Spotlight: “Entangled by Midsummer” by Jamie Ferguson

Mark, a selkie, is trapped on land after his sealskin is stolen by his human lover in Entangled by Midsummer. He turns to a faery woman named Merenna for help. But Merenna has her own problems—she left Faerie to escape a dangerous man whose ambitions would make her his bride and his pawn, and his…

Spotlight: “Faery Novice” by Leslie Claire Walker

Faery Novice, the first book in Leslie Claire Walker’s Young Adult series Faery Chronicles, takes us to a fast-paced world of magic, intrigue, and romance where faeries, angels, and demons are all very, very real. Kevin suddenly begins to hear other people’s thoughts, and there are two men hunting him—but why? Both Faery Novice and…

Story spotlight: “An Idol for Emiko” by Travis Heermann

  In 17th-century Japan, Emiko has always been an outcast in her fishing village. When strange coins wash up on the shore near Emiko’s fishing village, she is the only one who resists the wave of greed overtaking everyone she has ever known. How long can she resist the pressure from her neighbors and from…

Story spotlight: “The Black Marker at the End of Time” by Ron Collins

    A lone figure walks a desolate beach. Heart cold and worn. Gun empty. Behind him the war of all wars destroys humankind. Before him lies the ocean. Cold. Harsh. Vast. Ageless.           “The Black Marker at the End of Time” is in the Beneath the Waves collection. You can…

Story spotlight: “Flower Faeries” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

  Funeral directors deal with everything at a funeral, but only a few must handle an influx of flower fairies. Or worse: the arrival of a flower fairy child, alone and unsupervised. Flower fairies are unpredictable…except when they get angry. And then they become terrifying. So, what will they do if they think one of…

Story spotlight: “The Queen of May” by Linda Jordan

Sivli, a dryad, senses a deep imbalance in Faerie. Earth energy wanes and the world of Faerie drifts dangerously off-kilter. With a plan in mind, Silvi decides she must be May Queen. To beat the sylphs in finding the first hawthorn blossoms of summer. She feels driven to save the day. This world bursts with…

Story spotlight: “The Jaws of the Manō” by Chuck Heintzelman

Kaikala longed to leave her island and visit far-away lands. She wanted to see the exotic places described by warriors around the nightly campfires. But only warriors left the island. Girls could not be warriors. When a strange man washes up on the beach, she finally gets her wish for adventure. And she learns BE…

Story spotlight: “Unicorn Magic” by Roz Marshall

IN FEYLAND, NOT EVERYTHING IS AS IT SEEMS… Feyland: a new computer game that allows Scottish teenager Corinne MacArthur to escape the sadness haunting her everyday life. It’s a game where legends come to life, the lines between reality and fantasy become blurred, and the impossible becomes—probable? A stand-alone story with a full plot arc,…

Story spotlight: “Radioactive Magic” by Bonnie Elizabeth

  Sickness lies in the ocean. Sean Iverson feels it. A shapeshifter, Sean feels as if he’s no longer connected to his two different selves. Fortunately, allies come when they are called to his rescue. The question becomes whether that help will come in time for Sean or for the ocean.        …