300 years ago, a god was murdered.Blue, once the deity's most faithful general, made immortal through her service, has wandered the fractured land ever since.Her inability to die is a curse she strives to end.Chance has her collide with Sarai, a guard captain who possesses an ancient memoir detailing the events of the god's death. If Blue can find the weapon used in that divine assassination, perhaps it can end her life, too.Fuelled by a dea...

In a world of legends, some stories are deadly.It’s been mere months since Nieve SeptÎle—once thought to be the only Talin born without water mage abilities—reopened Llyan’s Gate and flooded magic back into the world. Nieve doesn’t yet have a firm grasp on her godlike powers, and when Keir Manseray, the pirate mage who captured her heart, is attacked by mercenaries, she lets slip the fragile threads of her control. But how can she and Manseray make a life ...

The Unicorn Shore: The Secret of the ShellBook One in The Unicorn Shore SeriesShe thought it was just a fairy tale—until the shell whispered her name.Nine-year-old Marigold always believed Grandma Pearl's stories about magic hidden in the waves. But nothing could have prepared her for the moment she found a glowing seashell shaped like a unicorn's horn—and it whispered her...

Marriage wasn’t on her bucket list. Becoming magically bound to a demon? Even less so.As a child, Sam Wandern thought she was just playing pretend—until her imaginary friends turned out to be real demons she accidentally unleashed into the world. One of them, Ash Spiros, has haunted her life ever since. Once human, now a dangerously seductive incubus, Ash claims he's been protecting her. But protection has a price.On Halloween night, everything changes. A v...

The Unicorn Shore: Eclipse's SecretBook Two in The Unicorn Shore SeriesEclipse has vanished—and he took a dangerous secret with him.When nine-year-old Marigold returns to the magical Unicorn Shore, she discovers that her friend Eclipse, Leader of the Pegasus Clan, has mysteriously vanished. All that remains is a strange letter and an enchanted map covered in glowing symbols. With h...

The Unicorn Shore: The Ring of MischiefBook Three in The Unicorn Shore SeriesONE ENCHANTED RING. ENDLESS MISCHIEF.Return to the magical Unicorn Shore in the third adventure of the series, as nine-year-old Marigold fulfills her promise by bringing her little sister, Sophie, to celebrate Eclipse's coronation. At the castle, everyone gathers to cheer the new ...

She’d given up on magic—but this club won’t take no for an answer.Esme Wallace is happy to read tarot cards for Toronto’s bar scene dupes. But she doesn’t like it when the cards get too loud. When they tell her change is coming. And it does: in the form of handsome, rich Julian Holt. Esme can’t help but fall under Julian’s spell—until he inducts Esme into his ultra-secret magic club and asks her to train under his brainy best friend.Michael Cairns acts like...

Some lives are valuable. But none are sacred.The nation once known as the United States of America has fallen. On the West Coast, five cities collectively known as Cinq battle rampant poverty and disease. On the East Coast, the wealthy, technologically-advanced Federation’s human population is nearly extinct. A treaty between the two nations guarantees Western brides in exchange for Eastern technology.When Andromache Kanoska is chosen to go East to wed a no...

A short story writing guide authored by editors and competition judges L. E. Daniels & C. Sawyer. Short fiction is in demand. Submission calls are global and a few publications will light up your portfolio. Collectively, L. E. Daniels and C. Sawyer have judged many short story competitions and seen patterns in what makes stories wobble, and what makes them dance. Competitions are filled with good to great writers. In Winning Short Story Competitions, Daniels and Sawyer detail the differenc...

Two years after losing his baby brother, 13-year-old Caleb only wants a home that feels warm and friendly, not cold and vacant, and a mother who will be there for him.But just as he starts to recover from his grief, a strange man tries to kill Caleb too, plunging him into a desperate search for answers.The strangeness, however, just gets deeper.Ethereal lights beckon Caleb down a twisted path, leading—at last— to the most bizarre sight of all: a purple monster from his...

Behind every jump, spin, and flip of Olympic gymnastics, science is at work. Centrifugal force is at work in a midair spin, and center of gravity is involved in balance beam routines. Newton’s Third Law of Motion springs into action as a gymnast flies into the air in the vaulting event. Find out how science is involved in all your favorite gymnastics events and how gymnasts take science into account as they chase the gold medal.

Three generations of women in Michigan's Upper Peninsula live at the center of this linked short story collection."Inscrutable, inaccessible, indefinable. Even at the end. That's what her mother had always been to her." In Seasonal Roads, L. E. Kimball introduces Norna, Aissa, and Jane—mother, daughter, and granddaughter—who are as fierce and complex as the northern terrain they inhabit. Following a nonlinear timeline, Kimball's stories unravel the beautiful mess o...