James Beamon is a science fiction and fantasy author whose short stories have appeared in places such as Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine, Apex, Lightspeed and Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show. He spent twelve years in the Air Force, deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, and is in possession of the perfect buffalo wings recipe that he learned from carnies. He currently lives in Virginia with his wife, son and attack cat. He's serious about the attack cat... do not point at it.
Jason is the Chosen One of Prophecy... maybe. His unmarked body may be the catalyst that brings about the return of the corrupting God of Power, and with him, the threat of madness and chaos. That's enough for the Holy Aian Empire to stop at nothing to see Jason dead, even if that means total war with the peoples of the Free States. Little do they know Jason's not truly aian or that his...
Melvin Morrow has become a barbarian warrior maiden. Will he be able to escape this new, dangerous world and the chainmail bikini he foolishly chose as his armor or will he and his friends be stuck living their lives as their game avatars? Melvin's a teenage boy not used to being ogled or the real world consequences of wearing a steel bikini. But the real world has shifted... him, his friends...
Rich is a rock between two hard places. He's currently a marble statue, the cost for casting a spell reserved for the clearly insane or truly desperate. His friends refuse to leave this fantasy world without him. They may be badasses, but getting Rich less statuesque will involve witches, vamp-beasts and cutthroat discounts for marble art. Even if his friends manage to free Rich without serious...
Mike's done with this life. He's tired of mages and portals, a brother who's a warrior woman, and his own scarred up little megrym body. Now he's got an army at his back. This time, when he wants to take the Rift Pendulum home, better nobody even think to tell him no. Even though the Pendulum War is over, there are still forces out there bent to stop him. Druze Wozencraft's body is under...