AustLit

'There’s an intergalactic space station out there bigger than our solar system that wants everyone to come along and meet up.

'The beacon made it sound like a utopia, but what Niko finds upon her arrival is a lawless expanse where everyone is out for themselves and she’s so late she doesn’t even have a seat at the table.

'A story of survival, truth, and experience lies in front of Niko if she can figure out who to trust and what to do before the secret of her journey catches up with her.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'All scientist-warrior Van Louise wanted was to retire and get off-planet as her society collapsed, but she’s unearthed a mystery involving the death of her son… and she can’t leave without discovering the truth first–even as war brews in her violent and fantastical world.

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'In EVERFROST, Van Louise retired to the ice coast so she could quietly find a way off planet from a world on the wrong side of societal collapse. She biohacks a dead leviathan to orchestrate passage away into the universe, but her plans are about to get chewed up by a mounting war between the Warlords – violent gatekeepers for the global ruling party – and the Bloom – those who risk extinction living out on the water – as well as a family reunion with her son who she hasn’t seen since he died in her arms when he was a child.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'When the VP of KDP flies out the top floor and dives into the pavement out the front, there are a lot of questions to answer. Enter: Keene, an independent contractor brought in to help figure out how and why she died. What unfolds is a mystery spanning decades that becomes less about why one woman dies and more about why a building would conspire to make it happen.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Brett Buckley was a normal family man once. When he unexpectedly turned undead, he struggled to regain the love and respect of his wife and kids... a struggle he ultimately lost in a single moment of weakness that cost him everything.

'Now, after months of estrangement, and still trapped in the limbo between life and death, Brett is propelled suddenly back into family life to face his greatest challenge yet: becoming the primary carer for his children.

'More than just another zombie story, Undad Volume Three is about the challenges of facing down what really scares you, while being (literally) dead inside.'

Source : publisher's blurb

'A group of isolated shieldmaidens protect their village against a tide of men who think they can take their land from them. Vif takes her band of women off viking to quell the advances of a loitering mystical scumbag, Bjarte. But some battles rage on inside us long after the field is empty, and some opponents won’t ever stay down. Eternal is a haunting story of how vulnerable you make yourself when trying to protect everything around you.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'An all ages fantasy one shot about two children who live in a lighthouse that is there to keep the monsters in the dark away. So one night when the globe breaks, mayhem comes knocking.

'A wild romp of adventure and what it means to overcome your fears.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'STAIN THE SEAS SCARLET is a brutal sci fi one-shot comic about Yelena, a resistance leader on a distant planet, who plays one last hand against the shitty robots tearing her world and life apart.

'Lon Eisley is a hitwoman hired to kill a small child a few days after discovering her girlfriend is pregnant. In a bold declaration of uncertainty, she saves the boy and hits the road, despite the fact her boss clearly wanted him dead for a reason. This warped crime dystopia delves into the emotional dichotomy of creator/destroyer as Lon tries to connect the two very different worlds she now inhabits. From Sami Kivela (Chum) & Ryan K Lindsay (Negative Space, DC Writers Workshop) comes a gonzo tale of personal discovery, animal/hybrid hit troupes, and reactive pyrokinesis.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'An all ages sci fi one shot about Sasha, a young girl who wakes one morning to find a sentient sci fi helmet in her room and it wants to go on an intergalactic adventure with her. So she goes.

'But what is she leaving behind? And why was she so eager to run from it?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Bucky is the editor of the crime beat at a newspaper, and he’s also a deer. A political conspiracy might be the story of the year, or it might lead to Bucky’s obituary.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Summer Stanwyck is a waitress on a small island, and she would very much like to leave. When she comes across a bag full of drugs and cash, she sees her way out. But the path is going to take her through a few guys who will get in her way.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'The inhabitants of Carpenter Cove discover their strange town is actually a construct in the mind of a killer. Shane, the sheriff, wants to get back to his real life but one dark connection between him and the killer is going to make him rethink everything.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'When one man’s writer’s block gets in the way of his suicide note, he goes for a walk to clear his head and soon uncovers a century-old conspiracy dedicated to creating and mining the worst lows of human desperation. A corporation has manipulated his life purely so they can farm his suicide note as a sadness artifact that will be packed and shipped to ancient underwater creatures who feed off our strongest and most base emotions. Our hero partners with a cult intent on exposing the corporation, and only a suicide mission can solve the whole mess.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (trade paperback release).

'The unthinkable has happened. In the wake of time displaced terrorist attacks on Baltimore and Las Vegas, Washington DC has been evacuated.

'With the government uprooted, the abandoned Capital has become a refuge for bandits, smugglers, hardened criminals and those who have chosen to stay behind in this pre-apocalyptic Ghost Town.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'When a father can't get the doll for his estranged daughter, he snaps emotionally and enters a pulp landscape where he has the power to do what he needs. This noir crash of a one-shot looks at how far you would go to make your child happy, and could you go too far?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.