It's not easy being Deegie in the series debut that's "a truly remarkable piece of horror fiction . . . a refreshing new look at magic and witchery" ( Horror Novel Reviews) .Deegie is an independent young witch with a lot going on—maybe too much. She has a funky little shop full of magical items, and a tendency to cast crazy spells whenever the mood strikes her. But when her boyfriend and her traitorous next-door neighbor get together, she takes sw...

An army of witches battles bizarre creatures and unspeakable evil in the second Deegie Tibbs adventure from the author of A Jar of Fingers.A strange, dark creature stalks the woods behind Deegie's house, and the small town of Fiddlehead Creek is in an uproar. After it is killed, things seem to settle down, but when Deegie meets a stranger in her backyard, she soon realizes that her life is still very much in danger.Hideous creatures conjured from a d...

For witch Deegie Tibbs, toil and trouble come in many forms—including a week's worth of obnoxious spirits (that aren't even her fault . . . for a change).A teenage girl steals a magical item from Deegie's shop and accidentally conjures up seven of the most annoying paranormal entities in Washington. Now Deegie and her friends—a boyfriend, his brother, a witch, and a thief—have to help her capture them all, one by one. At first, they seem harmless and amusing, but th...

What horror awaits when the Blood Moon Rises? What monsters lurk in the dark? A collection of twelve horror, sci-fi and fantasy tales from the authors taking part in Blood Moon Rising 2.By S.K. Gregory (Editor), Michael Noe (Author), Riley Amos Westbrook, (Author) M.L. Sparrow (Author), Sharon Higa, (Author) Kat Gracey (Author), David Wind (Author), Ash Hartwell, (Author) Michelle Garza, (Author) Melissa Larson, (Author) Toneye Eyenot (Author), C.L. Hernandez, (Author) Donald Armfie...

Follow the adventures of Aero, a young martial artist who is also a gifted blacksmith living with the power of an ancient warrior inside him, as he grows from a young boy to a fighter of god-like proportions. Uncover the secrets of Aero’s past and immerse yourself in a world with Halos (rings of energy that surround people and allow use of elemental magic techniques) as well as talking hammers and some characters that are as ancient as history itself.Driven by an imaginative world,...

This is the tale of a polite and well-mannered boy named Alex who; after being abducted, develops an incredible bond with an angry and foul mouthed doll called The Gruff who teaches young Alex how to find his voice.When Alex wakes bound in a wooden coffin to manic cursing and abusing, he finds something he'd never imagined having, a true friend. In the days that follow, a small oddly tempered doll called The Gruff will teach Alex how to say no, how to sharpen his claws and how to k...

Sometimes to save a world, you must destroy it.The witches of Etlantium are charged with keeping the children of Liliah safe, but when an oracle accuses the ruler of seeking to destroy his own city through civil war, there is only one witch brave enough to do what must be done.Readers of Water Witch will find this background story full of historical intrigue, enchantment, and old world mythology and legends with just a dose of reincarnation theory thrown in...

Six continents.Twenty cultures.A world filled with raucous festivals and building resentments.Brute force against special mental abilities.Ancient warfare versus the newest steam-weapons.A series of murders and mysterious deaths shake the fragile peace of the United Empires (aka the Realm).While the royals celebrate lavish balls and the citizens live their lives between the raucous monthly festivals, an underground organisation is getting ready to...

A timeless species manipulates and controls the destiny of mankind.Unknown to most and shown only to a few, The Book not only holds the answer to the question of creation, but to the mystery of life itself.Beyond the previous three years of his troubled existence, James had only confusing memories and fragmented visions of a life unknown to him; will the activation of a technology older than time provide the answers that lie to the furthest borders of our solar system, or wi...

Theo Waitley has lived all her young life on Delgado, a Safe World that is home to one of the galaxy's premier institutions of higher learning. Both Theo's mother, Kamele, and Kamele's onagrata Jen Sar Kiladi, are professors at the university, and they all live comfortably together, just like they have for all of Theo's life, in Jen Sar's house at the outskirts of town.Suddenly, though, Theo's life changes. Kamele leaves Jen Sar and moves herself and Theo back into faculty housing,...

The night was strangely still. As we sat upon the wide veranda, gazing out over the broad, shadowy lawns, the silence of the hour entered our spirits and for a long while no one spoke. Then far across the dim mountains that fringed the eastern skyline, a faint haze began to glow, and presently a great golden moon came up, making a ghostly radiance over the land and etching boldly the dark clumps of shadows that were trees. A light breeze came whispering out of the east, and the unmowed gra...

No matter your expectations, the dark is full of the unknown: grim futures, distorted pasts, invasions of the uncanny, paranormal fancies, weird dreams, unnerving nightmares, baffling enigmas, revelatory excursions, desperate adventures, spectral journeys, mundane terrors, and supernatural visions. You may stumble into obsession - or find redemption. Often disturbing, occasionally delightful, let The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror be your annual guide through the mysteries and wonders...