When Madame Elvira O’Sullivan plans a scheme to expand her information network across all the colonies of 1855 British America, Liberia, Florida, Louisiana and Mexico. Her partner and lover, Zulie Dahomey, warns against moving from a luxury cruise for the wealthiest tycoons to the larger pond of international intrigue, but Elvira’s mind is set on expanding her network and her range across the Appalachians into First Nations territory using new technology discovered by Texas, to reach California and the gold fields.

Can she root out the secrets held by her clients, manage a hoodoo, and deliver all the colonial ambassadors to Charles Town in time to prevent an international incident, or will she lose it all including the love of her life?

A fairy godmother transformed into a cat must grant three wishes to save all of Faery before the moon turns without her powers: her speech, her wand, her wings, or her gossamer

Always in trouble with her Fairy Godmother Superior, Maven starts her second week on the job with trepidation until her boss turns her into a cat. Then she sees that her boss is possessed by an evil witch’s spirit, but the transformation does not allow her to use speech or any of her magical tools.

The characters include the son of Jack who climbed the beanstalk, the daughter of the miller whose brother got Puss in Boots, and Baby Bear of the three bears.

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Three more adventures from Maven Fairy Godmother have her dealing with kudzu, Giants and a very large pumpkin. She brings her usual channel-the-chaos style to deliver the happily ever after her clients desire. Kiss of the Kudzu begins just after the end of Maven Fairy Godmother: Through the Veil. Maven hasn’t recovered from her first week on the job, but she has her hands full with the wishes of a sentient Palace. In Beans, Maven follows her client up the beanstalk to raid the Giants and steal her way out of abject poverty, but the client finds out there are better ways to solve her problems. In the title story, Maven mneets a kept sorceress and must find a way out for both of them or risk being kept forever. Ebook and Print available.

Five flashes of magic in the mundane world, or at least close to what we call reality. Ebook and Print

Artifacts A young anthropologist does not pay attention to the Mothers’ warning.

The Croning In every woman’s life, if she lives long enough, her time will come.

Not Even One Wish No only should you be careful what you wish for, but whom you wish to.

Taffy’s Tale Who pays the price to be fed by the Fae.

Zen of Cool A festival, a full moon, a fool, and a fiddler.

• Walking off Heaven’s Shore washed in the flood of knowing
• Intervention – Mothers and daughters–can it ever work?
• Turning Point Friday morning, a cup of coffee, a decision
• Pachelbel’s Canyons Mall Markswoman Maintains Muzak Manifested Mayhem
• Walk the Dog Who’s holding which end of the leash?
• The Fire Inside Can he stand the heat?
• Kitchen Witchery The art of female bonding across generations
• Swamp of the Soul You only see the snakes if you look for them.
• Storm Front Revenge served cold can be slippery when wet.
• The Last time I Dated a Serial Killer A literate man is hard to find

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On a rogue asteroid orbiting a dark star, all the denizens live underground. Yroi wants to get away to another planet, but she’s a low-level dweller of the lizard-like Kleeks. Myril’s a human chef who wants to learn to use the spice that does not grow anywhere else. Can they make it work, a Stoner and a clueless offworld Sape? Their relationship develops as they learn to manage with others’ culture and expectations. Their goal is to move to another planet where he can be a chef and she can find out how it is to live on the outside of a planet.

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