A Steampunked Romantic ComedyTwo years ago Thaddeus Carmichael disappeared. To be expected really, given his history.A year ago, both sons of Jaqueline Carmichael became gravely ill.Now a man who was burned at the stake six years ago arrives in town. He was executed for being one of the leaders of an inquisition that terrorized the land of Lailoya. Thaddeus was responsible for this, but the man isn't seeking revenge. He's seeking the talisman Thadde...

Randal Bates was always 'good with the ladies'. Most times he wanted to find an attractive bed partner, he did. Most times they didn't turn his life upside down.Angela Thornton never 'slept around'. She was in love with her dream man and… well… Things weren't so dreamy. She met Randal when she was feeling vulnerable and although was a mistake, one thing led to another and...Randal got shot, then Angela, and it was the beginning of a crazy series of events involving deceptio...

A Somewhat Romantic Steampunked Comedy AdventureMagic will get you killed. If its practice doesn’t cause you to spontaneously combust, then the Department of Public Protection will happily ignite you in a safe and predictable manner in a place that endangers nobody.When alchemist Alexander Hancock was commissioned by a suffragette journalist named Isadore Moorcock to help find her father, his answer was no. Risk his life looking for a journalist wh...

An Iron Age Fantasy Pulp with a Heart.A Prince of the Regency from the Stronghold of Aladazi should never fall in love with a Darkland woman. Romance is allowed but love is not.The stronghold has protected the Darklanders for generations, but the price of this protection is the use of the young women of the village.Well, now the Stronghold needs a hero. Threatened by the Empire to the south, Plainsmen from the east and a darkness to the north, the A...

Supernatural Romantic Adventure in a Steampunk Setting"Even if she wasn't responsible for all this, she was responsible for her own mess, and if it weren't for Tony she'd be lonely… No, that wasn't true. She'd be dead… and lonely."Chance McCall is the daughter of a professional gambler. She grew up knowing how to play, not just cards, but the players.She was good, very good. Good enough to make a living from the chumps who visited the gambl...

An Iron Age Fantasy with heart.Tierndraal huffed. "I am a bonded man.""Your faithfulness is admirable, but unnecessary," Fieshtar said."Because she'll never know?""Because she'll never return." Fieshtar closed her eyes and shook her head. "I'm sorry. I…""It's alright," Tierndraal said softly. "My honour is all I have left to feel good about.""I think you should feel good about ...

As a screen writer, Jackson Byrd knew what the death of a wife should mean. It should motivate the husband to go on a heroic quest for vengeance. Problem was, when Jackson's wife, Sally Byrd, was murdered, actually torn to pieces, all it motivated him to do was drink tequila, and mouth off in bars where it's dangerous to mouth off in.Sally's best friend, Judy Phelps, had known Jackson since they were in second school and was honour girl at Jackson and Sally's wedding. Now she spend...

Gareth was at one of the tables eating a sandwich. "Anastasia," he said when he saw her. "You look surprisingly… not dead.""Thanks," she said. "And you look remarkably not dead too."Gareth Knight left Wildemarsh with no intention of finishing any of the business he'd left unfinished. He thought he'd managed to achieve all he wanted in life. A house in Tarenarla where he and his beloved Starkie could raise their babies and make love until they were old. Sad...

An Iron Age Fantasy with heart."It might be the world we're born into, but it's not the world we should accept," Gervoniline told her. "It can only be this way if too many accept it."What's this world they were born into? It's the world where Counsellor Harnganarth's charge, Shielran, was meant to be happily raising her daughter with her bond in the city of Grimulsvoton. That wasn't going to happen though. Instead, she awaits the execution of the m...

An Iron Age Fantasy with heart.You once told me a man has nothing to live for unless he has something to die for. You're wrong. A man has something to live for when he has something to fight for.Tergal, a lad from the legions, is the only survivor when his troop is set upon by Darklander villagers. Rescued from death by Ambial - a girl of a mysterious race called Vaerlings - he finds his destiny, his life and his love inextricably tangled with his ...

An Iron Age Fantasy with heart.Darshmir pulled a knife from his tunic and put it to Tierndraal's throat.Tierndraal remained still. "I don't fear death. I'll go to the Otherness as a man and wait for my Eniarmaine there. If it's just a short visit before I'm taken to Gaiahan, I'll see my woman as her man one last time. That's what it is to truly love a woman."The pair locked eyes.Tierndraal didn't move. "I pity ...

Pinecone Grove is a sleepy little timber town half way between nowhere and nowhere else. Called Pinecone by the locals, it has three pubs and a dark history.Cassandra Porterfield is a blow-in, somebody who stopped at Pinecone on her way through a couple of years ago and hasn't moved since. She doesn't know why, perhaps it's her friends, perhaps it's familiar. It isn't the town. She hates it.Bernard Monroe is the owner of Circus Elysium. He has a history with Pinecone, which...