There's beauty in music. And magic, too. After Dale's grandparents died, the only thing he wanted was Grandpa's old upright piano. It wouldn't stay in tune. The ivories were worn down with fingerprints...

On a failing spaceship, finding home was their only hope. Reese kept his mouth shut as Captain Brant bullied their pilot Jaiden. So much rested on this mission to their new world's surface. Probes only...

Finding your heart sometimes takes a change of view. Blanket Island was the very best place in the Puget Sound to have a vacation, even during the earliest part of spring with rain and wind and freezing...

Love comes in all kinds of packages. In this short collection, Meyari McFarland turns to stories of love. Slow-growing in moments of holiday celebration, emerging from the threats of death, homelessness...

Lovely.Gwen glared at the swiftly sinking Drifting Cloud and cursed her luck. Mother giving birth, Captain Nia's leg broken, everyone else busy with a myriad of disasters: this was all on her.Something...

Eoghania's quiet live changed when a man from her past tried to rob the Dana.Sean didn't want to break any laws. He certainly didn't want to fight the Dana. But he had two infant daughters who would die...

The spectrum has shades through all hues, just as this collection covers the spectrum of fictional possibilities.From grief driving magic into new worlds in Another Path to Infinity to religion filling...

A garden party was not the place for a war.Fen knew that, right down to her bones. Mother had taught her to behave over a lifetime of beatings, harassment and abuse, all endured in silence.Apparently,...

Aaren's fingers slid over the tile, scrabbling against the wet, the slick. He prayed.As hard as he could to the gods he knew weren't there, weren't real, didn't care. The slide stopped. He scrambled back...

Love and holidays go hand in hand, all year long. Through The Year binds together seven amazing short stories and two full novellas in a collection that's sure to be a favorite for years to come.Includes:The...

Eko set xyr back against a block. Big, solid, wide enough to hide ten of xem.Needed it. Henny and Ade were missing in the mist, possibly dead because there weren't enough explosions going off. Not enough...

Dreams. War. Winter and aliens and curses.The Dark Places collection by Meyari McFarland will take you into the dark places we all fear to tread.Includes six stories sure to stay with you after you turn...

Strange how life went.Hasenkamp had built an empire on to have it swept out from under him by the Drath.So he started over on Tasma, expecting nothing to work.But an old lover with allies promised to...

Clouds billowed overhead, monstrous, dark, shot through with lightning that never struck. Kanti stared up and up and up as ashes drifted around her.Her nightgown drifted in a wind she couldn't feel. No...

Meyari McFarland gathers together six stories of romance in this second themed collection, Tales of Romance.Inside you will find dragon riders suddenly finding love and a sympathetic ear in Dragon Rider's...

The rainbow has infinite shades, just as this collection covers the spectrum of fictional possibilities.From contemporary romances like The Shores of Twilight Bay to dark fantasy like A Lone Red Tree...

Aravel stood at the bow of the Harmonious Song, studying the twin cities of Yuzuki and Masumi in Chinwendu.Halfway around the world from home, Aravel didn't expect to find an old enemy stirring up the...

Tai bounced on her toes, the dock rocking underneath her. Icy cold water washed up over her toes.At least her friends would be here soon for a week-long vacation.When they arrived, Tai's heart lurched...

Gavin wasn’t terribly pleased to be tapped as unofficial Clan heir. He’d rather just learn how the business ran and help his relatives.But when his little sister Anwyn came home with dreadful injuries,...

Though Chas, personally, would have far rathered never set foot in Castle Mansion ever again, their Majesties had been quite clear.Castle Mansion must be taken in hand. The staff have to be evaluated...

Dating sucked. Rahat sighed and stirred xyr drink just a bit too forcefully.Xyr blind date had disappeared into the bar, never to return apparently. Xe wasn't what was expected, too chubby and old and...

Cahya sighed as she collapsed into the couch. Just the thought of having a couch made her skin itch.Or maybe that was the exhaustion. Six assassinations in as many days had worn her down, just like her...

Aravel hummed happily as he carefully picked up the white yarn, working it into the blue ribbing for Mother's new socks. Then Anwyn wailed.Her fury at being bedridden made knitting impossible so Aravel...

Jie's new life with xyr adopted parents Kunzang and Dumisani was hard work. Lots of hard work. More hard work than xe'd expected.Gardening and hauling dirt and, most importantly, making sure that Kunzang...

Minke blew a drop of sweat out of her eyes. Again. Too many boxes carried up too many steps.Helping Finely move into his new apartment was fine. Cast on his leg meant he sure couldn't do it. The weird...

Merlyn carefully pushed the blackberry vine out of his way. Thing had thorns as long as his thumbnail, about a billion of them.This whole forest was creepy as hell. Both Pema and Ash seemed happy to be...

Jyoti bounced on her toes, eyeing the traffic whizzing by. Could she make a run for it?No, not a chance. Too many cars and too many people brought out by the sudden sunshine in Seattle.Ketut was going...

Min-Su stared. The interstellar comms were down. All space liner travel was cancelled indefinitely.She was stranded.Not acceptable.Finding a way home pitted Min-Su against a hotel room stealing assassin...

Iseul leaped past Chikondi, flinging himself straight down into the deepest part of the pool. Laughter sounded above him as he sank under the churning surface of the water.Beautiful. The peace enticed...

Political plots? Check. Injured shoulder? Yes, check. Still. An infatuated enemy directly opposing her? Oh yes, another check.Raelin's shore leave while the Tourmaline Dreams was refitted and refurbished...