Lazette Gifford

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  • Bibliography:
    85 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    July 2002
  • Latest Book:
    April 2021
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Full Series List in Order

Dark Staff

1 - Aubreyan (Jul-2002)
2 - Brendan's Song (Jan-2003)
3 - Crystal and the Stars (Oct-2003)
4 - Dacey's Dream (Dec-2003)
5 - Eliora's World (Feb-2005)
6 - Freedom and Fame (Jan-2006)
7 - Gathering (Apr-2008)
8 - Hope in Hell (Apr-2008)

Silky

1 - Silky (Jan-2011)
2 - Lord of the Land (Jan-2011)
3 - The Queen's Champion (Jan-2011)

Book List in Order: 85 titles

  • Aubreyan

    Dark Staff - 1

    [The Dark Staff Series -- Book 1] Having the attention of the gods is not always a blessing...The long, magical wars ended when the elves left the lands of men, conjuring an impenetrable barrier to keep the humans out of their new realm. They left ma...

  • The Good People of Coralville

    Antoni Battista has spent his life in Chicago, shuffled from one foster home to another, causing trouble wherever he went as he grew older. After surviving a drive-by shooting in which he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, Tony's given the cha...

  • Brendan's Song

    Dark Staff - 2

    [The Dark Staff Series -- Book 2] As a prince in hiding comes of age, his world is beset by unexplained evil. Brendan, The Keeper of the Song, is a former slave who became King's Bard, and has kept many secrets down through the years. Not the least o...

  • Crystal and the Stars

    Dark Staff - 3

    Reluctantly leaving behind Brendan's world and their friends, Abby and Tristan follow a path into a darkness lit by diamonds, and find themselves in a place where magic is rarely known, and where evil doesn't always need the impetus of the Kiya to gr...

  • Dacey's Dream

    Dark Staff - 4

    Eons ago powerful mages cursed all magical beings to walk the land only in the dead of the night. The people of Dodano hide behind their shuttered windows and locked doors, never looking upon the creatures in the moon light. Gradually growing to desp...

  • Singer and St. Jude: The Lost Cause

    In 2039 Los Angeles, half ruined by devastating quakes, is in the hands of three policing forces--the National Feds, the State Militia and the city's own Local force, all of them squabbling over jurisdiction. Religious intolerance grows under the wat...

  • Eliora's World

    Dark Staff - 5

    Leaving the bright beauty of Dacey's reality behind, Abby and Tristan find themselves in a dying world draped in gray, where the people are bereft of hope until their arrival. Here Abby finds at least the semblance of peace and a time to rest.... How...

  • Illuminated Manuscripts

    Writers are the only true magicians in the world. They create worlds with words, and in the case of fantasy, they bring magic into our lives. Because of writers we can converse with dragons, follow a quest for the sake of good, and find love lost thr...

  • Freedom and Fame

    Dark Staff - 6

    Some friendships are dangerous.... When Crystal and Etric find themselves in an unusual amount of trouble they should have realized that two people they never expected to see again had returned to their reality. Abby and Tristan are back... and so is...



  • Gathering

    Dark Staff - 7

    With the final confrontation against the demon Gix looming closer, Aubreyan and Tristan seek a short time of peace to recover from their battles. However, Gix moves too quickly, and now the two, along with their allies, are forced into a running war ...

  • Hope in Hell

    Dark Staff - 8

    Abby’s attempt to keep the others from the final battle only makes them more determined to join him -- at whatever the risk to themselves. As they face the demon at last, Abby is all too aware that his friends are both his strength and his weakness...

  • No Beast So Fierce

    . . . Oh yes, werewolves, vampires -- and worse -- are out in the stars with the rest of humanity. However, we're more subtle about our presence these days. Humans no longer believe in the old myths and sometimes that makes them easy prey, as vampire...

  • Lord of the Land

    Silky - 2

    Silkation, Lord of Haven, helped to bring Queen Maris to the throne of Anthica and has become her trusted friend and advisor. However, riches, power and magic cannot buy safety for Silky and trouble lurks at every turn. Old enemies will not easily ac...

