DreamCraft

Publisher info

DreamCraft is a multimedia studio in South Australia which issues a growing range of ebooks and, occasionally, paperbacks.

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Where to buy in print

Falconstone
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 136,230. Language: English. Published: November 18, 2018 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal
Finding himself heir to his uncle's estate, Scott Lennox thinks his luck has changed. But he's inherited trouble: a neglected mansion on a bleak moor, with a blizzard coming. And ancient Falconstone hides a terrible secret: by night, it murmurs with the voices of those who perished there. But its dangerous riddle brings out antiquarian Adam Harding, and Scott knows in a moment--Adam is 'the one.'
Future Imperfect Omnibus
Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 225,420. Language: English. Published: October 28, 2018 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
Under one cover for the first time, three tales of a ‘broken Earth’ ... with a difference. Humans -- survivors, pioneers, environmental scientists -- are working to repair the damage, save the planet, rebuild our hope for a bright future. WINDRAGE, TIGER, TIGER, CALLISTO SWITCH ... and as a bonus in this ebook edition, AQUAMARINE, complete and uncut! (Aquamarine does not feature in the paperback.)
Scimitar - Basilisk - Endgame Omnibus
Series: NARC. Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 392,070. Language: English. Published: July 20, 2018 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Hard sci-fi
This Omnibus features the final trilogy closing the NARC series -- Scimitar, Basilisk and Endgame under one cover, at a massive 390,000 words. Every question is answered, every thread tied off, in a tour de force of action, intrigue and sensuality spanning all the worlds and all the characters readers came to know throughout the million-word NARC series.
Aphelion
Series: NARC. Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 164,740. Language: English. Published: July 20, 2018 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Hard sci-fi
With the Scorpio 'bust' complete, all roads lead to the homeworlds. Jarrat and Stone can only follow -- to Earth. Mars. Duty takes them to Chicago, Marsport and Jupiter’s incredible skycities … nothing is as it seems. Soon they learn to trust only those they know, believe only what they see, as they and the key members of the Athena’s complement bend the rules to breaking-point -- and beyond.
Stopover
Series: NARC. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 44,940. Language: English. Published: July 20, 2018 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Hard sci-fi
Jarrat and Stone are aboard the starclipper Pacifica, headed for a tropical resort, but downtime becomes an explosive excursion into an industrial hell-zone. They find themselves making a flight right into Hades -- cut off from NARC, carrier, backup and weapons, they're on their own devices, surviving on their wits. Making it to that island resort starts to look like an impossible fantasy.
Scorpio
Series: NARC. Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 181,000. Language: English. Published: July 20, 2018 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Hard sci-fi
If the Equinox job presented a challenge, this one is a roller coaster. The assignment is Scorpio, in the colony of Aurora, where corporation and government intertwine and ancient secrets might provide the key to the syndicate's defeat. The investigation takes Jarrat and Stone into the hearts of Aurora's super-cities, but the seeds of rot lie as far away as Mars, in Earth's own backyard.
Equinox
Series: NARC. Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 120,810. Language: English. Published: July 20, 2018 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Hard sci-fi
Angel: a synthetic drug so pervasive and deadly, it has built empires, torn down worlds. Tactical in the city of Elysium -- on the moon of Avalon, orbiting a green-faced giant world -- suspects Equinox Industries of being behind the manufacture of Angel. Jarrat and Stone need their empathic powers as well as twenty-fourth century tech to stay ahead of their corporate enemies.
Death's Head
Series: NARC. Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 176,410. Language: English. Published: July 20, 2018 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Hard sci-fi
Four centuries from now the designer drug, Angel, is plague. A new breed of hero arises to fight it. Jarrat and Stone are Narcotics and Riot Control captains, concealing their feelings for one another in accordance with NARC regulation -- until both are almost killed in line of duty. Survival is bought at the price of permanent empathic bonding … what price their command rank now?
Event Horizon
Series: Hellgate. Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 303,070. Language: English. Published: July 17, 2018 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
The immense closing volume of the Hellgate series -- two novels under one cover: over 300,000 words in which Mel Keegan ties off every thread, resolves every mystery from The Rabelais Alliance through Deep Sky, Cry Liberty, Probe and Flashpoint. Colonial War, Zunshu, transspace, Lai’a … Event Horizon leaves no question unanswered, in an explosive, unpredictable and satisfying finale.
