Bobbin and the Magic Thief

*Silver Quill Award – League of Utah Writers – 2024*

*Indies Today Award Winner – Runner-Up Juvenile 2023*

*Readers’ Choice Book Awards Finalist – Autumn 2023*

*Paris Book Festival – Honorable Mention 2023*

A cunning thief. A stolen fae. Can a shunned faerie rescue her friend before the thief uses his prize for a devious end?

Kat’s children’s book, Bobbin and the Magic Thief, is available now!

This faerie tale retelling of Rumpelstiltskin is targeted for kids 8 to 12 years old, but can be enjoyed by any lover of faerie tales.

Be sure to check out Kat’s sister site SpindleSpark.com which is exclusively for her children’s work.

Noncorporeal

Kat’s short story, Shadow Image, is the lead story in the new collection Noncorporeal: an anthology of ghosts, haunts, and spirits.

When Charlie inherits an old Kodak he tries to recreate a mirror-selfie his grandfather had taken when he was young. But Charlie isn’t the only one that keeps appearing in the image . . .

Enjoy a wonderful collection of spooky tales from Inkd Publishing.

The Librarian Reshelved

Kat’s short story, Keeper of Stone and Memory, is included in this beautiful, limited edition anthology from Air & Nothingness Press.

A stint to cover the transition between Keepers is challenging in a culture with no written word.

Is the Librarian up to the task?

This anthology from Air and Nothingness Press is a continuing collection of short speculative fiction about one librarian’s adventures roving through the multiverse.

Particular Passages 3: West Wing

Kat’s dark fantasy, The Withering, is included in this anthology from Knight Writing Press.

Something is seeping away the life of the land and its inhabitants.

Neela’s studies lead her to believe The Underland, a place of thoughts and dreams, may contain an answer.

But can she survive its mysteries and perils long enough to find it before succumbing to her own Withering?

For my light horror/dark fantasy lovers, enjoy this trip down the passages of The Underland. Part of this varied collection of tales from 15 authors in the third volume of Particular Passages.

Witches of a Certain Age

Kat’s short story, The Hag’s Imp, is included in this anthology from Camden Park Press.

What do you do when your familiar informs you that your granddaughter’s new pet is actually a shapeshifter?

Oh. . . and it’s under a curse, too.

Enjoy this and other wonderful stories of witches, of a certain age, juggling magic with the trials of modern-day living.

Parliament of Wizards

Kat’s A Flash of Fingers is included in this wonderful LTUE Benefit Anthology.

Marsh has agreed to help her grandfather retrieve his wand.

But what they discover during their search of her uncle’s house is unexpected…

…and far more sinister than either of them could have imagined.