Telling stories is Walter Book’s responsibility and his joy, just like it’d been his daddy’s, and his granddaddy’s and his great-great grandaddy’s before him. Because what good’s a Book without a story? Every night he tells the children their bedtime story, and this evening he tells one called “The Princess,” the tale of a little…
A beautiful sunrise over the ocean west of Hawaii. A perfect morning for a skydive. An even better opportunity for murder. Eric Jarlsson plummets toward his death. His parachute sabotaged. Two thousand feet above an unforgiving sea. He couldn’t know a god’s net awaits him. “Skydiving to the Gods” a contemporary fantasy short story featuring…
What do trolleys, bananas, and impudent fairies have in common? A fairy hunter named Zola and her newest blind date: Milton B. Flannigan, III. Unfortunately, dear old Miltie isn’t everything he’s been made out to be. He’s more. Then again, so is Zola. A laugh-out-loud tale from the streets of San Francisco. …
Mistaken identities, misplaced sympathies, and witches on the eve of Beltane. And the man caught between Halloween magic and mayhem. “Midnight Oil” is in the Witches’ Brew bundle. You can learn more on BundleRabbit, Goodreads, and the bundle’s Facebook page. Collections With Stories by This Author…
In the spring of 1810, the death of his father – and discovery of an unknown uncle – sends fifteen year-old Samuel Harlowe from his simple life in England across the sea on a journey filled with dangers and wonders he never imagined. And when a kraken attacks his ship, Samuel must choose to whether…
“Those memories might be important some day,” Charlie’s husband whispered. “You might want them after I’m gone.” Charlie did remember two things about his husband: the man had known Charlie wasn’t human, and he’d made Charlie promise to always remember his Faerie Realm origin. Now old age has left Charlie with nothing to occupy his…
As California’s Department of Thaumaturgy battles a deepening drought, a mysterious force limits the flow of magic in downtown Sacramento. Tasked to find an answer, Purvis Klemp—Senior Advisor to the Chief of Staff of the Thaumaturge General of the State of California—must entertain all manner of crackpot theories. When the latest crackpot offers the most…
Vlad’s secrets surround him like a cloak of mist: one secret hides another. He’s a gay man in Volgograd, Russia…and a drug dealer…and a vedmak, a witch, who can release the souls of the dying, if they wish it. His secrets keep him safe…until he meets a rusalka, an undead water spirit who drowns the…
Called to a crime scene, Detective Maeve Hemlock identifies the body as a faerie. A faerie dead in the normal world. No identification. No obvious cause of death. As a faerie herself, Maeve feels obligated to investigate. But that means crossing back into the Nether Realm. The one thing she hates. All because of a…
Clara just wanted to bake bread, read her tarot cards, and find a girlfriend. And then the candles started doing something weird…The flames were each two inches high, and wavering. Like something was moving in the room. And it wasn’t her. “Read for me.” “Who are you?” Clara asked. The candles wavered once more. …
