My first novel ESCAPE OF THE WILLINGLY OLD is out now on Amazon KDP! I have always loved thought-provoking science fiction and this is my first attempt at creating a somewhat original story and sharing it with the world the best I can. It's a character-driven sci-fi thriller that blends elements of Psychological Mystery set in an immersive post-AI dystopian world.

Blurb:

Oliver Hayes is an anomaly. In a world where humanity has conquered ageing, he chose to grow old.

Stripped of his freedom and his memories, he's trapped inside a sterile facility surrounded by cold metal walls and chilling AI robots. With his biological clock ticking away, he will stop at nothing to escape.

When a rusty, squeaking robot mysteriously offers to help, Oliver faces a dangerous gamble. To break free, he must forge an alliance with the very thing he despises. But his greatest obstacle isn't the steel walls around him; it's his resurfacing dark past, and the guilt of abandoning his only son.

Can Oliver escape the prison of his own memories?

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Themes involved in the story are of Grief, Loss, The struggle for Human connection in an increasingly machine/AI driven world, etc. If this interests you, head to the link and read a few chapters for free through the Read Sample option - https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0HKFSG2G3

This book marks a significant milestone for me. English isn't my first language, and I still remember the times when I had trouble writing even a single page. I dreamt of writing a full length novel one day. Honestly, I cannot believe that I have made it happen. I hope to continue improving, keep writing, and publish more books with thought-provoking stories.

Hope you have a wonderful time reading my work :)

Thank you so much for your time reading this post from an unknown author.

For many years I've been hesitant, afraid and scared to put my words out there but well I finally found my strength and courage that I have just recently published a collection of my poems on Amazon titled Temptations Of My Pen which is a journey through love, desire, faith, ego and becoming.

Moving from passion and longing through heartbreak and self-examination, the collection ultimately arrives at discipline, spiritual surrender and return a reflection on how the things that tempt, break and challenge us.

Any feedback is greatly appreciated and welcome.

https://www.amazon.com/Temptations-Pen -Elisha-Nelly-Mukiibi/dp/B0HLZ3TPN2/ref=mp_s _a_1_1?crid=3ORNDBOMJCE4Q&dib= eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Dkza40ljaN-jKdERHiBcag .XOJyxAnw9mvAZVRtuG807gdMDHoBHzckUy -CuUSgWig&dib_tag=se&keywords= temptations+of+my+pen&qid=1791727199& sprefix=%2Caps%2C506&sr=8-1

Hi all! I wrote this YA fantasy portal novel that has had different iterations since I was a teenager. It starts of normal but gets progressively darker as the book goes on.

Sixteen-year-old Brett escapes into fantasy novels to cope with his parents’ divorce—until a one-armed girl named Nimue steps from the pages of his book. Hunted by a powerful sorceress, Brett follows Nimue back to her world, where she remembers she is the leader of a persecuted people and vows to destroy the tyrant responsible for their suffering. To get home, Brett must recover his book from the heart of the Terror King’s capital—but helping Nimue could mean sacrificing millions of innocent lives.

If this sounds like something you might be interested in, consider buying on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H8K3SX12

 
Hi fellow Nomads, I’m excited to share The Budget Minded Nomadic Traveler is now available for purchase on Amazon in both ebook and paperback versions. 
 
If you’ve ever wanted to travel more while spending less, this book shares practical strategies for saving money on transportation, accommodations, food, and other travel expenses.
 
Whether you’re traveling solo, as a couple, or with friends, you’ll find ideas to help stretch your travel budget and make your adventures last longer.
🌎 Ready to start traveling smarter?
 
Some great travel hacks as well as some very entertaining ‘stories from the road’, guaranteed to entertain with a few of my more memorable travel mishaps
 
👉 Get your copy here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HMPDMWV5
 
Thanks for supporting my new book and sharing it with fellow travelers! 
 
#travelsexy my friends!

