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1) Wandslinger
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A ruined castle in the distance. Too small for a king or duke. Probably home to a baron or count. Before the Uprising.No nobles anymore. The emerald isle in the hands of clans, raiding each other's cattle.The wizards, all gone. Their memory alive in men like Mitom. Riding the land on his piebald gelding. Deadly with the stick of holly at his side.Wandslinger" – an imaginative short story of fantasy adventure that twists the American Wild West with...
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Portland, Oregon. A beautiful city, with a dark underside. Few suspect what monsters lie waiting in its shadows. Or its light rail tunnels…Derrick, in his best blue suit. Still clutching a dozen roses. Nursing a freshly shattered heart.Derek, riding on a MAX train to terror.Too Cold for Black Widows" – a chilling descent into horror at the edge of madness. If you like your monsters scary, don't miss this short story! From Stefon Mears, author...
3) Godforsaken
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The house looked as dead as its lawn.A lost place. An abandoned place. A godforsaken place.Just the place a broken man like Andre needs for the ritual. Just the place that could turn his life around."Godforsaken" – rough, emotional short story of contemporary urban fantasy. From Stefon Mears, author of the Cavan Oltblood series, and the Spells for Hire series.
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A six-story office building in downtown Portland, Oregon. A great place to work. A terrible place to be alone. At night. When the lights go out.A worse place to be when a scream breaks the silence."The Quality of Darkness" – a dark fantasy tale featuring a malevolent supernatural creature and a clever businessman. If you like dark deals, don't miss this short story! From Stefon Mears, author of The House on Cedar Street and The Right Kind of Stake....
5) Pact Breaker
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An elaborate private party, for the rich and beautiful. Names known throughout Portland, Oregon and beyond. Every one of them owes their wealth to a demonic pact. Their fortunes built on the suffering of innocents. Tonight, one man invades their midst. One man, who would topple all they have. If he can… "Pact Breaker" - an exciting short story of urban fantasy, featuring magic, demons and a hero with lots of attitude. From the twisted mind of Stefon...
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Rod and Brenda. A seemingly normal couple, living in a seemingly normal neighborhood on the outskirts of Portland, Oregon. But Rod and Brenda hunt monsters. Fight to keep Portland safe from creatures that haunt the night. Like the vampire that just moved in down the block. Only the one vampire. Not a problem for them, right? Wrong. And perhaps already too late… "Young Monster Hunters in Love" – a chilling and romantic short story of dark urban...
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Monsters hide among the suburbs. Roland McReedy knows because he works for one, under duress. "The Rajah." Roland and his partner Nelson hunt down occult oddities under threat of death for themselves, and worse for their families. Roland and Nelson face the night with only their knives, billy clubs, and wits to protect them.But the Rajah's latest demand pits Roland and Nelson against the foulest creatures in the San Francisco Bay Area, including a...
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Selwyn Robertson hunts ghosts for a cable television show.Tonight his team chases a rumor into the Missouri backwoods. The rumor of a vampire.And none of their high-tech toys will save them.Hunting Monsters, an intense dark urban fantasy novel of vampires, psychics, folk magic and starry wisdom, that will remind you why people across the world fear the dark. A standalone Edge of Humanity novel from Stefon Mears, author of the Spells for Hire and the...
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Devil's Night, the night before Halloween. A night when Bishop York and his best friend, Anselmo, tell scary stories.
Bishop and Anselmo plan big things for their senior year Devil's Night. First, the big high school Halloween dance with their girlfriends, Faye and Jewel. Then all four whisk away for scary stories and private fun at the most haunted site in Long Pine City.
Abandoned, mysterious Colver High School.
Unfortunately, terrors all too...
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The cabin. Deep in the Oregon woods. Solidly built. Over fifty years old. Maybe a thousand feet from the Willamette river. A beautiful bargain, way underpriced.
Stupid purchase for Jess and Steve. Two crazy kids, just out of college and into marriage. Yet over the years, their love made that cabin paradise.
But Jess died.
Now Steve returns one last time. Not intending to leave it alive.
But magic happens in the Oregon backwoods. "A Last Meal for...
