Over the years, I have written a number of short stories and novellas to accompany the Cassandra Palmer novels. These were gifted to my readers on my web page, where they remain. But some people wanted them revised and gathered together into a single anthology, which is how this collection came about. I should note here that do not include the Lia de Croissets shorts, which were written for anthologies and over which I do not have the rights to self-publish. I have, however, included the Pritkin POV scene from Tempt the Stars, which is also on my web page, as it was as much a short story as a missing scene. I hope you will enjoy. "The Gauntlet", "The Queen's Witch", "The House at Cobb End", "Shitty Beer" "A Family Affair", Shadowland" "Pritkin's POV from Tempt the Stars" "The Day of the Dead" "Black Friday."