A stolen heart. A twisted dreamscape of nightmares. A love that shines brightest in the shadows. When an alchemical experiment leaves his husband a shadow of his former self, mage Blaise Hawthorne will stop at nothing to save him. Even if Blaise must take the long walk to Perdition himself and confront death...

A vibrant fantasy-adventure debut about a girl who can see lies. You're a Fallow of the Orchard. You're as tough as a green apple in summer . . . Only Fallow was just six harvests old when she realized that not everyone sees lies. For Only, seeing lies is as beautiful as looking through a kaleidoscope, but telling them is as painful as gnawing on cut glass. Only's family warns her to keep her cunning hidden, but secrets are seldom content to stay secret. When word of Only's ability makes its way to the King, she's plucked from her home at the orchard and brought to the castle at Bellskeep. There she learns that the kingdom is plagued by traitors, and that her task is to help the King distinguish between friend and foe. But being able to see lies doesn't necessarily mean that others aren't able to disguise their dishonesty with cunnings of their own. In the duplicitous, power-hungry court, the truth is Only's greatest weapon . . . and her greatest weakness.

The immersive finale of the Heartseeker duology--rich, commercial middle-grade fantasy about a girl who can see lies. Only Fallow can see lies--a cunning so powerful that the King insists on keeping her in the palace, tasked with helping him flush out traitors. When the King's counselor, Lamia, tells Only of her plan to oust the King and put his daughter on the throne, Only is eager to help. Though Only's cunning would be useful to any ruler, the Princess had promised to send Only home when she becomes Queen. But Only soon learns the truth is a complicated matter--especially when the fate of a country hangs in the balance. Now wound tight in a twisted plot, Only must set the record straight to stop the destruction of everything--and everyone--she holds dear. The stunning finale of Melinda Beatty's middle-grade duet is just as rich, imaginative, and full of adventure as the first installment.

From author Amy Campbell comes a thrilling new weird western epic fantasy featuring reluctant heroes, magic cowboys, and found family with a dash of pegasus, magic, and LGBTQ representation. His magic is a curse... until it becomes his only hope. Blaise Hawthorne just wants to bake, but his dangerous magic has left him an outcast, his kitchen a sanctuary. When the iron-fisted Salt-Iron Confederation hunts him to exploit his power, Blaise flees. He finds refuge with outlaws in the lawless Gutter, forging an unlikely alliance with a sugar-loving pegasus, a notorious gunslinger, and a charming but secretive entrepreneur. But the Confederation's hunger for control threatens even this haven. Can Blaise master his magic before the Confederation destroys his newfound family? This pulse-pounding first book in the Tales of the Outlaw Mages series catapults readers into an Old West-inspired realm where magic intertwines with grit, and the bonds of chosen family are tested by fire. Perfect for fans of heartfelt sagas, LGBTQ+ inclusive narratives, and the charm of the unconventional. 2021 Equus Film & Arts Fest Reserve Grand Champion - Equine Western Fiction "A well-crafted series opener with vivid characters, organic worldbuilding, and magic-fueled suspense." -Kirkus Reviews Keywords: weird western, western fantasy, epic fantasy, found family, LGBTQ, queer, asexual, bisexual, gay, magic, mage, pegasus, wild west, old west, fantasy western, magical western, magic western, reluctant hero, historical fantasy, anxiety, cowboy, gunslinger Related authors: Liza Street, J.R. Frontera, David J. West, David Bain, Michael Newton, Rachel Aaron, Joseph P. Bailey, Lila Bowen, Harmon Cooper, M.M. Crumley, Related Books: Gunsmoke and Dragonfire, Home on the Strange, The Cowboys of Cthulhu, Gideon Thorn, The Last Stand of Mary Good Crow, Infernal Fire, Wake of Vultures, Cowboy Necromancer, The Immortal Doc Holliday, Spellslinger, Charmslinger, Blood Bounty, Unicorn Western

Now with new prose material and art! Paradigms Shift, Worlds Collide! A daring and resourceful paleontologist uncovers something at the infamous K-T boundary marking the end of dinosaurs in the fossil record something big, dangerous, and absolutely, categorically impossible. It's a find that will catapult her to the Martian moon Phobos, then down to the crater-pocked desert of the Red Planet itself. For this mild-mannered fossil hunter may just have become Earth's first practicing xenobiologist! At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

