Romance

All relationships have their ups and downs. That’s especially true when your partner is a necromancer with a murderous temper. There’s not much else to say, really. Honestly, we still can’t believe we got Kyle and Travis to do this.

Blaze MacKenzie is a brand new heiress who just discovered that her ‘parents’ actually found her abandoned as an infant in a bizarre human sacrifice in the woods. Along with that news came a six hundred thousand dollar check, a strange golden feather, and the ability to move to the Alaska Bush and begin her dream-life living off the Grid. But unfortunately for Blaze, something else was there first, and he's not willing to move...

At 19, Bonnie Stanford is your average hardworking urban college student in Alaska—just a typical girl trying to find her place in the world while avoiding her psychotic parents. (Well, typical if you don't count the fact that she doesn't know that she's an un-awakened Vampire Queen.) Having just lost her job, Bonnie reluctantly accepts the request to house sit her parents’ place out in the middle of Nowhere, Alaska, while they go on a three-week vacation. Two days before they are due home (and she can go back to quietly ignoring them), however, Bonnie receives a strange package and a letter, both of which turn her world upside down. Suddenly, she finds herself at the top of the Supernatural Most Wanted List, just because she has to suck blood and can, oh, by the way, enthrall people. Being hunted by the Inquisition and vampire lords who wanna kill her or enslave her, with only an ancient Samurai who is just as wary of her as she is of him as a companion, Bonnie tries to handle the insanity she has just been immersed in. Will the tentative trust formed between the centuries-old warrior and the naïve young woman be enough to help her survive the dangers to come? Will the unlikely pair be able to overcome their fear of each other to survive the coming supernatural apocalypse? Or will Bonnie fall to the supernatural creatures seeking to bind her and use her to make their dark armies?

To the Creshe Empire, I’m just a number. I’ve spent the past five years in isolation and under study. With my home razed by a Syldrari attack, my mind damaged, and nothing but white walls and a viewing window around me, I dedicated myself to two things: training my body and reading any book they allowed me to have. The Empire wants me to serve, to use the inhuman power the Incident stirred within me. Technically, they asked, but it wasn’t much of a choice. It never is. Serve, or… I refused to be a mindless slave. My life was taken from me once. Never again. With the Empire moving forward with their xenophobic plans, they needed someone capable of killing Syldrari -- and I was just that. A tool they could use, a tool they thought they could manipulate. Needing me was their first mistake. They gave me leverage; I named my terms. Now, after five years, my life can begin. Song of the Depths is a slow-burn romantic science fantasy series with a constellation relationship dynamic and diverse cast. ©2020 Bonnie Price (P)2022 Soundbooth Theater

Joe Mulligan is looking for love, companionship, and romance… and that’s what the brochure said he was getting. Unfortunately, The Cult of the Gazing Star has no such thing planned for him. They had to lure a willing sacrifice in somehow, and as has always been the case, those looking for love, companionship, and romance are plentiful. So, having hooked the perfect, gullible, and hopelessly clueless candidate, these fanatics will finally summon the subject of their worship: a terrible being from beyond the veil of reality called Mag’rathlak the Observer. And although this devious cult had no intention of finding Joe a worthy companion, he may have found one all the same…

Having teamed up with Theo, a very old and surprisingly chivalrous vampire lord, Bonnie and her samurai friend Masaaki now have a slightly better chance of surviving the next couple weeks. But trouble calls when one of Theo's old friends gets kidnapped by a rival lord, and he and the samurai leave the untrained queen alone while they rush headlong into a trap. Angry at suddenly being the rich errand girl, Bonnie makes a very unwise decision to go rescue a barghest from local slavers—the same barghest that both of her guardians repeatedly warned her not to save because barghests eat vampires. But she is inexplicably drawn to the huge beast called Björn, even as he makes her tremble in fear. Now, while Theo is missing in action, and Masaaki is wandering lost in the Alaskan wilderness, Bonnie alone must find a way to keep the barghest from eating everyone who pisses him off while simultaneously staying out of the hands of the Inquisition.