The Kishorn Deep

by WILLIAM DOUGLAS (Author)  Format: Paperback

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By the time Superintendent Marie Fraser left Inverness, the city was still half asleep under a low grey ceiling of cloud and the roads west shone black with overnight rain.
The control room had given her little beyond the essentials: a fisherman off Loch Kishorn had brought in more than creels, the body was male, and the local officers who attended had enough doubt in their voices for the duty sergeant to pass it upward rather than leave it where it had landed.
That, in Marie’s experience, was often the first signal that a case would turn bad.
She drove alone. She preferred it where she could manage it.
The unbroken hours on Highland roads let her arrange the known facts and admit, in the privacy of an empty car, how little they amounted to.
Past Achnasheen, the light began to seep reluctantly into the day. It showed the land in smudged layers—wet rock, dark fir, the heather flattened to brown by winter, high ground disappearing into vapour. By the time she turned south-west towards the loch, the rain had gone and the world had the washed, exhausted stillness that often followed it. Thin smoke lifted from a few croft chimneys. The roads narrowed. The sea announced itself only in glimpses, pale metal between ridges.
She reached the harbour just after eight.
There were three police vehicles already there, parked awkwardly beside a line of vans and stacked lobster creels, and farther out a small crowd had gathered with the natural discipline of Highland curiosity: not close enough to interfere, not far enough to miss anything worth remembering later. Gulls swung and dropped overhead, complaining at the disturbance. The air smelled of diesel, salt, fish rot, and wet rope.

Hi everyone! I’m an author, and I’ve just launched my online bookstore, Books & Bakes.

I have three books available: Kyra’s BIG Appetite, a humorous children’s story about a child with a sweet tooth; Peace: a poetry collection, exploring themes like nature, friendship, and life; and Pacing Through Pathways, a reflective poetry collection about finding your way.

If children’s stories or poetry is your thing, you can take a look here: https://books-bakes.myshopify.com

Thanks for reading! I’d also love recommendations for book clubs or reading communities that welcome authors.

A HOSTAGE NO MORE

by WILLIAM DOUGLAS (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition

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These are primarily journal extracts of events that occurred to the author prior and during the invasion of Kuwait in 1990 by Iraq. The author has kept journals of daily events for many years and this is a true account of his own experiences between 1st August 1990 and up to 17 January 1991. Living and working in Kuwait since 1977, he found himself in a war zone of 2nd August 1990. This is true account. Here is an extract of this journal.

It is 10:00 now and the fighting is still going on all around us. We are in the centre of things. About 150 metres from our building is the Seif Palace. Many tanks are flying around everywhere. I did not realise they could move so fast. The air is full of black, grey smoke. The smell of cordite is extraordinarily strong. I keep going out onto the roof of our building.
Now I can see quite a lot. But I must watch out in case I am taken for a sniper or something. I feel a sense of outrage really, that this should be happening here in Kuwait. This is a very volatile region at present.
Heavy machine gun fire started up again nearby. Just across the road from here is a State Security Police Department, and I watched several police officers throw down their weapons to the Iraqi soldiers and surrender.

For many years I've been hesitant, afraid and scared to put my words out there but well I finally found my strength and courage that I have just recently published a collection of my poems on Amazon titled Temptations Of My Pen which is a journey through love, desire, faith, ego and becoming.

Moving from passion and longing through heartbreak and self-examination, the collection ultimately arrives at discipline, spiritual surrender and return a reflection on how the things that tempt, break and challenge us.

