Mickey Vartabetian works as the night security guard at The Villa apartments. Estranged from the tenants, he has come to view himself as less than human - but all of that must come into question when he meets something even darker than himself.

READ BEFORE "Affinity Witch" * GOLDEN BOOK AWARD WINNER The Seasonal Contests Summer 2021 * * FIRST PLACE WINNER ACTION/ADVENTURE GENRE The Seasonal Contests Summer 2021 * Katja Verrun is a witch, but she's never felt like a real member of her Hexen coven. Between being an orphan and having unexplainable scars from childhood, she's ostracized and alone, with only her metalworking affinity to keep her company...until she discovers a necklace that introduces her to a shapeshifting wolf. As she learns difficult truths about her new friend, as well as her own past, Katja is forced to make life-changing decisions that ultimately lead her to the one place she's forbidden form entering - the Schwarzwald, a magical, yet deadly, forest. WITCH, WOLF, WOODS is a refashioned fairy tale of courage, learning to love yourself, and creating the family of your choosing. - COVER ART by Jeanne Ee Wei Yen -

At the end of a run-down street stands an abandoned skyscraper. A pair of urban explorers, Niăo and Jonah, have decided to recon the forsaken structure. The building holds a history of disturbing rumors, but Niăo's secret may be the key to a dark truth the tower hides.

A grieving man obsessed with karma seeks vengeance on his brother's murderer by implementing an eye for an eye tactic while ignoring the true laws of cause and effect. #TheOneThatGotAway Copyright © 2020 by L.L. Sanders.

A family outing becomes a watershed moment when one mother's meek resignation becomes righteous anger.

A collection of short stories with elements of dark fantasy and horror. The collection is still growing, but each story is complete in itself.

Addy and her mother undertake one last, desperate act to try and keep their land: calling down the devil. Trigger warning for animal violence, cursing, and a lot of blood. This story is also included in my collection Rare Birds, and was an Honorable Mention in The Best Horror of the Year Vol. 10.

The first story in my collection, Vacui Magia: Stories. You can buy Vacui Magia at all major ebook retailers, or direct via Gumroad - links are on my website: http://traversingz.com/book/vacui-magia/

Deep in the Arizona desert live a girl and her dad, burying secrets--and bodies. ***** Mesa Kingston's first memory of burying a corpse was at eight years old. Back then it had been the carcass of a large lizard her dad found that they buried in the backyard of their isolated cottage. At age fourteen, the body of a young lady accompanied the reptile's remains, and ever since, an accumulation of female bodies began to grow. Now, the only way Mesa can stop the haunting screams of the dead is by drowning them out with flames. Or is there more to the blaze than even she can perceive? ***** ** Trigger warning for survivors of abuse for final chapter. ***** Copyright © 2016 by L.L. Sanders

Skylar pledged her life to protect her homeland, but she didn't expect that she would have to resort to marrying the king's brother and using her wits instead of a sword. ***** Skylar is not a typical noble lady. Captain to her own company, she feels more at home with a sword in hand than in the ballroom. Her whole life gets turned upside down when she is forced to marry Lord General Gawyn Gryphonheart for the alliance. The vicious political machinations will be the least of her problems because a far darker threat is looming in the east. Skylar, with her fighting experience, might be the only one who sees it coming. If only her husband trusted her enough to heed her advice. Can she fulfil her role as a graceful and obedient wife at the royal court and convince the noble families to unite against the monsters believed to be merely a legend? (Book One of Till Death Do Us Part series) [[The Wattys 2021 Award winner in the Fantasy category]] [[Word count: 70 000 - 75 000]] Content warning: This story contains violence, bloodshed and occasional crude language.