  • The Queen's Champion

    Silky - 3

    In the final book of the Silky trilogy, Silky must face all his worst fears -- and a few new ones. With Anthica under siege, Silky, Magellan and Queen Maris take a perilous sea voyage to find allies they hope will help win the embattled country from ...

  • Silky

    Silky - 1

    "Exciting, complex and richly textured, with a world you'll believe and a protagonist you have to cheer for -- Silky is wonderful."Holly Lisle (Quote from original 1998 Embiid Publishing release.)Captured as a child and sold into heartless slavery, l...

  • Return to Redlin

    Return to Redlin is a romantic adventure novellaGinger returned to Redlin after her failed marriage and buried herself in a calm life, working for the Senior Center during the day and as a clerk at the Gas and More at night. But when the high school ...

  • Kat Among the Pigeons

    Katlyn is a member of a fae clan whose job is to stand the line between human and magical lands, a secret she has trouble hiding from her new human boyfriend even before she unexpectedly finds the fate of the world in her hands. She isn't magically s...

  • A Ride Through Hell and Back

    After a daring robbery, Lauren, a professional thief and sometimes mage, finds himself on the run from the monstrous Devildins as he tries to warn others about the invasion. Unfortunately, the one person he has to convince happens to be the person he...

  • Stand the Line

    Tadat of the Takara lives among the humans, fighting against the dangerous Vree, until a human friend brings him information about treachery that will change his life.This story is part of the Inner Worlds (IWC) story universe....



  • Epilogue for a Lost Tale

    In this bittersweet tale of love, loss, and immortality, the death of an old friend brings two people together in a small village where they must deal with the loss . . . and the future neither of them wants to face.Previously published in Jackhammer...

  • Ada Nish Pura

    Fighter Pilot Marcus Trevor is the only survivor of a treacherous attack against the star ship on which he served. Injured and alone, he must take refuge on the world of Kailani, a place of vast stretches of water and where a large portion of the pop...

  • Author Vs. Character

    This is the story of what happens when a character begins to talk back to the author . . . not a good plan in the long run! (Watch out for those Woodle Pooves!)Authors often say their characters make the decisions in the stories. However, in the end,...

  • Summer Storm

    Summerfield grew up traveling from one odd place to another while his parents searched for enlightenment. And yes, he does work for the nation's leading paranormal publication, Wolton World News -- or Woo Woo News as the scoffing locals call it. That...

  • Lucky

    (Previously published by Yard Dog Press in Star Bound)Misea thinks she's getting the chance of a lifetime when an early release from prison leads to a job on a construction team for the new Shepherd Station. Unfortunately, there's trouble...

  • Would That It Were

  • Joey Mousekin's Tale

  • Two Year Novel Course: Set 1

    Start your novel off right with this set of five classes to help expand on your initial idea and begin creating story goals.Included are clases on genres, goals, setting and more. This is the first of nine sets covering 104 weeks. ...

  • Two Year Novel Course: Set 2

    The creation of an outline is far more about content and intent than about shape. Learn the various ways to approach outlines and what type might work for you.This set takes your though Weeks 26-33 of the classes....

  • Weaving the Strands of Love



  • The Servant Girl

    Eliza lived with Princess Sondra as her trusted companion until civil war tore her from her friend's side. Now she must learn to live in a world filled with intrigue and danger, where the use of her magic might get her killed . . . and where it is ge...

  • Two Year Novel Course: Set 3

    This set of world building classes provides a few tricks for both physical and cultural world building and includes exercises, examples and many questions to answer about your own work. This set of classes will help science fiction and fantasy writer...

  • Dancer

    Devlin is a top agent for the Inner Worlds Council Security force -- a spy in common terms -- and she's not very happy with an assignment to the backwater world of Forest. Settled by the Work for Man fanatics, the government has restricted not only t...

  • Muse

    Stranded when his car breaks down, Killian Dain Fox overhears a cop and a gas station clerk discussing murder and the exchange of money. Although he tries to believe he misheard the conversation, by the time KD meets a few more of the locals, he's co...

