Whether you’re in the mood for a fantastic adventure, an edge-of-your-seat horror tale or a budding romance, Winds of Winter is the perfect read for this holiday season - a gift for being wonderful readers. If you'd like to support us, we're donating 100% of the proceeds to SaveACat.org! Enjoy these 16 multi-genre short stories Grandpa never let them use the cabin after Christmas. And some rules are best not broken. Jeff Bacon – Christmas Wrath (Horror) When Doris, the family's black sheep loses her grandmother's diamonds, she's sure they'll never want to see her again. Louisa M. Bauman – The Mad Girl (Coming of Age) Prophecy demands Gage have absolute dominion over his Druidic powers, but his inner demons are putting everything at risk. Corina Douglas – Rising from the Ashes (Fairytales, Folklore & Myths) It’s just an ordinary game day for a weary non-player character…until something opens the rift. Paris Hansch – An NPC’s Christmas (GameLit) Cursed as a cat for 99 years, an immortal Fiend Hunter must re-evaluate his relationship with a nemesis. Laura Hawthorne – Lost Among Snowflakes (Fantasy) Hannah wanted direction. What she ended up with could change her future forever… H.R. Hobbs – The Blue Pendant (SciFi Adventure) He'd found the girl of his dreams, then a cat got in the way. Reen Jones – Candy Girl (Horror) Trapped in a mountain snow storm one family makes the best of their isolation, and a legend is born. Tasche Laine – The Legend of the Glass Stars (Contemp. Fic.) Will a prejudice rant send Sasha’s new interest running? Nola Li Barr – Sasha (Romance) A secret, a brotherhood, a father’s sin. What will Prince Thutmose do when he takes the crown? Lauren Lee Merewether – King’s Jubilee (Hist. Fic.) Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the ugliest of them all? Joy Monette – The Girl in the Mirror (Contemp. Fic.) Though they were partly human, the differences were too great. He would never be one of them. Leigh Roberts – The Outsider (Fantasy, Myths & Legends) Kevin is about to take on the galaxy until his little sister makes an outrageous request... A.L. Rugova – The Lost Tradition (SciFi Dystopian) A winter menace reigns terror on mice, but can it stand against their new champion? Alicia Scarborough – Crimson Eyes (Urban Fantasy Poetry) Can a telepathic cat and her mistress solve a robbery and welcome the culprit into town? Melanie Snow – Trouble in Winter Paradise (Cozy Mystery) She wakes up after dying for the eighth time…but now she must fight to the death to release her true form. Qatarina Wanders – Ninth Life (Dark Urban Fantasy)
Authors
Tasche Laine has worked as a journalist, teacher, and book editor. Her published works include book award winners CLOSURE and CHAMELEON, two short story anthologies: Winds of Winter and Wings of Prophecy, the young adult mystery series, CHRONICLES OF V, and the children’s book series, Lil Peter, she co-writes with her husband, Peter Valdez. Tasche grew up in a small town in Oregon, has lived all over the U.S., and currently lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and puppy, Story. She also visits family in southern California as often as possible. For more information, please visit her website at taschelaine.com. From the Author Closure is based on events from my life and has been fictionalized to protect the identities of the people involved, as well as for literary effect. Even though this story is deeply personal, it would not let me rest until I told it. I feel an obligation to tell it, to be a voice for those who feel silenced. My story addresses some difficult topics. It’s time to acknowledge the prevalence of these issues—the first step as a catalyst for change. I was inspired to speak out by Milck’s song, “Quiet.” I can’t keep quiet anymore. I hope that readers will see this book as more than just a story about two kids who fell in love. Because life is so much more complicated than that. Yes, there is a love story here, but it is also a life story. I was inspired to see it through to publication because I feel I have been given a second chance—I almost lost my voice to a thyroid tumor, and my life to kidney cancer—I survived both, and now I’m making a difference.
Paris Hansch (Homo sapiens) is a fantasy fanatic, biologist and avid reader, native to Australia. Common behaviour includes living in her own nerdy world of sword and sorcery, playing D&D and writing kickass women in fiction. Armed with her motto of, 'No More Damsels In Distress', she battles to see a world where everyone can stand as equals, have the freedom to be exactly who they are and portray real female characters we can show our daughters and say, 'be like her'. Will you join her on this journey? https://parishansch.com/jointhejourney
Whenever Lauren Lee Merewether visits a place seemingly untouched by time, an emotionally intense family saga is born soon after. Lauren writes family sagas set in ancient places, merging the drama, coming of age, women's fiction, and sweet romance genres. She loves to daydream about times long past while sipping green tea and watching the experts on the Discovery channel unearth our ancestors' civilizations. She likes to dive into history and find overlooked, under-appreciated and relatively unknown tidbits of our past to craft engaging stories with characters who love and lose, fight wrong with right, and hope in times of despair. If you like page-turning dramatic plots, simple style and dialogue, stories that evoke strong emotions, well-researched historical settings, and characters with genuine, relatable feelings, a majority of Lauren's reader reviews say you will like her books. Her upmarket fiction stories contain non-gory violence, no profanity, and no explicit sex/nudity in their pages. While she has gone to great lengths to ensure sensitive subject matters are dealt with in a compassionate and respectful manner, some subject matter in her books may be troubling for some readers. Follow and connect with Lauren on: BookBub - bookbub.com/authors/lauren-lee-merewe... Facebook - facebook.com/llmbooks Instagram - instagram.com/llmbooks Pinterest - pinterest.com/llmerewether/llm-books Twitter - twitter.com/llmbooks TikTok - @llmbooks For more information about Lauren, grab some free prequels with email sign-up, and read more about her upcoming books, visit www.laurenleemerewether.com "...[Merewether] is an author who knows how to balance all the most interesting and well-researched elements of ancient history with emotional parallels to modern life and drama so that every character resonates with contemporary readers."
- K.C. Finn for Readers' Favorite
Corina Douglas lives at the bottom of the world in the paradise of New Zealand. When she isn't kiddo wrangling or running her editing business, Burning Legacies Publishing, she can be found exploring the forest, doing that stretchy yoga thing, or with her nose in a good book. She writes new adult fantasy based on Celtic mythology, with Game of Thrones and ACOTAR vibes. You’ll find her stories full of emotional angst, fast-paced action, and kick-butt heroes. Visit Corina at: www.corinadouglas.com Book editing: www.burninglegaciespublishing.com Connect with Corina on: Tiktok: https://tiktok.com/@corina.douglas.au... Facebook: https://facebook.com/corina.douglas.a... Instagram: https://instagram.com/CDouglas\_author Pinterest: https://pinterest.com/CDouglas\_author