11) Half a Wizard
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Half warrior, half wizard, all adventure.In a world where elves build on the bones of lost civilizations, Cavan Oltblood carves out a path to adventure. Not quite a warrior and not quite a wizard, this king's bastard rides with Ehren the smiling priest, and Amra, the deadliest swordswoman alive.Killers burst through the door at the worst time. So much for Cavan's bath, much less his date.Someone wants Cavan dead. Someone willing to kill everyone Cavan...
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When a god backs your credit card, the rewards are out of this world...Phil Jeffries, a musician with a very special credit card. Mercury Federal Credit Union. Excellent terms. Low interest. Bonus points for paying the balance every month.
Phil Jeffries, about to discover that those bonus points can change his life.
If he can live with the consequences. “Where Credit's Due" — an imaginative short story of contemporary fantasy that examines the...
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One knight stands between invaders and conquest.His secret mission ended in an ambush. Now Ser Colin awakens on a battlefield under the bodies of his friends, the last knight still alive. And the invaders have seized the town of Three Bridges, with river access to the whole kingdom.How can one lone knight lead a ragtag group of townsfolk to victory over warriors and wizards?With a Broken Sword, a rollicking fantasy adventure full of magic and excitement....
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Ten years ago, fledgling wizard Larek failed to slay the dragon Blackflame. Maybe worse, he failed to die heroically.Ten years, mocked and reviled as Larek the Burned, surviving as a near hermit.Now scouts spot Blackflame in Aeralfast once more, so Larek the Burned flees south with two other famous failures – disgraced warrior Dyrra Slow Sword and defrocked healer Sindra the Poisonous.They can run from the dragon. But can they run from themselves?Twice...
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South of the Dragon Spike Mountains. East of the Dwarfmarches. Here, clans of orcs rule the grasslands. And the Broken Tooth Clan stands mighty enough to make even the cursed elves hide in their Wailing Forest.Gorek. Fierce warrior of the Broken Tooth clan.But an even better cook.The future of the Broken Tooth rests on Gorek's cooking. But first, he must gather the savoriest – and most dangerous – of ingredients.The Great Orc Cook-Off" – a rollicking...
16) The Ice Dagger
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The Ice Dagger, a mighty mountain on the border of two lands. Where miners unearth gemstones buzzing with magic forgotten even by the elves of the southern deserts.
Cavan Oltblood, half wizard, half warrior, bastard son of a king. Even three of those gemstones radiate power beyond Cavan's dreams. His to command, if he can survive their secrets. But another covets those gemstones...And ancient monsters stir deep within that mountain.
The Ice Dagger,...
17) Drip, Drip, Drip
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Four friends, on their way down the coast. Ready for the joys and challenges of college in one of the biggest cities in the world: Los Angeles. Four native Oregonians, seeking one last wilderness adventure before settling into city life. One last hike. And one last cave. Not all of them would live to see Los Angeles. "Drip, Drip, Drip" – a dark fantasy tale featuring a spelunking nightmare. Fans of The Descent, don't miss this one!! From Stefon...
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Running around a high school track. A common form of exercise, even in rainy Portland, Oregon. An easy choice, for a man growing too sedentary behind his computer.
Running at dusk seems the obvious choice. After work, but before evening activities.
But at dusk, the veil of worlds thins. At dusk, sometimes things slip through.
And tonight, a simple jog turns into one man's race for his life.
"Running for Health" – a chilling short story of dark...
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Portland, Oregon. A city named for its portals, not its ports. Portals to other cities, other countries, other worlds…Scott, a man new to Portland. Playing basketball at a park near the river, when he hears a cry for help.Answering that cry will turn Scott's world upside down...Forever.Portal-Land, Oregon, a fun, exciting novel of contemporary fantasy, full of magic and wonder. From Stefon Mears, author of the Spells for Hire series and the Rise...
20) I Bleed Music
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Sinclair bleeds music. Better known as "Sin Man," he leads his band Backmasking with killer vocals, devastating charisma, and top-notch songwriting.
Today, Backmasking starts to tour Denmark. Not the country. The town in Oregon. A point of contention, made worse by a long drive. In an uncomfortable van. That starts making a funny noise.
Tempers flare. Violence. Ultimatums.
And a strange little cat named Puffer.
"I Bleed Music" -- a contemporary...
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