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The Omega Artifact
SPYCRAFT MEETS SPELLCRAFT in the thrilling follow-up to the Canada's #1 crowdfunded novel of all time,The North Valley Grimoire. From Blake Northcott comes The Omega Artifact, a short story that bridges the gap to the upcoming sequel, THE CELESTIAL KILLSWITCH (2021). Agent Malek's mission to Colombia is supposed to be a simple snatch-and-grab: locate a target, bag them, and lock them in an off-grid black site. Just another day at the office ... if the office you happen to work at is a clandestine division of the CIA dedicated to tracking and subduing magickal threats. But when Malek is paired with a rival agent who suspects he's a double agent, he discovers there's more than one threat to deal with.
Deamhan (Deamhan Chronicles #1)
In the city of Minneapolis, Deamhan have thrived for decades. But when a mother disappears on its streets, her daughter, Veronica Austin, is forced to navigate this precarious world of psychic vampires who rule the city’s darkest corners. As she navigates their world, she realizes that the true threat may not be the creatures themselves, but her own father - the president of a ruthless organization of researchers who will stop at nothing to maintain their power. The line between friend and foe blurs as Veronica dives into a treacherous landscape of deception and betrayal. With alliances forged and broken, she must summon all her wit and strength to survive in this thrilling tale of suspense and intrigue. But when she finally uncovers the shocking truth, she realizes that the most dangerous twist of all may be the one she never saw coming.
Ghostly Alliances - 5 Doston Ki Paheli
"Ghostly Alliances - 5 Doston Ki Paheli" is a podcast series which revolves around a group of five friends who had planned an outing to celebrate New Year`s Eve. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, their resort booking was cancelled, and they found themselves at a vintage resort located adjacent to a graveyard. As the night progressed, the friends dabbled in the supernatural by using a planchette to summon a spirit, which led to an encounter with a soul seeking justice. The story unfolds as the friends embark on a journey to aid the restless soul in finding peace.
Pale: An Unabridged Production
This is an unabridged audiobook of the web serial Pale, by Wildbow. No copyright infringement is intended. This recording is undertaken with the permission of the author.
The Magicians: Danse Macabre
The Show Must Go On. When stage magician Blake Alexander aka Blake Fire who has a grim reaper for a soul senses someone in his audience is going to die he dances between life and death to not collect them with all his strength he must live and not take them to the afterlife because when his soul is released his body dies and he can't die on stage in front of the world let alone come back to life.
Silverbell Smith and the Music Makers
You really ought to know about Silverbell Smith, for when she closes her eyes she hears music. Now this is odd you see because Silverbell Smith lives in a world where music does not exist. Or at least that is what the Governing Governor says. Music is a Myth. Myths are like lies. Lying is bad. Everyone seems to believe what the Governing Governor says, except of course for Silverbell Smith. She knows better, for not only does she hear music in her head when she closes her eyes, but she is also in possession of a very illegal and very special item: a magical violin. Silverbell loves her violin, but hates her secret, and most of all the twelve year old girl hates being alone. Navigating a society that demands to be ignorant, Silverbell makes friends with others who long to find the truth, and enemies of those who long to keep it hidden, all in the hopes of finding the lost Music Makers a restoring music to the masses. This harrowing expedition sees Silverbell and friends discover reality skewed by a fanatical group, history rewritten by a controlling government, and a web of confusing clues that the young girl can only hope will lead to family, home, music, and truth.
Areh
An ancient and cruel religion, The Purpose, deifies children for their deformities—a beautiful girl with three arms, a brave boy with one eye... the exceptional list goes on. Painted and costumed, they are worshiped on stage. Shy and exposed, they are ridiculed in the streets, often by the same faces. Glorious or repulsive? Gods or freaks? How deep will the identity divide be dredged, and to which side will the truth finally tip? Out of the city, through strange forests and dark dreams, we follow six young friends as they chase their answer. Lightning-lit and pulling moon into mountain, it awaits them at the top of the world.
Brighton Adventure Story
Brighton Adventure Story is a podcast about the adventures of two children during the Coronavirus Lockdown. James and Jenny are no strangers to the magical underworld of their seaside town, but a new evil has arrived in the form of a mysterious drifter. Caught between a wild animal turf war and a gang of thieves known as the Drop Lifters, James and Jenny are a long way out of their depth.
