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In Brief Black Candles, Lydia Valentine attends, with passionate velocity, to questions of survivability, remembrance and the creative art of living a fully human life, even in contexts and conditions that work against that what-it-could-be. ...reading becomes a mode of witness. ... Haptic, revolutionary and unflinching, this is a powerful debut collection by a poet who does not, and cannot, 'in this time-/ in this place-', look away." -Bhanu ...

While an epidemic rages and a strangler stalks the streets of the city, Luskell trains and works as a healer, but she aspires to greater power. Though everyone knows girls can't become wizards, she persuades Wizard Bardin to make her his apprentice. Luskell leaves the city on a quest for new magic and to explore mysteries that have more to do with love and desire. But the strangler follows her. She must gain the trust of old friends and an une...

Rosie wants to tear down the ancient cowshed on her ranch to make room for more horses, but it is unlucky to knock down a barn. Rosie thinks this is superstitious hogwash. That's why she and her handsome new … friend … Patrick get drunk one night and knock the shed down with the tractor, unleashing something very dark and very angry. Rosie is thrust into a world of magic she didn't know existed. The cowsprite under the shed is deadly and won't...

She has badass, monster-fighting superpowers. They may be the death of her.Olivia Woodson Brighthall set out to rescue Benjamin Hallowfield, but she was captured. She wakes up in Mountain of Ash's lair, where her traitorous cousin Emma introduces Olivia to Isaac Milton. He plans to use her powers to destroy all normals. Can Olivia emerge from her captivity, rescue her friends and Ben, and stop Mountain of Ash? Or will she be trapped in a night...

Calyssa's new life seems to be everything she could hope for - she got her cellular enhancement surgery, she's nailing her first term at the University of SciCity, and she nabbed the internship at her father's genetic engineering corporation. She should be happy.But Lyssa can't forget what she witnessed last spring, and investigating the cover-up gets her caught in the Green vs. non-Green crossfire. When tragedy strikes, it tests her belief in...

Calyssa's new life seems to be everything she could hope for - she got her cellular enhancement surgery, she's nailing her first term at the University of SciCity, and she nabbed the internship at her father's genetic engineering corporation. She should be happy.But Lyssa can't forget what she witnessed last spring, and investigating the cover-up gets her caught in the Green vs. non-Green crossfire. When tragedy strikes, it tests her belief in...

She has badass, monster-fighting superpowers. She's learning to live with that.It's been four months since Olivia Woodson Brighthall accepted her supernormal heritage, four months since Emma went evil, four months since Ben went to prison. Now Olivia spends her days balancing supernormal life - training, hunting, and improving her abilities - with normal life - school, family time with Dad, and hiding her secret from her friends.When Portland ...

She has badass, monster-fighting superpowers. She's learning to live with that.It's been four months since Olivia Woodson Brighthall accepted her supernormal heritage, four months since Emma went evil, four months since Ben went to prison. Now Olivia spends her days balancing supernormal life - training, hunting, and improving her abilities - with normal life - school, family time with Dad, and hiding her secret from her friends.When Portland ...

Luskell has been dreaming about dead people.Her parents may be the two most powerful wizards in the country, but Luskell doesn't have any magic of her own, so she's stuck spending a summer with her grandmother in the small town of Deep River where her father is the hometown hero. Then the dead start to visit her dreams with mysterious messages. In a secret pact with her friends Jagryn and Laki, Luskell begins to teach herself magic and discove...

Luskell has been dreaming about dead people.Her parents may be the two most powerful wizards in the country, but Luskell doesn't have any magic of her own, so she's stuck spending a summer with her grandmother in the small town of Deep River where her father is the hometown hero. Then the dead start to visit her dreams with mysterious messages. In a secret pact with her friends Jagryn and Laki, Luskell begins to teach herself magic and discove...

