This is our first collaboration with bestselling fantasy author, Sara King. "The Candle" A last-minute gift becomes a lifetimes-long nightmare. "Discerning Tastes" What expecting mother wouldn't want magic, whatever the cost? "Face Cards" A trio of friends vacationing in the deep woods discover why people have been disappearing in that area for centuries... © 2021 Sara King ℗ 2021 Soundbooth Theater
A dead woman in a cryogenic dating facility must convince one of the facility's wealthy clients to choose her. © 2016 Sara King ℗ 2021 Soundbooth Theater
Guest narrator, Henry Kramer, graces Tales from the Battered Mind with two hand-picked short stories by Sara King, herself! "The Golden Directive": Collin's company has given him a directive to kill Marcus Golden. But if he does, the entire rebel structure will collapse. Besides, Collin's been fighting a different war -- a war with his programming. "The First God of Fire": A Legend of ZERO origin story! The Ooreiki and seven other cultures have, after a long and bloody battle, finally bested the fearsome Jreet. With only a few Jreet survivors asking to parley, the Ooreiki meet with their allies to discuss a final solution...
Two young friends returning home on a routine hunting trip scramble for survival, chased by creatures of legend and nightmare. Can young Will and Rum live to see their journey completed, or will they vanish forever, trapped within the unforgiving clutches of nature?
Dr. Charlie Newcastle invented a radical new technology that changed the world, making commutes, trains, highways, shipping, and airlines obsolete. What he wasn’t counting on, however, was his new creation falling into the hands of terrorists. Can Charlie go back to his hay day as an inventor to create a brand new technology that can counter the one that altered the course of mankind before it’s too late, or will his greatest creation become the greatest weapon the world has ever seen?
A hunted, near-extinct brain parasite has fallen in love with a member of the species that exterminated his people, and he hasn’t yet told her what he really is. Now he’s desperate to keep her safe while holding onto the love they share. Can their love survive his brutal past, or will telling her be the biggest mistake of Stuart’s long life?
"Fairy" Dallas Kay is a prodigy. A phenomenon. A pain in the ass. As a wunderkind pilot for the Utopian Space Corps, Dallas can do no wrong... Or can she? Faced off against the greatest pirate the galaxy has ever known, a pilot with skills that rival her own, Dallas finds herself in hotter water than ever. Will her skills at the throttle save her ass yet again, or is she doomed to be a desk jockey the rest of her life? Or maybe an icy ball of space wreckage, floating in space to bump against some unsuspecting trader's front windshield... That too. This short story is set in the Millennium Potion universe, using characters from the books. "The Sheet Charmer of Broketoe" Nerys Ganlin is an untrained auldling of vast power, a forgotten class of Auld the likes of which hasn't been seen in many generations — whose magic unfortunately only works on cloth. Crippled as a magic user, faced with a terrifying threat of a soul-thief from ancient lore surfacing in her tiny town, with all other help vanquished or too far away to arrive in time, can Nerys alone conquer her handicap and save her village... or will she lose everyone she loves in the battle that follows? Set in Sara King's Aulds of the Spyre fantasy universe.
Lullaby at the Rubble Heap The machines have taken over, and Charlotte is in a fight for her life when she meets an archaic progenitor of the machines that are even then wreaking havoc on her planet's surface. Can she overlook a lifetime of fear in a time when they both need it most? Dead Tired Rick's old, dead, and tired of being a vampire. He's about to end it all when a screaming orgasm changes everything. © 2016 Sara King ℗ 2022 Soundbooth Theater
Trimmings After her husband dies in his mistresses arms and her home is burglarized, Susan finds that the only thing left to her is a pair of her husband's old nail clippers. She Bites What do you do when your lover corners you on a cruise ship? You kill him, of course. So why wasn't Miles dead yet? And why was Megan having second thoughts? Killing should come naturally to a vampire like her. © 2016 Sara King ℗ 2023 Soundbooth Theater
Master and slave. Captor and captive. Auld and Auldhund. The relationship between the magical Aulds and their beast-like Auldhunds is a dismal shell of what was once a deep kinship. Defying what is certain death, Auldhund Wulmaer makes his escape and seeks refuge in the forests beyond his caged existence. But will he manage to stay ahead of the malicious Aulds on his trail? © 2016 Sara King ℗ 2023 Soundbooth Theater
Hannah and her younger, idealistic sister Amy get more than they were expecting during a camping trip to the glaciers of Alaska. © 2014 Sara King ℗ 2023 Soundbooth Theater
When Janette pulls a mysterious key from a New York gutter after another hellish day, it seems to unlock the life of joy and riches she so justly deserves. However, with a dangerous stranger in hot pursuit, she soon finds herself paying the ultimate price ... © Sara King ℗ 2023 Soundbooth Theater
Murder... Mystery... Mayhem... Frogs? Find out who croaks first. © Sara King ℗ 2023 Soundbooth Theater
Bic-Man Henry needs a writing instrument. Desperately. He finds one. But this is no ordinary Bic pen. Cheap Real Estate In this housing market, sometimes a deal is too good to be true. In this thrilling tale of fear and temptation, one must always remember the cardinal rule of real estate: buyer beware... © Sara King ℗ 2023 Soundbooth Theater
A young boy is born with a curse, the ability to freeze objects in space. When he realizes his power can save his home from the scourge of imps that attack each night, he becomes a savior overnight. Worshipped as a living god, our hero learns that his power breeds jealously, fear, and an unknown future for his people.
Asana has always been fascinated by the mystical creature, the Sphinx, ever since her childhood days when her grandmother would tell her stories of their power. Now she must put her life on the line in order to protect them from their biggest threat: Humanity.
Lynet delves into the highlands on a desperate mission to find her former mentor and friend, the last Wisher. But when they reluctantly team up to defeat a mortal enemy, she finds that the power she seeks may come from the unlikeliest of sources.
Trapped within an expanding space armed with only a broken chunk of jagged marble, a mysterious stranger strives for purpose.
