“Anyone who believes that faeries are wee, golden-haired creatures with dragon-fly wings and sweet intentions has never met a real faerie.” –Suzanne J. Willis, “A Silver Thread Between Worlds”Retellings of familiar favourites from new perspectives, and brand new tales share the pages of this collection of fairy stories. Within these tales you’ll find fairy music and food, contracts (making and breaking them), changelings, circles and curses–these stories deliver all the things you ...

A teenage girl’s classmates begin disappearing only to haunt her dreams, ships full of ghostly passengers in need of release test those who are tasked to give them peace, psychopomps whose job is guiding the spirits of the dead to the other side meet in a support group, and more fill these pages.Featuring work by Pete Aldin, Andrew Bourelle, Stephanie A. Cain, Beth Cato, M.L.D. Curelas, Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman, Amanda C. Davis, Roddy Fosburg, Joseph Halden, Lynn Hardaker, L....

Welcome to White Haven — where the witches keep their secrets buried.A rune-covered box. A letter that rewrites history. And a mystery Avery can't walk away from.Avery is a witch who prefers to work alone — no coven, no complications, just her magic and her Cornish bookshop. But when a dying customer leaves her a box that unlocks a chapter of White Haven's past, her carefully ordered life unravels fast.Five ancient grimoires are hidden somewhere in ...

We come from dust, and to dust we return…Earth is steady. Solid. Reliable. It is the source of life and the thing which sustains it. But it’s not always serene and peaceful. It takes a lot to stir the earth but when it does, things get dramatic. Quakes swallow cities. Oceans rise. Mountains crumble. Earth is not weak, and it knows no pity.Learn the strength of Earth and its creations in these eighteen stories, including: rusting dragons; mysterious summer jobs; mag...

Water is the most yielding of all elements, changing to fit its container, whether that be a thimble or a lake bed. At the same time, anyone who has ever watched the unrelenting progression of a tsunami understands its raw power. Associated with mutability and the subconscious, Water is both the tranquil azure of a tropical sea and the tumultuous waves and whitecaps of an embroiled ocean. As many faces as Water may wear, the creatures within and associated with it have even more.Di...

13 original Arthurian tales set against a landscape of magic, cruelty, and destiny...Many were called. Few remembered.Ruled by Arthur, the Once and Future King, these Knights took their place next to those who would become legend. Lancelot. Galahad. Tristan. Yet Kingdoms are not shaped by myths but by courage and belief...Arkin. Tor. Brannon - Each earned their place at the Round Table but to fulfill their destiny of glory they must discover the tru...

Discover new and uncharted worlds as the authors of Unknown Realms weave tales of time travel, mystic portals, alternate dimensions, and undiscovered landscapes.

Miss Ada Quicksilver, a student of London’s Lovelace Academy for Promising Young Women, is spending her holiday in Ireland to pursue her anthropological study of fairies. She visits Dublin’s absinthe bars to investigate a supposed association between the bittersweet spirit and fairy sightings.One night a handsome Irishman approaches her, introducing himself as Edward Donoghue. Edward takes absinthe to relieve his sleepwalking, and she is eager to hear whether he has experience with...

“[A]n irresistible tale of power and love, friendship and acceptance… Charming and insightful.” — Romantic TimesJane Madison has a problem. Or two. Or three.She has a desperate crush on her Imaginary Boyfriend, a man who doesn’t know she exists. Her doting grandmother insists she meet her long-absent mother. She’s working as a librarian, trapped in absurd costumes and serving up lattes in a last-ditch effort to keep her employer solvent.In lieu of a...

She bound a man to silence. The backlash threatens to unravel her world.Mira Owens runs a quiet tea shop, a carefully crafted cover for the powerful witch she truly is. When brutal supernatural murders begin to shatter her hidden community, Mira casts a forbidden spell on Detective Ian Burke, forcing him to keep their world a secret.Ian's sharp-witted partner, Gabriel, has an uncanny ability to spot a lie. He relentlessly pursues Mira, sensing a hidden trut...

The Scorpion Raiders have three rules: Be ruthless. Be rich. Live like gods.Joella’s band of thieves lives deep in the jungle. Riding on giant scorpion dragons, they search the beautiful landscape for villages and caravans to rob.When insidious forces interrupt a routine raid, Joella becomes separated from her people. She’s alone except for a stolen book of legends and Marc, a pacifist dedicated to preserving the ways of the old goddess.Sea...

A century since the departure of the Gods, the Three Nations are now united beneath the Tsar. Magic has been outlawed, its power too dangerous to remain unchecked. All Magickers must surrender themselves to the crown, or face imprisonment and death.Alana's mundane life has just been torn apart by the emergence of her brother's magic. Now they must leave behind everything they’ve ever known and flee – before the Tsar’s Stalkers pick up their trail. Tasked with hunting down renegade ...