Drybbuk is known by those who fatally lust after and harbor a crippling fear for her as simply The Serpent. She is birthed through concoction and created by Melania, an ancient witch existing before the great cataclysm. The event that enabled spirit entities, dark and light bringing alike, the ability to take physical formation. In her ambitious pursuits for power Melania orchestrates events that will bring upon humanity a new era. In doing so, she brings great suffering upon much of the k...

A bonus short story featuring Silhara and Martise from Master of Crows.In The Light Within, Silhara of Neith, now known as "the god-smiter," travels as the guest of honor to the winter festival of his father's people.The crow mage who destroyed one god must ignite sacred fires in honor of another. Yet the winter festival only reminds Silhara that the brightest light within him isn't the fire of a deity but the devotion of one woman.A tale of hope and celebration.

FIVE FAIRYTALES. NINE KINGDOMS. ONE PRINCE.'This is not your Disney fairy tale. It is much, much better' WILDER'S BOOK REVIEW'Brilliantly subverts the classic fairy tale' ONE CHAPTER MORE'Loads of fun . . . Exposes the patriarchal, oppressive fairytale world order which we take for granted in the old yarns' THE INDEPENDENTImagine a castle lost to history, a brave pri...

Go back to sixth-century Wales and learn how Atticus O'Sullivan became the Iron Druid in this novelette of the New York Times bestselling series, the Iron Druid Chronicles.Traveling under the name of Gawain rather than his old Irish name, Atticus must recover the stolen grail—which is in truth Dagda's cauldron—from a necromancer who has blighted the land around modern-day Swansea. This adventure—and others to follow—uninte...

Now that Iris and Kate have been rescued from the cave collapse in the mountains, winter has come to Yok Village, and with it, the slow season for Sarasa’s shop. As she and her friends struggle to make ends meet, a customer comes to visit—and he’s royalty! Unable to turn down his request, the gang heads out into the winter mountains on a mission, but the party is attacked by a swarm of monsters and soon finds itself entwined in the schemes of the local lord, Baronet Kahku. With all the new...

Heidel, Wult warrior princess, is having a bad day.First, a pack of wraiths chased her from a dragon's vault. Then, the thief she traveled with, Maveryck, who was supposed to be a professional, lost the staff they stole. Instead of reclaiming it, he created a portal that sucked them into a nightmarish world full of noxious fumes and mechanical beasts. Earth.To make matters worse, Heidel is now stuck with the incompetent thief in Paris, France, and they have no way to get back...

Two beautiful women were staying in a mansion in mountains, away from the city. They found an injured Centaur behind the mansion one evening and brought him home for treatment. When they checked him the next morning, he was carrying the morning wood—big and thick. Things took an interesting turn from here and became wicked when one of them displayed a desire to touch him.This book contains a monster erotica theme. Tow Women are depicted in a sexual situation with a centaur. Reader'...

Astra knows what she’s good at: thieving, tricking, and hitting people with rocks. Especially the mayor’s bullying son, after he makes fun of her. She also knows what she’s not good at: being a girl. Not the kind of girl that lives in the tiny mountain village of Theornin, anyway.So logically that means making Wizard Jorphen change her into a boy.But the mayor’s already pushing Wizard Jorphen around to do something else: stopping a mountain from growing under the village an...

Chrysanthe is young, beautiful, and running away from a wedding she doesn't want. But running away isn't as easy as she thought, and to escape, she'll need help. Help that presents itself in the form of a handsome centaur who seems quite kind... at first. Nothing good comes free, Chrysanthe learns, when the centaur begins to make his own demands. She may have escaped one man's clutches only to land in the embrace of a creature much more devious - and tantalizing.**Please note: This...

After her husband is lost in a hunting accident, Levinia must come to terms with his death. The day after Christmas, she calls upon the cast out god, Jul, by burning the Yule log and wishing for the one thing Jul is known for, allowing the spirits of the dead to mingle with the living.

Alana has spent months running from her past, fiercely protecting the unborn child growing inside her. Abandoned by her family and betrayed by those she trusted, she’s determined to survive on her own — until a violent storm forces her to seek refuge in a remote cabin. There, she encounters Ryn, a towering alien shifter warrior haunted by his own demons.Ryn has been hiding from his enemies, healing from the brutal betrayal that cost him his squad. When Alana stumbles into his sanctu...

This book contains three short fairytales by G. Wulfing. 'The Dwarf's Heart' is about a dwarf who decides that the best way to deal with the heartache of loneliness is by removing the offending organ. 'The Leaving Of Princess Laellinon' is about a goatherd who must explain to the rulers of a neighbouring kingdom that their daughter, the princess who was in hiding with his family, has inexplicably vanished. And 'Butterfly' is about a solitary creature who believes she is ugly and worthless ...