Dark Visions

By Meyari McFarland

Sometimes life leads you down a dark path. A very dark path.

You can succumb to the darkness or find your way back into the light. If you're lucky and brave.

Meyari McFarland collects six stories of darkness to entice you away from the light.

Includes:

Bottling the Cold, Hard Heart
Boiling the Ocean Away
Midwife to Divinity
Controlled Edge
Stars Drifting Ever Upwards
A Lone Red Tree

With an excerpt of the novel City of the Dead.

• Language: English
• Publisher: MDR Publishing
• Release date: Sep 17, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370651696

Meyari McFarland

Meyari McFarland has been telling stories since she was a small child. Her stories range from SF and Fantasy adventures to Romances but they always feature strong characters who do what they think is right no matter what gets in their way. Her series range from Space Opera Romance in the Drath series to Epic Fantasy in the Mages of Tindiere world. Other series include Matriarchies of Muirin, the Clockwork Rift Steampunk mysteries, and the Tales of Unification urban fantasy stories, plus many more. You can find all of her work on MDR Publishing's website at www.MDR-Publishing.com.

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