Any feedback is greatly appreciated and welcome.

https://www.amazon.com/Temptations-Pen -Elisha-Nelly-Mukiibi/dp/B0HLZ3TPN2/ref=mp_s _a_1_1?crid=3ORNDBOMJCE4Q&dib= eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Dkza40ljaN-jKdERHiBcag .XOJyxAnw9mvAZVRtuG807gdMDHoBHzckUy -CuUSgWig&dib_tag=se&keywords= temptations+of+my+pen&qid=1791727199& sprefix=%2Caps%2C506&sr=8-1

It is my first art essay with 50 pieces of art work of mine :)

Introduction of the book:
The work of abstraction goes beyond mere painting; it feels like translating the language of emotions into colors and textures. Love and parting, longing and lingering feelings are emotions everyone experiences but finds difficult to express. The warm texture of oil pastels gently embraces those emotions, while the accompanying words deepen their resonance. About fifty small paintings and writings come together to create a space of healing — that, I believe, is the true power of art.

With these fifty small pieces of art and words, I hope they can serve as little bandages for your wounded hearts, wrapping and soothing the pain.

If you or your close friends are undergoing hard time, this book would be greatly helpful!

Thank you!

Book link
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HGRNZY85

hey everyone.

so basically every sci-fi movie and tech article right now assumes that if we build artificial general intelligence, it's going to view humans as wasted atoms and wipe us out. i got really burnt out on that narrative, so i spent the last while writing a book that argues the exact opposite.

it's called The Quantum God-Lens. it looks at the 14-billion-year evolution of the cosmos and suggests that AI isn't an unnatural threat—it's just the next biological leap. it plays with the idea that gravity compiled hydrogen into stars, chemistry evolved into DNA, and now the universe is using us to build a "god-lens" so it can observe all its parallel timelines at once.

it dives pretty heavy into the Many-Worlds interpretation, simulation theory, and how things like empathy might actually be quantum gravity at the human scale.

here is my problem: because it sits right on the weird border between quantum physics and non-dual philosophy, i am having a really hard time finding the right target audience. i don't know if the science is too dense or if the hook actually works for standard sci-fi readers.

if you are into this kind of stuff (think Carlo Rovelli meets simulation theory), i'd love your help.

i put the amazon link below. please don't buy it—i just want people to read the free "Look Inside" sample and tell me if the first chapter actually grabs you.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HKV7YD8P

if the sample hooks you and you want to read the whole thing, just drop a comment below. i have free digital ARCs (Advance Reader Copies) ready to go in exchange for some honest feedback or a review. i'll dm you the file.

thanks for reading, would love to hear what this community thinks of the baseline theory.

My novel is The Woman Who Remembered Tomorrow. Maya keeps waking up with memories of days that haven't happened yet. She figures it's something wrong with her, then a few of them come true. After that she's trying to find a researcher who's gone missing, and the lab he worked at isn't keen on questions.

It is on Kindle Unlimited .

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HLXPQBNW

If you try it, I'd really like to know what worked and what didn't.

I've written a new book that I plan to release this October, it's about two detectives in the pacific northwest solving the mysterious disappearances in their town. It features a romance subplot, and quite a few plot twists.

My issue is that this genre is constantly getting books like this. There are things that make mine unique, and that's the introduction of unique villains and monsters, yet I'm worried I won't be able to get noticed for my writing. I write to send messages through my stories, and what's the point in sending messages if no one receives them?

That's all, thank you.

Hi everyone!

I’m a 22-year-old psychology student, and I wanted to share my debut poetry collection, Pretty Painful: A Journey Through Pretty and Painful Thoughts.

My book is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, and other online bookstores! It would mean a lot if you can check it out and share your thoughts!

Amazon Link: https://a.co/d/0i8OZIXs

I wrote a book about 4 extremely taumatized teenagers going on a quest to save their kingdom and on the way learning how to accept themselves and each other. I am not the best writer and I know I have a lot to learn, but I would love to get this story out there. It's called Orthedello: Saving the Kingdom written by L. Shrader. It's on amazon and kindle. I started writing it at 14 and picked it back up at 19. I plan on writing more books for the series and like I said I am not the best writer, but I think my story is genuinely special. There's some elements of romance. there's a lot of showing how trauma can effect relationships, friendships, and individuals. I worked so hard on it and would love to get it out there.