People have always wanted to be stronger, faster, smarter, better. The scientists at Chrysalis Biopharmaceuticals believe they've found a virus that will allow them to unlock humanity's hidden potential. The cost is small. A few lives here and there, but it's all for the greater good … and the corporate bottom line.Brilliant and idealistic geneticist, Marius Tenartier, has dedicated his life to battling the world's worst diseases - from malari...

People have always wanted to be stronger, faster, smarter, better. The scientists at Chrysalis Biopharmaceuticals believe they've found a virus that will allow them to unlock humanity's hidden potential. The cost is small. A few lives here and there, but it's all for the greater good … and the corporate bottom line.Brilliant and idealistic geneticist, Marius Tenartier, has dedicated his life to battling the world's worst diseases - from malari...

Áine lives in the light, but she is haunted by darkness, and when her fey powers blaze out of control, she escapes into the Shadowlands. But she cannot outrun her past. Fire fey and a rising darkness threaten the light, burning a path across the veil. Her fiery dreams come to life, and with the help of Hennessy, an uninhibited Irish girl, Áine dives into the flames to discover who she truly is. Her mother burned to keep her secret safe, and no...

While an epidemic rages and a strangler stalks the streets of the city, Luskell trains and works as a healer, but she aspires to greater power. Though everyone knows girls can't become wizards, she persuades Wizard Bardin to make her his apprentice. Luskell leaves the city on a quest for new magic and to explore mysteries that have more to do with love and desire. But the strangler follows her. She must gain the trust of old friends and an une...

Rosie wants to tear down the ancient cowshed on her ranch to make room for more horses, but it is unlucky to knock down a barn. Rosie thinks this is superstitious hogwash. That's why she and her handsome new … friend … Patrick get drunk one night and knock the shed down with the tractor, unleashing something very dark and very angry. Rosie is thrust into a world of magic she didn't know existed. The cowsprite under the shed is deadly and won't...

She has badass, monster-fighting superpowers. They may be the death of her.Olivia Woodson Brighthall set out to rescue Benjamin Hallowfield, but she was captured. She wakes up in Mountain of Ash's lair, where her traitorous cousin Emma introduces Olivia to Isaac Milton. He plans to use her powers to destroy all normals. Can Olivia emerge from her captivity, rescue her friends and Ben, and stop Mountain of Ash? Or will she be trapped in a night...

Serial killers, starvation cults, and spicy noodles - just another day in Nihon City. It's been one hundred years since Tokyo was ravaged by a ghost quake and talking about the supernatural was forbidden. To escape her unhappy family life and mundane job, Kichi Honda spends her days off visiting Mister Tanaka, an old man who tells her illegal tales of haunted Japan. But when Kichi gets stranded on Level One, she meets an impossible girl who cl...

Serial killers, starvation cults, and spicy noodles - just another day in Nihon City. It's been one hundred years since Tokyo was ravaged by a ghost quake and talking about the supernatural was forbidden. To escape her unhappy family life and mundane job, Kichi Honda spends her days off visiting Mister Tanaka, an old man who tells her illegal tales of haunted Japan. But when Kichi gets stranded on Level One, she meets an impossible girl who cl...

Vampires. The Man in the Moon's bloodthirsty children forged from his scorn.Shifters.Mother Nature's fearless, noble servants, who risk death by bite in their constant struggle to keep the vampires at bay.Macy's entire life has been devoted to Mother Nature and upholding her glory, despite Macy's incompetence as a shifter. When she's bitten by a vampire but doesn't die from the venom, everything changes. Overnight, she becomes one of the monst...

Vampires. The Man in the Moon's bloodthirsty children forged from his scorn.Shifters.Mother Nature's fearless, noble servants, who risk death by bite in their constant struggle to keep the vampires at bay.Macy's entire life has been devoted to Mother Nature and upholding her glory, despite Macy's incompetence as a shifter. When she's bitten by a vampire but doesn't die from the venom, everything changes. Overnight, she becomes one of the monst...