Leah Cutter

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  • Bibliography:
    226 Books (18 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 2003
  • Latest Book:
    March 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Cassie Stories

1 - Poisoned Pearls (Aug-2014)
2 - Tainted Waters (May-2015)
3 - Spoiled Harvest (Oct-2016)
4 - Bloodied Ice (Dec-2018)

The Chronicles of Franklin

1 - The Popcorn Thief (Feb-2014)
2 - The Soul Thief (Jun-2015)
3 - Franklin Versus The Child Thief (Oct-2018)

The Clockwork Fairy Trilogy

1 - The Clockwork Fairy Kingdom (Apr-2012)
2 - The Maker, the Teacher, and the Monster (Jul-2014)
3 - The Dwarven Wars (May-2017)

The Fallen Elves

1 - Ruins of the Gods (Jan-2023)
2 - Stairs of the Gods (Feb-2023)
3 - Cities of the Gods (May-2023)
4 - Graves of the Gods (Jul-2023)

Forgotten Gods

1 - A Wind Blown Torment (Mar-2020)
2 - A Stone Strewn Clash (Apr-2020)
3 - A Sea Washed Victory (May-2020)

Gracie Stories

1 - Gracie and the Whirligig (Jun-2014)
2 - Gracie's Fire (Sep-2014)
3 - Gracie and the Gold Mine (Dec-2014)

A Halley Brown Mystery

1 - Dancer in Darkness (Jul-2020)
2 - Trophy Hunters (Aug-2020)

Houses of the Dead

1 - Houses Divided (Oct-2020)
2 - Houses Fallen (Nov-2020)
3 - Houses Reborn (Dec-2020)

The Labors of Darius Linard

1 - The Claim Jumper (May-2018)
2 - The Wild One (Jul-2022)
3 - Runaways (Jul-2022)
4 - Homecoming (Aug-2018)
5 - Hero (Sep-2018)

A Lake Hope Mystery

1 - The Purloined Letter Opener (Jun-2020)
2 - The Tell Tale Heart Pin (May-2021)

The Long Run

1 - Project Nemesis (Sep-2022)
2 - Project Nyx (Oct-2022)
3 - Project Tisiphone (Nov-2022)
4 - Project Persephone (Dec-2022)

Rabbit Stories

1 - The Curious Case of Rabbit and the Temple Goddess (Aug-2014)
2 - Rabbit and the Mysteriously Missing Daughter (Jun-2017)
3 - The Strange Mystery of Rabbit and the Stolen Song (Jun-2017)
4 - Rabbit, the Dastardly Thief, and the Disappearing Dragon (Jun-2017)
5 - The Puzzling Case of the Exam Imposter (May-2021)

Seattle Trolls

1 - The Changeling Troll (Oct-2014)
2 - The Princess Troll (Jul-2016)
3 - The Fairy Bridge Troll (Oct-2017)

Shadow Wars

1 - The Raven and the Dancing Tiger (Dec-2012)
2 - The Guardian Hound (Jul-2013)
3 - War Among the Crocodiles (Nov-2015)

The Tanesh Empire

1 - The Glass Magician (Jun-2018)
2 - The Desert Heart (Jul-2018)
3 - The Ghost Dog (Aug-2018)

The Troll Wars

1 - The Troll-Demon War (Mar-2019)
2 - The Troll-Human War (Apr-2019)
3 - The Troll-Troll War (Apr-2019)

A Water Witch Mystery

1 - The Witch is Inn (Jan-2024)

The Witch's Progress

1 - Circle of Air (Aug-2018)
2 - Circle of Fire (Oct-2019)
3 - Circle of Water (Nov-2019)
4 - Circle of Earth (Dec-2019)

Book List in Order: 226 titles

  • Paper Mage

    In a small Chinese village during the Tang Dynasty, an unsure young woman defies the rigid conventions of her society to become a gifted paper mage--one who creates magic with the ancient art of paper folding. Because her skills are in demand for the...

  • The Caves of Buda

    When her grandfather, Laci, confined to a hospital because of his dire ravings about demons, escapes and flees to his boyhood home in Hungary, Zita sets out to find the elderly man, only to discover that his apparent dementia hides a terrifying truth...

  • The Jaguar and the Wolf

    As the people rise and fall, so shall the gods.... The great Viking warrior Tyrthbrand wears the mark of his god, Tyr--an arrangement that renders him almost invincible, but leaves him feeling somewhat like a pet dog. And when he kills a fellow wa...

