1889 Labs


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1889 Labs is an independent publisher dedicated to producing the best strange fiction conceivable by the human brain. Catering to a specific demographic of men and women between the ages of 3 and 97, we print everything from kids books to serious stories for adults. Our goal is to bring you on an amazing adventure onscreen and off. We hope you’ll take us up on the offer.

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Bone Fragments    by Gabriel Gadfly
Price: $0.99 USD. 5260 words. Published by 1889 Labs  on July 25, 2011. .

(5.00)
Set in Iraq, China, and many other places, Bone Fragments reflects the kaleidoscope of life at war, evoking the colors, sounds and sorrows of those in battle, and those left behind.
Touchstone    by Letitia Coyne
Price: $2.99 USD. 61460 words. Published by 1889 Labs  on February 29, 2012. .

(5.00)
When war is all you’ve ever known, the promise of peace is more terrifying than any battle. For Freya, there is no life worth remembering before the army, and none worth imagining after. As a young man, Dragan was blooded on the rush of adrenaline and sated by the euphoria of victory. Together they survived the war. But can they survive peace when it means different things to each of them?
Gangster    by M Jones
Price: $2.99 USD. 62780 words. Published by 1889 Labs  on January 30, 2012. .

(5.00)
From the basement speakeasies of 1926 Chicago to the decadent Hollywood parties, psychopathic Clara slices her way through people across America in her quest for fame. Brought along for the whirlwind ride of her murderous rampage, her enigmatic alien companion patiently waits for the opportunity to find his own target, a former friend set for assassination. Humans. They're a bloodthirsty lot.
Vampire General: Intern with the Vampire    by Kit Iwasaki
Price: $0.99 USD. 32480 words. Published by 1889 Labs  on April 13, 2011. .

(4.08)
Human medicine is easy. On her first day at Grace General Hospital, new intern Aline Harman risks vampire infection, vivisection, and having her heart torn out of her chest… and this from her colleagues.
The Antithesis: Book Two Alpha    by Terra Whiteman
Price: $3.99 USD. 99380 words. Published by 1889 Labs  on August 14, 2011. .

(4.00)
Qaira Eltruan is the Commandant of the Enforcers, Sanctum's Special Military Sect of angel exterminators. The war against the Archaeans has been nothing but a seventy-year stalemate, yet everything is set to change with the arrival of a mysterious Scholar who can serve to sway the battle in their favor. But this Scholar has secrets of her own... Secrets that may kill them all.
Bears, Recycling and Confusing Time Paradoxes    by Greg X. Graves
Price: $0.99 USD. 28670 words. Published by 1889 Labs  on April 1, 2011. .

0.75 star(3.75)
Do you want to recycle but aren’t sure how? Are you concerned that a potential suitor may be a vampire? Have you attended a job interview only to be greeted by Hideous Telepathic Space-faring Lizardmen in Mansuits? The Guide to Moral Living in Examples educates on these and many more common moral conundrums, offering bite-sized advice for nearly every improbable situation.
The Antithesis    by Terra Whiteman
Price: Free! 81040 words. Published by 1889 Labs  on July 12, 2011. .

0.5 star(3.50)
Justice Alezair Czynri is the newest recruit of the Jury, a group of powerful beings who reside in Purgatory and enforce the Code between Heaven and Hell. However, Justice Czynri could not have come at a worse time. A storm lays just over the horizon... One that brings with it a war.


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