Series: Short Stories

Books. Power. Electricity. The wizard has everything forbidden the common people—and nobody even knows his name. For two girls barely in their teens, the mystery—and the temptations—prove irresistible. On a cold winter's night, they enter the wizard's garden to discover a treasure more precious than any they imagined—and a secret that tests their friendship beyond any civilized limits... More info →

Theo, a virtual monk, denies his hospitality to no one. After decades of lavish expense, his chief researcher joins him to celebrate the breakthrough he's been waiting for: the world's perfect, environmentally-friendly, completely ethical food. And what better way to celebrate than a feast of biblical proportions... More info →

He sits alone, with no name. A faceless creature with a single purpose, he lives in a small room. he knows only his consoles, his buttons, his screens--the surfaces of a control room for a great machine that he calls "the universe." More info →

A man stands in a train station, with a frock coat, waiting for someone. Someone whose arrival means more to him than his own life. Someone who takes his breath away, because they breath the same air. Who stole stole his heart, because they shared the same blood. Whose music moves in his body like a missing piece of his own soul. But with the train lost in the high mountains, will it arrive in time? Or will he spend his last days on Earth waiting in vain for Train Time? More info →

In the heart of the Amazon, a British adventurers discovers an ancient secret to the greatest power in the universe. More info →

From the industrial hell of 19th century Manchester to the high government offices of London, this century-spanning story chronicles the least favorite son of Britain's most powerful family--a mechanical genius whose curiosity and determination changed the course of history...by accident. More info →

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From the Greater London chapter of the Committee to Restrict the Accidental Population: A comprehensive guide for Her Majesty's subjects on dealing with the social problems and legal issues created by the so-called "accidental population." If you are finding your world complicated by vampires, resurrectionists, or the undead, this pamphlet will give you the vital information you need to survive awkward situations with your life and social standing intact, and in the process restore the dignity of the Empire. More info →

A world without secrets can still hold all kinds of surprises... More info →

As the earth drowns beneath an apocalyptic deluge, recently widowed Irene vows to spend the end of the world with a little bit of heaven: Dancing away her last night on Earth to the sounds of the best band in the world in a club just up the road where all is not what it seems... More info →

When police discovered a woman’s broken body at the bottom of a sea bluff in Southern Scotland in 1898, the residents of the small town she lived in began locking their doors at night. Only one man saw what happened, but he carried the secret of her death to his death bed. Wounded in the trenches on the Western Front, he gives his last confession... More info →

Thirty-five years ago, the local bag lady found ten children abandoned in a pit of quicksand by mile-marker thirty-five. Sacrificed to protect the reputation of the all-powerful Chiswick family, their survival remains a well-guarded secret. Now, as The Society of Miserable Bastards, they have plans for the family that abandoned them... More info →