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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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Story Game: The Fox's Wedding Book Cover Image

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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Story Game: Years Book Cover Image

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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Short Story, Crime, Dark, Gritty, LGBTQ, Conspiracy
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Story Game: Supernatural Nightclub Book Cover Image

Supernatural Nightclub
by: Skyler Woods

Do you remember those bedtime stories your mother used to read to you when you were little. Imagine those same bedtime stories, but darker. Supernatural Nightclub is a collection of weird supernatural tales with fantasy, horror and scifi elements. Do you want to hear about a bounty hunter Santa Claus who has to face off with a serial killer? How about a father and his children trapped in the woods with ruthless gangsters who aren’t human? Would you like to hear about a female truck driver who takes the wrong road in the middle of the night? A haunted road called Sweet Hollow. Do you want to know about a group of youngsters who decide to visit an abandoned, haunted asylum? If you would like to party at the Supernatural Nightclub make sure you bring your VIP card!
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Rules of Engagement
by: Abigail F. Taylor

With his working relationship on the rocks, special agent Theo O’Connor signs himself and his partner onto an assignment that will have them chasing after Croatian mobsters and the secrets that they keep from each other.
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Exsanguination
by: Glen Picotte

Henry Devland was a man who always traveled to help cope with the terrible things in his mind. During his last adventure he fell ill, and soon returned to his childhood home. These are the letters documenting his final days as he succumbs to his illness.
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The Queen's Regards
by: Paige Law

Everyone should know not to piss off The Queen! And that should include The Queen’s two vampire assassins. Trying to redeem themselves in The Queen’s eyes, Kendra and Clara go after their newest mark, and risk their lives in the process.
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Story Game: Dybbuk Book Cover Image

Dybbuk
by: Lauren Fiala

What if you never had to say goodbye? Ava, a young, ambitious scientist, is on the verge of bridging the gap between life and death, but once that door is open, how can you close it to the ones you don’t want to let in?
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Minutes to Murder
by: Damien King

On your birthday you discover that you can turn back time — but only by 4 minutes. Can you use this new power to save the life of your best friend?
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Penthouse Evenings
by: Alicia Zhang

A story about a couple who are out of control. They crave for blood and spend evenings in their penthouse, unsure of what to do.
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Story Game: Rules of Engagement Book Cover Image

Rules of Engagement

by: Abigail F. Taylor
Adventure Mystery / Thriller
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With his working relationship on the rocks, special agent Theo O’Connor signs himself and his partner onto an assignment that will have them chasing after Croatian mobsters and the secrets that they keep from each other.
Story Game: Exsanguination Book Cover Image

Exsanguination

by: Glen Picotte
Horror Mystery / Thriller
Linear
Prose
Henry Devland was a man who always traveled to help cope with the terrible things in his mind. During his last adventure he fell ill, and soon returned to his childhood home. These are the letters documenting his final days as he succumbs to his illness.
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The Queen’s Regards

by: Paige Law
Mystery / Thriller Paranormal
Linear
Prose
Everyone should know not to piss off The Queen! And that should include The Queen’s two vampire assassins. Trying to redeem themselves in The Queen’s eyes, Kendra and Clara go after their newest mark, and risk their lives in the process.
Story Game: Dybbuk Book Cover Image

Dybbuk

by: Lauren Fiala
Horror Mystery / Thriller Paranormal
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Dialogue
What if you never had to say goodbye? Ava, a young, ambitious scientist, is on the verge of bridging the gap between life and death, but once that door is open, how can you close it to the ones you don’t want to let in?

Genre: Mystery / Thriller

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