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A Crystalline Signal

Military Sci-Fi • Environmental Fiction

A Division of the Cold

Political Thriller by Jamie F. Bell • Political Thriller

A False Spring

Adventure by Eva Suluk • Environmental Fiction

A Frivolous Delay?

Legal Thriller • Slice of Life

A Frugal Deception

Historical Fiction • Domestic Thriller

A Gathering at the Fort

Time Travel Paradox by Jamie F. Bell • Historical Fiction

A Ghost in the Stream

Crime Procedural by Eva Suluk • Cyberpunk

a Glacial Circuit

Crime Procedural by Tony Eetak • Cyberpunk

A Grotesquely Mundane Winter

Slice of Life by Leaf Richards • Psychological Drama

A Preliminary Report on Restorative Justice

Dark Comedy by Jamie F. Bell • Dark Comedy

A Quiet Reckoning

Minimalist by Jamie F. Bell • Coming-of-Age

A Shard Collector

Dystopian • Mystery

A Shelter of Wind and Folly

Adventure by Tony Eetak • Action-Adventure

A Silence That Binds

Gritty Realism by Eva Suluk • Family Saga

A Single Preserved Snowflake

Action-Adventure by Jamie F. Bell • Cozy Mystery

A Stain

by Jamie F. Bell • Thriller

A Sudden Unexpected Stop

Young Adult (YA) • Psychological Drama

An Algorithmic Guide to Hypothermia

Cinematic by Jamie F. Bell • Environmental Fiction

An Extra Day of Silence

Stream of Consciousness • Western Style Boys Love

An Icicle Cupid

Romance • Thriller

Black Ice

Contemporary Fiction by Jamie F. Bell • Romance

Black Ice Gospel

Sports Fiction by Eva Suluk • Sports Fiction

Black Ice, Red Water

Cinematic by Tony Eetak • Environmental Fiction

Blueprints

Contemporary Fiction • Romance

Brothers and Keepers

Contemporary Fiction • Romance

Chromatic Aberrations

Young Adult (YA) by Jamie F. Bell • Medical Drama

Clay and Ice

Young Adult Contemporary by Leaf Richards • Contemporary Fiction

Clear Skies, Red Snow

Military Fiction by Tony Eetak • Military Fiction

Cold Soak

Military Fiction by Jamie F. Bell • Military Fiction

Confirm The match

Science Fiction by Leaf Richards • Dystopian

Coordinates of Isolation

Adventure by Jamie F. Bell

Cracks in the Ice

Coming-of-Age by Eva Suluk • Coming-of-Age

Damage Control and a Viral Hangover

Cinematic • Contemporary Fiction

Detour to Rib-Fest

Gritty Realism by Eva Suluk • Contemporary Fiction

Dissociation

Psychological Drama by Jamie F. Bell • Dystopian

Dust on the Shelves

Adventure by Jamie F. Bell • Contemporary Fiction

Echo Chamber

Young Adult (YA) • Young Adult Contemporary

Echoes in the Archives

Literary Fiction by Eva Suluk • Horror

Echoes in the Rime

Young Adult (YA) by Leaf Richards • Fantasy

Exhibit C

Legal Thriller by Tony Eetak • Crime Procedural

For The Content

Young Adult Contemporary by Jamie F. Bell • Contemporary Fiction

Frost & Filth

Urban Fantasy by Leaf Richards • Psychological Drama

Frostbite Recall

LitRPG / GameLit by Eva Suluk • Sci-Fi

Frozen Echoes

Allegorical by Eva Suluk • Horror

Grand Gesture, Grand Disaster

Cinematic • Contemporary Fiction

Grimace and Gridlock

Dystopian by Leaf Richards • Psychological Drama

Hoarfrost on the Windows

Psychological Thriller by Jamie F. Bell • Thriller

Hostile Takeover

Contemporary Fiction • Romance

Ice Radio Patrol

Psychological Thriller • Military Fiction

Icebound Reckoning

