What happens when four boys confess to the murder of a woman who died a hundred years ago.? The violent encounter Rowan Everly survived in college jolted awake her psychic power to see past images while holding a related object. At the behest of a friend, she comes to the privileged prep school town of Millburn, New York, to investigate the current crime, and hopefully clear her friend's son's name. Rowan's deeply ingrained mistrust of men makes her question where her loyalties lie. The deeper she investigates, the less anything makes sense. The boys seem truly horrified by what happened-almost as if they hadn't had control over it. Her initial encounter with sheriff Toby Candusco isn't pleasant for either of them. But his calm support of her, and his unwavering desire to see justice done, gives her the strength to not only face her fears, but to reexamine the core beliefs that shape who she is. Only then can she face and destroy the real menace.and save everyone around her.

Waking the Witch

Is it better to keep quiet or to tell? Is it better to keep your cards to your chest or open up? Keeping a secret can destroy a marriage. Revealing a secret can destroy a country. When it comes down to it, though, secrets forever alter the people involved. Writer and editor Dayle A. Dermatis assembles a compelling mix of stories that run the gamut from crime to fantasy to romance, from happy to sad to thrilling. They all share one thing: the incredible voices of some of today's top fiction writers.

Secrets Keep Themselves: An Anthology of Private Whispers

Teenager Anwyn Glas goes by Annie to avoid being teased by her peers in Tuscon, AZ. But when her mother drives across the Severn Bridge into Wales with Anwyn and her brother, Ewan, Anwyn decides maybe her name fits her. When they reach the old family cottage and walk through the woods to a mysterious circle in a meadow, Anwyn discovers just how much she had to learn about her magical Welsh heritage.

In Faery Rings, the Truth of Things

Narnia. Pern. Fillory. Oz. Earthsea. Middle Earth. Fionvar. Fantasy fans read to escape to another world. Your job as a writer is to make that world so compelling, they never want to leave. Here's a book to get you thinking about the historical details to use and the concepts to ponder in order to create rich, chewy, and believable fantasy worlds. Filled with trivia, tidbits, and a slew of resources, and written in a light, engaging style, Researching History for Fantasy Writers is a must-read for any author of high fantasy. Bestselling author and historical re-creationist Dayle A. Dermatis has lived in the UK and traveled extensively in Europe, plus she has a lot of knowledgeable friends. She wants more amazing, fully realized fantasy worlds to fall into.

Researching History for Fantasy Writers: How to Use Historical Detail to Make Your Fantasy Worlds Rich and Compelling

Mia Jones accepts her dream job of exploring and mapping out the acres of gardens at Dyffryn Tywyll historic estate in Snowdonia, Wales, decades-long-neglected and overgrown. She doesn't know about its history. She doesn't know what lurked beneath the tangled bramble and ivy. So much she doesn't know when she took the job. From the spellbinding author of Ghosted and Beautiful Beast, gripping short story "Dark Valley" won't be easily forgotten. "Dark Valley" is part of Uncollected Anthology Issue 32: Mystical Maps.

Dark Valley - Uncollected Anthology, #32

Love. An essential and important part of the human experience. And in Feel the Love, editor Mark Leslie takes readers on a journey through the various forms of that powerful emotion. From the heartwarming to the heartbreaking, these eighteen talented writers brilliantly capture the concept of love. Comforting and thoughtful, uplifting and warm, these stories might just restore your faith in humanity."Thief" by Michael Kowal"Death's Other Cousin" by Lisa Silverthorne"Making Amends" by David Stier"Frostwitch vs. the Ravages of Time" by Dayle A. Dermatis"The Goddess Killer" by Lauryn Christopher"Love Locks" by Dale Hartley Emery"Love Bots" by Dæmon Crowe"Loving Abby" by Angela Penrose"Foiled" by Brigid Collins"A Love to Remember" by Tonya D. Price"The Refurbished Companion" by Kelly Washington"The Secret of Catnip" by Stefon Mears"Lifeblood" by Alexandra Brandt"Who Loves the Unloved?" by Laura Ware"Henry and Beth at the Funeral Home" by Joe Cron"Truth and Lies" by David H. Hendrickson"With Love in Their Hearts" by Robert Jeschonek"Every Day New, Bright and Beautiful" by Annie Reed"The Fiction River series is a wonderful mind-expanding read..."-Astro Guyz

Fiction River: Feel the Love - Fiction River: An Original Anthology Magazine, #31

From the heat of summertime Italy to the icy winter of upstate New York, the stories in this collection all feature one common element: strong women who stand up and face their fears. Whether to protect themselves or loved ones, to fight injustice and right a wrong, they find ways to prevail. Includes the story "The Scent of Amber and Vanilla, " which was called "a nail-biter" by Publisher's Weekly and received an honorable mention in The Year's Best Crime & Mystery 2016.

