Sarina Dorie

Magic. Mayhem. Mystery. Freedom has a price for those afflicted with curses. Lucifer Thatch, devilishly handsome Witchkin extraordinaire, had given up everything to be with Abigail MacQuillan, the witch he loves: his human body, his comfortable life as a powerful apprentice, and his magic. For thirty long years he has endured living in the Morty Realm, putting up with Abigail's husband, adopted children, and being trapped in a form he hates. When spies from the Raven Court threaten Abby and the life they've built in the Morty Realm, Lucifer has newfound reason to become a human again and embrace his powers to protect the woman he loves. Yet freeing himself seems impossible. Lucifer has been cursed to spend eternity as a cat. He will do anything to free himself, but what if the cure is worse than the curse? This is a spin-off series of Womby's School for Wayward Witches and The Trouble with Hedge Witches.

Lucifer Thatch's Education of Witchery

A Familiar Magic

Nerdy high school outcast, CLARISSA LAWRENCE, has always felt like she didn't belong in this world. More than anything, she wants magic to be real-and not just because she's obsessed with Harry Potter and tries to go to Narnia by reading fantasy novels in her wardrobe. Yet, when she stumbles upon real magic, and fairy tales come true, she doesn't expect to be the evil villain in her own story. Clarissa learns she's descended from an evil witch and is destined to kill her older sister. When she meets a cute boy who offers to train her in magic, she must make a choice. She can have a safe, normal life and no harm will come to anyone. Or she can choose magic and risk everything and everyone she loves in order to be what she's always known she was meant to be . . . a wicked witch.

A Cozy Witch Mystery

Tardy Bells and Witches' Spells

Wrath of the Tooth Fairy

You think you know the world of magical boarding schools? Not from a teacher's perspective at a school for at risk youth. Like any twenty-two-year-old who grew up obsessed with fantasy novels, Clarissa Lawrence expects all her Harry Potter fantasies to come true when she is invited to teach at a school for witches. Her dreams of learning magic-and being a good teacher-are complicated when she finds out her deceased mother was the equivalent of the Wicked Witch of the West. As if being the new "arts and crafts" teacher isn't hard enough at a school for juvenile delinquent witches, budget cuts are just as severe in the magic community, administrators are as unrealistic in their expectations of teachers, and the job is a hazard if the students find out you can't actually do magic. Amidst all these challenges, Clarissa must prove she's not her mother's mini-me and that she belongs at the school so she can learn to control her powers. If she fails, her powers will be drained, or worse yet, she might be enslaved by the Fae. As if this isn't enough pressure, she has to figure out why teachers are mysteriously disappearing. If she doesn't, she might be next.

Witches Gone Wicked

What would the Victorian era look like if they had "rediscovered" space flight? Would the British really be interested in colonizing the continent of America if they could colonize an entire planet? Imagine a Neo-Victorian alternate history romance set on a shogun-like planet. Felicity is a young lady betrothed to a British noble of rank and fortune who will someday inherit a space station. Her life should be happy and perfect. Alas, she fears she will never achieve happiness-or wholeness-until her memories have been returned by the man who stole them. In pursuit of her past, Felicity returns to an alien planet where she once encountered descendants of Japanese colonists from Earth who had settled millennia before. After a seven year absence, she finds the world much changed. The climate and geography have been altered, the planet has been colonized by her own Victorian culture, destroyed by unethical surveyors, and she is told the man she believes may have stolen her memories-a man she once loved and trusted-is dead. Her only hope for finding answers about her mysterious past is performing the Jomon courtship ritual of memory exchange. The idea of trusting another man enough to perform the ritual after what she has been through is too much and she doesn't know if she can go through with it. Worse yet, she finds herself falling in love with the alien planet's leader, even though she is already engaged. Only when she learns to let go of her fears can she learn the secrets that may aid in the freedom of the Jomon people-and herself.

The Memory Thief

Secrets. Lies. Betrayal. Not all muses inspire. Some destroy. The Silver Court is known for its muse magic. Errol is a Fae commoner born in the territory of the Silver Court in the Faerie Realm. His one goal in life is to be worthy of the favor his king granted, awarding him a position in the military. Yet with every gift granted by a high Fae, there is a cost. When Errol uncovers the truth about the Silver Court-their lies, treachery, and secret plots-his faith in his king is shaken. Worse yet, Errol has secrets of his own that could compromise the position awarded to him by the king. When Errol is faced with the choice between honor and integrity versus loyalty to his king, his values are put to the test. This is a coming-of-age fantasy set in the same world as Womby's School for Wayward Witches, Son of a Succubus, and The Trouble with Hedge Witches Series. Son of a Fae is a great entry point into this world and books 1, 2, and 4 are natural entry points into the Son of a Fae Series.

