BookShelf

Welcome to the digital bookshelf! All the books and stories here are either self-published or independently published, and each has been carefully reviewed by Bookshelfie to ensure quality control. We invite you to browse and discover your next great read!

Leah Branch just blew her record contract. She wasn’t even looking for the offer when it came calling; she’d already given up on that dream. But heartbroken, she needed to escape her tiny town and carve out a future. Except in Nashville, the label proceeds to change her name, remake ...

Scott Berndt is a proud resident of Saint Paul, MN. It is here where he indulges his passion for history as a public school teacher, drinks an obscene amount of coffee, succumbs to crippling bouts of nostalgia-induced daydreams, and raises two kids with his amazing wife. Sometimes he does all ...

A macabre ménage allegedly inspired by Boccaccio’s eulogy for ten plague-ridden raconteurs but really just an excuse to blather on about the death of a funeral, headless demagogues, the auto-murking of a subculture, tips for aspiring ghost fuckers, doctors as a suicidal species and star dementia.

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Reaper’s Dice tells the tale of a wood elf named Arno. After losing his home over one thousand years ago, he’s dedicated his life to bringing it back. But fulfilling his research takes resources and money he doesn’t have. Bounty hunting is the solution. When an eccentric undead crimelord offers ...

Rimbaud said, “I is an other.” Not long after that, he was selling GUNS. Contra Rimbaud, I, No Other admits only I. In the hallowed “tradition” of the avant-garde, these stories unseat tradition. You may call them absurd, surreal, irreal, experimental, transgressive, dark, playful, or even just funny… but DON’T ...

Moscow, 1958. At the height of the Cold War, MI6 secretary Lois Vale is on a deep cover mission to identify a diplomatic traitor. She can trust only one man: Johann, a German journalist also working covertly for the British secret service. As the trail leads to Vienna and the ...

You will love this book! Scarlet Yearnings is a collection of twelve stories about love – the sweet, messy, and everything in between. Note, though, it is less 🌶️ and more 🫑. There’s a story about a little girl meeting her dad for the first time. Another is about cosmic ...

Ever have an intrusive thought? Ever have a dozen of them at the same time? Ever have the thoughts of despicable people bouncing around in your skull? What if you couldn’t get rid of them? Or worst of all: what if those depraved thoughts are the REAL you? Such is ...

Annabelle Argyle isn’t just unstable—she’s dangerous. As one of the few omniwalkers who can wield all four elements, she’s been confined to the Aldoren base her entire life, training under the oppressive rule of Elementari law. To the Kingdom, her power is a threat that must be controlled. To the ...