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Shards: A Noblebright Fantasy Anthology – New Release!

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Shards of lives, shards of a broken heart, shards of broken pottery or glass, shards of myth and memory… each author in this exciting collection of fantasy has interpreted the theme in a different way. Focused on noblebright fantasy, this anthology includes stories that edge toward grimbright and nobledark, exploring themes of despair tempered by hope and brokenness tempered by redemption. 

This anthology features stories from:

B. Morris Allen, J.E. Bates, Jade Black, Gustavo Bondoni, Bokerah Brumley, Stephen Case, R. K. Duncan, M.C. Dwyer, Chloe Garner, Kelly A. Harmon, Pete Alex Harris, Ben Howels, Tom Jolly, Brandon M. Lindsay, Alice Loweecey, Jason J. McCuiston, Alex McGilvery, Ville Meriläinen, Jennifer R. Povey, Holly Lyn Walrath, Pat Woods, and Richard Zwicker.

Edited by Robert McCowen and C. J. Brightley.

Both ebooks and paperbacks are now available. Order it today!

Here’s a sneak peek of one of the stories in the anthology, “Bright Carver” by Pete Alex Harris:

This broken scrap, this splintered, imperfect chunk of pine log would do. Simone knew it would do, though she did not yet know what it would do for.

She held it up in front of her face and turned it about. She could hardly lift it, but in a few days she’d have whittled away most of its bulk, leaving something elegant she could lift with one hand. She would begin just as soon as she saw what must remain.

It was her first time entering the great contest. She had spent years in study, her fingers a lacework of tiny scars and splinters in the rough skin. Her hands smelled of smoke and sweat and greasy, cheap food, and always the sap and resin of her life’s work. She couldn’t read books, but she could read wood. Usually.

This time it was a struggle to find the core of the piece: the overlap between what was inside the wood and what was inside her. Perhaps she was trying to make it do too much, matter too much. Maybe for her first attempt at the contest she should make something simple, like a curled fox or a comical goose. She wouldn’t win anyway.

Simone carried the log out of her father’s hut, out from the looming shadow of the castle walls, carried it away some distance to see it in sunlight. Forget the contest. Let the piece be its own thing. She set it down on its widest end and walked around it. Then she upturned it, balanced it on the other end with care and sat cross-legged, her hands hanging loose over her knees, staring into it.

Yes.

 

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New Release! Shards: A Noblebright Fantasy Anthology

Shards: A Noblebright Fantasy Anthology is out! This is the third anthology I’ve published through Spring Song Press. The first two have received some great reviews, and I hope you love this one just as much!

Amazon | B&N/Nook | Kobo | iBooks | Smashwords | Direct | Signed Paperback

Shards of lives, shards of a broken heart, shards of broken pottery or glass, shards of myth and memory… each author in this exciting collection of fantasy has interpreted the theme in a different way. Focused on noblebright fantasy, this anthology includes stories that edge toward grimbright and nobledark, exploring themes of despair tempered by hope and brokenness tempered by redemption. 

This anthology features stories from:

B. Morris Allen, J.E. Bates, Jade Black, Gustavo Bondoni, Bokerah Brumley, Stephen Case, R. K. Duncan, M.C. Dwyer, Chloe Garner, Kelly A. Harmon, Pete Alex Harris, Ben Howels, Tom Jolly, Brandon M. Lindsay, Alice Loweecey, Jason J. McCuiston, Alex McGilvery, Ville Meriläinen, Jennifer R. Povey, Holly Lyn Walrath, Pat Woods, and Richard Zwicker.

Edited by Robert McCowen and C. J. Brightley.

I was at the Occoquan Arts and Crafts Festival in Occoquan, VA, this weekend – we had lovely weather, and it was great to meet friends, fans, and readers both new and old! Thank you to those who encouraged me to hurry up with Book 4 – I’m on it!

