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Meyari McFarland
Eoghania’s quiet live changed when a man from her past tried to rob the Dana.Sean didn’t want to break any laws. He certainly didn’t want to fight the Dana. But…
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Laurie’s entire life had been spent in the tower, subject to her magic and her whims. Then chance gave her the opportunity to escape and Laurie seized it with everything…
A new master only meant more abuse as Tommy paid off his debt. Master John Boles was different. Even as Tommy’s past came back, full of torture and fear, Boles…
Running for his life was normal for Ru, just part of living in Hexal City. Running with Nthanda and uncovering a plot to destroy both Nthanda and Ru’s long-lost family…
Duty defined Jing Althus’ life. Duty to Nthanda, his cousin. To the Ceelen who expected him to lead if Nthanda fell. Someone had targeted the Ceelen for destruction. Only one…
Min-Su stared. The interstellar comms were down. All space liner travel was cancelled indefinitely. She was stranded. Not acceptable. Finding a way home pitted Min-Su against a hotel room stealing…
Cahya sighed as she collapsed into the couch. Just the thought of having a couch made her skin itch. Or maybe that was the exhaustion. Six assassinations in as many…
Strange how life went. Hasenkamp had built an empire on to have it swept out from under him by the Drath. So he started over on Tasma, expecting nothing to…
Dana shivered in the chill air on her hotel balcony. Damn Mother anyways. If she had her way, Dana would never see Mother again. Except that she would. Inevitably. Because…
Cymbals clashed as drums made of old bowls, binds and a Saurid’s belly sounded. Emse dodged past the musicians. A Day of Joy on the Final Oblivion. Not a bad…
Love and holidays go hand in hand, all year long. Through The Year binds together seven amazing short stories and two full novellas in a collection that’s sure to be…
The Drath: Wolf-like alien rulers of the galaxy. Unknowable, all-powerful, predatory.Melin: Desert world settled thousands of years ago by a human generation ship.Nthanda Ceelen: Ruler of the Ceelen, space-faring clan…
Home: love it, hate it, stay forever or leave as quick as you can. Home defines us in so many ways. Each of these stories looks at finding home, building…
Itoro’s thighs burned as he climbed the heavy wooden stairs up to the top of the otters’ waterslide. It was huge. Terrifying. Delightful.Shifters weren’t supposed to be afraid. Itoro always…
Winter coming to Camano Island meant Garnet needed to decide what to do with his life. A summer spent on the beach left him stuck between the aftermath of his…
The tube stank of urine. Aruna curled her lip as she picked her way down the spiral stairs dotted with rotting trash. It was like walking into a sewage treatment…
Enter a world of love, family and joy in this twentieth collection from Meyari McFarland. Here you will find stories of new love, of found family, of creating a place…
With the rains comes the Gathering of the Wind.Caron should be there already to guard her friends as they summoned the winds that brought rain the Holy City. It was…
Ten tales of darkness, told by Meyari McFarland. Dreams bring power… and threats in the real world. Winter sucks the life away. Aliens consume not just ships but souls. And…
Sabah sighed as he cautiously dropped into one of the black fake-leather seats by gate S12. Another trip to Japan and Sabah would rather stay home. It used to be…
Ten tales of hope from Meyari McFarland: Past choices bring dire consequences as winter threatens death. A single choice allows new opportunities for the future. Stubborn refusal to give up…
Kidnapped, beaten and memory wiped: Lakshmi had to get away. Now.Sweat crawled down Lakshmi’s hopefully not broken ribs as she purposefully sauntered up Neelam City’s docks, away from the ship…
Dark places and twisted hearts rule this collection by Meyari McFarland. From clinging to live with a prayer to seeking the truth no matter the cost, these stories delve deep…
Survival at All CostsIn the darkest times, survival seems impossible. All the forces of the world are arrayed against you and it doesn’t look like you can win. You try…
Rutendo stumbled from the elevator to his apartment door, fumbling for his keys. So tired. If his school debt weren’t so bad, he’d find a different job. A different apartment…
Magic entwines with dreams. Ghosts haunt the shadows.In the space between day and night, magic slowly blooms. Dark and dangerous, cutting and violent, the magic of dusk and everything that…
The Drath series continues in Fragments of a Chain. With Mohana’s memory wiped and battle ranging around him, finding his memory meant certain execution. Not finding it might mean the…
When storms blow through, it blocks the sun, and everything seems dark. Despite that, the sunshine remains, waiting for a chance to break through. The stories in this collection capture…
Kiran scrubbed his hands over his face. The Shifter Council had to listen. They had to. Evan Michelakis had destroyed so many lives, including Kiran’s, but he was the one…
Time slips away from us all, until there’s no time left.If there was one thing that Adam knew, it was that Granny Lativia was as big as the world and…
Death Hidden in the WallsWhen His Majesty made Chas the Lord of Castle Manor, he’d assumed that it would be a simple enough job. Discover where Lord Badr’s missing adopted…
Ellington whistled along with the birds as he strolled across the University of Montana quad in shorts. After the Arctic blast shut the school, the sun was a blessing.Just wasn’t…
Forgotten But Not GoneIf Wynne didn’t love his husband and their daughter so much, he would walk out of Lord Hathaway’s mansion and never come back. Damned lilies were making…
2020 changed everything.For the better.Spring 2020 was as different as anything Kanta had ever experienced, including transitioning. She really wasn’t sure how she’d survive until things got back to normal…
Scents of a Long-Gone PastTrinn stood, one paw held in space, as she breathed in the scents of the Well. Centuries of human lives lived in the Well filled her…
A Deadly Mystery and a Missing CatLord Jade Bugarelli gratefully settled into his newly rebuilt library with several books to read. After all the adventures recently, a chance to sit…
Exiled from her home, Dana Sinead walks alone. Her friend and savior Dana Raelin is half a world away, leaving Sinead to find her own way. But the forces that…
The branches of the Worldtree cradle all life. And all time.Standing in the temple of the God of the Sea, Vili aches from the war he won at the ultimate…
Six months filming trash in the Great Garbage Patch from under the water’s surface had dolphin-shifter Barrie ready for a vacation. A good long one, preferably with someone cute. Once…
The dust bit at Juniper’s eyes, sucking the moisture right out. Figured that the biggest auction of summer would happen on the hottest, driest day of August. If her son…
Dawn on a new world brings risks. And choices.Wisdom stared at the mountains that cut across the horizon like cobalt paper cutouts, watching them shift pink as dawn crept up…
Life takes many forms.Ziv wheezed as she trudged up the final slope of the caldera they’d been assigned to explore. Between her and Pema, they should get a good idea…
Tomato sap was the worst.Of all the produce Carol had to harvest, tomatoes were bar-none the worst. So itchy and sticky and gross. Durga never believed her. She’d scold Carol…
Trapped in an icy tomb. Ami woke at a shout from her twin Jun to discover that their rover was encased in ice from an experiment gone wrong. Their new…
Harmony takes work, especially when you don’t fit anywhere. Giang stared at the werewolf pack’s huge Victorian house. Xe shouldn’t be nervous. The pack wasn’t likely to chase a dryad…
The whole thing screamed danger.Manu knew he should keep walking despite the rain, despite the lack of coat or umbrella or anything, but with his roommate Kapua wanted by the…
Damned flowers, always trying to grab Bobbie’s garbage truck. Didn’t matter that the world had ended a good while back. People still needed their trash pickups. Needed their link to…