Home From The Sea
Price: $8.99 USD. Words: 98,960. Language: English. Published: July 17, 2018 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General, Fiction » Historical » United Kingdom
Mystery explodes like the storm pounding England in 1769. Before Jim Fairley learns the shocking secrets Toby Trelane’s hidden for years, they’ll face deception, fear, death, in a Gothic tale spanning the globe without leaving The Raven. It’s years since Jim inherited the tavern. He never imagined adventure, romance, danger, would walk up to his door and haul him into a whirl of intrigue.
More Than Human
Price: $8.99 USD. Words: 87,620. Language: English. Published: July 17, 2018 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Science fiction » General
When the Gilgamesh returns from Eidolon, her crew discovers a new regime on Earth, new laws in force. They’re unwanted aliens, with no rights. Their one chance is to get the ship away before they can be seized for dreadful purposes. Government spook Adrian Balfour has his own agenda: soon he’s lying to the authorities in a race against time, as he discovers his own place among the starshippers.
Shadow and Flame
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 30,100. Language: English. Published: July 17, 2018 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Fantasy » General
The music builds, the audience awaits the fire juggler -- Tai Emreth steps into the lights. He sets eyes on the lord of Murkul-zahd and knows he has made a bad mistake. But this show is the price of his liberty: he must go on despite warnings from a stranger with a cat’s moves, a hawk’s eyes, the voice of the wicked cities of the west. The stranger’s vanished now, leaving Tai in terrible danger.
Flashpoint
Series: Hellgate. Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 251,910. Language: English. Published: November 16, 2011 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » High tech, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General
The long-awaited penultimate volume in the ground-breaking HELLGATE series. At 250,000 words Flashpoint is an epic work, taking Travers and Marin to the crux of war. The Chicago battle group is bound for Velcastra, the frontier colonies are being lost to the Zunshu, Lai’a tests the new drive in Rabelais Space … and even if you’ve lived and breathed Hellgate, what happens next will rock you.
Storm Tide
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 82,290. Language: English. Published: September 10, 2011 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General
Sean Brodie, an American working downunder, and his partner, Rob Markham, take a fishing trip on the south coast. As a storm approaches they aid a luxury cruiser apparently in trouble, only to find they've stumbled on a drug smuggling gang's offshore headquarters. A lucky escape is the start of their trouble. In a thriller set in his native Aus, Mel Keegan delivers a fast, gay adventure-thriller.
Ice, Wind and Fire
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 90,820. Language: English. Published: September 10, 2011 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General
Greg Farris and Alex Connor, newsmen from Perspective magazine, head to Jamaica on a vacation which soon goes askew. Scuba diving after a storm, they discover the wreck of a light plane ... and the lid is off Pandora’s box. They’re on a survival run in the teeth of smugglers, slave traders, murderers, bushfire – and the storm of the decade. Sizzling gay romance from the pen of the maestro!
Probe
Series: Hellgate. Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 149,330. Language: English. Published: September 4, 2011 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General
For Travers and Marin these are bittersweet days, filled with self-discovery but shadowed by fear. They long for the Colonial Wars to be over, yet find themselves at the crux of the danger, politics and intrigue as Harrison Shapiro makes his gambit and Michael Vidal prepares to fly the mission of his life, into the dark heart of Hellgate. The stakes are the liberty, the survival of the Deep Sky.
Cry Liberty
Series: Hellgate. Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 153,320. Language: English. Published: September 4, 2011 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General
The Colonial War begins as the Zunshu devour worlds beyond Hellgate. The Confederacy deploys in the Deep Sky and the last Resalq fight for the survival of all. The struggle for the liberty of the frontier might die stillborn. Marin and Travers spearhead the action, from the heights of On’rabi to the pits of Omaru’s citybottom. The future will be forged in the dark heart of Hellgate.
