A Barkeeps Guide To swallowing Hexes

Loch just wants to serve watered down ale to doomed men and ignore the mud. Unfortunately, his frail body violently absorbs raw magic and the skills of the dead. When a disgraced commander catches him swallowing a lethal hex with a wet bar towel, his quiet life in the trenches is officially over. To survive a pointless war and a looming apocalypse, this sickly publican must weaponize the stolen power of a thousand dead aristocrats.

Till Death Do Us Sprout

Botanists Flynn and Iris despise each other. He prefers sterile order. She prefers chaotic mutation. Sent to investigate a derelict space station, they find it overrun by a mutated botanical AI. Unfortunately, the sentient greenhouse misinterprets their foul-mouthed bickering as a passionate courtship display and locks the blast doors. To survive the station's aggressive matchmaking and unlock the life support, these bitter rivals must fake the ultimate romance. Or become compost.