OUT NOW: Brock and Bloom from USA Today bestselling author Esther E. Schmidt. Life is hard enough for a single mom without adding a man to it. Yet, when a stubborn biker appoints himself as her personal protector there’s no running him off. Get it here: https://books2read.com/Brockandbloom Author & Cover Design: Esther E. Schmidt Release Day: October 6, 2026 Brock – Relocating our motorcycle club to a small town entails switching from outlaws to upstanding citizens. My president and I hit a roadblock when a threat from his past unexpectedly becomes relevant again. An innocent chance meeting lays a foundation, one I find myself fully committed to the more time I spend protecting the woman and her daughter. Bloom – I consider my mother’s funeral the final step in the closure I need for our lacking and distant relationship. Except, where I assume I’m the only one paying my respects, a group of bikers show up and change my life as well as my daughter’s. Enjoy the light suspen...
Synopsis
FEAR...Atoki - Two universes overlap; the captain of a small spaceship is driven insane, and goes on a rampage.
Disco Lights - A city falls under an otherworldly shadow, and its residents are stalked by beings from another dimension.
The Stretch - A scouting party discovers a haunted piece of the past adrift in space.
TIME...
The Event - An experiment gone wrong locks the people of a city off from the rest of the world, and gives them a frightening view of the future.
The Timeless Ones - Two people without a purpose finally find one in the timeless domain of a goddess.
Hidden in Nowhere - Over the course of a thousand years, humankind devolves into intangibility.
Super-Sound - A woman awakens to the glitched voice of an AI, and finds she has been brought four thousand years into the future for an unknown purpose.
INSANITY...
Happy Birthday Land! - A lot of strange events occur in Apple City. Zombie clowns are a notable one.
Portable Hyperspace - A man is driven on through a warped landscape by the imminent destruction of reality...
...and then, much later, he seeks an end to his troubles at The Eternity Tavern.
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Review
It's a collection of short stories. Some of them are very good others not so much, but overall it's a good book. This is the best thing about collection of stories, even if you didn't like a few of them there are always some stories which you're bound to love.
I especially liked "Time" part of the book. All four stories in this second part are really well-written, and absolutely enjoyable. I think it's also because the author presented concept of 'time' in a very unique, interesting, and intriguing way. Starting few stories are a little too dark & gory for my taste but no less interesting. And last part is also good. All in all I enjoyed reading this book and would recommend to anyone who likes science fiction. Since it's not my preferred genre I don't have much to compare it with but I will say this.... few sci-fiction books that I've read and loved this one is definitely among them.