Knotted Road Press: 222 books

Pulp. Freshly squeezed. Throwing it back to bad 30's and 40's tropes and archetypes. Lantern-jawed heroes. Femme fatales. Scantily-clad princesses. Scenery chewing villains. And Dr. Basil Exposition in a white coat. Join over a dozen of today's most exciting SF authors as they go old school...

All spaceships, like all travelers, grow old and retire someplace quiet, until someone comes along. What will you find on the old derelict? Or hiding in the junkyard of forgotten starships and lost dreams? Join over a dozen of today's most exciting SF authors exploring the forgotten and the...

Jelek lives in modern day Hungary. He has a club foot and walks with crutches. He spends as much time as he can tucked away in his bedroom loft, hiding from the world. He loves reading old myths and legends, like the stories of Hungarian wizards, how they only drink milk and always carry around weighty...

When Brak destroys his mighty axe Woodchuck in battle, Sleipnir undertakes to find him a replacement. Nobody counts on the Gods themselves taking an interest in the outcome, nor the path that opens for a half-wit half-troll warrior. Also be sure to read the other Brak stories: Meat Shield The Popcorn Kitten Feet of Clay

Hans can never do anything right. He's a disappointment to his father, his employer, even the hound clan. But Hans' Grandpapa was a brilliant Apotheker, and his old books contain many potions. Maybe Hans can find just the right one. . .Or maybe he makes a serious mistake. This story is set in "The Shadow Wars" series, and is part of the novel, "The Guardian Hound."

Hive's rockets have conquered the Moon. Now she dreams of leaving the Earth forever on a sleek, new rocketship. But the enormous risks darken her precognitive vision. She must roll the dice on her greatest gamble and cast herself into the final frontier, seeking out a new world she and her...

The old-timers say it started back in the middle somewhere, when hope was still an option. Before some idiot decided the best way to break the back of the Resistance was to use The Bomb.  Everything went to hell at that point. Dale just wants to be a Park Ranger, a warrior on...

The old-timers say it started back in the middle somewhere, when hope was still an option. Before some idiot decided the best way to break the back of the Resistance was to use The Bomb.  Everything went to hell at that point. Dale just wants to be a Park Ranger, a warrior on...

December 21st, 2012 hadn't been the end of the world, only the Great Unraveling. The veils between the Seen and Unseen worlds shredded, and the living suddenly learned they weren't alone.  Andy had seen it all, done it all, as a detective when he'd be alive. Now, as a ghost, he works...

Pearl's greatest magical gift? Knowing exactly what someone needs before they do. Opening up a magic shop seemed like the perfect way to help her use her gift. The problem? The beautiful smartly-dressed woman who just walked in. This woman wants something. Something only Pearl can...

Kaleph squanders his life away in a desert border town, using his wizardry in small ways and easy chores. Then the money changer arrives with an ancient artifact, and Kaleph’s path veers from safe and ordinary to following a great quest into the blasted wastelands of the Desecration.

Vo Arlo survived the destruction of Alexandria Station and RAN Auberon. In between assignments, at a small college on a back-water planet, he stumbles into a mystery when the prettiest girl on campus suddenly starts throwing herself at him. Vo, the former gutter punk from the streets. What will it cost him to understand why he attracts such attention?

The Greater Oregon Fairy Kingdom hides beneath the Pacific Ocean cliffs. Between their own lost dreams, battles with the dwarves, and the encroaching humans, the kingdom continues to diminish. Only two young humans can save them now. Will Dale, the young human Tinker, answer their dreams? Can...

Ayumi has a magical talent for healing. Unfortunately, her father, and society in general during Heian era Japan, won't allow women to work. Can Ayumi find a life for herself that doesn't involve an odious marriage and wasting away, shunned and hidden in dim corridors like most women?...