Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) books

""Uh puncher can have talents the same as bartenders, harness drummers and insurance agents."" When Muley Bowles,...  Read More >>

In his dark sci-fi thriller debut, author Hector Maximus unveils a near-future when smart-city perfection turns...  Read More >>

The capital is a city of endless opportunity-and hidden rot. With the destruction of the Water Dragon Sect behind...  Read More >>

Success looked beautiful online.The anxiety behind it never did. Nia Brooks finally has what she thought she wanted....  Read More >>

What if ignoring a warning could cost you years of your destiny? There are moments in life that seem small, an uneasy...  Read More >>

I'm snowed in with my brother's best friend. He's a billionaire silver fox-grumpy, magnetic, and completely off-limits....  Read More >>

Kestrel Directive: Asset 27 follows KD27, a biological woman grown around a sealed artificial cognitive core and...  Read More >>

Nothing is lost. And yet, something feels as though it is. The light remains, the air moves, time continues...  Read More >>

Chapter 1: The Signal Beneath Silence Dr. Dipan first noticed the anomaly at 02:17 AM. A pulse buried beneath cosmic...  Read More >>

Residual Confessions: Some Truths Don't Belong to You by Yibelu Workineh is a hauntingly cerebral work of speculative...  Read More >>

Via Tommasi, Ancona. Io abitavo lì. Gervasio Marcosignori abitava a venti metri da casa mia. Il figlio Marco ed...  Read More >>

The record says the archive never existed. Violet Holloway still has the paper. Violet Holloway used to believe...  Read More >>

What happens when a goblin gets an MBA? Kael never wanted to be a Dungeon Lord. He wanted dental. But when he accidentally...  Read More >>

WTF Does That Mean? The Weird, Dark and Hilarious Origins of Everyday English IdiomsWhy do English speakers say:...  Read More >>

Lo poco que sé es esto: nací en un cuarto sin ascensor, en un barrio donde las paredes oyen más de lo que cuentan....  Read More >>

How do you fix a broken heart? If you're a stoic, tall Scandinavian...  Read More >>

Stories contains the two Luke Hartwell short stories that were not incorporated into his expansive novel Jeremy...  Read More >>

Jesse Jamieson knows how to win cases. She controls courtrooms, dismantles evidence, and walks her clients free...  Read More >>

What does it mean to grow up behind the imposing walls of a residential school? For a young boy traveling solo across...  Read More >>

She came to fix a shawl. She's about to unravel everything. June Whitaker wanted a quiet life running a yarn shop...  Read More >>

What a family builds in the dark is one thing. What gets built in the light is something else - and the world does...  Read More >>

For years, criminal defence lawyer Jesse Jamieson has lived with a single truth: her husband Nigel died in a random...  Read More >>

A life does not need to happen to leave a wound. One morning, millions of people around the world wake with memories...  Read More >>

In a universe governed by equilibrium, stability is everything. Ferrum Tek created the triplets for a singular...  Read More >>

They came to America searching for hope. What they found was fire, detention, and a system designed to erase them....  Read More >>