Stories

A demon baby, a custody battle, and one very dysfunctional family.

When a desperate woman dumps a fire-breathing toddler on Taine's doorstep, the philosophy professor's life explodes into chaos. Now he's navigating demonic family court with his undead ex, his wrestling-obsessed almost-boyfriend, and a cherub who hasn't practiced law in 3,000 years. Between the Latin-speaking infant, the thousand-soul debt, and the wedding they accidentally crashed, this found family is about to learn that hell hath no fury like a grandmother with a fireproof cardigan.

Imprisoned in the Orinovo, Ainreth is experimented on in an attempt to figure out lightweaver creation. Things seem hopeless, until unlikely allies join his side to help him.

Meanwhile in Lys-Akkaria, Mhalyn works with the rebels to come up with a rescue plan to get Fennrin out of Daryan's clutches and ensure he permanently loses his power over the country.

A carnivorous god is rising in Leamington Spa. His magical meat turns eaters into monsters, his pet plant just attacked a vegan café, and he's got his sights set on the undead boy who dared to choose tofu dogs over his "sacred" flesh. Now a philosophy professor in a teenager's body, his wrestler boyfriend, an anxious warlock with a dramatic demon in his head, and a sun-kissed cherub with a very personal grudge must burn Edgar's operation to the ground—before the whole town becomes his next meal.

Zereth has returned, and peace is over.

Prince Trillion has spent his life defying the fate chosen for him. The kingdom expects him to accept the bond that ties him to Ember, the god-marked boy he’s meant to love—his cousin.

But Trillion has never wanted a destiny he didn’t choose.

Now war is rising, and a weapon is turning bonds into something deadly.

They’re told to stay apart. To resist.

But the closer danger draws, the harder that becomes. Because in a war built to break bonds, loving each other might destroy them—or save them.

A grumpy hedge knight desperate for a squire buys a blind stable boy for three years' wages. He expected useless. He got a boy who can hear lies in a man's voice, calm any horse with a touch, and navigate by sounds others miss. Now they're marching to crusade, surrounded by enemies who'd destroy them—if the magic rising in the East doesn't kill them first.

Sam never expected to abandon his modest life as a blacksmith’s apprentice, yet the harrowing death of his parents leaves him no choice. When the reserved knight errant Ser Graeme proffers him a place at his side, Sam grasps at the chance for escape, despite having no clear destination.

With winter closing in, they aim to reach the city of Langscott before the roads become impassable. Their journey, however, is delayed by a chance encounter: an offer of coin too tempting to refuse. The task is far beyond their expertise, but to earn a living on the road, risk often becomes a matter of routine.