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IN THE HOUSE OF TRANSCENDENCE
FHC October 2022 Novel
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Zora is a necromancer. Some say she’s gifted, others say she’s cursed, but her abilities always terrify her. Hoping to start a new life, she flees her childhood home and travels to Savannah, but she soon learns that some things can’t be changed.
There, she meets an alluring and powerful witch named Birdie. She offers Zora a proposition: she’ll give Zora a place to stay, a job dancing at a magical burlesque club called Nightingale’s, and help controlling her powers if Zora can solve her lover’s murder.
Zora accepts Birdie’s offer and is soon drawn into the magical community of Savannah, where rituals and magical fights are performed in grand old homes, potions can make people float on air, and three magical houses vie for dominance. As she tries to put the pieces together and solve the murder,
Zora gets caught in the sight of the very forces responsible for the killing.
Can she rise up and learn to control her powers and solve the murder or will her fears cause her to lose it all?
Content warnings: Drug and alcohol use, Violence, Anxiety, Murder
ELEMENTAL: SHADOWS OF OTHERSIDE
FHC February 2022 Novel
Enter an urban fantasy world where elves, vampires, weres, djinn, and others maintain a precarious balance of power in North Carolina. Welcome to Otherside.
Private investigator and sylph Arden Finch is determined to come out of the shadows and practice her forbidden magic. There's just one problem: the elves have a bounty on elementals like her.
When an elf hires Arden without realizing what she is, she seizes the chance to gain leverage in the dangerous world of Otherside—even if it means risking exposure. But as the case grows more perilous, Arden draws the attention of the region's deadliest power players.
Fans of Kim Harrison, Faith Hunter, and the early Anita Blake series will find a kick-ass heroine to love in Arden.
Suitable for Adults!
Content warnings: swearing, light consensual sex, physical violence, death, slurs (not toward any real racial or ethnic group/identity), threat of sexual violence.
AYELE NUBIAN WARRIOR
FHC February 2022 Comic
AYELE, young warrior, while bonding with his Falcon HEWA, encounters a former instructor/sage BABUKARUME battling a group of TAJI WARLORDS. To the rescue AYELE, NUBIAN WARRIOR. This Prehistoric African Centered, Sword and Soul tale of wizards, warriors, and rulers has everyone talking. Each character's effect on the virgin country they live in...The Land of NUBIA.
TO ILARIS, IN DESPERATION BY AMANDA ROSS
FHC October 2021 Novel
Mercury’s journey continues in this action-packed sequel to To Astera, With Love.
Astera is over. Mercury has his life and his powers but that doesn’t mean he’s safe. Violence against witches continues. Anyone with magic must wear a dog tag identifying themself as a witch. Practicing magic in public is now illegal. Then there’s Kinheld, a plot of land that the Witches’ Council plans to develop in its own image. While some witches feel Kinheld could be a safe haven, Mercury knows that this separate but equal treatment won’t benefit anyone.
So he takes his concerns to the streets, leading a handful of protests across L.A. But just as this movement gains national recognition, Mercury’s world is turned upside down after receiving a powerful threat. As he struggles to do the right thing, Mercury learns a shocking truth that could change everything. Can he rise up and fight, or will the political machinations of witches and vampires alike stop the movement for good?
[TW: Police violence, drug use, anxiety, depression, feelings of self-loathing]
Suitable for Adults
DIARY OF A MAD BLACK WEREWOLF BY MICHELINE HESS
FHC October 2021 Comic
Diary of a Mad, Black, Werewolf is a socio-political horror story that's dripping with gore, ghoulish humor, and some really gruesome gals.
It began when the artist decided to use the prompt words from Inktober to tell a story that explored their feelings about racism and police brutality in this country.
Suitable for Adults
GIRLS OF MIGHT AND MAGIC
An Anthology by Diverse Books With Magic
A disabled teen tracks down an elusive sea beast. A young, Indian detective finds a magical artifact. A Black teen who can see the dead solves a murder mystery. An Ethiopian girl discovers magical secrets when she is kidnapped by her teacher. A teen survivor of a deadly plague realizes she and her robot companion are not alone.
