Inside the Wolf (A Barbarian Angel Novelette)
What large teeth she has.
Garnet, a shapeshifter, is Skadeslake Fair’s peace offering to the Forest—her heart cannot beat on its own, but only when the peace offering from the Forest, Ryder, lives in her chest. They live a quiet life, alternating in each other’s hearts, but a devastating drought has brought Skadeslake to its knees. Grandmother, the bloodthirsty half-witch who dwells deep in the forest, has not brought the rains, and the people cannot fathom why.
Until, one day, she sends Garnet and Ryder a desperate cry for help.
Garnet and Ryder must ride into the darkest parts of the forest, where the monsters crave flesh and screams, to free Grandmother and their people. But as they wend their way through the shadows, they realize that the threat is much closer to home…
Antivenom (A House Lok Aza story)
She is venom.
Ivory survived the first wave of wyrms thanks to her guardian, Levi—a fae with snakes for hair. Levi found her as a baby and saved her from the death that awaited the rest of the world, but now a second wave of wyrms is encroaching, and Levi’s presence isn’t enough to keep Ivory safe anymore. They have one last, desperate plan: to inoculate Ivory using Levi’s venom and the wryms’ own venom. But the cure could be as deadly as the disease, and there is no scenario where Ivory walks out of this unchanged.
The Bittersweet Dark (An Essence Bane story)
Death’s mother is gone. Her chocolate is not.
Priyam Aqna—Death incarnate, prince of Night and Sleep—lost his mother centuries ago. She was only mortal. And she loved chocolate. She once owned a chocolate tavern, but since she died, Priyam hasn’t been able to bring himself to step foot in it.
Now it’s in disrepair, rotting away. And Priyam will no longer see his mother’s legacy desecrated by decay and vermin.
Recruiting his stylish friend, Aquilian ‘Quil’ Tectarus—immortal prince of miracles—Priyam cleans and refurbishes the tavern. But as he returns it to its beloved state, Priyam is forced face-to-face with the legacy he’s most neglected: the one she loved most.
Birdling
You know the story of King Arthur. This isn’t it.
Hode is descended of kings—specifically, King Aruthur and his scion Tristan. She is the one true heir of Britain. And she is in disguise. Britain is nothing like her home of Avalon, and is a phantom of the former glory in the stories Arthur and Tristan have told her.
It turns out, Britain’s stories tell a different tale of her beloved ancestors.
Confronted with a split, contradicting narratives, Hode returns to Avalon, searching for answers—even if the truth breaks her.