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The Thrill of the Hunt
by: Alex Shelby

Tansy considers herself undateable, but not for the reasons Tariq assumes. What starts out as a quirky rom-com morphs into a genre-bending thriller… a wild one!
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Clairvoyant
by: Michael Gordon

In Victorian London, paranormal detective Viola Hardinge investigates a local haunting, while simultaneously dealing with a terrifying vision of the Jack The Ripper murders.
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Apex Predators
by: Lena Nguyen

When the zombie apocalypse decimates the population, vampires suddenly find themselves out of their only food source: humans. In direct competition with the “other undead,” you must find more living people before the zombies do, protecting them so you can feed yourself. But will you become your humans’ superhuman savior–or have they just made a deal with the devil?
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Electric Veins
by: Ryan Folmsbee

Twenty years after the nuclear war of 1985, you and your father lead a community that supplies electricity to the world. But when an army of coked-out businessmen attack from the west, you must unite your disparate neighbors to hold them off. Will you become the visionary your people need? Or will you be the reason your city is destroyed?
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C.U.R.E.
by: Miguel Vidaure

When an underwater science facility is taken over by a hostile organism, it’s up to you to lead a team of C.U.R.E. mercenaries to capture the infected scientists who escaped. Can you find the infected personnel? How will you deal with them when you do? And will your choices save the world, or leave it to be taken over by the disease?
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Pseudonym
by: Elise C

Bestselling thriller author Carmen King has a secret: she’s actually a mild-mannered woman named Ava. But when the murders in Carmen’s books start happening in real life, Ava is dragged into the investigation. Can she figure out who the killer is, or will she end up a victim to her own pseudonym’s creation?!
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The Fox's Wedding
by: Elizabeth White

You’re a detective, looking for eight people who’ve been abducted. When YOU are kidnapped, however, you and your partner wake up in a village alongside the victims you’ve been searching for. It turns out you’re all being forced to take part in a deadly game… and there can be only one survivor. Will you find a way to survive? Will you be able to save the abductees? And can you figure out why this is happening… or will you fall prey to the game first?
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TruChange
by: Tales Originals

Who’s making the decisions around here… you or this new app? Help Zoey decide when it’s truly time to CHANGE!
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Doll
by: yitsuin

Love is stitching up the cracks of a broken doll, transforming ugly seams into invisible scars. Love is restoring what is missing to make them whole again, of softened, pliable limbs and working joints.
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Years
by: chaos

When a persistent issue, overpopulation, begins dominating the world, the world fights back with laws geared towards population control. Now, the day that citizens fear most is their birthday.
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Story Game: Clairvoyant Book Cover Image

Clairvoyant
by: Michael Gordon

In Victorian London, paranormal detective Viola Hardinge investigates a local haunting, while simultaneously dealing with a terrifying vision of the Jack The Ripper murders.
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All That Glitters
by: Andrea Elle

You’ve been invited to join the elite Bella talent agency as the newest A-list influencer! As you embrace social media stardom, dark realities begin to set in and the new life you thought you had…may not exist at all. Can you escape the limelight before it’s too late?
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Limbo
by: Gina Massaro

You wake up with no memories in an unfamiliar world. Turns out you’re dead, and stuck in Limbo. In order to move on, you’ve got some unfinished business to handle on Earth. A mysterious resident in Limbo is proving to be an attractive distraction. You’ve only got 60 days to take care of business or get stuck in Limbo forever.
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The Harlowes of New Orleans
by: Sydney Meeker

As a detective in 1890s New Orleans, you are tracking a serial killer hunting public officials–the city is terrified, the police are under fire, and your daughter, Bianca, is growing stranger and more distant by the day. As the killer’s crimes grow more unbelievable, you have to acknowledge there are supernatural elements at play. Can you save the city? Can you save your daughter? And can you stop the killer before you become the next victim?
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Undercover Zombie
by: Jamie O'Connor

You’re a college kid, desperate to hide that you’re a ZOMBIE. You’ve managed to keep you undead nature under wraps until Ashley Collins, the President of the book club, spots you eating a mugger’s brains. Even worse, a group of new zombies show up to take over your turf – and they don’t care how many people they kill to get it. Can you protect your neighborhood from an undead apocalypse? And can you maintain some kind of normal life along the way?
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Darkness In Fallbury
by: Samantha Lienhard

Erin’s older sister Ashley was always a step above everyone else, even being accepted into the illustrious Fallbury University. Then she vanishes without a trace. Dissatisfied with the investigation, Erin heads to Fallbury… where she’s drawn into a dark world of secrets, mysteries, and madness.
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Wanted
by: aidanherron

You’re just trying to live your life when a handsome stranger slips a USB key into your bag. Now you’re being framed for murders you didn’t commit and chased by the FBI as well as a gang of psychopathic mercenaries. With only a rogue CIA agent in your corner, can you piece together the conspiracy you’re at the center of? And can you clear your name before you’re killed?
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Shadows Over Newport
by: Darrell Hardy

You’re seventeen-years-old and looking to leave your dark past behind. But when you find a dying boy on a beach and no one will believe you, and soon discover that monsters in Newport are real and deadly, you quickly learn the horrifying price of fitting in.
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Lady Justice
by: Ric Brady

Gangs, murderers, and corrupt cops are terrorizing the streets of Victorian Manchester. Only Verity Jade stands in their way. The city’s first and only female detective.
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A Bloody Engagement
by: Jorge A. Aguilar

