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Raphael Amian came to Earth from the wreck of another world, walking the centuries immortal with the gifts of music and magic. As Orpheus in ancient Greece, the loss of his beloved Eurydice nearly broke...

William Shakespeare takes a wrong turn going beyond the fields he knows — and in the Black Bull of Inkebarrow, he finds a turn from history to magic. A short story in the Tales from Ysthar collection.

On the thousand and first night of Scheherezade the Storyteller’s marriage, things do not go at all as she had hoped — nor do they end as she had expected. A short story from the Tales of Ysthar collection.

Féonie Durgalen was all of nineteen when she was offered the position of costumier to the new Lord Chancellor of Zunidh, Cliopher Mdang. She seized the opportunity when it was presented for her own ambition...

In the cities along the river Ihil, the nomad tribes of the Middle Desert are almost as legendary as the gods. Sardeet is the youngest daughter of the Bandit Queen of the Oclaresh, but her father was...

Magic is out of fashion.Gambling is merely illegal.Neither law nor common sense has ever stopped anyone in Ragnor Bella from making—or breaking—their fortunes at the table, at the racetrack, and especially...

Behind the corners of our world, there is magic.  As the Lord of Ysthar, Raphael is responsible for it.An honest man, his lies are legion. An infamous recluse, his social circle includes Scheherezade,...

Magic is out of fashion. Orio City is where that's decided.When his best friend Mr. Dart unexpectedly needs to make an urgent trip to Orio City, Jemis Greenwing's immediate response to ask when.  He's...

Five invitations into the realms of poetry to five very different people, set in a world not altogether dissimilar to our own, resonant with myth and magic. These are standalone tales associated with...

Magic is out of fashion.Outlaws make their own. Jemis Greenwing has slain a dragon, been acknowledged as the Viscount St-Noire, and not incidentally also been given a raise. After a chaotic first month...

The world is full of unexpected stories. For Nora, hers is intricately tied with the old apple tree next to the village green. They say Eve fell to the temptation of an apple, but for Nora and her brother...

What the gods desire, they take.When the gods take a person, there is not much one can do about it, even if there seems something strange and terrible about the god. Through the gates of the eastern mountains...

The greatest poet of the Empire of Astandalas was widely considered the infamous outlaw Fitzroy Angursell. Almost all of his poems and songs were banned, but that had the tendency merely to encourage...

Jack Greenwing is good at scouting. He's renowned for being able to hold on in battle long past bravery. He was once given a trophy for his courage by the hand of the Emperor himself.At Loe, where the...

Arthur MacEachern was a celebrated Canadian writer when he lost his Muse. To success, he thought; it wasn't until a fateful trip to the dentist that he realized his Muse lived somewhere else entirely...

Magic is out of fashion.Murder, like romance, is always a possibility. The journey home from Orio City was supposed to be straightforward. Avoid being captured by brigands or agents of the criminal gangs;...

Will their love overcome the shadows of their past?In the serene countryside of Regency England, Henry Fitzroy's life appears perfect, marked by a successful estate and a seemingly blissful marriage to...

One-Page Emotional Story SummaryShe came to Willow Hill to escape the noise. He had learned to live in silence.When Clara Matthews, a once-acclaimed vocal coach, loses her voice—literally and emotionally—she...

In the shimmering world of Regency England, Alexander, the brooding heir to a dukedom, is trapped by duty and shadowed by inner turmoil. Amelia, the rector's radiant daughter, falls deeply for him, her...

Germany is a democratic state with a constitution based on the foundations of the Basic Law. One problem is that more than 60 percent of the people's representatives are civil servants and a large part...

In the Year 2225 AD, Genius is Power, and Power is Deadly. Kairon Frederickson was born with a mind built to save the world. Instead, he is running from it. Even light-years away from home, he can't outrun...

Welcome to Willow Terrace—a cozy village where the lights always glow, magic is brewed with laughter, and everyone has a story to share.When Nora inherits the potion shop at Willow Terrace, she hopes...

In a land torn by barbed wire, surveillance drones, and generational trauma, two people defy the gravity of history.Noura El-Khalil, a young Palestinian woman from Gaza, crosses the Erez checkpoint into...