  • Slow Honey

    I ain't slow. Don't care what Pappy says. I'm real quick at making furniture for the fancy folk up the hill.Then those star folk come. I'd sure like to go with them. But I ain't sure if it's right, me up in the stars that way. My brother Jeremy wants...

  • Power of Preserving Pictures

  • Cold Comfort

    What if the northern lights are caused by dreams trapped in the ice? And these dreams are mined in the far reaches of Siberia, then sold to parents to shape the futures of their children? With bonus short story, One Fall Day....

  • The Dutiful Daughter

    Mama Chen thinks she's lucky to have found Xi Bao, wandering alone through the empty streets of Beijing during Ghost month. Now, she has the most dutiful daughter, who waits on her every wish. Or is there more to Xi Bao then there seems? This short s...

  • Gulkhanam

  • Hell By Any Other Name



  • Magpie

    When Sarah finds a beautiful, porcelain bird hidden inside a hollow brick inside her fireplace, she just thinks it's odd. Then her jewelry starts going missing. What will the magpie steal next?...

  • Obsessions

    In this future, the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial is protected from graffiti artists with nanotechnology. But there's still injustice, homelessness, paranoia and dreams. Skull doesn't want to escape her sweet obsessions, her day dreams and her dream men...

  • One Fall Day

    Magic requires the life of another. If the life that the magician chooses isn't strong enough, they'll Diminish their own soul. But Catriana is tired of killing. Can she find a different life source to tap into, a new way to do magic?...

  • Red Boots

    A retelling of the Hans Christian Anderson tale, "The Red Shoes." However, she's a country-western dancer, so it's "The Red Boots." Originally published in "Black Heart, Ivory Bones," edited by Ellen Datlow and Terry Windling....

  • Slipping the Leash

    Twyla learned early how to fight. The kids knew she was different, but she figured that was just her African-American dad and her Japanese mom. Now, she learns just how different she is: she's not even human. How will she balance all these expectatio...

  • True Vision

    Devil? or angel? Gabriella has lived all her life following other people's plans, using their definitions of her body, allowing them to judge her abilities. Finally, though, Gabriella is ready to take matters into her own hands....

  • Walking Gods

    "I am a seamstress, I am."   She is the one who stitches the kingdom together, creates hidden valleys for the magical to find and harsh peaks for fools to throw themselves against.  How she chooses her stitches is up to her.  What happens when ...

  • Tell Me Again

    What do red boots, frozen dreams, and a flower princess all have in common? They're all original fairytales retold with a new slant by Leah R Cutter in the collection, "Tell Me Again." Also included is an original piece, a fairytale about retelling s...

  • Golden Charms

    As a child, Jolene learns she has a gift. She can see people's fates: they appear as a golden charm around the person's neck. She doesn't want this gift. She wants a normal life -- a job, a husband, and kids. Three years later, Jolene can't get pregn...

  • Hunting Ghosts In The Machine

    Overcrowding, pollution and acid rain have reduced humanity's livable areas. For most, space is achieved through virtual reality. Only a few see behind the mask. They're the collectors, who hunt the ghosts in the machine. But who watches the watchers...



  • The Secrets of 9s

    One of the secrets of 9s: they always return. They may come disguised in the coyness of eights, with the rigid line of the one hidden at their back. Or maybe you mistake them for fours marching across burnt fields, not seeing their friends, the fat f...

  • To Hell And Back

    December 21st, 2012 hadn't been the end of the world, only the Great Unraveling. The veils between the Seen and Unseen worlds shredded, and the living suddenly learned they weren't alone. Andy had seen it all, done it all, as a detec...

  • Were-Teen

    Patrice is happy, successful, and cursed. Every month during the full moon she turns into her awkward teen-aged self, complete with braces and acne. This year, it's Patrice's 25 year high school reunion. She finally has a chance to confront the witch...

  • The Doom of Alokai Temple

    Storm lives alone, shunned like all witches for her gift of prophesy. She can't hide her gift: Every augury comes with a compulsion to tell the person their future. Storm has now foreseen the destruction of Alokai temple, as well as the priestesses w...

  • Half a Dozen

    Travel from cold Seattle and the view of the world from a private investigator, who just happens to be a ghost, down to the creole fairy courts of Louisiana, to women who may or may not have cloven feet and others who just need to slip outside of wha...

  • Hell For The Holidays

    December 21st, 2012 hadn't been the end of the world, only the Great Unraveling. The veils between the Seen and Unseen worlds shredded, and the living suddenly learned they weren't alone. Andy had seen it all, done it all, as a detec...

  • The Other Story

    Once upon a time in the kingdom of Illumignot lived the handsome King Franklin and the clever Queen Isabella. They loved each other dearly and their only wish was to have a child. After a decade of trying, the brave Prince Kyle was born. All the king...

