Erik Slader

A hilarious nonfiction look at two of history's most epic "failures": the Wright brothers, whose countless crashes ultimately led to groundbreaking success. Although Orville and Wilbur Wright are celebrated today as heroes for their revolutionary contributions to science and engineering - they...

A routine investigation into an anomalous bank heist turns into a fight for survival when two temporal agents find themselves at a crossroads that could affect the destinies of countless lives.

From Erik Slader, the creator of the Epik Fails of History podcast (and coauthor of the Epic Fails books series), comes a bold new vision of the future. 2299 is a sci-fi noir (novella) about a detective on the edge of the abyss. While investigating a cold case on Vanaheim, a space station...

From heroic George Washington to the dastardly Richard Nixon, the oval office has been occupied by larger-than-life personalities since 1789. The position comes with enormous power and responsibility, and every American president thus far has managed to achieve great things. However, the...

Christopher Columbus is one of the most famous explorers of all time, but he was neither the first nor last adventurer to ever stumble upon a great discovery. From the Silk Road of Asia to the icy shores of Antarctica, our knowledge of the world today is in large part due to several intrepid...

In this second installment of the Epic Fails series, explore the many failures that made up the Race to Space, paving the way for humanity's eventual success at reaching the stars. Today, everyone is familiar with Neil Armstrong's famous words as he first set foot on the moon: "one small step...