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J3E Press Debut Novels

Our first-year novels, set to release by September 2026, promise an exciting journey through varied realms of science fiction and horror. Each book will be penned by one of our main authors: Anthon Draw, Jeff Oberg, Jon Black, and N. Jed Todd. Expect gripping narratives interwoven with military themes, folk horror, and elements of cosmic dread. Readers will be taken along for a ride into uncharted territories, where imagination meets existential terror. Stay tuned for these must-read titles that will expand and challenge the genre.

Tortuga by Anthon Draw: A behemoth rises from beneath the Pacific island of Nakatago, where it has been lying dormant since before recorded history. The beast wipes out an entire village and its inhabitants. But there are survivors, eyewitnesses who claim to have seen an unimaginably large reptile ascend from beneath the ground itself and swim off into the ocean’s depths. But who will believe the word of two missionaries and a primitive fisherman? Who will take seriously this new discovery? And who will determine whether it is a threat or a miracle?

From Matt Pearson, evangelist and survivor of the event on Nakatago Island. To Ekewaka, a Pacific Islander who tries to respect all beings and live by the ways of the Pacific’s ancient wave riders. To the man only known as Grill, a resourceful trapper and hunter who wants a literal taste of the largest creature ever to exist on the planet. They and many others find their lives have been upended in collision with each other beneath the shadow of a world-changing event. Available on Amazon.

Bel Nemeton by Jon Black: A globe-trotting quest for the treasures of the historical Merlin.

From the Preditors and Editors Readers’ Poll Award-Winning Author Jon Black…

Carvings have been unearthed in the Middle East. They bear impossible names–Arthur and Merlin, albeit in a native transliteration. How did these names come so far? Do they imply the existence of a historical Arthur and Merlin? The scholars do what they always do. They arrange a press meeting.

But scholars aren’t the only attendees. After heavily-armed mercenaries steal the stone, Dr. Vivian Cuinnsey is forced to work with Jake Booker, a self-professed treasure hunter. Can he be trusted? Or is he just one more force after Merlin’s treasure for personal profit?

From the Middle East to the caves of Israel to German record rooms to Oxford’s secret underworld, chase Vivian and Jake in their pursuit of Merlin’s greatest treasure. Coming in September 2026.

Cutter’s Hound by Jeff Oberg: Val and Trick run the bar and the kitchen for Lily, one of the most sought after reservations in Miami. But something is stalking the guests and staff of their house. Their inscrutable boss wants the problem solved, a problem she seems to know a little too much about. It starts when one of their guests is found desiccated in the parking lot during service.

While they track the killer, their other duties refuse to wait. It's the end of Snow Bird season, one of the busiest times of the year for restaurants in the sun-drenched playground of the wealthy and well-connected. Staying on top of back-to-back fourteen-hour shifts, dealing with overly entitled customers, and keeping the mounting body count a secret is all in a day's work for Val and Trick. But the bodies pile up, questions from the police become a nightmare, and the source of the deaths remains a mystery.

They'll need to navigate the humid night’s dangers—both human and mystical—to stop the monster interfering with an ideal Mojito and seared grouper with uni butter and salmon roe. Fine dining looks glamorous when you’re sitting at the table, and servers are creating theater around you. But bear in mind that old adage about sausage and how it’s made.

Now available on Amazon, Google Books, or Kobo.

The War that Wasn’t by N. Jed Todd. Winston was a soldier without any mission left. Fighting in a war not his own, he had been traded to the enemy for the sake of peace and given experimental neuroconditioning to guarantee he could never fight again. But never is a very long time…

His daughter needed him to fight the war he’d lost once already, but now for her sake. This was a battle he couldn’t afford to lose. Who would he sacrifice along the way? Available on Amazon.

Liminal Horizons

Liminal Horizons is a groundbreaking series that brings together captivating narratives from our talented authors. Each story plays with the boundaries of reality, exploring themes of space, identity, and the unknown. Readers can expect a blend of hard sci-fi and horror, horror both cosmic and folk. This collection is designed for those craving fresh perspectives and thrilling escapism. Get ready to immerse yourself in a journey through the cosmos and the darker corners of imagination.

Liminal Horizons as a series is about exploring beyond the walls that bind us and breaking the borders of the “proper” world to find the one that is right for us. The first anthology, Liminal Horizons 1, brings us home and shares the many reasons it isn’t the place we expect to find. We discarded and lost a lot along the way, and it often made the journey lighter and easier. There are monsters back among our discards. It’s probably best to let them lie. The monsters around us aren’t always the greatest danger. Mostly, the danger lies within us. If we’re careful and a bit lucky, we can draw that monster out and build a better home for those that come after. What we can never do, though, is just slay the beast and come home victorious. In the end, we’re poor ghost-hunters. Maybe making friends with our own ghosts is what will keep us going. That lesson is what unites these four disparate visions of what lies beyond our Liminal Horizons… Available now on Amazon.

Liminal Horizons 2 cover, strange mirrored forest in eldritch purple colors Liminal Horizons 2: Dreamlands and Dreamers brings us to the wonders and worries of HP Lovecraft's Dreamlands. What lies beneath the cloak of night, what horrors and hope lies within the cobwebs we shake away each morning? They haunt us by day, even when we can't quite remember how or why, and capture us at night, speed us away on those magical excursions that lead strong men to drink, smart men to coffee and working the night-shift, and the truly mad to engage with their dreams on their own terms. Which of these are you? Coming in August 2026.