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Bota and the Swarm

The creatures were out there, somewhere, waiting for him. But could one stranded human defeat hundreds of hungry aliens?

Crow Barn

Calypso had heard the stories how Jackson Hammond hanged himself from the rafters inside the barn, his eyes pecked by crows. A year after, his wife hanged herself.

Burning Embers

A psychic makes the mistake of falling in love with the person she is supposed to protect from assassination.

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