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Proof That There’s No Map: Omegaverse

Hartwell is on the run, from the government, from his fate as an omega, and from the world at large. He wrecks his car on a steep mountain road, narrowly escaping death - but who would be living al...

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Tongues of Fire

Following a meteor crash in a destitute town in Northern California, a nine-year old girl starts exhibiting strange behavior, such as speaking Ancient Egyptian and solving advanced Math problems. H...

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Dark Witch Rising - rural supernatural horror

Greer Dane swore she'd never go back. But after her mom’s death, the curse her grandmother laid starts to evolve—dragging Greer into a darker world. Something ancient is waking. And it wants her ba...

Vengeance

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Vengeance

..."We all are like weapons, brute animals caged in human form, and all weapons, predators, or preys always have their days".

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The Travel Nurse

A young woman beginning her nursing career in 1950's rural Ontario is sent to provide care in the home of a dying woman. Once there, she finds herself thrust into a decade-long dysfunctional relati...

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Tropical Cyclone Repression

A tale of gossip, drama and consequences based in a small bigotted and bogan town in Queensland's Tropical North.

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Before the Cracks Showed

David follows his friends to an isolated farmhouse, hoping for safety. Instead, something follows him. As strange events twist reality around the house, David begins to understand the terrifying tr...

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The Stranger Among Us

Daniel, Mike, and Steven are three high schoolers growing up in rural West Virginia during the rise of the opioid crisis. This is an exploration of place, tragedy, death, and addiction. Daniel's fa...

In Fields That Were the Universe

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In Fields That Were the Universe

Someday, my friend, you too will be forbidden to come back here. A collection of poems about the tail end of growing up, the last vestiges of youth and learning how to navigate what appears to be a...

Planted

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Planted

Misty is growing up in a town that no one ever leaves. "Bloom where you are planted," is a phrase often invoked by the old folks of the town. Still, Misty feels stifled by her classmates, her paren...

Maiyi Onmyoji

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Maiyi Onmyoji

I was born lacking yin energy, so to save me, my grandfather arranged for me to marry a ghost bride. Grandpa said I couldn’t learn his art of face reading until I turned thirty, or I would be plagu...