I will also be at the following events this fall:

Oct 6 – 9AM – 3PM – Fall Festival at Heritage Presbyterian Church, 8503 Fort Hunt Rd, Alexandria, VA 22308 (free to attend)
Nov 3 – 9AM – 4PM – Woodson Holiday Happenings at W.T. Woodson High School, 9525 Main Street, Fairfax, VA 22031 (free to attend)
Nov 10 – 9AM – 3PM – The Robinson Marketplace at Robinson Secondary School, 5035 Sideburn Rd, Fairfax, Virginia 22032 (free to attend)
Nov 30 10AM – 6PM, Dec 1 10AM – 6PM, Dec 2 – 11 AM – 4PM – Fredericksburg Holiday Craft Show – Fredericksburg Expo & Conference Center, 2371 Carl D. Silver Parkway, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401 (tickets available at the door)

Please come see me! I’d love to say hello in person.

If you’re new, or haven’t seen the announcements already, I also run PhoenixCrate, a noblebright fantasy subscription book box. We just announced the theme for our December box: Unexpected Magic! Find more details here and here.

JA Andrews just released the second book in her Keeper Chronicles series, and it is fantastic! If you love noblebright epic fantasy, you’ll love Pursuit of Shadows.

Killien, the unyielding clan chief who’s becoming increasingly volatile.

Sora, the suspicious ranger who sees more than she should.

A swarm of frost goblins that devour with tooth and claw.

The list of people and things that could get Will killed keeps growing.

While Alaric is in Queensland, searching for Kordan’s Wellstone, Keeper Will is over the mountains in the hostile Roven Sweep, searching for his missing sister.

After catching a glimpse of a woman who could be her in a Keeper-hating Roven clan. Will convinces Killien to let him travel north with them to their summer homes.

Under the relentless suspicions of Sora, a tenuous friendship grows between Will and Killien, who talks of building peace among the hostile Roven.

Except Will’s thin disguise as a storyteller is crumbling quickly and Sora may already know who he is.

The more Will gets to know Killien, the more troubling things he learns. Killien’s hatred for Keepers runs deep, and for all his talk of peace, the man’s greatest wish is to control a vicious army.

And a dragon.

But Will doesn’t know that the chief has taken more from him than just his sister.

And Killien controls enough power to gain everything he wants.

Happy reading!

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Book Recommendations and More!

How are you? What are you reading? We’re trying to get back into the swing of the (home)school year. Giggly is now four, so he’s actually enrolled in our homeschool community rather than just hanging out with me while Wiggly is in class. Both of them love their classmates and teachers, and I love watching them enjoy learning!

My friend JA Andrews is re-releasing her epic fantasy A Threat of Shadows for only $0.99! This is an expanded 2nd edition including a map, artwork, and a bonus short story called “The Black Horn,” which originally appeared in the Still Waters anthology. The second book in this series is coming out very soon, and it is fantastic!

Alaric betrayed everything he believed to save Evangeline — and failed.

His last chance to save the woman he loves lies in an ancient Wellstone, a repository of power, buried and lost long ago.

Luck—or something more troubling—leads him to a small group searching for the same stone.

A disgruntled dwarf,

a bumbling wizard,

and an elf with an unsettling amount of power.

If he can gain their trust, they might help him find the cure.

But the Wellstone holds more than he knows, and a terrible evil he’d thought defeated is stirring again, searching for the stone.

Can the companions survive a traitor, a dragon, and their own pasts to reach the stone before time runs out?

I loved this epic fantasy, not only because it was beautifully written, and not only because it took epic fantasy tropes and gently turned them on their head (with humor and affection), but also because it explored themes of redemption and forgiveness, of sacrifice and love and friendship and honor. If you love noblebright epic fantasy, you really ought to read this book. Find it here.

Also, my friend W.R. Gingell’s next book is up for pre-order now too! Between Shifts is the sequel to Between Jobs. This series is funny, smart, clean urban fantasy set in Hobart, Australia. I was lucky enough to read an early version of this story, and enjoyed it immensely!

There’s a body beneath the skip bins. Fae on the forklift. A vampire in the manager’s office. And there’s definitely something skeevy going on in the locker rooms.

Hi. I’m Pet. Well, not exactly Pet. I am a pet.

I was meant to stay out of it, but somebody’s gotta do something when humans are being killed by Behindkind creatures.

Lucky for me, my owners are just as dangerous and inhuman as the bad guys…

…maybe more.

