What if you were born different? Deformed and shunned by your race? What if you could change that and become all that you ever hoped to be? All it would cost you was an oath to a god. Loki. The notorious Trickster of Norse mythology and bonded-brother to the god Odin. How did these sworn brothers turn to enemies? How did they break apart the Nine Worlds and initiate Ragnarok—the end of everything? Take a peek behind Loki's mask in this new dark fantasy retelling of Norse mythology and the ...

The War to End All Wars . . . and the world. What if the world changed with the Great War? What if the future we know never occurred? It's 1917 and in the aftermath of war, a dystopian visage of climate altered by biochemical warfare, populations decimated by a virus and governments collapsed. In the isolated town of Berrima, Australia, Anna Baylon waits for her older brother, Peter - enlisted in the war years before, to return. When all hope of Peter's return seems abandoned, the arrival ...

Tricking a trickster...Norse trickster Loki is outmanoeuvred, memory fragmented and cast from the Norse cosmos into a void between worlds.But Loki's luck is with him when plucked from oblivion, given a new body and wakes into an Australian shadow-realm of strange landscapes, ancestor-gods and vengeful beings.But Loki is not alone. Accompanied by the Trickster crow Wahn, they must reunite Lok...

Yuletide is a time of darkness and the veil between living and uncanny is thinnest. Yuletide - stretching from December and the pre-Christian Christmas and into New Year - is full of folklore, magic and the fantastic.Dark Yuletide contains story-specific images reflecting each tale. From the malevolent Kallikantzaroi, the Yuletide sister witches offering blessings or cures, the child-stealing Krampus and the Icelandic Yule Lads who kidnap badly behaved children for the the...

Come closer, let me tell you a tale or three. Sit nearer the firelight and if you notice the folk in the shadows, best not garner their attention. Beware the gifts, treasures and promises you make along this journey. There are temptations and curses too, plenty of those. From the tricks of jinn, vengeful Ancient Mesopotamian goddesses, the Hidden People and shadowy deals with demons & devils— many. In our journey through fairy tales reimagined, legends and folklore, and alternate histories...

From The Waste Land - stories inspired by T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" Plaintive ghosts, deep space, medieval castles, rising seas, parched deserts, abandoned villages…Inspired by its powerful themes—still highly resonant in an era looking for hope—nineteen original tales mark the centenary of Eliot's poem. From the Waste Land brings together decorated writers and new voices in fantasy; ghost tales, horror, dystopia and science fiction. With a blend of the grotesque and the sublime, the p...

Be careful what you wish for… We' ve all heard childhood fairy tales and hearthside stories passed from generation to generation warning us of unseen dangers lurking in the dark forest, the glimpse of a future in watery reflections and to be wary of objects and people offering impossible gifts. The Fae are ageless beings dwelling between light and shadow, stalking the moonlit nights and wielding powerful gifts and curses. Welcome to Cursed Shards, a collection of dark fantasy stories inspi...