NEW URBAN FANTASY. What Would You Give to be a Hero? Stephen Russ is a normal guy who finds himself caught up in a strange world of talking rats and elder gods—and the fate of the world rests on his shoulders!What Would You Give to be a Hero? Stephen Russ never expected to have to answer that question; he went to work, he stayed in his apartment, sometimes had friends over, and the worst thing he'd had to face was looking for a new job after losing his old one. But that was before a child's desperate scream led him into an alley filled with faceless winged things that almost killed him, before the strange white rat spoke to him, calling itself Silvertail Heartseeker and telling him that this was but the beginning, that the Stars were almost Right and the forces of Azathoth Nine-Armed would soon be unleashed against the world… before Silvertail said that his courage and willingness to risk himself made him the perfect choice to be one of the defenders of the world against this evil. A defender named Princess Holy Aura, the first of the five Apocalypse Maidens. Now Steve understands the choice: not whether he is willing to die, but whether he is willing to live… by giving up "Stephen Russ" to become the one chance that the world has against the monstrous forces that wait on the other side of forever. About Ryk E. Spoor's Phoenix Rising: “A winner! Great characters, and thrilling adventure. I want more!”—Ed Greenwood, best-selling author of the Forgotten Realms series “[E]xciting adventure, scary monsters, strange gods, and wondrous magic.”—Lawrence Watt-Evans About Spheres of Influence: “Fast and entertaining action and a world that has the feel of Asimov’s Foundation series.”—Sarah A. Hoyt, author of the Darkship saga About Ryk E. Spoor’s Grand Central Arena: “…an imaginative piece of space opera that’s set on a near-future Earth where artificial intelligence is taken for granted.”—Shiny Reviews “Grand Central Arena’ is space opera in the grand old tradition . . . but with modern sensibilities and awareness of current speculations in cutting edge physics.”—Fantasy Book Critic About the Threshold Series by Ryk E. Spoor and Eric Flint “. . . fast-paced sci-fi. . . light in tone and hard on science . . .” —Publishers Weekly “. . . [the series is filled with] linguistics, biology, physics, and evolution further the story, as well as wacky humor, academic rivalries, and even some sweet romances.” —School Library Journal

Your Dungeon, Your Dragon, Your Way The ultimate fantasy toolkit is here! At last, you can run a full-blown fantasy campaign of any scale using the award-winning Spycraft engine, or introduce some unexpected adventure into any Crafty setting! More than just another retread, Fantasy Craft gets back to why we love gaming in the first place. It's about the stakes, and raising them. It's about the odds, and beating them. It's about legends, and making them. It's about you. Roll your dice like a hero again.

Ruthie and Jack thought that their adventures in the Thorne Rooms were over . . . until miniatures from the rooms start to disappear. Is it the work of the art thief who's on the loose in Chicago? Or has someone else discovered the secret of the Thorne Rooms' magic? Ruthie and Jack's quest to stop the thief takes them from modern day Chicago to 1937 Paris to antebellum South Carolina. But as more items disappear, including the key that allows them to shrink and access the past worlds, what was once just an adventure becomes a life and death race against the clock. Can Ruthie and Jack catch the thief and help the friends they meet on the way before the magic—and the rooms—are destroyed forever? Fans of magic, mystery, and adventure will love this rollicking sequel to Marianne Malone's The Sixty-Eight Rooms.

Sharp-eyed Marianne lives in a white tower made of steel and concrete with her father and the other Professors. Outside, where the land is thickly wooded and wild beasts roam, live the Barbarians, who raid and pillage in order to survive. Marianne is strictly forbidden to leave her civilized world but, fascinated by these savage outsiders, decides to escape. There, beyond the wire fences, she will discover a decaying paradise, encounter the tattooed Barbarian boy Jewel and go beyond the darkest limits of her imagination. Playful, sensuous, violent and gripping, Heroes and Villains is an ambiguous and deliriously rich blend of post-apocalyptic fiction, gothic fantasy, literary allusion and twisted romance.

Excitement reigns in the second book of the weird western fantasy Tales of the Outlaw Mages series by author Amy Campbell, featuring reluctant heroes, magic cowboys, and found family with a dash of pegasus, magic, and LGBTQ representation. The price of power is unforgiving, and for one mage, it's a debt paid in chains and despair. Blaise Hawthorne, a mage with a power that could break the earth, was imprisoned for using his magic to save those he loved. His only hope is an unlikely ally–a charming politician whose promises may be as treacherous as Blaise’s captors. Can Blaise risk trusting the man who offers him a future, or will betrayal shatter their fragile bond? Effigest is the pulse-pounding second entry in the Tales of the Outlaw Mages series, where the wild allure of the Old West collides with the magic of fantasy. This tale weaves together the threads of found family, LGBTQ+ representation, and the relentless quest for redemption, all set against a backdrop where every spell cast is a gamble of life and death. Keywords: weird western, western fantasy, epic fantasy, found family, LGBTQ, queer, asexual, bisexual, gay, magic, mage, pegasus, wild west, old west, fantasy western, magical western, magic western, reluctant hero, historical fantasy, anxiety, cowboy, gunslinger Related authors: Liza Street, J.R. Frontera, David J. West, David Bain, Michael Newton, Rachel Aaron, Joseph P. Bailey, Lila Bowen, Harmon Cooper, M.M. Crumley, Related Books: Gunsmoke and Dragonfire, Home on the Strange, The Cowboys of Cthulhu, Gideon Thorn, The Last Stand of Mary Good Crow, Infernal Fire, Wake of Vultures, Cowboy Necromancer, The Immortal Doc Holliday, Spellslinger, Charmslinger, Blood Bounty, Unicorn Western