Some stories can only be told in the winter, when chill air whips through the trees and snow traps us inside. Holding out against the promise of spring, these tales sustain us through the coldest season.
Listen at Margaret’s feet as she tells an old fairy story to her children, to keep them snug in their beds in Laurie Neilsen’s A Lamb’s Tale.
Follow Nick as he stalks through frozen streets trying to put his life together, while pursued by an agent of the devil in Ben Schenkman’s The Thief of Joy.
Watch Maeve and Declan uncover the reality of a terrifying cryptid in the tourist trap museum of their families’ hotel in Tal Good’s Winter Break.
Witness Trist’s journey to save his friend, balancing duty against mortal peril in David Niemitz’s The Wolves of Arden.
Find a new favorite story, and author, in this exciting anthology from Caffeinated Terrier Press.
Magic is real, demons walk the earth, and Max’s brother is dead.
Max Asher, Jewish mystic and private-eye, never thought he’d be coming back to his home town to bury his twin brother, Solomon. He definitely never thought the funeral would turn into a case, but when Sol’s widow Gabby asks him to investigate the cause of death, “Uncle Max” is on the job.
When Max kicks the demon’s nest, he uncovers a conspiracy that forces him to reevaluate everything he thought he knew about his brother. Unfamiliar local politics blur the line between the supernatural and the mundane, and soon, fighting for justice becomes dangerously literal. If Max can uncover the murderer, he might just save his brother’s soul—but if he can’t, he’ll fall victim to the same deadly fate.
Putting the past to rest is going to take more than a shovel full of dirt.
Rolph was never supposed to enter the Labyrinth, but the goddesses had other plans for him.
Rolph knew one thing and one thing only: never, ever, under any circumstance enter the labyrinth. The village priest prophesied at his birth that if Rolph wanted a happy life, he should follow this very simple rule. It’s too bad the goddesses had other plans in mind for him.
Rolph, the hapless son of the local stonemason, has taken over the family business. If only he was any good at it. Or anything, really. But Mayfair has been the only life he’s ever known, sitting right outside the Labyrinth where delvers test their mettle against the Triad's dangerous creations.
Through a wild accident, Rolph stumbles into the one place he was never supposed to go and becomes lost deep in the Labyrinth. Rescued and then betrayed by a party desperate to escape the depths, Rolph finds an ally in the unlikeliest of places. He promises to help them escape the cavernous maze in exchange for their help, as the denizens of the Labyrinth work to destroy him like any other delver foolish enough to travel so far.
Will Rolph’s bad luck leave him living out his final moments far below where he used to rest his head, or can he rise to become a legend?
While most eighth graders are focused on homework and crushes, Nora and her friends are busy preparing for the return of their greatest enemy. With evil faeries, shadow creatures, and all the frightful cryptids of Massachusetts hunting them, the students from the Secret Wing don't know if they’ll survive the school year, let alone graduate. Will Nora and her sister’s visions of the future save the town, or are the answers buried in the mysterious past of the Bridgewater Triangle?
If jumping off a building to save a raccoon doesn’t kill Corbin Pierce then his next altruistic impulses just might.
Pierce, ex-Ivy League community college adjunct and environmental activist, has his hands full keeping the local spirit-creatures out of the hands of poachers while teaching his students about history they shouldn’t repeat. As if he didn't already have enough on his plate, he and his new mentee-turned-apprentice discover the murder of a homeless man.
As one murder becomes two, Corbin suspects the involvement of The Hand, a secret cabal of high magicians. It won’t be his first conflict with them, but if he can’t find a way to stop them, it could well be the last.
Even worse, ancient spirits are waking to wreak havoc on the city as the bodies pile up. To end it all, Corbin must decide what he’s willing to sacrifice. If he doesn’t, the city and everyone he loves will be gone. Can Corbin take the final leap, knowing he might pay the ultimate price?
She foresaw a friend's death years ago, and now it's happening again.
Alice thought she was an ordinary woman in her 30s, living and working in coastal Connecticut, paying rent and student loans. That illusion is shattered when her best friend Sarah dies suddenly and reaches out to Alice from beyond the grave.
Things get “curiouser and curiouser” when her new colleague, Jay, turns out to be a faerie himself. He shows Alice that she’s descended from the fae and not only that, but a rare banshee! Now she must navigate through liminal spaces, places where reality is altered and those in the know can access the fantastical Faerie otherworld.
Alice soon discovers that not all mythical creatures are as warm and fuzzy as the old stories would have you believe, and she must be careful with her secret. Banshee are hunted for their oracular abilities, and her own identity becomes a threat. Fortunately, those abilities may help her solve the mystery of what actually happened to Sarah.
Was Sarah's boyfriend Michael responsible for her death? Can Jay be trusted, or is he hiding more than the rabbit ears under his cap? Follow Alice down the rabbit hole as she explores the strange old world of faeries, magic, and the spooky gateways between worlds.
Aliens have infiltrated the seventh grade! Nora and Liam need to figure out their sinister plans before it’s too late. The kids will have to be careful not to get caught snooping or the Dover Demon who replaced their gym teacher will make them run extra laps, no matter how crazy the weather gets. Will the Secret Wing students be able to save the school from the invasion of the body snatchers?
Captured and caged by the first Exarch, Avitus, Trist and Acrasia must find a way not only to escape, but then to the ruined city of Vellatesia, where the Gate of Horn through which Faerie, Daemon and Angelus alike came to Narvonne awaits.
In the meanwhile, Ismet ibnah Salah rides toward a confrontation with Valeria, Exarch of the Plague Dancer, in the Caliphate; while Clairsant, along with Trist's friends, sails north to Raetia, where the faerie queen of winter awaits...
The conclusion of the Faerie Knight series is here.
Rey-Fox's first year as a world military leader is almost over when an international incident pits the Argentinian Prince against the Chilean Governor. With tensions already at a boiling point between the territory and their monarchs, this newest insult could lead to war.
Vicente, Chile's Governor, uses this as an opportunity to liberate his land and rise to the world stage with Chile under his rule. With a personal world military squad led by Aquiles, the greatest warrior of their time, Vicente's ambitions are more attainable than ever.
A golden age of peace may come to an end right under Rey-Fox's watch. Will he be able to prevent a war from breaking out, or will he suffer unimaginable loss? Will Chile go down in history as the first territory to gain back its dependence since the Great War? Or will history repeat itself?
It’s a new school year, and Nora’s going to need all the help she can get to survive the sixth grade. How is she supposed to pass pre-algebra and fend off bullies while dealing with ghosts, evil faeries, and gigantic monsters? On top of that, middle school drama threatens her friendship with Liam. At least she knows she can count on Yeats and the Wyrd students from the Secret Wing to have her back.