Captain Errol of the Silver Court Royal Guard

A Court of Muses

Imagine what our galaxy would look like if the Victorians had rediscovered space flight. What British merchant would be interested in a paltry business such as the East India Trading Company when he could invest in The East Milky Way Trading Company instead? Meriwether Klark remembers little of his former life before his father took him to New Campton Manor Station, only that his mother paid dearly for displeasing Lord Archibald Klark. Meriwether's new home is a strange place with an artificial sun, nannies made of metal, and ghostly echoes of someone locked below the mansion. While dodging his father's wrath, Meriwether learns the station is built on secrets . . . and he is determined to uncover them. Before long Meriwether is crawling through vents, constructing spying automatons and making friends with lower-class people his father would disapprove of. He discovers his father's greatest enemy is a vengeful vigilante known as The Phantom of the Station. If Meriwether is to ever find out what happened to his mother and expose all the wicked deeds his father has committed, he will have to team up with a man more dangerous than his father. And somehow he must keep up appearances and remain devilishly handsome in the latest frock coat fashions. If he is caught defying Lord Klark, he may end up dead.

The Lost Memories of Meriwether Klark

YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE WORLD OF MAGICAL BOARDING SCHOOLS? NOT FROM A TEACHER'S PERSPECTIVE AT A SCHOOL FOR AT-RISK YOUTH. Adult Content Warning: Get cozy with this hexy mystery. Clarissa Lawrence wishes that for once in her life everything would go smoothly and according to plan. She would like a fairy tale wedding-minus an uninvited Fae and a unicorn stampede running amok. A smooth wedding might be a wish even a djinn can't grant considering the Raven Queen is set on abducting Clarissa, an ex with a hex has found out about her plans to marry and has vowed to kill the groom, and the wickedest witch in all the land insists on being her maid of honor. There's nothing like a prophecy predicting the groom's death to put a damper on a wedding. If it isn't an evil fairy godmother crashing a wedding, it's steampunk pirates with a crazy hex-boyfriend trying to ruin her special day. Clarissa really would like to be good and not kill anyone on her wedding day, but who she sides with-and against-may depend on the man she chooses to be with in the end.

Wedding Bells and Midnight Spells: A Not-So-Cozy Witch Mystery

Wicked witches. Murder. Mystery. When teenage magical incontinence leaks into the world, it takes a witch with experience to clean up the mess-and ensure those students don't get snatched by demonic entities or Fae. Vega Bloodmire is sent on a mission to recruit students displaying magic publicly who are at risk of being caught and captured by Fae. When the mother of the potential recruit resists all Vega's tactics to convince her a magical boarding school is necessary, Vega suspects there is more to meet the eye than a preference of science over magic. Can Vega convince stubborn adults that harnessing magic is safer-and more useful-than ignoring it? This novella starts with Vega Bloodmire's life before working at Womby's School for Wayward Witches when she was a new and inexperienced teacher at Lady of the Lake School for Girls. Ghoul Talk is the 17th book in the series, but these books are fine to be read in any order. Clean, cozy, no sex or swearing, PG 13-perfectly fine for teens or grandmas who like mysteries with magic.

A Lady of the Lake School for Girls Cozy Mystery

Ghoul Scout

Secrets. Lies. Betrayal. Not all muses inspire. Some destroy. Captain Errol of the Silver Court's royal guard thought he wanted revenge. Now he just wants to survive. After exposing a conspiracy to keep King Viridios in ignorance about criminal activities in his kingdom, Errol joins his sovereign in battle with the villainous Raven Court. Justice is less sweet than Errol had hoped for, and the scars of war leave him wounded inside and out. When Errol is finally allowed to resume his normal life, he must survive the politics and etiquette of court-and persevere against new enemies who wish to kill him for exposing their plans to usurp the king. Can Errol come to terms with his muse magic, navigate the strict hierarchy of classism in Fae society, and craft magical bargains with an impossible prince in order to outwit his enemies? This is a coming-of-age fantasy set in the same world as Womby's School for Wayward Witches, Son of a Succubus, and The Trouble with Hedge Witches Series. Son of a Fae is a great entry point into this world and books 1, 2, and 4 are natural entry points into the Son of a Fae Series.

A Court of Nightmares

Lee Clark Zumpe

Daniel Powell

Sharon Kae Reamer

Douglas Owen

Clint Spivey

Derrick Boden

A.A. Jankiewicz

MJ Moores

Noel Daniels

Dorian DeWeerd

Rhett Craig Bruno

Dale L. Sproule

Sally McBride

Barry Charman

Philip Bran Hall

M. M. Pryor

M.C. Tuggle

KT Wagner

Caroline Furlong

Grant Skelton

Rob Rowntree

Robin Pond

Dave Steinman

Steven Fritz

N. L. Sweeney

From Lost Friends to Changed Worlds to Goodbye Earth The Unbound Collection is the first three editions of the Unbound Anthology Series published by Science Fiction and Fantasy Publications. 26 Amazing Authors 26 Amazing Stories One Collection With themes of Lost Friends, Changed Worlds, and Goodbye Earth, eveyone will find at least one favorate story. Enlightening, dark, fantasitical, ***Warning*** The Unbound Collection can keep you up late all night reading.