Across realms, worlds, and dimensions we bring you sixteen fantasy and/or science fiction tales that explore the tribulations of growing up. In Girls of Might and Magic, we aim to put characters of color, characters with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ characters front and center in stories about strength and resilience. Full of diverse characters and #ownvoices authors, the protagonists in these coming-of-age YA adventures will not only discover powerful magic but discover themselves along the way. Don't miss this magical collection of stories about witches, fae, ghosts, vampires, werewolves, jinn, and more!
PLANET DEAD BY SYLVESTER BARZEY
FHC June 2021 Novel
America is now the home of the dead and the land of the survivors! Building a wall and isolating from the rest of the world sounded like a good idea when trouble was everywhere else but now we got some American sized problems and we’re locked inside a burning house!
An unknown virus has quickly taken over the world. People are dying but like an 80s b-rated horror movie, they won’t stay dead for long. This is the world Catherine Briggs calls home, one where her family is thousands of miles away and doesn’t even know she’s alive.
An Army veteran with a bit of a drinking problem, Catherine is forced into the role of a hero when a clueless Sorority girl storms into her life in the dead of night. But this blonde is more trouble than she’s worth...so Catherine might just kill her if the zombies or the backwoods cannibalistic clowns don’t eat them first.
Planet Dead has every bit of nightmare fuel to keep you up for days. Can a modern day wonder woman survive long enough to be reunited with her family or is hope the only thing that stays dead in the Apocalypse?
Find out in the first installment of the Post-Apocalyptic Zombie Horror Series, Planet Dead!
Suitable For Adults!
ROUTE 3, VOL. 1 BY ROBERT JEFFREY II
FHC June 2021 Comic
Centuries old prophecies. Shadowy government conspiracies. Super heroic action. Just a typical day for teenager Sean Anderson. This is the story of a Stone Mountain, GA teen and the events that lead him to gain the absolute power to set a fractured world on the right course- assuming he survives.
Suitable For Teens and up!
BIRDS DON'T SWIM IN THE WINTER BY KENYATA GARNER
FHC April 2021 Novel
17 year old Dakota has had a a relatively good life. She’s smart, quiet kept, beautiful, and all around a pretty good kid. But when her only sibling goes off to college, inevitably morphing into someone Dakota doesn’t know, She suddenly finds herself alone. For Dakota, her Junior Year in high school started off fine until a mysterious boy shows up and is seemingly following her every move. Who is he? What does he want? To make matters worse, Dakota is faced with a heartbreaking dilemma as she watches her parents “marriage,” take a turn for the worst. The constant fighting, yelling, screaming, and even physical violence, has seemingly ended their once happy family when an age old secret finally comes to light.
Birds don’t swim in the winter deals with a plethora of emotions, situations, trauma, and normal teenage life. Three teens who have all had to find their way in the world, must keep it together long enough to survive Highschool. Even when the whole world seems to be against them.
Will Dakota be able to find the missing pieces? Can she save her family from their inevitable demise? Can she mend the relationship between her and her only sibling? Or will she cave under the pressure? Read now to find out why Birds, Don’t swim in the winter.
Suitable for Teens and up!
IS'NANA THE WERE-SPIDER, VOL. 1: FORGOTTEN STORIES BY GREG ANDERSON ELYSEE
FHC April 2021 Comic
Accidentally breaking a barrier between our world and theirs (called THE MOTHER KINGDOM), Is'nana, the son of Anansi (The West African God of Spiders) accepts the responsibility for releasing creatures of horror into our world, villains who want nothing more but to cause chaos and mayhem to achieve their own diabolical or selfish goals. With guidance from his father, Is'nana not only strives to live up to his father's name but to also reach his own potential while he seeks to discover his individuality and place in the world.
Suitable for Teens and Up!
MOVE THE NEEDLE BY CHRISTIAN CASHELLE
FHC February 2021 Novella
Sage is a successful management consultant who prides herself on her work. In fact, it’s the only thing in her life that seems to be on track. After her last failed relationship, she swore off men and vowed to focus on building her brand.
Pierre has been successful all of his life. Nothing he touched ever fell short of gold, so opening his own business was inevitable. When his shareholders press for a better turnaround, he is forced to hire a consultant as a last saving grace. Both stubborn and strong willed, Sage and Pierre’s professional relationship is a rocky one. When Sage uncovers the issues within his business, Pierre realizes that she was everything he needed in his life.
