In order to meet with the Spirit King Element’s old comrade “The Proxy,” Chelsea and Glen set off across the continent to plant cuttings of the Spirit Tree in different countries. Stopping in the Radzuel Empire along their travels, Micah gets to visit her home, while Chelsea and Glen get the grand reception they’d missed on their first visit. For Chelsea’s part in saving the Empire with her [Seed Creation] Skill, she’s awarded a commendation, and presented a special book detailing plants of various types. She and Glen are also welcomed as friends by the Beastmen, and after eating their fill of delicious food, the group heads for the Martec Republic! Once there, they see the Republic is suffering from an unnatural mana drought. Upon hearing the pleas of the citizens, Chelsea and Glen quickly move to attempt planting the cutting. However, the Proxy’s worshippers appear, and make another attempt on Chelsea’s life...only for the Republic’s sacred bird to swoop in and save her!

Using her [Seed Creation] Skill, Chelsea creates an Elixir Seed to cure former emperor Royz’s illness. With him fully recovered, it’s time to head for the imperial capital to challenge Emperor Bearsley for the throne! As they approach the city, Chelsea sees the devastation the miasma has caused the Radzuel citizens. Determined to help, she vows to plant the Spirit Tree cutting and clear the miasma away!

Chelsea is finally free of her abusive birth family, and has been adopted by her maternal uncle. But before the dust can settle, a top-secret letter arrives from the neighboring Radzuel Empire. In desperate need of aid, the sender asks that Chelsea come and plant a cutting of the Spirit Tree in hopes of dispelling the miasma that has engulfed their land... Knowing the Empire borders her adoptive father’s domain, the Sargent Margraviate, she readily accepts the request and departs, eager to meet her new relatives. Upon arrival, she’s showered with familial love and affection for the first time. Chelsea considers what she can do in return—and what better way to help than to create a seed that would clear away the miasma invading her family’s home?

Despite being the eldest daughter of a Baron, Chelsea has spent her life enduring endless torment at the hands of her mother and younger twin sister Margaret. But that all changed on her twelfth birthday, when she is discovered to have the never-before-seen skill — [Seed Creation]! Brought to the Royal Research Institute by her appraiser, Glen, for further study of her ability, she is greeted with open arms, a big room with personal maids, a soft warm bed, and all the delicious food she could want. Her life couldn't have done more of a complete 180! But of course, Margaret won’t sit by quietly as Chelsea is now pampered like a princess...

Eight months after using her [Seed Creation] Skill to reverse the Martec Republic’s mana drought, it’s time for a special occasion: Chelsea’s fifteenth birthday! Experiencing her birthday with others for the first time, Chelsea’s huge coming-of-age celebration also marks a turning point in her life—being officially recognized as an adult in Chronowize. And as luck would have it, she receives an important request the very next day: visiting the Holy Country of Celesark as the foreign observer for the trial to choose their next Grand Saintess! Chelsea heads north to the Holy Country with her maids and Micah, for tea parties and adventure!

Now that the Floral Crucible is complete and the next Grand Saintess has been chosen, Chelsea wraps up her time in the Holy Kingdom of Celesark. She sets out for home with her maids and Lord Glen, but along the way, a landslide forces them to take an unexpected detour to the village of Ilnato. The tiny town doesn’t have room to house their whole entourage, but that’s not a problem thanks to Chelsea’s [Seed Creation] Skill! After making an inn-sized Treehouse Seed and enjoying some local soufflé cheesecake, the group settles in for the night, ready to continue in the morning... But wait! Chelsea isn’t waking up! She’s trapped in a dream, where she meets a young boy named Cyril who asks to play. Soon after, Glen and Micah find themselves trapped in the dream too! Then the truth comes out—Cyril is a Nightmare!

