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Welcome to the Museum of the Omniverse where you can safely experience actual events from every possible part of time and space. The museum is having some technical difficulties, however. Space time rifts have been opening throughout the museum and everyone has disappeared except for Mirandum, an exhibit curator. When a small group of visitors appears, Mirandum gives them a tour of the museum’s Dragon Exhibit while searching for clues to the museum’s ultimate fate.

Genetic Engineering and cloning leads to the development of a popular exotic pet business. However, some exotics are very limited and tightly controlled due to their dangerous nature. This just leads those who want one to take the risk and look outside official channels and go into the Long Grass to find the animal they want. But is it really worth the risk to own a velociraptor as a pet?

Eternal Escapes Cemetery - a place of eternal rest for some and escape for others. After all once you're dead what can come after you?

It is said that Alexander the Great took the time to honor the customs and cultures of the peoples he sought to rule. But did he truly show respect and honor, or was it just a political game to the great conqueror? When he comes face-to-face with the Egyptian goddess Sehkmet, will it be he or his men who will pay for the offense she has taken at his actions?

Two archaeologists have a chilling encounter with the past when they visit a former tourist attraction in Colorado.

The Garden of Eden, the Cradle of Life—the place where life is believed to have started on Earth. But, what if life started somewhere else and what if there was a way to return to the beginning? Man had moved out away from their first mother, Gaia or Earth as most called her, and was now spreading across a new home—Mars. The planet was named for the Roman God of War, and the red soil was a reminder of the acres and acres of blood-soaked ground that covered the Earth.

Myrith had never know any life but that of a bar wench. One day, she is taken forcefully from the bar by the troop commander of Lord Lavial, the elf tyrant who rules her land. While being interrogated by her captor, he decides he must bring her to the attention of the elf lord personally.

Being the most powerful country in the world will not necessarily protect you from a goddess who has decided its time for you to be treated as prey just as you have treated others. Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to The President's Meow, and experience the compelling world of fantasy fiction.

A Roman soldier steals the Cup of Life from a small church in Britannia, seeking to carry the Cup to Rome as a prize. Instead, he finds himself tempted by the legend that those who drink from the cup will have eternal life. What the legends don't talk about is the price of that eternal life.

What happens when a small town, rural zombie ends up being sent to Washington DC as a member of Congress?

A look at the creation of the Asteroid Belt, and it all begins with a simple game of marbles.

A retelling of the Sleeping Beauty legend told from the perspective of the "Evil Fairy" - a woman who should have been the heir to the kingdom as the eldest, but was overlooked in favor of her brother. Is she out for revenge? Or does she perhaps have the best interest of the kingdom at heart in casting her spell to make the princess her pawn in this game of power?

Hope - The most precious of all the gifts from the gods and the only one saved when Pandora lost the others. But, how will the world cope when a major disaster strikes and it seems that hope is finally gone?

We all know the story of Adam and Eve and the "apple" - well it's time Eve told her side of the story.

A small minded preacher is given a great gift when he is selected to be the catalyst for the coming of The Second Horseman - but is it one he will appreciate?

During General Woll's invasion of Texas, the phrase, 'Remember the Alamo' is a powerful bond for some of those who face him and his army at the Battle of Salado Creek.

When a group of aliens land in the backwoods of Louisiana - a trio of "country boys" take them on a snipe hunt.

The exiled daughter of a minor noble, Kyrianna Dalynne, finds herself trapped in a temple dedicated to Thynitic, the Lady of Chaos. She and her companions are charged with finding an ancient artifact before the ones guarding the portals out will allow them to leave. As their search continues, Kyrianna begins to question if there was a specific reason she and the others were brought to this place.

A former mental health worker returns to the abandoned asylum she once worked at to lay to rest the ghosts of her past and finds an unexpected welcome from one of those ghosts.

Dywnia, speaker for Thynitic, seeks allies to fight the humans who are threatening to destroy the forest of Kilenter and the elves who live there.