Tales from the Archives are short stories set in the world of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences. They explore events mentioned in the novels, characters seen and unseen and may include novel teasers of things to come. This volume includes: Bitter Pill by Bill Blume Miss Sharpe is not used to working for the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences. She is used to being a killer for hire, the Jade Dagger, an artisan of death. Yet when called on to find an immortal in the city of her birth, she finds herself unprepared for what she discovers, as she is plunged into her own terrifying past and future. Spiritus Sanctus by Alyson Grauer Emily Cassidy Tuttle, on word from Doctor Sound, arrived in the shadow of the Vatican to receive a mysterious parcel from a local contact. What should be a simple pass between agent and mule spirals deeper and deeper into a wild madness that Emily is not prepared to face. The Mummy of Barnsley by Michael Ventrella Agent Ernest Throckmorton is called to Barnesley to investigate reports of a Mummy terrifying the town. Throckmorton soon finds himself thrown together with an all too eager assistant desperate to be part of the Ministry, as they hunt down the meaning of the Mummy’s ominous threat. All shall pay for the desecration of the tomb! Down by the River by Tim Dodge Agent Brandon Hill of the Ministry meets Agent Bill Wheatley of the Office of the Supernatural and the Metaphysical meet up in Afton, New York. The House of Usher is moving a large and dangerous weapon through this small town, and it is up to the agents to track it down. However, not all the residents are quite the same as they seem. Beneath Northumberland by K T Bryski and P C Haring Taking pity on the plucky intern in the Archives of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences might not have been the best choice for Agent Brandon Hill. What seemed like a simple kindness has brought him to the bottom of the Northumberland Straight, and into a very peculiar kind of Canadian danger. Tales from the Archives are short stories set in the world of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences. They explore events mentioned in the novels, characters seen and unseen and may include novel teasers of things to come.

Tales from the Archives are short stories set in the world of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences. They explore events mentioned in the novels, characters seen and unseen and may include novel teasers of things to come. This volume includes: Hanuman's Gift by Helen Madden Deep in the Archives, Augustus Whitby toils through his duties in the Archives, dreaming up romantic stories far more plausible than the supposed “investigations” of the field agents. A story from Agent Harrison Thorne and an unassuming artifact from his recent case, however, proves much to Whitby’s chagrin that there are some truths that are far stranger than fiction. The Sun Never Sets by Val Griswold-Ford Agent Isaac Martin receives a note, imploring him to investigate the nearly completed clock tower at the Palace at Westminster. He and his partner, Agent Andrew Kensington, start looking into the construction and uncover unanswered questions concerning this new landmark’s creators. Women of the Empire by J R Blackwell Wellington Thornhill Books and Doctor Josepha Raven Blackwell share ‘an encounter’ after-hours at the Ministry, all part of Dr. Blackwell’s research into hysteria. Brief as the encounter, one of them will not come out quite the same from it. The Emperor's Fist by J R Murdock Agent Reginald Coffey and Special Liaison Meiying Ling are deep within the jungles of China, setting technology against the oldest of dark Chinese magic. The two are set on a rendezvous with the most sinister of sorcerers and a plot to plunge the world into darkness. A Trick of Strong Imagination by Alyson Grauer Althea Galway, a gifted statistician for the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences, follows her tedious pursuits for Doctor Sound to a Winter carnival and a strange mystery at its heart. With a dashing illusionist and the memories of her own secretive past with the Traveling Galloway Circus clouding her judgment, she dares to reach beyond her station and discover what is behind the tricks of a trade she knew better than any active field agent. The Wrong Camera by Catherine Ford Blythe is very excited to receive a camera for her birthday, but finds that gifts can have their price. What she sees through the lens offers a chilling insight into the future that people will kill for.

Wild Mira knows the island better than anyone, and she knows the patterns of the sea and sky. She knows, too, that the storm that brings a shipwreck to her island's shores is not natural, but is summoned by her father's dark, strange powers. When the wreck's survivors wash up all over the island, the mysteries of Mira's past come with them, and the truth of her father's deeds can finally be brought to light. Dante Fiorente was once a duke, but now lives on the edge of sanity, waiting for the day he can finally repay those who caused his exile from home to this deserted island. He's estranged himself from his teenage daughter Mira, become lord over monstrous fish-boy Karaburan, and harnessed the powers of the wicked air elemental Aurael. With book and staff in hand, his powers have grown so great that he can command the nearby sea and sky - but at what price on his own soul? On the return voyage from his sister's wedding to a foreign noble, Prince Ferran's airship crashes during a storm. The King, his brother, a duke, two servants, and Prince Ferran himself are all separated in the aftermath, scattered across a seemingly uninhabited island. What they don't know is the storm was manufactured with magic - and the man who summoned it has been waiting to exact his revenge on them all for a long time. On the Isle of Sound and Wonder is a driving, fantastical, lyrical retelling of William Shakespeare's The Tempest set in a world just adjacent of our own.