Long ago, Kaashifah the Fury, Chosen warrior of the Lord of War, fought a djinni to a stalemate in an ancient duel of souls. Three thousand years later, she and ‘Aqrab, the passionate djinni prince of the Fourth Lands, are still bound together, each waiting for the other to make that final, killing blow. To complicate matters, they are being hunted across the vast Alaskan wilderness by a team of holy soldiers who are specially trained—and highly successful—at capturing the numerous magical beings of the Five Realms. In order to save their friends from the Inquisition, some compromises must be made…and some boons given. But in unraveling the magics that bind them, will these two ancient immortals learn to trust each other, or will their own thawing hearts be their undoing?

Having potentially found love in, seriously, THE most unlikely place -- no exaggeration -- Joe is committed to his agreement with Mag’rathlak the Observer, or, Maggie, as she prefers him, AND ONLY HIM, to call her. The first task at hand: teach Maggie to walk. From there, he can show her his home, Mega City Dave-156 of the Third British Empire, and humanity in general after that. Tall orders for a loser like Joe, but hopefully, he can accomplish all of this before his soaps are on.

After narrowly escaping the Duke of the Nightlands (and leaving Theo at his mercy), Bonnie and the feylord (Tl'oghk'etnaeyen) find themselves reunited with Björn. Barely surviving a run-in with a Fury, Bonnie finally learns to compromise and communicate as they continue their search for Masaaki. In the process, Björn finds out the past may not be quite as he remembers it; Bonnie and Tl'oghk'etnaeyen forge a deeper trust and understanding of each other; and Theo ends up in an uneasy alliance with a brainwashed Inquisitor. But even as new, fragile partnerships are formed, a malignant demigod is getting closer to seeing his evil plans come to fruition. Will Björn and Tl'oghk'etnaeyen each find a way to end their miserable curses? Or will Bonnie’s hasty alliances crumble, leaving her to face Pestilence alone? Join the suspense...

Joe shows Maggie more wonders of the human world, including old video games played with actual controllers. In VR, he’s also able to show her the wonders of nature, hiking, and Spazz metal concerts. But none of this compares to the experience of consuming REAL FOOD, digesting it in a real human body, and the discovery of her favorite flavor, “Starberry.”

Special Agent Sarah Johanson, the psy-operative responsible for breaking into Mag’rathlak’s summoning ritual, hasn’t given up. She’s still under orders from Her Immortal Majesty’s Supernatural Eviction Agency to monitor the Class-3 Cosmic Entity as it… does whatever it’s doing, and so she remains vigilant at her monitor, watching “the subject” as it drinks with Joe and the lads at a pub. Meanwhile, Joe has to practice for an upcoming Underwater Yoga Blaster tournament, which means Maggie has to figure out how to entertain herself for a few days. As she quests to discover the animal life that has attached itself to human culture, she happens to meet Mr. Charles, the owner of a novelty shop that just happens to sell pets. Fascinated by the idea of owning a cute critter of her own, she quickly learns how owners should and shouldn’t treat their pets.

In the last episode, Maggie was very naughty. So naughty, in fact, the police were called. Thankfully, sky-diving without a license is a minor offense, and so she was only brought into the station long enough for Joe to come and get her. But Joe's trouble doesn't stop there. Practice has been going great for the Underwater Yoga Blaster tournament, but his teammate Ryan's Full Immersion Pod 3000™ is on the fritz. Hopefully Joe can convince Maggie to bring a shoggoth or two to Ryan's flat in time to save his Full Immersion Pod 3000™, and the tournament...

Maggie and Joe visit the "zoo" that Ryan's uncle works at. But after that, there's no time to waste. Joe and the lads need help with the Underwater Yoga Blaster tournament. When the pressure is on, Maggie shows her worth as a star pilot, but is it enough to win?

Officer Maloney knows something isn't quite right. Her Immortal Majesty's Supernatural Eviction Agency wanted him to drop this whole "skydiving" incident, but his curiosity just won't have it. But Maggie always knows when she's being watched...

Joe becomes perturbed when Maggie pays someone else a little too much attention, and London Bridge begins to fall as Her Immortal God Queen tries to make amends.

Maggie tries sleep, and goes shopping. Joe approves involuntarily.

AJ finds a rock. Maggie starts to grow on her. Then the shoggoth makes a mess.

Maggie and Joe visit the beach. Then they get sued for copyright infringement.

Maggie accidentally starts a cult. Then she meets Joe's mum.

Joe and Maggie go on a luxury space cruise. But they're joined by an unexpected guest...

Maggie checks in to the office to clarify policy. Joe confronts his dad. Then Maggie receives grim news...

Joe has a plan.