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“Over my dead body.” Bad choice of words, when you work for the vampire night court. Sarah Anderson loves her job at the supernatural night court of Washington DC. She especially looks forward to the trial of the century, where her testimony might put the world’s most bloodthirsty vampire...

The pleasure of your company is requested. Graceful feet tracing courtly steps. Eyes behind jeweled masks meeting across a room of twirling dancers. Gloved hands touching fleetingly—or gripping swords... Anything can happen at a ball. You are invited to enjoy these stories of...

The soul of the poet who would be king still seeks immortality — but will it find a home? And will that home be flesh or steel? Revisit the shared Victorian world of transferable souls and intelligent machines introduced in The Shadow Conspiracy. Judith Tarr’s irrepressible Emma Rigby...

Across the Azkhantian steppe, warrior women ride to battle against foes both human and supernatural.  From the world of The Seven-Petaled Shield come four fantasy tales, originally published in Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Sword & Sorceress. Prophecy links a mother and daughter in an unbreakable...

A cup of inspiration, a dash of understanding, and a generous serving of wisdom for writers new and old. From the desk of writer and editor Deborah J. Ross comes a collection of warm, insightful essays on the writing life:  including getting started, negotiating with the Idea Fairy and creating...

From the concrete canyons of the modern city to the halls of ancient kings, from deepest ocean to cosy homes in sprawling suburbs, nowhere and no one is immune to magic. But as many forms as magic takes, there always arrives a hero to accept the challenge, and sometimes, to pay the price. The...

Only three things interest Peter: dancing, finding a girlfriend, and hiding his raven soul. As a raven warrior, Peter copes with the modern world through strict training and even stricter secrecy. When Peter meets Tamara, he senses her difference. Her specialness. He learns, too late,...

A cozy paranormal romance by USA Today bestselling author Mindy Klasky. Jane Madison's life is perfect. She's left her unsatisfying librarian job, moved to the country with her boyfriend David Montrose (who is also her sworn astral protector), and opened a school for witches. Alas, Jane...

Strong women meet cocky baseball players in three sexy stand-alone baseball romances! From Left Field: Left fielder Adam Sartain and Haley Thurman (literally the girl next door) are engaged in a bidding war on the neighboring Reeves Farm. He wants to develop condos, and she wants to house her...

A cozy paranormal romance by USA Today bestselling author Mindy Klasky. Former warder David Montrose has a problem. Or two. Or three. He's been fired from his job protecting the witches of Washington DC. Now, he's stuck working a dead-end job at Hecate's Court while he tries to redeem...

Fans of Aladdin can enter a whole new world—backstage on Broadway! Becca Morris loves her job—producer at an off-Broadway theater—until her boyfriend steals her heart, her money, and all the theater's funds. With her career on the line, Becca finally catches a break when she receives...

Vampires, sphinxes, a love triangle, and cupcakes—where else but Magical Washington, DC? Sarah Anderson’s dream job at the vampire night court is turning into a nightmare. Working as the court clerk used to soothe her wild compulsions. But now she’s under indictment for murdering a vampire...

"When you have the Gift, your life is not your own." I was born to a family that harnessed the winds and could read futures in fire and water.  Yet my mother kept her secrets. Then the werewolf came, sharing his madness. Now it's my turn to keep secrets.... Descended...

The king’s heir of Ianon is long lost, vanished into the south. Her father refuses to name his son heir in her place, though that son is a mighty warrior. Then one day a young wanderer arrives with news that both breaks and heals the king’s heart: his heir is dead, but before she died,...