Benign Flame was born out of my conviction that for fiction to impact readers, it should be the soulful rendering of characters rooted in their native soil but not the hotchpotch of local and foreign caricatures sketched on a hybrid canvas.
The Railway Angelby Julie DayAfter a game of dare at a train station goes tragically wrong, fifteen year-old Lizzie Hammond becomes a lost angel, until she is tested and sent back to Earth to stop a teenager from risking their life on railway tracks, with persuasion...
Bedtime storyby Alim Kanoukoev'I see the blackness in its face, I see the blackness and I can't stop...'there is nothing....I can't stop...please make me blind'It is said that fear makes us do the most terrible things. But what if it is all those terrible things we...
Ionshakerby Felix TimothyTrey's wife, his wife's shrink and his attorney are shot dead as his ex-girlfriend Robin who narrowly escapes death and gets admitted in ICU in critical condition, soon disappears from the hospital. The four of them knew about Ionshaker - a...
The Philosopher In Armsby Karen WehrsteinDestroyed By The Fire, a global cataclysm of unclear nature, civilization is rising slowly again, with rival nation-states warring over land and power. Relics of pre-Fire technology remain, most often considered magical....
Sleuths of Sorceryby Anne Hutchins and Bart A. Marchand'Another sleet-soaked muck through the countryside,' Guardsmen Ifan Beland muttered to his flanksman, Guardsman Uist Carlh. 'Gods, it's falling down thick as pudding, yet! So much for being part of Lord Vaukmond's...
Refuge of Delayed Soulsby MiladysaElizabeth returns to RoYds; an Agency that investigates the paranormal. A bit rich of RoYds really, especially when they have several ghosts and a pair of fallen angels on their staff. Then again, Whituth is no ordinary town, nor...
Two Shaky Towers : A Fableby Joe BlowA tribe who live on the beach between a forest and a lake are so terrified by the discovery of a spider two feet across living beneath the sand that they seek refuge in a pair of towers. Those who like to eat fish build a tower...
Witching Again! by Stephanie Dagg Fun and adventure in this last story in the Witch's Dog trilogy. The Witch's Dog is the first story, and De-Witched is the second. After she was moved out of her cavern and into a flat by social workers, Carol became de-witched. She...