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In the third instalment of the series, Conversations with Myself is a deeply shattering collection of poems about survival and hope. Hope, once a negative influence, now a possible bright light and worthy companion. What was a comfortable descent into madness now a long hard walk back towards the sun. Strength, bravery and resilience; a personal account of what it’s like to have been abused so terribly and finally, at long last, moving on. The ending of a painful era. These conversations with ghosts; no longer needed or wanted.

Fenn’s first and only memory is finding himself in the middle of a forest, face to face with a dragon spirit mocking him, all knowledge gone apart from his own name. Lost and confused, his only hope for answers is Calidra—a woman living on the edge of the world with her partner. Forced to return home when her father dies, Calidra has put off facing her estranged mother for seven years, and she begrudgingly helps Fenn, forging papers for him so he can avoid the Queen’s Inquisitors. But her mother is the least of her worries when they discover an ancient enemy is rising again.

Guided by dragon spirit Hassen and manipulated by the Myr, Fenn fights the corruption spreading through Tassar—and himself—in an attempt to find his family. Separated from his allies and unable to trust even his own mind, the arduous journey takes its toll.

Fear is universal—a shared human experience that provokes awe, curiosity and terror. It feeds our anxieties, elevating our heartbeats and driving the instinct to survive. But what are we afraid of—and why? Each story in this anthology seeks to answer that question, blurring the boundaries between horror and fantasy fiction.

Taking Melody is all rage and no romance. This is a love story gone deadly wrong. Russell told Melody that if she ever left him, he would hunt her down across the world. Nowhere would be safe. She’d have nowhere to hide, no one would be able to help her. Taking her chance, Melody left him and never looked back...

Sad Faery Poems Volume Two is a continuation at actively choosing to live life in a present manner after a lifetime of isolation, avoidance and disassociation. Presenting a new collection of 51 poems and writings about the current state of the world, humanity as well as a powerful reflection of self. Learning to set aside the abuse and trauma, working through coming back into the world. This time sitting in the void and wondering, what's next?

When abused again by another man, Scarlett falls into an intense void of anguish and torment. Screaming and crying to the heavens for God or the angels to protect and help her. Her cries go unanswered and time passes slowly.

“I am already a ghost. The girl everyone only loved when she was either high or drunk. The women made invisible by recovery” It is easy to cast judgement upon others you may say, can I do that to myself? Dearest, that is what I do best! These poems take a step back from the love obsessed fool I have been. Without the focus on love, on others and their faults and actions towards me I must look at myself and who I am. Sad Faery Poems follows a heart-shattering look at self, at life and all the hardships endured. Always chasing the light at the end of the tunnel, this time finally reaching it.

A short collection of poems about Christmas time. Christmas is supposed to be magical, a fun time of year. Christmas has never been about Christianity or religion for me. It was always a time of abuse and fear, a time when family was forced to be in close proximity. A fear and dread that I did not have my life together, as society forces us to assume is the way it should be. That Christmas time is a time of family, tradition and forgiveness.

“A tempestuous ocean to my infernal volcano. You will drown me. Before I get a chance to burn you alive” Raw, provocative, and sexy. Kink Erotic Poetry is a mixture of fantasy and reality. Poetry and fiction. It is pleasure indulged. What’s real? What’s fiction? I will never tell. In this poetry collection, I let my chaotic side run wild. Letting out the feral, unhinged, and best version of myself, unapologetically.

In Linaria, dragons are revered as gods, airships command the skies, and war is brewing across the land. Devastated by their father's death, Moroda and her sister struggle to make ends meet. Things go from bad to worse when a rogue dragon destroys their city.

With rampaging dragons and marauding Arillians dominating Linaria’s skies, Amarah’s quest for vengeance against the one who took everything from her seems almost impossible. When a treasure hunt with a former ally leads to the discovery of a lost Varkain artefact, she’s plunged into the middle of an ancient war between Sevastos dragons, Varkain blood magic, and those who crave these powers for themselves.

Linaria’s cities lie in ruin, and her lands are scarred following Aciel’s war. The devastation worsens as dragons turn against the survivors in retribution for Aciel slaying their kin and stealing their power.

Devastated by their father's death, Moroda and her sister struggle to make ends meet. Things go from bad to worse when a rogue dragon destroys their city.

Argyll, 1998. Stories run deep in the MacArthur family, passed from generation to generation. Tales not just of selkies and changelings, but of the lives and deaths of the family themselves. Anna MacArthur has heard how her beautiful grandmother Netta boarded a ship for Canada after the war, leaving behind her young son Donnie, and was never seen again. Now, fifty years after her disappearance, Anna accidentally pulls a loose thread in the story of Netta's fate, causing the tale of her vanishing to unravel completely.