Luna Gauthier 
For more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed for everything that has gone wrong in town. What a perfect opening line. Immediately, you are drawn in. Who are the Owens women? Why are they blamed for everything? Why not the Owens men? You have to keep …
The life of an octopus can be exciting. Living in the sea, adapting to your surroundings. Hunting for your meals while avoiding being eaten yourself. And always something new to see and explore. Unfortunately, that’s not Marcellus’s life. He was “rescued” from the sea when he was only a few …
At a foreboding manor tucked back in the New Hampshire mountains, four young girls gather with an eccentric host to compete for the prize of being named the heiress of a vast fortune. At first glance, it seems like the opportunity of a lifetime, especially for these girls who each …
Jessica’s life is falling apart around her. Her son has decided he’s a nonbinary, vegetarian, hedge witch who goes by They/Them. Jessica tries to be supportive, but she isn’t sure she understands any of it. Meanwhile, her husband spends more time at the office than with her. And at 46, …
Margo’s got a lot going on. At just 19 years old, she’s a single mom with no support system. Yeah, when you have a baby, they actually just kick you out the door with no idea what you’re doing and say, “Have a nice day!” But it’s okay, Margo’s got …
Gregory Maguire has brought the land of Oz to us in ways we could never have imagined a century ago. We’ve gotten the story behind the Wicked Witch of the West (as both an adult and a child), her sister (the Wicked Witch of the East, remember), her son, her …
Some secrets are fun, some are exciting, and some should stay buried. Thirty years ago, the entire Dixon family disappeared in the middle of a storm. The power went out, and no one ever saw them again. Except someone did. Someone knows what happened to them. Now new people have …
Venom is a host-jumping alien symbiote who is most associated with Eddie Brock. But it’s had many hosts over the years, and in What If…Marc Spector was Host to Venom by Mike Chen, we see what it would be like if Moon Knight hosted the alien. But we get extra …
They did it! Carl and Donut won Facton Wars! The universe trembles in the wake of such upheaval. But Carl and Donut don’t get a chance to bask in their glory. They both turn down deals to exit the dungeon and get dropped straight into the tenth floor, another race …
We’ve made it to the ninth floor, and that means Faction Wars! This is something that Carl and Donut have been looking forward to (well, sorta, you know what I mean). Usually, the ninth floor is all about the rich tourists who come in and fight each other for bragging …
Woah! So that was a twist at the end of The Butcher’s Masquerade! The crawlers escape the dreaded Hunting Grounds in unprecedented numbers and are gearing up to start a Mad Max-style race when suddenly Pony breaks the whole level, and they get whisked off to the eighth floor without …
When Moth was a little girl, she encountered in the woods what her mother called “the winter folk”. Years later, they found her again and offered her a job. Three months’ service for whatever she wished for. For three years, Moth returned to Deerhaven and worked for the winter folk. …
In A Kiss of Crimson Ash, we bounce between four main characters: Taara, the new queen; Garjan, her new husband; Bhediya, his mistress; and Roland, a thief. Their relationships shape everything that happens in A Kiss of Crimson Ash. The Goddess has chosen them to save the empire; if they fail, all …
In the Stonewater Kingdom, the Omens are the true rulers. There is a king, but of much greater import is the Abbess in Aisling Cathedral and her Diviners who receive portents from the Omens. The interpretation of these portents decides everything that happens in Stonewater, from the spring planting to …
Wow, that was close, but they did it. Carl and Donut have made it down to the Hunting Grounds. Not only do they have to contend with the normal mobs and the other crawlers, but now there are hunters, beings from throughout the universe who have paid for the privilege …
Claire has spent most of her life alone, but all that changed five years ago when she met Elias. Then three years ago they got engaged, and Claire thought she’d finally have a family. But they still haven’t set a date for when Elias suddenly passed away. In one fell …
One day Zahara’s twin sister Annica walked out the front door and vanished. Not in the “was kidnapped and never seen again” way but in the “walked right out of existence” way. After Annica left the house on April 16th, 1994, the only person in the world who remembers her …
Amara Jones hates angels. You would too if you’d watched them kill countless humans over the past five years without missing a beat. Demons are just as bad, but at least you expect it out of them; they’re from Hell. But Angels are supposed to be the guardians of humanity. …
There’s no arguing that the single biggest media phenomenon of the last decade is Netflix’s powerhouse series Stranger Things. This series has crossed age, gender, and racial lines, and all kinds of lines, to connect people around the world. The amazing thing is that it almost didn’t happen at all. …
Let’s face it, we all love bubble wrap. Something about popping those tiny little AirPods is soooo satisfying. Then comes along the Syndicate to destroy everything, even this simple pleasure, because in book four of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series, The Gate of the Feral Gods, Carl and Donut (along with all the other …