Visiting Asbjorn's native Denmark, Sean just began to relax after putting his attacker in jail – and then the perp broke free. The criminal system failed - and Asbjorn, Sean's kick-ass, ex-Navy boyfriend, refuses to let Sean play bait again. An adept swordsman surrounded by like-minded friends, Asbjorn refuses to let sean go through "all that" again. A small corrective action to keep Sean safe, and the secrecy that surrounds it, tries their love and resolve by fire.In an angsty and dark ta...

A fire elementalist.A wind whisperer.A love that can start a firestorm.Sig knows that a rogue fire elemental presents a danger. He needs to control his fire. Fast.Being in love with a wind-whisperer doesn't make it easy, even if their professional relationship is blooming. Both wind and fire need space, and a month-long trip to Las Vegas might save Pittsburgh from life and property damage. After all, Las Vegas has a desert, lots of empty space – what could g...

The fate of the entire colony - and of their world - depends on Kira's actions.The Dome habitat with its thriving human colony was the only world Kira knew. Now she was helping terraform it, enriching its atmosphere with oxygen.Soon, Terran plants would replace the cyanobacterial algae of this primitive world and people would craft it into a paradise worthy of its name.If only their oxygen-generating water splitters weren't breaking down.

Brad’s first gig in Las Vegas as an escort includes dressing up in a sexy mailman uniform. Not what he expected as a shy, wholesome and a freshly-out gay from Nebraska, but a temporary gig beats starving while job hunting.Hunter’s regulation mailman uniform has longer shorts Brad’s. His shirt lets a bit of air through, and he doesn’t wear lace-up platform boots like Brad. Running behind, he’s shocked to find that his office sent him reinforcements – and that his bored colleagues tr...

A collection of seven stories from the Disorderly Elements world – and two are BRAND NEW!In a world where elementalists walk among us, they strive to coexist without blowing us away in a gale. Burning us up in an inferno. Sweeping us away in a flood.And through all that, they love.Explore the urban fantasy world of Disorderly Elements where the unseen is as important as events plain to the eye, and where a real-life, tangible action follows a careless thought with d...

Asbjorn doesn't think Valentine's Day means a whole lot. Sean, his husband, is just another guy...right? A martial artist science geek, just like him. Lucky for both of them, Asbjorn's Sensei and his fellow students show him the error of his ways. Except Asbjorn has always been good at improvising. This short V-Day story is part of the Fall Trilogy world, but can be read as a stand-alone.

Karel's girlfriend's older brother loomed as the Great War's veteran. Count Otakar, scarred and proud. A man of imposing stature.And, just like his sister Iveta, of...something else.Enter the world where the suitor's suitability swims or sinks on the whim of a Czech river's magic. For this ancient river vets or rejects every new member of the family going back for generations.This magical realism story takes place in Czechoslovakia in the time of the Roa...

Earth, 3023. Planetary population: 2 billion eco-load limit.Over half a million souls toil for its welfare in the rest of the habitable solar system.The healing Earth depends on Sol 3.14, a man-made web-world circling the Sun on the opposite side of Earth's solar orbit."Soulpie," the granary of the solar system, desperately needs a new orbital booster. Without it, her rotation will slow, rivers won't flow, and harvest won't grow.Spare parts ...

A SHORT STORY FROM THE “WILD HORSES” SERIES. Kai learned not take anything for granted – not the big things, not even the little ones. A couple of months living on the streets taught him good and hard. Taking charity his hard. Gifts? Impossible.When Kai agrees to join Attila for a dinner with Attila’s sister and his husband, he thrills at seeing a chink in Kai’s armor. Occasional treats – not frivolous indulgences – help a relationship run nice and smooth.Kai makes good pro...

Visiting Asbjorn's native Denmark, Sean just began to relax after putting his attacker in jail – and then the perp broke free.The criminal system failed - and Asbjorn, Sean's kick-ass, ex-Navy boyfriend, refuses to let Sean play bait again.An adept swordsman surrounded by like-minded friends, Asbjorn refuses to let sean go through "all that" again. A small corrective action to keep Sean safe, and the secrecy that surrounds it, tries their love and resolve by fire.In...

Water-walkers, flood-makers, soul-stealers: your neighbors.In this between-the-books offering in the Disorderly Elements world, Ash Ravenna explores his Czech mother's heritage. While teaches his family new techniques, realities of his existence stun him. Among their arcane, secretive skills, forbidden knowledge reigns supreme.As he deals with his people's monstrous heritage, the teacher becomes the student.And what Teresa teaches him may be life-changing.This ...

Aswang - the shape-shifting, vampiric entity known in the Philippines - devour human energy, killing newborns in their sleep.Our Aswang assumes any shape, from a coke bottle to a durian to the mailman. In this, he follows tradition.He won't, however, consume human energy. An immortal vegetarian of sorts.All energy is, after all, stardust and he finds his fuel in modest ways.Bets are off when our ethical and kind monster falls asleep ...