Collections Series

Meyari McFarland gathers together six stories of adventure in this first themed collection, Tales of Adventure. Inside you will find a touching wedding anniversary gone wrong (Anniversary). The Web brings a struggle for survival where one wrong choice means death for everyone. In Bringing the Rains the adventure is one of seeking, and finding, one's true identity. Cloud Cover tells of a spy's desperate risk and the dragon that carries her through. Then in Scavenger a young woman explores the depths of drowned Seattle for treasures left behind when the world ended. Six stories. Six adventures. Pure excitement.

What is a god but one with the power to change, destroy, improve your life? From ancient gods long forgotten to parents guiding your life and the power of cats to move us, gods come in all shapes, sizes and powers. Meyari McFarland has collected six stories of gods in all their power for your reading enjoyment. Includes: The Heat of the Thorn Blue Price of the Gift Fairy Dragon Blues Intruder Floating Paper Strips Wings of the Dreaming Abyss With an excerpt of the novel Artifacts of Awareness.

Meyari McFarland gathers together six stories of wonder in this third themed collection, Tales of Wonder. Inside you will find dragons both dark and light, sisters struggling to make ends meet who face death together, new worlds and future modifications to both humans and orcas as sea levels rise in the face of global warming. Six stories. Six adventures. Pure excitement.

From the river, through the office, away across the starry universe, shadows stretch out to grab and to bind. To hide away, and to devour. Herein you'll find eight short stories and tales by M. K. Dreysen. Read and explore the darkness and the light, and discover the worries and the monsters that linger between the poles.

Eleven short stories, dear reader. Of backlot nightmares and hopscotch daydreams. Of that moment when the one person you tried desperately to forget comes asking for... a little favor. Here: walk corridors between worlds with M. K. Dreysen. Step carefully from a marriage ceremony with the most uninvited guest into that time where gods fight over the old and the new. Pass warily near the guardian when he approaches the end of the watch and toward the learned scholar and her most terrible discovery yet. Bow a head in respect when you see the warrior with a shovel; consider the weight a child bares when teachers conspire. Fly along as the enemy you never admit to lays traps for your future self. Lay a shoulder to the walls you never dared tear down. All those here have their dreams, dear reader. Will you turn your eyes to regard them? M. K. Dreysen's Collected: Volume 2 brings together eleven short stories of horror, adventure, mystery and magic.

Parenthood is the greatest adventure of all, helping shape the future though the hearts and minds of children. It is not an adventure that everyone is prepared for. Some rise to the challenge. Others fail. Children endure and carry the lessons they've learned throughout their lives. Meyari McFarland has collected seven stories of parenthood for your reading enjoyment. Includes: Child of Spring Under the Blackberry Vines Threads of Hate Inina's Blessings of Joy Maintenance Jam Crisis Electric Time With an excerpt of the novel The Solace of Her Clan

Families come in all sorts and sizes. From brutal lovers to tender lovers, strong parents to the dead we've left behind, family defines us all in many ways. Meyari McFarland has collected six stories of families in all their varied glory for your reading enjoyment. Includes: An Unrepentant Bastard Stolen Away Stardust In Your Veins Electric Time Ghosts of the Dead Tea and Knives With an excerpt of the new novella Crumbling of the Soul.

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.

They lurk there, do you feel them? Hungering. Hiding. Reaching out. From where they feel so safe, so powerful. Would you seek them out, dear reader? Come with me and enjoy six stories of the monsters, the darkness... And those who would face both.

Dragons lurk in myths and legends. Great ravenous beasts, wily tricksters, gods gifting man with science and fire, they fill many roles. Partner, historian, lover, child, destroyer and unknowable aliens, Meyari McFarland has collected seven stories of dragons in all their glory for your reading enjoyment. Includes: Dragon Rider's Song Memories of Fire August Highs Checkout Line The Hole Inside Cloud Cover Jade Claws With an excerpt of the novella Waves of the Falling Moon.

Ten tales of darkness, told by Meyari McFarland. Dreams bring power… and threats in the real world. Winter sucks the life away. Aliens consume not just ships but souls. And ghosts hunt revenge against the living in these dark tales. Streams of the Final Shores Moonshine and Thistle The Rings of Icy Mist Forgotten Spring The Lived Glory Ghost Black Spaceship Stellar Darkness Adrift Sire of the Found System Captive in the Waves Tea with the Courtesan Also includes an excerpt of Artifacts of Awareness!

Family shapes us from the time we're born until the day we die. The scars family leave on our hearts influences everything. Good, bad, indifferent, the bonds of family wrap through this collection, showing just what we can become when we find our true family. Bottling the Cold, Hard Heart Wedding Plans Stolen Away The Street of the Phoenix Checkout Line The Widow's War Moonshine and Thistle Threads of Birthing The Eternal Librarian Sensory Hoard Also includes an excerpt of Following the Beacon!

Eight worlds. Eight adventures. Eight brushes with death, destiny and destruction. In Questionable Empires, Meyari McFarland collects together eight exciting stories of adventure, danger and discovery that are sure to grab you and not let go even after you're done reading. A Rainbow for Menally Mortal Stream of the Undead Sky Mods Ghost Black Spaceship Schrodinger's Choice Passage of the City Cradle of the Future Mutant Blue Eden Plus an excerpt of the Steampunk mystery Blood Worms!

Darkness abounds, creeping into the corners and sweeping over all life, all hope, all freedom. In Gathering of Shadows, Meyari McFarland explores the dark corners of the heart, mind and reality in ways that will haunt you after you put the book down. Stars Drifting Every Upwards The Widow's War Jade Claws The Lived Glory Bottling the Cold, Hard Heart Midwife to Divinity Darkness Rising Out of the Tower Shifting Towers of Fire Another Path to Infinity Also includes an excerpt of the chilling Steampunk Mystery Emerald Blast!

