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Star-Touched Queen, The

Fate, Love, and Demon Horses Author: Roshani Chokshi Maya’s horoscope has kept her sequestered. She is hated in the harem. Outcast by the other women. After all, her doomed future could spill over onto them, onto their children. She is destined to bring death and destruction, and many think that the kingdom would be better without her presence. Her mother is already dead. Who else is next? The weird thing about prophecy, however, is the twists and turns you take to arrive at a final destiny. On the eve of the destruction of her empire, as Maya prepares to end her [...]

2024-10-27T09:27:27-07:00October 27th, 2024|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Thistlefoot

Chicken Houses and Scattershot Plots Author: Genna Rose Nethercott Baba Yaga is a witch who lives in a house that walks on chicken legs. Her powers are both weird and wonderful, her abilities uncanny, her morality an ephemeral thing. One day she will cure you, the next she’ll strip the skin from your body to make her daughters’ slippers. Her legacy is one of magic, but it’s also one of generational trauma, of haunted memories, of death and destruction. Today, Baba Yaga has two flighty descendants. Isaac Yaga, aka Chameleon Man, was born with the power to emulate anyone, to shed [...]

2024-10-21T10:36:46-07:00October 21st, 2024|Tags: , , , , , |

Shark Heart

Would you still love me if I were a shark? Author: Emily Habeck Newlyweds Lewis and Wren dream of many things. Lewis, a failed actor and beloved teacher, still dreams that one day he will write the play to end all plays. And Wren, she dreams of never being abandoned again, of embracing someone who will stay. Both will have their hearts broken. Lewis notices the changes at first and thinks nothing of them, but eventually he puts aside his avoidance and goes to the doctor. The diagnosis is stark. His body is, indeed, changing, and there is nothing they can [...]

2024-10-15T10:24:39-07:00October 15th, 2024|Tags: , , , , , , |
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