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What if Sherlock Holmes never truly defeated the Baskerville Hound?What if they're still embroiled, still vying, still wrestling for control?Cursed to lie, Weller learns he can detect a lie.Sherlock Holmes can hardly refuse when he's summoned to the palace to consult on a dognapping case. He brings along Varti Weller, who's compelled to lie because he's folk-spelled. In the midst of their ...

He doesn't need to say much. One word will do.Since its founding, the Reaverson farm has become a thriving enclave, with Nightspangle wolves looking after the boundaries and Woodacre squirrels playing tag in the oak trees. Joe's a patient guy. Good at taking care of what's his. Good at encouraging things to grow. But not the greatest at speaking up. After a decade, he decides it's time for a change. He has something small in mind, but when unexpected guest...

Tsumiko inherits an ancestral home, a vast fortune, and a butler who isn’t exactly human.Humanity is rocked by the Emergence of a people who call themselves the Amaranthine. They are our myths and legends come to life. Neither human nor animal, yet embracing qualities of both, the inhuman races inspire both awe and fear. Every newsfeed is clogged with updates about the peace process, but some places don’t concern themselves with worldly affairs. Like the g...

She wasn’t aware of her gift’s significance, yet he expects to be courted.Kimiko enrolls at the In-between’s prestigious new high school, which is designed to promote the integration of the human and inhuman races. As a reaver, she’s supposed to act as peacemaker, bridging a formidable cultural gap, but the other two members of her triad don’t need any help in that department. Akira and Suuzu have been friends since middle school. Instead, the boys must ra...

One bachelor is love-shy. One is unrequited. One is much-loved. One is blindsided.Argent Mettlebright knows how to keep a secret safe, but it's only a matter of time before someone notices that Hisoka Twineshaft has disappeared from the political arena. With tensions on the rise, the world needs his leadership more than ever.Nobody wants to help Sensei more than Isla Ward, but his door is barred against her. Right, then. She has a plan, an...

He's a flirt and a tease and a fop and a snob. And everyone's favorite uncle.Jacques Smythe brazens his way into Stately House and shows no sign of departing. Like it or not, Lord Mettlebright has himself a butler. **Unique format! A story in 100-word chapters that was originally serialized on forthright's blog, beginning in 2018. Now complete! Set behind the scenes of the Amaranthine Saga, Jacques' story begins immediately after the events of Bk1: Tsu...

One sister, a pure light that beckons, the other, a fierce light that burns.Fira and her sister are chased out of another village. Fleeing on foot across the empty moors, they’re caught by a storm that roars like the monsters ever in pursuit. But the wind changes and the thundering brings a stampede of defenders who carry them off to a secret place. Where mares dance and rabbits mine. Where the lost clans hid a lasting treasure. Where the girls’ curse is co...

They were sent into solitude, yet neither of them was ever truly alone.Wrongfully accused of insulting a man of higher rank, a bright young man is banished to a remote post where he must stand watch over a signal fire. Batu isn't entirely alone, though. There's an orange-robed monk who checks in on him from time to time, and he's somehow befriended a golden eagle. But strange things begin to happen when the guard changes in the next tower over.

He's more accustomed to speaking for others than speaking up for himself.Stranded at Stately House, Suuzu Farroost is restless and fretful and lonesome for Akira. Waiting is a misery, and all he has to hold onto is the memory of a fleeting kiss, a circlet of nippet eggs, and one very stubborn, very outspoken valet. To keep him from wallowing, Suuzu's friends find ways to distract him, and as one story leads to another, the phoenix learns about the special ...

She's used to writing headlines. She's about to become one.Levity Jones is a local celebrity. As a journalist with the Perspective, her reports connect a whole city. Nobody would believe that the one bringing them heartwarming human-interest stories isn't human. Unless she goes public. Which is exactly what the Five are asking her to do. The clans are about to become breaking news, and they need influencers like Levity to cast the Amaranthine peop...

Some courtships follow all the rules. Some courtships bend them.As the Seven Score Moons cycle through their phases, the appointed time for the Queen's Festival draws near. Wolves from all over will gather at a site that the packs count as sacred, to sing for the Moon and her maidens. Rinloo is part of an allotment of dexes sent to guard the Circle, which has long been anchored by an Amaranthine tree. There he encounters a girl-child spirited to safety by ...

This summer is his last chance to win his first love.Wardenclave has always been a place of secrets and sway. For most of the year, the remote mountain village is closed off from the rest of the world, but each spring, they issue invitations to the most promising young reavers all over the world. Summer skill camps provide opportunities for the elite to train with the best. And by longstanding tradition, for teens of the In-between to evaluate the compatib...