Foggy Basin is having its first ever Pride festival, and Aster is determined to pull off producing his first ever drag show.This isn't something he can do alone though, with the support of his older brother Dillon, Dillon's fiance Tane, a drag queen from L.A. and some unlikely folks from around town, Aster will hold make up tutorials, dance workshops and ultimately put on a drag night cabaret to remember. If only he can keep all his ducks in a row, remember to take his T and not ha...

A witch in the broom closet probably shouldn't be so interested in a ghost hunter, right?That Basil is a librarian comes as no surprise to his Mt Eden community. That he's a witch? Yeah. That might raise more than a few eyebrows.When Sebastian, a paranormal investigator filming a web series starts snooping around Basil's library, he stirs up more than just Basil's heart.Between Basil's own self-doubt, a ghost who steals books and Sebastian, an enthusiastic extrovert...

A road trip with a witch and a ghost hunter was never going to go smoothlyBasil wants a pleasant holiday, exploring the upper North Island with his boyfriend, and he has the schedule to ensure it happens just so.Sebastian is thrilled to be back on the road, searching for adventure and new mysteries to film at every stop. He just has to get Basil to stop worrying, then everything will be golden.Unfortunately for both of them, when magic is involved nothing goes accor...

One WitchOne Paranormal InvestigatorSomething that went bump in the night…Library witch Basil and YouTuber Sebastian have settled into life together in the sleepy suburb of Mt Eden.Basil is overjoyed to have a handsome boyfriend to come home to and he is connecting deeper with his magic. But when strange books start to turn up at his library and an uninvited guest makes noises in their attic, it's up to them to investigate.As a paranormal YouTuber, Seb...

Cole has come to BEAcon for one reason: the contest cup. He's spent months knitting chainmail and perfecting his poses. With cosplay rivals to out compete and the chance to attend panels for his new favorite show, Cole can't afford any distractions—especially not falling in love.Milo, star of the viral breakaway TV show Dusk City, would rather be staked through the heart like the vampire he portrays than crammed into a convention center with thousands of fans. Sure, success is grea...

The case: a double murder covered up to look like suicides.The best lead: …a rabbit?Auckland Detective Jack Duarte and her still-green-behind-the-ears partner, Piper, are called to investigate a double murder and quickly discover that someone is actively targeting local mages for death. But why? Stuck with an orphaned pet rabbit who was the only witness to the murders and few other leads, Jack and Piper dig deeper into the local magical community to search f...

A team of queer magical girls overcomes a terrible enemy. A father has an important talk with his son at sleepover camp. A frightened werewolf discovers a secret, accepting world on K Road. A young man comes out to his mother on a fateful car ride.Rainbow Stars Unite is a collection of short fiction, poetry and memoir. This anthology is the result of enthusiastic writers coming up with stories and poems and in-depth critique sessions where everyone pitched in with feedback to lift ...

The restless spirits of Beach House will not be ignored.Sebastian and Basil receive a mysterious invitation to an old-school house party. Horatio, the owner of Victorian manor Beach House has been disturbed by occult and psychic phenomena and they need assistance settling the spirits of the troubled manor.On arrival, Basil and Sebastian discover they aren't the only specialists invited to this strange jaunt. A mismatched group of experts including a mage, a skeptic and a pa...

Be careful what you wish for…Arrow is fifteen, non-binary, and bored.It's one thing to read about magic, or watch ghost hunting shows. But Arrow yearns for something more. When they try out a prosperity spell from a magical library book, things start to go very very right.Until they don't.Arrow's good luck seems to be affecting a lot of the people around them. From A students suddenly failing quizzes to freak accidents, their good luck seems to be double-sid...

A famed adventurer comes out of retirement for one last job: to kill a dragon, a young man gets a tattoo with a secret meaning, in a far-distant future a little girl learns about the Earth tradition of Christmas.Little bites of horror, science fiction, fantasy and poetry from Amazon Bestselling author Jamie Sands. This collection includes a short story tie-in to the Mt Eden Witches series, as well as new and previously published short fiction.

No one expected the last night of the Summer holidays to be deadly.Rain and her best friends Rachel and Jackie head to the carnival. Rain's plan was to chat up Jake, who runs the Ferris Wheel, and maybe get a kiss or two.But then Rachel's killed in mysterious circumstances, and none of them will ever be the same again.When Rachel returns as a ghost insisting Rain find out who killed her and why, she turns to Jake, who knows more than he seems to. In fact, he's encou...

The case: a grandmother who vanished from a locked room.The best lead: a psychic who’s as mysterious as she is cute.Detective Jack Duarte is the one called upon when weird cases hit Auckland. A fierce loner with a reputation for solving the unsolvable, she is the perfect choice for the latest odd mystery: the locked-room disappearance of a beloved grandmother, who has vanished without trace and, seemingly, without suspects or a motive.This time around, though, Jack h...