The First Collection

Unbound

YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE WORLD OF MAGICAL BOARDING SCHOOLS? NOT FROM A TEACHER'S PERSPECTIVE AT A SCHOOL FOR AT-RISK YOUTH. Roses are red. Corpses are blue. I want you dead. And your boyfriend too. --Your Secret Enemy As the arts and craft teacher at a magical boarding school, Clarissa Lawrence has defeated budget cuts, battled juvenile delinquent witches, and nipped curses in the bud. Now she must defeat her enemy, the mysterious Fae who has been threatening--and succeeding--at killing her friends. Clarissa must reveal the identity of Princess of Lies and Truth before this evil fairy princess harms anyone else. Too bad the Raven Queen has plans for Clarissa of her own, involving a kidnapping and exploitation of her magic. As if all this isn't enough, Felix Thatch has his unorthodox remedy for the situation. If he's successful, it's going to take more than necromancy to put the romance back into their relationship. Adult warning: Get a little more cozy with this hexy mystery.

A Hexy Witch Mystery

Hex and the City

William Suboski

Anne Sherman

Daniel Foy

Gary Battershell

David Gilman Frederick

Each issue of The Society of Misfit Stories Presents… is a celebration of long-form fiction. These novelettes and novellas will entertain and surprise fans of the form. In this issue: William Suboski, Sarina Dorie, Daniel Foy, Anne Sherman, Gary Battershell, and David Gilman Frederick. A sampling of the stories in this issue: A ghost seeks to convince a scientist to believe in the existence of ghosts in Psychology for the Living Impaired. A food pantry volunteer finds herself caught up in a peculiar mystery when a strange man registers for services to feed his “guests” in Gregory and the Gregorii. A struggling chef at an exclusive restaurant discovers just how cut-throat the hospitality industry can be in Check On!

The Society of Misfit Stories Presents...(June 2022)

Mystery. Magic. Fairy tales that shouldn't come true.Magic doesn't grow on trees-except for hedge witches with an affinity for plant magic. Fairy tales are very real in fourteen-year-old Abigail MacQuillan's world. Bad things happen to children who are lost in the enchanted forest-Fae snatch them up to eat them, witches tempt them into eating their gingerbread cottages to enslave them, and carnivorous plants lure them into their jaws. Which is why Abigail most certainly isn't "lost." She is on a mission. She must find her missing parents and older brother in the forest before harm befalls them-all while protecting her younger brother as she does so. Only if Abigail can figure out who in the forest is friend and foe, prove she is as resourceful as her enemies, and come to terms with her own magical gifts in time, will she be able to protect her family from danger. But will she be able to do so without succumbing to the temptations of dark magic in the process?

Dark Fairy Tales of Magic and Mystery

The Witch of Nightmares

YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE WORLD OF MAGICAL BOARDING SCHOOLS? NOT FROM A TEACHER'S PERSPECTIVE AT A SCHOOL FOR AT-RISK YOUTH.The day Clarissa Lawrence got married, she didn't just gain a husband, but she lost a fairy godmother-to the Raven Queen. While Clarissa desperately searches for a magical solution to rescue the woman who raised her and kept her safe from the evil Fae, she finds herself immersed in other problems. Students come to her for help with their morally questionable choices, the principal is bent on firing Clarissa, and her new husband is resistant to teaching her the defensive magic she needs to defeat their enemies.Meanwhile, time is running out for her fairy godmother. Only if Clarissa delivers the answers of the Fae Fertility Paradox, is there a chance she might be reunited with her mom. Yet if the Raven Queen knows how to produce heirs and populate the Fae race again, she will also produce an army of invincible Red affinities who will serve as her slaves and wipe out other Fae and Witchkin. Can Clarissa bargain with the devil and survive?Get a little more cozy with this cozy mystery.

Hex Appeal

YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE WORLD OF MAGICAL BOARDING SCHOOLS? NOT FROM A TEACHER'S PERSPECTIVE AT A SCHOOL FOR AT-RISK YOUTH. Adult Content Warning: Get cozy with this hexy mystery. The last novel in the Womby School for Wayward Witches Series.Clarissa Lawrence now remembers everything the Raven Queen has stolen everything from her, starting with her fairy godmother, her student, and her child. The icing on the cake is that Clarissa's powers as a witch have been robbed from her, rendering her powerless. Despite her lack of magic, Clarissa is determined to get those she loves back, even if it means joining the dark side. In order to bring justice to the land, she will have to fulfill her contract with a Fae, seek answers from Alouette Loraline's diary of experiments, steal the Ruby of Divine Wisdom, and accept assistance from the wickedest witch in all the land-even if it kills her and everyone around her. And this new plan just might result in death and destruction if necromancy is involved. The path Clarissa walks will either unite all Witchkin against their Fae oppressors or it may end the world of magic forever. For once and for all, Clarissa must choose the path of light or dark.