  • Two Year Novel Course: Set 4

    The creation of an outline is far more about content and intent than about shape. Learn the various ways to approach outlines and what type might work for you.This set takes your though Weeks 26-33 of the classes....

  • Glory

    In the Great Smokey Mountains a creature of Egyptian myth, accidentally pulled into this world years before, has slowly been interacting and mutating with local Cherokee mythology. Amam is a shape-shifter who steals the form of humans he kills. He ha...

  • Wasting Time

    Learn how Devlin, a port rat with a bad attitude and worse reputation, joined the elite Inner Worlds Council Security force (6240 words). Also included is the first chapter of Devlin's Team File # 1: Dancer...

  • Devlin's Report #1

    Learn how Devlin, a port rat with a bad attitude and worse reputation, joined the elite Inner Worlds Council Security force (6240 words). Also included is the first chapter of Devlin's Team File # 1: Dancer...

  • Sub-Textual Evidence for the Existence of Alien Life and the Extrapolation of Internet Protocols

    She's just broken up with her boyfriend and is looking forward to a nice, quiet weekend at home. She didn't count on a crashed alien craft and a cute kitten. Originally published in Planet Relish, 2002....

  • The Bear on the High Shelf and Other Christmas Bear Stories



  • Mirrors

    Skye Emerald McFaeland is like no one else in the world: Half-human, half-fae, and genderless. Skye has avoided the fae, who mistrust half-breeds and usually kill them. Skye also distrusts humans from whom he must hide both his fae powers and the lac...

  • Paid in Gold and Blood

    An angry goddess, a vengeful ghost, a spell that threatens the world . . . and one stranger who might save them all. Katashan left the service of the gods he mistrusted and abandoned the magic that had failed him when he needed it most. However, the ...

  • Vita's Vengeance

    Alsandor Vita has returned home with bad news for those who hoped outsiders would help against a treacherous enemy poised to invade their world. Despite the situation, Alsandor hadn't expected dramatic changes in his own future, but unusual circum...

  • Devlin's Team, File 2

    (Updated June, 2014)Devlin has arrived on Summer where she expects to do nothing more than keep watch over Cha and Dancer. However, even before the two arrive, she's found trouble of a different kind. Even though the people of Summer are l...

  • Xenation

    When humans found the abandoned -- and ancient -- space station, they moved in to study the place they called Xeno-Station, and then shortened to Xenation. Following them came three other races, all intent on learning secrets. Only now one of the hum...

  • Waiting for the Last Dance

    Marisha had to face the truth when her best friend drove the car that purposely hit Gian - the boy next door whom Marisha had secretly loved for years - and put him in a wheelchair. Now, a year later, the pain of that time is triggered again by...

  • Playing with Fire

    Tar is desperate to save his junk shop from tax collectors; frantic enough to dare something illegal with the help of an old acquaintance. However, Dela hasn't told him all the facts about her scheme and the trouble he has to deal with when things...

  • Badlands

    The small settlement on the world of Caliente is suffering from a devastating drought and the two segments of the population are coming to blows over the remaining water. Someone has to be daring to keep everyone alive and Carmen del Santo Palo, a...

  • For the Honor of the Hunt

    The world of Andradora has been ruled by women since the first landing, but that's changing. They've applied for membership in the Inner Worlds Council and must accept their constitution and allow basic rights to everyone, no matter what their gen...

  • Don't Go Home for the Holidays

    The year is 1996 and Christmas is only a few days away. The Sangre sisters are on an odd assignment and things get out of hand when they learn they're in the employ of aliens. Soon their lives become extremely complicated with mutants, time travel...



  • Journey to Winter

    Prince Nishanan is taken against his will from the golden sands of the south to live with relatives in the dark, bleak castle of Maxillia. Mistrusting everyone, he soon finds that he has the interest of Thrulan, a dark and dangerous mage who has b...

  • A Warrior's Work is Never Done

  • Istavia

    Istavia is a crossroads city, filled with temples and spies, nobles and thieves, and through he crowded streets, one man searches for answers to help make sense out of the treachery that ruined his life....

