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Four Dragon Tales by Alma T.C. Boykin
urban-fantasy
alternate-history
short-stories
My Roommate is a Reaper
Andrew Peed - 2020
On the advice of a wise elder that works at his favorite restaurant, Waylon decided to get a roommate. Everything turned upside down, and he found out more about himself and the rest of the world than he thought he ever wanted to know.Kaylie needed somewhere to live, and the spirit she was chasing led her straight to a perfect place, then she found out there was a Warlock living there that had no clue what he could do. With her past making things complicated, she tries her best to stay on the right side of things.
Innocent Devil's Harem 1: a Men's Paranormal Fantasy
Kaizer Wolf - 2021
However, when he finds out that Serenity’s best friend has been kidnapped by a serial killer, just how far will he go to save her?And how will he handle his secret finally getting out, that he’s much more than what he seems?NOTE: This story is R-18 for strong language, mild violence, and adult themes including detailed erotic scenes.Tags: Harem, Male Lead, Shifter, Lesbian, Supernatural, Succubus
Pale Horse, Pale Rider: The Short Stories
Katherine Anne Porter - 2011
This collection gathers together the best of her Pulitzer Prize-winning short fiction, including Pale Horse, Pale Rider, where a young woman lies in a fever during the influenza epidemic, her childhood memories mingling with fears for her fiancé on his way to war, and Noon Wine, a haunting story of tragedy and scandal on a small dairy farm in Texas. In all of the compelling stories collected here, harsh and tragic truths are expressed in prose both brilliant and precise.Selected and introduced by Sarah Churchwell, these 12 short stories by Katherine Anne Porter (1890-1980) include the three long tales published as Pale Horse, Pale Rider in 1937 and widely considered to be her masterpiece: Old Mortality, Noon Wine and Pale Horse, Pale Rider.
Familiar Shadows
Taki Drake - 2017
A couple of thousand feet in the air, hanging from eagle talons and bleeding out. Just a typical bad day for a rebellious cat. Meet Dascha, a perfect example of contrariness and smarts. This young Russian Blue is not interested in following the family business, at all! But a moment of inattention leads to danger and pain, and she is left with some hard decisions to make. Will she survive mage attacks, wolves, and, worst of all, her instructors?
Gabriel's Road
Laura Anne Gilman - 2019
They’ve never encountered a magician, fought a spell-beast, or bargained with the devil. Gabriel Kasun is not most folk. A year spent mentoring Isobel Lacoyo Távora, the Devil’s Left Hand, brought him closer to the Territory’s magic than he'd ever wanted. But now Gabriel is on his own again, free of all obligation. Except the Territory - and his own destiny - isn’t quite done with him yet. A brand-new novella set in the award-winning world of The Devil’s West! "Wonderful and beautifully written...Fate creeps up on Gabriel with the inexorability of the rising tide in this insightful, character-driven addition to Gilman's Devil's West series. Old readers will be delighted with the revelation of hinted-at secrets, and new readers will be intrigued and want more." - C.E. Murphy, author of THE WALKER PAPERS and REDEEMER
The Dragon and Mrs. Muir
Connie Suttle - 2021
Attack at Wedding Leaves at Least Fourteen Dead, Many More Injured, the headlines proclaimed.The wedding was an outdoor affair, on a beach with the Gulf of Mexico in the background. In all, seventy-two were injured, and the body count rose to seventeen. Local hospitals were filled with bleeding attendees, and, at one point, the bride, her bloodied white wedding dress cut away and spilling onto the emergency room floor, went into cardiac arrest.Her groom died at the scene.In the room next door, an elderly wedding guest also suffered cardiac arrest—not from a bullet wound but from shock, combined with advanced age and a weak heart. Both souls walked out of their respective rooms.One wanted to live.One did not.* * *Philomena Muir became a widow on her wedding day. Three years later, she found herself bumping into the strangest man she'd ever met--except he wasn't a man. More specifically, he wasn't human.That brief meeting became the catalyst for a brewing war, pitting one human witch against the might of a supernatural race.The cards are stacked, and Philomena needs a winning hand...