A Not-So-Cozy Witch Mystery

The Joy of Hex

You think you know the world of magical boarding schools? Not from a teacher's perspective at a school for at-risk youth. Clarissa Lawrence knew there would be a price to pay for accepting the assistance of a Fae's magic, though she never thought it would cost her heart. . . . Clarissa has finally let go of the ghosts of boyfriends past and learned to love again. Forget all those dating disasters with boyfriends who turned evil or who weren't what they appeared. She's past that. Now she has fallen in love with Prince Elric of the Silver Court, who is kind and selfless, fulfills her Tolkien fantasies of Legolas, and would do anything to protect her from the Raven Queen. Plus, unlike Felix Thatch, her magical mentor, Elric is emotionally available. If she trusts Elric, she might be able to regain her magic and become a powerful witch once again. If he is like other Fae and learns what her magic is, he might force her to bear his heirs--or worse yet--enslave her and force her to build an army of powerful warriors to suppress her own people. When Clarissa is forced to choose between regaining her magic and the man she loves, she doesn't know which is more difficult to give up. Get cozy with this hexy mystery!

A Not So Cozy Witch Mystery

Spell It Out for Me

You think you know the world of magical boarding schools? Not from a teacher's perspective at a school for at-risk youth. The series WOMBY'S SCHOOL FOR WAYWARD WITCHES is a whimsical urban fantasy set in a contemporary subculture of magical beings and monsters. The ghosts of boyfriends past are haunting Clarissa Lawrence, the most unmagical teacher at Womby's School for Wayward Witches. She has visions of Julian, the dead boyfriend she killed in self-defense, and worries his ghost intends to harm her. She finds a coded message from her high school sweet heart, Derrick, who has been captured by the Raven Court. Clarissa must resort to drastic measures in order to break his curse and free him from the Raven Queen. To complicate matters, a virgin-obsessed unicorn is crushing hard on Clarissa and threatens to ruin her plans of saving the man she loves. When Clarissa's problems aren't filled with her exes, they are filled with hexes. Everything in her life revolves around letting go of her past so she can accept her future. Clarissa must save Derrick before the Raven Queen gets him for good, even if it means she must join the dark side to do so.

Hexes and Exes

Fractured fairy tales and humorous urban fantasy! Escape into lighthearted fantasy with this laugh out loud collection of short stories. These stories take the fairy tale tropes of princesses, dragons, and witches and turns them on their head. These stories include: Princesses Do Not Breathe Fire What's a princess to do when she inconveniently has 'green eczema, ' breathes fire, eats annoying court jesters, and behaves in an 'unprincessly' manner? To solve these woes, this princess goes on a quest to cure her dragon nature. Tooth Fairy Experiments What does science homework look like for a troll child? Instead of dissecting frogs and mice, troll dissect fairies-or they are supposed to anyway. This troll child has other ideas. Greener on the Other Side Prince Charming knows he is meant to be a human prince, not a frog. Only if he can outsmart a witch and her vicious cat will he be able to use the witch's spell book to turn himself into the hero he knows he is meant to me. The Savior of Dragondom An overlooked dragon is outshined by the supposedly heroic dragon rider who has let his celebrity status go to his head. The dragon would prefer to eat her rider, but she desperately needs him to fulfill a prophecy to save her people. The Problem with Princesses A dragon with a knight fetish sets out on a quest to eat a ball full of princesses to offset the princess surplus in the land, only to change her mind halfway through her adventure. Find out what this dragon does with the princess she meets. Five Tips to Slay a Unicorn Unicorns are plaguing the land. Learn these tips to put a stop to the great horned ones!br> Fifty Scales of Grey A dragon's knight fetish causes her some serious problems, especially when her intended love interests would rather slay her than kiss her. Find out what happens when a princess comes to her rescue. (Though this is a parody of Fifty Shades of Grey, there is no sex or R-rated language in the story-only laugh out loud humor.) Patchwork Selkie A selkie without her sealskin, not content to suffer the same fate as others of her kind, finds a way to solve her problem. These are sweet and empowering stories about self-acceptance, taking place in the same world as the Chronicles of Forget-Me-Not Forest Series. Similar in humor to Shrek and Disenchanted, these tales are sure to delight! Transport yourself into these fairy tales with twists.

Sarina Dorie

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