Magic dances between these stories, tying them together into a tapestry of wings  of fancy and wit. From ancient magic binding souls to traps sucking them away, these stories by Meyari McFarland will take you to new worlds filled with wonder, majesty and danger. Includes: Orange Thief Tiny Gifts of Peace Rising Sword of the Blue Flames Moonshine and Thistle Out of the Tower The Rings of Icy Mists The Ice's Voyagers Memories of Fire Consort The Lights of the Stones Also includes an excerpt of the entrancing fantasy novel Crumbling of the Soul!

In Thrall of Destiny holds ten stories where destiny rules for good and evil. From destiny thwarted by conspiracy to finding a new path in life after discovering hidden secrets, these stories will take you on ten adventures into distant, strange worlds with characters who never give up. Thief of the Moon A Lone Red Tree Shifting Towers of Fire Fossil History Inina's Blessings of Joy The Roses of the Slaves Tending the Temple The Thief's Prayer The Hole Inside Emperor of Shards Also includes an excerpt of Artifacts of Awareness!

From kitten-sized to monstrous, Kindred Tapestry traces the lines of ten different types of dragons, all penned by Meyari McFarland. Teenage dragons finding their hoards mingle with ancient gods transforming everyone around them and beyond in these enchanting tales of all kinds of Dragons. Sensory Hoard Undead Dragon Hunter August Highs Dragon Rider's Song The Healer of the Flight Fairy Dragon Blues Creaks and Groans Red Lords and the Darkest Hunter Dark Butterfly Jade Claws Also includes an excerpt of the Shifter romance Adrian!

Home: love it, hate it, stay forever or leave as quick as you can. Home defines us in so many ways. Each of these stories looks at finding home, building home, what it takes for home to be a home at all. A Risky Architecture The Crimson Vest Prescription for the Perfect Dinner The Girl of Silver Clouds Avoiding the Reunion Whisper of Andromeda Saving Imani The First Roses Stitched Lines, Watching Eyes Family in Progress Also includes an excerpt of City of the Dead!

Ten tales of hope from Meyari McFarland: Past choices bring dire consequences as winter threatens death. A single choice allows new opportunities for the future. Stubborn refusal to give up yields a future unimagined. Hope spins through all these tales, promising a future unimagined. Frozen Chronicles One Moment of Change Cradle of the Future Adventures of Snails Gravity's Shadow Stripped Lords of the Way Immortal Sky Floating Paper Strips Day of Joy The Shadow of Time's Courage Also includes an excerpt of Day Hunt on the Final Oblivion!

Adventure takes many forms, from finding your way to challenging the gods and evolution for survival. Meyari McFarland brings together ten epic stories of adventures that are sure to thrill you, including: Coming Clean Whitehorn's Band Undead Dragon Hunter Mortal Stream of the Undead Sky The Street of the Phoenix The Silk of the Guardian The Blade Was Not Brass Mutant Blue Eden Molten Avatar Storm Necklace Also includes an excerpt of the Steampunk mystery Blood Worms!

Dark places and twisted hearts rule this collection by Meyari McFarland. From clinging to live with a prayer to seeking the truth no matter the cost, these stories delve deep into the night for the truths hidden there. The Thief's Prayer Dark Butterfly Schrodinger's Choice Wings of the Dreaming Abyss A Lady of Wisdom Out of the Tower The Sharp Secret The Snows of Obsession The Slithering Spark A Rainbow for Menally Also includes an excerpt of Blood Worms!

Survival at All Costs   In the darkest times, survival seems impossible. All the forces of the world are arrayed against you and it doesn't look like you can win. You try. You fail. You get knocked down.   And then you get back up.   Meyari McFarland brings five stories of survivors who keep getting up no matter what they face. From finding a path to freedom to rescuing a victim from kidnapping, rape and murder, these five stories look the world in the eye and say "No, you move."   Also contains a sample of the Steampunk mystery Blood Worms. Includes: Coming Clean Mountainous Stretch of Wind In Case of Emergency Mutant Blue Eden A Rainbow of Menally

Frontiers challenge us as humanity expands into all new worlds.   The frontier stretches above us, a river of stars that guided sailors across seas and a future that promises struggles and hope in equal measure. There's hope when you push out into new territory. And danger. Determination sees you through when all else fails.   From a garden carved into a cliffside to first encounters both mysterious and deadly, Meyari McFarland explores what frontiers hold and what they threaten in this science fiction collection.   Includes: Child of Spring Rising Dragon Siege of the Moment Blood and Years Coming Clean Mutant Blue Eden Catfish Summer Repairs Needed Cupboard Full of Seeds Radioactive Hybrid Terror Boars

Magic entwines with dreams. Ghosts haunt the shadows.   In the space between day and night, magic slowly blooms. Dark and dangerous, cutting and violent, the magic of dusk and everything that exists on the cusp of death fills this collection.   From dream magic that both steals and liberates souls to ghosts bound to skull teapots, Ghost Shadows is a collection of dark magic where the wrong word may end your life.   Contains four short stories by Meyari McFarland plus a sample of Running From the Immortals. Includes: The Haunted Half-Light Tea with the Courtesan Streams of the Final Shores A Lady of Wisdom

Family Finds You In All Kinds Of Places Meyari McFarland brings you five stories of families built from strange, beautiful situations. From a dragon's horde of their new family's music to surprise wedding rings in the middle of moving a friend's apartment, the stories in this collection will charm and entertain you as they warm your heart. Includes: Sensory Hoard Family in Progress In Case of Emergency Under the Blackberry Vines Rings of Beginning