If you’ve been thinking about getting the September PhoenixCrate, with the theme Dragon Fire, don’t wait! We’re nearly sold out. Please use coupon code SBIslClb for 10% off! (Image credit)

Last but not least, Shards: A Noblebright Fantasy Anthology will be released October 1! This is the third anthology I’ve published through Spring Song Press. The first two have received some great reviews, and I hope you love this one just as much!

Amazon | B&N/Nook | Kobo | iBooks | Smashwords | Direct | Signed Paperback

Shards of lives, shards of a broken heart, shards of broken pottery or glass, shards of myth and memory… each author in this exciting collection of fantasy has interpreted the theme in a different way. Focused on noblebright fantasy, this anthology includes stories that edge toward grimbright and nobledark, exploring themes of despair tempered by hope and brokenness tempered by redemption. 

This anthology features stories from:

B. Morris Allen, J.E. Bates, Jade Black, Gustavo Bondoni, Bokerah Brumley, Stephen Case, R. K. Duncan, M.C. Dwyer, Chloe Garner, Kelly A. Harmon, Pete Alex Harris, Ben Howels, Tom Jolly, Brandon M. Lindsay, Alice Loweecey, Jason J. McCuiston, Alex McGilvery, Ville Meriläinen, Jennifer R. Povey, Holly Lyn Walrath, Pat Woods, and Richard Zwicker.

Edited by Robert McCowen and C. J. Brightley.

Are you active on Instagram? I haven’t been very active on it, but since I’ve been working on PhoenixCrate, I’ve spent more time there. Bookstagrammers are so creative! My personal/author account is https://www.instagram.com/cjbrightley/ and the PhoenixCrate account is https://www.instagram.com/phoenixcrate/. There’s a giveaway coming up soon, so you may want to check it out. I’d love to see you there!

Happy reading!

~ C. J.

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Shards: A Noblebright Fantasy Anthology is now up for pre-order!
Amazon | B&N/Nook | Kobo | iBooks | Smashwords | Direct | Signed Paperback

Shards of lives, shards of a broken heart, shards of broken pottery or glass, shards of myth and memory… each author in this exciting collection of fantasy has interpreted the theme in a different way. Focused on noblebright fantasy, this anthology includes stories that edge toward grimbright and nobledark, exploring themes of despair tempered by hope and brokenness tempered by redemption. 

This anthology features stories from:

B. Morris Allen, J.E. Bates, Jade Black, Gustavo Bondoni, Bokerah Brumley, Stephen Case, R. K. Duncan, M.C. Dwyer, Chloe Garner, Kelly A. Harmon, Pete Alex Harris, Ben Howels, Tom Jolly, Brandon M. Lindsay, Alice Loweecey, Jason J. McCuiston, Alex McGilvery, Ville Meriläinen, Jennifer R. Povey, Holly Lyn Walrath, Pat Woods, and Richard Zwicker.

Edited by Robert McCowen and C. J. Brightley.

The ebooks and paperbacks will be available October 1, 2018. Preorder it today!

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Announcing PhoenixCrate – a Noblebright Fantasy Subscription Box

After months of work, I can finally announce… *drum roll*…

I’m starting a noblebright fantasy subscription book box called PhoenixCrate! Every quarter, subscribers will receive a noblebright fantasy book with a signed bookplate, as well as a selection of related bookish treats and treasures. You can subscribe at several different levels: the PhoenixCrate, the PhoenixCrate Deluxe (the regular box plus another thematically related book and signed bookplate), or Just the Book (or Just Both Books). You can find all the subscription options here.

I’m passionate about noblebright fantasy for adults as well as for younger readers – I don’t think hope, courage, integrity, and generosity should be only for kids! So while these books are noblebright fantasy, and will be clean enough for readers 10+, PhoenixCrate is not focused on young adult readers. Instead, the selected books should appeal to adult fantasy readers just as much as YA fantasy readers!

I’d love to have you join me on this new adventure! Please use coupon code SBIslClb for 10% off!

On Aug 1, we revealed the theme, Dragon Fire!

We loved this book’s courageous heroine and inventive world of mountain crags, mist, and of course dragons!