Will Sage abandon her promise to swear off men or will Pierre’s business not be the only thing moving in a new direction?
Suitable for Adults!
INTRO: LACONIC BY W.H. ROSE
FHC February 2021 Novel
Taein Kim, affectionately known as "Blondie", is an incredibly talented young man and leader of the rookie K-Pop group Eclipse. Tae has his whole life and career in front of him, but it comes to a screeching halt when a standard meet and greet leads to him finding his soulmate, a foreign girl named after the goddess of love.Venus Woods is the young heiress of the largest tech corporation in Southeastern America. Her life revolves around meaningless events and empty white walls, devoid of color and purpose. She never thought she would meet her favorite idol group, Eclipse, let alone form the incredibly rare soulmate bond with their leader. As if that’s not life-changing enough, her absent mother is determined to have the two married, using her daughter as a bargaining chip.Separated by lifestyle, culture, and language, the teens have wall after wall between them. None of it stops the blossom of love that blooms in their hearts when they lock eyes under the cover of a thunderstorm.
Suitable for Young Adults and Up!
RENISHA + CJAY BY ZAY ARTS
FHC February 2021 Comic
This comic strip book is about a boy named CJay and his struggle to face his fears and finally ask the girl he's had a crush on to go to prom with him.
This comic strip book is 16 pages of pure silliness. It's got a few laughable moments and a few memorable moments as well.
Suitable for Ages 12 and Up!
OKEMUS BY T.J. STERLING
FHC February 2021 Comic
OKEMUS is a sci-fi manga sentai-esk action epic about a young man named Cale who unknowingly possesses a latent super-human ability that could potentially save the human race. Enter the Okemus Hunters four villainous bio-mechanical warriors who have traveled from a dark desolate future to our modern day time period to acquire this ability and use for there own evil purposes.
As the Hunters get closer to Cale this latent super-human ability begins to AWAKEN.
Unbeknownst to this young man is the path that awaits him where the key to the salvation of two worlds could solely lean on his shoulders!
Suitable for Teens and Up!
CERTAIN REPRISAL BY KEVIN MACKLIN
FHC January 2021 Novel
When no one can help, when the police are out of leads, and when everyone is out of answers, there's only one man left they can turn to: Jon Dough. Jon Dough is what you'd call a capable criminal. Intelligent, calculated, tenacious, and trained to take care of himself by a former KGB agent, Jon ends up being his community's last hope. Whether the job is a rescue mission, finding a kidnapped victim, or preventing unnecessary death and destruction, he's got the skills to get the job done.
Suitable for Adults!
LEGACY OF THE VIEW BY CURTIS "SPECKS" THOMPSON
FHC January 2021 Comic
Legacy of The View is about a teenaged inspiring music engineer named Chaz, that interns at his uncle's recording studio. He loves crafting the best sound for artist, but he has to balance it around being a high school student and defending the city against the Howl. Join Chaz in his Daily life in The Legacy Of The View.
Suitable for All Ages!
TO ASTERA, WITH LOVE BY AMANDA ROSS
FHC December 2020 Novel
America, 2022 - drugs are legal, witches are real, and a literal vampire is President. In this world of boutique blood bars and policies that force witches to out themselves, 21-year-old Mercury Amell just wants to live. He wishes that the ages-old feud between vampires and witches didn’t exist. He wishes that his powers and his skin color didn’t increase his odds of being burned at the stake. After making a powerful enemy, Mercury and his friends must travel to Astera, an annual gathering of all witchkind. They battle vampiric cops, evil witches, aggressive humans, and each other along the way as they struggle to make it in one piece. Will their collective power be enough to get them to Astera safely? Or will they fall prey to their enemies and the laws that spell their destruction?
Suitable for Adults!
BOLD SAGA BY EUWARNII HUGHES
FHC December 2020 Comic
Bold Saga is an afrofuturistic manga that follows the adventures of Masego, a meek teen whose dreams of joining the elite prep academy, NEBULA, has been exhausted. However, when he makes one decision that unlocks a supernatural encounter, he finds out what it truly means to be BOLD.
Suitable for All Ages!