The Antique Shop
Maya needs a job, she find one in an old antique shop owned and run by an enigmatic woman. Reality begins to crumble and nothing is ever what it seems.
Nadec
Lost in The Other Realm, past and future secrets unravel for a red knight and her feline sidekick.
The McIlwraith Statements
Sarah McIlwraith is haunted by the past. It doesn’t help that she can also see ghosts. Listen to her involvement in the infamous IPP study, and her search for the truth behind the disaster.
The Pact Audiobook Project
The Pact Audiobook is a free podcast reading of the web serial, Pact. By Wildbow, author of other works such as Worm and Twig, this story plunges into the depths of urban fantasy and pulls out the horrors hidden inside.
Bear Spirit
Arti Ursella is a troubled, bed-tempered teenager from Congleton, Cheshire. One of millions of UK residents living on the dole, Arti's only friends are cousin Jessica Forsyth and next-door neighbour, Aaron Fox. As the trio contemplate their future in the summer holiday, the directionless Arti's destiny is chosen FOR her; by the long-dormant amulet she's worn ever since her eighth birthday. Now this seemingly mundane accessory will finally display its true prestige & power, and Arti will discover things she may not want to; about herself, her family and her hometown. Join Arti, her family, friends and enemies in this quest for...Bear Spirit.
How To Succeed in Evil - Consultation with Vampire
Edwin Windsor, Evil Efficiency Consultant, returns with his manic lawyer Topper and his faithful secretary in this novella-length prequel to How to Succeed in Evil. Edwin is approached by a vampire, who offers him the prospect of eternal life if Edwin will help him with the troubles the modern world has presented his kind. It's Edwin versus Nosferatu in this insightful satire of the highly exploited vampire genre.
Strigoaie The Romanian Witch
Marie Fatan always wanted to know the truth about her father who died in the war. It took a trip to Romania for her to unveil his side of the family’s secrets, it took a kidnapping to find out her father was still alive. In Strigoaie: The Romanian Witch, Marie takes a trip through Europe with her grandmother she barely knows. During their travels, Granna Lee tells a story of her childhood. Marie questions if her grandmother’s extravagant story, as it involves witches, is truthful, or made up to pass the time. After Marie’s returns from her travels in Romania, she settles in to her new home only to be kidnapped. The family secrets, once guarded from Marie (being related to a family of witches and the possibility of being one herself, the Fatan family’s long term membership with a secluded cult titled, The Society, and the dark secret that Marie’s dead father is alive) may be the only leverage she has to survive. Join Marie Fatan as she is thrown into turmoil trying to understand who she is, and what her father knows that could kill her and her entire family.
Sophia
At age 7, Sophia was struck down with a life-threatening disease. Faced with a choice between an unending life in the body of a child and her otherwise certain death, Sophia's parents had her turned into a vampire. Now, after 10 years of Christian home-schooling and near-total isolation, Sophia secretly plans on moving out the very night she turns 18. All her research, her online classes, and her natural curiosity have prepared Sophia mentally for the world she's about to dive head-first into, but no amount of research could prepare her heart for falling in love with Joshua, the first young man she sees after donating her corneas the next day. Her faith in God and her desire to heal the sick gives Sophia the strength to persevere through the pain of donation after donation, and her vampirism gives her the ability to grow her organs back again and again, but Sophia finds herself unequipped to face her suddenly-awakened lusts of the flesh and the ache in her heart for a deep, reciprocated love. After a shocking and painful first date with Joshua, it doesn't take Sophia long to learn just how difficult the search for love can be, especially for a teenage vampire with a child's body and a strong desire to avoid falling into sin.
Emily
Before she met Nicholas, all Emily cared about was shopping, and she believed her teachers when they told her the vampires had made the world a better place. After falling in love at first sight, Emily's mind was opened to the harsh realities brought about by the worldwide alliances between vampires and humanity at every level of society. Nicholas was leading the charge in the fight against injustice, cruelty, slavery, and tyranny by the elder vampires, and Emily found herself suddenly caught up in a movement that stood for the rights of both humanity and a new generation of vampires who'd been tricked into giving up their natural rights. Doing everything she can for the cause comes second only to following her heart as Emily tries to win the affections of a young man whose first priority is saving the world. She follows Nicholas back and forth across the country, into the heart of the nation's vampire-run Capitol, and beyond. She risks her health, sticks out her neck, sacrifices friendship, and puts her life on the line in the name of love. Will her efforts be enough? Will she win Nicholas' heart? Can they save the world? Or will the schemes of the elder vampires put a stop to it all?
