C.T. Phipps is a lifelong student of horror, science fiction, and fantasy. An avid tabletop gamer, he discovered this passion led him to write and turned him into a lifelong geek. He is a regular reviewer at The United Federation of Charles and the author of Agent G, Cthulhu Armageddon, The Red Room series, Lucifer’s Star, Straight Outta Fangton, and The Supervillainy Saga.

Agent G

Agent G is an ongoing series of cyberpunk spy novels set in a pre-cyberpunk world (ours) which will eventually transition into a full-on Gibsonian dystopia–assuming our hero lives that long. The titular character is a man without a past, having supposedly agreed to give up his memories and serve ten years as an assassin for the International Refugee Society. In exchange, the Society has cybernetically modified his body to superhuman levels and given him a life of luxury between missions but G can’t help but question is masters as well as their goals. The truth is worse than he could have imagined.

Available for purchase here:

• Agent G: Infiltrator
• Agent G: Saboteur
• Agent G: Assassin
• The Agent G Omnibus (Vol. 1)

Blackest Tales

An anthology series that contain dark and twisted fantasy stories by a variety of talented authors. Blackest Knights contains stories set in the world of “Lucifer’s Star”, “I was a Teenage Weredeer”, “Straight Outta Fangton”, and “Wraith Knight” while the sequel contains another tale from “Lucifer’s Star.” This in addition to many other wonderful authors’ works.

Available for purchase here:

• Blackest Knights (Blackest Tales #1)
• Blackest Spells (Blackest Tales #2)

Bright Falls Mysteries

“Urban fantasy at it’s finest.”
-Petros Triantafyllou

This series follows Jane Doe, the unfortunately named child of an ordinary family of weredeer living in Bright Falls, Michigan. Blessed with psychic powers in addition to her status of being able to become the least threatening animal possible. Brought into cases involving murder, demons, monsters, and worse–she proves nothing can stand against the power of snark and an angel-possessed handgun.

Available for Purchase here:

• I Was A Teenage Weredeer (Bright Falls Mysteries vol. #1)
• An American Weredeer in Michigan (Bright Falls Mysteries vol. #2)
• A Nightmare on Elk Street (Bright Falls Mysteries vol. #3)
• The Bright Falls Mysteries Saga (omnibus edition)

Cthulhu Armageddon

The Cthulhu Armageddon series is a post-apocalypse Western set in the aftermath of the Great Old Ones rising. Humanity has been all but destroyed but, one century later, a small scattered group of survivors eck out a living in the shadow of gods.

John Henry Booth is a Ranger for the city-state of New Arkham who is cast out of his people after a disastrous mission gets his fellow soldiers killed. Accompanied by a fellow exile, he travels across the monster-filled wastelands in search of revenge. It is the only thing he has left in a world where cosmic horrors rule.

Available for purchase here:

• Cthulhu Armageddon (Cthulhu Armageddon vol. 1)
• The Tower of Zhaal (Cthulhu Armageddon vol. 2)
• The Tree of Azathoth (Cthulhu Armageddon vol. 3)
• Tales of the Al-Azif (Cthulhu Armageddon novella)
• Tales of Yog-Sothoth (Cthulhu Armageddon novella)
• Tales of Nyarlathotep (Cthulhu Armageddon novella)

Dark Destiny

Eighteen-year-old Robbie Stone is an anti-corporate activist in 2066. During a protest in Chicago against the sinister Butterfly megacorporation, a riot breaks out and he’s almost killed before being rescued by a mysterious white haired girl. Soon, Robbie finds himself almost killed again by an assassin with seeming superpowers. Apparently, one of a group hunting him across America.

The white-haired girl, Jane, reveals that she’s from the future and the assassins as well. In their future, Robbie grew up to the world’s worst dictator and now the assassins are there to make sure he never achieves his destiny. Robbie has to adjust to Jane’s overbearing presence and figure out why she wants to protect him while dealing with the fact avoiding his fate may lead to an even worse future.

