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Cabaret of Monsters is a prequel novella to the Creature Court dark fantasy trilogy.Saturnalia in the glamorous city of Aufleur is a time of topsy-turvy revels, of the world turned upside down. The city''s theatres produce an annual display of reversals and surprises. Women can transform into wolves. Even the rats are not what they seem.Evie Inglirra has travelled to Aufleur to uncover the city''s sinister secrets... but this newspaper reporter has secrets of her own. As she befriends the dazzling cabaret performers of the mysterious Vittorina Royale theatre, she falls under the spell of their most charismatic celebrities: songbird Livilla and the Stagemaster himself, a man some know as Poet.Who is Garnet, and why is everyone so afraid of him? What is the secret society known as the Creature Court, and why do they live underneath the city?Evie thought she wanted to learn the truth, but now she just wants to get out of Aufleur alive.If you enjoy intrigue, LGBT characters and sumptuous detail, you''ll adore this art deco shapeshifter fantasy novella.

Aufleur is a city of honey cakes, decadent ritual… and a secret war fought by an army of beautiful monsters. The Creature Court die and bleed to keep the daylight folk safe, but no one even knows they exist.Who will be the new Power and Majesty of the Creature Court: a man who was broken and exiled from their world, or the woman who knows nothing of their ways? Neither of them wants to rule, but Ashiol is determined to train Velody to take his place, so that he can finally escape his destiny.Winner of the 2011 Best Novel Ditmar, and the 2011 Best Fantasy Novel Aurealis Award.

Daylight and nox collide as Ashiol and Velody’s uneasy alliance fractures. The Creature Court try to fight the war with theatre instead of bloodshed… but they still have to deliver a sacrifice.Will Delphine and Rhian escape the dangers of Velody’s new world, or be consumed by them?

With three kings at war over the title of Power and Majesty, someone’s going to bleed. A final battle is coming, and the Creature Court must learn from their past to save their future, before they lose everyone.Saturnalia will change the Creature Court and the city of Aufleur forever.