Rolling around in the worst fashion accessory ever... Seventeen-year-old Merry has mucked up another chance to get into the University of Magecraft, so she doesn't have time to deal with shape-changing creatures bent on stealing memories from the people of Woodshire. That's her father's job. But when an outlaw mage mistakes her for a damsel in distress on a drenched train platform, she's dragged into a fight with the monsters and a sheriff mad enough to use them. She'd never admit it out loud but the mage is actually kind of fun to work with-when she doesn't want to run him over with her chair. And he's exactly the ally she needs when the monsters go after her father's memories. But with bad guys who can look like friends and friends who look like outlaws, Merry has to decide who to trust and whether returning the stolen memories of those she cares about most is worth giving up her chance to finally earn respect as a mage.

By Wingéd Chair (Mark of the Least)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Merritt, Kendra

Fantasy

Blue Fyre Press

The only one who can free him is the girl he's hurt the most. Cursed for a youthful accident which maimed a young woman, Léon Beauregard roams his mountain as a bear, clinging to the scraps of his humanity. Too bad it's not working. Every day he loses a little more of himself to the bear and his stupid fuzzy tail. But when Léon comes across Anwen, an enchanter scarred from an accident she doesn't remember, she promises to free him, because she believes no one deserves this sort of punishment, no matter their crime. As the graceful enchanter tries to free him, Léon begins to realize Anwen is much more than just a passing enchanter. She's the one he's falling in love with. And she is the one whose life he ruined. He knows he must hide his part in Anwen's past if he wants to keep her, but when bodies show up mauled by a large animal, even she begins to doubt his ability to be redeemed. With his heart, soul, and humanity in the balance, Léon has more to hide and everything to lose if Anwen ever learns the truth about the monster inside him.

Skin Deep (Mark of the Least)

Teen & Young Adult

Literature & Fiction

Fearless or feral? Liberating or life-threatening? The wild side of life takes many forms. It seeps through the cracks of our world in the form of stray cats, tenacious weeds, oppressive relationships, and haunting memories. These fourteen stories by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers explore the wildness that lives inside all of us-and what happens when we let it out.

Wild: Uncivilized Tales from Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers (Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Anthologies)

Sylvaine, Angela

Bissett, Carina

Duffy, Rick

Craft, Rachel Delaney

Jones, Charis

Persichetti, James

Eardley, B.J.

Short Stories & Anthologies

RMFW Press

Even the weakest flame can become the fiercest blaze. Crippled from a childhood illness, Cindy lives in the kitchen fireplace, ignored by her noble father and his new, perfect family, helping the people no one else notices. But when he dies under mysterious circumstances, Cindy's step-mother coerces her into an elaborate plot to avoid being charged with murder. Meekness is nothing new to Cindy, but now she has to lay low in the royal court of Valeria where a prince is rumored to be bride shopping. She'd be fine, if that prince would just stop following her around. But Prince Nikolas has seen more than Cindy's limp. He's seen that she's clever and observant. And she's just the right person to help him fight a blood mage that threatens the very foundation of Valeria. If only she believed that she was worth fighting for, too...

Catching Cinders (Mark of the Least)

It's impossible to bury your past when everyone carries a shovel. The people of Namerre both love and fear the Reaper, a ruthless vigilante with a strict moral code. When the law fails, he hunts down those who have done wrong and makes them disappear, from blood mages to corrupt judges. Until now, eighteen-year-old Kallan has been the one to do Reaper's dirty work. But no more. She wants to catch criminals the right way, and after telling her employer to take a long trip in a leaky airship, she joins Namerre's police force. Growing up in a world of thieves and killers has left Kallan with debilitating anxiety and a past she can't talk about--unless she wants to be arrested before she graduates. But when a serial killer stalks the streets, leaving victims dressed as brides, Kallan has to decide if it's worth risking her future to seek help from the man who taught her to murder.

Shroud for a Bride (Mark of the Least)

Every step from the path leaves another scar... Nothing terrifies the people of Ballaslav more than a crimson cloak. It marks a blood mage, someone who cuts and even kills for a terrible type of power. Eighteen-year-old Reyna doesn't want to know why there are blood mages walking openly on the streets. She doesn't want to get involved with the ones who have traded their souls for magic. She just wants to get home before someone realizes she should be wearing the red, too. But when Reyna joins a caravan headed toward her home, she makes friends she can't afford to keep-not with her arms covered in scars. Too bad you can't escape your past when you carry it with you. She arrives home only to discover that one of her mistakes has followed her, threatening her family and friends to bring about another bloody epoch. Now her choices might destroy everyone she loves, unless she can figure out how to leave behind the things she's done and drag her future from the grasp of the blood mages.

A Matter of Blood (Mark of the Least)

Magic destroyed the world...but her power might be the key to protecting what's left. It has been ten months since the Darkness lifted and the eclipse that toppled civilization ended. The mighty Vemiir Empire that once stretched from coast to coast now lies in ruins. Aurelia's family is all she has left. They surround her with love, they fight to protect her, but they do not understand her. No one does. No one but another magi would. And as far as she knows, she might be the last of those. Magic was the downfall of the Empire, but magic is all Aurelia has to offer in this new world. A magic that her family fears and misunderstands. All she can do is hide it, bury it, and forget it and everything she went through to earn it. But the world is dangerous now, as well as full of possibilities. And Aurelia can't help the feeling that magic not only has a place in it--it could be the key to learning how to survive, to grow, and to thrive in a world that's been made completely new.

After the Darkness (Mark of the Least)

Anikka has worked her butt off to earn a place on the Last Resort, a colony ship leaving overcrowded Earth. But instead of a peaceful trip to a new world, Anikka wakes from cryo-sleep as the Last Resort hits the atmosphere and crashes in the jungle, completely ruining her plans. Wounded and alone except for an anxious AI, Anikka is determined to survive even when the planet itself is trying to kill her. All she has to do is get to the colony. But rising mysteries trip her every step of the way. Why did the ship crash? Why isn't anyone from the colony responding? What happened to the people who were supposed to be there? Anikka's life depends on finding the answers. Before whatever got the colony gets her, too.

Surviving Daybreak (Daybreak Colony)

Daybreak Sentinel (Daybreak Colony)

Science Fiction

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By Wingéd Chair (Mark of the Least)

Skin Deep (Mark of the Least)

Wild: Uncivilized Tales from Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers (Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Anthologies)

Catching Cinders (Mark of the Least)

Shroud for a Bride (Mark of the Least)

A Matter of Blood (Mark of the Least)

After the Darkness (Mark of the Least)

Surviving Daybreak (Daybreak Colony)

Daybreak Sentinel (Daybreak Colony)

Daybreak Sentinel (Daybreak Colony)