In this second issue of The Common Tongue Magazine, take a dark adventure in the eyes of an undead princess, face off a dragon with an unsuspecting knight, and discover a fatal disease overtaking the Athuruinian slums. Uncover the mystery behind the clouds that rain bones, go grave-robbing with a goblin, or hunt down old friends. Take an explosive adventure with all our tales and poems, and discover more of the dark fantasies that we crave in this issue #2!

A New York Times –bestselling author presents a Beauty and the Beast story for the modern age, featuring a young woman pursuing not romance but prey.Beauty knows the Beast's forest in her bones—and in her blood. After all, her father is the only hunter who's ever come close to discovering its secrets.So when her father loses his fortune and moves Yeva and her sisters ou...

A sinister wizard.A mysterious teacher.A kingdom on the brink of collapse.In the ancient kingdom of Havenglade, a brutal enemy is ravaging the countryside making his way closer to Gradur Castle. An aging king seeks protection from a council of loyal wizards. A peasant girl finds herself at the center of it all after bonding with a magical crystal and absorbing its magical essence.After losing her parents, Laurena was given the chance of a life...

***LOOK!!*** 99cent MEGASALE ON ALL BOOKS*** 27th Sep - 29th Sep 2014.“Women serve men, and you must prove that you can be a man before you may lead.”The Bear tribe have always ruled the Nation of Ruxdor, though with no male heirs to continue the line, Klawdia, the chieftain’s daughter and only child, must compete in a bestial rite of passage against four other tribal boys to retain her family’s sovereignty.The competition is set amongst the perils ...

TABETHA BRIGHT may be the cleverest most resourceful girl ever to scoot around in a wheelchair. But when pneumonia confines her to the old city hospital her eighth birthday brings a mysterious gift -- a magic marker thats truly magic. With it she draws herself into the enchanted world of Wrush where a MUNGLING (her mentor) makes an unusual proposition: Come back to the floating city of Etherios to help find the lost Answer and Tabetha will become the new Empress of Wrush. Tabetha is reluct...

From bestselling author Kaitlyn Davis comes the second book in the thrilling A Dance of Dragons series--perfect for fans of Kristin Cashore and Tamora Pierce!Drenched in darkness and surrounded by the echo of screams, Jinji waits deep in the dungeons of Rayfort, haunted by the memory of the knife stabbing Rhen, plagued by a foreign voice whispering through her mind. A few floors above, Rhen rests trapped in a coma, about to wake to a changed world--a world where hi...

In the aftermath of the attempted assassination of Prince Tevra by his own family, Najlah and Barkus are assigned to his protection. While playing bodyguard to a measly human is far beneath Najlah's lethal skills, he can't deny he's intrigued by the man whose blood is now sunk into his very bones, a man who proves to have magic literally carved into his skin.00Rather than back down in the face of failure, Prince Tevra's family only turns more ruthless, willing to pay any price to o...

Sacrifice is no stranger to Seira of Blackstone. Yet her greatest sacrifice may require her to surrender the centaur she loves.When Seira learns that a faction within the centaur royal court seeks to usurp the throne, she can’t allow Toryn to face the danger alone. Soon she finds herself journeying into the heart of centaur territory. Once there, she faces threats unlike any she’s encountered before, but as a warrior-priestess of the Moon goddess, she’s game to fac...

Fifteen years ago, several wolf pups were kidnapped by poachers to be illegally sold abroad. They were rescued by a Prince of the Blood, and the Wolves of the Moon vowed the debt would someday be repaid. Now of age, wolf Ilkay Thrace is determined to fulfill that vow. Before he can, though, the Wolves' home high in the peaks of Dragon Claw Mountain is ravaged by an earthquake that reveals an ancient, forgotten temple—and awakens something dark and terrible in its depths. Now, instead of re...

Darweena must choose to fight for the Forest Folk in an epic battle against the beasts. Will she choose love over her home? A short story of 3700 words.

Book 2 of the Willden Trilogy begins shortly after the events of book one. Tathan and his companions meet danger with a healthy dose of humor and irreverence during their adventures.After spending time in the deep caverns fighting the terrible creatures called sstejj, the companions return to Mother Tree deep in the Willden Forest to tell her what they've learned. Along the way, Liselle and Vevin meet a magical being who informs them that the world will go poof if they don't save P...

The wolves smelled milk on her....And they came.Alkaia is not a weak woman. She was chosen to lead her fearsome women warriors because of her strength, and she has brought them back from near extinction because of it.Now she has dared rescue a man she has come to love from inevitable execution, and she faces exile for that unforgiveable crime. The custom dictates she be driven from her lands into the wilds naked and with nothing to help her survive.They thin...