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The dull doom of impending marriage at his back and a reticent royal at his side, remarkable minstrel Gant-o?-the-Lute is off in search of adventure, and you can be sure he finds it ? complete with much music, magicked maidens, and a dangerous power so great, Lute might for once find himself outmatched.~The Song CasterBook Four of The Wilderhark Tales~*****An enchantress's curse turns a spoiled royal into a beast; a princess's pricked finger places her under a hundred-year spell; bales of straw are spun as golden as the singing harp whisked down a giant beanstalk ? all within sight of Wilderhark, the forest that's seen it all.You've heard the stories ? of young men scaling rope-like braids to assist the tower-bound damsel; of gorgeous gowns appearing just in time for a midnight ball; of frog princes, and swan princes, and princes saved from drowning by maidens of the sea. Tales of magic. Tales of adventure. Most of all, tales of true love.Once upon a time, you knew them as fairytales. Know them now as Wilderhark's.

Delve into myth and legend, where the Fates force post-modern man into a world of the unknown--a world long since dismissed as ignorant superstition.The Brother-Sister Fable by Alyson Grauer: a young boy disappears into a realm where only his sister can follow.Faelad by Sarah Hunter Hyatt: Claire Whitaker didn't even know she was Irish, let alone The Morrigan, the goddess of war.By Skyfall by Emma Michaels: a mer-couple from Atlantis find themselves in the middle of a human murder investigation. Charon's Obol by. R. M. Ridley: Jonathan Alvey didn't believe in gods, until he helps a lost child find her all-powerful parents.Peradventure by Sarah Seeley: a jinni must choose between the woman he loves and destroying the city that persecuted her.Natural Order by Lance Schonberg: when Carlos Vasquez is kidnapped, he discovers powers within himself to change the world.Two Spoons by Danielle E. Shipley: A little girl's soul meets its match in the family diner's most mysterious patron.Grail Days by A. F. Stewart: Living forever has its drawbacks, especially when you spend it clearing away the messes of other immortals.Downward Mobility by M. K. Wiseman: they say love conquers all, but can it save a Valkyrie when she breaks all the rules?

There's more than Fey magic in the air as Avalon Faire prepares for another summer's performance. This time the show stars Allyn-a-Dale in his role from stories of old: A minstrel with a forbidden romance in need of a little outlaw intervention. Alas, eternal life imitates art as Allyn finds himself slipping heart-first into ill-advised infatuation with an Outsider - the Robin Hood fangirl who's landed her dream job as the Merry Minstrel's wife.As new love blooms, an old love festers, the scarring shadow of Allyn's dead father threatening to devastate the young minstrel's hard-won harmony. And elsewhere on the undying isle, the cracks of immortality are beginning to show. Caught between the mysterious meddling of Morganne le Fey and the wild schemes of Will Scarlet, it's up to Sherwood's outlaws to navigate past and future, legend and prophecy, treachery and passion, before Avalon is torn apart from the inside out.

The Sea's storm brought them together, and the Sea's rules will keep them apart, unless the mute but melodious Muirigan can find another to take her place, freeing her to pursue the human man she loves. But when her plan collides with the schemes of the sly South Wind, a princess's agenda to look for love in all the most fantastic places, and a prince whose head and heart have been long years at war, the result is a tragedy of errors from which the world might never recover.~ The Surrogate SeaBook (Six of The Wilderhark Tales) ~*****An enchantress's curse turns a spoiled royal into a beast; a princess's pricked finger places her under a hundred-year spell; bales of straw are spun as golden as the singing harp whisked down a giant beanstalk - all within sight of Wilderhark, the forest that's seen it all. You've heard the stories - of young men scaling rope-like braids to assist the tower-bound damsel; of gorgeous gowns appearing just in time for a midnight ball; of frog princes, and swan princes, and princes saved from drowning by maidens of the sea. Tales of magic. Tales of adventure. Most of all, tales of true love. Once upon a time, you knew them as fairytales. Know them now as Wilderhark's.

Born into a world his heart knows as beneath him, an extraordinary boy becomes a man of music, hopeful that someday he'll find a way higher.As the first day dawns, a world comes awake, order and disorder striking a dangerous balance.Under the stars, a princess and tailor trade age-old lore, little dreaming of the future that could trap them in the past.All of it in, around, and far above the timeless trees of Wilderhark, the forest whose secrets reveal themselves slowly, if ever at all.Tales of beginnings. Tales of quests for belonging. Most of all, tales of true love.Once upon a time, you knew something of Wilderhark's tales. Now for the stories that fall in between.

