Knotted Road Press: 222 books

Sadie Louise restores wooden furniture, returning it to its former glory. With just a touch, she finds the strength flowing along the grain or where a joint will shatter with the right pressure. She also frees the spirits she discovers in the wood, trapped there by accident or design....

The raven clan takes pride in three things: The education of their children, the fierceness of their warriors, and how they care for their own. However, Pedrek, a retired raven warrior, finds a raven clan boy alone in a remote mountain village, ignorant of his heritage as well as cursed. He...

These days, your readers want series. That chance to revisit their favorite characters over and over, to see where their lives are going next. Television has spoiled them for long arcs of story spanning seasons, rather than episodes. You need to adapt to this new world. Learn to write...

Readers really do judge books by its cover. It's frequently the first thing that a reader encounters. Maybe the last, if its not compelling. A beautiful cover isn't enough. If the cover doesn't suit your story, if it doesn't instantly convey the correct genre and tone, doesn't re-enforce your...

NaNoWriMo - National Novel Writing Month - when people all over the world decide to write an entire novel - 50,000 words - during the month of November. Do those other NaNo books discourage you? The ones that require daily check-ins, logs, and spreadsheets? What if you're not a project manager,...

Life for Darius changes completely when he meets Lulu, an alien, living spaceship. Now they must run far from her home systems. Dare they return to human-operated space? What sort of homecoming awaits them? Particularly since no one apparently knows about the aliens? Be sure to...

The great sentient spaceship Lulu watchs the humans kill her human mate, Darius. Now, she plots her revenge. Meanwhile, Darius races to get back to his ship, before Lulu not only kills herself but their one chance at a new life in human space. Can Darius prove himself a hero to everyone...

Coming to Canada, the New World, to win his fortune was the first gamble Mei Quon took. Working in Victoria on a crooked game of fan tan, pleasing clients, instead of breaking his back with the railroad was the second.  Now, throwing in his lot with one of the tongs might be his biggest gamble yet.  Previously published in, "Fiction River: Past Crime." 

Magic requires the life of another. If the life that the magician chooses isn't strong enough, they'll Diminish their own soul. But Catriana is tired of killing. Can she find a different life source to tap into, a new way to do magic?

Ginny, a Japanese-American teenager, moves to the country with her grandparents after her parents die in a mysterious accident. When she explores the forbidden attic, she finds she something she never expected: her destiny. A tale of growing up and the consequences of choices.

There are a lot of gardens, as well as green growing things in the stories in this collection. However, the most important tales take place beyond the garden, outside the fence, when you stray from the path and walk under the trees, into the wilderness and beyond. Tales included: "Gulkhanam," "The Other Story," "The Doom of Alokai Temple," "One Fall Day," and "Walking Gods."

What do red boots, frozen dreams, and a flower princess all have in common? They're all original fairytales retold with a new slant by Leah Cutter in the collection, "Tell Me Again." Also included is an original piece, a fairytale about retelling stories, sharing myths. Tales include: "Red...