Red Room Press is extremely proud to present its fourth annual anthology featuring this year's hardcore corps of authors with the best extreme horror fiction of 2018 that breaks boundaries and trashes taboos. First up is “Vigil” by Chad Lutzke. Chad takes us into a neighborhood where a steady stream of decayed corpses are exhumed from a neighbor’s cellar. Extreme olfactory horror at its best. Deborah Sheldon went under the knife for the inspiration of “Hair And Teeth,” and the result is a tale of gynaecological body horror likely to terrify women and make most men squeamish. With “Rut Seasons” Brian Hodge makes a return to Year’s-Best pages in a tale as chilling as it is heart-wrenching, inspired by a thousand-mile drive littered with roadkill and some personal tragedies. “Control” by Jeff Parsons introduces us to a meth addict stalking potential victims in Central Park to get money for the next score. Annie Neugebauer is back with “Cilantro,” a Neugebauerian yarn of culinary chaos sure to turn stomachs and cause nightmares. Tim Waggoner likewise returns this year with “Voices Like Barbwire,” an exploratory dig into old wounds and painful memories. Rebecca Rowland’s “Bent” wins the Most Cringe-worthy Story honor with her twisted tale of extreme body horror. Her well-drawn characters seem to come off the page but God forbid they do. Their idea of a pretzel party is truly twisted. Scath Beorh takes Lovecraftian cosmic horror to its next level with “Lord of the Mesa.” Sean Patrick Hazlett’s story “The Godhead Grimoire” possesses dangerous religious overtones and a forbidden bloodthirsty book. “Carnal Bodies” by R.E. Hellinger is a shocking story of baroque horror and demonic necrophilia from Two Dead Queers Present: Guillozine. You’ll have to read this one to believe it. In “Crossroads of Opportunity” Ed Kurtz and doungjai gam take you on a-deal-with-the-devil-at-the-crossroads trip with a son driving his dead mother to an uncertain destination. Trouble is, his mother is a bit of a backseat driver and she just won’t shut up. Seras Nikita’s “Dad’s Famous Preserves” won’t do much for your appetite but it will show you a recipe for disaster when a jungle missionary’s foot infection blossoms into a stomach-churning nightmare. “The Bearded Woman,” brought all the way from Rome, Italy, by the inimitable Alessandro Manzetti. His dystopian future tale takes us for a ride in the Bearded Woman’s circus trailer as she and her dwarf husband bring their marriage to a bloody end. Sara Tantlinger’s “The Devil’s Dreamland” takes us inside the Murder Castle of the infamous H.H. Holmes with her brilliant narrative poem of macabre beauty. Frank Oreto’s “All God’s Creatures Got Reasons” reveals that there are real monsters walking among us, monsters with a savage appetite for young flesh, but they are so skilled at covering their tracks, we never even know they’re there. “The Ugly” by J.R. Park introduces us to a couple of sweet little kids who may have a good reason for torturing and eating cats. It’s a way to keep the Ugly at bay. Or is it? Doug Ford’s “I Have a Confession” takes a coldblooded plunge into sex with a ghost. But what if it’s not a ghost? In “When the Owls Call” Lyman Graves takes us “stealth camping” in a Texas park after hours, where a strange and dangerous gathering is taking place. David Lynch might say, “The owls are not what they seem.” But are they? Jeremy Thompson is back this year with his nefarious pal the Hallowfiend in “Bloodletting and Intrigue On All Hallows’ Eve’.” With a stylistic nod to Ray Bradbury, Jeremy delivers on our promise that something twisted this way comes. Capping it all off, Alicia Hilton serves up “Monkey See, Monkey Do” as a tasty little nightcap (for those with hardcore tastes). Salud! Sleep well. If you can.

Colin's Shorts Volume 4 is a collection of 30 short stories, a very varied mix with something for everyone: Romance, Drama, Sci-fi, Comedy. Spoofs of the X files and Flash Gordon. Romantic Fantasy in, Portrait of a Princess. Who done it in, The Case of the Beckley Diamonds. Spiders, i-Borg, for Star Trek fans. Adventure in, The Lake...And many more.

Casanova was an Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice. His autobiography, is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century. He has become so famous for his often complicated and elaborate affairs with women that his name is now synonymous with "womanizer". He associated with European royalty, popes and cardinals, along with luminaries such as Voltaire, Goethe and Mozart. He spent his last years in Bohemia as a librarian in Count Waldstein's household, where he also wrote the story of his life. Set of 6 volumes.

Falcon Hunter is a half-Seneca, half-white sniper with sights set on proving himself as a warrior by helping to free America from British rule. Belle wants love, and the care-free Falcon she once knew. When Falcon leaves with the Colonial army, Belle's sister convinces her to follow him, and tend the American wounded. Along the way, she's captured by the British. Pretending to be politically aligned with her captors, Belle sees first-hand what war does to men and her heart longs to care for the soul-weary man Falcon has become. All she needs now is for him to find her. Previously Titled: Wild Legacy REVIEWS: "Phoebe Conn weaves family life and high passion... 4 stars!" RT Magazine THE HEARTS OF LIBERTY, in series order Savage Destiny Defiant Destiny Forbidden Destiny Wild Destiny Scarlet Destiny