"Love and prince,Both true, wed rose of white in realm of stone;For blood begins,But naught can be put right by blood alone."One thoughtless act is all it takes to bring the curse threatened on Rosalba's christening day to pass. Now the princess must combine her desperate determination with the service of benevolent tailor Edgwyn Wyle to find the second half of the key to her kingdom's restoration.The Stone KingdomBook Two of The Wilderhark Tales*****An enchantress's curse turns a spoiled royal into a beast; a princess's pricked finger places her under a hundred-year spell; bales of straw are spun as golden as the singing harp whisked down a giant beanstalk - all within sight of Wilderhark, the forest that's seen it all.You've heard the stories - of young men scaling rope-like braids to assist the tower-bound damsel; of gorgeous gowns appearing just in time for a midnight ball; of frog princes, and swan princes, and princes saved from drowning by maidens of the sea. Tales of magic. Tales of adventure. Most of all, tales of true love.Once upon a time, you knew them as fairytales. Know them now as Wilderhark's.

Catching her leg in a bear trap proves the least of Sula's worries. Haunted by an enchanted monster from a past she dare not reveal, and hounded by the perilously perceptive young village doctor, Villem Deere, the headstrong girl of the woods gambles with fate by binding hers to that of Sigmund, the captivating orphan boy with mysterious nightly business of his own.The Swan PrinceBook One of The Wilderhark Tales*****An enchantress's curse turns a spoiled royal into a beast; a princess's pricked finger places her under a hundred-year spell; bales of straw are spun as golden as the singing harp whisked down a giant beanstalk - all within sight of Wilderhark, the forest that's seen it all.You've heard the stories - of young men scaling rope-like braids to assist the tower-bound damsel; of gorgeous gowns appearing just in time for a midnight ball; of frog princes, and swan princes, and princes saved from drowning by maidens of the sea. Tales of magic. Tales of adventure. Most of all, tales of true love.Once upon a time, you knew them as fairytales. Know them now as Wilderhark's.

For Gant-o'-the-Lute, "ever after" has been less than happy. With the last of Carillon's charm over him gone, the minstrel-king puts royalty behind him in pursuit of the music he once knew and the lifelong dream he let slip through his fingers. But dark whispers on the wind warn that time is running out - not only for Lute and the apprentice in his shadow, but the whole of earth and Sky.~ The Story's End (Book Seven of The Wilderhark Tales) ~*****An enchantress's curse turns a spoiled royal into a beast; a princess's pricked finger places her under a hundred-year spell; bales of straw are spun as golden as the singing harp whisked down a giant beanstalk - all within sight of Wilderhark, the forest that's seen it all. You've heard the stories - of young men scaling rope-like braids to assist the tower-bound damsel; of gorgeous gowns appearing just in time for a midnight ball; of frog princes, and swan princes, and princes saved from drowning by maidens of the sea. Tales of magic. Tales of adventure. Most of all, tales of true love. Once upon a time, you knew them as fairytales. Know them now as Wilderhark's.

Nineteen-year-old tavern girl Molly Worth needs a way out of the lackluster future she's sure awaits in her small portside town. A miraculous living ship needs an ally willing to steal her away from what she's sure will be her doom. It seems like a match ordained by the mystical Sea Queen herself, but the darkest power below has other plans for those who brave the deep.Taken under the wing of a creature of myth, and absorbed into the uncommon crew commanded by one rakish Captain Crow, Molly begins to make her way toward the life she wants for herself, only to lose it all in an epic venture gone wrong. Now to regain what the monstrous Kraken destroyed requires that she weigh life against life, and life against death with the unnatural creature who sings to her soul.From the author of fairytale saga "The Wilderhark Tales", the "Outlaws of Avalon" legend, and "Inspired" love letters to the heart of creation, comes a high-seas fantasy of faith and doubt; of honor and love; and of tentacles.

Everyone knows the story. Nobody knows the truth.According to legend - and to Merlin's prophecies - the great King Arthur Pendragon will someday reign again. But "someday" has been a long time in coming, with decades spent confined in Avalon, the ancient Faerie isle disguised in modern times as an everyday Renaissance Faire. What remains of Camelot's court pass their summers by putting on famous faces for the Outside world, all the while questioning who they were before death and magical rebirth robbed them of their memories.For Camelot to rise again, they must remember the fall.With nothing but centuries of hearsay to mine for clues, the mysteries remain: Were Queen Guinevere and Sir Lancelot the betrayers, or the betrayed? How came Sir Bedivere to be known as "the One-Handed", and what hand had he in the kingdom's undoing? Did the inscrutable Morganne le Fey stand with Arthur, or with his enemies?And do truly great enemies ever die?In this epic successor to the Outlaws of Avalon trilogy, the time comes at last for "once" and "future" to unite, thanks to - (or in spite of) - a king and a wizard, the Round Table and the Fey folk, and one outlaw minstrel whose destiny has only just begun.