The Big Sendoff
After more than 25,000 downloads of the popular podiobook "The Gnome And Mrs. Meyers" and numerous fan requests for more, "The Big Sendoff" has arrived. In this prequel story, we find out that some gnomes didn't like the idea of the Gnome Homestay program--and did everything they could behind the scenes to try and stop it...
Storyteller Chronicles: The Horde
The Horde, a mysterious force that brings nightmares to life, devours everything in its path. Bridan, a lone traveler, seeks the key to the Horde's destruction at the expense of all else- bystanders, worlds, and broken lives be damned. Cyrack, the Horde's inhuman master, follows Bridan across the Worldcycle seeking Bridan's heart- literally. Terry is caught between them, dreaming their battles across the blasted wastes of Farrakan from the safety of his dull nine to five life and the arms of his loving girlfriend. None of this is true. Terry glimpsed the hideous intelligence hiding behind the struggle and it has driven him mad. Something watches, hungers, and manipulates events keeping the Horde moving ever closer to the center of creation, leaving only empty husks in its wake. Planet by planet, town by town, life by life, friend by friend, Bridan makes his way forward. And as the Horde follows without rest, Terry knows that their next destination is Earth.
Doris and the Ankh
A fantasy adventure for all ages. Doris, a neurotic and quirky thirteen-year-old, is thrust into an alternate reality where flowers sneeze, fairies can’t be trusted and a beast that isn’t quite a wolf means to kill her. Racing against time, she'll learn that anything is possible, even the unlikeliest of things... And sometimes a big imagination is all you need.
The Gnome and Mrs. Meyers
When the recently-widowed Mrs. Meyers wins the "Expect The Unexpected Sweepstakes" she thinks everything in her life would turn around. But the prize of precious jewels comes with an unexpected catch: she must keep an ancient magical being safe, secure, and entertained for three months at her condo. Is she up to the challenge of this unique homestay program? Will she be able to deal with her abusive boss, and a condo association that is certain there's vermin running around the building? And, most importantly, what will a gnome think of Chicago deep-dish pizza?
Unkillable
Unkillable is the story of a young man who is cruelly murdered then brought back from the dead to revenge himself. The kicker is: He’s not really alive. He can be hurt, he just can’t be killed. It’s dark and funny and sad and beautiful and violent and magical -- if it could be summed up with just a few words, there would have been no point in writing a novel. Unkillable. Life sucks. Death blows. In between is worse.
Lilith's Love
Donovan, lonely and getting over the recent death of his parents, asks his long-time friend Christian to move in with him when he relocates back home again to Phoenix from Los Angeles. After the Vampire Hunters find Lilith in New Orleans, she and her Wiccan friend Anna decide to go where they think no one would expect to find vampires — The Valley of the Sun, Phoenix, AZ. Christian, who is also a Wiccan, meets Anna at a Samhain event (Halloween). The chemistry between them is immediate, and when they introduce their roommates to each other, Don realizes Lilith is not only the woman of his dreams — but that she is the woman in his dreams at night. Two romances are sparked, and now that both couples have found each other, they must fight the vengeful plans of Lilith’s Master.
Purgatory
Charles Cunningham, a wealthy real estate developer, dies unexpectedly and finds himself in Purgatory, the place between heaven and hell. Though depressed about his early death, he befriends two other souls doing time there -- the writer Edgar Allan Poe and a music-loving deadbeat named Billy. Upon receiving a letter from God telling him he must learn some unnamed lessons before he can go to heaven, he convinces Poe to join him in the portal back to earth. They hope to make up for their past mistakes, but they arrive on earth in the year 2049, 42 years after Charles' death. Traveling from mid-21st century New York City to Las Vegas, Charles seeks out the daughter he neglected in life, though she is now in her eighties. However, an unfriendly soul from Purgatory follows them to earth. This soul, an employee with whom Charles had an affair and summarily fired, is determined to keep him from winning passage to heaven. She teams up with Charles' grandson, a debt-ridden gambling addict who has a talent for messing things up. Together, they hatch a deadly scheme to foil Charles' plan to get to heaven and net the grandson badly-needed money. Charles learns of their plans and enlists his friends to help stop them. Will they succeed?
