magical realism

Aioffe and Joshua return to Tudor England seeking a safe haven for their family, yet celestial portents predict disaster. Under Queen Mary I's rule, the Catholic church has gripped power and the fae are in danger and unwelcome. Imprisoned for murder, their friend and se'er witch Nemis awaits her trial, but is crippled by visions of royal deaths. When Queen Mary dies, political and religious upheaval shroud the horrifying truth. Aioffe and Joshua are the only people who believe Nemis's prophecy... a killer of queens has started a campaign of terror.

Dinn’s mind is frazzled and frayed. He needs relief but refuses to take medication to solve his problem. Wanting to bring relief but only opening Pandora’s Box when a solution comes in an unexpected manner, a contraption designed by his engineer friend Seamus, Dinn is elated. But when word of the contraption gets out to their mutual friend Dorian, Dinn and Dorian explore widely different views on what it is they need relief from.

After former engineer Scott Hathaway saves his new home from a power hungry baron, his new wizard friends organize an expedition to the Dead Zone to find more power enhancing magic crystals in an attempt at finding a way to send him home. but they aren't really prepared for what the will find there!

After being accidentally summoned to a world where magic is real, can engineer Scott Hathaway make sense of his new surroundings? He finds he must use modern knowledge to help his new friends survive an attack by a power hungry Baron.

Adrian Blacklion always knew magic was real. He just hated it. All he wanted was to live a normal life. Until a vision tells him his long-missing father is in trouble. Dragged back into the magical world, Adrian has to fight spell-to-spell. Both for his own freedom, and to discover who's behind all of it. The underworld crime boss of Govan? The Dread Snake of the North? Something - or someone - worse?

Ebony Rose is a popular features journalist who has always fit in until one morning she wakes up different. Her once-normal existence becomes paranormal, and with the sudden reappearance of her ex-boyfriend, her life becomes far more complicated. As emotions run high, Ebony must learn to control herself before someone close to her gets hurt – or worse. But how?

One city ruled by technology. One township losing its magic. One reluctant witch could bridge the divide… or bring ruin to them both. Jade thought she could run from her tragic past. She thought she’d left magic behind. When she learns her aunt was murdered, she has no choice but to return to the magic that betrayed her. Facing her fears, becoming coven leader, and discovering who killed her aunt, all seems too much to face. It’s a good thing she’s not alone.

Robert thought becoming a dynamicist would enable him to change the world, starting with saving all his friends from being slaughtered. He was wrong. Acts of genuine creativity used to bring mortal punishment. But now, wizardry is dead and Robert, Koria and Eloise live in a world where change and invention is possible.

Would it kill you to create something genuinely new? In Robert's world, it used to. Supernatural vengeance for invention is now a thing of the past. Young, optimistic, quick of mind and quick to act, Robert thinks being invited to the New School is an invitation to change the world. But change is difficult when there is no history of innovation.

Finn Foster is done with the dismal, dusty desert of the Southwest, and is determined to add a little excitement to her existence. Sure, she had to slalom her way cross-country, dodging a rogue stoner squirrel here and an overly amorous moose there, but Finn has made it to the East Coast and is about to achieve her lifelong dream of going to oceanography school.

Inspired by the works of international artists, this award-winning collection contains nineteen spellbinding Young Adult - New Adult magical realist, paranormal, slipstream, alternate history, and fabulist tales linked by a novella: Peter John Rizzo, a 1960 graduate of Yale University's journalism program, inherits a floundering art magazine from his uncle, John Rizzo, with the provision that he must increase the circulation or forfeit all assets to creditors.