Yours and ours is the same universe, we know your side of the story, let's tell you ours. From the Peidu, Neiger and Bras who inhabit the Soleil Planet, lies a vast range of exotic beings and wonderful...

When Aalia Farheen steps into a Boston university seminar room, she carries with her more than books and dreams—she carries the ghosts of a caste system that still haunts her, and the pressure of being...

What happens when you fall in love across a line neither of you drew?Hollis Lin doesn't believe in God. Jack Coleman doesn't know how to live without Him. She's a civil rights attorney raised on skepticism,...

Shadows of Love and Legacy is a multigenerational novel set across Cameroon, Canada, and the silent spaces in between. It explores the enduring bonds of childhood, the weight of cultural tradition, the...

One-Page Emotional SummaryWhen outspoken Rhea and quiet Ayaan are paired for a debate project, neither expects their one semester together to leave a mark that lasts beyond the year. Set against the backdrop...

Beneath Gallowmere Prison, something ancient waits.It has slumbered in the earth for centuries, buried beneath concrete and silence. It is patient. It is hungry. And when three paranormal streamers known...

As an 8-year-old girl, she watched a healer perform SPINAL ALIGNMENT on the family's black-and-white TV. Even as a toddler, her thoughts were already focused on healing. Born in Kallham (Upper Austria),...

Three best friends get fired.So naturally… they decide to bankrupt every company that ever wronged them.Armed with duct tape, bad ideas, and a dangerous amount of free time, these men turn petty revenge...

ToTo: A Love That Never LeavesSome loves never fade. Some friendships never die. And some goodbyes... are only the beginning.When 9-year-old Lily found a scruffy little stray dog on her doorstep, she...

I was supposed to be a bride. Instead, I became a fugitive.On my wedding day, my groom murdered my cousin in cold blood. Drugged and stripped of my wolf, I fled a cruel alpha who thought he owned me....

Many people want to be a mother. But becoming a mother doesn't always happen right away! In this moving guide, a woman shares her long and difficult journey—full of sobering setbacks and hard-won triumphs....

Viola Everett has always wanted to live up to her father's legacy, both in and out of the coven. When High Peak informs them of a missing woman she starts to look into her dad's magic.With the help of...

An Irish Book Award winner, The Herbalist is an electrifying historical novel Inspired by true events. It is a deeply moving and viscerally powerful novel about the lives of women in 1930s Ireland - an...

A jilted bride. A jaded divorce lawyer. A full tank of gas. What could go wrong? Rhys: As a cutthroat New York City divorce lawyer, it's my job to end marriages. Lifetime commitment? It's for the birds....

Two scientists and a mathematician get together in the canteen to discuss their quantum mechanics research. Elsewhere, Foxie and Teumessian reprise their roles as tavern keepers.They help God (pronouns:...

Her love is his only salvation—and the undoing of everything he needed to survive. An immortal knight. A fearless rebel. A love forged in the fires of revolutionary France. Chevalier Rollant de Montvieux...

In The Cat with a Magic Hat, a curious tabby named Milo discovers an enchanted hat hidden in the attic of his cozy village home, and with it, the power to perform real magic. From the moment he places...

Odd things shadow Naila Groenhart's life.Her touch can bring a flower to bloom and sometimes her eyes flash with gilded flames. For as long as she can remember, she believed this power to be a figment...

Ace the Arctic Hare senses a mysterious, ancient whisper carried by the Arctic windan urgent call beneath the silent snow that few others notice or believe. Driven by curiosity and a stirring hope, Ace...

After crafting, Eliot tells Alice he sees her as the upright Empress.

Elizabeth Potts had no future. No hope. Not until the day an outcast member of Iron Mountain Pride MC pushed her to the breaking point and she was forced to take her life into her own hands. Now, on the...

Inlcudes Dark Deception, Sins of the Past, Reign of Darkness and Archdruid's Return.Her parents slain. Her throne taken. Now everyone thinks she's the murderer.Ann was destined to become the Archdruid—now...

A short story of 4857 words taken from the novel The Witches of Avalon. A dark energy is threatening the peace in Glastonbury, ancient Isle of Avalon with rumours of a dark coven of witches and the Fey...