Quintha Thistlewhite is an unremarkable, solitary cottage witch. On what is supposed to be an unremarkable trip to the fall market to stock up for winter, she becomes embroiled in a rather remarkable murder mystery.Can she clear her name before winter sets in? Or will she hang at the end of a noose for a crime she didn't commit?Granny Weatherwax meets Miss Marple in this cozy fantasy featuring a hedgehog, an imperious wizard, and lots of good ale.

Eileen Babineaux wants nothing more than to attend pool parties and dances during the summer of 1942. Instead, she has to spend it on her grandfather's oyster boat while her mother works and her father is shipped out to war in the Pacific. What's worse? A hurricane threatening the small town of Port Pomme d'or! Eileen's grandfather needs to get his boat to safety before the storm strikes, but can he do it on his own? Should Eileen help or flee to safety with her friend?

C.B. Calsing has compiled a collection of her supernatural short stories. They run the gamut from vengeful ghosts to Lovecraftian space creatures. Curl up in your favorite chair, pour yourself a glass of whiskey, and give yourself a good scare.

Langston Pierpont -- junky, Great War Veteran, gumshoe -- has been hired to solve the death of a young woman. Most involved think it's an overdose, but evidence shows something more insidious, more unexplainable is going on.

Wishing WellWe've all heard the warning: Be careful what you wish for... you just might get it.If you had a wish, how careful would you be?Would you regret it?Or would your wildest dreams come true?Whatever you do, make sure you wish well...19 tales of wishes that came true...just maybe not in the way expected.Featuring stories by: Emily Martha Sorensen, Kay Hanifen, Sylvia Son, Kara Race-Moore, Laura G. Kaschak, Remy Allen, A...

In this short story, Langston Pierpont finds himself on another...odd...case. This time, a seductress needs him to bring her sister home, and Langston has no power to refuse her. What the sister is up to, though, proves to be as big a shock as who the sisters are.

Quintha Thistlewhite, unremarkable cottage witch, is again pulled into a rather remarkable case, this time in the bustling metropolis of Cottonwoods-on-Frank. Edgar the Enchanter, prestidigitator and wizard, dies on stage, the result of a horrible accident. Or was it? Can Quintha prove murder before the killer disappears for good?Granny Weatherwax meets Miss Marple in this second installment of the Quintha Thistlewhite Adventures.

Discover the beautiful stories of Michael Morpurgo, author of Warhorse and the nation’s favourite storytellerA gentle and deeply moving story of a young girl and her bear, told with great charm by a master storyteller.High in the mountains, in a tiny village, an abandoned bear cub is adopted by a lonely orphan child. Soon they are inseparable, beloved by the whole village – safe, until the arrival of a glamorous film crew who need a dancing bear…

In this magical debut, a couple's lives are changed forever by the arrival of a little girl, wild and secretive, on their snowy doorstep.Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. Childless, they are drifting apart—he breaking under the weight of the work of the farm; she crumbling from loneliness and despair. In a moment of levity during the season's first snowfall, they build a child out of snow. The next m...

What if victory cost you your life? The final novel in The One Dollar Horse series by prize-winning Lauren St John, in which Casey and Storm compete at the Burghley Horse Trials.Teenage eventing star Casey Blue has it all - fame, her champion horse Storm and a boyfriend who loves her.Then Kyle West walks into her life. The country's hottest equestrian coach is also drop dead gorgeous and Casey knows right away that she's in trouble. But who is Kyle and why are there so many...

This powerful Newbery-winning classic tells the story of the great coon dog Sounder and his family.An African American boy and his family rarely have enough to eat. Each night, the boy's father takes their dog, Sounder, out to look for food. The man grows more desperate by the day.When food suddenly appears on the table one morning, it seems like a blessing. But the sheriff and his deputies are not far behind. The ever-loyal Sounder remains determined to help the family he ...

Two young college students end up in over their heads after making a deal with a voodoo queen, in this short story from author Jennifer Rardin.