A L Butcher: 27 books

From fantasy to space adventure, pirates, mystery, horror, historical fiction, romance and coming of age you'll find short, snappy reads herein. There is something for everyone in this lucky dip. 19 short stories and collections from multiple authors. Table of Contents "Blown"...

Magic invites . . . Curses and blessing, sorcerous time travel, shape-shifters, hidden enchantment and corrupted blood. Magic demands . . . Saving those you love, courage, betrayal and fights against unspeakable forces. Magic promises . . . Last best hopes, reluctant...

In the shadows lurk the monsters, the killers and the supernatural. Some kill, some stalk, some haunt. All bring shivers and thrills. A dark collection of horror, murder and blood. You have been warned. Table of Contents "The Watcher" by A. L. Butcher "Unfair Play"...

They stalk our myths and hunt our past—dragons—humankind’s greatest and oldest foe. Good, bad, legendary and deadly. Dare you enter the dragon’s lair? Thirteen tales of dragons, their friends and their foes. # Table of Contents "The Crown and the Dragon" by John...

Fairies, fair folk, imps, trolls, and pixies—they haunt our myths from Ireland to Iceland and everywhere else. Join in the fairy fun, or fairy fear, as good, bad, and mischievous they show themselves. Dare you take the trip to Fairyland? No one who returns is ever quite the same. Table of...

When the tide of war flows many are caught in its wake. Who will gain entry to the city and who will be forced to remain outside the walls? A short fantasy tale of love, loyalty and courage in war.

Gods, nymphs, vampires, deathless clones, cursed mages and those who serve them face perils where immortality acts as either curse or blessing or...both. Souls and selves lie at stake in this eclectic bundle. Featuring: The Goddess Problem by Sherry D. Ramsey Glamour of the God-Touched...

More short stories about vampires mingling in the pages of this anthology. Vampire Apocalypse vs. Last Vampire Survivor. Vampires with hemophobia or Asperger Syndrome. Vampires in the past and in the future, walking through the centuries because they can. Undead but immortal unless you manage to kill...

What stalks the land cannot be, but is.Where magic is outlawed a troll Shaman calls from her deathbed to her heiress, Mirandra Var, daughter of the storm. Mirandra vows to find her missing kin, sort friend from foe, and claim the dangerous secrets guarded by unthinkable creatures. If she succeeds,...

A collection of short dark poems of war, politics, nature and the vagaries of life.

Madam Giry finds herself embroiled in the tragedy unfolding at the Opera house; mystery and murder stalk the corridors and, it is said, a ghost haunts the place. Giry knows the truth, for she recalls the caged man she met so many years ago. This is her story, their story. When murder and mystery...

Six short tales of mayhem and mischief. Naughty imps, missing socks, cunning thieves and baffled gods feature in this collection of short fantasy fiction.

Imagine: you are seated about a blazing campfire, your and the other bards. Tales of Achilles, Beowulf, Alexander, Odysseus, Conan, Tarzan, Joan of Arc and other heroes are told, along with new ones that carry on with the Jungian archetypes so central to our very nature. Men and women who brave the...

A dozen tumultuous years after the dramatic events at the Paris Opera House Raoul, Comte de Chagny is still haunted by the mysterious Opera Ghost – the creature of legend who held staff at the Opera House under his thrall, kidnapped Raoul's lover and murdered his brother. In Raoul's troubled imagination...