A science-fiction short story. Varian is missing, and the changelings are on the warpath. Will Ariel’s adoptive father find Varian, before the changelings make the boy another name to be remembered in a long-fought war?

A science-fiction rural-urban-fantasy short story. ‘Tis the Season, her favorite season, and Rosalind is home safe, tucked away in a haven as far from her old ‘home,’ and all the places her hunters know to find her, or so she thinks, until she hears a troll roar. With cookies in the oven, and a storm on the horizon, and all she knows and loves a very long way away, Ros is on her own…save for the hunters closing in…and the unexpected guests. With any luck, she’ll be able to escape into ...

A science-fantasy short story. When the battlespike Oliver is flying is hit as he seeks shelter in the warp, life as he knows it ends. On the other side of the warp waits a new world, a new life, and whole new set of dangers, and Oliver is going to have to pick things up fast, if he is to survive. Will the lady from the caves be his salvation, or will she finish what the crash began?

A science-fiction short story. What do you do when your brother betrays you, and you end up on another world, in the employ of a company whose recruiting methods leave a lot to be desired? Well, I guess you keep your head down, while you try to figure out a way to get back home. And I sure miss home.

A short rural-urban-fantasy-science-fiction story involving: An unexpected troll, a plot thick with elves and treachery, and a lover spurned, work together to make Tillie’s life take a sudden twist…and she is left scrambling to not only extract herself, but to get her friends back alive.

Past, present, and future, the alternate forms of Salu and Kia shift to adapt to worlds where peace is a fragile thing often shattered, and we, the observers, chronicle their struggle.

Judge, jury and executioners—the lizardine are holding court and all humankind stands before them. They’ll bring us to heel, or they’ll destroy us all…and they have the means.Getting their emissary to the courtroom and then home again should be an easy matter—but some people just don’t know what’s good for them. With pirates, mercs and corps gone bad we’ve got our work cut out. The only question is whether we can keep our charge—and all humanity—alive.

Made hostages for a world whose international leaders didn’t know how to behave, we ended up on a new world, one we have to make our own, where every step of civilization has to be earned, all over again. It’s meant to be a world to hide the secret of our survival—but not all the aliens believe we have a right to survive. Torn between two rival factions of an alien race, we have to save our keepers, defeat our hunters, and get a message to the stars.And that’s just if we want to li...

A relic from a near-forgotten war, an escaped concubine, and planetary annexation. When Mack’s hunt for a crashed war ship goes terribly wrong, Cutter and the crew find themselves embroiled in the politics of rebellion, inter-species warfare and inter-clan domination. Throw in clan rivalries and a cub in need of rescue, and a simple wreck retrieval becomes a matter of life, death and Odyssey. The only question is just how much trouble they can get into before they need help getting bac...

A fantasy short story including: A place by the fire in exchange for a story, the tale of a blind bard and a dragon, a knight and his squire. Sharing stories for a place at a fire. It’s a highlight of the road—but the tale of a blind bard and a dragon, and how things used to be? Maybe it wasn’t my best choice.

A short story involving: an elven wizard ready to transition to his fifth lifetime, a dragon who’s always wanted an elf of his own, and memories locked away. When the dragon wants to unleash the pain of his past, Gulvane faces a choice: Take the beast’s offer and risk his past lives tearing him apart, or walk away.

A dark-fantasy short story involving a cursed ghost, a queen—and her valet—haunted by more than memory, an assassin with a contract to fill, and a hidden truth.Can a queen find happiness when the needs of state demand she wed?And does destiny exist, when the underside of politics becomes involved?v