Short Fuse Publishing: 57 books

I am a monster. You ask what kind, but I will leave that to you, gentle reader. The details of my modern identity are available, but The Creature’s Cookbook is woefully incomplete. This compilation of stories and recipes came about because of your questions and desires. I offer it so that...

Part 2 of the spine-tingling (and chop-licking) Creature's Cookbook: That Is Not My Name. I am a monster. The kind that eats people. Yes, we are real, but do feel free to doubt me — your doubt stocks my freezer. I have wandered this globe for centuries, cultivating a...

Part 1 of the spine-tingling (and chop-licking) Creature's Cookbook: Beauty and the Monster. I am a monster. The kind that eats people. Yes, we are real, but do feel free to doubt me — your doubt stocks my freezer. I have wandered this globe for centuries, cultivating...

Part 4 of the spine-tingling (and chop-licking) Creature's Cookbook: The Hunter and the Wolf. I am a monster. The kind that eats people. Yes, we are real, but do feel free to doubt me — your doubt stocks my freezer. I have wandered this globe for centuries, cultivating...

Part 3 of the spine-tingling (and chop-licking) Creature's Cookbook: Pygmalion. I am a monster. The kind that eats people. Yes, we are real, but do feel free to doubt me — your doubt stocks my freezer. I have wandered this globe for centuries, cultivating a unique understanding...

For fans of Ben Bova, Robert Silverberg, and Greg Bear, BIOMASS REWIND follows a group of “made” humans manufactured and trained by a sapient ship to colonize a new Earth-like planet. Once on the surface, the squad must evade gruesome death at the claws, leaves and wings of the hostile native...

Palmer Luce has a bad feeling about this. First, her employer du jour may or may not have stolen their ship and uniforms from Earth Central. Second, they’re not exactly telling her what the cargo is on the planet below that she’s to bring back—she’ll know it when she sees it. Oh, and the mission...

Jason Mason and Ulysses Gump love the dump. The junk they find is a source of endless imagination and a home to their new friends, the garbage goblins, who help keep the trash extra smelly and rotten. But there’s a problem. Queen Cleansa and her seven cleanliness fairies have stolen the seven magical...

Jason Mason and Ulysses Gump love the dump. The junk they find is a source of endless imagination and a home to their new friends, the garbage goblins, who help keep the trash extra smelly and rotten. But there’s a problem. Queen Cleansa and her seven cleanliness fairies have stolen the seven magical...

The standalone sequel to Claudia’s Pleasure. New lovers Cherokee and Dylan are hunting for a woman to make their romance complete. As the son of a god, Cherokee has been alive for too many years to think he can meet all his needs with only one of the sexes. If he doesn’t have sex every...

Will an invitation tear them apart?There was no way Seth Dunleavy was going to Dunleavy Farm. He had no family in Kentucky—certainly not famous horseracing nobility—and he didn’t want any. With a busted leg, a struggling business, and a lifetime of failure, he had enough problems. Now,...

An intriguing invitation…Carla Dunleavy’s family consists of herself and her socialite mother—or so she thought. When she receives a letter from a grandmother she never knew existed, Carla asks questions, but her mother refuses to discuss the past. Left without recourse, she journeys...

There's no danger greater than falling for your enemy... The Nephilim are bound. Their powers cursed. But half-angel Kasdeja will do anything to free them from Heaven's tyranny. When Kas is approached by a striking, mysterious woman, she tells him his greatest enemies hold the key to his freedom. Mariel...

Glaukos, a legendary Greek warrior, hunts for an ancient killer in modern-day Los Angeles, but finds a desirable beauty instead. Meanwhile, Greg Levendakis fantasizes about a curvy redhead instead of his girlfriend. It turns out both men want the same woman. Holly Bowles wants a boyfriend and...