Bedlam Boy: The Forger & The Traitor
Ian W. Sainsbury - 2020
Sainsbury. Two short, punchy, action-packed episodes in each book.They murdered his parents, shot him in the head, and left him to die. They should have made sure.Twenty years after Tom Lewis watched his parents die, those responsible are being killed. One by one.Gentle, brain-damaged Tom, a giant of a man who can barely speak, can’t be responsible for their deaths. Can he?When Tom Lewis was shot, something new was created. Something unique. Something deadly. Something patient enough to plan revenge for twenty long years.Meet Bedlam Boy
That Dragon was in No Way My Fault: An Adult Urban Fantasy
M.H. Bonham - 2019
His partner and mentor takes him to the Denver Zoo, thinking that it'll be a good training opportunity. Instead, they discover a deranged sorcerer has let loose a dragon from the Supernatural portion of a new exhibit called, "The Magical Zoo." With a crazied sorcerer and a pissed-off dragon on the loose, Ironspell must use his knowledge and his magic to stop both. Otherwise, Denver is in for some serious trouble. What's more, sorcerer has taken hostages and threatens to feed them to the werewolves in the Lycanthrope House. The problem is Ironspell isn't exactly a wizard -- he learns his spells by reading magazines like Popular Wizardry. Can Denver and the Denver Zoo survive Ironspell's attempts to save the day?
Marigold - the Golden Memories
Manali Debroy - 2019
I make mistakes. I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best," and I couldn't agree more. Life is like a paradox of love and pain that may never leave each other, but in the end, the coexistence is worth the journey. Striving for the best is human nature, but are you really prepared for the roller-coaster rides or do you give up?
Conjuring A Coroner Box Set: Books 1 - 3
S.C. Stokes - 2019
It’s the one rendezvous you’d rather be late for. Fortunately, Kasey is never on time.
A Medical Examiner for the city of New York, Kasey has a rare gift: prescience. Born a witch, she considered her gift nothing more than an affliction that forced her to see terrible visions of those she touched. But her new job changed all that.Embracing her curse, Kasey uses her visions to solve murders in the city that never sleeps. But when the bodies on the slab start to look disturbingly more and more like Kasey, she’s left in a precarious situation: find out what these people have in common…or be the next to turn up dead.
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The Likeness of the Night
A.J. Burnes - 2020
With a dash of blood magic and a soul-reaping dagger, he trawls the dark corners of Haverton, Ohio in search of the missing and the lost to bring solace to his paying clients.When a young woman named Penny kicks down the door of his office and demands Jonah investigate a fatal fire that the police deemed an accident, Jonah is initially skeptical of her claims about the fire's true nature. But a paying client is a paying client. So Jonah agrees to take the case.To his dismay, Jonah quickly discovers that more than one mysterious blaze has taken a life in recent months. And as he begins to dig into a web of deadly secrets and lies in the city's poorest neighborhood, someone begins to throw up increasingly dangerous obstacles to stop him from discovering the truth.But Jonah Lane has never failed to solve a case, and he brushes off threats like lint on his trusty trench coat. So no matter what, he will not stop searching for the answers. Even if his stubbornness gets him killed...again.The Likeness of the Night is the first novel in the Jonah Lane paranormal mystery series.
I Am The One: God, Mend My Broken Heart (Christian Singles Short Read Prayer & Devotional Book 1)
Sherylynne L. Rochester-Dix - 2020
Orphan Girl
Lila Beckham - 2014
She never overcame her humble beginnings and when Willie Eubanks rescued her from the orphanage by marrying her, she ended up right back where she started. Living in the same cabin, she was born in twelve and a half years earlier. However, she grew to love Willie and was determined that she and Willie were not going to end up as her parents had. In addition, she wanted to make sure her children were not going to have to suffer through the same experiences she had.