Gifted with the ability to create magic with the ancient art of paper folding, Xiao Yen, whose skills are in demand for the protection they offer, is forced to leave her family behind and escort two foreigners through the dark Middle Kingdom--a journey that plunges her into great danger and forever shapes her destiny. Original.

Paper Mage

Literature & Fiction

Cutter, Leah R.

Contemporary

Roc+

The Caves of Buda

When her grandfather, Laci, confined to a hospital because of his dire ravings about demons, escapes and flees to his boyhood home in Hungary, Zita sets out to find the elderly man, only to discover that his apparent dementia hides a terrifying truth that could have a profound and destructive impact on all human life. Original.

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

Escaping to a new world after he kills a fellow warrior, Tyrthbrand, marked by the god Tyr, forms an alliance with Lady Two Bird, a Mayan high priestess, which unites the two cultures in an attempt to stop an ethereal conflict that could destroy both Heaven and Earth. Original.

The Jaguar and the Wolf

United States

Xiao Yen is a paper mage: She folds paper into an animal or a thing, then does magic, so the paper becomes what she's folded. However, she's a woman trying to fill a man's roll during the Tang dynasty, in China, and the only people willing to hire her are foreigners. Things go from bad to worse for Xiao Yen on her first assignment: She loses her lucky amulet, there are robbers on the trail, as well as treachery among her traveling companions. Before long, Xiao Yen must battle a warlord, attack a rat dragon, and destroy a Taoist immortal. But even bigger battles await Xiao Yen up ahead...

Genre Fiction

Knotted Road Press

Zita made some bad choices during college. Now, she has a stable job, a stable relationship, but she isn't happy. Plus, her grandfather, Laci, is showing signs of dementia, complaining that demons are attacking him. He insists he must return to Budapest because demons don't die: They must be killed. When Laci runs away to Hungary, Zita must follow him, striking out on a new path that will completely change her life.

Pulphouse Fiction Magazine #10

Peart, Neil

Anderson, Kevin J.

Smith, Dean Wesley

Leslie, Mark

Reed, Annie

Dermatis, Dayle A.

Hendrickson, David H.

Mears, Stefon

McCollum, Phillip

Short Stories & Anthologies

Wmg Publishing, Inc.

Xiao Yen loses her luck at the most inauspicious time: just before her first employment, protecting foreigners with her magic while they travel through the Middle Kingdom, along the last part of the Silk Road.
Despite contracts and agreements, Xiao Yen's fealty remains with her family. She must distinguish herself on the road in order to catch the eye of a legend and earn an immortal peach.
How can Xiao Yen hope to fulfill her promises to either her family or her clients when, because of her missing luck, she fails at everything she turns her hand to?
Come travel with Xiao Yen on a magical journey through a magical land in this unusual, vividly-told historic fantasy.

Cutter, Leah

The Strawberry Girl: A Huli Intergalactic Story

What types of mysteries do you prefer? Cozies? Hard-Boiled? With romantic suspense elements? Historic? Or perhaps a little harder to describe? This collection of mysteries from Leah R. Cutter has it all! They all share that same love of Voice that she has for mystery, plus some very interesting characters who you're sure to fall in love with, like the fast-talking Frankie (who knows everyone) or Rabbit, from the Tang Dynasty China era, with a passion for land law. Here are twelve tales sure to amuse and delight you, lead you down mysterious paths and make you wonder, "What if?"

The Year of Mystery: 12 Short Mysteries From 2021

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Tanelith only knows the ruins of one of the crashed cities. Myths say that the gods used to live there, floating in palaces far above the ground.The other races-like the Dwarves and the Humans-blame Tanelith people, the Elves, for the ancient war, for how far the rest of them have fallen.And artifacts still hide among the broken walls and buildings. Miracles and mysteries. When slavers drag Tanelith to the Human lands, to witness the hatred that causes people to treat her kind like animals, she must escape.But can the past save the Elves from the hatred of the other races? Can the future?Ruins of the Gods-the first in a new epic dark fantasy series- follows Tanelith as she struggles to find her place in the world. And the gods that abandoned and betrayed them all.Be sure to read the rest of the books in this finished series!

Ruins of the Gods (The Fallen Elves)

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