Böcker av Alex McGilvery

Sparkles and Blood is a collection of four of my horror novellas, including a never before published story. Frost and Stone: Siobhan accidentally releases evil into the world. Now she must find the strength in herself to defeat it before the moon is new. The Thing in the Hall: Wolf arrives at Rolph's Hall to test himself against the Thing that invades and kills Rolph's men. Yet slaying the monstrous Thing may only be the beginning of his problem. Strange Carnivores: Something was eating the gators in the swamp. Bubba was going to help her get pictures of whatever it was. She didn't expect vampires or carnivorous frogs. Sparkles and Blood: Martin is a special effects guy. He's used to blood, but only when it's fake. Now something is hunting on the set of the newest smash vampire movie. It doesn't like the sun but it likes people just fine.

The Unenchanted Princess tells the tale of a princess born without an enchantement in a magic land where all royalty is surrounded by enchantment. Alexandra refuses to give in to her parents' schemes to find her an enchantment or marry her off to someone willing to overlook her lack. She runs away to escape, but soon learns she is at the heart of a struggle to control the Magic Lands. Together with the Frog Prince, a Prince Charming who is turned into a crow and a young woman from a land where magic is forbidden, she must learn how to defeat her enemy and dispel the last enchantment.

Princess Annuetta is bored, but then she's always bored. She lives a boring life in a boring Kingdom ruled by a boring... Oops, better not finish that or her father the King will be angry. What can he do with his Princess of Boring? Maybe the servant girl, Sally has an answer.

Eager to start fresh, Leigh accepts a teaching job in the remote northern community of Spruce Bay. The fading mining community is rife with abandoned homes that breed a class of listless alcoholics and violent gangs. Resentment and hopelessness fill the cold air. Nevertheless, Leigh loves the town and the kids in her classes.Just as she begins believing everything will work out, she has a second psychotic break from reality. And another teacher is murdered ... that same night.Leigh remembers harsh, evil whispers and an ax. Nothing more.As the body count rises, Leigh and her husband become the last line of defense against an evil force that wants to destroy the town.

The Frog Prince, Snow White, and Cinderella; everyone is familiar with these stories, but not the way they appear in this collection. What if the Frog Prince was really only a frog? Would it be so bad if Cinderalla stayed past midnight? Snow White is staying in the woods with the dwarves, but these aren't her grandmother's dwarves. Read these tales and more.

They've never gone on a quest. They've never done anything that wasn't in The Book. God appears in Paul's kitchen during breakfast and sends Paul on a quest. The quest begins by taking the first person he meets as his companion. Daniel comes by to trade for vegetable and begins a Tuesday that ends with them on the road away from their home with only a Page from Paul's Book to guide them. Paul and Daniel learn very quickly that the world is bigger and stranger than anything they'd known before. Only as they starting succeeding in their quest do the friends realize they are fighting an ancient and powerful evil. If they win, their world will never be the same. If they lose, all hope of love and beauty may be lost. Imagine that Adam and Eve not only refused to eat the forbidden fruit, but pestered God morning and night to tell them what to do so they would not displease God. Imagine they were given Books to follow so they would never anger God. Imagine if those Books were wrong.

Ten year old Justine has lived with the loss of her mother for two years. Even while she misses her Mom, she is discovering the gifts they share. When bullying at school makes Justine's life miserable she befriends a tree she calls Drasil. It fair that life causes so much pain for Justine, so her father is happy she has a new friend, even if it is a tree.Justine tells stories of visiting a land where peace if valued above everything else, and hospitality is the primary virtue. Her father listens to her stories and marvels at how she changes, even as he wonders if they are true or the fantasy of a lonely young girl. When the stories turn dark and dangerous he worries that she is being hurt even in her land of peace.He has no idea how much they both will be changed by the struggle between a people who believe in peace and those who trust in war.

Calliope is an artist who works for her explorer father recording what he brings back from his journeys in her sketchbooks. Then she has a chance to go along on a trip to capture a sea serpent.Life at sea isn't what she expected, boredom sends her exploring down to the engine room of the steamship Peregrine. Tragedy makes her assistant engineer. Pentam, her father's protege doesn't like her putting herself at risk, but this is just the beginning.When science and legend collide Cal is the one who must take up the challenge, even if it means risking her new found feelings for Pentam.

When age rules the country, it's hard being young.Trey runs away from the youth reserve sure he's nomore than spare parts for a father he barely remembers.The Council of Elders has its own questions abouthim. When Trey finds the Underground and joins thefight to give rights back to the Youngers, he starts achain of events beyond anyone's control.

When King Harald sets off on his pilgrimage of atonement, Marriette is made Regent, much to her dismay and that of the hidebound Council. Before long whispers of treachery surround her as her councillors, the Empire, and even the Church try to manipulate her for their own ends. The King and Queen vanish and the power struggles grow more deadly. There is more than just Marriette's life on the line if she falters.The Regent's Reign is a follow up to The Devil Reversed, though it can be read as a stand alone book.