As always, the box includes a SIGNED bookplate by the featured author! We also have an exclusive interview with the author!

The box includes a lovely art print inspired by a dragon myth, as well as other fantastic goodies by indie artists and creators, including Bud and Bee Soap Co. and more!

Orders close August 31, and we begin shipping September 5. The box is available as a subscription and as a single purchase.

The featured book is Dragonfriend by Marc Secchia! I read this book last year in a clean fantasy book club and loved it! It’s clean enough for young adult readers (and has been put in YA fantasy categories on Amazon), but is epic enough for readers who prefer adult epic fantasy over YA fantasy.

Have you found PhoenixCrate on social media yet? We’d love to connect on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram! We’ll have more sneak peeks in the weeks to come, too! You can also subscribe to our PhoenixCrate newsletter for sneak peeks, etc.

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Fell Beasts and Fair: A Noblebright Fantasy Anthology is now available!
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In this exciting collection of noblebright fantasy, fresh new fantasy voices and award-winning authors explore grief and hope, sacrifice and heroism. Rediscover the best aspect of classic fantasy – the noblebright ideals that made heroes heroic, even when the world grew dark around them.

Thieves, dragons, nightmares, fairy warriors, pookas, enchanted bear-men, and other magical creatures will delight you in these unique tales of possibility, courage, and hope.

This anthology features stories from:

Leslie J. Anderson, C.A. Barrett, Terri Bruce, Aaron DaMommio, M.C. Dwyer, Anthony Eichenlaub, Francesca Forrest, Chloe Garner, W.R. Gingell, Lora Gray, Kelly A. Harmon, Tom Howard, Rollin Jewett, Tom Jolly, Samuel Marzioli, Amanda Nargi, Aimee Ogden, Beth Powers, Darrell J. Pursiful, Charles D. Shell, April Steenburgh, Alena Sullivan, and Troy Tang.

Edited by Robert McCowen and C. J. Brightley.

Both ebooks and paperbacks are now available! Order it today!

Here’s a sneak peek of one of the stories in the anthology, “Blanche, Bear-Wife” by Alena Sullivan:

The café sits on the corner of the town square, its back to the woods and its face to the other shops around the town. The windows are stained glass, a hodgepodge of color and shadow, not really depicting anything, just rioting shades of light spilling their reflections onto the sidewalk. There’s no real sign, no name, just a square wooden shingle, anachronistic, hung above the door, reading CAFÉ in letters that are just a little lopsided, maybe. My Grampa carved that sign with his own hands, back before the War, before they started to shake.

 

It’s during the ice storm in February that the bear first comes by.

 

“I hate to be a bother, but it’s mighty cold out,” he rumbles apologetically, hugging his ice-crusted coat tight around his shoulders as he ducks through the doorway.

 

“It is, that,” I admit, smiling a little crookedly and pouring a hot mug of apple cider. I reckon that’s the sort of thing a bear could drink—it’s something warm, at any rate. I set it on the counter as the bear lumbers up and takes a seat on the stool across from me, gingerly testing it against his weight before he settles properly.

 

Rosie nudges me, elbow bordering on painful against my ribs. “He’s a bear,” she grits out through clenched teeth.

 

I lift a shoulder in a shrug. “It’s cold out there.” My Gramma, who raised me, is a little old lady who believes in real Southern hospitality, in making everybody welcome and looking after them all the same. When she opened this place, it was the only joint on the street that didn’t have a sign in the window that said whites only, and she never looked twice at anybody, not for their color or their war wounds or their piercings or tattoos. She doesn’t like my tattoos much, but she loves me, with or without them, and I’m not gonna shame her by turning anybody away in this weather.

 

“A freaking bear,” Rosie repeats, a little louder, a little shrill, and I can feel my mouth go tight around a cringe. The bear flinches.

 

“That’s no call to be impolite,” I say, trying not to be rude in my own turn. Smiling, I ignore the now actively painful elbow in my side and turn to the bear, putting a hand over his shaggy paw. “This one’s on the house, sir.” His fur is clouded with little ice crystals that crunch and melt a little under my palm.

