Dayle A Dermatis: 113 books

What if Cinderella was the wicked one, and manipulated her kind, loving stepmother and stepsisters? Is being a handsome, charming prince really as effortless and trouble-free as it seems? Would you be alarmed if you realized that the beautiful red shoes you’re admiring change their...

Layde leads a double life: as a Duchess on the Hll, and as a mysterious assassin in a blood-red cloak. Born without a soulstone, set apart from every other person by her difference, she wanders adrift until she falls in love with Sehra, also a hired killer…and a mother. Layde takes jobs to fill...

The Cutting Edge of Modern Short Fiction A three-time Hugo Award nominated magazine, this issue of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine offers up eighteen fantastic stories by some of the best writers working in modern short fiction. No genre limitations, no topic limitations, just great stories. Attitude,...

Paranormal cop Miranda Contreau investigates a possible demon attack and gruesome murder. What she finds are six adorable cats and six cute, fuzzy kittens. Related? Surely not… Find out why USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith calls Dermatis “one of the best writers...

Angrrr Management: four talented guys, yes, and awfully pretty, all of them. And every last one of them was dumber than a post. Had they never HEARD of Robert Johnson? A hilarious short story about 80s hair metal and selling your soul to Satan. This is why USA Today bestselling author...

Physician Vera followed her husband, engineer Grigor, into space despite her agoraphobia. When an asteroid damages their small ship, someone must go outside to repair the docking mechanism or their incoming crew will die. Grigor and the captain? Injured. Which leaves Vera…. “So...

Alyse lost her job and her fiancé in one fell swoop. Her solace? Her weekly visit to the Santa Barbara Zoo’s Asian small-clawed otter exhibit. Then she meets zoo employee Matt, who shows her something special about the otters—and herself. Recycled Pulp editor John Helfers calls...

The First Rule of Witchcraft: Harm none. The Second Rule of Witchcraft: Practice magic only when you’re clear of mind. That includes not practicing magic while drunk. When drunken scrying goes awry, Madison connects with Brody, a cute guy trapped…somewhere. Freeing him becomes...

After former party girl Nikki Ashburne accidentally overdoses and briefly dies, she wakes up able to see ghosts. A good thing, because she lost all her other friends in the process. Now she runs ghosts tours of Los Angeles with her spirit-friends’ help. So when someone starts exorcising...

Isa juggles being a nanny to tween Gretchen, studying for her MBA, and honing her magical cooking skills. Time for romance? Hah! Then Gretchen casts an ill-advised love spell, and Isa’s world gets turned upside down. In ways nobody—including Isa, Gretchen, and Gretchen’s divorced...

Fantastic detectives come in many forms, from dogs to elves to eggs. (Yes, eggs.) And fantastic detective stories come in all mystery subgenres, from cozy to hard-boiled. (Remember. Eggs.) All of these forms and subgenres combine to create one of the most delightful additions to the Fiction River...

Cassie suffers from a chronic disease and hides her sexuality from her family. Feeling alone and adrift in her new home in Southern California, she turns to crafting little white lies—and maybe little white spells. But when her only friend disappears,  Cassie discovers a deeper...

Touch not the cat bot a glove… The MacPherson family crest above the door gives Rachael de Young, genealogist and psychic, an unexpected chill. She doesn’t know that by crossing the threshold, her life will change forever. Because the MacPhersons are a family cursed by jealousy, betrayal,...

Who are they? What are they? The souls of the long departed, or wicked manifestations of sin? Tales of ghosts and spectres have enthralled us since time began. From ghostly servants, spectral possession, a space-going ghostbuster, to Halloween horrors, wicked toads and missing children these...