Land of Gods and Monsters: And Other Stories

Two-fisted action and adventure across the Multiverse.

The Many Worlds: Alternate Earths where history played out differently, magic or superhuman abilities exist, the future is here and humans must battle hostile aliens, or entities of myth and legend are alive and active in the affairs of humankind. Four tales of heroic action, epic fantasy, military science fiction and alternate history. A Land of Gods and Monsters: Will was a divorced, unemployed loser who lived only to play his favorite roleplaying game, until one day he died and woke up in the body of his player character. Trapped in a madman's castle, can his now-real abilities help him survive? A Land of Gods and Monsters is a 30,000-word novella introducing a new fictional universe. Lori's War: When hostile aliens strike at a remote colony world, the fate of an entire town is in the hands of a teenage girl recovering from a terrible loss, and the town drunk - who happens to be a Warp Marine. This 7,000-word short story first appeared in the Galactic Frontiers anthology and is being released here with additional content and revisions. Golden Horde: The year is 1968, and the US is mired in a war in Asia. But this war is being waged in China, and the military fields entire units of superhuman men and women who will pit their powers against a mad tyrant's own Celestial Warriors. Set in the world of Armageddon Girl, this 18,000-word novella first appeared in the New Olympus collection and is being re-released with additional content and revisions. The Way the World Ends: When freak events - people from other times and place begin appearing all over the world - cause society to collapse, will a young boy manage to protect his family in the face of supernatural evil? This 3,000-word short story introduces the main character of the upcoming epic fantasy series by C.J. Carella, A Crucible of Worlds. The first novel of the series, Outlands Justice, will be out in 2018.


Genre: GameLit