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Mars is supposed to be dead. Bizarre quakes are rumbling over the long-dormant tectonic plates of the planet, disrupting its trillion-dollar mining operations and driving scientists past the edges of theory and reason. However, when rocks shake off their ancient dust and begin to roll seemingly of their own volition carving canals as they converge to form a towering structure amid the ruddy terrain, Lt. Jain and her JSC team realize that their routine geological survey of a Martian cave system is anything but. The only clues they have stem from the emissions of a mysterious blue radiation, and a 300-year-old journal that is writing itself.

Before his victory at the Nile. Before his scandalous personal life made headlines. Before he crushed the French and Spanish fleets at Trafalgar. Before he died a martyr. Horatio Nelson, England's greatest naval hero, assumed his first command, the 12-gun brig HMS Badger, at the tender age of 20. History tells us his first voyages as captain were unremarkable. Yet in the Known Worlds, where sailing ships ply the Void and the mystic science of alchemy works wonders, Nelson's first command goes quite differently.

Lieutenant Commander Shaila Jain has been given the assignment of her dreams: The first manned mission to Saturn. But there’s competition and complications when she arrives aboard the survey ship Armstrong. The Chinese are vying for control of the critical moon Titan, and the moon Enceladus may harbor secrets deep under its icy crust. And back on Earth, Project DAEDALUS now seeks to defend against other dimensional incursions. But there are other players interested in opening the door between worlds…and they’re getting impatient.

In The Safety of the Kingdom, J. Michael Martinez takes up the question of how the United States government has responded to terrorist attacks and, in the absence of an attack, the fear of foreign and subversive elements that may harm the nation. In some cases the government “overreaction” led to a series of abuses that amplified the severity of the original threat.

In the year 2135, dangerous alien life forms freed in the destruction of Saturn's moon, Enceladus, are making their way toward Earth. A task force spearheaded by Lt. Cmdr. Shaila Jain is scrambling to beat them there while simultaneously trying to save crewmember Stephane Durand, who was infected during the mission to Saturn and is now controlled by a form of life intent on reopening a transdimensional rift and destroying the human race.

Since 2012, Chilling Tales for Dark Nights has been keeping people awake through the night with terrifying audio renditions of tales derived from the darkest of minds. In this first of three volumes, we've collected 30 never-before-heard tales, written by some of the most prolific and talented authors in the online horror fiction community, and bring them to you performed by longtime Horror Hill podcast host and voice actor Erik Peabody.

It is a new world, stunned by the horrors that linger in the aftermath of total war. The United States and Soviet Union are squaring off in a different kind of conflict, one that’s fought in the shadows, where there are whispers of strange and mysterious developments.... Normal people across the United States have inexplicably gained paranormal abilities. A factory worker can heal the sick and injured. A schoolteacher bends emotions to her will. A car salesman alters matter with a simple touch. A former soldier speaks to the dying and gains their memories as they pass on.

Welcome everyone! We are Ian, Max, and Michael, and we are the hosts of The Backline Soccer Podcast! We are just three dudes who love the sport and love MLS.We aim to help grow the sport here in the US and let our voices be heard. While we are all massive Sounders fans, we promise to try not to be too biased. So, come and hang with us!

A suite of poems that channels the legendary singer-songwriter Ritchie Valens to examine and question mid-twentieth-century conceptions of race and art, identity and desire Ragged and raging across the spectrums of cognition, race, and gender, Tarta Americana lyrically envisions forms of...

We are just two bros who talk about random topics like top 5's, interviews, and news in the world. Just sharing our experiences and opinions on the world!

Friends getting together and talking about Random things.

Ten years ago, Malcolm Smith was the host of “Strange Air”, a successful radio show about the paranormal. One night, during a live broadcast, Malcolm vanished into thin air. To this day, no one knows what happened. Now his daughter, Chase Smith, is in her last year of film school and she’s making a documentary about her father’s disappearance. (Starring Natalie Lander and Patrick Fabian from Better Call Saul.)

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Our podcast is not really about anything specific, we just enjoy talking about our funny stories to our friends.

An unemployed gamer has received a mysterious email with two attachments. The first is an image of a woman with red hair and green eyes. The second is an old map of a town called Ocean Bay. What this young man does next will determine the fate of the entire human race. (From the creators of Strange Air.)

Eine ›falsche Königin‹ greift Vampire in Asien an – Bethany Anne muss ihre Getreuen schicken, die Eliteeinheit ›Queens Own‹, um ihre Kontrolle in der unbekannten Welt durchzusetzen. Die Mondbasis muss besiedelt werden, kann das Team BMW das möglich machen? Haben sie genug Leute? Können sie die richtigen Menschen auf der Welt finden, die ihr schwieriges Unterfangen unterstützen? Johns Cousine ist nun Teil des Teams, wird sie den Aufgaben gewachsen sein?

Bethany Anne wurde darüber informiert, dass sich ein Raumschiff innerhalb des Sonnensystems aufhält... aber ihr Team kann es nicht finden. Ist es kurtherianischen Ursprungs, oder jemand anderes? Die Regierungen der Welt wurden über die Außerirdischen aufgeklärt, was weltweit Bemühungen anfeuert, an die Technologien zu kommen, über die TQB Enterprises verfügt.