  • The Third Raven

    The raven clan takes pride in three things: The education of their children, the fierceness of their warriors, and how they care for their own. However, Pedrek, a retired raven warrior, finds a raven clan boy alone in a remote mountain village, ignor...

  • Baker's Dozen

    Travel to cold Seattle and the see the world from the viewpoint of a private investigator who just happens to be a ghost, then go down to the creole fairy courts of Louisiana, learn the secrets of 9s and how the raven warriors take care of their own....

  • High Stakes Hell

    December 21st, 2012 hadn't been the end of the world, only the Great Unraveling. The veils between the Seen and Unseen worlds shredded, and the living suddenly learned they weren't alone. Andy had seen it all, done it all, as a detective when he'd be...



  • The Key To Many Places

    Sure, Martin is Irish. And he doesn't stand more than four feet tall. Maybe he has a fondness for red jackets. Perhaps also a shoe and boot collection that would rival Carrie Bradshaw's.And sometimes, yes, he can make wishes come true. But that doesn...

  • The Clockwork Fairy Kingdom

    The Clockwork Fairy Trilogy - 1

    Adele -- a beautiful fairy queen with wings of clockwork -- despairs when her husband, the Master Tinker, dies before he finishes the machinery that will drive the humans away and restart the human-fairy war. Then she meets Dale, a human boy with nat...

  • Seven Year Itch

  • The Oracle of Seattle

    Jacob practices polismancy: he divines the future from the entrails of his beloved city, Seattle. What happens when the city still willingly bleeds for him, but the voice of God grows silent?Contains the bonus story, "The Doom of Alokai Temple."...

  • Zydeco Queen and the Creole Fairy Courts

    When Francine's a little girl, she'll do just about anything for her papa.But as Francine grows older, she and Papa start fighting about everythingâ€"school, fiddling, and boys.Then the others come calling, Creole fairies from no tale Francine has ev...

  • The Piano Time Rag

    Sadie Louise restores wooden furniture, returning it to its former glory. With just a touch, she finds the strength flowing along the grain or where a joint will shatter with the right pressure. She also frees the spirits she discovers in the wood, t...

  • Postcards From Hell

    December 21st, 2012 hadn't been the end of the world, only the Great Unraveling. The veils between the Seen and Unseen worlds shredded and the living suddenly found out they weren't alone. Andy had seen it all, done it all as a detective working Vice...

  • (in)substantial shadows

    I am a shadow, living in the shadows, always among you, always watching. Come hear how those of you living in the world, you brights, seduced the best of us to cross the barrier and try to live beside you. We're a people trained...

  • Old Friends

    Wei Fu not only loves the law, he respects it, which is more than those lazy students of his. When one of his students shows an interest, Wei Fu befriends him, answers his questions.Too many of his questions. Until Wei Fu finds himself contemplating ...

  • Dragon's Son

    Long Yen works hard to be a good dragon's son, doing everything his family asks him to do, even if it involves being a money launderer or stealing a miner's ID. After being arrested, a strange, foreign lawyer insists Long Yen turn against his family ...



  • Of Heaven And Hell

    December 21st, 2012 hadn't been the end of the world, only the Great Unraveling. The veils between the Seen and Unseen worlds shredded and the living learned they weren't alone. My Andrew, he is not the only one who faces such things as Heaven and He...

  • Beyond the Garden

    There are a lot of gardens, as well as green growing things in the stories in this collection. However, the most important tales take place beyond the garden, outside the fence, when you stray from the path and walk under the trees, into the wilderne...

  • The Tortoise and the Maiden

    Bing Yu meets a magical tortoise at the village well. He gives her good advice and helps her mother. But her father needs help too. As a respectful daughter, of course Bing Yu wants to do everything she can. But what price is Bing Yu willing to pay? ...

  • The Raven and the Dancing Tiger

    Shadow Wars - 1

    Peter is interested in just three things: dancing, finding a girlfriend, and hiding his raven soul. Peter is a raven warrior, an ancient race known for their assassination and fighting skills. Through secrecy and strict teaching, they've learned to c...

  • Prophesy in Shadows

    Bernardo serves at the primary temple of the Viper clan, in Guatemala, taking care of the mystics who read the sacred smoke. When Bernardo's lifelong dream of having his own vision comes true, he must go on a long and dangerous journey, from the high...

  • Shadows' Door

    Hans can never do anything right. He's a disappointment to his father, his employer, even the hound clan. But Hans' Grandpapa was a brilliant Apotheker, and his old books contain many potions. Maybe Hans can find just the right one. . .Or maybe he ma...

