A disappearing watch. A thief in the night. Whispers around every corner... Then a mist rolls into town and refuses to dissipate. Alva Viola Taverner has lived in her small town all of her life, working as a car tech while saving for her little sister to go to university. But everything is about to change as the veil between our world and the world of the faeries weakens and falls. Suddenly, even the smallest bump in the night can prove the deadliest. \\This is the first installment of a serialized novel AURORA AWARDS NOTE: If you're reading this to prepare your nominations slate, please note that all five serialized parts create the full novel marked as eligible in the Aurora Awards. (Nigh 1-5). Happy reading!

The mists have lifted, leaving behind a shattered world. Still reeling from the loss of her best friend, Alva Viola Taverner must trust the mysterious watchmaker to keep them safe. But the road to safety is strewn with bodies and, up ahead, the faeries still thirst for human blood. \*Second installment of the serialized novel. "The first great serialized novel of 2015" - Black Gate Magazine "Nigh’s first installment bodes simultaneously fantastic and terrifying for the balance of the novel." - The Page of Reviews "There’s a soothing, almost seductive quality to Marie’s writing that lulls you into a sense of ordinariness, only to slam you with a new and rapidly changing reality that leaves you as breathless and reeling as the characters…over and over and over." - Linda Poitevin, author of the Grigori Legacy "Bilodeau has embraced a storytelling method made popular by Charles Dickens, Armistead Maupin and Stephen King but she’s given it new life and an incredible sense of urgency. " - Jamieson Wolf, bestselling author

Alva Viola Taverner never thought she would reach safety, especially not in a world so different than her own fractured one. But sometimes, safety can be the most dangerous blessing of all.

\fourth part in a serialized novel\ With the hopes of the faerie realm turned to dust, Alva Viola Taverner and Hector Henry Featherson strike the final blow to the veil between worlds, shattering it and returning them to the human realm. But one hundred years has passed for humanity, and things have changed. The world awaiting them now bears larger teeth and sharper claws, and it hungers for much more than their lives.

The world didn’t end. It shifted. Adapted. Changed. Everything Alva Viola Taverner has ever understood or known is gone. She’s a mechanic in a world of magic and faeries, where gears long ago turned to rust and dust. Only one thing now matters: surviving long enough to save those she considers her family. But when the world itself is destroyed by the fairy tale, can there be a happily ever after? \\ Final installment in the serialized novel \\ "The first great serialized novel of 2015." - Black Gate Magazine