Roger Twowinds, a young Native American mage, needs to find a very powerful talisman made centuries ago. The talisman is so old that most knowledge of it has been forgotten. It has recently been exposed which allows other mages to sense its powerful force. He needs to find its location before one of the other mages can find it first and to place it back in where it had been hidden. He has a series of journals and tales that have hints of where it is.Along the way he gathers team me...

An exciting series of short stories. Fourteen tales each one takes place at a castle at night. There are general fiction here, a thriller, science fiction, fantasy urban fantasy, weird western, alternite earth, dystropian, a spy story and more. There are many tales with action, strange happenings and danger. A couple with a touch of humor. All enjoyable.

It is starting to look like someone has cursed Lance to live in interesting times. As a Jack Of All Trades danger is not stranger to Lance, but events that could lead to his death have been increasing like never beforeThe first indication of something strange happened when a giant swamp creature escaped its cage on the ship Lance was captaining. It killed two of Lance's men while it stomped down the same passageway Lance had gone to check out a problem. Next a Lance's starship lose...

Each of the five adventures are of a different type.A friendly competition between an alien and a human.A search to see who is sabotaging a military space station out in the middle of no where. But who is that doctor? And who is the saboteur?A very special forest, only a few people can see every year, with an unique park ranger.A new starfighter pilot has a very special assignment to break in his new stealth craft for a different purpose.A civilian c...

NA deserves a rest. She recently fought and won a very hard battle with a mage bent on revenge and a second battle with her inner self. Now all she wants to do is to help people, work at the Rusty Bean, make some extra money playing her congas. However she finds Boulder is crawling with new Mythos, some of whom are hungry, it's raining hard and there is less of the energy she needs to do her Tricks. To make things worse her ability is over firing, and/or not working, and for an unknown rea...

Reedited and revised a bit:Meet Tommy Tuckernocker; an agent of the Ministry of Clandestine Affairs and Shadow Warriors. He commands a team of fellow Shadows in an ongoing mission to protect New Devon from any and all enemies. He knows it is imperative that they keep everyone in the dark on who they are.The leader of Deutschland Zwei wants to be Kaiser of the whole America Continent. New Devon is on his short list of counties to start with. In five tales of deadly adventures,...

Meet Kara Stronggear, a very young member of the cadre of Couriers. She thinks she has what it takes to be one. After all her dad trained her to fight, in the use of weapons, to know when to run. Kara knows how to operate most steam boilers, how to fly airships.But when someone wants something she has and is willing to kill for it, she finds she isn't as ready as she thinks.From gun battles, to hurricanes, to fighting guard dogs, to running on the torn up streets of a strange...

Meet Kara Stronggear, a very young woman with a job to do. As a Courier-a modern outgrowth of the Pony Express-Kara will not allow anyone, or anything, to keep her from delivering what has been entrusted to her. She is brave, inventive, and can think fast. Growing up Kara was trained by her dad, and others, on how to fight, how to use a variety of weapons, how to do basic repairs on steam engines, how to pilot airships and what might be the most important knowledge, when to run.Kara...

A great Tale with action, mystery, adventure, suspense, the hero learning about herself and growing. Fun for the reader.It's Urban Fantasy along the lines of what Jim Butcher, Laura Anne Gilman and C. E. Murphy, Benedict Jacka write. I could include many other good writers too. Like John Levitt and now I add Lisa Emme even though she does more paranormal than I do.------------------------------------------------------------Hi, my name is NA, I found myself drawn to an...

This set has a wide range of Fantasy tales. Some are lighthearted, whimsical and others are more serious. two or three are just over 1,000 words while others are in the three to six thousand range. The bonus is under 1,000 wordsThe first story deals with a conman who is on the run. He runs into a dragon--but who exactly is the hoodwinker?A teenager has to save his mother trapped between to advancing armies.A cow of all creatures is hungry and has to communicate that...

"The Desecrator" is an original short story from the Draegaran Empire, by bestselling author Stephen Brust. This is a tale of the Hawklord Daymar, and of a particular Morganti blade. Vlad Taltos fans will enjoy new insight into Stephen Brust's fantasy series.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Barlo stares at the limp, elven form on his couch. A poisoned goblin arrow protrudes from the creature's shoulder. A long knife hangs from its belt.How could his wife think to tend the elf stranger and leave her patient armed? Elves do not belong in Dwarvenhome. Especially not ones with weapons.But the elf's presence presents another problem to the dwarven clan chief....What brings goblins so close to Dwarvenhome?...