Delve into myth and legend, where the Fates force post-modern man into a world of the unknown--a world long since dismissed as ignorant superstition.The Brother-Sister Fable by Alyson Grauer: a young boy disappears into a realm where only his sister can follow.Faelad by Sarah Hunter Hyatt: Claire Whitaker didn't even know she was Irish, let alone The Morrigan, the goddess of war.By Skyfall by Emma Michaels: a mer-couple from Atlantis find themselves in the middle of a human murder investigation. Charon's Obol by. R. M. Ridley: Jonathan Alvey didn't believe in gods, until he helps a lost child find her all-powerful parents.Peradventure by Sarah Seeley: a jinni must choose between the woman he loves and destroying the city that persecuted her.Natural Order by Lance Schonberg: when Carlos Vasquez is kidnapped, he discovers powers within himself to change the world.Two Spoons by Danielle E. Shipley: A little girl's soul meets its match in the family diner's most mysterious patron.Grail Days by A. F. Stewart: Living forever has its drawbacks, especially when you spend it clearing away the messes of other immortals.Downward Mobility by M. K. Wiseman: they say love conquers all, but can it save a Valkyrie when she breaks all the rules?

Unicorns locked away in the cargo holds of spaceships, becoming roller skating phenoms or leaving sparkly rainbow poop in a poor bartender's living room are just the start. There's a demi-god trying to figure out where Pegasus has disappeared to, horses formed of sea, or steam and even one who thinks he's a spider. And so much more. These stories are all a little untamed, a little wild, a little... untethered. Featuring stories by Alyx Barter, Beth Cato, M.L.D. Curelas, Alyson Grauer, Lucy Hagan, Jamie Lackey, Carter Lappin, Sally McBride, Marshall Moore, Wendy Nikel, Jamie Perrault, Jennifer Lee Rossman, Rose Strickman, DJ Tyrer, Rachel M. Thompson, and Laura VanArendonk Baugh, this anthology is sure to have something for every horse lover.

Amid a cacophony of cranking sprockets and cogs, in chuffs of steam and soot, comes the expansion of classic literature into alternative Steampunk masterpieces. Follow nine skilled authors as they lead old friends and new acquaintances through Jamaica, Singapore, Cape Town, Denmark, Paris, London, and Geneva on a phantasmagorical Steampunk World Tour. Tropic of Cancer: Edward Rochester battles the elements and Bertha Mason to save his brother and his own soul. Sense and Cyborgs: Privateer Margaret Dashwood makes port at Singapore to get her husband back on his feet. Micawber and Copperfield: Wilkins Micawber and David Copperfield create a legacy of loyalty in the Royal Dirigible Corps. Little Boiler Girl: Power has a price, and one city unwittingly demands an enslaved child pay it. The Clockwork Ballet: At the Palais Garnier, the Phantom trips the light fantastic with Meg Giry, the prima ballerina of his mechanical troupe. His Frozen Heart: Jacob Marley saves Ebenezer Scrooge from robbing his wife's grave and selling his soul. Our Man Fred: Scrooge's nephew, Fred, and his fiance, Mary, protect the Empire from mechanized malfeasance. Lavenza, or the Modern Galatea: Victor Frankenstein's bride discovers more than his horrific experiments on her wedding day.

The Deeps #1 is the inaugural issue of The Deeps magazine, a quarterly publication of horror fiction and poetry, specializing in the subgenres of gothic horror, folk horror, cosmic horror, psychological horror, and urban legend. This issue of The Deeps features a cover illustration by Red Lagoe and contains 14 literary contributions. These include: "A Cautionary Tale" by Luc Diamant, "In the Thundering House" by Danny Fantom, "Stranger than Shitty Sheets and Rubber Ding-Dongs" by Mathew Gostelow, "A Hollow Comes Before the Sting" by Alyson Grauer, "House Rules" by Kay Hanifen, "The Female Pygmalion" by Anya Leigh Josephs, "genius loci" by Rachel Linton, "The Sins of Scrivel" by Matthew McConkey, "The Widow's Cottage" by Kurt Newton, "The Leaking Faucet" by Ngô Bình Anh Khoa, "The Sea-Change" by Sara Omer, "Inner Dark" by Rory Say, "Blood of the Sea" by E. Seneca, and "Consent" by Cynthia Zhang.