|| 2021 WATTYS SHORTLIST || Welcome to Streamfield, Massachusetts, home to one of the largest populations of witches, sorcerers, and shapeshifters in New England. Little Jimmy Grabowski is missing ... and that's a problem. In a world where a witch or a sorcerer can locate someone with a simple tracking spell, all attempts at recovering the boy have come up empty. Finding themselves at an impasse, the local police department turns to the Michaels Clan, one of the largest shapeshifter clans in the city, for help. Snow leopard shifter Alina Michaels sees the Grabowski case as her chance to discover if there is something more to life than being the receptionist for the family business. When the clan tracks Jimmy's scent to a wooded area marked by two eerie silver stones, it becomes apparent that this isn't a simple case of kidnapping. The stones are a Gateway to the mythical lost continent of Atlantis, home to a race long since regulated to legends-elves. Now, Alina must trek across unfamiliar and fantastical territory in order to find Jimmy and bring him home. For Jimmy's disappearance may herald that something more sinister is afoot and pose dangerous consequences to both worlds ... Cover designed by @xxsoteria

In a series of islands governed by the five elements, a young half-fae boy is forced from his home and embarks on a quest to determine the fate of said islands, and the world as a whole. Along the way, he encounters different faces, some friends, some enemies, but overall his journey will prove if he is truly the legacy of his people. Cover art was drawn by Star_Child9301

"Where is my mother? What have you done with her?" "I haven't done anything with her, she is of little consequence to me. She is just the bait, " he said with a smile. "The bait for what?" "The bait for you. Your father wishes for you to come home." "My - what? I don't have a father." "I am afraid you do have a father, and I would very much like to help you kill him." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When she lost her first tooth, Brenna never expected a fully grown sarcastic, invisible adult to climb through her window and try to trade it for a kitten. Or for her mother to move them across country when she found out. But fifteen years later he crawls back into her life and drags her into a world of adventure, darkness and blood on a quest to rescue her stolen mother, and kill the mad King of the Underworld.

A day of celebration started as a day of disaster when Eirisinia, a light conjurer unable to perform conjurations, found out that her life was never safe inside the palace walls. She never expected that HE, of all people, wanted her dead. What will she do once she finds out that dark conjurers are still among them and is now being opressed by her father for reasons unknown? Armed with a talking dagger and accompanied by her one and only friend, will she be able to aid him in rescuing all the dark conjurers, defend herself against gruesome beasts called the Marticules, and discover the truth about herself and about the man who wishes to end her life? Will she be able to uncover a myriad of mysteries that surrounds her entire being? Join Eirisinia as she unfolds secrets that lie in the past which will shake the very foundations of the entire kingdom and everything she and the people believed in.

Short stories that follow the daily happenings of a local tavern. Delicious drinks, fantastic food, and great gossip abound! You never know who or what will come through the doors of the Mystic Maeve. So stop in, have a drink, and rest your weary feet. Until next time traveler!

Claudia Baudelaire has hidden all her life. Born witch, she has always been unsafe. In the country of Skiliaski, being a witch is a death sentence. Hundred of years ago, the king of Skiliaski banned the use of magic in his kingdom out of jealousy of the witches powers. Claudia remains undetected within the countries walls unsuspected until she finds herself captured by a band of Sjordian witch hunters. Claudia captures the interest of the leader's son, but not in a good way, Ivar Sorroso. A storm knocks the two overboard into icy cold waters, where they awake on an cold beach in the Cloink mountains. The two must work together to survive, but are they willing get past their hatred for each other? And will something begin to grow between them on this journey?

Sable had always longed for freedom. After graduating high school, she set out into the big world, far away from the little town of Eston. When a tragedy in her family occurs, Sable returns home to find a lot has changed in 4 years and discovers family secrets she didn't know existed. Who is the mysterious man that she keeps bumping into? Who was Sable's mother really? Who is Sable really?

People around the country of Xeurox have been gaining mysterious powers throughout the past 8 years and it all started with a mysterious blue stone. Now, these occurrences begin to affect the small town of Synthi and a young hunter named Grithol begins a journey to find this stone, only to realize a far greater journey ahead of him. Join me as I write my first small book!