  • Beware the Wrath of Bunny Hopper

    Her mother is strange, her family odd and school is hell -- but what do you expect when you have a name like Bunny Hopper? However, she never realized how strange things could get until she found herself joining her brothers in a war against magical ...

  • In the Service of the Queen

    Two young men, vying for a post at court, find themselves caught in a web of magic, murder and mystery while enemies of the empire make a daring attack that may destroy them all. It's a time of treachery, war . . . and the making of legends....

  • Up to Our Asses in Alligators

  • Medusan Mutation

    How much of a shock would it take to bring down civilization on the oldest colony? Devlin is afraid she's going to find out when a plague strikes Terra Nova unless she and her team can stop the spread of something no one truly understands....

  • Autumn Winds

    Summerfield's life is complicated enough dealing with two groups of exiled fae, a juvenile dragon who tends to eat cell phones and his new fellow reporter at Woo Woo news, the shapeshifting Cat Clan totem. However, Halloween is nearing and things are...

  • Resurrection: Chance and Change

    When the captain's gambling finally caught up with him, two crewmembers, an enigmatic passenger and a local Port Rat on the run from trouble come up with a daring plan that may save them all . . . or kill them. How desperate are they?...

  • Elfsong

    Magic is dying in the world and the age of humans has arrived . . . but the elves might have one last trick before they go. (This free short story is about 2600 words and the document includes a preview of No Beast so Fierce.)...

  • The Moment of Truth

    There is something decidedly strange about the new family in Treeview -- the ones with the odd haircuts, pointed teeth and strange attraction to vegetables. Life has gotten odd since they arrived and now it's up to three local ladies to take care of ...

  • In the Shadow of Giants

    In a future filled with starships, a gathering of Norse gods sail far wider oceans than they had in the ancient past. When members of the Chinese pantheon abduct one of the Norse, it will take all of Odin's skills to convince an estranged Loki to hel...

  • Xenation: Draw the Line

    When humans found an abandoned -- and ancient -- space station, they moved in to study the place they called Xeno-Station and later shortened to Xenation. Following them came three other races, all intent on learning secrets hidden in the sealed area...

  • Reflections

    Skye's human half-sister has disappeared, drawing him into contact with his estranged human mother who is convinced Skye is to blame. Adding to Skye's problems is an unfortunate encounter with his father, the Emerald House Ambassador, and a malicious...

  • Living in Caine's Hold

    Kostin Helena has been assassinated!The death of such an influential man affects not only the powerful Five Families that control the world of Caine’s Hold, but also creates trouble for the off-world appointed Chief Magistrate, Tartina Altay. Whil...

  • Ruins

    Big business and archeology don’t mix!Lee went to prison for the murder of a young woman, but five years later the true killer had been found and he was free again.His wife had remarried and taken their son with her. His parents had gone back to G...

  • Secrets

    Lord Micalus Raventower is a genius at creating clockwork creatures and tinkering with steampunk engines, but that doesn’t explain why Atiran assassins are suddenly intent on killing him. Lt. Merriweather is assigned to protect Lord Raventower, a ...

  • Whispers of Winterwood

    Four years ago at the age of 18, Derek Lee Stuart went to prison for a robbery he didn't commit. The last thing he wanted to do was return to Winterwood -- but when his grandmother asks him to visit for the holidays, he can't say no to the one perso...

  • Winter Warning

    The newest fae lord has to hold the Winter Court.What could possibly go wrong?Ancient Assyrian GodsMassive Snow StormsIrate Drug LordsInquisitive FBI AgentsDetermined Fae AssassinsHoliday Family Gatherings...

  • Missing

    King Abertus has a secret and important mission for Mica and Merriweather that sends the two southward to the land of Argine, a place unexpectedly beset by exploding clockwork men. Mica's daring plan might get him on the inside of the enemy camp, but...

  • Missing Persons

    Devlin's team has spent over a year on earth at Keri's chateau recovering from the Terra Nova assignment. Finally given a new job by the Inner Worlds Council Security, Devlin, Dancer, and Cha journey to Astrakhan where several scientists have disappe...

