Genres: Fantasy/SciFi/Speculative
Formats: E-Book, Paperback

Let your mind wander into the unknown with this collection of sci-fi and paranormal stories from award-winning author Charles A Cornell. An alien morphs into human form to witness the darkest days of human history in Crystal Night and The Orchid Man. In the middle of the Cuban missile crisis, a ten-year-old boy enlists extra-terrestrial help to get even with the class bully in Andromeda Calling. A salvager of space junk hopes to profit from a rare artifact but the laws of the universe have something else in store for this space cowboy in SOD’s Law. In Children of the Stars, a medical researcher discovers the secret behind an eighty-year-old woman’s superhuman fertility, a secret that threatens mankind. Haunted by weird dreams and psychic visions, a former mental patient provides the key to the recovery of Norway’s stolen masterpiece in The Scream. And in a BONUS SECTION which pays homage...

Genres: Science Fiction (Sci-Fi)
Formats: E-Book, Paperback

Humankind faces extinction. To survive, we must evolve. But first, we must fight back. Los Angeles 2097 AD. Sixty years after a nuclear civil war devastates the eastern half of America, an enclave of humanity on the West Coast struggles to survive in a post-apocalyptic world where the have-nots are imprisoned in Closed Cities hidden behind formidable Barriers. Humankind is hanging on to its very existence when an alien invasion creates a new extinction-level event. Can we survive it? How can we fight back? Or will we succumb to the inevitable—the end of our species and the rise of a new one? Because the Reborn live among us, the products of several generations of alien genetic engineering. As spaceships fill the sky and our final extermination begins, this is the moment they have been waiting for. A gutsy emergency doctor and a brilliant astrophysicist face impossible odds in the middle...

Genres: Advice & How To, Writing & Publishing
Formats: E-Book, Paperback

Dozens of guide books explain how to build character profiles from a variety of archetypes but in the end it’s up to YOU the author to decide the roles your characters play. How many characters your story needs is also entirely up to you. There’s not much guidance to tell you if you have too many characters or not enough. What happens when you kill off a character? When should you introduce new ones? If you plan a sequel or a multi-book series, how should you create new characters as you grow your character universe? Do you want a simple tool to help you make these critical decisions? Of course you do. The Character Quad is that tool and yes, it's simple to learn and easy to use. The Character Quad answers two questions every author has: What kind of characters does my story need? How many characters does my...

Genres: Fantasy/SciFi/Speculative
Formats: E-Book, Paperback

Does your heart beat faster in the dark than in the daylight? Do your hands tingle under the touch of copper and brass? Then The Most Peculiar Tales are sure to satisfy. Six paranormal tales set in a steampunk world. Steampunk Britannia, 1872 Come with me my friends, back to a time that never was, to places familiar in many ways but so peculiar in others. To a land of hope and despair, whisked by the beat of the Great Mechanization. To the cobbles of a city pumped with steam and brazen with intrigue. To a nation lost in time, imperiled by spectres from another dimension. From the pomp of The Imperial Quarter to the slums of Pritchard’s Green. From the furnaces and ironworks of The Barrens to The Theatre Macabre. Join Professor Carr and Jeremiah Boone on six amazing adventures as they unravel metaphysical mysteries, battle deranged scientists and...

Genres: Science Fiction (Sci-Fi), Speculative Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Paperback

A young woman with the fate of a nation in her hands. An aircraft designed by science, fueled by magic and flown with passion. A World War re-imagined like never before. Strap yourself in for a wild ride as award-winning author Charles A. Cornell takes you on his science fiction/fantasy adventure, DragonFly set in an alternative World War Two. In 1942, an unlikely heroine changes the course of history. On the eve of invasion by the Nazis, twenty-two year old RAF pilot Veronica �Ronnie� Somerset is fighting another battle - winning respect within the stuffy, male-dominated British military. She�s feisty and brash and determined to overcome every obstacle to become Britain�s first female combat pilot. When Ronnie is re-assigned to Enysfarne, a mysterious Royal Navy base off the coast of Cornwall, fate places her inside the cockpit of the most revolutionary aircraft ever invented. Brilliant engineer, Dr. Nigel Pennbridge has...