A L Butcher: 13 books

When the tide of war flows many are caught in its wake. Who will gain entry to the city and who will be forced to remain outside the walls? A short fantasy tale of love, loyalty and courage in war.

What stalks the land cannot be, but is.Where magic is outlawed a troll Shaman calls from her deathbed to her heiress, Mirandra Var, daughter of the storm. Mirandra vows to find her missing kin, sort friend from foe, and claim the dangerous secrets guarded by unthinkable creatures. If she succeeds,...

A collection of short dark poems of war, politics, nature and the vagaries of life.

Madam Giry finds herself embroiled in the tragedy unfolding at the Opera house; mystery and murder stalk the corridors and, it is said, a ghost haunts the place. Giry knows the truth, for she recalls the caged man she met so many years ago. This is her story, their story. When murder and mystery...

Six short tales of mayhem and mischief. Naughty imps, missing socks, cunning thieves and baffled gods feature in this collection of short fantasy fiction.

A dozen tumultuous years after the dramatic events at the Paris Opera House Raoul, Comte de Chagny is still haunted by the mysterious Opera Ghost – the creature of legend who held staff at the Opera House under his thrall, kidnapped Raoul's lover and murdered his brother. In Raoul's troubled imagination...

In a dark world where magic is illegal and elves live as slaves, a desperate elf and her human companion seek aid from the mysterious sorcerer, Archos and his lady, the sorceress Dii’Athella. Hoping to unearth the secrets of the Shining Citadel, lost for centuries in the mists of magic and time,...

The Watcher: A Jack the Ripper StoryThe year is 1888, and the place is Whitechapel, the heart of London. And that heart is bleeding. A killer is stalking women of the streets – his true name is unknown but his legend will go down in history. A tale of Jack the Ripper.Contains graphic violence.A short story

In a dark world where magic is illegal, and elves are enslaved a young elven sorceress runs for her life from the house of her evil Keeper. Pursued by his men and the corrupt Order of Witch-Hunters she must find sanctuary. As the slavers roll across the lands stealing elves from what remains of their...

He who bargains with monsters beware! A hero forges an unholy bargain with a witch and learns magic never forgets.A short fantasy stand alone tale of greed and revenge set in Erana - the world of the Light Beyond the Storm Chronicles. Monsters, myth and magic in a dark fantasy world.

Coel, the bard, thinks his life has taken a turn for the worst, but he hasn't met the Thiefmaster yet. An ill-conceived notion of earning more money to pay off his debt and escape a dark past leaves the minstrel in a situation he can't escape and with a deadly bargain. Will he survive his mistake?...

Five short tales of fantasy and fantasy romance set in the dark world of Erana; the world of the Light Beyond the Storm Chronicles. Some are new and the others have been expanded and revised from the original versions.The Moon on the Water: The tale of the love between a goddess and a warrior...

When a young nurse accepts a job at a former military hospital she unearths a family secret and finds the spectral occupants a little too familiar. A short ghost story.