 

He makes a face that might be a smile, but is mostly a baring of teeth and a huff of breath. “Mighty kind of you,” he says, nodding his head in acknowledgement. He has manners—real manners, ingrained, like my Grampa—you can see it in everything, in the way he holds himself straight and sits like somebody’s paying attention. To be fair, people are; the smattering of folks that came out in weather or were too dumb to leave before the ice really started coming down are all pretending not to stare and doing a thoroughly poor job of it. The bear is ignoring it with more dignity than I know I’d manage. Gramma would say he’s a real Southern gentleman.

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Twelve Days of (Faerie) Christmas – Release Day!

Twelve Days of (Faerie) Christmas is now available on Amazon and other retailers!

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When Charlotte meets mysterious Ronan, her comfortable life is upended in a confusion of magic, monsters, and birds. Lots of birds. But Ronan’s increasingly ridiculous gifts are the least of her concerns – the spell connecting them is ticking like a bomb, and time is running out.

It’s a clean, standalone fantasy adventure-romance novella/short novel of about 41,000 words.

You can purchase it on Amazon, Smashwords, Kobo, iBooks, and B&N Nook. The paperback should be available on retailers next week.

You can also purchase it directly from me! Click here for the ebook and here to pre-order a signed paperback (includes the ebook for free!). If you already purchased the ebook and would like a signed paperback too, please contact me through my contact form and I will send you a discount code to say thanks!

If you pre-ordered the ebook from me (via Gumroad) and got the pink cover version, the listing has been updated and you can now download the version with this cover too.

In the last few hours Twelve Days has already gotten its first lovely review! Thank you, Jan! You are awesome.

Oh! You may have noticed that Facebook continues to change its feed algorithm. I’ve heard that all the changes make it hard for us to see the posts of pages we follow (even though we followed them because we wanted to see what they post!). So I’ve also established a Reader Group on Facebook! Groups are prioritized in the feed, so this way you’ll see what’s going on. Join the group today! If you’re interested in the Page too, click here. Please come say hello!

 

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Twelve Days of (Faerie) Christmas – Pre-order with the real cover!

Twelve Days of (Faerie) Christmas is up for pre-order on Amazon and other retailers! With the real cover!

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When Charlotte meets mysterious Ronan, her comfortable life is upended in a confusion of magic, monsters, and birds. Lots of birds. But Ronan’s increasingly ridiculous gifts are the least of her concerns – the spell connecting them is ticking like a bomb, and time is running out.

It’s a clean, standalone fantasy adventure-romance novella/short novel of about 41,000 words.

You can pre-order it on Amazon, Smashwords, and Kobo already, and the pre-order should appear on iBooks and B&N Nook very soon. The release date is February 27. The paperback should be ready next week, too.

Alternately, you can get it early with the temporary cover, with a release date of February 21 (tomorrow!). If you get this version, you’ll also get the version with the real cover for free! On February 27th (the official release date), I’ll update the file and everyone who has already bought and downloaded it will be able to get the version with the real cover at no extra charge. Click the pink cover below to go to that version on Gumroad. Please note that this will require you to sideload the file to your device. The pink cover version will not be available as a paperback.

The winner of the giveaway of a paperback copy of W.R. Gingell’s Spindle has been notified! Please check your email to see if you won.

We’ve had some great book reviews over at Noblebright.org lately. We’re always open to guest post submissions.

What have you been reading lately?

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Twelve Days of (Faerie) Christmas is up for direct pre-order!

Twelve Days of (Faerie) Christmas is up for pre-order! Right now it’s only on pre-order directly from me with the temporary cover, with a release date of February 21. It’s about 40,000 words (long novella length) and is $3.99. If you get this version, you’ll also get the version with the real cover for free! You won’t be charged until the ebook is delivered. About a week after this version goes live, the book will be available on other retailers with the real cover, including Amazon, Barnes and Noble / Nook, Kobo, iBooks, and others. I just saw the preliminary version of the real cover, and it is MUCH better than mine. But mine is cute, and this way you can have both!

When Charlotte meets mysterious Ronan, her comfortable life is upended in a confusion of magic, monsters, and birds. Lots of birds. But Ronan’s increasingly ridiculous gifts are the least of her concerns – the spell connecting them is ticking like a bomb, and time is running out.

