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A powerful sorcerer and shapeshifter — known for operating on the darker side of things — attempts a ritual to travel back in time and save his world. The ritual goes wrong, sending him further into the past than intended and into an alternate history: the year 1909 in the Russian Empire. Stuck in the body of a skinny teenage boy, with no friends, no money, and no title, he must rebuild his abilities in a world ruled by magical aristocrats, where all manner of evil spirits and ghouls crawl out of Breaches in reality and spill into the streets of St. Petersburg.

Peabo Smith is a former Special Forces soldier who volunteers to participate in a science experiment run by STAG — the Special Technologies Analysis Group — that rivals the audacity of the moon landing. When the experiment leaves him stuck in a place he cannot escape, Peabo realizes just how unprepared he is for his new mission — and that the experiment may end up changing his life forever.

No one has ever come back from beyond the veil. To Viggo, the veil was simply a landmark — crossing it was considered suicide, and he'd never given much thought to what might lay beyond. Then his life collapsed around him: ejected from the military academy, disowned by his family, passed over by the gods themselves. Viggo's last chance lay beyond the veil. Yet from the very beginning, something was deeply troubling about the realm from whence the gods came — its cities lay in ruins, its lands peopled by lunatics locked into tasks they could not escape. Even the natural laws were corrupted. Viggo's access to a strange, seemingly omnipotent system gave him new abilities and limitless potential, but in a world where death itself had lost its grip, the hard part would be keeping his sanity.

"There's nothing there." Those words were nearly a death sentence for young Declan. Without detectable mana, there could be no studying at the sky-piercing Pinnacle Towers, no great monster hunts, and no following in his legendary father's footsteps. He would be a cripple. But when a terrible accident forces him to flee, Declan learns the true nature of his mana. Just because it doesn't resonate at any known frequency doesn't mean it isn't magic. Just because it can't be seen doesn't mean it isn't there — and Declan is beginning to discover just how dangerous the Nothing can be.

To enter Five Peaks Magical Academy you must have a familiar. Abigail hoped for a bird, maybe an owl like her best friend's, or a cuddly cat or loyal hound. She would have been happy with a particularly smart toad, even. Instead she got you.

Sergeant Marcus Bola and his platoon flew to a newly uncovered desert temple on an unusual mission — something in the ruined holy place had killed many, and survivors met an ambush before reaching safety. The attack left Marcus wounded and medically discharged from the only life he'd known. Laying low and tending bar while waiting for answers, Marcus finds that slinging cocktails and talking to the patrons is not as easy as it sounds: gods, monsters, and devils keep showing up to try the mixers. Something inside him is calling the shots — and it is not tequila.

A serpent at the top of the food chain, master at threading through the rifts of distorted space, rules its territory — until something beyond comprehension destroys everything it has claimed. With sapience now forced into its mind, the serpent faces problems it was never equipped to handle. With no territory left and the distorted caverns collapsing around it, the only option is to search for an escape. A progression fantasy xenofiction following an actual monster gaining sapience — not a human reincarnating — exploring what it truly means to grow when you are, by all definitions, monstrous.

Kaln wasn't even trying to slay the dragon — it was just in the way of his revenge. But he did, and it led to an obstacle greater than the dread dragon himself: his three widows. Declaring Kaln their new husband by right of conquest, the dragons tempted him with surprisingly beautiful humanoid forms, a palatial lair, and vast riches. Kaln couldn't refuse. Unfortunately, his beautiful new brides are vain, greedy, lazy, selfish, manipulative, violent, arrogant, and generally dragons. They are ancient, incredibly powerful, smarter than him, and only proposed the arrangement to use him in their own schemes. But sometimes the people who are the most difficult to love prove most worth the effort — and when you've upset the world's balance of power by killing an ancient dragon, it's handy to be married to three horrible monsters.

Nyx was born Hollow — an empty vessel in a world of spirits, normally a death sentence. Somehow he survived. In a previous life he did something reckless: he threw his memories into the Flow from which all spirits return, sending himself a message across the boundary of death. Now those memories have found him. A different kind of reincarnation story — one that isn't easy — featuring a slow burn to power, a gradual system introduction, a loot-based skill modification system, and a cast of deeply strange companions.

