Madeline — cursed by her former lover to live as a wild beast, yet driven to rescue their son from a legacy of evil.Thomas — so obsessed with demons that he was ordered to retire, now the only hope for a desperate village.Charlie — forced to choose between his father's power and his mother's love.These three must battle through a maze of lies, where demons may be the only true victors.

All over the world, fairy tales are told. There are big fairies and little fairies. Ugly fairies and pretty fairies. Wise fairies and silly fairies. Sweet fairies and scary fairies.Seventeen authors share their own fantastic fairy tales in this magical collection. What kind of fairy will you meet here?Featuring stories by: Lillian, Csernica, Michael Lee Johnson, Kara Race-Moore, Elizabeth Guizzetti, James Penha, Samuel Poots, Matthew A Timmins, HA Titus, C.F. Bentley, Sarah...

Mages vs. Amazons vs. Giant Badger vs. Tyranny! -- Zathi's job is to capture renegade mages, but Keilos isn't like any other mage she's dealt with. Her drive to bring him in only leads them deeper into a cursed forest. Together, warrior and mage will face deadly beasts and grapple with decisions that compromise every principle. Until they stumble upon a place of ancient, forgotten magic. Zathi must choose — allow Keilos to claim it, or kill him once and for all.

This is a fantasy double feature — a short story and a novelette in one volume!Mistress Henbane: Ethan Mathias was the top student in a very competitive magical college — until his powers began to fade. Recovering at a country retreat, he discovers a very different magical tradition.Yunarix: Merriam is a young, aspiring hunter who's desperate to get a foot in with the Hunter's Guild. At last he has the chance to journey along with Majia Casserine, investigating an attack by...

Tucked deep in Colorado's Wet Mountains, where pine forests whisper with the wind and the night sky twinkles with unfiltered stars, is Mission: Wolf; a place where the voices of wolves echo across the ridges.Within these pages, authors from around the world honor that spirit in tales that span the mystical and the modern, the feral and the familiar. From legends of the first howls to stories of companionship, sacrifice, and survival, Spirit of the Wolf explores the timeles...

Behind the velvet curtain,Beyond the secret door,Lies a lost archiveOf literary enchantments.From the creepy to the cozy,The mysterious and the magical,The witty and the wondrous,Each tale casts its own rare spell.Welcome to Aunt Anne's Archive.

The Holy Mothers have decreed that only women can be trusted with the awesome powers of sorcery. But Dan can no more live without magic than he could go without breathing. Disguised as a woman, he struggles to provide for his sickly daughter through illicit magic. But his life of lies has drawn a darker eye than that of the Holy Mothers...

Do you like dragons? I knew you would say yes!Then let me tell you about my blog…Since 2012, Wyrmflight is the blog for everyone who loves dragons. I've had so much fun researching and writing about them, I decided to assemble my favorite posts. It's a true hoard of dragon lore. (Get it?)Here you'll find the great dragons of mythology and folklore from around the world. Discover fascinating true stories about real dragons. (There are m...

Arkanost has Seven Exalted Orders. No more, no less. When a magus goes renegade in a far-off province, the Mage Lords demand that something be done.Ryamon is bitter and frustrated. He longs to be a Fire magus; as a Stone magus, he's miserable. If he can bring the rogue back, he has a chance - his last chance - to fulfill his dream.It's a great plan - until he actually meets Valdira.

This is a fantasy double feature — a short story and a novelette in one volume!The Guardian Stones: Mistress Henbane consults her friend, Ethan Matthias, about a mysterious peist irruption. He's happy to help. The only problem? Mount Enoch University of the Arcane is an all-male bastion that does not permit women to enter.The Eldritch Agency: Petra, a goblin exile, has made the Eldritch Agency her home for decades. Then a new Archmage seizes control, scheming to discard the...

The epic war is over, the great Enemy destroyed. A ragtag band of survivors makes their way home, only to discover there were survivors on the other side, too. And even a lesser evil from that vicious host can still be a deadly threat.It's swords against sorcery, with more than just their lives on the line. The travelers, who barely know each other, must summon the courage to face one more battle.

In the throes of a convention full of geeks, Frog Jones told a story.That story is found in this book's foreword, but the key line from that story became the title of this anthology. The authors seized upon that line, much like an out-of-control bovine seizing its own halter, and stampeded into the volume you see before you.This is not just a comedy anthology. Nor is it horror, or romance, or literary, or…well, any one thing. Rather, it is all those things. Each story starts ...