Have you entered the giveaway of a paperback copy of W.R. Gingell’s Spindle yet? Don’t miss it! The third book in the series is up for pre-order now, and I’ve already ordered my copy!

Here’s the blurb for Spindle:

She’s not a princess . . . but then, he’s no prince.

Polyhymnia is deep in enchanted sleep. High in a tower, behind an impenetrable barrier of magical thorns, she sleeps, dreams, and falls ever deeper into her curse.

Woken by a kiss, Poly finds herself in an alien world where three hundred years have passed and everyone she has ever known is dead. Luck, the enchanter who woke her, seems to think she is the princess. Understandable, since he found her asleep on the princess’ bed, in the royal suite, and dressed in the princess’ clothes.

Who cursed Poly? Why is someone trying to kill her and Luck? Why can’t she stop falling asleep?

And why does her hair keep growing?

Sometimes breaking the curse is just the beginning of the journey.

 

Have you had a chance to read The Lord of Dreams yet? If you have, and you’re on Facebook, please come let me know who your favorite character is! Vote here.

 

What have you been reading lately?

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Thank you for voting on the release date of Twelve Days of (Faerie) Christmas! 57% of the votes were for the “as soon as it’s done” option, so I’ll be releasing it sometime in February! I’m going to do something a little different this time, though. As soon as I’m done editing it, I’ll release it with the current (temporary) cover, available only directly from me. When the real cover is ready, I’ll update that listing on Gumroad and everyone who purchased it can get a copy with the updated cover at no additional cost.

I’ll release it on other retailers about a week later with the spiffy new cover! The files available directly from me should work with any reader (Kindle, iBooks app, Kobo, etc.), so the only reason to wait is if you really need the convenience of having the file delivered automagically. Don’t worry! Loading the files yourself is pretty easy, and I’ll send you step by step directions.

In the meantime, you may enjoy the books below. Oh! I almost forgot… I have a giveaway of a paperback copy of W.R. Gingell’s Spindle here.

Once is a collection of six historically-inspired fairytales, and it’s free! I haven’t read the whole collection yet, but I have read and enjoyed Suzannah Rowntree’s novella Death Be Not Proud, which is in it. It’s available on Amazon, iBooks, Kobo, Smashwords, and probably some other retailers. Suzannah also has a fantastic blog, which you should definitely read! I love her book reviews. Her newest release is Ten Thousand Thorns.

Princess Morning Light meditates in a hidden temple surrounded by ten thousand thorns. Guardian of a long-lost sword skill, the princess is destined to wake after a hundred years to return justice to All-Under-Heaven.

Or so legend says.

As the Vastly Martial Emperor extends his brutal domination across the world, rebel leader Clouded Sky flees the capital for the safety of his martial sect at Wudang Mountain. Meanwhile, the renegade martial artist Iron Maiden seeks a hero to awaken Morning Light. As bounty hunters and imperial guards close in, Clouded Sky must determine who he can trust – and who may be planning to betray him.

An action-packed retelling of Sleeping Beauty in the style of a Chinese martial arts epic! Novella, approximately 39,000 words.

I already have my copy and am looking forward to reading it! Ten Thousand Thorns is available on Amazon, iBooks, Kobo, and Smashwords (possibly some other retailers too).

I’ve also been hearing good things about Kara Jayne’s works from fellow clean fantasy authors and readers. I haven’t read this story yet, but it’s on my list!

Lillian is a druid, practicing magic on the sly, keeping it hidden from her abusive uncle; an Anti-fae who abhors magic. Lillian practices using her enchantment in the forest, where she goes unnoticed.

But when she gets tangled in the business of curses and fae, Lillian must openly defy her uncle, or lose the magic that she holds dear.

Frogs & Fae is a Tales of Fae novelette, and is a standalone story.

It’s a short, clean read and is available free on Amazon and iBooks.

And A. K. R. Scott’s Inharmonic is on sale for $0.99 this week! If you’ve read the Still Waters anthology, she wrote the short story “Lifeblood.”

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Thank you for reading!

~ C. J. Brightley

 

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