Voices Carry and Other Stories of Women and Crime

Superstitions pervade every culture and belief system. Often, the origins of such superstitions elude their practitioners. The seventeen authors in this latest volume of Fiction River create their own superstitious tales in fascinating stories ranging from dark and moody to light and fun, from introspective and thought-provoking to high-ratcheted tension. Distinct and realistic elements of humanity, love, fear, family, friendship, life, and death provide unforgettable experiences that prove we all practice some form of superstition, whether we admit it or not.".fertile imaginations take these ideas to wild and wonderful directions."-Astro Guyz

Fiction River: Superstitious - Fiction River: An Original Anthology Magazine, #32

Longtime copyeditor Lydia Menchin prides herself in having memorized The Chicago Manual of Style and being able to focus despite distractions. But the tech company she works for still fires her, assuming her age made her unable to understand electronic newsletters. Lydia still reads the newsletter and finds the mistakes the new, clearly inferior editor misses. Until she starts to suspect the errors might just be intentional.. "Bothering With the Details" originally appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, 2018.

Bothering With the Details: A Copyediting Cozy Mystery Short Story

Brittani Menchin, decidedly not popular high school student, gained a reputation when she rescued some popular kids from their own stupidity. A reputation as the Fixer. And now head cheerleader Tara Kildare wants her help. The parents of Tara's girlfriend, Chaya, want Tara arrested for the statutory rape of their daughter, because they don't condone the lesbian relationship. That makes Brittani's blood boil.time to fix it. Fans of Veronica Mars will love this first story featuring justice-seeking Brittani Menchin, not-quite-six-feet-tall math nerd and high school Fixer. "Girl With a Mission" originally appeared in Fiction River: Hard Choices, 2018, and was republished in Powerful Girls: A YA Short Story Collection, 2020.

Girl With a Mission - Brittani Menchin Justice

In the future, orbiting space stations function as prep schools, removing teens from the temptations of drugs and alcohol and even playing hooky. They still find ways to act out. When the others deliberately lock Judy outside after an illegal game of tag wearing grav boots, she knows something-something-lurks behind her.. A science fiction horror short story that will make you happy you're still on solid ground.

Get Inside

After former party girl Nikki Ashburne accidentally overdoses and briefly dies, she wakes up able to see ghosts. A good thing, because she lost all her other friends in the process. Now she runs ghosts tours of Los Angeles with her spirit-friends' help. So when someone starts exorcising the ghosts of Hollywood, Nikki scrambles to find the perpetrator before her livelihood-and her only friends-vanish forever. Come for the ghosts. Stay for the snark. Just keep your mitts off Nikki's friends.

Ghosted - Nikki Ashburne, #1

Is Prince Charming really interested in Cinderella.or are her shoes what really captured his attention? A modern retelling of the classic fairy tale-with a twist! A "funny (and rather ingenious)" short story (Errant Dreams Reviews). "If the Shoe Fits" originally appeared in The Trouble With Heroes (DAW, 2009).

If the Shoe Fits

Brownies-not the little girls or the fudgy treat kind, but the Scottish pixie kind-help take care of households by being superior with household chores. Agnes and Neil, from different brownie clans and working at different manor houses, both prided themselves in their custard. Custard, which requires the best, freshest eggs. A chance meeting over a favorite clutch of eggs starts Agnes and Neil on an adventure, and the chance to create something new. Their story will never be forgotten. Editor Dean Wesley Smith says of "Custard, " "Dayle Dermatis.is a storyteller whose compelling and playful prose I will follow down virtually any path." "Custard: A Romeo and Juliet Story (Sort Of)" originally appeared in Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, 2021.

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