Story Voting Guide (Patreon)

A Quick Look at This Month's Contenders

So, one piece of feedback I recently received was that as my catalogue continues to grow, it can sometimes be difficult to remember what each story is about when it comes time to vote. Which is a perfectly fair point, so I've put together this quick guide with a brief synopsis of each series that is currently on the ballot. My hope is that it makes choosing your next Patron's Pick a little easier and perhaps even introduces you to a story you may have overlooked before. Happy reading and thank you all for your continued support!

1) Beyond Earth: First Horizon

Humanity has finally reached beyond the cradle of Earth, taking its first uncertain steps into a galaxy filled with wonder, mystery, and unimaginable danger. When a newly commissioned deep-space expedition pushes past the known frontier, its crew discovers that first contact is only the beginning.

Ancient civilizations, forgotten technologies, hostile powers, and breathtaking new worlds await among the stars, each carrying secrets that could reshape humanity's future forever. Every decision has consequences, every discovery opens new possibilities, and every horizon reveals another waiting just beyond it.

Inspired by the spirit of Star Trek, Farscape, Lost in Space, and the classic game Earth & Beyond, Beyond Earth: First Horizon is a sweeping space opera of exploration, adventure, diplomacy, and survival, where the greatest discoveries are often matched only by the dangers that accompany them.

2) Beyond Sight

Some gifts are meant to be embraced. Others are better left undiscovered. When ordinary people begin awakening to extraordinary psychic abilities, they soon realize they have gained far more than heightened senses.

Hidden truths, forgotten memories, and unseen forces lurking just beyond the veil of reality begin to reveal themselves, drawing them into a world where every vision carries consequences and every answer uncovers an even greater mystery.

As old secrets emerge and unseen enemies move from the shadows, those burdened with these newfound powers must decide whether to embrace their abilities or risk losing themselves to forces beyond human understanding.

Beyond Sight is a modern supernatural thriller blending mystery, suspense, psychic phenomena, and the unknown into a story where seeing the truth may be the most dangerous power of all.

3) Blacksteel Revenant: A Villain's Rise

For years, Nolan Mercer was the unseen genius behind the High Order, the world's most celebrated team of superheroes. An engineer, inventor, and master problem solver, he dedicated his life to helping heroes save the world, asking for little in return.

Then, with a single humiliating rejection, everything changed.

Publicly ridiculed, stripped of his career, and blacklisted from every opportunity he had worked to earn, Nolan is left with nothing but his brilliance... and a growing realization that the world's greatest heroes are far from the paragons they claim to be.

If they insist on making him the villain... then perhaps it's time the world met one.

Forging an arsenal of cutting-edge technology and armored weaponry unlike anything seen before, Nolan adopts the mantle of the Blacksteel Revenant, determined to expose the hypocrisy of those who destroyed his life. But as his war against the High Order escalates, the line between justice and vengeance begins to blur, forcing both heroes and villains alike to question who the real enemy truly is.

Blacksteel Revenant: A Villain's Rise is a modern superhero thriller exploring betrayal, redemption, and the making of a legend, proving that sometimes the greatest villains are not born... they are created.

4) Calypso's Revenge

For years, Captain Calypso Duvant and her legendary pirate crew were bound to the Black Tempest, a supernatural storm that refused to let them live, die, or escape. With each passing year, the curse slowly consumed their humanity, leaving them little more than ghosts clinging to the memory of the people they once were.

Everything changed when fate brought them to Alric Raskhild, a blind mortal whose extraordinary insight uncovered the key to breaking the curse and freeing the crew from their eternal prison. But freedom comes with a price.

Now, with the Black Tempest behind them and the open sea once again beneath their feet, Calypso has but one goal: hunt down those responsible for her suffering and make them answer for every stolen year. From cursed islands and forgotten temples to rival pirates and ancient powers, her crew will stop at nothing to settle the score.

The seas have long whispered the name of Captain Calypso Duvant. Soon... they will run red with the blood of her enemies.

5) The Crimson Ring

When invitations to The Crimson Ring begin appearing in the hands of the world's greatest female fighters, few can believe what they promise: a mysterious, invitation-only martial arts tournament where the winner will walk away with $100 million.

For some, it is a chance to secure their family's future. For others, it is an opportunity to prove themselves against the finest warriors on Earth. Whatever their reasons, the prize is simply too great to ignore—even as whispers of danger and unanswered questions surround the tournament's enigmatic benefactor.

Watching over it all is the Mistress, an impossibly wealthy and equally mysterious woman whose true purpose remains hidden behind a carefully crafted façade. While the competitors believe they are fighting for fortune and glory, the Mistress is quietly searching for something far more precious than victory... and time is rapidly slipping through her fingers.

As alliances are forged, rivalries ignite, and the world's greatest warriors push themselves beyond their limits, they will soon discover that some tournaments are about far more than crowning a champion.

Sometimes, the greatest prize is the truth.

6) Dangerous Company: Tempest Unbound

To the criminal underworld, she is known only as La Dama de Tempestade—The Lady of Storms. A mercenary without equal, Valentina Kovač has spent years undertaking the world's most dangerous assignments, earning a reputation as a woman who never leaves a mission unfinished.

