C is for Chimera

Silversong

Growing up in The Warren — gnomish slums in a big, human, city — Garryn Silversong has one goal. He wants to become a powerful wizard and use that power to rescue himself, his mother and his best friend from the dream-destroying poverty they are forced to exist in.

Armed with only a harp, a stolen book about arcane theory, and single-minded determination, Garryn claws his way up from obscurity, becoming a household name. 

But when unimaginable tragedy comes to The Warren, Garryn discovers there are things that fame and money can not buy. Will he find a way to protect those who are most important to him or he will spiral down into oblivion, taking them with him?

B is for Broken

Prairie Spirit(s)

Poetry about the spirit of the prairies and the spirits that haunt them.

Deadly droughts, malevolent entities and snow drifts that keep secrets (at least until thaw) are just some of the encounters, spooky and otherwise, that await you in Prairie Spirit(s).

G is for Ghosts

A teenage girl’s classmates begin disappearing only to haunt her dreams, ships full of ghostly passengers in need of release test those who are tasked to give them peace, psychopomps whose job is guiding the spirits of the dead to the other side meet in a support group, and more fill these pages.

A is for Apocalypse

Dark Waters

Water doesn’t need to be deep to be dark.

A remote lake where the locals wear iron anklets for protection, a ghost ship, a goddess, a pearl diver who finds much more than she’s looking for, the true story about a familiar fairy tale and more all lurk within these pages.

A is for Apocalypse

Arcana

Tarot card decks have twenty-two major arcana, filled with symbolism and imbued with meaning. Explore the greater secrets and ideas behind those cards with the stories and poems of Arcana. Discovery awaits, in tales such as: a grasping king struggling with his legacy; an alchemist setting a golem out on a mission of revenge; and a woman finding what she didn’t know she was looking for.

News

2019 Pushcart Nominations

Every year I have the honour of nominating work for The Pushcart Prize, which is meant to recognize the best of the small press world. This year I am pleased to nominate the following stories, each of which was first published in F is for Fairy this spring. Glamours...

F is for Fairy Available Now

“Anyone who believes that faeries are wee, golden-haired creatures with dragon-fly wings and sweet intentions has never met a real faerie.” –Suzanne Willis, “A Silver Thread Between Worlds” Retellings of familiar favourites from new perspectives, and brand new stories...

E is for Evil Available Now

The fifth installment of the Alphabet Anthologies, E is for Evil, is available now!   E is for Evil contains twenty-six individual stories which each shine a different light on the multi-faceted idea that is evil. Running the gamut from lyrical fantasy to gritty...

Prairie Starport Released

Prairie Starport: Stories in Celebration of Candas Jane Dorsey is available now! This collection of short stories, essays and interviews in celebration of Candas Jane Dorsey contains work by Timothy J. Anderson, Greg Bechtel, Eileen Bell, Gregg Chamberlain, Alexandrea...