Coming-of-Age by Jamie F. Bell • Coming-of-Age

Incident on the Garry Street Rooftop

Gritty Realism by Jamie F. Bell • Action-Adventure

Interrogation Room Blues

Literary by Leaf Richards • Environmental Fiction

Inventory

Contemporary Fiction • Romance

Jack Frost's Window

Mythological Retelling by Eva Suluk • Young Adult Contemporary

Just Stay Off It

Sports Fiction by Eva Suluk • Sports Fiction

Liability

Contemporary Fiction by Leaf Richards • Romance

Loyalty Theater

Psychological Drama by Jamie F. Bell • Dystopian

Monopoly and Malice

Contemporary Fiction • Family Saga

Nickels and Dimes

Young Adult Contemporary by Jamie F. Bell • Contemporary Fiction

North

Adventure by Jamie Bell

Operation Gnome-Thaw

Dark Comedy by Tony Eetak • Contemporary Fiction

Operation Slush Fund

Action-Adventure by Jamie F. Bell • Action-Adventure

Overhead Costs

Contemporary Fiction by Tony Eetak • Romance

Pallid Progress

Allegorical by Leaf Richards • Psychological Drama

Permafrost and Poutine

Whimsical / Playful by Jamie F. Bell • Psychological Drama

Permafrost and Precedent

Legal Thriller by Eva Suluk • Contemporary Fiction

Peter and the Inevitable Thaw

Dark Comedy by Jamie F. Bell • Dark Comedy

Pool Of Illumination

Contemporary Fiction by Jamie F. Bell • Romance

Public Exposure

Contemporary Fiction by Tony Eetak • Romance

Sanctuary

by Jamie F. Bell

Shattered Ski, Frozen Hope

Adventure by Eva Suluk • Action-Adventure

Shelter from the Storm

Legal Thriller • Slice of Life

Skating on the Edge

Sports Fiction by Leaf Richards • Family Saga

Smoke Damage

Contemporary Fiction • Romance

Static and the Snow

Satire by Jamie F. Bell • Contemporary Fiction

Static in the Grey Wood

Young Adult Contemporary by Jamie F. Bell • Young Adult Contemporary

Static In The Snow

Psychological Drama • Dystopian

Static on the Line

Stream of Consciousness • Western Style Boys Love

Steampunk Winter

Minimalist by Leaf Richards • Steampunk

Sticky Fingers in Sector Four

Satire by Jamie F. Bell • Satirical Thriller

Terminal Velocity

Adventure by Jamie F. Bell • Environmental Fiction

Thaw and Tremor

Literary by Eva Suluk • Contemporary Fiction

The #11 Bus

Contemporary Fiction by Jamie F. Bell • Romance

The Alabaster Tenant

Literary Fiction by Tony Eetak • Horror

The Alibi of Ghosts

Cozy Mystery • Mystery

The Antikythera Mechanism of Grandma Jean

Coming-of-Age by Jamie F. Bell • Coming-of-Age

The Architect of Atonement

Cyberpunk by Jamie F. Bell • Cyberpunk

The Aura Cabin

Gothic Horror • Thriller

The Barista at the Threshold

Fantasy by Jamie F. Bell • Fantasy

The Blackout

Psychological Drama by Jamie Bell • Dystopian

The Blade And The Whistle

Sports Fiction by Jamie F. Bell • Sports Fiction

The Blizzard Memory

Poetic / Lyrical by Jamie F. Bell • Horror

The Bloom of St. Valentine

Cinematic by Jamie F. Bell • Environmental Fiction

The Bridge Keeper

• Coming-of-Age

The Bronco's Last Stand

by Jamie Bell • Coming-of-Age

The Caretakers

Fantasy by Jamie F. Bell • Family Saga

The Case of the Missing Cord

Cozy Mystery by Leaf Richards • Noir

The Case of the Pilfered Plastic Pink

Dark Comedy by Jamie F. Bell • Contemporary Fiction

The Caucus in the Cold

Psychological Drama by Jamie F. Bell • Political Thriller

The City Suits You!

