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  • Winter Sale and Awards Eligibility

    Want to finish off the year by finishing off the Silver series? Now the Silver series is complete, you can pick up the ebooks of the final novels and the short story collection (with a never-before-published archaeologist novella!) for $1.99 each! Wolfsbane (Book 4) Death-Touched (Book 5) Lady’s Children (Collection) Once you’ve finished reading, perhaps…

  • Lady’s Children now available

    LADY’S CHILDREN is out now! As well as collecting together all the previous short stories and novellas in the Silver universe, this collection also includes a never-before-published novella that returns to the story of the archaeologist Faith, who first appeared in “Mistaken Captives.” The novella also provides a coda to Andrew and Silver’s story, as…

  • Archaeology in Seven Kinds of Hell

    I’ve been asked at cons, more than once, to recommend authors who do archaeology right. A good rule of thumb is that you can rarely go wrong when the authors are actually archaeologists themselves. Then, recently, in honor of the impending release of LADY’S CHILDREN (#werewolfarchaeology!), I’ve been looking around for other urban fantasy authors…

  • Authorfest 12

    Coming up on Sunday, November 11, at 4 pm, I’ll be part of a group of speculative fiction authors signing at Powell’s Cedar Hills Crossing in Portland. Print copies of LADY’S CHILDREN will be available for the first time at this event! So come, say hi, get some books signed, and see a bunch of…

  • Lady’s Children

    I’m excited to announce my last release of the year: LADY’S CHILDREN, a collection of Silver universe short fiction, on November 6. It will include a never-before-published novella focused on the archaeology of the Were! Pre-order here. Add it on GoodReads. Werewolf archaeology * Pack loyalty * Lost history In their time as alphas of…

  • WorldCon 2018

    I will be at WorldCon in San Jose in just a few days. Come and say hi! My schedule: Autographing session Saturday, 11 am, SFWA autographing table in the Exhibit Hall My books will also be at the SFWA book depot and (if there’s space) likely at the Fairwood Press table in the Dealer’s Room.

  • Coming to Kindle Unlimited

    In the spirit of seeking out different audiences, I’m going to be trying a grand experiment! Coming August 1 (or thereabouts, updates are never instantaneous) I’ll be moving my two stand-alone novels, HOUND AND KEY and MIRROR BOUND, to be Kindle exclusive so they’ll be available in Kindle Unlimited for at least the first term…

  • Summer Sale

    If anyone’s looking for vacation reads, all my self-published ebooks across all platforms are 25% to 50% off during the month of July! This includes both the novels and the novella. The Silver short stories have also all returned to being free for that time, but as you can see from the links page, you’ll…

  • Mirror Bound out now!

    My new, stand-alone urban fantasy MIRROR BOUND is out today! You know the kind of urban fantasy heroine with a monster-fighting team and a terrible love life–this book isn’t about her! Instead, it’s from the snarky perspective of her reluctant non-human ally, and includes shape-shifting, gender-bending, and mirror magic! Print available from: Your local bookstore…

  • Mirror Bound Links

    I’ve got all kinds of exciting stuff coming up this month, around the release of MIRROR BOUND! It’s a stand-alone urban fantasy with snark and mirror realm magic, and if you’d ever wondered what the non-human ally thought of the typical UF monster-ass-kicking gal and all her angst, this book is for you! First off,…

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