Deep Sky
Series: Hellgate. Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 157,620. Language: English. Published: September 4, 2011 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General
The humans of the Deep Sky’s rebel colonies and the last of the Resalq fight to survive against an enemy known only as the Zunshu -- and the odds are against them. Nothing is what it seems, with allies in Fleet and enemies among the Freespacers. When Travers and Marin are assigned to the super-carrier Kiev on the Omaru blockade, all bets are off, and it’s every man for himself.
The Rabelais Alliance
Series: Hellgate. Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 177,940. Language: English. Published: September 4, 2011 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General
(5.00 from 1 review)
In a part of space so terrible it is known as Hellgate, the Fleet supercarriers hunt the starship wreckers, privateers who, alone, navigate the Rabelais Drift and hold the keys to survival on the frontier. The Resalq are not the dead race humans suppose; we share a common enemy known only as the Zunshu. Neil Travers and Curtis Marin are at the hub of spiraling events which must culminate in war.
An East Wind Blowing
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 121,580. Language: English. Published: July 30, 2011 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General
(5.00 from 1 review)
A classic gay romance set in the northeast of a land not yet known as England. The Romans are gone; the Britons are driven back by Angles who come with the east wind. Ronan and Bryn are eager to defend their home, but Ronan is a common freeman and Bryn a chief’s son. Society divides them until the night Bryn's heritage is stripped away, and only luck leaves him and Ronan alive to see the dawn.
Breakheart
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 11,120. Language: English. Published: March 4, 2011 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General
In deep winter the only shelter for miles is 'Breakheart,' the settlement of Brennan's Rath, by the Nine Sisters. A young bondsman rescues an enigmatic stranger and uncovers a life-and-death mystery. Richard Leon is an outcast from the prestigious Scryers' Guild, ostracized even by his friends -- the only way to honor is through the hunt, the sword.
The Haunted Coast
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 43,650. Language: English. Published: March 4, 2011 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General
Ghost hunting and sizzling Lesbian romance in one of the UK's most haunted towns. Brigid Hawking, 'the Van Helsing of ghost hunters,' and paranormal researcher Mel Jenkins are on the front lines at a major event. But the assignment is not just about demonstrating the reality of the paranormal world. For Brigid and Mel it's entirely personal -- and very possibly lethal.
Coming Out in Coopers Crossing
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 15,390. Language: English. Published: March 4, 2011 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
Sam grew up gay in a flyspeck town in rural Australia -- his heroes are two legendary gay bushrangers, and then a gorgeous hunk arrives on a truck called "Stand and Deliver" ... nothing could prepare Sam for the reality of Steve Ryan! Like a cross between Crocodile Dundee and Brokeback Mountain -- hilarious, heartwarming, a tale you'll never forget.
Umbriel
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 43,530. Language: English. Published: August 4, 2010 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General, Fiction » Fantasy » Urban
In the fading storm light, a tiny fragment of the mystery of St. Martin's Abbey finds its way into the hands of pro photographer Rick Grey. Living through the next twenty-four hours is the only way he can believe any of it. But seeing ... feeling ... is believing. Gothic mystery and sizzling romance from an exciting new collaborative partnership.
Mindspace
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 91,970. Language: English. Published: July 4, 2010 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General
Life is tough for a starpilot stripped of his license to fly. The good jobs go to guildsmen who play by the rules. Jack DiFalco broke them -- his crime was playing the hi-tech games which are changing the future. Playing not in VR, but in the mindspace, the total-immersion rigs where players enter the realm of the machine. Some of them don’t make it back out.
Ground Zero
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 93,700. Language: English. Published: September 13, 2009 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General
In the winter of 2048 the city of Adelaide suffers a series of bizarre murders, robberies at high-tech labs – and a virus which sprang from nowhere. The three are intimately connected in a mystery that will astonish. Lee Ronson and Brendan Scott find themselves taking point in an investigation filled with unexpected hazard - and reward. Sexy near-future gay action/adventure.
Legends: The Fall of the Atlantean Empire; Book 1 - The Winds of Chance
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 92,520. Language: English. Published: July 9, 2009 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General
In an era of storm and chaos, One will be born who will command the Power, but the ancient magic flowing in his veins like blood is a curse as well as a gift. The gods of sea and storm have taken Zeheft; and one night destiny brings Vayal's witchfinder to the water gypsies' camp. The Empire of the Atlantan has a slender chance to survive, and its struggle begins on this night.
