A bereaved witch defies the emperor and topples the Great Wall with her song of grief. A short story fantasy retelling of the traditional Chinese love story, "The Tears of Lady Meng Jiang."

A well-respected witch investigates the death of her former apprentice and lover, by now a famous warlock in his own right... And in the process, rediscovers her own humanity. A short novella/long short story.

Five brothers. One throne. And a humble boatman.The unexpected death of Prince Mukkuen’s eldest brother, the king of Sra, sends the entire country into tumult when Mukkuen’s vicious second brother kills the young heir and seizes the throne for himself. Mukkuen and third brother Pieh flee, fearing for their lives; youngest brother Khesjit stays behind, pretending to swear loyalty to the usurper.As the fourth son, Mukkuen has never been a particularly ambitious man, and soon ...

Once upon a time, a cat fell in love with an ambitious man. A short story.

As a child, Ashne swore two oaths. With her adopted sister Zsaran she made a pact: one would never die without the other. To their mistress, the queen, who plucked them both out of the inhospitable marshlands, she vowed eternal loyalty.When a tiger spirit from a rival kingdom kidnaps the queen's only daughter, Ashne, now a trusted bodyguard, follows in pursuit despite knowing that her sword will be of little use against the ancient magic steadily reawakening across the land. But it...

In snowbound Ruxalia, northern kingdom of ravens and pegasi, a cult seeks to beget the Eternal Winter of prophecy.Neris, a resistance leader from the south, ventures into the frozen wastelands to recruit an old friend to her cause. But when neither idealism nor sentiment prove enough to persuade the remorseless killer-for-hire he has since become, she must resort to more drastic methods — methods that inadvertently entangle her in the affairs of a land not her own.Meanwhile...

"I read this wide-ranging and thoughtful book while sitting on the banks of the Ganges near Varanasi—it's a river already badly polluted, and now threatened by the melting of the loss of the glaciers at its source to global warming. Four hundred million people depend on it, and there's no backup plan. As Steven Solomon makes clear, the same is true the world over; this volume will give you the background to understand the forces that will drive much of 21st century history." —Bill McKibben...

Twelve-year-old Keira Telandra has lived in the country of Tolo since she was two. But when her father finally succeeds in locating the lost heir to the throne of the island country of Taufsta, Keira is thrilled to be invited along to the islands for the coronation. After all, Taufsta is where she was born! But as she and her family set sail, Keira can't help but notice that the future queen is terrified of something…and when they arrive at the islands, mysterious accidents seem to be putt...

"What a wonderful collection! Each story is like a little treasure just waiting to be unwrapped, bringing its own unique and engaging perspective to the Austen mythos. A real treat for Jane Austen fans."—Syrie James, bestselling author of The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen and Dracula, My LoveDancing with Mr. Darcy is a sterling collection of short stories inspired by beloved novelist Jane Austen and Chawton House, her longtime home. Edited by Sarah W...

With lessons and lives of sacrifice and devotion behind her, Maya must continue the journey into her next incarnations as a young and passionate Lakota warrior on the Great American Plains; the dashing British spy Major John André, fighting the tide of a great revolution; and the desolate master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe.Each life is touched with love but strained by unbearable grief. Maya must experience life’s most trying lesson…the devastation of loss.

Maya continues to delve into her past lives after death, and strives to complete the tentative journey required to reunite with her loved ones in heaven.The darkest hour is just before dawn, and in Maya’s last hour, the test of faith proves darkest with two more incarnations: a young woman caught up fighting in the American Civil War, and a German woman institutionalized at the deadly rise of Hitler’s power as he plans to purge Germany of its mentally ill. Maya is tested to a break...

A Mer prince on the run from an arranged marriage and a melancholic vampire don’t have much in common, but fate doesn’t care about that kind of thing.Adrian has three days.After fleeing his palace in the depths of the ocean, Adrian finds himself on land, with legs, and in the arms of Chad Bonaventure, a twenty-four (or four) year-old vampire who would rather be anywhere besides alive--or alive adjacent, as it were.Chad has forever.His world ...