  • The Tiger's Shadow

    Betty misses England. She misses her friends, the calm rain patting the leaves in the garden, the cool of the summer evenings. She'll be going back soon. The British are leaving India. Her Indian cousins walk taller with their independence. They tell...

  • The Viper in Tulum

    Shadows plague Zane. They tease him, take away his sight, hide him from all others. Time and alcohol cloud Zane's senses as well. Yet, Zane still hides things from the shadows, even after decades of waiting. Important things. Today, Zane can right th...

  • The Guardian Hound

    Shadow Wars - 2

    Lukas first dreams about the end of the world when he's five. As a prince of the hound clan, he is steadfast and loyal, able to take the form of any hound. Yet, no one believes him except his grandmother. The shadows, a corrupting force determined to...

  • Sisters



  • Siren's Call

    Kai never met Mama. But based on her own abilities, and those who call her kin, she knows Mama wasn't human. Kai finds things. In post-Katrina New Orleans, everyone's lost something, though most can't afford to pay. Kai's latest client, a siren, hire...

  • The Shadow Wars

    The shadows are here... Five dynamic stories from the clans, telling the beginning of the shadows and beyond. Stories included: "The Third Raven" "Shadows' Door" "Prophesy in Shadows" "The Tiger's Shadow" "The Viper in Tulum" Plus, the first chapter ...

  • The Popcorn Thief

    The Chronicles of Franklin - 1

    Ghosts get stuck sometimes. Franklin helps them move from this world to the next. Sometimes that means giving a ghost a ride so they can confront their killer. Other times, it means listening to the wind in his fields and the trucks blowing down the ...

  • The Shredded Veil Mysteries

    December 21st, 2012 hadn't been the end of the world, but the Great Unraveling. The veils between the Seen and Unseen worlds had shredded.The living had suddenly learned they weren't alone. Andy had seen it all, done it all, as a detective working Vi...

  • When the Moon Over Kualina Mountain Comes

    Centuries ago, fate forced the witches to move from the mainland to the Southern Islands. The peace-loving people there accepted and welcomed them.Now, centuries later, the gods begin to make their will known again.Ephanie, a young northern witch, wa...

  • Burning Flowers

    See China through a wide range of characters, like a little girl in the Tang Dynasty determined to honor her sister, or an old woman in the Qing Dynasty who believes she has the best daughter, or even a boy on a Chinese colony in space. These unexpec...

  • Fox and Hound

  • Gracie and the Whirligig

    Gracie Stories - 1

    Everyone up in the hills thinks Gracie's mama is touched. And maybe she is. Or maybe she isn't. But when a fire burns their still to the ground, Gracie got no one to rely on but her. And that damned flying machine, that whirligig, that Mama probably ...

  • Dancing with Tong Yi

    Tong Yi works for Huli Transport, a company that specializes in rides and transportation for those who aren't quite human. When the newest job comes up -- delivering a message to Zhang Guo Lao, one of the Eight Immortals -- Tong Yi assumes the job wi...

  • The Maker, the Teacher, and the Monster

    The Clockwork Fairy Trilogy - 2

    Five years have passed. The worlds above and below have recovered and changed. The fairies from the Clockwork Kingdom return every year, asking for Dale’s help in vain. This year, Cornelius, the head of the fairies, brings dread news: Kostya has re...

  • The Curious Case of Rabbit and the Temple Goddess

    Rabbit Stories - 1

    So much trouble stalks Rabbit's favorite temple! Just the month before, the priest who took care of the space died unexpectedly. Now, no one can find the deed for the land the temple occupies. When Rabbit witnesses a mysterious stranger stealing a be...

  • Poisoned Pearls

    Cassie Stories - 1

    Someone murders Cassie's best friend in the alley behind the sex toy shop she manages.To make her day even better, the pre-cog working the case declares that Cassie saw the event. Which would put her in two places at the same time. Impossible. Cassie...

  • Gracie's Fire

    Gracie Stories - 2

    Mama may not have taught Gracie much. But Mama did make sure Gracie was well-versed in the essentials: shooting, moonshining, and charming gentlemen callers. And Gracie is gonna need all of 'em when some strange orange folk c...

  • The Last Dancing Leaves

    The adults claim that the electro-magnetic-pulse (EMP) knocked the world offline. But nothing came back online afterward. And so the old world died. Something important had changed. Rifts opened. Myst pooled in the cities and other places men lived, ...

