More Than What Came Before
It’s 2023, and life in Cambridge is good for Chester “Cheshire” Sommer. He has it all; however, he can’t help but feel that he deserves… more. When a flawless version of himself begins speaking to him in dreams, Chester listens. Other Chester understands his hunger for power and his resentment towards his watchful younger sister, Faye.
When Chester discovers the legend of a supernatural staircase hidden in the woods, he makes a wish that warps reality, causing Faye to vanish from his life and granting Other Chester a will of his own. Together, they chase fame and validation, convinced they’re destined for greatness.
But ambition curdles into obsession, and perfection demands a terrible price. Chester soon discovers that wanting more than what came before can destroy everything that comes after.
Roa Seeks (New Edition: OCTOBER 2026)
A circus of exiles. A hidden lock box. A key to the Abyss.
Agent Meecha Roa of the Aerieti Order has a new mission. He must travel to the planet of Itania, a place of legendary magic and strife, and assess why the demonic xalikai are more active of late.
But Meecha is a small fellow. And Itanian affairs prove more complex and dangerous than expected, each discovery leading to darker questions he dreads to face.
Can courage, a talent for mischief, and strange allies be enough against fiendish claws and cunning?
Or is this it for Agent Roa? The mission he will never return from.
To Save a Thorn (New Edition: OCTOBER 2026)
‘Why escape death by demon just to die at the hands of heroes?’
Taitu Jathaeri, a sixteen-year-old girl with arcane gifts, is impatient to leave her matriarchal home island.
When her guardian, a recluse witch, is murdered, Taitu is tasked to go to the dreaded mainland, find a mage in the ruins of Old Anvadore, and give him the artefact Arjanna hid for twenty years.
But Arjanna had many secrets. The young Thorn must learn who to trust and whether the murderers who now pursue her could mean ruin or salvation.
Has she unwittingly chosen the wrong side in a war that will release an ancient corrupting evil into the world of Itania?
Bumba Queen Weave
A short dark tale about memory, destiny, and love. A child and its toy dragon live in the woods with a witch.
One day, an eerie urge to find something they lost drives the duo deeper through the trees, defying the dreaded Bumba Queen and her minions who hounds them.
And the intricate truth about their strange story unravels...
Familiar
What would you do if you inherited a necklace that was as much trouble as it was worth?
Ruby Thrade rather likes hers, passengers and all. It is her birthright, a gift from her grandmother. It is also a trophy coveted by another.
A short story of dark deeds done to a cello's song.