Beatrix’s origins have always been a mystery. After years of searching for answers, she gave up hope, settling into her role as lakeside innkeeper and living a quiet life alongside her eccentric, heartfelt friends.

Before the annual celebration her friends hold in place of her birthday, she uncovers a clue, and another orphan, that might unlock answers about her past. Beatrix and this stranger have more in common than she could have hoped, unlocking an ancient secret magic of a forbidden artifact that binds them.

Doing their best to stay one step ahead of the magic council that seeks their demise and investigating their shared past, the two traverse the vast, whimsical landscape as well as their new, fraught relationship and the meaning of family.

When ten-year-old Martin is kidnapped from the porch of her rural clinic, Dr. Catherine Blake can’t sit around waiting for someone else to save him. She chases the cloaked abductor through a secluded marsh, giving Martin the chance to escape. Cathy soon learns the man intended to sacrifice Martin in an ancient ritual, but she’ll do just fine. As the doctor loses consciousness and slips beneath the murky water, she falls into the jaws of a surreal world. Can she make it home, or will the odd landscape of dangerous creatures trap her forever?

The trippiness of Death Valley by Melissa Broder meets a more horrific Over the Garden Wall setting of flattened time, cultural heritage, and lots and lots of personal baggage.

This unnamed collection comprises short fiction pieces about a graveyard across its lifespan as it’s carelessly turned into a park, then abandoned to haunted overgrowth.

To learn more about the real-life inspiration (currently in the park phase), look for the history and ghost stories of Cheesman Park in Denver, Colorado.

This trilogy follows two sisters torn from their eutopic community as they try to save their parents, stay out of harm’s way, and, possibly, make the world a better place. How do they balance living their values while evading the Tyrant’s harmful laws?

Set in a medieval Europe inspired world full of religiosity, music, and danger.

Flash fiction and short stories are always brewing in this home!

The majority follow the structure of fairytales or atmospheric horor. If you have questions about specifics, please ask away.