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Relics and Runes
An Urban Fantasy and Fantasy Anthology
Carter & Bradley Publishing
Contents
Relics and Runes
Shadow Touched
Shadow Touched
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Epilogue
About the Author
Remnants of Ash
Remnants of Ash
1. Fall of Humanity
2. The Beast Within
3. Rise of the Fae
4. Saying Goodbye
5. Greeting the Locals
6. Pike Place Witch Market
7. A Royal Invitation
8. Ships That Pass in the Night
9. Accidental Revelation
10. Dead Men Do Tell Tales
About the Author
Fatal Illusion
Fatal Illusion
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
About the Author
Saint Nicky, Demon Hunter
Saint Nicky, Demon Hunter
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
About the Authors
Dark Verité
Dark Verité
1. The Journey
2. Vixen and Virgin
3. In the Village
4. Black Heart Shadows
5. Peace in Sleep Only
6. Verité…Verité Come to Me
7. Then the Flames Came
About the Author
Shadows Wake
Note
Shadows Wake
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
About the Author
Enter the Vale
Enter the Vale
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
About the Author
Dragonwar
Dragonwar
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Epilogue
About the Author
Knight Submergent
Knight Submergent
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
About the Author
Wild Goose Chase
WILD GOOSE CHASE
1. Grace
2. Remy
3. Grace
4. Remy
5. Grace
6. Remy
7. Grace
8. Remy
9. Grace
10. Remy
11. Grace
12. Remy
13. Grace
14. Remy
15. Grace
16. Grace
17. Grace
18. Grace
19. Grace
20. Grace
About the Author
Fey Spy
Untitled
Untitled
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
About the Author
Into the Ether: Palingenesis
Into the Ether: Palingenesis
Prologue
Part I
1. September 5, 1997
2. September 5, 1997
3. September 7, 1997
4. September 9, 1997
Part II
5. April 7, 2008
6. April 16, 2008
7. May 13, 2008
8. May 14, 20
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9. May 15, 2008
10. May 16, 2008
11. May 16, 2008
12. May 16, 2008
13. May 17, 2008
14. May 17, 2008
15. May 19, 2008
16. May 19, 2008
17. May 19, 2008
18. May 20, 2008
19. May 20, 2008
Part III
20. April 28, 2008
21. May 5, 2008
22. May 5, 2008
23. May 12, 2008
24. May 14, 2008
Part IV
25. March 18, 2008
26. May 20, 2008
27. May 20, 2008
28. May 20, 2008
29. May 22, 2008
30. May 23, 2008
31. May 23, 2008
32. May 23, 2008
33. May 24, 2008
34. May 24, 2008 afternoon
35. May 26, 2008
36. May 26, 2008
37. May 27, 2008
38. May 27, 2008
39. May 27, 2008
40. May 27, 2008 evening
41. May 27, 2008 night
Epilogue
About the Author
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Shadow Touched
Heather Marie Adkins
Shadow Touched
One by one, Senka Hollow residents are falling to the shadows.
Agent Maurelle Nez was hand-picked by the Reina to track down the worst of the shadow touched and bring them in - dead or alive - and she's good at her job. So good the shadow touched call her "Reaper." Relle isn't afraid to get her hands dirty in the name of the Hollow and the sleeping princess she adores.
But all is not well in Senka Hollow - Senka's power is fading. When someone close to Relle is murdered, an underground infection is exposed: the council is failing, and more than one person in charge has been shadow-touched.
Then Senka rises and death comes to the Hollow.
Seemingly unaffected by the darkness embodied in Senka, Relle must find a way to restore the princess before she destroys the entire population. Her journey will take her deep into her Navajo heritage and make her question everything she knows about being shadow touched.
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1
Robert Frost once wrote something about two roads and taking the one less traveled. Pretty words and a pretty idea, but not a good choice for most people nowadays. In Senka Hollow, the road less traveled usually ended in death.
On my Ducati, winding through the city with the engine alive between my legs, I traveled my own throughways. There were so many safe roads through the Hollow; roads beaten and worn by those who chose the easy route. The protected route. They stayed on the highways picked for them by the people in charge. Approved highways maintained the well-being of the Hollow, of course.
Approved. Fuck the rules.
I turned down Mackie and coasted south toward the old reservation, my long black hair a flowing mass behind me. I drifted beneath the overpass, and imagined the echoing thrum of cars overhead to be the heartbeat of the city. All those good people of Senka Hollow, traveling only the roads of which the Rein and Reina approved. The aged asphalt so lovingly maintained this close to city center fell into wreck and ruin the further one drifted from the Core.
The interstate ramp passed like a ghost. I ignored it and whipped onto Old Reservation Road, kicking my speed up a notch with a heavy black boot as I headed away from ‘safe’ and into the wild.
The road less traveled, I thought, but this road was well traveled.
By me.
I knew every pothole. I knew where the road cracked and buckled and faded into the weeds like a memory of itself. I maneuvered my bike around obstacles as if none existed. Other fae considered this road dangerous - a highway to the outskirts, where the darkest of humanity dwelled, planning to destroy us. Maybe I had a hard time correlating the Old Reservation with danger – it’s where I grew up, after all. And where my tribe still resided: a part of the Hollow, but barely, where my people attempted to maintain a lifestyle I’d given up on long ago.
But I wasn’t headed to the Res. I said a silent hello as I flew past the turn-off; if I stopped, I’d lose even more daylight than I had already. Plus, my mother would spend fifteen minutes lecturing me on my choice of career, and I didn’t have time for her opinions. I’d promised my brother I’d bring home dinner.
The further I traveled from the Hollow, the drier the air became. The asphalt crumbled to dust and my tires thumped onto cracked, dry dirt. We weren’t much for plants in the desert, but even the cacti died out here, this far from Rasha’s daughter and the protection she offered us.