Being a bodyguard isn't easy, not even when you're the seventh son in a long line of seventh sons, not even when the magic comes when you call—and especially not when the man you are protecting is a treacherous,...

A science-fiction short story about a hard-kept secret, a protection job on a water-world gone very wrong, and an agent trying to avoid the legacies of her past. Will Jamie's secrets make, or break, her...

I ran away from home to find a better life—not be forced into one. You can call me picky, but a girl likes to be asked if she wants to work for you, not coerced—and Odyssey should know better. Now, I...

Missing colonists found. Check. Treaties signed. Check. Request for assistance received. Che—What? With New Haven missing two colonists in suspicious circumstances, it's up to Mitch and I to find them....

Pixies, trolls and urban policing, things got interesting when the Otherworld renewed its connection to ours. A new suite of crimes sprang into existence overnight…and a new breed of officer had to be...

Odyssey is everywhere and nowhere, a set of vigilante mercenaries masquerading as a cruise line company, they do their best to keep the worst of the elements in the universe in check. Whether it be protecting...

Not everything goes bump in the night. Some glide sorrowfully through castle halls and others stalk the dark, looking for prey. From monsters who died long ago and still walk our world, to creatures who...

From 6-words to 1,000, and from werewolves to wizards, these pieces of flash range from an imagined past to an imagined future, exploring new heroes and old, and trying to understand where some of the...

Governing a colony isn't easy. I mean, I should be in my last year of school, stressing over exams and annoying my parents, not on some distant planet as a ransom for my world's good behavior. Instead,...

Dragons. Every dragon piece I've written to date, is in this collection—and some can only be found in this collection. Whether they're burning towns or bringing down starships, offering shelter or indulging...

Want to read a short story for every day of the leap year? Here's a collection that might help. Some of these pieces tell of the fantastic, others which take us to the stars and a myriad of other worlds,...

A short story involving a car crash, a cliff face, and a swarm of overexcited pixies. Given a choice between a very long drop and the very thing I'd fled didn't make things any better. How in either of...

Science fiction, fantasy, dark fantasy, speculative fiction and a touch of horror, this collection plays with just about every genre, touching on everything from dragons to mermaids and pixies to zombies...

Shifters come in all shapes and sizes. Some can be found in the universes of Odyssey and Miss Delight, or the Pixie Dust setting, and some are found elsewhere. Whether they are laying their lives on the...

From the personal to the impersonal, from times of kings, to the modern era, battle, its causes, and attempts to make peace has been a major part of human history…and so have those who've lived it, survived...

Made hostages for a world whose international leaders didn't know how to behave, we ended up on a new world, one we have to make our own, where every step of civilization has to be earned, all over again....

From ships lost to accidents in warp, space pirates and plague, to colonies facing unexpected rivals, and new lifeforms on the ground, this collection draws on some of the what-ifs and maybes surrounding...

From dragons to starships to lost colonies and deadly mermaids, this collection of poetry wander through genres and setting and poetic forms with happy abandon. It explores worlds and settings and reflects...

A poem for every day of the leap year, drawn from the fantastical, the future and the fallout from real life—and written for dreamers everywhere. While most are set in worlds of imagination, there are...

A short, speculative short story involving a lost prince, and an invading fleet. Is the starman friend or foe? The press can't be trusted to tell the truth, and humanity's future is on the line.

Stow-away, Odyssey agent, trouble-maker, rogue, Cutter's life's been interesting no matter which way you slice it—and now it's been put into chronological order so you can see what piece of mischief occurred...

365 days more of poetry, with verse ranging from the future to the past, the spooky to the melancholic, classic forms to experimental. Whether it's a lost colony ship, or vampires celebrating Christmas,...

A short science-fiction story concerning a werewolf child in crisis, werewolf activists on the hunt, pizza, a lonely spacer, and an embarrassing request. When a schoolyard meltdown leads to his family's...

This fantasy short story includes: A place by the fire in exchange for a story, the tale of a blind bard and a dragon, a knight and his squire, sharing stories for a place at a fire. It's a highlight...

A short story concerning, a cursed ghost, a queen—and her valet—haunted by more than memory, an assassin with a contract to fill, and a hidden truth.Can a queen find happiness when the needs of state...

A science-fiction short story involving: a crystalline canyon, cats and spinners hidden along the walls, a missing flyer, a stolen child, and an agent and her nemesis working together to bring them to...

A science-fiction short story involving: an alien autumn, an unseen predator, deadly burrowers and an oncoming winter, and bugs big enough to ride. Joaquin only wants to warn his daughter of a new danger,...

I came around to a stranger's touch.And familiar faces I didn't remember.Memories surfaced slowly, but would they return in time to save the mission?Or our lives?And what about those we're sworn to protect?Only...

A yearly tradition.A dance not forgotten.A planet torn by a long-running war.Hunted by an implacable, and driven into the ruins of a town he once called home, Mark Leader, Michael, must try to save his...

A fantasy short story A city under siege.A dragon under cover.Five kings lost to time.And two orphans running for their lives.Hunted by invaders, Valan races to find his sister before those seeking them....