Spare Words Press: 101 books

Tim is a small wolf shifter, partially disabled, not good at confrontation, and very alone. Life isn't easy at a precinct where he's never been fully accepted. He spends far too much of his time trying not to overhear coworkers mocking him. His best friend (okay, pretty much his only friend) is a...

I've wanted to work with a wolf partner for as long as I can remember.  This is my third — and final — chance of being chosen by one. You know what they say.  Be careful what you wish for.  I had no idea wolves could be as broken as my new partner is.  He has an intense phobia...

Wallace Avery, bookworm extraordinaire, is not out at work in either sense, as a gay man or as a fox shifter.  He likes his privacy, and he's quite content in records management, thank you: filing papers and spending his off hours quietly. When the opportunity he never wanted is thrust into...

Jett used to be a firefighter. He gave it up when he developed the terrifying ability to make fire with his mind. Panicked, he fled—also leaving behind his best friend and secret crush, Levi.  Two years later, they meet again. And somehow, Levi can forgive Jett for leaving and never saying...

Sean and Jem are getting a divorce. It's a sad way to spend Christmas, apart for the first time in years, but times change and love dies. Jem has been trying hard to move on with his life...but now Sean's back asking for his help. Sean's parents are coming over for Christmas, and he doesn't want to...

One day after a storm, lonely lighthouse keeper Cole stumbles upon a half-drowned man.  The man is a magician, who's forgotten everything, even his name.  As the two wait for the supply boat to come and take him away from the island, Cole finds himself falling in love. He doesn't think the...

It's only a dog, the FBI agents think when they descend on the drug lord's home.  Only a dog, chained in the back yard, half starved and with almost glowing eyes it's so filled with rage and fear. It isn't till they get closer that someone says, "That looks like a wolf." a short story 3200 words

Kyle and Justin are just friends, right?  Well, friends who have weird superpowers—like Justin turning into a tiger and Kyle being able to control the cold (sort of).  But maybe they're more than friends, too...   Justin doesn't want to admit to his feelings, especially since Kyle is a...

Kase has a hard life as enforcer for his father, the head alpha. When he refuses to settle down with a female, he finds himself on his own, a lone wolf trying to find his way in the world as a gay wolf shifter. Prickly, warm-hearted, sexy Jody is the one he wants, but the man's father (and alpha) is...

As rising boxers, they're scheduled to fight one another. Liam doesn't think anything can interfere with their feelings for each other.  That is, if they do both feel the same.  But in their world, many things can keep two young men apart.  Do they have any chance at a life together? Length: 22,000 words takes place in the same world as "Memories and Marco"  

Two young men start to correspond—one a civilian, the other a soldier struggling with his life in Vietnam. Pen pals become something more as the boys discover things about themselves and each other through their letters and their lives. A love story. Length: 12,400 words Heat level: low

Joe needs someone with the second sight to help him. He's on a case, a case that starts out as finding missing jewelry and soon entails a wicked and otherworldly element. Helping him is the unearthly and beautiful Lee, who's attracted to him but shy about it. Hell, Joe understand that. It's...

Now that Dave's tour of duty is over, he just wants to forget about 'Nam...and stop the nightmares.  A new friendship and a new job offer him hope.  Especially when Dave's growing feelings for his friend just might be mutual. A sweet gay romance or sweet m/m romance set during the Vietnam War era. Length: 19,000 words Heat level:  Low

Tomas Quiróz is a quiet guy. He's content with his books and his job as a cop, and working with his wolf shifter friend, Riley. But lately, Tomas is lonely — and he starts feeling strangely drawn to a cute guy. Between discovering new things about himself and trying to navigate a possible relationship,...