Independent Bookworm: 27 books

Solve a mermaid's problem… Step off the edge of a roof… Dig up a grave at midnight… Take advice from a fortune cookie… Visit the last library… Meet a bridge troll… And more… In one instant, like a bolt of lightning, a single impossible event changes a person's life. And like the...

20 Kinds of Stupid: An Anthology of Idiot Heroes and Ridiculous Heroines twenty fatally flawed flash stories by Holly Lisle and students If there’s one thing more fun than writing awesome stories, it’s occasionally indulging in the worst excesses and writing awesomely bad stories....

Once upon a time in a world where magic and technology collide with unexpected consequences… A little boy who doesn't want to sleep easily becomes a problem — especially if the mother is extremely tired. How does the mother in Theodor Storm's fairy tale “The Little Havermann” feel? The...

I am preparing my death with great care. My wife supports me as best she can – not that she has a choice, mind you. I will be the first to look behind the veil, the first to return from the tunnel of light. Death's secrets will be mine, and I shall be famous. For I am the Insider. Dark Fantasy...

a love story with dragons The flames of a car crash have killed Lydia's parents and erased her former life from her mind. No matter how much she tries, all she remembers is the agony of losing her family. To be able to go on, she seals her emotions in a hidden corner of her mind. She no longer...

An interactive mystery with more than twenty different endings. The Fairy Godmother's murder might just be the end of Sagaland, the kingdom of fairy tales. Only one person can solve the case--and it's not Sherlock Holmes: He's indisposed. Therefore Sagaland's king will gladly accept the help...

Once upon a time in a world where magic and technology collide with unexpected consequences… The cat is caught in a curse with no way out. Not even the death of his hot-tempered owner, the miller, opens an escape route. Instead the youngest of the miller's sons inherits him. Can the cat gain...

CSI with magic but without the gore Despite her obvious lack of magical talent, nineteen year old Moira Bellamie apprentices with the Gendarmerie Magique, the magic police. She puts all her effort into solving a burglary at the National Museum where antique weapons have been stolen, to keep...

Looking for qualified time-travelers to decide your past selves' future in this fun experimental story. Are you it? Do you remember holding a flashlight under the covers and breathlessly flipping pages forward or backward for the consequences of the action you chose (go to B)? Or are you now...

Once upon a time in a world where magic and technology collide with unexpected consequences… Ember Ash toils in the family's clockwork shop under her stepfather's watchful eye and dreams of magic. When she buys a fairy in a cage, her life takes a turn for the weird even though the fairy's...

Once upon a time in a world where magic and technology collide with unexpected consequences… When Martin helps a pregnant woman to flee from the king’s men, he doesn’t know that the twins she bears will change his solitary life forever. What if the Brother's Grimm misunderstood the dwarf in...

Once upon a time in a world where magic and technology collide with unexpected consequences… Despite the disabilities a curse has caused, tsarevna Rivka fights for her independence. Why can't her father, the tsar, understand that burning witches isn't the answer to her and her sisters' heart...

Once upon a time in a world where magic and technology collide with unexpected consequences… When the royal family of the neighboring country visits, Prince Laurent turns down the princess—with dire results. Turned into swans, he and his brothers flee, followed by their sister in a flying...

To turn his ghostly sister back into a human, twelve-year-old fraidy-cat Tom must fight the Beast, a century old demon stealing kid's souls.   Tom is afraid of his own shadow. What if it turns into a monster and attacks? Luckily his older sister, Sally, protects him from everything that scares him:...