J. Naomi Ay

Lydia Kalila, the Princess Royal of Mishnah, is forced into marriage with the son of her country's mortal enemy for the sole purpose of producing an heir. Duty comes before personal choice for a princess, especially when her country has been at war for more than a thousand years. Lydia's pregnancy removes her brother and new husband from their respective lines of succession, placing her yet unborn infant at the head of both queues. No one is happy about this, especially Lydia who dies during childbirth from wounds caused by the talon-like toenails of her very strange newborn son. Grief stricken at the loss of his daughter, the Mishnese King hastily sends Senya, his infant grandson off to a decrepit inner city orphanage with the intent to retrieve him much later when things got sorted out. At the orphanage, Senya is protected by the invalid Sister Meri who instantly falls in love with the little fellow. She's not bothered at all by his strange telekinetic and telepathic powers, flickering pupil-less silver eyes, or wicked clawed toenails. The House Father takes a shine to the lad too, and when Senya is six years old, he is summoned to the Father's chamber. The Father ends up in flames, forcing Meri and Senya out into a snow storm running for their lives. Thus begins the tale of Senya, a prince created to be king of a planet but tossed aside until his twelfth birthday when Lt. Taner, a Royal Guard detective is sent to retrieve him. It is unclear to all whether Senya is the product of something good or something evil, but in either case, it is very apparent that he is something more than just Lydia Kalila's son. Note to readers: This title contains graphic language, sexual situations, and some violence. It is not intended for children or young teens.

The Two Moons of Rehnor, Book 1

The Boy who Lit up the Sky

A massive dust storm encircling the sector has stranded passengers on Spacebase 41-B. With the lights flickering, the HVAC system over stressed, and the Space Sailor's Bar running out of beer, could it get any worse? Actually, it can, and does when a waylaid Imperial spaceplane arrives carrying none other than the Imperial Family and Someone wants to play a little game. There will be winners and there will be losers. The question is, Is dying a win or a loss?

Space Chase

Katie is in the midst of a midlife crisis. She's bored with her husband of thirty years, worried about her still unmarried son, and her best friend is dying of cancer. Caroline's last request sends her friends to Earth to retrieve a package left there twenty-four years ago. The package is nothing like they expect and an adventure that takes them to a distant galaxy ensues. Metamorphosis is about change in the seasons, over the years, in our lives and in our love.

The Two Moons of Rehnor, Book 7

Metamorphosis

Steven Golden has just been commissioned as an ensign in the Imperial SpaceNavy aboard the Empire's newest ship, the Queen of Rozari. He's assigned to the squad of the nastiest commander in the whole fleet, LCDR Marik Korelesk. Steven's overprotective mom is having a little trouble adjusting to his absence and Steven himself is just not sure where he fits in. Add to that Steven's new friends including Sam, the nephew of the famous pilot Zem, who discovers that unlike his uncle, he's afraid to fly and Randy, who lives in the bowels of the ship in the top secret hacker lab. There's also a princess laying traps to ensnare a prince. Everyone must band together to save a planet in distress while Steven works to keep his true identity hidden from his friends.

The Two Moons of Rehnor, Book 6

Golden's Quest

The Two Moons of Rehnor, Book 10

Lincoln Cole

Richard Crawford

Cora Buhlert

Griffin Carmichael

Tom Germann

Jaleta Clegg

A. E. Wasp

Alexa Grave

George Donnelly

Edward M. Grant

Jeanette Raleigh

J.T. Williams

J. David Core

Carmilla Cross

John D. Ottini

Bill Hiatt

Eli Nixon

Heather Biedermann

N. D. Iverson

A Flash Fiction Halloween Anthology

Monster Maelstrom

Ary never knew who his real father was, but that was alright as he was surrounded by a loving family. Sandy, on the other hand, couldn’t get Ary’s father out of her mind, despite focusing on her work as Captain of the S/S Asteroid, and her almost-marriage to Kyle. When the Asteroid is called into the galactic divide, Ary and his almost-sister, Kit are deposited on a spacebase for vacation. There, they will be met by a strange man, who will take them across the stars to the meet the one who holds the key to Ary’s future.

Firesetter, Book 6

Strange Things

In Book 4 of the series The Two Moons of Rehnor, Senya returns to Rehnor to take over the throne. In the meantime, Katie is completing her final mission in space. When her contract ends, she must join Senya and fulfill the role that he has intended for her to do. A family emergency on Earth requires Katie to return home and despite Senya's warnings, she leaves Rehnor to return to the Alliance, one last time.

The Two Moons of Rehnor, Book 4

Firestone Rings

Ary has just been commissioned as an ensign in the Allied SpaceForce and assigned to the S/S Discovery. Like his mother’s command, the S/S Asteroid, budget cuts have left the ship on the verge of falling apart, but that’s the least of Ary’s problems. The truth is, he really doesn’t want to be there, on the ship, in outerspace, in SpaceForce. In the meantime, Sandy’s life is in even worse shape. The S/S Asteroid is being decommissioned, while Sandy is forced into an involuntary layoff. Responding to an advertisement to fly for Yber, the former starship captain sets her sights on being an entrepreneur. If only she didn’t have that little drinking problem, that dependency on her flask, not to mention that odd disease she picked up somewhere near the Intergalactic Divide; that deadly and virulent strain of the Intergalactic Avian Flu.

