Standalone Books, Stories, or Unrelated Series

These days anxiety seems to be the new fashion that nobody wants, but it’s all around us. So we put together an anthology meant for a single purpose: sheer escapism.What suggests escapism more than the pageantry, elegance, and panache of a ballroom? Be it a house party for diplomats and thieves or Almacks in a side-universe in which the...

Hera is angry with Zeus and the rest of the male gods. She takes their powers, and comes to Earth, handing them out to random old women, saying that the weakest have the most wisdom, and further warns them to prove her right!

This tongue-in-cheek urban fantasy novelette by Sherwood Smith features old women, including one disabled, whose take on...

In this near future novella depicting a government always watching you for your own good, teenage Lys finds out that her family has been selected for a reality show. The promised megabucks are conditional upon the family being interesting enough to catch the interest of fellow Americans. Lys and her drummer brother and overworked elder sister go...

A starving English major desperate for a job goes on an interview, where she is turned loose in a ballroom full of books...

This story is an homage to those who love works with grace and wit such as Jane Austen wrote, who regard fan fiction as part of the river of story, and who wonder just what universal imagination can achieve...

At long last! The finale to Sherwood Smith’s Oz trilogy is here! Journey back to Oz with Dori and Emma, along with old favorites like Scraps and Polychrome, as they travel through the skies over Oz. There’s a plot afoot with a dastardly villain who kidnapped Princess Dorothy in Smith’s first book, The Emerald Wand of Oz. It’ll take Glinda, Rikki...

Athena’s Daughters is a collection of short fiction by women about women from some of the best writers in science fiction and fantasy today.

Not your grandmother’s fairy tales...

From the far-ranging imaginations of Book View Café authors comes this delirious collection of classic tales newly twisted into dark, dangerous, and occasionally hilarious re-tellings. From the golden isles of Greece to the frozen north, from fairytale castles to urban slums, join us on an unforgettable...

Noblebright fantasy is fantasy with a thread of hope even in the darkest hour, with characters who strive to do the right thing, even when it costs them everything.

In this exciting collection of noblebright fantasy, fresh new fantasy voices and award-winning authors explore grief and hope, sacrifice and heroism. Rediscover the best aspect of...

There are secret powers that might get you locked up or spirited away. And then there are the secrets that get you shunned. The first kind are surprisingly un-useful at helping with the second.

At the Publisher’s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Twelve noblebright fantasy novels of beauty and wonder!

Noblebright fantasy characters have the courage to risk kindness, honesty, integrity, and love; to fight against their own flaws and the darkness of the world around them; and to find hope in a grim world.

This boxed set includes novels by:
C. J. Brightley - The King’s Sword: A...

Magic—danger—and the thrill of the chase!

Experience the rush of racing across rooftops with thieves—or the desperation of fleeing an assassin who knows you a little too well. From the fish market of a tropical island sultanate, to the monster-filled alleys of a steampunk London, to a land where souls take different forms as they rise or fall...

True love gets even better with age!

A close-knit circle of older women find mythic shifter mates in one swoony, ready-to-binge collection!

From a fierce silver dragon to a powerful unicorn king, mythic shifters find their mates among the silver generation . . . and discover that fiery passion is ageless!
This hilarious, heart-warming collection...