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The Miller’s Daughter: A New Adult Dark Thriller by Melinda Marshall

Posted on August 20, 2026 9:39 am by A.P. Fuchs Comment

The Miller’s Daughter: A New Adult Dark Thriller by Melinda Marshall

First come the tumours and then the unrelenting hunger.

Every spring, Rachel Dunn must choose a new victim to consume so she can shed her decaying body and transform into her prey.

For the past 130 years, she’s carefully chosen her victims—those young and unattached so she can easily slip into their lives. She’s studied Maggie for weeks, her routines and her habits. Maggie’s life will end and Rachel’s will begin.

Again.

But Maggie isn’t as unattached as she thought. An unexpected visit from Maggie’s ex-boyfriend thrusts Rachel into a family she didn’t know existed. She craves the belonging the family provides but her presence entangles them in her dangerous world.

With a creature from Rachel’s past stalking her, intent on vengeance for a century-old murder, Rachel’s new family becomes the perfect weapon for the ultimate revenge.

Available as a paperback at:

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Amazon.co.uk
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Available as an eBook at:

Kindle US
Kindle CAN
Kindle UK
Nook
Drivethru Fiction

Enjoy this New Adult Dark Thriller!

Be sure to check out Melinda Marshall’s YA Dystopian Trilogy, ONE BRIGHT FUTURE, by going here.

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Stratagem (One Bright Future Book Three) by Melinda Marshall: YA Dystopian

Posted on April 14, 2026 5:00 am by A.P. Fuchs

Stratagem (One Bright Future Book Three) by Melinda Marshall: YA Dystopian

Rielle is devastated to be a slave again and owned by Justin, who she thought was her friend. Under Bank Security’s constant surveillance, Rielle plots her escape. She secretly holds the key to toppling the OneEarth Bank and freeing the people they’ve enslaved, but she needs help and the only people she trusts with her secret are imprisoned over 1,000 miles away.

Justin betrayed her and the people she cares about but trusting him may be the only way to escape Bank Security’s clutches, rescue her friends, and crush the OneEarth Bank’s nefarious plans.

Pursued by Bank Security and with nothing left to lose, Rielle devises a desperate and risky stratagem.

Will she succeed in destroying the OneEarth Bank or will they destroy her first?

Available as a paperback at:

Amazon.com
Amazon.ca
Amazon.co.uk
Barnes and Noble

Available as an eBook at:

Kindle US
Kindle CAN
Kindle UK
Nook
Drivethru Fiction

For the first book in this YA dystopian trilogy, please see Enslavement on this site, but if you’ve already read it and its sequel, Subversion, enjoy Stratagem!

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Subversion (One Bright Future Book Two) by Melinda Marshall: YA Dystopian

Posted on April 13, 2026 6:36 am by A.P. Fuchs

Subversion (One Bright Future Book Two) by Melinda Marshall: YA Dystopian

After fleeing slavery, Rielle James burns with the desire to topple OneEarth Bank and end its enslavement of young people as Contracts. When she learns that her friend Nathan has been sold to a logging company where Contracts die or vanish without a trace, she assumes a false identity and becomes a slave again to help him escape.

Her act of subversion uncovers the horrific truth behind the OneEarth Bank’s role in Contract disappearances and its link to a global pandemic.

Can Rielle and Nathan escape and expose the truth before it’s too late?

Available as a paperback at:

Amazon.com
Amazon.ca
Amazon.co.uk
Barnes and Noble

Available as an eBook at:

Kindle US
Kindle CAN
Kindle UK
Nook
Drivethru Fiction

For the first book in this YA dystopian trilogy, please see the Enslavement on this site, but if you’ve already read it, enjoy Subversion!

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Enslavement (One Bright Future Book One) by Melinda Marshall: YA Dystopian

Posted on April 12, 2026 2:10 pm by A.P. Fuchs

Enslavement (One Bright Future Book One) by Melinda Marshall: YA Dystopian

In the wake of global economic collapse, the OneEarth Bank promises prosperity in exchange for compliance with the commerce chip insertions. Those who refuse the chip are vilified and called Resistors.