In a futuristic world of superheroes and supervillains, the ability to dream of another world doesn't seem particularly useful. But for Demund, who has recently sent his best friend off to the Preliminary Islands superhero training grounds, it turns out to be life-changing. A rejuvenating vacation to a world of magic is now only a good night's rest away. As Demund explores his new world, reality around him begins to change — and he must figure out how to balance the existence of both.

Matthias Stonebreaker is tormented every day. He has no talent for The Gift of magic or the Enforcement of life energy, and will one day be forced beyond the frontier where ferocious monsters destroy all who cannot defend themselves. He certainly cannot — until a near-death experience awakens a new path to power: the path of Divine Breath. Now he must learn to cultivate the very energy of the gods to steal their divine strength. Supported by his cursed brother and younger sister, he will walk the path of shadow and death itself. But he must be careful — in this world, even death could die.

In a land ruled by vile monsters, where death is common and life is cruel, one outcast aspires to have it all. When misfortune drags the odd goblin Stryg from his forest home into the ruthless city of Hollow Shade, he must adapt to a world that only sees him as a dimwit savage. Stryg finds himself embroiled in a school of magic where an aristocrat's smile hides deceit and the simplest remark may lead to death threats. Yet nothing will stop him from pursuing his ideals of glory: power, honor, and food with salt. As he navigates the muddled grey waters of the Ebon Realm, he will learn that some monsters lurk everywhere.

Mercenaries are causing trouble in the city — hunting someone, whatever the cost. It's not that the demon lord particularly cares about the lowly humans who died, but letting it slide would set a bad example. The hero would save the victims and protect them while the enemies keep coming. The demon lord has a simpler solution. They aren't calling him the demon lord for nothing.

A loving father of three, Albert lived a life of few regrets — he served his country far from home, outlived his soulmate, and died alone. His assumptions about a peaceful eternity reunited with his wife are thrown out the window when a meddling god intervenes. The positive: he'll have a chance to see her again. The negative: he has to survive the dangers of the legendary World Tree for the next three hundred years, reincarnated into a world full of magical evolutions, monstrous deer, sassy elves, and untold hidden dangers. If life taught Albert anything, it's that if something is worth having, it's worth fighting for.

Palmira is a young fire mage living on the streets, just one more orphan left in the wake of the Demon Wars. After a decade of saving precious few coins, she finally affords her own wizard's staff — only to discover it once belonged to the most dangerous necromancer who ever lived.

With souls and issues from a world very unlike his own, Rakta Velbrun must raise his children right, train their strange abilities, and keep the world from swallowing them whole. A fantasy tale of an ex-adventurer father caring for his beloved children in the wake of his wife's death. He must contend with noble politics, new enemies, old allies, and the realization that his children come from a world very unlike his own.

Sery is a Source — born with immense magic but unable to use it herself. Enslaved for her power, her life is one of abuse and exploitation until the day sword-mage Veltyen rescues her and brings her to the mage guild Eterna, where she can help others without being used. As her magic boosts the guild to entirely new levels of power, trouble brews. Rival guilds want Sery's power and are willing to destroy Eterna to get it. As Sery comes into her own and explores the unique abilities of a Source, she makes unexpected innovations that will change society and life as she knows it.

A boy who doesn't see himself as quite human begins to learn the truth about his world — and not everyone is pleased about his existence. The story is intended to evolve into a full space opera with elements of magic woven through it.

Colm Avery is a warlock — you know, the "sell your soul for unlimited power" kind. Except he never sells his own soul. Instead he trades the souls of murderers, those already destined for hell, in exchange for hellish gifts. It's hard work, and after six years of 18-hour days he finally has a windfall that lets him take a vacation. A cruise, specifically. Unfortunately, disaster after disaster strikes: food poisoning, bad weather, and pirates. Colm will have to use his magic and his gifts to survive — and to unravel the plot behind all these seemingly unrelated catastrophes. This cruise to Hawaii turned out to be more than he bargained for.

Danny Kendrick was a down-on-his-luck performer who never wanted to be a hero. Then he pisses off the wrong person and gets sucked into a fantasy realm straight out of a Renaissance Fair, surrounded by axe-wielding barbarians, elf assassins, and a System AI that seems more interested in causing mischief than helping. Gifted a mysterious ancient lute after a questionable deal with a Hag, Danny becomes the target of factions seeking its power. Together with his AI companion Screenie and his new barbarian friend Curr, Danny must uncover the truth — and maybe find the place where he finally belongs.