THERE ARE MANY SECRETS IN THIS WORLD–some are smothered before they ever have a chance to come to light. It’s the same here as in the stars. Human nature is the excuse some people use, but it is so much bigger than that. Organic thinking is almost impossible to replicate. The brain is more complex…
THE WORLD HAS CHANGED. Once crowded cities now stand empty. The blue sky has been filled with a thick grey haze that holds onto the sun’s light–allowing only the smallest amount to pass through and illuminate the planet’s surface. “Why does Pickett keep sending us on these runs, again?” Zath’s voice crackles through the speaker on…
Danica Playful, carefree, but not one to avoid responsibility, Danica is Lex’ most productive scout as far as distance covered is concerned. She is fast, sometimes thorough, and not afraid to mingle with humans. As a Zpectrite’s machine, some might say her approach is risky, but she thrives in situations where the possibility of a…
Book reviews are back! Have a book you’d like to submit? Email marketing@mechapandapublishing.com. Because of events in my own life, it took me a little bit of time to get into this book. But once I did I was hooked. It’s been a long time since a book has enticed me to stay up past…
By Kella Campbell Is it overreacting to knock someone down for groping you? Nell Whelan is a black belt whose self-protective instincts kick in hard when she’s uncomfortable. Then she arrives at her hated day job to find the handsome jerk from the pub kicking the photocopier, and finds out that he looks familiar because…
By Helen Whistberry Jim Malhaven is a lonely hack reporter stringing along on assignments no one else wants at the local paper until he gets the scoop of his life. There’s a mysterious wraith haunting the local cemetery, and it’s up to him to get to the bottom of the ghostly goings-on. Along the way,…
In a world adopted by those who have escaped war, it is impossible to avoid being influenced by beings of great power. Meet Elza Zakarian, mother, soldier, and once a respected member of the Generals. As one who survived a war, she only turned to it for change when she saw the harm her kind’s…
By Minka Kent After barely surviving a brutal attack, Brienne Dougray rarely leaves her house. Suffering from debilitating headaches and memory loss, she can rely only on her compassionate new tenant, Dr. Niall Emberlin, a welcome distraction from the discomfiting bubble that has become her existence. But Brienne’s growing confidence in her new routine is…
By Clare Pooley Julian Jessop, an eccentric, lonely artist and septuagenarian believes that most people aren’t really honest with each other. But what if they were? And so he writes–in a plain, green journal–the truth about his own life and leaves it in his local café. It’s run by the incredibly tidy and efficient Monica,…
A life-threatening accident reveals that Finn is a werewolf; the next morning, he receives an invitation to a secluded high school. Finn quickly realizes that the school is in fact an academy for monsters and is far more perilous and full of adventure than he ever expected. But Haunted High has had a dangerous history…
