Open, Charlie

Open, Charlie

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Eighteen-year-old Charlie is running away from her stepfather, a New York crime boss. For five long years, he has been forcing her to use her magical abilities to open bank vaults and safe boxes. Charlie wants to escape his brutal rule, but where in America would she be safe from his ruthless avarice? Could she trust anyone? After all, everyone has a price, and her stepfather is devious enough and rich enough to pay almost anything to get her - his personal magical picklock - back.Cover background: by https://www.deviantart.com/mysticmorningCover design: by me, Olga Godim.…

Fibs in the Family

Fibs in the Family

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Captain Alex Woodward was fighting Napoleonic troops on the Peninsula, until his wounds forced him to retire. Now he travels to an estate of his former comrade, killed by the enemies, to fulfill his promise and help the slain officer's sisters any way he could.The estate is entailed, but the eldest sister Rebecca comes up with an ingenious solution to their problem. Although Rebecca's idea is highly irregular and somewhat illegal, Alex's promise wouldn't let him to back off.It could've been easy, if their mutual attraction didn't complicate matters. And then, Rebecca's brother's secret past comes to light, and a worse entanglement ensues.…

Scarlet Sails

Scarlet Sails

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Dreams versus real life - do you know a deeper conflict? Or a deeper joy, when dreams win against reality? Assol dreams of scarlet sails. Cover image is based on a painting by the artist 1Tamara2 from Pixabay.com:https://pixabay.com/illustrations/fantasy-people-mysticism-composing-8018141/Cover design by me, Olga Godim.…

Acting for Shapeshifters [Anne Bishop's The Others]

Acting for Shapeshifters [Anne Bishop's The Others]

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Tansy Margolis is an actress, not a hero. But when she discovers a wounded Panthergard girl on her patio, she has to act, before her beloved Sparkletown is destroyed by the Others. This story is a fan fiction novelette from Anne Bishop's World of the Others. The action takes place in Sparkletown a year after the Great Predation.…

Magic Senegalese [Wen Spencer's Elfhome]

Magic Senegalese [Wen Spencer's Elfhome]

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When Naomi, a dancer living in New York, witnesses a murder, she knows she has to disappear before the murderer finds and silences her. And the best place she could go to hide from a ruthless killer is... another planet: Elfhome, the planet of the elves. Unfortunately, trouble follows her there. The story is fan fiction, based on Wen Spencer's Elfhome universe. The events in the story happen about a year before "Tinker".Cover photo by Caique Silva from https://unsplash.com Cover design by me, Olga Godim.…

Dancing Truth and Lies [Wen Spencer's Elfhome]

Dancing Truth and Lies [Wen Spencer's Elfhome]

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A fan-fiction story based on Wen Spencer's Elfhome series. Naomi teaches dancing on the planet of Elfhome, with both humans and elves enjoying her lessons. When a Christmas dance recital she organizes is about to collapse, she deals with one calamity after another to make sure neither bad weather, nor broken sewer pipes, nor the criminal girl-smuggling ring would jeopardize her students' upcoming performance. This story takes place a couple months after Magic Senegalese.Girl on the cover by Caique Silva from https://unsplash.com BG by Jay Lee from https://unsplash.com Cover design by me, Olga Godim.…

Five Days of Elf [Wen Spencer's Elfhome]

Five Days of Elf [Wen Spencer's Elfhome]

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A story inspired by Wen Spencer's Elfhome universe. Lisa, a film school student from Vancouver, Canada, attends a local Shakespearean festival. When a gun-toting terrorist jumps on stage and starts shooting, she's sure she would die. Luckily, a young man in a gray turban saves everyone's lives by tackling the shooter. Would Lisa be able to thank the brave young man? Perhaps she could do a movie about him?The events in the story happen soon after "Tinker".Cover photo by Adina Voicu from https://pixabay.com Cover design by me, Olga Godim.…

Body Swap

Body Swap

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Laura had been paralyzed since birth. When her doctor suggested to transfer her personality matrix into a new and healthy body of an executed criminal, Laura happily agreed. But after the transfer is complete, Laura unexpectedly discovers that there was a glitch in the procedure. The criminal's memories, which were supposed to be wiped out, are still intact, even though most of her personality is gone. And those memories insist that the woman whose body Laura will be using as her own from now on, wasn't guilty of anything. She had been wrongfully accused and executed for a crime she didn't commit. It is up to Laura now to clear her new body's old name.…