But when the man responsible for nearly destroying her family years earlier is unexpectedly released from prison, Valentina's most important mission becomes deeply personal. Returning home to Brazil, she finds herself in a desperate race to protect the people she loves before old grudges turn into fresh bloodshed.

Drawing upon every lesson, every scar, and every ounce of hard-earned experience, Valentina must confront enemies both old and new while discovering that one woman, even one as formidable as the Lady of Storms, cannot fight every battle alone.

As the storm gathers, so too does the foundation of something far greater: an elite mercenary company forged from extraordinary women, each as capable, fearless, and unforgettable as the leader who inspires them.

Dangerous Company: Tempest Unbound is a modern action thriller blending military action, espionage, family, and high-octane adventure, proving that sometimes the fiercest battles are fought not for money... but for the people waiting at home.

7) Daughters of the Broken God

Among the northern tribes, strength is everything, and the bond of blood is sacred. For two barbarian sisters, life has always been measured by the edge of a blade, the loyalty of family, and the traditions of their people.

But when an unforeseen tragedy tears them from the only life they have ever known, the sisters are thrust into a perilous journey neither sought nor expected. Pursued by enemies, guided by unlikely allies, and confronted by ancient powers long thought forgotten, they begin to uncover a truth buried beneath centuries of myth and legend.

At the heart of it all lies the greatest mystery of their age: the Broken Lord, a figure revered by some, feared by others, and remembered only through fragments of forgotten tales. As the sisters draw closer to the truth, they discover that the fate of kingdoms, and perhaps the gods themselves, may rest upon understanding who the Broken Lord truly was... and why history worked so hard to erase him.

Daughters of the Broken God is an epic fantasy of myth, sisterhood, adventure, and discovery, where every answer uncovers an even greater mystery, and the greatest legends are often built upon forgotten truths.

8) Daughters of Chains

They entered the arena in chains.

Taken from conquered lands, sold into slavery, and forced to fight for the amusement of Rome's elite, these women were expected to die forgotten beneath the sands of the Colosseum. Instead, they forged an unbreakable sisterhood, transforming themselves from slaves into warriors whose legend refused to die.

History remembers them as little more than a footnote... if it remembers them at all.

Yet throughout the centuries, whispers have persisted of an ancient order that survived the fall of Rome, quietly passing its traditions from one generation to the next. Hidden behind wealth, influence, and secrecy, the descendants of those first gladiatrices are said to exist even today, their trials reserved only for women deemed worthy of joining their ranks.

Most dismiss such stories as myth, but those who know better rarely speak of them.

Daughters of Chains is a sweeping historical thriller blending ancient Rome, modern intrigue, fierce sisterhood, and hidden conspiracies into a story where history's greatest secret was never lost... only hidden from those who were never meant to find it.

9) Greensteel: Rise of the Monster Hero

Death was supposed to be the end.

Instead, Cole Young awakens in another world inside the body of Kaelrik Stormbriar, a goblin with no status, no allies, and every reason to expect a short and violent life. His only explanation comes from a mysterious glowing deity who offers little sympathy and even less guidance before leaving him with one final piece of advice:

"Sink or swim... and please don't be dull."

Forced to navigate a world where monsters and heroes are rarely what they seem, Cole must rely on his wit, determination, and growing understanding of his new body if he hopes to survive. Along the way, he'll forge unlikely friendships, challenge ancient prejudices, and discover that even the smallest outcast can change the fate of kingdoms.

Becoming a hero is one thing, but convincing the world that a goblin can be one may prove to be the greatest challenge of all.

Greensteel: Rise of the Monster Hero is an epic fantasy adventure filled with action, humor, heart, and discovery, proving that greatness is defined not by the body you're born into, but by the choices you make when the world expects you to fail.

10) Sins of the Sacred Veil

When Nia Freeman's overly devout parents send her to the secluded Convent of the Sacred Veil in the fictional country of Virestia, they believe they are saving her soul. Determined to "correct" her free spirit and mold her into the obedient daughter they always wanted, they leave her behind the convent's ancient walls, convinced she will finally learn her place.

Instead, Nia discovers a place shrouded in forgotten history, whispered secrets, and an unsettling darkness that has lingered beneath centuries of unwavering faith. As strange events begin to unfold and hidden truths rise to the surface, she finds herself drawn into a mystery far older than the convent itself—one that seems to have been waiting specifically for her.

What begins as punishment soon becomes destiny.

As the veil separating the mortal world from something far greater begins to tear, Nia must confront forces that will forever change not only who she is, but what humanity believes itself capable of becoming.

Sins of the Sacred Veil is a gothic supernatural thriller blending mystery, faith, ancient horrors, and transformation into a story where salvation and damnation are separated by the thinnest of veils... and destiny is rarely what anyone expects.

11) Siren's Rise

Detective Nyla Reyes should have died the night she was betrayed and left for dead.

Instead, she awakens in the laboratory of the brilliant, and dangerously ambitious, Dr. Walden Kray, whose life's work has been devoted to pushing humanity beyond its biological limits. Rebuilt with cutting-edge cybernetic enhancements that blur the line between human and machine, Nyla becomes the living proof of a dream the world was never meant to see.

