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Jimmy "Snake" Silver -- shredding guitarist of the Zoo, and the last torchbearer of a dying sound. Still living on the proceeds of his big hit single.Jimmy's bandmates -- late for rehearsal. Again. And they arrive bearing bad tidings.Jimmy's band teeters on the brink. He'll do anything to save it…"Closing the Zoo" -- a modern tale of the passions and pressures facing career musicians. From Stefon Mears, author of The Patreon Collection and the Edge...
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Ten years of hopeless war. Ten years, fighting for a mad king. Filya wants nothing more than desertion and escape. Unfortunately, he travels with honorable Sir Pyotr.On a scouting mission, Sir Pyotr battles a magical bridge guardian. Filya sees his chance to escape. Only one problem - he'd abandon Sir Pyotr to capture and death.Unless Filya can find a way to save them both...When We Come to It, a fantasy adventure short story with knights and magic,...
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Exhausted, starving, and out of magic: a terrible way to meet your assassin.Terlik meets the warrior woman beside a river. Him: an exhausted apprentice wizard on a mission for his master. Her: a dishonored warrior-turned-assassin, hunting for Terlik.Terlik will die ... unless his wits prove faster than his spells.Bind by the River, a fantasy short story adventure full of honor and trickery. From Stefon Mears, author of Half a Wizard and With a Broken...
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Execution by Promotion?Take a small team of soldiers and escort an old man behind enemy lines? Yes, the team includes the legendary warrior Lunn, but Harkin's "promotion" still sounds like a suicide mission.Only a wizard would merit the risk. But this "wizard" acts like a simpleton. Slow pace, small smiles, refusing every request for spells.Only thing worse than this mission? Seeing the wizard in action.Not That Kind of Wizard, a high fantasy adventure...
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Clans killing clans. The bane of goblinkind. Elves, dwarves, humans, orcs - they all laugh at goblins. Slaughter goblins. Enslave goblins.Grik imagines a different future. A future where even elves fear goblins.But first Grik must stop the killing."A Goblin Peace" - a tense high fantasy short story full of fighting and betrayal. From Stefon Mears, author of Half a Wizard and With a Broken Sword.
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Running around a high school track. A common form of exercise, even in rainy Portland, Oregon. An easy choice, for a man growing too sedentary behind his computer.
Running at dusk seems the obvious choice. After work, but before evening activities.
But at dusk, the veil of worlds thins. At dusk, sometimes things slip through.
And tonight, a simple jog turns into one man's race for his life.
"Running for Health" – a chilling short story of dark...
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A dozen worlds, captured in page-turning stories.Every month Stefon Mears' Patreon supporters enjoy two new short stories. Stories never published anywhere before. Tales of adventure from deep space, across time, or from distant lands of magic. Tales of deadly monsters -- supernatural, or all too human. All from the twisted mind of Stefon Mears, author of the popular Cavan Oltblood, Rise of Magic and Ars Portlandia series.The Patreon Collection presents...
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Longhairs and Short Tales, an irresistible collection of short stories featuring cats. Mythical cats and magical cats. Larcenous cats and inspiring cats. Sweet cats and wisecracking cats. Some talk, some keep their own counsel, and some might even work with aliens. All of them from the wild imagination of Stefon Mears, author of the Rise of Magic series and the Cavan Oltblood series. Within these pages you will find: The Coffee Curse - An urgent plea...
9) Scrape Me
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In a dark near future, where social media ran wild, cooler heads created the Janitors. Amazing technicians, battling disinformation, revenge porn, and worse. Axton -- awkward among coworkers but the best of the Janitors. Good enough to cover the entire western United States. Today, in a buzz of video static, a strange voice in the net calls Axton by name. It needs help only he can provide. "Scrape Me" -- a near future science fiction short story full...
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Some cats judge their owners. Mine grades me. Tonight, I find out the truth. Why he jumps at shadows. Why he spontaneously tears off around the apartment. And the truth, well. No way I could guess this one… "Night of the Hogtied Alien" – a fun, rollicking short story of light science fiction full of cats, aliens, and an unusual weapon. From Stefon Mears, author of Stealing from Pirates and Fade to Gold.
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A dozen page-turners, adventurous and exciting… Every month Stefon Mears' Patreon supporters enjoy two new short stories. Stories never published anywhere before. In this collection of those stories you'll find tales like these… "The Night of Absinthe and Regret" -- a man testing time travel tries to save his relationship "The Forgotten Rebel" -- a look at the magic behind a famous Scottish victory over the English "Young Monster Hunters in Love"...
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A dozen amazing short stories, from the twisted to the hilarious… Every month Stefon Mears' Patreon supporters enjoy two new short stories. Stories never published anywhere before, but collected here for the first time. In this collection you'll find tales like… "Strictly Monsters" -- monsters want to star in movies, and a poor human must wrangle them "Haunt My House" -- a top psychic gets a strange request from a man with money to burn "Abductors...
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A dozen wild short stories, filled with twists and excitement… Every month Stefon Mears' Patreon supporters enjoy two new short stories. Stories never published anywhere before, but collected here for the first time. In this collection you'll find tales like these… "The Case of Edmund Marsh" -- A Lovecraftian missing persons case, set in Oregon "Time for Bed" -- A dark, mystery story about a broken man dealing with a home invasion "Carjacking...
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Lloxup awakens amid mud and driving rain. Robbed and left for dead. Yet another failure, in the life of a noble's fourth son.But that stone shaped like a giant wing. The first sign of the Fennigsan, the legendary Dark Lady of the Woods. Her power could change his life, if he can pass her challenge.But failure means death.The Fennigsan's Challenge, a high fantasy fairy tale short story of magic and wonder. From Stefon Mears, author of Half a Wizard,...
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