  • Circe's Gifts

    Circe's sacred forest is a place where wounded and hunted animals can find sanctuary. She and her long-time companions -- a one-eyed wolf, a cat with a limp, and a tailless mouse -- have lived quietly until a wounded young man wanders into her woods...

  • War

    Updated, February 2020: War has come to the city of Kamere. The Atrian ships are blockading the coast and occasionally landing troops in attempts to either take the city or to capture some of Sedina's coastline.The villages inland are in chaos, food...

  • Tales from Grey Station Nine

    Welcome to Grey Station 9....When Ra wakes up on the cold metal floor, he fears past deeds have caught up with him. The truth is worse: his boss, the Head of Security, drugged him and stole his travel chit. Ra didn't know the ship was the last one s...

  • Written in the Sand

    The Gods are returning and bringing chaos with them. The only hope of survival the desert tribes have lies with the ancient Standard of the Gods and the mysterious powers it holds. However, getting the Standard to the sacred city of Tiamart...

  • Rat Pirates

    What happens when you introduce the dangerous Port Rat gangs of Caliente (Badlands) to the ingenious Lindy Pirates of the Aquila Fringe (Vita's Vengeance)? You get a whole new level of danger and adventure!This book includes spoilers for the other tw...

  • Differential Equations

    Sixteen-year-old Faith St. Aubin -- whose mother is black and father is white -- is about to have her only-child life upset by the arrival of her cousin Logan, a skinhead whose barely polite answers and secretive actions point to a lot of trouble. H...

  • Tales from Elsewhere

    Mark had known his life would change after high school, but he had expected the changes to wait until graduation, at least.Then he killed the sheriff's son in self-defense. Sheriff Creston wasn't going to believe that his son had turned into a monst...

  • News from the Front

    If you can't help your own people...Freelance reporter Alyn Naevon has started making a name for himself by covering stories about the oppressed people on different worlds. Vidline News, the top reporting service in the Inner Words, wants to hire hi...

  • The Aldebaran Stopover

    Devlin and her weary team leave Astrakhan, intent on getting back to their home on Earth and where they can recover from the last case (Devlin's Team #4 -- Missing Persons). However, an unplanned brief stop at the popular Aldebaran Station, unfortuna...

  • Touched by the Wild

    After years in a foreign prison cell, Lord Derry SanOsen returns home with only one hope: to live quietly away from all notice. Unfortunately, a chance encounter with a band of fae links him to the magical race, and a bitter reunion with the huma...

  • Journey of a Thousand Truths

    A legend walked through the door of the Lost Way Inn....Prince Zaron, the grandson of two infamous conquerors, came to Innkeeper Mai with a desperate tale of demons and treachery. Mai, a former member of the Palace Guard, realizes she's in no positio...

  • A Plague of Rats

    The small border town of Ziven has been overrun by rats, a problem that should be easy enough to fix. However, when a Priest of the Ten Gods arrives to help, he learns there is dark and dangerous magic at work in this far corner of the empire.Already...

  • Spring Break

    Things do not go well when Summerfield's sisters decide they need to step in and force him to take a break from whatever is obviously driving him crazy.When Tessa is accidentally caught up in their surprise vacation, both his oath not to use magic --...

  • Lost Cause

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    When massive earthquakes bring Los Angeles to its knees and cut it off from the rest of the volatile US, the surviving inhabitants scramble for their own survival. Decades later, three policing forces -- often working against each other rather than t...

  • So, We Meet Again...

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    Welcome to the superhero world of Fluffy the cat and his archenemy, Bunnywomper. This is a collection of three silly little stories about the battle of good against evil -- and the trouble that cat and rabbit sidekicks have keeping teen superheroes o...

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Lazette Gifford has published 85 books.

Lazette Gifford does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Spring Break, was published in April 2021.

The first book by Lazette Gifford, Aubreyan, was published in July 2002.

Yes. Lazette Gifford has 2 series.
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