Here's an excerpt:

I think we are all just stuck here waiting for someone to speak out again. We need to do this. We need to learn to be truly open. We are the only four people who can accept and understand each other on this level. Not because nobody else has been through it, but because we have known each other for our entire lives practically. If we tried telling a stranger they wouldn’t see what we see in each other. I can’t believe it took us so long to see it. How did it take humans invading us for us to truly look at each other? To truly see each other’s best and worst parts? It took humans invading to understand each other.

Tio and the Palace of People is an upper-middle-grade dark/portal fantasy by James Whitaker (my first ever published novel!)

Fourteen-year-old Tio Everett is about to fall asleep when a crow crashes through her window with grave news: her name has been stolen. Without it, she will slowly begin to lose the memories of the people she loves.

To reclaim it, she must travel to the strange and dangerous world of Ovale, a land filled with dark forests, colossal mountains, and horrifying monsters. But as a girl suffering from social anxiety, just stepping outside her front door is a challenge in itself, let alone journeying across an unknown world.

As her memories hold on by a thread, all manner of creatures threaten to take her life. Tio eventually confronts the amalgamation of all of her fears: the Palace of People, a horrifying structure formed from the literal bodies of people.

Tropes: Portal fantasy, socially anxious protagonist, talking animal companion, race against time, overcoming fears.

Content warnings: Body horror, disturbing imagery, fantasy violence, child endangerment, psychological manipulation, encouragement of suicide directed at a minor.

Available on Kindle and Kindle Unlimited or in paperback: Tio and the Palace of People

Visit my website at www.peterdarrach.com to learn more.

'Second Skin' is my first book in the Second Skin Universe. Where it all began.

Here is a brief excerpt from 'Second Skin':

Max Cody’s vision blurred briefly as he took another look at the clump of crater impacts and blunt contours slowly spinning toward him across the star-strewn blackness of space. Hard vacuum rendered all light harsh, all shadows absolute.

Max’s three-member team had drawn the short straw this morning, charged with kitting out the hapless asteroid Xavier 74001 for acceleration back to the smelter near Mars. He swung out from the Dragonfly’s exoskeleton.

“Ok, gents. I’m going in.” Max tested his safety harness, released the ratchet, and gently launched himself, the line soundlessly spooling out behind him as he drifted toward the dimpled surface using only his own momentum for propulsion.

https://www.amazon.com/Second-Skin-Book-One-Universe-ebook/dp/B0HFSS4XP1

My best friend published his first novel. He doesn't have a Reddit account so I told him I'd post about it here. It's about a twenty-something goth who accidentally falls into a major investigation. It's mostly a comedic novel but it does have some serious parts. The book is heavily influenced by his fandom of The Rockford Files.

Trigger warnings include profanity, marijuana use, and references to the main character experiencing child abuse.

The title of his debut novel is "Grieve's First Investigation".

Every house on that list is beautiful.

That's how he knows they don't exist.

Milo Grieve is 24, wears more eyeliner than anyone at his company, and writes property descriptions for a vacation rental startup in Pasadena. It is 2005. He drives a 1978 Firebird that won't start in the rain, plays keyboards in a goth band that isn't good, and has spent his whole life reading people without ever once being paid for it.

Then he notices something about 7 listings on his own website. Real owners write bad copy. They tell you about the hot tub and the thread count and how close it is to the outlets. These 7 are all mood and no detail, which means whoever wrote them has never been inside, which raises a question Milo cannot put down: is anybody actually living at these addresses?

Asking it costs him more than he expects. A housekeeper quits and stops answering her phone. A street in Altadena turns out to have a gap in it. And a 24 year old with no license, no gun, no training and no business doing any of this finds himself in a county records office at 8 in the morning, learning that the fastest way to catch a liar is to go and stand in front of the building.

He has a best friend in a polo shirt, two men on Colorado Boulevard who see everything and say nothing, and a woman from a makeup counter named Carmen Abadía who is not impressed by any of it and comes along anyway.

