Lucas Stoffel

Here is the pitch: aliens show up, flatten every building on Earth, and kill everyone who was outside. The survivors get dropped into a massive underground dungeon — a multi-floor death game broadcast live to the entire galaxy for entertainment. Carl, our guy, was outside in a bathrobe walking his ex-girlfriend's cat when the world ended. The cat, Princess Donut, gains the ability to talk. She immediately becomes the most famous celebrity in the known universe and demands to

The pitch for this one is The Office meets Six Feet Under meets About a Boy, and honestly? That's pretty accurate. It's about a middle-aged guy whose life has basically fallen apart. Job's gone, marriage is gone, he's lost the plot. And he gets this unexpected second chance to figure out who he actually wants to be. John Kenney was a copywriter for years before he started writing fiction, and you can feel that background in the prose. He's economical. He knows how to land

Alright, this one is just a blast. Rikki Thunder is a twenty-two-year-old drummer in a fictional eighties metal band called Whyte Python. Big hair, tight pants, sold-out arenas. You know the vibe. Except then he accidentally becomes an international spy, and suddenly this ridiculous rock-and-roll fantasy turns into a full-on thriller. Travis Kennedy knows exactly what kind of book he's writing. This isn't trying to be literature. It's trying to be the most fun you've had w