A book-loving witch finds magic and mystery in a whimsical short story about the transformative power of friendship and community by the New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop. After a challenging divorce, Ashley joins a witchy book club in search of a new social life. But when members ... more >
Deck the halls with boughs of holly! ’Tis the season…for Santa’s lawyer to talk about the legal status of the workshop elves, for Christmas to arrive in an unexpected month, and for the innkeeper at the nativity to spill the beans about what really went down on that one night ... more >
I am not a great reader of short stories; my go-to reason being that I really like to get lost in a book and its characters. Short stories don’t really allow for that, in my mind. On the other hand, as I’ve gotten older I feel like my attention span ... more >
In “Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance,” a cloud-based contractor finds a human war criminal clinging to the hull of the ship. The clones of “All the Colors You Thought Were Kings,” about to attend their coming-of-age ceremony, are also plotting treason. During “A Temporary Embarrassment in Spacetime,” two ... more >
Knowledgeable Creatures by Christopher Rowe A dog detective is hired by a female human to investigate a murder that she committed. But of course, all is not as it seems in this strange, mysterious world rendered wonderfully by speculative fiction author Christopher Rowe. Review A dog detective? A confused possible ... more >
“I believe in the flapper as an artist in her particular field, the art of being – being young, being lovely.” — Zelda Fitzgerald A sparkling new collection of “flapper fiction”: stories featuring the iconic women who defined the Jazz Age Vivacious, charming, irreverent, the flapper is a girl who ... more >