DARK DESTINY is an exciting sci-fi action-adventure with cyberpunk elements by C. T. Phipps (Supervillainy Saga, Cthulhu Armageddon) and Frank Martin (Oscanawa, Cthulhu is Hard to Spell).

Available for purchase here:

• Dark Destiny (Dark Destiny vol. 1)
• Destiny’s Paradox (Dark Destiny vol. 2)

Daughter of the Cyber Dragons

Keiko “Kei” Springs is a Rider, a specialized form of delivery girl and mercenary all in one.

They are among the most highly prized criminals in the dystopian neon city of New Los Angeles. Kei has been running from her past for years and has literally erased it from her mind using a popular street drug called lethe. Unfortunately, you can’t outrun your past forever, even on her specialized Nina cybercycle.

Strapped for cash, Kei accepts a job she probably shouldn’t after barely surviving a live fire test by a married pair of oligarchs. Teamed up with a group of other mercenaries and cyborgs, Kei is to seek out a stolen computer program that has the power to drive otherwise ordinary individuals to shocking acts of violence. Her team includes her ex, a handsome bioroid assassin, a teenage hacker, and a ruthless corporate exec that all have their own agendas. It’d be the worst time of her life if not for all the ones she can’t remember.

The Cyber Dragons trilogy is set in the same world as the Agent G series and is an exciting action adventure cyberpunk thriller with plenty of humor.

Available for purchase here:

• Daughter of the Cyber Dragons (Cyber Dragons #1)
• Revenge of the Cyber Dragons (Cyber Dragons #2)

Lucifer’s Star

A dark space opera series set centuries in the future. Cassius Mass was once the greatest pilot of the Archduchy of Crius but lost everything when they were defeated in war with the Interstellar Commonwealth. It was only as his homeworld burned that he discovered he had also been fighting for the wrong side the entire time. Trying to rebuild his life as a common navigator, he then finds his past is not nearly so easy to escape as he thought–especially when someone identical to him starts to preach a doctrine of revolution against the Commonwealth. Written as a collaboration with Michael Suttkus.

Available for purchase here:

• Lucifer’s Star (Lucifer’s Star vol. 1)
• Lucifer’s Nebula (Lucifer’s Star vol. 2)

Moon Cop on the Moon

Neal Gordon is a police officer transferred from his post in Antarctica to an even worse place: the moon. Trapped in a crime-ridden hellhole where it’s only a matter of time before he’s killed, Neal has to figure out how to survive long enough for a transfer. But can he resist the urge to stay with his beautiful partner and her talking dog urging him to actually do his job? A hilarious cyberpunk parody in the vein of Robocop and Total Recall.

• Moon Cops on the Moon (Moon Cops #1)

Morgan Detective Agency

Ashley Morgan is a former student of the House and planned to spend her life fighting monsters. Then the monsters all came out and became citizens, leaving her without a job. After a failed career as a superhero, she now hunts bail jumpers and investigates petty crimes in New Detroit.

Available for purchase here:

• Brightblade (Morgan Detective Agency #1)

Psycho Killers in Love

Psycho Killers in Love is the story of a slasher, a Final Girl, and the love they share. A love that is best expressed by hunting down and murdering a cult of rich misogynist serial killers. William Patrick and his sister Carrie are the children of Billy the Undying, one of the worst slashers of all time. Imprisoned for the crime of carrying the slasher gene, they have escaped from the asylum where they were imprisoned, and are on the run. That’s when they meet Nancy Loomis, a hunter of slashers on the trail of the mysterious Fraternity of Orion.

