there's nothing more dangerous than a book, especially in the wrong hands. and, in this world of magic, wars and an alarming number of self-serving, gratuitously selfish people, there are a lot of wrong hands to take… Read More
After surviving a long, brutal war, Barrin and his lover, Kahri, attempt to lead a normal life, until a sorcerer with terrible ambitions tears them apart.
In a desperate search, Barrin forges a path of death and… Read More
When a perfect, beautiful robot, Tetsuya, crashes into Merci's trash hover-truck, it leads to a desperate race. Not only for survival, but for precious memories lost within the bot's mind that could expose a conspiracy that goes… Read More
It should have heralded the dawn of a new age. A future that would see the human race reach out and then stride among the stars.
But a conspiracy hundreds of years in the making comes to… Read More
Niico Fastiano’s latest scheme to enrich himself had come to an ignominious, and surprisingly painless, end. Not one to let small things, like getting thrown out of an upper story window, get in the way of his… Read More
In the city of Adrasusk, Captain Bilain 'Bil-Hook' Grasall had protected The Sprawl for much of her adult life as a member of the Ward Watch. When a Senator is murdered, she finds herself tasked with seeking… Read More
war and drought ravage the island of kaguta!
amid the turmoil, two people on separate journeys, k? and saiban, travel the island in search of the fabled warrior, ank?ro. desperate to find her ... and kill her.… Read More
The island of Iibar had seen countless wars over the centuries and many invaders, not least the murderous warriors of the Gaerad islands. After the last war, Iibar rests in an uneasy truce that threatens to descend… Read More
The island of Kaguta has a long and storied history, but it once held another society. Now lost to the ravages of time.
When Tuccé takes on a job for a learned Kannai, he finds himself thrust… Read More
[Wattys 2023 Shortlisted]
In the snow blasted wastes, far to the west, Únik, a woman with a tragic past and a terrible secret, becomes reluctantly charged with accompanying an exotic prince to her destiny as the concubine… Read More
Life in Kaima village was slow and hard.
Rice would be planted, the rains come, then the harvest, then the bandit raids.
For Ka house owner Ajo, his daughter Tiima and village Headwoman, Ap?, the seasons passed… Read More
What was he without war?
No longer a husband. Never a father. No family or friends to speak of.
For decades, war had carried him from one side of the world to the other and back again,… Read More
The death of one man could lead a city into chaos.
The question: Did he jump, fall, or was he pushed?
For the Lord Protector of Tarkar’s Bridge and the highest ranking courtesan in the city, the… Read More
The war is over!
The Three Kings found their ancient mystical weapons and defeated the Lord of Shadows.
For four friends, the effects of the victory force them to become fugitives, hunted by the very people they… Read More
Sequel to the Wattys 2021 story (Sci-Fi category), “Foston Slacks - Time’s Flies”.
Foston and Clara saved the multiverse, which was great, because Clara was the one that endangered it in the first place. Afterward, Foston left… Read More
[Wattys 2021 Winner - Sci-Fi Category]
Clara only wanted to reach her interview on time.
Now she finds herself lost in time, space and reality with only an impeccably dressed six-foot tall lemur for company.
Dragged through… Read More
The accident destroyed Perdita ‘Purdy’ Carwyn’s body, family and mind.
In a struggle to make sense of a world that she no longer knows or understands, Purdy spends her days hoping to find a connection to a… Read More
Tina had lost her way. Become cynical and insular, avoiding other people at all costs. Life had carried her along on a never-ending wave of apathy and she couldn’t work out how to hold her head above… Read More
Luke had always struggled with a sense of himself, fighting to reconcile feelings that threatened his relationships and his identity. After years of pushing those feelings deep down inside, and after losing his wife in a tragic… Read More
Demi had tried to atone for her criminal past, but when a bold, adventurous, slightly insane narcissist of a Captain, Frisson 'Friss' Packlightly, falls into her orbit, she finds criminality has not finished with her.
Along with… Read More
Once a cop, now a private eye. Once human, now a cyborg.
Dalton Steel had scraped a living investigating the things that were beneath the cops he used to work with. Except those cases that involved bots.… Read More
In 1888, Margaret ‘Peg’ Gillis becomes the sixth victim of Jack the Ripper. Unfortunately for him, Peg is reborn as an ancient demon, who has lived countless lives through the centuries. Only, this time, she has come… Read More
