Story spotlight: “By Dawn’s Bloody Light” by DeAnna Knippling

A small Midwestern college town. A series of murders that ape the Jack the Ripper killings. Then Laney Miller is butchered just after dawn in front of a second-hand bookstore. The one witness didn’t see anything…except Laney getting dragged out of her car and murdered by an invisible force. One that carries a straight razor….

Story spotlight: “Abby Crumb: Bad Luck, Good Fortune” by Louisa Swann

Melting noses, withering limbs—growing up the daughter of a necromancer prepares one for almost anything…except a voyage around the Horn on a vessel that feels as if it has been cobbled together expressly for this trip… Creaking decks, smoky furnaces, torn sails, violent weather, the S.S. Raven seems to be attracting bad luck. Could it…

Story spotlight: “Lizards and Lying Men” by T. Thorn Coyle

    Dagger was working as as stripper. Less stress than the witchcraft her grandmother kept pushing her toward. Then a man in distress showed up at her favorite cafe. The lizards weren’t far behind him.       “Lizards and Lying Men” is in the Witches’ Brew bundle. You can learn more on BundleRabbit,…

Story spotlight: “Contact” by Marcelle Dubé

  Every day, Kalupiak hunts farther and farther from the underwater ice caves of the People. Hunting has grown increasingly dangerous with the melting of the ice and the arrival of new creatures—none more dangerous than the humans. Legends tell of earlier confrontations with the humans where they tried to kill the People.   On…

Story spotlight: “Like at Loch Ness” by Karen L. Abrahamson

A dangerous creature. A female scientist with something to prove. If she lives that long. Something dangerous lurks in Cambodia’s murky waters, destroying fishermen’s villages along the flooded shore. Jean Aubry, fledgling marine biologist, tries to solve the mystery, especially after she and her colleague find a lone, beautiful survivor of the most recent destruction….

Story spotlight: “Fox and Hound” by Leah Cutter

    Gou, a peddle cab driver in modern-day Beijing, gets more than he bargained for with his latest client. “Fox and Hound” is Leah’s first story to feature Huli Transport, a company that specializes in rides and transportation for those who aren’t completely human.       “Fox and Hound” is in the Fantasy…

Story spotlight: “Monkey Sea, Monkey Do” by Robert Jeschonek

When Ida got her wish to become a Sea Munky, she didn’t realize the greatest drought of all time was about to dry up the bodies of water she needed to survive. Now, in one of the last pools of water on Earth, she and her fellow aquatic creatures fight to survive an attack by…

Story spotlight: “The City Trees” by Jamie Ferguson

Giulia moved to the city after her husband’s death, but the city trees won’t talk with her – even though she’s a dryad. One evening, while attempting to speak with the trees in a park, she finds herself caught in the middle between a thief and his pursuer. The thief stole something magical and dangerous,…

Story spotlight: “The Wishing Ring of Old Queen Maab” by Steve Vernon

A tale about a very young farmer named Ramsey who, although his heart was as good as one million pieces of gold, had not a single ounce of good luck to his name except his beloved wife Glorinda.   One day an old woman appeared, her face as wrinkled as a field filled with dried-up…