by Philip Eliot | Jul 7, 2025 | Paranormal & Fantasy Romance |
Short Story
After Sarah’s grandfather passes away, it’s up to Sarah to pack up a lifetime’s worth of his possessions as she comes to terms with her grief. As she goes through his possessions, she finds a picture. The faded black and white picture seems innocuous at first, but something draws her towards it. As she studies the picture and the man inside it, she forgets her grief momentarily.
However, there’s more to the faded picture of a soldier in 1940s New York than she realizes, and soon she unexpectedly meets him—but he hasn’t aged a day. As they get to know each other, Sarah’s feelings begin to grow…
by Philip Eliot | Jul 7, 2025 | Thriller & Suspense |
“An immersive, harrowing thriller of survival in the harshest wilderness. If Jack London had written a nail-biting thriller, it might be this story.” –James Rollins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Kingdom of BonesSam Nolan is a man with a history he is desperately hiding from. Born a cattle rancher, he grew up near the Gila Wilderness, where he learned how to live off the land from an Apache friend. As he grew older, he applied these skills as a hunting guide, local Search and Rescue leader, and ultimately, after 9-11, as a United States Special Forces Operative.Now, while living alone in the wilderness near his family’s ranch and trying to recover from PTSD, Sam learns that his brother, Bryson, also a skilled hunter and survivalist, has mysteriously gone missing, deep in Canada’s Yukon Territory. The incident carries with it a haunting echo of Sam’s past, as well as a calling to come out of seclusion, in which he tries to solve the mystery of what happened to his brother. And what Sam discovers in the process is a darkness beyond the scope of his own suffering – along with something he could never have imagined.
by Philip Eliot | Jul 6, 2025 | Fantasy |
Miss Gussie Werth is the only ordinary lady in her family, without a single drop of magic to liven things up. Fortunately, she’s just been abducted.Miss Gussie Werth has grown up surrounded by the most supernatural family in England. Nell talks to the dead, Lord Werth is too often found in the churchyard at the dead of night… and the less said about Lord Bedgberry, the better.Somehow, Gussie has been passed over by the family curse. She sups on chocolate, not blood; she’s blissfully oblivious to spectres (except for Great-Aunt Honoria, of course); and she hasn’t the smallest inclination to turn into a beast upon the full moon, and go ravening about the countryside. All things considered, her life has been unbearably placid and uninteresting.Thankfully, Gussie has just been abducted by a neighbouring family every bit as strange as her own… and as deliciously spectacular disasters start to stack up, she begins to suspect that she may not be quite as normal as she thought. Far from being ordinary, Gussie may well prove to be the worst Werth of them all…Meet the Regency-era Addams Family—full of spectres, gorgons, and polite, ravening monsters—in this fresh, absurd gothic fantasy by the author of Modern Magick and the Malykant Mysteries. “Strange and utterly delightful” (Olivia Atwater), Wyrde and Wayward’s notorious House of Werth will sink its teeth into you and leave you wanting more.
by Philip Eliot | Jul 6, 2025 | Science Fiction |
War between the stars…It was started and fought by an AI. Few humans even knew there was a war at all. But now people are dying—and the AI wants it to stop. But a war is easier to start than to stop, and the computer can’t alter its course without outside help. When the Gnostic Control System searches for co-conspirators, it chooses its friends carefully.Pali: a brooding public relations director.Ramo: a flamboyant senso-dancer, who prefers a musical jamdam to serious conversation.Sage: a systems designer for whom the AI rapture-field is realer than life.And three of the alien Ell: Harybdartt, who would rather die with dignity than betray his people; Lingrhetta, who tries to unravel the meaning of human dance and music, pain and love; and Moramaharta, the binder, who must persuade his fellow decision-makers to risk everything for the sake of a fragile bridge of understanding across the stars.A thought-provoking novel from the award-winning author of Eternity’s End and The Chaos Chronicles, and recipient of the Frank Herbert Lifetime Achievement Award for science fiction writing.REVIEWS:“The story is meaty and satisfying. I enjoyed this one greatly.” —Analog Science Fiction“An absorbing, suspenseful novel of first contact and interstellar war. It’s a complex book, requiring concentration from the reader, and is well worth the effort.”—Aboriginal SF“A lively dance of ideas—first contact, interstellar war, artificial intelligence, alien culture—and it moves at a rapid pace, from Earth through cyberspace to the Horsehead Nebula, and various points between. It’s well-worth the trip ticket.” —Roger Zelazny
by Philip Eliot | Jul 6, 2025 | Christian Fiction |
Ruthless. Arrogant. Unstoppable.Samson has been hired by the government to stop crime, but he’s not controlled by them. He’s been given free rein because he always gets his man. But his impressive abilities have not only caused him to lose sight of God, they’ve also brought about a life of overindulgence, obscuring the purpose he was created for.Delilah’s about to change all that.After losing everything when her business collapsed, Delilah was forced to move back home and take a waitressing job at her cousin’s restaurant in the city.Then Samson walked through the door.Everyone was taken by his intoxicating presence except Delilah, who saw through his cool exterior the moment he entered. But when her cousin makes a bad deal, exposing her family to harm by attracting Samson’s unwanted attention, she must put her loathing aside and do whatever it takes to find his weakness, including pretending to fall for him.Will Samson’s impenetrable pride lead to his downfall? Or will a staggering betrayal and unimaginable loss serve as a catalyst for God to remind him of the extraordinary purpose he was created for.**Author’s note: Although this novel is inspired by the story of Samson from the Bible, it is written as a contemporary Christian romantic suspense and is not intended to be an exact retelling.