Contemporary Fiction by Jamie F. Bell • Contemporary Fiction

The Cold Arithmetic of Cogs

Steampunk Adventures by Jamie F. Bell • Steampunk

The Cold Comes In

Romance by Eva Suluk • Thriller

The Cold Thaw

Satire • Satire

The Cold Truth

Contemporary Fiction • Family Saga

The Compass of Memory

Adventure by Jamie F. Bell • Action-Adventure

The Creature and the Ledger

Young Adult (YA) by Jamie F. Bell • Fantasy

The Critic's Review

Cinematic by Jamie F. Bell • Horror

The Crucible

Contemporary Fiction by Jamie F. Bell • Romance

The Crystal Cascade

Adventure by Jamie Bell • Action-Adventure

The Crystalline Family

Surreal / Absurdist by Jamie F. Bell • Domestic Thriller

The Crystalline Mind

Allegorical • Medical Drama

The Curse of Warmth

Fantasy by Jamie F. Bell • Fantasy

The Dairy Aisle Incursion

Action-Adventure by Tony Eetak • Action-Adventure

The December Protocol

Journalistic by Eva Suluk • Political Thriller

The Devil's Own Luck

Western Style BL by Jamie F. Bell • Western Style Boys Love

The Digital Embargo

Contemporary Fiction by Jamie F. Bell • Family Saga

The Drive Home

Contemporary Fiction • Contemporary Fiction

The Encore Below

Cinematic by Eva Suluk • Horror

The Falcon Lake Static

Cyberpunk by Jamie F. Bell • Cyberpunk

The Feed

Gothic Horror • Thriller

The File For Lily March

Cozy Mystery by Eva Suluk • Mystery

The Final Coat

Young Adult Contemporary by Jamie F. Bell • Contemporary Fiction

The Forced March

Contemporary Fiction by Jamie F. Bell • Family Saga

The Frost-Bound Kingdom

Coming-of-Age by Jamie F. Bell • Fantasy

The Frostwork Architect

Gothic Horror by Leaf Richards • Horror

The Frosty thief

Literary by Eva Suluk • Historical Fiction

The Frozen Jam

Adventure by Leaf Richards • Environmental Fiction

The Frozen Road

Expository • Slice of Life

The Gathering of Embers

Literary Fiction by Tony Eetak • Horror

The Ghost in the Heater's Hum

Sports Fiction by Jamie F. Bell • Sports Fiction

The Gilded Cage

Popular Culture by Tony Eetak • Family Saga

The Glacial Ballet

Cyberpunk by Jamie F. Bell • Cyberpunk

The Glacial Prison

LitRPG / GameLit • Sci-Fi

The Glass Between Breaths

Contemporary Fiction by Jamie F. Bell • Slice of Life

The Glass Nocturne

Young Adult (YA) by Tony Eetak • Psychological Drama

The Glass Wind

Adventure • Environmental Fiction

The Glitch in the Snow

Contemporary Fiction by Jamie F. Bell • Domestic Thriller

The Gnome Also Rises

Young Adult (YA) • Dark Comedy

The Governor of Hours

Steampunk Adventures • Steampunk

The Gray Zone Run

Psychological Drama by Jamie F. Bell • Dystopian

The Great Freeze-Out and the Whispering Highway

Western Style BL by Jamie F. Bell • Western Style Boys Love

The Grind and the Ghoulish Grin

Dark Comedy by Jamie F. Bell • Contemporary Fiction

The Hashtag and the Silence

Satire • Contemporary Fiction

The Heaviest Thing

Gritty Realism • Contemporary Fiction

The Heavy Winter Sky

Western Style BL by Jamie F. Bell • Western Style BL

The Hexagon Doctrine

Post-Apocalyptic by Jamie F. Bell • Political Thriller

the Hollow Shell

Cozy Mystery by Jamie F. Bell • Mystery

The Honeytrap Drive

Literary • Environmental Fiction

The Hush Protocol

Stream of Consciousness by Tony Eetak • Sci-Fi

The Hypothesis

by Jamie F. Bell

The Ice Beneath Us

Domestic Thriller by Tony Eetak • Domestic Thriller