Forced to come to terms with the woman she has become, Nyla sets out to uncover those responsible for her murder and make them answer for their crimes. But as she peels back the layers of corruption surrounding her city, she discovers that her resurrection is only a small piece of a far greater conspiracy, one that threatens to reshape civilization itself.

Hunted by powerful enemies and burdened by abilities that make her both humanity's greatest weapon and its greatest uncertainty, Nyla soon realizes that revenge is merely the beginning.

Siren's Rise is a gripping cyberpunk thriller blending action, transhumanism, conspiracy, and redemption into a story where one woman's fight for justice will unknowingly alter the course of history... and redefine what it truly means to be human.

12) Society of Dark Desires

What begins as an unexpected invitation to dinner soon changes Davor Vuković's life forever.

Invited by his enigmatic employer, Nadira Abbasi, Davor quickly realizes the evening is about far more than fine dining and conversation. Unbeknownst to him, every question, every answer, and every reaction is quietly being observed. For the first time in years, someone has finally met Nadira's impossible standards... and passed.

As Davor is gradually introduced to a world unlike anything he imagined, he discovers people who value honesty, trust, communication, and the freedom to explore life's deepest desires without fear or judgment. His journey becomes even more personal when he learns that Nadira is married to Kira, the woman from his past he never truly forgot; the one he always believed had slipped away forever.

But as the bonds between them deepen and their world begins to grow, they soon discover that not everyone believes such a place should exist. Hidden enemies, old prejudices, and dangerous ambitions threaten everything they have built, forcing them to protect not only those they love, but the ideals that brought them together in the first place.

Society of Dark Desires is a character-driven contemporary drama exploring love, trust, sexuality, desire, consent, and the many forms healthy relationships can take, proving that true intimacy is built not upon passion alone, but upon honesty, respect, and the courage to accept both yourself and others for who they truly are.

13) Velvet Sin

Richard Parks is dead, and the three people who knew him best, his son Dominic, his widow Teresa, and his stepdaughter Maria, feel nothing but relief. For years, Richard ruled their home with an iron fist, his cruelty especially reserved for Dominic, whose body still carries the memory of his father's fists. Freedom, however, proves more complicated than any of them anticipated.

Without Richard's shadow darkening every doorway, the fragile boundaries between stepmother and son, between step-siblings, begin to shift in dangerous ways. What starts as comfort between the wounded becomes something hungrier, more consuming. Dominic, Teresa, and Maria must navigate a new existence where grief and liberation blur together, and where the lines they swore they'd never cross become the only paths that lead them back to themselves.

Velvet Sin explores the aftermath of tyranny and the complicated ways three survivors learn to breathe again—only to discover that some breaths are better shared in the dark.

14) Venom's Kiss

For years, Sarika was one of the Vishakanya, the legendary 'Poison Maidens,' women raised from childhood to become flawless assassins, where loyalty was absolute and retirement simply did not exist.

Now, against all odds, she has something she never believed possible: a loving husband, a family, and the quiet, ordinary life she fought so hard to build.

It all begins to unravel when Rafe Damanis, an ambitious figure within the local criminal underworld, discovers the truth about her past. Promising to leave her family untouched, he forces Sarika into a dangerous bargain, intending to use her deadly talents to elevate himself to the top of the criminal hierarchy.

Caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse, Sarika must find a way to outmaneuver Rafe without exposing herself or endangering those she loves. Yet an even greater threat looms in the shadows, for if her former sisters learn she still lives, they will finish the job they failed to complete years ago.

Among the Vishakanya, there is only one rule that truly matters: You do not leave. You live as a Vishakanya... or you die as one.

Venom's Kiss is a modern action thriller blending espionage, suspense, ancient traditions, and family into a story where survival is measured not only by who you can defeat, but by everything you're willing to protect.

15) Walking on the Darkside

For most people, vampires, werewolves, witches, and countless other creatures of the night exist only in myths and campfire stories. For Geralt, they are about to become very real.

When his longtime vampire friend, Anton, offers to introduce him to the hidden supernatural world that has existed alongside humanity for centuries, curiosity gets the better of him. Eager to experience the impossible firsthand, Geralt willingly steps beyond the veil, discovering a society governed by ancient laws, fragile alliances, and dangerous secrets.

But there is one complication no one warned him about.

An unattached human is an extraordinary rarity within the supernatural community, and before long Geralt finds himself attracting the attention of women from every corner of that hidden world. Some are simply curious. Others see opportunity. A few have motives far more dangerous than either he or Anton could have imagined.

As factions, rivalries, and hidden agendas begin to converge around him, Geralt must quickly learn that surviving the supernatural world requires far more than an open mind. Sometimes, the greatest danger isn't the monsters lurking in the shadows... it's becoming the prize everyone wants to claim.

Walking on the Darkside is an urban fantasy adventure blending mystery, humor, romance, supernatural intrigue, and larger-than-life characters into a story where the world beyond the veil is every bit as fascinating as it is perilous.