Firesetter, Book 7

Accidental Thoughts

Let's face it, Mike is a loser. Despite being born with the proverbial silver spoon, he's a failure at just about everything. After being hit in the head with a baseball, Mike wakes up unable to see, prompting his grandfather, Steve to take him across the stars in search of cure. However, Mike and Steve end up finding something more than just Mike's lost sight, something that will turn Mike into a king.

A Firesetter Prequel Short Story

Mike v2.0

A thousand years before on the rogue planet of Rozari, two nations are at war with each other. But, are they really? Or, is it manufactured conflicts for the benefit of the elite nobility and ruling class? As evil spreads, eventually encompassing the whole planet, it becomes apparent that only one man can rout it out and save them all. The question is, is he too late? Box set includes all three volumes in the Son of Rozari trilogy: The Squire The Maid's Daughter For God, Land & Love

Books 1 - 3

Son of Rozari Box Set

Sam Kates

Jane Cooper

Laura Greenwood

Jessie Thomas

Leah Ross

Alexa Kang

Cecilia Peartree

A.T. Brennan

Janice Croom

Vaughn Treude

From an unexpected twist on a classic Christmas tale and a soldier returning home from war to a pair of girls waiting for an unlikely Christmas wish to come true and a creepy evening in a museum, fill your briefest moments with this collection of 18 flash fiction stories. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 28.8px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'} Commuting to work? Grabbing a quick coffee? Each story tells a complete tale in but a few short minutes with the added promise of a lifelong introduction to new indie writers. You never know, you might just find your next favorite author. Christmas in Love, the third anthology in the Flash Flood series, is a hand-picked selection of master works in romance, science fiction and fantasy themed for Christmas and guaranteed to keep you engaged.

A Flash Fiction Anthology

Christmas in Love

The Imperial Court has moved to Rozari, to the villa by the Pink Sea, while the Imperial Palace undergoes renovations and reconstruction. Steve and Rent have been confined to the villa by the Mad Emperor, prisoners under house arrest while living in paradise. Rent is fine with this, as he has taken a fancy to Eva, the new Imperial Finance Minister, who resides in the villa's annex. Steve, however, is anxious to escape from both his childhood bedroom and his indifferent wife, Joanne. In the meantime, Anne Black has arrived on Earth in a stolen Spaceforce shuttle. Preferring solitude and reclusiveness, she spends her days blasting crows with her laser, or assassinating the flowers in the garden of her rented doublewide. One afternoon, while shopping in the local Big Box store, Anne collides with a man whose voice sends shivers down her spine. Although he reminds her of someone, he is clearly someone else, someone intent on taking her to places she doesn't want to go, including jail.

The Two Moons of Rehnor, Book 14

Betrayal

Joseph J. Bailey

Darcy Coates

David Estes

Alice Sabo

J. Thorn

Jamie Campbell

David VanDyke

T. M. Bilderback

Eva Harper

Saul Tanpepper

Steve Stroble

Brian Spangler

Greg Dragon

Randall J. Morris

J. V. Roberts

Gibson Morales

Chris Northern

A Multi-Author Anthology of Short Stories! Nineteen stories and hundreds of pages of apocalyptic fiction. This is Volume 6. Look for other books in series for more great reading! When the world falls apart, when civilization collapses, when life as we know it ends, our greatest terrors becomes real. Perhaps it's nuclear war with its poisonous radiation, hideous plagues or chemical contamination, rogue artificial intelligences controlling killer robots, or zombies that turn our friends and neighbors into inhuman monsters. What can the common man or woman do in the face of apocalyptic fears? The Apocalyptic Fears Series gives you collections of bestselling, award-winning or just plain exciting stories by some of the best independent authors of today. Shelter in Place by Saul Tanpepper A Loss of Standards by Alice Sabo Working by Committee by Steve Stroble Going Gray by Brian Spangler The Itch by Greg Dragon Tunnel by J. Thorn All the Dead Arising by Jamie Campbell Journey to Rehnor: The Departure by J. Naomi Ay The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by T.M. Bilderback The Zombie Pestilence by Randall J. Morris The Life Lottery by David Estes The Shattered Stones of Fate by David Estes The Runaway by David Estes Contagion by Joseph J. Bailey The Bloody Ballad of Isaac Byler by J.V. Roberts Station 331 by Darcy Coates The Cloudy Skulls by Eva Harper After the End by Gibson Morales Antidote Anecdote by Chris Northern Reaper's Run by David VanDyke

An Anthology of Short Stories

Apocalyptic Fears VI

A Firesetter Short Story Practically from his first memory, Ary knew he was destined for the SpaceForce Academy, following in the footsteps of his famous parents. However, attending the Alliance’s premier military school was quite a daunting prospect. Fortunately, his sort-of step-sister, Kit would be right by his side. That is, until Kit unexpectedly announces she'd rather try her luck on Broadway. Now, Ary’s off to the Academy himself, doing his best not to screw up and unfortunately failing miserably.