Aquamarine
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 114,930. Language: English. Published: May 28, 2009 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
(4.00 from 1 review)
The late 21st Century: the continents are submerged by rising oceans and Earth is a water world. Russell is a hydrologist based on a floating city, Pacifica. His lover Eric is one of 50 Aquarians, a new sub-species of man, able to breathe water. When the two reject a lucrative bid for their services on an odd salvage, Eric vanishes. An intrigue begins that could endanger the whole Pacifica region.
Crimes of Passion
Price: $2.00 USD. Words: 12,080. Language: English. Published: April 28, 2009 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General
Just when you thought the world was perfect...! Brad and Frank have built a great life in LA. Brad was on the bike racing circuit and Frank came west to work in the music industry. They met at the track, before the crash that ended Brad's racing days -- and Frank has some skeletons in the closet that are about to come rattling out and refuse to be stuffed back in! At last: comedy, Keegan style!
Callisto Switch
Price: $2.50 USD. Words: 23,980. Language: English. Published: April 28, 2009 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General, Fiction » Science fiction » High tech
At the close of the 21st century, Lee Vidar is a Starship Industries switch pilot on the Callisto-Europa run. The job is easy: pick up the Orion engines -- used to power our first starships on the voyage to Hope -- ferry them to the run's midpoint, hand off the dangerous cargo and return to Callisto. But today nothing goes to plan, and Lee's sometime lover and old friend Johnny Dujon is involved.
Tiger, Tiger
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 45,780. Language: English. Published: April 28, 2009 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
In 2073 the wild tiger is extinct, but as a species they flourish. Gene-tweaked to make them the size of big dogs, they've becom exotic pets. Few people care if wild tigers are gone, but aged billionaire Cass Vandermeer owns tracts of Tasmania, where a few real tigers still battle to survive. In the last wilderness, Alec Fitch and Sonny Moran are rangers at war with gene smugglers and poachers.
Windrage
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 46,510. Language: English. Published: April 24, 2009 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
It's the end of the road in a world that's turned to ice. The Adelaide Hills and Riverland have evolved into a new world. Most folks are eager to start over, but some are furious: Armageddon happened, where’s the Paradise promised to the righteous? Great storms bring choking dust, freezing temperatures, driving nomads before them. And ‘roadie’ gangs spell trouble for frontier towns like Windrage.
The Deceivers
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 129,690. Language: English. Published: April 22, 2009 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General
It's an age when sail and steam are technologies at war; the ancient tradition of the tall ships is ending. Men like Bill Ryan and Jim Hale are caught in the jaws of change: survival depends on courage, strength and a willingness to take terrible risks. Meticulously researched, amazingly detailed -- you'll treasured this one like FORTUNES OF WAR. Full info and samples at www.melkeegan.com.
Fortunes of War
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 144,670. Language: English. Published: April 22, 2009 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General
In the spring of 1588 two young men fall in love: Dermot Channon, a soldier serving the Spanish ambassador in London, and Robin Armagh, son of an English earl. War between England and Spain separates them for years, but when Robin's brother is abducted in Panama he sails with the 1595 fleet, commanded by Drake. A cruel twist of fate reunites the lovers. Full info and samples at www.melkeegan.com.
The Lords of Harbendane
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 151,010. Language: English. Published: April 18, 2009 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General
There are seasons for peace and seasons for war. This is a season for sheer survival. Rogan Dahl and Tristan Carlin meet by chance and are caught up in the storm of events leading to the greatest battlefield of their time. Their meeting is the pivot-point around which the future revolves, for both Harbendane and their own lives, as they're enmeshed in an illicit love affair which could mean death.
Dangerous Moonlight
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 206,280. Language: English. Published: April 17, 2009 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General
(5.00 from 1 review)
In the style and spirit of FORTUNES OF WAR comes this rollicking historical set in 1727, in a world of highwaymen, duels fought over honor, fortunes won and lost on the cards -- and delicious gay romance. It’s a era of swords, pistols, midnight chases, deceit and sensuality. If you enjoy Keegan's historicals, don't miss this meticulously researched tale of stunning heroes and outrageous fortune.