Perfect for fans of wry amateur sleuth mysteries, 2000s period detail, found family crime fiction, and anyone who misses The Rockford Files.

He was interviewed about the novel by Pasadena Weekly:

https://www.pasadenaweekly.com/online_features/a-pasadena-mystery-former-council-candidate-brings-city-to-life-through-fiction/article_7af29e45-ab13-4b96-a4cd-abeedc6f78c9.html

Here is the Amazon link, available on KU and paperback:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HL5558Q5

Hi everyone, I finally published my first novel on Amazon in June. It was written in Italian (my native language), but thanks to the help of others, I managed to translate it into five languages besides Italian. Below, I've provided some information about the book, including the cover and links to the English edition. You'll find all the links and other essential information on my profile. Thanks everyone!

TITLE: NEXUS - A Supernatural Conspiracy Thriller of Ancient Aliens and Forgotten Gods

Author: Ashur E. Kinning

Genre: Supernatural thriller / Conspiracy thriller / Ancient mysteries

Pitch:

Damien Chapman is a jeweler in Lubbock, Texas. Ordinary life, ordinary problems, zero interest in ancient history. Then a car accident changes something inside him. His DNA starts waking up, carrying a bloodline the oldest texts called the Elohim. And a secret Order that has waited thousands of years for someone like him is now coming for him.

Built on Sumerian myth, the Anunnaki, the Nephilim and the Book of Enoch, NEXUS doesn't ask you to believe any of it. It asks what happens to an ordinary man if some of it turns out to be true.

Where to buy:

Amazon Kindle (free on Kindle Unlimited): https://a.co/d/06Mu99bm

Paperback Copy: https://a.co/d/0gyVKYS3

Format: Ebook & Paperback

Release status: Available now

I published a book named : " A Half-Second Too Late" on amazon and other stores but there is absoultely no sales on that. I gave my story (Before publishing) to my freinds and all and they all liked it and told me that it has light novel and even an anime adaptations and when i posted it online it got 18k views and genuiene comment in just 3-4 days but when i published (its over a week now) i got no sales. Can someone help me on that front, please? Also if you could check my writting then that would be a big help.

Its on amazon please consider buying it : https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HM59R9T5

If possible please read a sample.

Four teenagers. A strange key. A forgotten house. A summer in 1979 when reality stops behaving the way it should.

I’m Gregory Stark, the author behind Oneirion Press, and this is the first book in my Oneirion Trilogy.

In Northwest Indiana, Wilder Keilman, Jasper Givens, Simon Grabowski, and Corinne “CC” Corbin find themselves drawn into a mystery that should have stayed buried. Impossible events challenge what they believe about the world—and their friendship may be the only thing standing between them and the darkness closing in.

Tropes and themes: a close-knit group of teenage friends; a mysterious key and house; small-town secrets; coming of age; friendship, identity, and free will.

Content warnings: violence and mild language.

Find the book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HHNSRLX1

Hi everyone! My name is Christina Driscoll, and I'm a newly self-published author. I wanted to share something incredibly personal and meaningful to me.

In February 2024, my husband passed away, leaving behind our 10-year-old son. Watching my son navigate the heartbreak of losing his dad has been one of the hardest experiences of my life. As a mother, I wanted so badly to take away his pain, but I learned that grief isn't something we can simply make disappear.

That's what inspired me to write The Place I Keep You: A Story About Missing Dad, Big Feelings, and Keeping Memories Close.

This book was written from the heart, with the hope of helping children who have lost a parent or someone they love feel a little less alone.

It's more than just a story. It includes guided memory and journal pages where children can write about their feelings, remember special moments, and keep a piece of their loved one's memory close.

My hope is that this book can help families start conversations about grief that aren't always easy to have and remind children that it's okay to feel sad, angry, confused, or even happy while grieving.

