Full of magic, mystery, and romance, an enchanting steampunk fantasy debut in the bestselling vein of Trudi Canavan and Gail Carriger.Orphaned as a child, Octavia Leander was doomed to grow up on the streets until Miss Percival saved her and taught her to become a medician. Gifted with incredible powers, the young healer is about to embark on her first mission, visiting suffering cities in the far reaches of the war-scarred realm. But the airship on which she is traveling is plague...

If you think cats and water don’t mix, think again.Plunge into worlds of piratical cats: some selfish, some mischievous, all fond of hitting the catnip stash. From ships on the deep blue sea, to ships flying through the depths of space, and even visiting from beyond the veil, these cats are determined and on a mission.Featuring thirteen "tails" of adventure-loving cats, puns, and fun by: Megan Fennell; S.G. Wong; Rebecca Brae; Grace Bridges; Lizz Donnelly; Blake Liddell; Fr...

Octavia Leander, a young healer with incredible powers, has found her place among Miss Percival's medicians-in-training. Called to the frontlines of a never-ending war between Caskentia and the immoral Wasters, the two women must uncover the source of a devastating illness that is killing thousands of soldiers. But when Octavia's natural talents far outshine her teacher's, jealousy threatens to destroy their relationship—as time runs out to save the encampment.Fans of Beth Cato's d...

A cozy cheese-scented mystery with delightful characters, a dash of murder and tons of intrigue, perfect for fans of The Thursday Murder Club and The Maid.Bird Nichols moves to a quiet, quirky Californian town in hopes of a fresh start. With an autismdriven special interest in cheese, all she wants to do is grow her gourmet cheese board business and live out the rest of her life in peace, a plan that is suddenly upended when she stumbles across a ...

After the earth’s power under her city is suddenly left unprotected, a young geomancer must rely on her unique magic to survive in this fresh fantasy standalone from the author of the acclaimed The Clockwork Dagger.In an alternate 1906, the United States and Japan have forged a powerful confederation— the Unified Pacific—in an attempt to dominate the world. Their first target is a vulnerable China. In San Francisco, headstrong secretary Ingrid Carmichael i...

Another breathtaking short story from the author of The Clockwork Dagger and The Clockwork Crown, set in the same world…Captain Hue hoped he was rid of his troubles once Octavia Leander and Alonzo Garrett disembarked from his airship Argus. But he was quickly proved wrong when his ship was commandeered by Caskentian soldiers. He is ordered on a covert and deadly mission by the smarmy Julius Corrado, an elite Clockwork Dagger.Now Captain Hue must s...

This anthology collects 26 original stories that will run in the fifth year of Diabolical Plots, an online magazine of science fiction and fantasy. A metrics-driven approach for utopia, a fantastical YouTube challenge, a Lovecraftian Millennial thinkpiece, correspondence with a professor at a magical school, time trains, magical idols in a magicless place. The stories vary from humorous to tragic to thoughtful, from contemporary authors both new and established.Half of the stories i...

The September/October 2022 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine.Featuring new fiction by Natalia Theodoridou, DaVaun Sanders, Rati Mehotra, Beth Cato, Lavie Tidhar, Andrea Chapela (translated by Emma Törzs, Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Miyuki Jane Pinckard. Essays by Greg Pak, Juliet Kemp, Premee Mohamed, and Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, poetry by Lalini Shanela Ranaraja, Marissa Lingen, Linda D. Addison, and Simbo, Olumide Manuel, interviews with Rati Mehotra and Miyu...

From the author of The Clockwork Dagger and The Clockwork Crown comes a compilation of short works set in the same world: The Deepest Poison, Final Flight,and the Nebula-nominated Wings of Sorrow and Bone.THE DEEPEST POISONOctavia Leander, a young healer with incredible powers, has found her place among Miss Percival’s medicians-in-training. Called to the front lines of war, the two women must uncover the source ...

From the author of The Clockwork Dagger comes an exciting novella set in the same world…After being rescued by Octavia Leander from the slums of Caskentia, Rivka Stout is adjusting to her new life in Tamarania. But it’s hard for a blossoming machinist like herself to fit in with proper society, and she’d much rather be tinkering with her tools than at a hoity-toity party any day.When Rivka stumbles into a laboratory run by the powerful Balthazar Cody, she also disc...

Rich in atmosphere, imagination, and fun, the action-packed, magic-filled sequel to The Clockwork Dagger is an enchanting steampunk fantasy, evocative of the works of Trudi Canavan and Gail Carriger.Narrowly surviving assassination and capture, Octavia Leander, a powerful magical healer, is on the run with handsome Alonzo Garrett, the Clockwork Dagger who forfeited his career with the Queen’s secret society of spies and killers—and possibly his life—to save her. Now, they ...

This deliciously intriguing follow-up to Cheddar Luck Next Time has a splash of murder, a sprinkle of romance, and a whole lot of cheese. Perfect for fans of Arsenic and Adobo.This Valentine’s day is about to get cheesy.As a neurodivergent cheese board-influencer, Bird Nichols is the perfect person to respond to a “cheese emergency” at the famous Slocombe House.But what she doesn’t expect is to find herself in the ...