Leah Cutter: 184 books

Caitlin considers herself a carrion crow--living off the bones of the dead who have been left to drift in space at the end of the ugly war with the Allied Worlds. But many old warriors consider her work sacrilegious: they believe the dead should be buried on the planet they died above, their...

December 21st, 2012 hadn't been the end of the world, only the Great Unraveling. The veils between the Seen and Unseen worlds shredded, and the living suddenly learned they weren't alone.  Andy had seen it all, done it all, as a detective when he'd be alive. Now, as a ghost, he works...

A retelling of the Kashmiri fairy tale, "The Flower Princess."  After the king cuts the prince into two halves, what happens if the half buried in earth awakens with a bloodlust?  This story was originally published in "Talebones #16"

Pearl's greatest magical gift? Knowing exactly what someone needs before they do. Opening up a magic shop seemed like the perfect way to help her use her gift. The problem? The beautiful smartly-dressed woman who just walked in. This woman wants something. Something only Pearl can...

Lukas dreams of the end of the world starting at age five. Only his grandmother believes him. However, plans and prophecies laid down well before Lucas' birth draw him into mysteries and battles that shake the world. "The Guardian Hound"—the second novel in the Shadow Wars...

The Greater Oregon Fairy Kingdom hides beneath the Pacific Ocean cliffs. Between their own lost dreams, battles with the dwarves, and the encroaching humans, the kingdom continues to diminish. Only two young humans can save them now. Will Dale, the young human Tinker, answer their dreams? Can...

Ayumi has a magical talent for healing. Unfortunately, her father, and society in general during Heian era Japan, won't allow women to work. Can Ayumi find a life for herself that doesn't involve an odious marriage and wasting away, shunned and hidden in dim corridors like most women?...

Tong Yi lives in Taiwan and works as a messenger for Huli Transport—a company that specializes in delivering messages and packages for non-humans. He values his oath to the company and makes heroic efforts to ensure the messages entrusted to him arrive safely and on time. However, between...

Five years. Just like that.  Trouble stalks the Greater Oregon Fairy Kingdom. Wounds don't heal. Fairies who should live for centuries just die.  Outcast, deposed Queen Adele plots to return and retake her kingdom. In blood, if necessary. Meanwhile, Kostya the dwarf’s return...

No one trusts a landless magician, but Trullic cannot find his true home, where his own magical powers work best. He knows it exists somewhere out in the desert. But how can he find it, when the land itself threatens to swallow him whole every times he steps across the boundary? Nadeem comes...

Kai never met Mama. But based on her own abilities, and those who call her kin, she knows Mama wasn't human.  Kai finds things. In post-Katrina New Orleans, everyone's lost something, though most can't afford to pay.  Kai's latest client, a siren, hires Kai to find her sister....

Yvette lives in the French Alps. Celebrating the turn of the century with Mama, Yvette learns her true magic: she can hear the winds. Direct them to do her bidding. It means the winds keep her cold. And she hates being cold. It also means she knows all the secrets the wind carry to...

Hikaru and her one true love Norihiko defy both their families and kitsune (fox fairy) tradition by getting married.  Then an evil magician kills Norihiko, steals his soul, and reforges it into a sword.  Hikaru seeks the sword, determined to break the curse and bring back...

Mama Chen thinks she's lucky to have found Xi Bao, wandering alone through the empty streets during Ghost month. Now she has the most dutiful daughter, who waits on her every wish. Or is there more to Xi Bao then there seems? This short story is set in Beijing, during the Ming dynasty, around 1500 A.D.