A spymaster’s apprentice, a warrior from the Lands of Ice, and a high priest of the goddess of the night.A wizardess who can tap the realm of magic, and three apprentices of notable power.A king suborned by an ancient god.With a dark power rising and the gods caught by surprise, can priest, apprentice and warrior save the lives of those sought for sacrifice by a deity from a near-forgotten pantheon?

Running for his life, a shape-shifting soldier finds sanctuary with a family, but for how long? Will they keep his secret, or betray him?

A science-fiction short story involving: An illicit auction, a retired military operative, and a shape-shifting diplomat from behind enemy lines. Peace is at stake, and the future of mankind rests on Captain Felicity Shannara Jones’s shoulders. Will she return the lizardine’s ancestral blade? Or will she keep it as the valuable artifact it is? And can she remember where she hid it?

A short story involving: A faithful servant and an unexpected errand, a savage mount and a long ride…and a secret rendezvous at the end. What is the difference between servant, slave, and pawn? And can one hope for anything better?

A short story concerning a ferocious storm and a frightened kitten meet a wizard who’s lost his cat. Will he grant his new foundling a place in his heart, or choose to live without?

I ran away from home to find a better life—not be forced into one. You can call me picky, but a girl likes to be asked if she wants to work for you, not coerced—and Odyssey should know better. Now, I have to find a way to kick free—of Odyssey, and my trainer, Mack—without getting myself killed. Surviving the mission is just the first step. Getting out from under, that’s gonna take some doing.

A dark fantasy short story concerning invasion, nationhood, and mercy in disguise. A story for the troops, and a history revealed…but what significance does it have for the battle to come?

Being a bodyguard isn’t easy, not even when you’re the seventh son in a long line of seventh sons, not even when the magic comes when you call—and especially not when the man you are protecting is a treacherous, lecherous spoilt son of wealth and privilege, who betrays you for a pretty girl. Taken by the garitzik, Seppelitus must extricate himself from a deal between gargoyles, ogres and a demon lord, and then there’s the dragon. What in all the worlds is he going to do about that?

A short story about what happens when a psionic child dreams of shadow, and wakes screaming about ‘many-legged ones,’ ex-Earth Captain Felicity Jones hasn’t a clue what she means—but the lizardine do. An ancient enemy has risen, and they need an ancient ally, but whether or not that ally will reach them in time, is something they cannot know for sure.

A dark, science-fiction short story“They’re just kids,” he said.“You won’t need your blaster,” he said…“It’ll be easy…”Half a dozen kids on a starship to nowhere good, with some unauthorised passengers on board? Not my definition of easy—but now I had to get my stowaways home in one piece.Easy. Right?Right, Mack?

An urban fantasy short story involving: a treacherous colleague, a mistake not my own, but laid at my door, my job in jeopardy…and a dragon I’d thought a figment of my imagination. So what does happen when there really is a dragon in my corner?

A science-fiction short story about a hard-kept secret, a protection job on a water-world gone very wrong, and an agent trying to avoid the legacies of her past. Will Jamie’s secrets make, or break, her mission?