POCKETBOOK DIARIES BY L.C. ROGERS
FHC November 2020 Novel
When the intelligent and determined 15 year old Zyaire Ryan discovers her great-grandmother's missing pocketbook, a thousand year old mystery begins to unravel. After the pocketbook one day takes on a life of its own, Zyaire is sucked inside and hurled into the clandestine world of Aphrodan, where she meets Acaeus; General of North Aphrodan. Soon, battle lines are drawn as her presence sparks off a life or death struggle spanning from Aphrodan to Earth with Zyaire caught in the middle. It is only through Zyaire's inner strength, Acaeus' love, and the help of a faithful friend that she can make it out alive.
Suitable for Young Adult Readers and Up!
DAYBLACK BY KEEF CROSS
FHC October 2020 Comic
Beneath the polluted clouds of DayBlack, Georgia, exists a murderer. After hundreds of years of killing to survive, he no longer wants to simply exist . . . he wants to live. DayBlack is the story of Merce, a former slave who was bitten by a vampire in the cotton fields. Four hundred years later, he works as a tattoo artist in the small town of DayBlack. The town has a sky so dense with pollution that the sun is nowhere to be seen, allowing Merce to move about freely, night or day. Even darker than the clouds are the dreams he's been having that are causing him to fall asleep at the most awkward times (even while he's tattooing someone). As he struggles to decipher his dreams, someone from his past returns with plans for him—plans that will threaten his new way of life and turn him back into the cold-hearted killer he once was.
Suitable for Adults!
FINDING EDEN BY K.R.S. MCENTIRE
FHC September 2020 Novel
Lilah has heard rumors of a garden paradise known as Eden somewhere out in the wilds. Forced out of post-apocalyptic Chicago when her mutant abilities come to light, it's her only hope of safety.
But she's not the only one roaming the wastelands.
On Adam’s first mission as a newly-qualified Warden, he is tasked with finding and destroying the heart of the Resistance–Eden.
When Lilah's and Adam's destinies collide, neither can deny the spark of attraction between them, but how long can they journey together before their secrets come to light?
When Lilah lets down her barriers, Adam sees her for who she truly is and is faced with an impossible choice–between duty and his heart.
Suitable for Young Adults and up!
NARCOTINK BY MADD BELOVEDD
FHC September 2020 Comic
Integrating the human soul into a robotic body has been humanity's saving grace since the cataclysmic moonfall. To protect themselves from the devastation, humans now live in domes.
The World Wardens was founded to bring a sense of justice and balance back to the world, though not all domes agree with their self imposed rule.
Colt Reins, a detective for the WW, goes to find a missing person as a favor for an old friend but instead stumbles into a den of putrid horrors.
From here his night only gets worse.
Suitable for Adults!
THEY CAME FROM THE RIVER BY LAUREN JIMERSON
FHC August 2020 Novel
Pliny, Michigan is a town like no other in America. With the peaceful Iroquois River flowing through it, Pliny is a diverse but poor village built on the traditions of ancestry, marriage and inheritance in which the old families used to hold power and rank.
Siobhan June is a successful author from an old family. After returning back to her childhood home for her great-grandmother’s funeral, she is commissioned by the Pliny Historical Society to write a biography of the city. In her pursuit of writing a worthwhile book, she stumbles on to a murder mystery that awakens a deeply rooted ancient magic that is associated with the river, Pliny, and even Siobhan, herself.
Suitable for Young Adults and Up!
SANKOFA'S EYMBRACE BY ANTOINE GHOST MITCHELL
FHC August 2020 Comic
The Sankofa Children, Hueman representatives of Mya’at, Swan of Order and Yurugu, Swan of Chaos haven’t been seen for thousands of years.
They were the keepers of Balance in the world but none, save a few, remember who they were.
When thief Aybel Ani steals the Yurugu Feather and meets the Chosen One, Assata Mwokozi, he finds himself thrust in the middle of an ancient battle between Balance and the malevolent entity, DysOrder.
Aybel and Assata will embark upon an adventure where they will encounter individuals, both friend and foe, and also those as old as creation.
Antoine GHOST Mitchell proudly presents to you his debut Afro-Fantasy that has been 19 years in the making...
Suitable for All Ages!