When Rielle James’s parents refuse to comply, government officials tear her family apart and Rielle is forced into a Community Service Contract. Officially, these contracts are portrayed as a way to rehabilitate kids from Resistor families, but in reality, it’s legalized slavery. Rielle’s contract is sold to the highest bidder-a wealthy and abusive banker.

She quickly discovers nothing in her owner’s home is as it appears. His seemingly perfect life is a facade that hides dangerous secrets. Escape means freedom and the possibility of finding her family-if she can pull it off.

Prison or even death await if she fails.

Available as a paperback at:

Amazon.com
Amazon.ca
Amazon.co.uk
Barnes and Noble

Available as an eBook at:

Kindle US
Kindle CAN
Kindle UK
Nook
Drivethru Fiction

For more exciting titles that draw you into reading enslavement and YA dystopian, please see the Book and Comic Shop on this site!

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Sci-fi Mech Apocalypse, YA Dystopian Typhon Project, and Horror A Red Dark Night Bestselling Books for February

Posted on March 4, 2026 5:24 pm by A.P. Fuchs

Sci-fi Mech Apocalypse, YA Dystopian Typhon Project, and Horror A Red Dark Night Bestselling Books for February

Last month, these three HOT titles were Coscom Entertainment’s bestsellers:

MECH APOCALPYSE by A.P. Fuchs (mech sci-fi)

THE TYPHON PROJECT by Melinda Marshall (YA dystopian)

A RED DARK NIGHT by A.P. Fuchs (horror)

Thank you to all readers who picked up their copy. Please enjoy the stories. After all, they were written just for you! I mean, sci-fi, YA dystopian, and horror? That’s cool of the cool!

Also, we’re wrapping up production on Melinda Marshall’s ONE BRIGHT FUTURE Trilogy so very soon those will be available. Roughly in a couple of weeks, if not sooner.

Very exciting times here at Coscom Entertainment!

See you soon with more updates and releases!

In the meantime, why not check out all the superhero and monster fiction on this site as well as the free podcast, STORY TIME with A.P. FUCHS?

Cheers.

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Bigfoot and Sci-fi Dystopia On Top for the Last 30 Days

Posted on December 6, 2025 10:38 am by A.P. Fuchs

Bigfoot and Sci-fi Dystopia On Top for the Last 30 Days

As of this morning, these three titles are topping the charts here at Coscom Entertainment. (Note these top spots are about a week old as things update roughly every seven days. AXIOM-MAN: THE SUMMONING has exceeded what’s being shown now.)

Bigfoot has always been hot and he’s a draw when I table at Winnipeg Comiccon. This anthology series co-edited with Eric S. Brown (whose a big name in bigfoot horror) was a lot of fun. Perhap it might come back at some future point as I do have cover art for two more volumes. We’ll see.

As for Melinda Marshall’s THE TYPHON PROJECT, that was last year. Coming from here before the year is out are all three books in her ONE BRIGHT FUTURE Trilogy, which was originally published elsewhere for the first two books before that publisher went out of business. We’re bringing things back along with the long-awaited final installment in her trilogy.

Stay tuned for those releases.

Thank you to everyone who supported these small press authors over that past thirty days. As you can see, Bigfoot and sci-fi dystopia were the hot ones over the past 30 days with some superhero stuff yet to post it’s placement amongst these top three.

Hope you enjoyed the stories.

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Live Stream No. 3: Dystopian YA Author Melinda Marshall at Winnipeg Comic Con 2024

Posted on October 29, 2024 5:05 am by A.P. Fuchs

Live Stream No. 3: Dystopian YA Author Melinda Marshall at Winnipeg Comic Con 2024

Live at Winnipeg Comic Con 2024 author A.P. Fuchs interviews author Melinda Marshall about her new Dystopian YA release, THE TYPHON PROJECT!

This book was a hot seller at the show and Melinda put a lot of work into it. The miracle of this book is the first draft was written in three days as part of a novel writing contest. Of course, it went through revisions and edits after, but getting a first draft out in three days is an impressive feat.

Listen to Melinda as she discusses her new book that debuted at the convention and found its way into many readers’ hands.

