, or can all the young royals escape “unhappily ever after”?





Monday, November 4, 2024

Dark Treats: 17 Short Stories

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Dark Treats: 17 Short Stories 


17 mind twisty short stories about edgy characters dealing with their bugaboos. Forget the supernatural shivers and fantasy frights, these “everyday” horrors, whether psychological or sexual or religious or extraterrestrial, will rock your sense of what’s right with the world.

Characters include a questionably real stripper, a seriously twisted contortionist, a contemplative Russian hitman, an Edwardian lover with a poison pen, a young married couple with a “trainer baby,” a diabolical old priest, a pep-talking wartime colonel, a woman tempted by God to the breaking point, a disillusioned young public relations trainee, an extragalactic mischief maker, a boy with the worst father figure ever, and the atheist clown on a kids’ TV show.

With story title illustrations by the author.

The Song of Immaru: Earth's Door

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The Song of Immaru: Earth's Door


Winner of Literary Titan Gold Book Award: Fiction 2024 and FAPA President's Silver Book Award: Sci-Fi 2024

“But in some way, my goal is the same as your goal. Noble—and eternal. What you must understand is that without the darkness”—he began to lift his phial, and a fiery tumult swirled inside—“there . . . is . . . no . . . light.”

The vast plains of South Dakota offer Tarin solace from both his dreams of an unknown past and the rumblings of a new global war. Yet a haunting melody plays over the stillness of the grasslands, a melody he cannot escape—one that seems hungry to force him to . . . remember.

When a stranger dressed like a medieval traveler enters town, the already nervous community responds with alarm. Is this man there to cause trouble like the other newcomers—those who claim to be part of a government organization observing a new illness in the area? And how does this man know Tarin when Tarin has no recollection of him?

As the threat of war draws closer and strange sightings appear in the sky, Tarin begins to discover that all on the planet is not what it seems. What have his dreams been telling him? Is there more to the universe—to reality—than he could have ever imagined?

Earth’s Door is a brilliant blend of fantasy and sci-fi with masterful world-building and rich character development that will leave readers tearing through the pages. Breakout author PJ Dudek has written a captivating story that fans of Stranger Things, James Islington, and Brandon Sanderson are sure to love!




(Available for Pre-order now across hardback, audiobook, and ebook, launching in all format October 29)

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Sunday, November 3, 2024

Sky Exile

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Lidia has one job: to convince the psychiatrist at the center of her criminal case that she really is telling the truth about her past lives, outside the scope of present-day New York. If she fails to win him over, the world as they know it will be overtaken by the influence of a fugitive from another dimension, capable of corrupting the minds of countless innocent people in its bid to destroy existence. If Lidia's story doesn't strike a chord with the doctor, the whole world may pay the price.

During the Middle Age's most turbulent era of strife, a colossal wall of white fire inexplicably spreads across Europe, burning everything in its path. Against his better judgement, a soldier named Maddock abandons his isolated life to lead a village of desperate survivors to the mountains where deep caves might protect them from the inferno's destruction. Scrambling to stay ahead of the fire, the group gets caught in the middle of a savage battle between two rival armies who've been forced to confront each other midst the chaos. Competing for the protection of the depths underneath Jagged Peak, the refugees come to realize that there are things in life far more dangerous than a ravenous fire. Below the surface, the machinations of a temporal anomaly responsible for the dimensional fugitive, threatens to tear their delicate world apart. The same exile Lidia fears may have broken through to the modern era. Unless they can survive long enough to find him inside the mountain, everything they hold dear may be at risk.




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Saturday, November 2, 2024

Existence: Blank

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Existence: Blank


Death is only the beginning.

The world wears a mask of normalcy but beneath it all its tendrils of depression take hold. These tendrils have stabbed into Jack for as long as he can remember. One day, when he can't take it anymore, he is found by another wayward soul on his descent into madness. Will this Slasher Inspired killer continue his count or will another tortured soul be able to stop this maniac?






Friday, November 1, 2024

The DMT Death Dream of H.P. Lovecraft

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The DMT Death Dream of H.P. Lovecraft


This book chronicles the tragic death of the legendary cosmic horror writer H.P. Lovecraft and his final speculative moments upon the earth. In which the master of cosmic horror and philosophical founder of "Cosmicism" interfaces with the modern phenomenon of "near death experience." The book also raises questions about the "UAP phenomenon" which is presently challenging the scientific world's conceptions as to the possible reality of "alien contact," as well as our current understanding of the true nature of consciousness itself.







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The Mayhem Virus

    The Mayhem Virus Following the events of a futuristic world where ethics and morality are victims of technological and scientific advanc...