A Lazy Vacation… That's all that Narcisse had planned. Just a long, lazy vacation on a light-grav world with her little sister Tracey who absolutely claimed all credit for choosing the lovely tropical...

The Simplest Pleasures Are Best Fran whooped as she pushed off the Rainier Square platform and zipped off into the fog towards Union Square flying like a superhero with her arms outstretched. Giggling....

Frontiers challenge us as humanity expands into all new worlds. The frontier stretches above us, a river of stars that guided sailors across seas and a future that promises struggles and hope in equal...

Pickup Lines. They're the Worst. Which doesn't stop Stevie from flinging cheesy one-liners at Lei in his attempt to set Lei up with his very shy, very cute, very skittish cousin. Cyan's parties were always...

Lurking in the water, Gods sang of debts and change. Water lapped against the side of the barge, slapping, gurgling, endlessly burbling along against the hull, carrying songs of fish, of snake-heads flowing...

Jason Long gently turned the stick, angling his de Havilland Twin Otter away from the island-dotted waters of the Puget Sound. Almost home. Hopefully his Twin Otter would get him there in one piece.The...

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...

Families come in all sorts and sizes. From brutal lovers to tender lovers, strong parents to the dead we've left behind, family defines us all in many ways.Meyari McFarland has collected six stories of...

Magic dances between these stories, tying them together into a tapestry of wings  of fancy and wit. From ancient magic binding souls to traps sucking them away, these stories by Meyari McFarland will...

Grey did not want to go down to his birthday party. At all.Father had deliberately invited the three people Grey most feared in all the world. Each of them seemed to feel some claim on him. His opinion...

"It's really broken," Raelin said as she followed Mother around the Tourmaline Seas' hulk.The Tourmaline Seas barely made it back to port, masts broken and hull cracked.Raelin volunteered to work at Mistress...

The Dana Clan: wild, unpredictable and bafflingly successful traders.Their children were even wilder, challenging social norms and each other at every turn.This collection of short stories reveals the...

Trips around the world excited Cadfael's twin Anwyn but sailing was torture for him. Seasick looking at boats, Cadfael would rather stay home.Except that home was torture, too. Too many women assuming...

Lauren needed to get to space. Now.She'd tried following the rules to get an ID but no one would listen. Either she got to space or she starved to death.Clubbing Idowu Mas, Ceelen warrior, and stealing...

Meyari McFarland gathers together six stories of wonder in this third themed collection, Tales of Wonder.Inside you will find dragons both dark and light, sisters struggling to make ends meet who face...

In the Darkest Part of the Night, There's Comfort in Wandering. Kaitlyn's favorite fleece blanket, as soft as the softest kitten belly fluff, settled around her shoulders as she slipped from her bedroom....

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...

Family Finds You In All Kinds Of PlacesMeyari McFarland brings you five stories of families built from strange, beautiful situations. From a dragon's horde of their new family's music to surprise wedding...

Giving Up was Never a Choice Purchased by the King of Penhale, Kennet was assigned to Prince Didymos as his bodyguard slave. Someone wanted the prince dead badly enough to send hordes of assassins after...

Kiran scrubbed his hands over his face. The Shifter Council had to listen. They had to. Evan Michelakis had destroyed so many lives, including Kiran's, but he was the one who got sympathy, not his victims....

Dark places and twisted hearts rule this collection by Meyari McFarland. From clinging to live with a prayer to seeking the truth no matter the cost, these stories delve deep into the night for the truths...

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...

Ivory lay at the edge of the bluff, the scrubby grass all around her itchy against her scales. Stupid elders and their stupid decisions about the stupid ancestors' bones.Only sensible thing to do would...

The room smelled of salt and dust. Fusty. Old, bedraggled with lace stained dark by grime. Courtesans were not messy. Grimy. The First Courtesan of the Holy City, Tatenda Accorsi, most certainly was nothing...

A summer vacation in an American park turned life and death for Jiro and his friends. They alone survived.Decades later, the fortune Jiro's lost family had left rediscovered him.Garret Hampton offered...

Academic Researchers could be quite… Cutthroat. Yin adored traveling the space lanes while researching the earliest days of humanity's expansion into space. Pity it was difficult to pay one's way with...

Exiled from her home, Dana Sinead walks alone. Her friend and savior Dana Raelin is half a world away, leaving Sinead to find her own way. But the forces that nearly killed Sinead have spread their tentacles...

Death Hidden in the WallsWhen His Majesty made Chas the Lord of Castle Manor, he'd assumed that it would be a simple enough job. Discover where Lord Badr's missing adopted heirs went. Learn where his...

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...

Itoro's thighs burned as he climbed the heavy wooden stairs up to the top of the otters' waterslide. It was huge. Terrifying. Delightful.Shifters weren't supposed to be afraid. Itoro always was. No one...