The Kindness of Strangers

Slice of Life by Leaf Richards • Family Saga

The Last Clear Block

Historical Fiction by Eva Suluk • Historical Fiction

The Last Cold Lock

by Leaf Richards • Legal Thriller

The Long Thaw

Family Saga by Jamie F. Bell • Contemporary Fiction

The Long Walk Back

Contemporary Fiction by Tony Eetak • Slice of Life

The Longest Block

Psychological Drama by Eva Suluk • Contemporary Fiction

The Longest Night

Western Style BL • Western Style BL

The Longest Night in Sainte-Céleste

Dark Comedy • Dark Comedy

The Lure

Gothic Horror by Tony Eetak • Romance

The Madness

Satire • Dystopian

The Mechanic's Bill

Satire by Jamie F. Bell • Satire

The Meltdown

Minimalist • Steampunk

The Memory-Latte

Cyberpunk by Jamie F. Bell • Cyberpunk

The Migration

Action-Adventure by Eva Suluk

The Morning After

Young Adult Contemporary by Jamie F. Bell • Contemporary Fiction

The Negative Space

Mystery by Jamie F. Bell • Mystery

The Next Collection

Hardboiled Noir • Medical Drama

The Northern Fugitive

Coming-of-Age by Leaf Richards • Action-Adventure

The Only Tracks

Mystery by Jamie F. Bell • Mystery

The Other Side of the Mountain

Young Adult Contemporary by Tony Eetak • Contemporary Fiction

The Permafrost and Paperwork Prince

Satire by Jamie F. Bell • Fantasy

The Permafrost Papers

Journalistic by Jamie F. Bell • Environmental Fiction

The Pinto Years

Historical Fiction • Dark Comedy

The Price of Dawn

Cyberpunk by Leaf Richards • Cyberpunk

The Price of the Thaw

Cinematic by Jamie F. Bell • Family Saga

The Primal Interruption

• Western Style Boys Love

The Provencher Cipher

Cozy Mystery by Tony Eetak • Cozy Mystery

The Quantum Mirror

Cyberpunk by Jamie F. Bell • Cyberpunk

The Ragged Veil

• Western Style Boys Love

The Reckoning

Historical Fiction • Domestic Thriller

The Rennie Stop

Cyberpunk by Jamie F. Bell • Cyberpunk

The Resonant Scream

Stream of Consciousness • Sci-Fi

The Right Thing

Stream of Consciousness by Jamie F. Bell • Thriller

The Rotary Club of Lake Kitchigami

Literary Fiction by Jamie F. Bell • Environmental Fiction

The Rusted Chain

Domestic Thriller by Eva Suluk • Domestic Thriller

The Scepter of Power and the Hearthside Accord

Satire by Jamie F. Bell • Coming-of-Age

The Setup

Contemporary Fiction by Eva Suluk • Romance

The Silence and the Sound

Mystery by Jamie F. Bell • Thriller

The Silence in the Car

Sports Fiction • Sports Fiction

The Sintering Hour

Young Adult (YA) by Jamie F. Bell • Western Style Boys Love

The Solidarity Fund

Coming-of-Age by Tony Eetak • Contemporary Fiction

The Solstice Anomaly

Coming-of-Age by Eva Suluk • Action-Adventure

The Solstice Light

Literary Fiction by Jamie F. Bell • Horror

The Song of the Dormant Grid

Cyberpunk by Jamie F. Bell • Cyberpunk

The Sound of Snow

Political Thriller by Eva Suluk • Political Thriller

The Sound of the Axe

Coming-of-Age by Eva Suluk • Fantasy

The Soup of Discontent

Contemporary Fiction by Jamie F. Bell • Family Saga

The Stalled Ascent

Expository by Jamie F. Bell • Slice of Life

The Starvation Protocol

Psychological Drama by Jamie F. Bell • Dystopian

The Static in the Trees

Cyberpunk • Cyberpunk

The Stillness Protocol

Satire by Jamie F. Bell • Satire

The Sun and The Silence

Literary Fiction by Jamie F. Bell • Literary Fiction