Available for purchase here:

• Psycho Killers in Love

The Red Room series

“Phipps blends a menagerie of 007, Hellboy, and Dresden Files into a high-octane mix of intrigue, action, and brash characterization, all topped off with a dose of good old-fashioned monster hunting. Can’t go wrong with that!”
—Tim Marquitz, Demon Squad author

The Red Room series is a set of urban fantasy novels starring Derek Hawthorne, a secret agent trained in magic working for a global conspiracy called the House. Partnered with the capable but untrustworthy Shannon O’Reilly, the pair of them investigate supernatural phenomenon while attempting to keep their employers from destroying what remains of their souls. The Red Room is a snark and adventure-filled set of stories set in a world where the supernatural is hidden from the public but it is a ticking clock until it all comes out. The Red Room series is published by Ragnarok Publications.

Available for purchase here:

• Esoterrorism (Red Room vol. 1)
• Eldritch Ops (Red Room vol. 2)
• The Fall of the House (Red Room vol. 3)
• The Complete Red Room Saga (omnibus edition)

The Space Academy series

“Boldly going because they’re completely lost.”

The newly renamed Vance Turbo has sabotaged his own career at Space Fleet Academy due to a desire to atone for training accident. Unfortunately, his actions result in him getting press-ganged into an expendable crew of misfits recruited by a legendary starship captain. Their mission? To recover a collection of lost sun-destroying missiles that could restart a galactic war. Unfortunately, Vance is smart enough to know something is wrong with this picture. After all, no sane person would recruit this crew to save the universe.

SPACE ACADEMY DROPOUTS is an all-new series from C.T. Phipps (Supervillainy Saga, Agent G) and Michael Suttkus (I Was a Teenage Weredeer, Lucifer’s Star) that lampoons the space opera as well as military science fiction genres.

Available for purchase here:

• Space Academy Dropouts (Space Academy #1)
• Space Academy Rejects (Space Academy #2)
• Space Academy Washouts (Space Academy #3)

The Supervillainy Saga

“Forget everything you think you know about heroes and villains. Phipps redefines the genre. The Rules of Supervillainy is wildly entertaining, delightfully original, and will make readers everywhere yearn to don spandex and join the crusade.”
—Shana Festa, Time of Death author

The Supervillainy Saga is a series of superhero novels set in a world of heroes, villains, and monsters. Gary Karkofsky, a seemingly ordinary man, lucks out when he discovers a magical cape formerly belonging to Falconcrest City’s greatest hero. Driven by the tragic death of his supervillain brother as a child, Gary chooses to try and follow in his brother’s footsteps. This goes over like a ton of bricks with his wife and family. Not quite evil enough to be a proper supervillain, Gary stradles the line between good and evil while having increasingly madcap adventures. The Supervillainy Saga is published by Amber Cove Publishing and is presented by Jim Bernheimer (Confessions of a D-List Supervillain, Prime Suspects, Dead Eye).

Available for purchase here:

• The Rules of Supervillainy (Supervillainy Saga 1#)
• The Games of Supervillainy (Supervillainy Saga 2#)
• The Secrets of Supervillainy (Supervillainy Saga 3#)
• The Science of Supervillainy (Supervillainy Saga 4#)
• The Tournament of Supervillainy (Supervillainy Saga 5#)
• The Future of Supervillainy (Supervillainy Saga 6#)
• The Horror of Supervillainy (Supervillainy Saga 7#)
• Tales of Supervillainy: Cindy’s Seven (Supervillainy Saga 7.5#)
• The Supervillainy Saga volume I
• Tales of Capes and Cowls (anthology)

Wraith Knight

Wraith Knight is a story of what happened to the world after the Dark Lord falls, the epic war is won, and the heroes are triumphant. Alliances fail, the political map changes, and the species must learn to live together. Jacob Riverson was enslaved as a wraith knight for 200 years, bound to the will of an evil god, only to once more regain his free will with his master’s demise. Still the flawed hero he was before turned into a monster, he searches for a place in a world he helped brutalize for centuries. Joining with idealistic young heroine, Regina Whitetremor, he now must discover whether to play the part of the hero or the villain or both.

Available for purchase here:

• Wraith Knight (Wraith Knight #1)
• Wraith Lord (Wraith Knight #2)
• Wraith King (Wraith Knight #3)