Fiction
The Dreamsmith Library
Table of Contents
Key:
🎧= Audio by Danny Maldonado and friends
🎨= Art by Danny Maldonado
🧑🎨= Art by Guest Artist
📷= Image by Danny Maldonado
Science Fiction
You can almost hear the blaster fire and rumbling ship engines just by glancing at the book covers.
Stellar Universe
“Tales of humanity’s distant future. Artificial intelligence, cloning, genetic manipulation, alien species, and human evolution collide creating spacetime ripples through out the Milky Way.”
Stellar Rein
“Ibra has had dreams of becoming a jockey and riding his feathery serpentine mount, Quetzle, since his youth. Follow Ibra and Quetzle on their trials in an interstellar jockey tournament full of wonder and excitement.”
🧑🎨🎧Stellar Rein: Ep. I - The Qualifier
🧑🎨🎧Stellar Rein: Ep. II - Second Wind
🧑🎨🎧Stellar Rein: Ep. III - Wild Card
🧑🎨🎧Stellar Rein: Ep. IV - Trial & Error
Impulse
The librarian runs her hand over a leather-bound book with strange geometrical pattern pressed into its cover. “A collector visits a desert bazaar on a world with a pulsing core.” She taps the spine. “A good deal often ends with far more than one bargains for.”
🎧 Impulse
Hale-Bopp
She slides her hand to the next book, a hardcover with a comet stamped on its spine. “A bounty hunter walks into a quiet bar on a remote world, followed by his reputation.” She tisked. “For some, the price of being a legend is trouble.”
Paranormal Investigations
A cold chill runs up your spine as you pace behind the elder librarian. There is a mummified lizard on the shelf.
“Tales and Poems of supernatural origin. Trick or Treat? Depends on which aisle you walk through. Choose wisely.”
Graveyard Shift
“The spirits of the graveyard have all left their bodies behind. But they quickly learned that their bad habits don’t kick the bucket so easily.”
The librarian motions for you to grab a book on the shelf.
“Go ahead, grab a copy. It’s good fun. Nothing wrong with some morbid humor. Just don’t let the dead hear you. They can be a bit touchy.”
She raises an eyebrow at you then continues describing the book.
Join the graveyard’s resident police officers as they try to protect and serve the dead.”
🎧 Graveyard Shift #1 - Noise Complaint
🎧Graveyard Shift #3 - Property Dispute
Do Not Resurrect
“I like this one. It takes place… in a library.”
She whispers the last part, peers over her halfmoon glasses, and gives you wink.
A team of supernatural hunters investigate paranormal occurrences. What insight do they have that no one else has? I’ll tell you a secret. They have all died once before.”
The Hunger of Gotham
Cosmic horror flavored with urban decay. They say curiosity killed the cat, but they never tell you what it does to a rat.
Steampunk Shelf
Smells like perfume and coal.
Scandals of the Royal Engine
“An experimental story. Palace gossip mixed with a hint of Steampunk. Please leave feedback if you would like the library to expand this section.”
Mythic Aisle
The aisle is dark, with small spotlights on each book.
“This aisle is dedicated to short stories and poems where the spiritual meets reality.”
An Elephants Tale
“An elephant leaves his home to find a better way of life. I wrote to the author once. I explained that the elephant could use a name. I liked the sound of ‘Mighty the Elephant!’ He never did write me back.”
Language of the Reeds
“A boy wakes up in his uncle’s house during the night and hears singing coming from the garden.”
Fantasy Aisle
The librarian looks kind of like a witch, but she’s so nice. Wait, don’t all witches start off nice? You’d better keep that thought to yourself. Just in case.
Prima Materia
“This aisle is dedicated to the fantasy genre. It’s currently undergoing alchemical review. Please check back. We will be filling the shelves shortly.”
Goblin Theory
(coming Soon)
Three Crow’s Inn
(Coming Soon)