J D Cowan

BACK IN 1995Summer vacation is the same as usual for Ray and his friends. It's video games, hanging out, and endless good times But when his cousin introduces him to a mysterious radio broadcast, reality is inverted. What is real, and what is a dream? Is the future open, or is disaster inevitable? The Y Signal reveals all. Join Ray on his journey as time and space itself bends to forces beyond his control, in his quest to come out the other side. Ape-men, crazed punks, sky trains, hidden worlds, the past, and a so-called Paradise, await him as he fights to discover the truth in a world gone mad. Paradise is but one dream away. All he has to do is reach out and touch it . . .

Vran, the Chaos-Warped (Book 1)By D. M. RITZLINVran the Chaos-Warped has sworn that the wizard Foad Misjak must die for his debaucheries Vran's strange nature due to a sorcerous accident, however, twists with unpredictable results all magic around him... and strands both on another world Orphan of the Shadowy Moons (Part 2)By MICHAEL TIERNEYThe Black Assassins have slaughtered all the children of the Worldlord except Strazis, the strange golden child he adopted as his heir Strazis's escape strands him on a mysterious isle as the Worldlord goes to war to secure the fragile empire Death and RenewalBy JIM BREYFOGLEThe Prince of Alomar has won a slave from the Bursa... Kat and Mangos must ensure the slave's silence at all cost, but on one condition: they cannot kill him What Price the StarsBy JEFF STONERJ rgen Pangloss offers the promise of the unthinkable: faster-than-light travel To what lengths will potential investors go to win J rgen monopoly... and its fetters ? Dead Planet DrifterBy J. D. COWANGalactic Enforcer Ronan Renfield finds himself prisoner of a death-worshiping cult Can the whispers from his past aid him in his battle against the cannibals? The Last KhazarBy REV. JOE KELLYTwo men, one a Polish Jew, the other a Prussian Nazi, are bound by dreams and bound by destiny to confront one another, both in the present and in the past Melkart and the Crocodile GodBy MARK MELLONAn evil and sorcerous monster plagues the land of Kush Can Melkart stop the crocodile-headed man-beast Sosostris from enslaving the people of Mero ? My Name is John Carter (Part 12)By JAMES HUTCHINGSReviewsBy J. COMER

A Living Nightmare After awakening in the woods, Christopher Archer finds himself trapped in a world outside of time. Fog monsters, armed gangsters, and a legendary spear, all await his arrival. But what about the fianc who disappeared months ago? As Archer explores this eternal midnight, he can only wonder-is this all just a dream, or is there something more hidden in the dark, watching his every move? There is one choice. He must traverse the nightmare and learn the truth.

Vigilantes fight from the shadows. In Summerside, Dark Magic poisons the dying city of cultists and gangsters. This is where heroes are made. A man with a deadly touch, an ex-hitman, a concrete teenager, an invisible myth, and an indestructible knight, are but a few of those who stalk the midnight hour. In these seven stories you will meet those fighting for the soul of the city, and those hoping to bring it to a brighter future. But is there anything left worth saving in a world of death? Powers or Magic. Only one will win this war.

Siege on the Shadow Planet Ex-punk Two Tone is left for dead and his friend is taken. His assailants: men of mud from some place darker than Hell The inscrutable Sarpedon has slithered from the depths to rule a planet that has long abandoned hope for a better tomorrow. With no one to stop his spree of violence, it is only a matter of time before Two Tone's world is overrun. Old friends and a mysterious beauty gather by his side, but are they enough? Is it too late for this dying world? If all cats are grey in the dark, will anyone see the panther stalking its prey? Two Tone will find the answers the best way he knows how-through his fists Grey Cat Blues tells the tale of a distant planet at humanity's end. In this place, a man must choose between love and hate. And where his choice leads him might not be where he expects . . .

Teddy MacIsaac has discovered a force beyond his imagination. Thanks to a mystical coin from the Nameless Kingdom, he is now the Pyre Knight, wielder of cleansing red fire. When enemies bring living shadows to the world, Teddy must defend the town he once hated. As he fends off giant flying insects, a man of living stone, a belligerent warrior of honor, and an otherworldly woman, he will either become the legendary Knight of Flames, or die. With the Lightning Maiden, the voice in his sword, and a ninth grade brawler by his side, Teddy must overcome annihilation, and become the hero he was destined to be.