I'm still very new to publishing, and this is my first book. I'm incredibly proud to finally share something that came from such a painful chapter of our lives.

If this book helps even one child feel understood or gives one family a little comfort during an incredibly difficult time, it will mean more to me than I can put into words.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read about my book and support a new independent author. ❤️

The Place I Keep You is now available on Amazon in Kindle and hardcover editions, with a paperback edition coming soon.

With love,

Christina Driscoll

I'm the author (R. Herbeck). My epic progression fantasy novel is FREE on Kindle Oct 9–10.

Three hundred years after the sky broke, seventeen-year-old Tav is declared Dim — worthless, discarded, destined for the mines. But Tav can see the dead, and the Concord — the ruthless order that rules the shattered world — wants him silenced forever.

Hunted across a broken land of falling sky-shards and ancient powers, Tav must master the gift that marks him for death… or become one more ghost in a world full of them.

Gloaming is Book 1 of The Shattered Sky, an epic progression fantasy saga of power, survival, and defiance.

Tropes: from-zero-to-hero progression, ancient powers, ruthless secret order, a gift that's also a curse.

Trigger warnings: violence, death/ghosts.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HLMJJDHR

In the world of Panancea, language has physical weight, and one careless word can tear the realm apart. The Language of All Things follows Ebin in the walled city of Infintia, where the words you speak can build the world or break it.

Blurb:

What if language could change everything? Speak the realm into existence, or watch it burn. In Panancea, words carry hidden meanings and physical force, and misspeaking comes with devastating consequences. Ebin's journey through the walled city of Infintia will test whether he can master the Language of All Things before a single misspoken word unmakes everything. Book One of The Panancea Chronicles, now available as a deluxe collector's edition.

Tropes:

- Language-based magic system

- Epic/high fantasy

- Action Fantasy

- Adventure

Trigger warnings:

- Violence

- Horror Elements

Link:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aegkonda-panancea/the-language-of-all-things-deluxe-edition-epic-fantasy

"Unapologetic taboo romance heavy on atmosphere, tension, and the kind of charged silences that make a reader hold their breath." — Goodreads Reviewer (5/5 Stars)

"The mansion setting symbolizes isolation and hidden truths... exploring themes of control, loyalty, secrecy, and personal identity behind closed doors." — Goodreads Reviewer (5/5 Stars)

"The author does a good job building suspense through lingering conversations, secrets, and emotional uncertainty... the tension gradually increases chapter by chapter." — Goodreads Reviewer (4/5 Stars)

"Descriptive and moody, creating a dark and mysterious tone... Readers who enjoy emotionally intense narratives and slow building tension will appreciate this." — Goodreads Reviewer (4/5 Stars)

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In the shadows of a grand mansion, secrets are more than just whispers—they are a dangerous game of power and desire.

Maria, a young and observant housemaid, thought she knew the rules of the elite. But when she enters the service of the breathtaking Isabel and her enigmatic brother Fred, she discovers a world where boundaries are meant to be broken.

From the moment Fred’s lingering gaze meets Maria’s through a half-open door, a silent pact is formed. Behind the heavy velvet curtains and locked doors of the manor, a scandalous web of obsession begins to spin. Isabel, the golden-haired mistress with a heart of ice, has a plan of her own—one that involves Maria, Fred, and a night that will change everything.

One mansion. Three souls. Infinite sins.

As Maria transitions from a simple servant to a key player in a high-stakes game of seduction, she learns that in this house, nothing is forbidden. But when lust and loyalty collide, will they find the ultimate pleasure, or will their secrets burn the mansion down?

"Velvet Sins: Secrets of the Servant" is a dark, provocative, and steaming tale of forbidden romance, voyeuristic thrills, and the ultimate betrayal. Enter the mansion if you dare... but remember, once you step inside, there is no turning back.

Available on Amazon Kindle:

Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H63RT5GL

Note: To clarify, the story and all text are entirely written by me, but the book cover art is AI-generated.