Echoing through the world of stone abbeys and iron-fisted warlords, the earth sings its relentless song. 

Betrayed by his monastery brotherhood, Magnus is sent into a brutal desert on a mission intended to kill him — deliver an obscure relic to a ruthless warlord. The  relic is a known forgery, but the desert is both real and unforgiving.

When the relic begins to speak to him, it promises Magnus happiness, inviting  him into its strange magic. But its gifts are double-edged—sight to see the world's secret soul, the power of flight, and the terrifying burden of a healer.

From the corridors of a corrupt monastery to the sacred spring at the heart of a  witch's garden and a home in the arms of a traveling musician, Magnus follows a  rejected, wild magic which endures more powerfully than the world of human  making.

An enchanting tale of nature, magic and love, The Relic treads a thin line between ecstasy and madness andasks, "How much courage does it take to truly belong in the world?"

Staying true to nature magic might require more trust than Delen has to give. 

Delen feels lucky to have found a good position as garden witch for the great house of Albessind. Fortunately, no one seems to have noticed that she doesn’t have a Book of Seasons like every true nature witch. All she has to do is keep her head down and keep her distance from Yurud, the handsome young rote magician managing the estate.

The dangers of falling in love with Yurud are definitely not part of her plan. Saving her dying aunt, her only remaining family, is her plan. Even if she has to deceive Yurud and make a deal with the most loathsome magician in Riardan to do it.
She never intended that her betrayal would trigger an environmental crisis spanning both worlds and unleash political chaos in Riardan.

To do her part to make things right, and with uncountable lives at stake, Delen faces painful choices as she confronts her mother’s killer, defies centuries-old tradition, and becomes the public face of challenge to an aristocracy accustomed to hunting nature witches for sport.

To succeed, she must risk her heart as well as her life.

Struggling artist Eva Milaras is buying groceries when a bomb blast tears the store apart. A handsome man with mysterious powers saves her life, treats her like royalty, then stuffs her into a limo without a steering wheel.

Caught in a deadly web of magic and intrigue, Eva inherits an aristocratic legacy she didn’t know about and doesn't want – her murdered mother’s genetic resistance to magic. It might mean death for her, too.

Trapped in a strange world with Talak as her only ally, she has to survive the deadly schemes of her newfound relatives as they maneuver for advantage in a royal court where murder is ambition’s favorite solution.

As a magician bound in service to the throne of Riardan, Talak was charged with Eva's protection. He fell in love with Eva long before he saved her life, but he knows his love is hopeless. She must marry a man from a royal bloodline and produce magic-resistant heirs, and he is duty-bound to protect her until she marries—regardless of his torn heart.

Together the star-crossed lovers must survive intrigue and betrayal, only to discover they must choose between letting go of each other or certain death for treason.

That’s a choice Eva refuses to make.

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This 300-word story won first place in the 2022 Queer Sci-Fi flash fiction contest. The rules were simple: 300 words or less; unmistakably queer protagonist; fantasy or science fiction; adheres to the theme (this year it was Clarity). Ruti’s Prayer
by Lloyd A. Meeker Again Arum had not visited, let alone answered. Ruti’s gift had been inadequate to attract the god as he passed by. Even though he was only an apprentice shaman, Ruti knew he’d felt Arum pass — the birds had stopped singing, and the breeze scampered through his wattle house as if the walls were made of ...

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Ruti’s Prayer

This 300-word story won first place in the 2022 Queer Sci-Fi flash fiction contest. The rules were simple: 300 words or less; unmistakably queer protagonist; fantasy or science fiction; adheres to the theme (this year it was Clarity). Ruti’s Prayer
by Lloyd A. Meeker Again Arum had not visited, let ...

Garden Witch Sold to Lost Boys Press!

To be honest, it’s been a long and sometimes discouraging slog getting to this point. Others might nod sagely and say it was just a 7-year cycle, but after dozens and dozens of rejections, I was contemplating giving up seeking traditional publishing when I crossed paths with Amy Collins last ...

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In Love with Autumn

When I was in my spring,
I didn’t care for autumn much.

The aspen would turn gold
for a week, letting you know
It was time to buckle down
for another hard winter.

Now that I’m in it, I’m falling
in love with ...