A priest needs to exorcise a home, but the spirits have one request: solve a 200-year-old murder. Margaret, the murdered spirit, had died the day before her wedding. She faces the reality that one of her family members, fiancé, or best friend pushed her through a window. Every spirit within the house is a suspect, and they all have secrets they intend to keep beyond the grave. You have a duty to remove these spirits peacefully, but hate and vengeance can survive many lifetimes…
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Countdown
by: Clara Rose Noble

Unsure of who she is–or where she is–a woman marked with the designation “ED-9S” wakes up into a confusing nightmare. In a hospital room, she has several fellow patients. Though a few others wake up, many never rise from their coma. As a large clock on the wall counts down, patients begin dropping like flies.
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Paradise of Secrets
by: Jostena

You had always wanted to travel and see new places but could never do it. Now, as a lucky lottery winner for a one-month stay on an island paradise, you can finally travel and spend an unforgettable summer in an expensive hotel with a mesmerizing view of the beach. One murder changes it all. What exactly is happening on this island, and who can you trust?
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Turned for him
by: Kira Singh

Cole and Jordan had a memorable weekend a few months before. They both forgot about it, but only one of them was compelled to do so. When Cole was turned against his will, he wakes up with all his memories intact and a new craving. If only his obsession was as simple as blood and not the vampire attached to it.
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The Spanish Holiday
by: Veronica Fay

Karla needs a break. A real break. Preferably involving the beach and a lot of time spent on her back. So when she sees a last minute flight to Mallorca, she’s taking it. It starts out great; the locals are friendly, the men are cute, the weather impeccable…. but not everyone has come to the island to relax…
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The Black Hats
by: m.anumber1

Elliot Rowan, a hybrid with a hole in his memory joins the Meek-town College and is followed by his siblings, Zane and Alora who harass him and insist upon joining the Black Hats. A mystery girl Serena, who Elliot remembers only in his dreams and that too just her voice, shows up at the annual Meek-town College fair as a chief guest.
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For All That Quiet
by: AM

All you wanted was some peace and quiet, some relaxing vacation days. The sun shining on you, the sound of the waves, and the weight of a body dragged in the sand. Truly, they couldn’t have left you alone.
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All That Glitters

by: Andrea Elle
Drama Mystery / Thriller
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You’ve been invited to join the elite Bella talent agency as the newest A-list influencer! As you embrace social media stardom, dark realities begin to set in and the new life you thought you had…may not exist at all. Can you escape the limelight before it’s too late?
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Limbo

by: Gina Massaro
Drama Mystery / Thriller Paranormal
Branching
Dialogue
You wake up with no memories in an unfamiliar world. Turns out you’re dead, and stuck in Limbo. In order to move on, you’ve got some unfinished business to handle on Earth. A mysterious resident in Limbo is proving to be an attractive distraction. You’ve only got 60 days to take care of business or
Story Game: Undercover Zombie Book Cover Image

Undercover Zombie

by: Jamie O’Connor
Horror Mystery / Thriller Young Adult
Branching
Dialogue
You’re a college kid, desperate to hide that you’re a ZOMBIE. You’ve managed to keep you undead nature under wraps until Ashley Collins, the President of the book club, spots you eating a mugger’s brains. Even worse, a group of new zombies show up to take over your turf – and they don’t ca
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Darkness In Fallbury

by: Samantha Lienhard
Drama Mystery / Thriller
Branching
Prose
Erin’s older sister Ashley was always a step above everyone else, even being accepted into the illustrious Fallbury University. Then she vanishes without a trace. Dissatisfied with the investigation, Erin heads to Fallbury… where she’s drawn into a dark world of secrets, mysteries, and madness.
Story Game: A Bloody Engagement Book Cover Image

A Bloody Engagement

by: Jorge A. Aguilar
Drama Mystery / Thriller Paranormal
Branching
Dialogue
A priest needs to exorcise a home, but the spirits have one request: solve a 200-year-old murder. Margaret, the murdered spirit, had died the day before her wedding. She faces the reality that one of her family members, fiancé, or best friend pushed her through a window. Every spirit within the ho
Story Game: Countdown Book Cover Image

Countdown

by: Clara Rose Noble
Horror Mystery / Thriller Science Fiction
Linear
Prose
Unsure of who she is–or where she is–a woman marked with the designation “ED-9S” wakes up into a confusing nightmare. In a hospital room, she has several fellow patients. Though a few others wake up, many never rise from their coma. As a large clock on the wall counts down, patients begin dropping
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Turned for him

by: Kira Singh
Mystery / Thriller Paranormal
Linear
Prose
Cole and Jordan had a memorable weekend a few months before. They both forgot about it, but only one of them was compelled to do so. When Cole was turned against his will, he wakes up with all his memories intact and a new craving. If only his obsession was as simple as blood and not the vampire att
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The Spanish Holiday

by: Veronica Fay
Erotica Mystery / Thriller
Linear
Prose
Karla needs a break. A real break. Preferably involving the beach and a lot of time spent on her back. So when she sees a last minute flight to Mallorca, she’s taking it. It starts out great; the locals are friendly, the men are cute, the weather impeccable…. but not everyone has come to the is
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The Black Hats

by: m.anumber1
Mystery / Thriller Young Adult
Linear
Prose
Elliot Rowan, a hybrid with a hole in his memory joins the Meek-town College and is followed by his siblings, Zane and Alora who harass him and insist upon joining the Black Hats. A mystery girl Serena, who Elliot remembers only in his dreams and that too just her voice, shows up at the annual Meek-

Genre: Mystery / Thriller

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