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Eight authors. Ten stories. Round Two.The AEGISverse just grew even more.Based on the setting and characters of Airship Daedalus, A.E.G.I.S. Tales 2 collects exciting new works of fiction written in the style of the pulps from the 1920s & '30s.Thrill to the adventures of resurrected soldier Joe Desmond-aka The Seer, tech-spy Felix Fogarty, race car driving sleuth Lili LaRue, native waitress-turned-shaman Walks with Bones, rail-riding hobo Henry Kinkle, demon-summoning cop Sid Cooper, The Gunshade-ghostly scourge of the underworld, ex-rocketeer Alyssa Swanson, psychic detective David Li, and dinosaur hunter Loana!Enjoy tales of supernatural horror and whimsy, hard-boiled mystery, super-science, lost-world intrigue, and two-fisted heroic adventure in this anthology of spine-tingling retro pulp fiction!

Eight authors. Ten stories. A world of possibilities.The AEGISverse just got a lot bigger.Based on the setting and characters of Airship Daedalus, A.E.G.I.S. Tales collects exciting new works of fiction written in the style of the pulps from the 1920s & '30s.Thrill to the adventures of stunt pilot Wanda "Wings" Jensen, ghost hunters Jim Holland & Mandy Hart, undead prizefighter John Mabry, The Gunshade - ghostly scourge of the Underworld, psychic detective David Li, secret agent Brandeleine Reed, tech-spy Felix Fogarty, ex-rocketeer Alyssa Swanson, Italian archaeologist Maria Caruso, and South-Central LA whiz kid Ada Mesmer!Enjoy tales of supernatural horror, hard-boiled mystery, super-science, and two-fisted heroic adventure in this anthology of spine-tingling retro pulp fiction!

The revolution will be streamcast.San Francisco, 2065.In the cold, uncaring shadow of a crowded city, the forgotten claw out a meager existence. Hope isn't a luxury they can afford. When a new drug floods the streets, some local vigilantes find themselves caught between protecting the innocent and the blind greed of corporations seeking total control.Using their wits, grit, and a brotherly bond, a social crusader with chemically-altered DNA, an ex-cop with a conscience, and a scrappy mechanic assemble a rag-tag team of specialists from across the social spectrum and the globe.Now this band of outcasts, misfits and freaks must trust the patronage of a powerful CEO to uncover the dark underbelly of a world where doing the right thing will get you killed, and greed is god.From Todd Downing, author of Calico Kids and the Airship Daedalus series, SAKURU is an epic manga-influenced cyberpunk street opera where future tech and dystopian society meet the eternal struggle of community, family, and humanity.

Grimmworld is a roleplaying setting of dark fantasy and Gothic intrigue set against the backdrop of the Georgian/Regency period in Europe and America. It is a world struggling to balance ancient lore with divine faith and scientific reason, with proponents of each vying for dominion. A world where the products of fiction are alive and well, and prey upon the fears of man.This volume includes:¿ Complete Dark Fantasy Setting framed in the Georgian/Regency Gothic Romance era¿ Playing Card Based Narrative System¿ World Gazetteer¿ Bestiary¿ Over 100 Non-Player Characters¿ Plot Generator¿ Period Literary Selections¿ Introductory Scenario: "Riddle of the Thorns"¿ Recommended Viewing List

MATURE READERSTHIRTEEN WEIRD AND WONDROUS TALES populate this anthology by the author of the AIRSHIP DAEDALUS pulp adventure series. Spanning a thirty-year catalog and often satirizing the 20th century ideal of the nuclear family and social mores, THIRTEEN WEIRD AND WONDROUS TALES populate this anthology by the author of the Airship Daedalus pulp adventure series. Spanning a thirty-year catalog and often satirizing the 20th century ideal of the nuclear family and social mores, PRIMORDIAL SOUP KITCHEN is a collection of the stranger side of Todd Downingʹs short fiction.- Automatons remember an idyllic past that never was.- Ghost hunters track a psychic vampire in 1920s San Francisco.- A family must come to grips with a terrible truth.- Rockabilly zombies cruise the American Southwest in a classic Cadillac.- A Harlem Hellfighter killed at the Western Front is reborn with strange powers.- Four kids investigate a strange disappearance in a small Oregon town in 1982.With elements of horror, science fiction, adventure, humor and retro-futurism-each with an underlying dark streak-this collection is sure to entertain fans of the offbeat and macabre.FOR MATURE READERS"At the end of each story I was left wanting more! More of these worlds, more of these characters, just more! Haunting, sad, scary and so rich with so few words, you'll read these short stories over and over again."- Trish Heinrichauthor of The Vigilantes Superhero Universe"Stories of ghouls, ghosts and ghastly neighbors glittering with taut prose, sprinkled with humor and pathos. The perfect bite-sized collection for creepy crepuscular reading!'."- R.L. Paceauthor of Rising Son

May, 1927 finds the combined crews of the airships Daedalus and Percival in coordinated pursuit of the Silver Star commando forces that murdered Duke's original crew and took Rivets hostage.Intervening in a tribal uprising in Kenya, "Captain Stratosphere" Jack McGraw & Dorothy "Doc" Starr find their replacement mechanic in the form of a young Kikuyu woman and technical prodigy.Fighting their way through the markets of Bombay to the streets of Bangkok, braving storms and enemy attacks at every step, Jack, Doc, and the rest of the Daedalus crew must voyage to the far side of the world, where a mysterious island and its inhabitants are in dire peril. Along the way, they must learn to trust new allies and set aside old notions of empire.Based on the Airship Daedalus comics by Todd Downing and Brian Beardsley, Legend of the Savage Isle is book #4 in the Airship Daedalus Saga, a sequel to The Golden City.It's a retro-pulp action yarn in which mages, mad science, secret societies, occult threats, and lost worlds meet globe-trotting, sky-high aerial action and two-fisted heroism, like the pulp novels of old!www.airshipdaedalus.com

This novelization of the original Airship Daedalus comic strips and radio dramas is chock full of 1920s aerial action, adventure, romance, occult magic and weird science, in the classic pulp tradition!

A lost airship. A buried city. A new threat.April, 1927 finds adventurer-pilot Jack McGraw and occult expert Dorothy "Doc" Starr extracting a priceless Celtic artifact from a long-sealed tomb on a windswept Scottish island.Following a shootout with Silver Star commandos and a desperate dogfight into the eye of a storm, the airship Daedalus limps back to London - only to discover a former crewmate has gone missing, along with his own airship and its crew!Using nothing but a few scant clues and their own wits, Jack, Doc and the Daedalus crew must locate the airship Percival and their old friend "Duke", encountering myriad dangers along the way - and culminating in a chaotic battle through ancient ruins beneath the Egyptian desert.