Dead Fish Books

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Helen E Davis lives in Ohio with her husband, twin daughters, and two cats. She has been writing Science Fiction and Fantasy as long as she remembers, and her fiction has appeared in MZB Sword and Sorceress and other places.. She enjoys knitting and theological discussions. For more information, go to www.mercierdavis.com

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Desert Songs
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 36,540. Language: English. Published: August 22, 2023 by Dead Fish Books. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Fantasy » Epic
A desert of sand, of water, of grass. Three men: Kavyn, his future lost among deadly dunes; Silver, banished from his people for his crime, and Dynis, determined to forge Swordsons to replace the Swordbrothers lost to battlefields. Before any of them can find the way home, they each must face pirates, demons, and the secrets hidden in their hearts.
Yay! They're Here!
Price: $5.00 USD. Words: 64,090. Language: English. Published: August 1, 2023 by Dead Fish Books. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
The Aliens are coming! The Aliens are coming! O Happy Day! And then…the course of First Contact never runs smooth.
Cows (With Jetpacks) vs (Time Traveling) Velociraptors: An Experiment
Price: Free! Words: 1,690. Language: English. Published: June 27, 2023 by Dead Fish Books. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
Cows. Jetpacks. Velociraptors. Time Travel. What else do you need?
To Reign in Hell: Volant Flyway 2
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 81,690. Language: English. Published: August 19, 2022 by Dead Fish Books. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » Science fiction » Hard sci-fi
Two years after the violent suppression of the People’s Assembly, the survivors live on either in the increasingly repressive Volant Habitat or as exiles on Mars. But the hopes of the Mars Now Movement for terraforming the Red Planet have been suppressed and are facing extinction. Will Volant dreams of flying free on Mars be crushed by tyranny?
Back To Nature
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 2,400. Language: English. Published: August 1, 2020 by Dead Fish Books. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
Oudeis has but one purpose; how will he fulfill it? Short Fiction from the Volant Flyway
Maroon Sunia: Barbarian Princess of the Frozen North
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 116,250. Language: English. Published: June 27, 2020 by Dead Fish Books. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Fantasy » General
There once was a maid who longed for adventure. Here, finally, is the full story of Maroon Sunia, Barbarian Princess of the Frozen North.
The Surgeon's Hands
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 4,970. Language: English. Published: June 27, 2020 by Dead Fish Books. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
Will Caine Stillman save his friend? Or will he kill him? Dr. Stillman is the only person on distant moon who can perform the high-risk surgery, but nerve damage interferes with his ability to control the cyber-surgery tools. Can he get past his problems—emotional as well as physical—to do what needs to be done?
Flying The Friendly Skies 2015
Price: Free! Words: 3,200. Language: English. Published: June 29, 2012 by Dead Fish Books. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias
"Who's the terrorist?" It's a game Jeanne plays while waiting to fly in this near-future story of airplane travel, where plane security and economy trumps the comfort of travel. You think it's bad now? Just wait...
The Curious Incident of the Investigation of R'lyeh
Price: Free! Words: 1,380. Language: English. Published: January 29, 2011 by Dead Fish Books. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Apocalyptic, Fiction » Science fiction » Steampunk & retropunk
(3.00 from 1 review)
What really happened at R'lyeh? Airman Feginald Hoot explains. Trigger warning: Puns.
Rails Across The Dragonlands
Price: Free! Words: 5,030. Language: English. Published: January 28, 2011 by Dead Fish Books. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Epic
When Sven Svanson, Professional Hero, takes a train across the Dragonlands, he finds the journey taking an unexpected and lethal turn -- and all weapons are locked in the baggage car.

Books

Universe of Attractions: Cross-Species Speculative Fiction Love Stories
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 104,480. Language: English. Published: July 31, 2021 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Romance » Fantasy
These twenty stories cover the range of Speculative Fiction—Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror—as well as the entirety of Human experience. From Ancient Greece to a far-flung futures, from suburbia to empty wilderness, these stories look for love wherever it is found. Sometimes there are happy endings. Sometimes it cannot be. Love is always a chancy thing.

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  • Smashwords Style Guide on Aug. 09, 2022

    This is an amazing book, once you understand how to work the "Styles" section in Word. Mark shows how the Styles section of the Word program can be used to easily format a book. Just work through it, step by step. The techniques he describes here can be used to easily manipulate any Word project.