LISA SILVERTHORNE, an award-winning author, has published over 25 novels and 150 short stories, novelettes, and novellas. Known for her vivid prose and captivating characters, she writes heartfelt, magical, and impassioned stories. She is the author of the A Game of Lost Souls series, The Spiral series, The Resurrectionist Papers series, Experiencing True Purple series, The Spiral series, and Curse and Crown, a new steamy romantasy suspense series.

Her short fiction has appeared in publications from: DAW Books, Fiction River, Roc Books, WMG Publishing, Prime Books, and Pulphouse Magazine where she is a regular contributor. Discover more of her stories at LisaSilverthorne.com.

Creature Comforts by Lisa Silverthorne

A Game of Virgins:

An injured young dragon blunders into the middle of a virgin sacrifice that requires him to make a sacrifice of his own.

Fable's Menagerie:

Forced to hide her crush on a young warrior and hide her magic that transforms everything she touches, a young woman must set aside her troubles to defend her village from a Viking attack.

Buzz: When two-legged creatures invade his planet, Corso must act against his nature to save his warren.

Water Horses: When Sidone Sands' senior year is ruined when she's forced to move back to an isolated island where she grew up, she is forced to confront a painful past, an uncertain future, and the magic that is strengthening inside her.

Wrended: Transformed into a wren by a romantic rival, Aisling must survive St. Stephens Day's Hunting of the Wren long enough to battle this sorceress for the man she loves.

CURATOR'S NOTE

Lisa Silverthorne's fiction manages to combine incredible world-building with great characters. And she always settles on a point of view I've never seen before. I open Lisa Silverthorne stories anticipating a good read and I'm never disappointed. This book's also exclusive to the bundle, and I hope it leads you to the rest of her magical fiction. – Kristine Kathryn Rusch

 
 

BOOK PREVIEW

Excerpt

A Game of Virgins:

"Another princess. He groaned. Too rich for him. Jewels and gold coins got stuck in his teeth. And virgins gave him reflux, especially loud, screeching princesses, but right now, he needed a virgin—some of her blood at any rate. To heal his wounds. They were severe and would take months to heal—if they healed."

Fable's Menagerie:

"The Crier's warning shout pierced the evening's quiet calm, setting the small seaside village on alert. And proving the gossipy villagers right. Fable Cuill sighed. If they learned she was a foundling, they might just burn down Da's stables.

Her magic was beginning to show. She'd just turned eighteen and it was getting harder and harder to hide it. And worse—it was affecting the world around her. Whether she wanted it to or not."

Buzz:

"A blinding flash ripped across Corso's face. The world exploded in white, blow-back knocking him into a tree. Dazed, he dropped the laser rifle he just learned to hold, and clawed at his face, eyes and tawny fur singed.

Behind him, laser fire crackled. Footfalls scraped rocks. Shiny tracking dog whistling closer."

Water Horses:

"See, the magic started when I was four and changed my life forever. Right here, in this little hidden San Juan Island cove where I've begun my exile. Because four days ago, my crazy, heartless, mother in her infinite wisdom decided moving back to this Washington State island is the best thing for her daughter.

She won't even freaking tell me why!"

Wrended:

"On the eve of Christmas, seventeen-year-old Aisling Murphy, dressed in her brothers' clothes again, only had one thing on her mind: dancing with Finn O'Shea at the St. Stephens Wren céili.

Lanterns lit the small village of Ceann Mhara as the sun set over the bay, December winds sharp as Aisling hurried toward home."