A woman enters Winston's magic shop seeking a new face. Winston has small magic and tells her he lacks the power. Next thing he knows, she winds up dead. Is it his fault for refusing her? And can he... more »

Winston's familiar, an elderly black cat named Buster, has a last wish: He wants a Viking funeral. Winston, a shy man who is on the run from the police, doesn't want to call attention to himself in ... more »

An almost apologetic Dark Lord explains and tries to justify his life's work to the unwary hero who's gatecrashed his sanctum.

To make a king sometimes is the work of many generations. To un-make a king, likewise.

No one may look upon the face of Sahtiel, the beautiful and cruel lord of the empire of Aerhad-el-Raas, and live. The woman Lyren, a thief and stranger to the city makes the grave mistake of raising... more »

A pair of rogues discovers that sometimes the trick can have a sting in its tail as they enter into a game they hadn't bargained for.

Short, sweet, and funny. This story is perfect for reading aloud to a young girl, but should also appeal to the average fantasy reader who enjoys an occasional short humor story. There is only one f... more »

The story begins with the classic tale of an evil magician destroying every other living magician until he finally reaches the last, and least of the magicians left and from there the tale takes an ... more »

The raiders had slaughtered the defenders. But they spared Reila, seeking the answer to the mystery of her coterie's magical strength. If they succeed in carving the answer out of her, her homeland ... more »

Once a warrior, Darb has found peace in his mountain hamlet, and happily let his sword rust. Now he must take up his weapon and defend his home against the sorceress who plagues it.

Sometimes the gates between the dimensions are unpredictable. London just isn't what it used to be for some.

A short fantasy story with a young adult protagonist that reveals that all is seldom as simple and straightforward as it seems.

Santa Claus? Please.

Dragons and tigers are traditional enemies in medieval Japan. So what happens when the one becomes a student of the other?

When you're a teenager, no one understands you. It's worse when you're a teenage necromancer.

Even ogres have grandmothers who knit. They just knit something else.

This is a modern look at witches with a tongue-in-cheek premise about why some people gain weight after marriage while others remain bone thin. This is the kind of story that you want to pass around... more »

Forcing a sylph to pay child support is always a tricky business.

When you can't keep up with all the knights trying to steal your treasure, you just have to get creative. [Author Note: This story is a prequel to "Hoard," the very first short story I ever sold. I ... more »

Peter's friends are violently ejected from his world, only to find themselves in a land of pink-tinged fog and flaming trees, triple moonscapes and eye-burningly bright skies--a land as unbelievably... more »

Peter Trevick and his friends have only recently returned from a world dominated by pink fog, flaming trees, voracious mud, and hellish cherubs. A land where threats lie hidden in the murk, and dang... more »

Children fear the monster under the bed or the creature in the closet. But Victorian climbing boys, the poorest of the poor, have neither beds nor closets. What sort of monster would they fear? [Aut... more »

Hired gun Maurice "Lightning" Epstein arrives in the frontier town of Cumberland, Wyoming, too late. The town has hired "Bullseye Bixby" to rid them of local road agents. To save his job, Lightning ... more »

The fact that the author teaches sex education has nothing to do with the writing of this story. Nope. Nothing at all.

In this world, everyone gets a familiar. Everyone.