Twilight
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 104,090. Language: English. Published: April 16, 2009 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General
The first sequel to vampire cult classic NOCTURNE: a readers' choice Keegan title. Bantry and Flynn follow a bloody mystery to the British westcountry, where vampire and changelings are vanishing.
Nocturne
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 200,390. Language: English. Published: April 15, 2009 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General
Step into the glittering world of the ancient, the immortal -- the vampyre. Intrigue welcomes Capt. Vincent Bantry to London,1892. He's a veteran of the Far East, opium smugglers, Manchu warlords, but little in his experience prepares him for Irish occultist Michael Flynn, who's like no man he ever knew. Flynn draws him into an occult, exotic world, where the Tarot foretells an uncertain future.
The Swordsman
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 135,260. Language: English. Published: April 13, 2009 by DreamCraft. Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General
Jack Leigh is a soldier of fortune, far from home. He's a brilliant "sword for hire," but in the dangerous Riverlands dukedom of Rhondia he gets more than he bargained for. Treachery, treason and dark magic swirl in powerful undercurrents; along the canals and in the menacing heart of Nimmenwald forest lurk unimaginable threats: the bo'zhe, barbarians from Saihabara, and an unknowable evil.

Series

NARC
Four centuries from now, a designer drug known as Angel has become an epidemic disease and a new breed of hero has evolved to liberate a doomed generation. Jarrat and Stone are captains in the paramilitary Narcotics and Riot Control, assigned to eliminate the cartels which flourish like empires across the colonies. Under NARC’s code of non-involvement, each hides his feelings for the other -- until Stone is captured in the urban arena and forced into Angel addiction. The price of survival is permanent empathic bonding. For NARC the situation is a rare opportunity. To the designers of radical surveillance tech, the connection between Jarrat and Stone is an advantage to be weaponized. For the men themselves it’s an explosive cocktail of desire, dread, love, anger, the struggle to survive. And a harsh question they must answer: will they let NARC turn them into labrats in order to preserve their rank, to do a job which is a burning vocation? Death’s Head, Equinox, Scorpio, Aphelion, Scimitar, Basilisk -- Angeliberty. The ultimate drug war is fought across Earth’s distant colonies with Jarrat and Stone at the crux of events which will be written into history.
Death's Head
Price: $9.99 USD.
Equinox
Price: $9.99 USD.
Scorpio
Price: $9.99 USD.
Stopover
Price: $4.99 USD.
Aphelion
Price: $9.99 USD.
Hellgate
In a desperate bid to counter the threat of a shadowy enemy, Earth’s distant government taxes its colonies to build the brutal DeepSky Fleet and conscripts colonial youth to man it. But this tinder ignites the Colonial War of the 2660s -- while the unknowable threat from ‘the stormy side of the sky’ beyond Hellgate proves appallingly real. A father’s quest for justice for his murdered son takes Curtis Marin back into Fleet, where he encounters Neil Travers and the rogue crew of Richard Vaurien’s salvage vessel Wastrel. They stand at the pivot point of both the Colonial War and the conflict against the unknown, unknowable Zunshu ... in a place where time and space collide, the future of mankind will be decided.
The Rabelais Alliance
Price: $9.99 USD.
Deep Sky
Price: $9.99 USD.
Cry Liberty
Price: $9.99 USD.
Probe
Price: $9.99 USD.
Flashpoint
Price: $9.99 USD.
Event Horizon
Price: $9.99 USD.

Books

Xeno
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 155,650. Language: English. Published: September 1, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
Suddenly Tony Saviano is a target. Why would assassins want to kill a lowly engine tech from a rust-bucket freighter, at a forgotten port on an obscure world? With the truth winkled out of memory, it’s “game on” for a survival run among alien races, strange worlds, where Tony’s chance to win through is the unlikely love of his life: beautiful, tech savvy and half barbarian Kenzana Emetral Betru.