DefCon One Publishing

DefCon One Publishing Indie publisher that publishes Mad Scientist Journal, the Kensei series, and other titles.

"This book is a swift shot of super villain action, a long pour of romance, and a dash of spice. And whether you knock i...
09/15/2025

"This book is a swift shot of super villain action, a long pour of romance, and a dash of spice. And whether you knock it back in one gulp or savor it like an aged bourbon you're sure to enjoy it from start to finish!" Praise for FEMMES FATALE by Erik Scott de Bie and Amanda Cherry

https://www.defconone.com/book/femmes-fatale/

At the national fencing championship, Yumi Kujikawa has to balance the ethics of competing as a superpowered individual,...
09/15/2025

At the national fencing championship, Yumi Kujikawa has to balance the ethics of competing as a superpowered individual, the ghost haunting her, her cursed ancestral katana...

And her nemesis Danielle Swain, member of a network of international assassins, who is playing a treacherous game...

Oh, and Yumi's growing crush on her cute team manager, Lisa!

Drama! Secrets! Swords!

https://www.defconone.com/book/we-are-the-champions/

Cerulean City, California. Home to the film industry, beautiful beaches, an extensive harbor, and superheroes. With supe...
09/15/2025

Cerulean City, California. Home to the film industry, beautiful beaches, an extensive harbor, and superheroes. With superheroes come supervillains, and conflict between the heroes and villains of Cerulean City has persisted for generations.

COAST TO COAST STARS introduces a reluctant visitor learning about the heroes and villains of Cobalt City's sister city on the other coast, then follows a few of these heroes and villains throughout their respective histories in five short stories, some of which are published here for the first time. Meet J.J. and the Justice family of heroes, Preethi, Cyclone and Celadon Cyclone, Doctor Ruthless, and Cobalt City's own Gray Dawn, the alter ego of pop sensation Cassidy Sweet!

https://www.defconone.com/book/coast-to-coast-stars

In DENIZENS OF DISTANT REALMS by Dawn Vogel, fantastical things intertwine in half a dozen fantasy short stories. Dragon...
09/15/2025

In DENIZENS OF DISTANT REALMS by Dawn Vogel, fantastical things intertwine in half a dozen fantasy short stories. Dragons and witches fend off suitors by unconventional means, old pacts with demons are fixed with true love, dark magic threatens lives and livelihoods, and magical shoes and mermaids both offer young women new opportunities.

https://www.defconone.com/book/denizens-of-distant-realms/

"This was a fun romp of a story, covering a superhero participating in an illegal motorcycle race up the west coast whil...
09/14/2025

"This was a fun romp of a story, covering a superhero participating in an illegal motorcycle race up the west coast while also trying to solve a murder." Praise for RIDE LIKE THE DEVIL by Nathan Crowder

https://www.defconone.com/book/ride-like-the-devil/

"The problem with time travel is when we succeed at changing the past, we obviate the need for that instance of time tra...
09/14/2025

"The problem with time travel is when we succeed at changing the past, we obviate the need for that instance of time travel. That burns out the chrono-device. In the best-case scenario, the traveler is stranded."

Visions of the future aren't always gleaming starships and utopias. Sometimes, things are a whole lot darker. Dead-Starred Futures collects thirty-three brief tales of dystopian sci-fi, ranging from poems and drabbles to microfiction and flash fiction. Enjoy and learn from these quick glimpses of where we might be heading.

https://www.defconone.com/book/dead-starred-futures/

"Growing up in Arkham, you hear things. Ghost stories wrapped in magickal moon lore with a heaping helping of elder gods...
09/14/2025

"Growing up in Arkham, you hear things. Ghost stories wrapped in magickal moon lore with a heaping helping of elder gods and forbidden books, all swapped between boys and girls over dwindling campfires." - Folly Blaine

Mad Scientist Journal has brought together eighteen tales of people who have either lived in this strange corner of New England or had the misfortune of visiting. Mixed in with nods to classic Lovecraft icons are stories that bring a new eye to the genre. Tales of horse drawn carriages share space with orbital shuttles, alternate worlds, and football.

https://www.defconone.com/book/that-aint-right-historical-accounts-of-the-miskatonic-valley/

Jamie Hattori can't get a break. As the superhero Kensei, she defeated the goddess Eris and figured her life could just ...
09/14/2025

Jamie Hattori can't get a break. As the superhero Kensei, she defeated the goddess Eris and figured her life could just get back to normal. Or, at least, as normal as things can be when you fight crime and can talk to the spirit world. But now her girlfriend is flaking out on her, her parents have separated, and a World War Two supervillain has come back from the dead with plots to kill Jamie.

As if that wasn't bad enough, she has to deal with two of her least favorite people: her grandparents.

https://www.defconone.com/book/the-love-of-danger/

Six women face monsters, gods, and consequences of their actions. Will Dani, Lucy, Mia, Mikayla, Julia, and Moira O’Conn...
09/13/2025

Six women face monsters, gods, and consequences of their actions. Will Dani, Lucy, Mia, Mikayla, Julia, and Moira O’Connelly find the fortitude to face the supernatural? VOLATILE FIGMENTS by Dawn Vogel

https://www.defconone.com/book/volatile-figments/

"The Gate was in a cave underneath the ministry offices, its fifty foot height filling one of the cave walls. It was a b...
09/13/2025

"The Gate was in a cave underneath the ministry offices, its fifty foot height filling one of the cave walls. It was a baroque edifice wrought of true gold, covered in glowing angelic script ...."

Non-human romance. Tarot-powered difference engines. The bureaucracy of the gate to Hell. These and more appear in this anthology of strange stories by Jeremy Zimmerman. This anthology collects five genre-bending tales from fantasy to steampunk to cyberpunk.

https://www.defconone.com/book/crossing-the-streams/

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