The Sundown Clause

Fast-Paced / Pulpy by Tony Eetak • Family Saga

The Sunken Lure

Gothic Horror by Leaf Richards • Horror

The Testimony of Whisperwood

Contemporary Fiction by Jamie F. Bell • Legal Thriller

The Thaw and the Telephone Call

Journalistic by Leaf Richards • Coming-of-Age

The Thaw Came Early

Surreal / Absurdist by Jamie F. Bell • Environmental Fiction

The Thaw in Sarah's Eyes

Literary Fiction by Tony Eetak • Literary Fiction

The Thaw-Stream

Cinematic by Jamie F. Bell • Environmental Fiction

The Thawed Earth

Literary by Leaf Richards • Historical Fiction

The Thawing

Gothic Horror • Romance

The Thawing Glass

Domestic Thriller by Jamie F. Bell • Domestic Thriller

The Thawing Heart

Romance • Contemporary Fiction

The Thawing of Fiduciary Duty

Legal Thriller by Leaf Richards • Contemporary Fiction

The Thrum Below

Cinematic by Eva Suluk • Environmental Fiction

The Town Hall

Young Adult Contemporary by Jamie F. Bell • Contemporary Fiction

The Tree Line

Family Saga by Tony Eetak • Family Saga

The Unaccommodating Providence of Mr. Grizzleton

Dark Comedy by Jamie F. Bell • Contemporary Fiction

The Unbreakable Ice

Young Adult Contemporary by Tony Eetak • Sports Fiction

The Unfollow Heart

Young Adult (YA) • Young Adult Contemporary

The Unlikely Assembly

Young Adult Contemporary by Jamie F. Bell • Contemporary Fiction

The Unmaking at Sparrow Lake

Journalistic by Jamie F. Bell • Coming-of-Age

The Unstable Referral

Hardboiled Noir by Leaf Richards • Medical Drama

The Unstuck Window

Popular Culture by Jamie F. Bell • Contemporary Fiction

The Voice in the Walls

Psychological Thriller • Military Fiction

The Warden's Cell

Dystopian • Mystery

The Warmth

Poetic / Lyrical by Leaf Richards • Horror

The Water's Memory

Contemporary Fiction by Leaf Richards • Psychological Drama

The Weight of the Roof

Literary • Contemporary Fiction

The Weight of What Was Taken

Adventure by Jamie F. Bell • Western Style Boys Love

The Whispering Pines

Gothic Horror by Leaf Richards • Horror

The White Thirst

Gritty Realism by Eva Suluk • Horror

The Whiteout Debt

Gritty Realism by Jamie F. Bell • Contemporary Fiction

The Winter of the Strike

Historical Fiction by Jamie F. Bell • Historical Fiction

The Wolseley Warren

Historical Fiction by Eva Suluk • Dark Comedy

The Woodpile Rule

Espionage / Spy Fiction by Jamie F. Bell • Espionage / Spy Fiction

The Worthington Silence

Cozy Mystery by Leaf Richards • Cozy Mystery

The Zero Kelvin Betrayal

Noir by Jamie F. Bell • Noir

Tracks in the Backcountry

Young Adult Contemporary by Tony Eetak • Contemporary Fiction

Triage Politics

Psychological Drama • Dystopian

Trust Is Your Only Asset

Mystery by Eva Suluk • Espionage / Spy Fiction

Unseasonable

Slice of Life by Eva Suluk • Satire

Vandalism

Contemporary Fiction • Romance

Variable Interest Rates on the Ice Road

Satire by Jamie F. Bell • Satire

What Follows the Fall

Minimalist • Coming-of-Age

What the Ice Keeps

Crime Procedural by Jamie F. Bell • Crime Procedural

Where the Ice Breathes

Adventure by Eva Suluk • Action-Adventure

Where Was here?

Slice of Life by Tony Eetak • Satire

Whiteout Marionette

Gothic Horror by Leaf Richards • Horror

Whiteout Silence

Psychological Drama by Jamie F. Bell • Psychological Drama

Zero Visibility

Action-Adventure by Eva Suluk • Dystopian