Checkwolf - Book 4: Failure Not Tolerated
The fourth and final book of the Checkwolf series picks up directly after the events of the previous book. Operatives of Master, the antagonist that Checkwolf has been made progressively more aware of, kick into high gear, and Checkwolf is tasked with trying to figure out exactly what is going on. Though things look increasingly bleak, there is light at the end of the tunnel....
Heaven - Season Five: War
Kate and Daniel remain exiled in the new world they created, with the need to build an army to save Heaven. But the allies they need may not be willing participants, as they're trapped gods who blame Kate and Daniel for their imprisonment. As the dark power that traps Heaven begins to seep into Kate and Daniel's new world, they face new enemies and learn about a very old obstacle that blocks them from their goal.
Checkwolf - Book 3
The third of four books in the Checkwolf series examines the aftereffects of the drama from the end of the previous book, as well as introducing a major new threat to the organization and city they are sworn to protect, all while the team tries to maintain unity within the ranks. The Checkwolf series is a collection of stories chronicling the activities of Checkwolf's third phase, from its mainstream recognition to its full integration. Book 3 demonstrates a darker and more threatening tone than the previous two releases – which is no surprise in view of the concluding moments of Book 2. The ability of the group to function as a team is put under a constant strain, reflecting the difficult times they are facing.
Heaven - Season Three: Earth
After gaining the rule of Heaven and Hell, with all the power that promised, Kate and Daniel should be set for eternity, right? Well, sure, as soon as they get used to their god-like powers. And then they need to remake the Earth. And there's the matter of the major and minor deities who are not pleased with their ascension. Even now, the afterlife still isn't easy.
Heaven - Season Two: Hell
Kate and Daniel are reunited at last, but they have to return to their duties in traveling the afterlife. There are stolen souls suffering without cause in Hell, and only they can help. Kate is back in her corporeal body, but keeping memories of her time as pure soul energy, recently touched by the divine. Daniel carries the magic of an old god and the sword of a death goddess, as well a grudge against the deity who tricked him into losing nearly everything. As they search for the missing souls, Kate and Daniel have to come to terms with themselves and see if their friendship - not to mention the cosmos - can handle everything they've been through thus far.
Heaven - Season One
What if Heaven wasn't all it's cracked up to be? Friends Kate and Daniel find that after their untimely deaths, Heaven leaves them dissatisfied and itching for something... else. So they're off, with a passport to discover more afterlifes, heroes and gods. During their adventures, they find out that their travel isn't a journey taken on a whim, but may be orchestrated, or even prophesied.
Checkwolf - Book 2
The second of four books about the fictional crimefighting team known as Checkwolf picks up directly after the first. The members of Checkwolf get a chance to meet a childhood idol, expand their team, and encounter new strangeness as they work to make the city they live in safer, one criminal at a time. The Checkwolf series is a collection of stories chronicling the activities of Checkwolf's third phase, from its mainstream recognition to its full integration. Book 2 features a mix of different kinds of stories, including appearances by other characters in the Checkwolf universe. After becoming familiar with the mission and methods of Checkwolf in Book 1, the slightly different feel and perspective of many of these stories help to reflect the maturation of the group as a force in the fictional city of Kewanee.
Heaven - Season Four: Wasteland
Daniel has been forced from the afterlife to be exiled in the wasteland, with nothing but his misery and Kate's dead body. But he is not without power entirely, and he begins to make his way in this world that looks less like a wasteland and more like another world. But the volatile power of the wasteland still touches this new world, and Daniel and his friends must not forget the trouble facing Heaven and Hell.
Checkwolf - Book 1
In this podiobook: Checkwolf is a crimefighting organization, a group of talented vigilantes who have come together to battle corruption in their own way. Led by the enigmatic Sean Matts, this group of a dozen skilled men venture out into a small-scale area in the fictional metropolis named Kewanee, righting wrongs that the police are unable to touch. Initially, they operate from a small garage owned by one of the Checkwolf members, the epitome of a minor operation. But Sean Matts has a greater vision for his group, one that will take them from their humble beginnings and turn them into a force to be feared.The Checkwolf series is a collection of stories chronicling the activities of Checkwolf's third phase, from its mainstream recognition to its full integration. Book 1 is a group of general stories: getting to know Checkwolf and their methods as they gain mainstream recognition, watching them learn and adapt to new situations.