Firesetter 6.5

Lessons Learned

It was clear to Lance that his father hated him. Why else would he leave everything to Hank, except for that coin? You know, the one with some dude’s head on it, the ancient Euro or whatever it was. Except it wasn’t a Euro according to the pawnbroker. Turns out, it’s an old Imperial Coin from the days of the Great Emperor, and it might be worth a whole lot of dough on the other side of the galaxy, if Lance could somehow manage to take it there. But, how does a guy, who owes the hospital a lifetime’s worth of earnings, manage to travel across the stars? Turns out, he can do it for free. Not only that, but he can get three squares a day, an apartment complete with roommates, and two sets of clothes, albeit in spandex. It’s like prison, but with benefits. It’s SpaceForce. In the meantime, on the other side of the galaxy, Ailana is stuck next to her hated cousin, Embo in their grandmother’s sewing shop, forever listening to the old woman wax on about her glory days as a Royal Seamstress. No matter how she tries, Ailana can’t break free of Grandmother and her needling, even after the old woman is dead. However, it will be through her needle and thread, that Ailana gains admittance into the privileged world of the nobility, where fate will introduce her to a man that bears a striking resemblance to the face on Lance’s coin.

Firesetter, Book 1

A Thread of Time

An epic adventure of galactic proportions! A Thread of Time: It was clear to Lance that his father hated him. Why else would he leave everything to Hank, except for that coin? You know, the one with some dude’s head on it, the ancient Euro or whatever it was. Except it wasn’t a Euro according to the pawnbroker. Turns out, it’s an old Imperial Coin from the days of the Great Emperor, and it might be worth a whole lot of dough on the other side of the galaxy, if Lance could somehow manage to take it there. But, how does a guy, who owes the hospital a lifetime’s worth of earnings, manage to travel across the stars? Turns out, he can do it for free. Not only that, but he can get three squares a day, an apartment complete with roommates, and two sets of clothes, albeit in spandex. It’s like prison, but with benefits. It’s SpaceForce. In the meantime, on the other side of the galaxy, Ailana is stuck next to her hated cousin, Embo in their grandmother’s sewing shop, forever listening to the old woman wax on about her glory days as a Royal Seamstress. No matter how she tries, Ailana can’t break free of Grandmother and her needling, even after the old woman is dead. However, it will be through her needle and thread, that Ailana gains admittance into the privileged world of the nobility, where fate will introduce her to a man that bears a striking resemblance to the face on Lance’s coin. Amyr's Command: Lance thought his life was going well. He had his own ship, the Flying Mule, an awesome crew including his best friends, Wen and Nood, a lovely and intelligent, teenage daughter, Sandy, and lucrative contracts hauling coconuts between two warring planets. When a twist of fate sends the Flying Mule to an unscheduled stop at a nearby spacebase, Lance’s almost-perfect world goes spiraling out of control. His daughter disappears, a leak in the hydraulic system temporarily grounds the ship, and a SpaceForce safety auditor, who just-so happens to be sleeping with Lance’s ex, is demanding a full audit of his cargo. Lance is forced to take evasive action. To find his daughter, he’s got to leave the spacebase fast, but the only way he can is by kidnapping the SpaceForce officer, and allowing a strange, alien guy, with a propensity to light fires, to join his crew. Now, Lance is at the mercy of the alien guy, who not only knows where Sandy has gone, but is taking the cargo to somewhere else, to a planet in turmoil on the other side of the galaxy. Three Kings: Sandy is heading off to college as brand new cadet at the SpaceForce Academy when something goes horribly wrong with the transport plane. Two hundred teenagers are trapped with only a drunken captain and a mechanical droid, who is programmed to do nothing more than serve tiny cups of soda and non-legume snacks. Fortunately, the Flying Mule is in the vicinity and a rescue is only moments away. That’s until the transport plane is sucked into a worm tunnel, whisking everyone across the galaxy. Back on Rehnor, Dov has moved Ailana and her young son to his duchy in Kildoo, after the destruction of yet another palace. As no one else is sitting the throne, Dov has declared himself the new king, despite his lack of an army, lack of funds, and lack of subjects. Ailana has contracted a disease and has requested to see her son Amyr before she dies. Sir Bennet is now tasked with locating the elusive young man and dragging him back to Rehnor kicking and screaming. In the meantime, in Karupatani, King Rekah frets about his own lack of funds to provide for the many immigrants returning to his shores. If only they had something to sell, something upon which they might build an economy.

Firesetter: Books 1 - 3 Box Set

J. Naomi Ay

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