When Kevin Murdock, martial artist and outdoorsman extraordinaire, is revived from suspended animation aboard a transport pod, he and his nine fellow occupants have no idea what to expect. Murdock argues for caution after seeing something strange: animals also inhabit their new environment, all of them larger than their Earthly counterparts. Conflict soon erupts between […]

Falling for her was not part of his duty. Katherine Mcdougal had three years to prepare for her coronation ceremony, but that does not make her any less nervous. After all, it is not common for an eighteen-year-old lass to become the leader of a Scottish clan! Yet, Katherine, being the former Laird’s cousin, is […]

Forgotten on her birthday. Emily decided that she would ignore her family as punishment. This year, she vowed to find love and went looking in the most unconventional of places. A place that none of her family would approve of. An exclusive club where her friend, a pole dancing superstar, got her a free pass. […]

Soldiers stumbling upon mercy and miracles; children sharing gifts of friendship and love; romance finding its way into lonely, war-weary hearts; resistance fighters, spies, families on the home front—all bringing their own rays of hope in the darkest of time. For this holiday season, we offer you this collection of short stories to lift your […]