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eBook Category: Fantasy/Science Fiction
eBook Description: Beneath and Beyond by Debbie Mumford

Archaeologist Erin Carstedter is a no-nonsense kind of gal. If something can't be defined by scientific method, it doesn't exist. Erin's beliefs are about to be tested by a ruin beneath the polar ice cap. What Erin discovers in those icy depths will challenge her thinking...and change the world.

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An ancient dragon tempted out to war for the first time in centuries finds the world greatly changed and dragons a rarity. Does an enemy wizard hold the key to saving dragonkind?

Fatal Wager by Andy Heizeler

A Pixie Story by Joe Miller

Miike awoke to find himself in a strange land. To then find himself surrounded by a whole hoard of pixies, each one with an arrow aimed at his heart, one could hardly guess how things would turn out.

The Honorable Lady by Kim Knox

Royal officials are vanishing and Evia-ben-Thiak doesn't intend to be one of them.

As a high-ranking member of the court, she fears for her life. So, she takes the only option open to her. She hides on a boat sailing to her home-island.

However, the boat is not the sanctuary she hoped for. A friend from her childhood, the now-feared sorcerer, Makovik is also onboard. To be seen with him could end her career; have her thrown in the deepest dungeon. But more than that, she finds he has a plan.

And his actions will change her life forever...

Wakinyan's Valley by Debbie Mumford

In a post-apocalyptic world, Mark Whitehorse and his friends search for a safe haven where they can raise their families. When they stumble across a hidden valley, they believe their search is over. But the valley is already inhabited. Will the band of survivors find refuge...or something else entirely?

Storms of Light and Shadow by Patrice Sarath

Some gifts are better left unopened.

Under a Full Moon by Tom Fowler

A weretiger wizard immune to the lunar cycles suddenly finds himself caught in a painful transformation -- one he suspects was caused by someone else. Can he stop it before he becomes a rampaging monster, and can he find the man who did this to him?

Casey by Noelle Sterne

An ordinary high school boy, Casey suffers the trials of a teenager until one day his life is changed forever.

Bastet by R. S. Pyne

Captain Kai Brenhin Righa of the corsair fighting ship Raven is quite happy not being human. The transition came without warning, a blessing from a stowaway with the face of an ancient Earth Goddess and a strange sense of humor. Now Bastet is back and she needs a favor.

Nana Genevieve by Julie Nordeen

As science creates robots that behave more and more like humans, how will we know when they cease to be our creations and become self-aware beings of their own? Nana Genevieve knows. And she'll make sure the world understands...if it's the last thing she ever does.

The Tie That Binds by Debbie Mumford

Twin brothers Cameron and Kyle McClellan have always shared a psychic bond. Though the adult men lead very different lives, when career military officer Kyle is wounded in Iraq, Cameron's ability to decipher their special link may mean the difference between his brother's life and death.

eBook Publisher: Wild Child Publishing/Wild Child Publishing, Published: 2008, 2008
Fictionwise Release Date: August 2008

2 Reader Ratings: Great Good OK Poor

Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [772 KB], eReader (PDB) [247 KB], Palm Doc (PDB) [233 KB], Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [208 KB], Microsoft Reader (LIT) [231 KB] - PocketPC 1.0+ Compatible, Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [265 KB], hiebook (KML) [533 KB], Sony Reader (LRF) [308 KB], iSilo (PDB) [192 KB], Mobipocket (PRC) [242 KB], Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [296 KB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [320 KB]
Words: 69409
Reading time: 198-277 min.
Microsoft Reader (LIT) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Format:  Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud DISABLED
All Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
ISBN: 978-1-935013-05-1

Reviews:

Star Stepping: An Anthology of Fantasy and Sci-Fi Tales by Various

"An eclectic mix provides fiction for most any taste, and the quality of writing throughout is good..."

4.5 Dark Angels by Frost, Reviewer for Dark Angel Reviews

"A stunning set of tales, one I felt privileged to review... Each work has solid characters, unique voices, and interesting plots..."

5 Flutes by Nutty Nana, Reviewer for Cocktail Reviews

They stood at the edge of the woods where a small clearing ran down to the water's edge. There, on the bank of the stream, reclined a living being. The creature relaxed in a patch of sunlight. Its torso resembled an adult lion with the addition of sleek, leathery wings folded close to its flanks. Tawny gold fur covered the powerfully muscled body, but instead of a feline face, a man's bearded head sat atop the sinewy shoulders. Dark eyes shone from behind a tangled mass of honey-colored hair and beard.

Great, thought Erin, one more reason to doubt my sanity. She fought to stay calm, to think of rational explanations, as she gazed into the dark eyes of a living, breathing sphinx.

"Do you see a sphinx?" she whispered, not daring to look away from the incredible creature.

"Yeah," breathed Matt. "Maybe you were right. Maybe we have lost our marbles."

"No." She gave her head a tiny shake and breathed her whispered response. "Illusions should be individual, unique to our own fears and desires. Besides, this creature doesn't conform to any single mythology. It's like a conglomerate. You were right. This is real."

Matt gave a quiet grunt, half satisfied, half exasperated.

"What do you remember about sphinxes?"

"I don't know," he said. "They ask riddles and kill folks who answer wrong?"

"That's one possibility." Erin darted a look at Matt's face. "Are you any good with riddles?"

He stared into her eyes for a moment and then shifted his gaze back to the sphinx. "Lousy."