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What Makes A Monster, a new Magpie book, full description to follow when available...

Ren Lewis doesn't need spells, rituals, or blood. All it takes is a thought. He can slip into your mind like a whisper, rewrite your desires, and turn your deepest convictions into dust. With a flicker of intent, he can bend reality until it breaks in his hands. Presidents, CEOs, crime lords… for Ren Lewis, every mind is a door—and he holds the master key. Sure, every mind he bends hollows out his own soul a little more, but Ren stopped worrying about such trivialities a long time ago.

Step into a world where nothing is ever quite what it seems. A collection of five twisted tales, from the gritty urban decay of 1970's South London to the sterile, quiet terror of a hospital ward, these stories explore the darkest corners of grief, faith, isolation, and survival.

Years after a harrowing war experience, ex-mercenary Jespar tre Moreste has taken to drifting. It’s a lonely existence, but barring the occasional bout of melancholia, he has found the closest thing to peace a man like him deserves. Life is “all right.”

When Theodore visited the new animatronic strip club in town, he didn't expect the elves the facility was famous for to be actual flesh-and-blood elves. And he definitely didn't expect to find an inter-dimensional phone booth tucked away in the back room. But find them he did, and before he knew it he'd been sent to a strange and exotic land. Among The Ten Thousand Worlds, power is free for any with the will and talent to take it. Here, elves practice immortal cultivation, gathering power to increase their personal strength and pursue eternal life. 

I am the last of my kind, deemed a monster by the Monster Defense Agency. But the MDA does not understand the hell their duplicity has unleashed. Robby and I are now on our own hunting expedition. Our target: the head of the MDA. Although, it isn’t just one man pulling the strings. It’s a highly complex network that is more like a damn hydra. When you extinguish one, another pops out of the woodwork. Two against an ancient organization that trains monster-killers and that knows all our tricks is even harder than it sounds.

Nearly a thousand years after the legendary wizard Aldulan’s death, his greatest mistakes have come back to haunt the world of Arioc. From the lightless depths, demons claw their way to the surface—led by Suggradath, King of Demons, who hungers for nothing less than the annihilation of humankind. As the armies of hell march, only a ragtag fellowship of wizards, warriors, thieves, and plainsmen stands between hope and oblivion.

Nikolai and Medea must work together to discover why magic is declining. Their research takes them to America, where Medea struggles to navigate the Mundane world and teach Nikolai telepathy–a school of magic she despises and fears he’ll use against her.

When James Esdaile, a Scottish doctor, travels to India in the early 19th century in service to the British East India Company, he employs mesmerism - an “alternate science” that allows the practitioner to control a subject’s mind and body - as a palliative anesthetic. His ability is enhanced by the use of a curious artifact: a small statue from a pre-Hindu culture.

Everything is falling apart. Magnus is hunting Eris, and even the gods fear him. As if that weren’t enough, our criminal dealings have finally caught up with us. The Merchants Guild are coming to settle all accounts, and we’re deep in the red.

Damien Crowe is an acclaimed horror writer known for his chilling tales that blur the line between the imagined and the real. But as he retreats to a secluded cabin to confront the shadows in his past, he begins to suspect that his creations may be following him.

In a world shrouded in darkness, where power is wielded like a weapon and revenge is a currency, one man stands on the precipice of destiny. Amidst the crumbling ruins of a tyrannical regime, the protagonist grapples with the shadows of his past and the demons that haunt his soul. Haunted by the echoes of his actions, he navigates a treacherous landscape, where alliances shift like sand and betrayal lurks around every corner. With each step forward, he delves deeper into the heart of darkness, driven by a thirst for vengeance and a longing for love.

The Elementals have conquered all the lower dimensions. A powerful shaman must stand against them. Will his magic be strong enough?