THE TYPHON PROJECT by Melinda Marshall:

Short synopsis:

To save humanity, Leah is among the chosen for genetic modification. She is sent to The Typhon Project with the hope of finding a cure to save what’s left of the planet. But she can’t shake the suspicion something isn’t right.

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Winnipeg Comic Con 2024 A.P. Fuchs and Melinda Marshall Books Unboxing – Dystopian YA and Monsters and Superheroes!

Posted on October 19, 2024 6:42 am by A.P. Fuchs

Winnipeg Comic Con 2024 A.P. Fuchs and Melinda Marshall Books Unboxing – Dystopian YA and Monsters and Superheroes!

Winnipeg Comic Con is coming up on October 25, 2024, which is one week away from the posting of this video. Wonderful book stock just arrived and author Melinda Marshall and myself want to share the opening of these boxes with you because they contain new titles by both of us!

The big highlights are:

THE TYPHON PROJECT (Dystopian YA) by Melinda Marshall:

To save humanity, Leah is among the chosen for genetic modification. She is sent to The Typhon Project with the hope of finding a cure to save what’s left of the planet. But she can’t shake the suspicion something isn’t right.

Amazon (US)

Amazon (CAN)

Amazon (UK)

Barnes and Noble

AXIOM-MAN/CRIMSON CLOAK: SCARLET SYNERGY (Superhero) by A.P. Fuchs:

Surrounded by a strange red mist, Axiom-man finds himself in a world not his own. Not again. Meeting a man who calls himself the Crimson Cloak, Axiom-man and this red stranger must fight their way through a hotel of madness where each new floor brings on a deadly challenge.

Amazon (US)

Amazon (CAN)

Amazon (UK)

Barnes and Noble

CAUGHT IN BLACK HEADLIGHTS (Poetry) by A.P. Fuchs:

All right, World, this is how it’s going to be: Rhymes and verse, Melodies rehearsed, across life’s rocky sea. Read a poem, maybe two, pick three if you wish to dare. Ramblings and coherence, sometimes jots of incoherence, anything for poetic flare. Enjoy and explore, please do, I implore. Let’s talk about life bizarre ’cause it’s pretty complex stuff, said Harvey Pekar.

Amazon (US)

Amazon (CAN)

Amazon (UK)

Barnes and Noble

Be sure to check these hot books out and support independent writing and publishing!

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Winnipeg Comic Con 2024 A.P. Fuchs and Melinda Marshall Books Unboxing – Dystopian YA and Monsters and Superheroes!

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Funko Friday: Authors A.P. Fuchs and Melinda Marshall Funko Pops

Posted on August 9, 2024 5:31 am by A.P. Fuchs

Funko Friday: Authors A.P. Fuchs and Melinda Marshall Funko Pops

Who says superheroes and other Pop Culture characters only get Funko Pops!

Here’s authors A.P. Fuchs (superheroes and monsters) and Melinda Marshall (dystopian YA novels) Funko Pops!

Last Christmas I got myself, my girlfriend, and my kids custom-made Funko Pops as a gift. It was done through the Pop Yourself feature at Funko.com. It was a little round-about way to get them because Funko doesn’t ship to Canada (at least when I ordered last October) so I had to first ship to someone I know in the States then have them ship the Pops to me. It took a while but it certainly made everybody at Christmas happy and very surprised.

Go Pop Yourself at Funko.com!

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Funko Friday: Authors A.P. Fuchs and Melinda Marshall Funko Pops

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News

Posted on May 19, 2022 11:49 am by A.P. Fuchs

And now . . . some news:

I have confirmation that author Melinda Marshall and I will be tabling at the following shows –

FanQuest – November 12 & 13, 2022 – Norwood Community Centre (Winnipeg)

Winnipeg Comiccon – October 28 to 30, 2022 – RBC Convention Centre (Winnipeg)

I do not charge for pictures or autographs.

As well, I’m firing my newsletter back up. It’s called THE CANISTER X TRANSMISSION and you can subscribe and get a free e-novelette by going here. New issue is written and will go out Saturday.

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