With the Society and Alliance in decline, the monarchs unite to depose the usurpers. They're hardly powerless, and growing threats from outside the kingdoms and within could be enough to send everything spiralling towards war. And that's before Thjorn's plans reach fruition.
The Ghost Gun is once again loose in the world, leading to a rush to claim it. Penny Hitch is a small-time criminal, about to be executed when the Gun gives her another chance. But survival requires her dealing with the crime boss who ordered her dead. And her own worse impulses. With the Compass leading the taskforce after the Gun, it’s only a matter of time until they catch up to it. Even given the Finder’s oddness. And the conspiracies trying to claim the Gun for their own.
A weaponized message from space devastates Earth, leaving the few survivors with telepathic abilities. A century and a half later the aliens who sent the message arrive. With society still rebuilding, its delicate balance threatens to collapse with the tensions of facing an invasion, and the secret at the heart of their way of life.
A secret older than religion, or a more recent delusion? Hired to find the witness to a crime, PI John Daly soon realizes he hasn’t been told everything. With the Vatican and local mobsters also on the man’s trail, does his loyalty to a client of questionable sanity outweigh his religious devotion and his chance at redemption?
A paranoid Sultan, an Assassin found only in stories, and a Storyteller caught up in their battle. Once upon a time, a great Sultan was plagued by an Assassin who struck at him with stories and lies. A young Storyteller is gathered with her colleagues, and forced to share her stories with the Sultan before their voices are stilled forever. In a war of destinies, enslaved jinn, and comparative truths, the Storyteller must tread dangerous ground in what may be her final recital. A fantasy novella.
Hazelrock, Alabama, is a failing small town, propped up by a drug operation. Its sheriff is unable to do anything about it without killing the town. But when a stranger arrives intent on causing trouble, a small town might not leave anywhere to hide from that trouble. A crime thriller novella.
The world is changing, in ways it shouldn't. Even on the mindscape, things don't just happen. Someone must think them. So monsters of fable, and haunted houses, must be thought into being. Theresa wants to arrest those responsible, for whatever their crime is. Alex is happy to have a mystery. Then things get violent. Can they solve it before the nightmare plague becomes uncontrollable? A 33,000 word sf novella.
An artifact is stolen, and seemingly destroyed. That shouldn’t be possible. The taskforce hunt for the possibly destroyed artifact, and given the theft might have included inside help, they must also investigate the dangerous secret society with its fingers in everything. In an increasingly compromised position, Cassie questions who she really is, and if she’s still serving the law as part of the taskforce. With potential enemies all around, was the artifact that lets the user adopt the identity of others really destroyed?
Demons inhabit stories and force their readers to live out the narrative. Selne and Grela know how to adapt demons so they don’t take over, instead turning them into wearable stories. Others try to duplicate their process, some for profit, some to unleash horror. Their secret sees them drawn ever deeper into the volatile politics of Faerie as it recovers from a failed coup, trapping them between revolutionaries and a paranoid Queen. Those aren’t even the true danger, as everyone wants to weaponize demons. Grela must decide what she’ll be without fate choosing her role for her, while Selne resists the destiny laid upon her by family. And both question the stories they tell themselves about their relationship. A standalone sequel to the Border Guards trilogy.
What is a soul? And what happens to it? Questions Blake has no time for while investigating a murder. With IA attention meaning he shouldn’t shoot anyone, he follows the trail to a maze of cults, criminals, fake mediums, and things he won’t mention to the department shrink. Things that eat souls.