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Here
you'll find a selection of stories written to accompany our books. Some
of them have appeared in print, under contracts that allow us to
republish them after a certain amount of time. Others were
written specifically as thank-yous to our readers and debuted here. To
read, just click on an image of the cover art below. Or, if you
prefer an ebook, follow the links to download a free copy from
Smashwords.com. Have fun!
Black Friday
A Cassie Palmer holiday short.
Lover's Knot
One of the most powerful vampires in existence has gone missing,
which is fine with Dorina Basarab. As a dhampir, a half human, half vampire
hybrid, her job is killing vampires, not saving them. But then the man sent to
find the missing vampire also goes missing, and he happens to be her lover,
Louis-Cesare. She therefore finds herself on a rescue mission with an old
enemy, while forgotten memories from deep in her past play out in her head.
What are they trying to tell her? And can she figure it out before it's too
late?
For the ebook of "Lover's Knot", go here for the Smashwords version,
or here for Amazon.
This
novella is part of the Dorina Basarab series of books published by Penguin
Random House. It is set after the first three novels of the series, Midnight's
Daughter, Death's Mistress and Fury's Kiss, and provides some
spoilers for those books.
Shitty Beer
This
is an odd little thing, somewhere between a short story and a deleted
scene. It started when a reader wrote my page on Facebook to ask “I’m
rereading Claimed by Shadow again
and I’m curious, how exactly did Pritkin describe Cassie to Mac? I’ve
always wondered.” So here’s the answer, plus a little bit more.
"Shitty Beer" contains some
fairly significant spoilers for Claimed by Shadow,
the second Cassie Palmer novel.
Also, because this short wouldn't make a lot of sense to non-readers, it isn't being put on
Smashwords/Amazon etc. However, a reader generously donated her time to make some
e-versions possible (thanks, Nicholi!)
Click here for PDF
Click here for .mobi
Click here for epub
Click here for .docx
Zombie's Bite
When
Dorina Basarab, half human, half vampire, assassin-for-hire, hits New
Orleans, she thinks it's for a typical job: take out a mad master vamp
before he can wreak havoc on the city. But when the elusive master
suddenly shows up at her hotel, things get complicated, especially when
Dory realizes that the murder he has in mind is his own! And that the
Big Easy is about to get a whole lot harder.
For the ebook of "Zombie's Bite", go here.
"Zombie's
Bite" is a Dorina prequel novella, featuring Dory, Mircea and Kit
Marlowe. It can be read at any time, although there are a few slight
spoilers for Midnight's Daughter.
For a large size version of the cover art, go here.
Updating Pritkin
Sartorially elegant our war mage is not. Is there anyone who can help? Anyone . . .
"Updating Pritkin" was originally done as the conclusion to a contest
on the blog (you can find the contest on the Funny tab of the News
page, but it's not needed for enjoying the story). It is relatively
free of spoilers, but because of one important issue, should be read
after Hunt the Moon.
Because of the images used in the story, this cannot be put on
Smashwords. However, a reader generously donated her time to make some
e-versions possible (thanks, Nicholi!)
Click here for a PDF
Click here for .mobi
Click here for the .docx
For a large size version of the cover art, go here.
For the ebook of "Shadowland", go here.
"Shadowland" is a novella set between Curse the Dawn, Cassie Palmer #4, and Hunt the Moon,
Cassie Palmer #5. It contains spoilers for Cassie Palmer books 1-4. It
should be read after "A Family Affair", the first novella in the
series, available below.
For a large-sized version of the
cover art, go here.
For the ebook of "In Vino Veritas", go here.
"In Vino Veritas" was our contribution to the Chicks Kick Butt anthology
(June 2011). It is now available here as a free short
as per our contract with the publisher.
Contains spoilers for Midnight's Daughter, Dorina Basarab #1
and Death's Mistress, Dorina Basarab #2.
For the ebook of "The House at Cobb End", go here.
"The
House at Cobb End" is set prior to the beginning of the Cassie Palmer
series. It nonetheless contains spoilers for all five books.
For the ebook of "A Family Affair," go here. "A Family Affair" is a novella set between Curse the Dawn, Cassie Palmer #4, and Hunt the Moon, Cassie Palmer #5. It contains spoilers for Cassie Palmer books 1-4. The sequel is "Shadowland", available above. For a large-sized image of
the cover art, go here.
For the ebook of "The Gauntlet,"
go here.
For a large-sized image of the
cover art, go here. "The Gauntlet" is the prequel
to "The Queen's Witch" (below).
For the ebook of "The Queen's
Witch," go here.
For a large-sized image of the
cover art, go here.
For the ebook of "The Day of the Dead," go here.
For a large-sized image of the cover art, go here.
Contains spoilers for Touch the Dark and Claimed by Shadow.
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