  • The Changeling Troll

    Seattle Trolls - 1

    Piles of books line the floor of Christine's living room, threaten to take over every surface in her apartment. Christine escapes into her stories every chance she gets. Because magic only happens in fairy tales. Right? After losing a bet with her br...

  • Gracie and the Gold Mine

    Gracie Stories - 3

    When Mister Thomas tells Gracie he's "acquired" a gold mine, Gracie knows something's just not right with it. She still bargains with him about helping him with it. She ain't about to bet against him. Will it all turn out to be fools gold? Or will th...

  • Gracie Breaks Out

    Gracie lives in town and works for Mr. Dickerson, hidden in the back room 'cause no one wants a mere girl fixing their whirligigs or automatons. Gracie fights against the attitude that girls should only get married and have babies, but no one will hi...

  • The Midnight Gardener

    Joanie finally found her heart out in the backyard, hanging in an old fir like a Christmas ornament, covered in bees…Now she must discover what it means to hold her heart open for another.Read the other stories set in this same universe, "Lost Star...

  • A Sword's Poem

    Hikaru and her one true love Norihiko defy their families and kitsune (fox fairy) tradition by getting married. However, an evil magician ambushes them on their first pilgrimage. He kills Norihiko, steals his soul, then re-forges it into a sword. Hik...

  • Of Myst and Folly

    Bombs destroyed all the major cities of the world almost two centuries ago. The bombs opened rifts. Magic and myst flowed into the world. Electronic devices no longer work. Only simple mechanical devices. Man learned to farm again, in curving rows th...

  • Of Rifts and Myst

    It sounded like a bomb going off.But it couldn't have been a bomb. Or not just a bomb. Bombs didn't tear rifts in the sky. Holes that opened the way for alien mists. Nathan really didn't care about that. He needed to get out of the office building he...

  • War on all Fronts

    Tong Yi carries the mysterious message of Zhang Gua Loa back to his boss. The immortal had said there would be war. But between whom? And why? Huli Transport takes advantage of the situation to become the messenger service of choice in the war zone...

  • Tainted Waters

    Cassie Stories - 2

    A terrorist bomber threatens Minneapolis during the run-up to the Aquatennial. None of the Post-Cogs can get a fix on him: whenever the bomber arrives, the timelines get corrupted. Cassie has other problems, too. No one will hire her because of how s...

  • The Soul Thief

    The Chronicles of Franklin - 2

    Ghosts get stuck sometimes. Franklin sees it as his duty to help them along, get them to pass from this earth to the Beyond. But some ghosts start returning. Haunting Franklin. Destroying his crops. Franklin learns he must use an ancient, powerful bl...

  • Lizard Horses

    Jelek lives in modern day Hungary. He has a club foot and walks with crutches. He spends as much time as he can tucked away in his bedroom loft, hiding from the world. He loves reading old myths and legends, like the stories of Hungarian wizards,...

  • Out of the Woods

    Alarmists had warned how fragile modern civilization was. Unfortunately, they’d been proven right. Tamara had survived the riots in Seattle. The bombing of the Lewis-McChord military base. The collapse.She sure as hell is going to survive a group o...

  • Touch

  • Community Service

    CJ and her crew live in one of the big domed cities on the moon and do what most teens do best: screw off, as well as mess with the system. This time, however, some of her crew have gone too far. ...

  • The Healer's Daughter

    Ayumi has a magical talent for healing.Unfortunately, her father, and society in general during Heian era Japan, won't allow women to work.Can Ayumi find a life for herself that doesn't involve an odious marriage and wasting away, shunned and hidden ...

  • Let's Make a Deal!

    Saul will go to any length to close a deal, including adding three extra lumbar vertebrae so he could bend just so when greeting a particular alien ambassador. But the latest clients won't even negotiate. Saul has to find out what makes them tick. Wh...

  • New World Gambles

    Coming to Canada, the New World, to win his fortune was the first gamble Mei Quon took. Working in Victoria on a crooked game of fan tan, pleasing clients, instead of breaking his back with the railroad was the second. Now, throwing in his lot with o...

  • The Alchemy of Coffee

    Katrissa is magicless, a rare minority in the world. She has no magic guild, no badge of rank. She isn't fit for the few jobs open to the magicless, either. She does have one great love: coffee. Can a magicless girl turn her passion into a meanin...

  • Movers, Inc

    Jeremy wants to be like his big brother, and do well at Movers, Inc., where they teach people how to use their telekenetic powers. But Jeremy's power is…fading.Jeremy is willing to do anything to strengthen his powers. Even if it means going to a s...

  • Movers, Inc.

    Jeremy wants to be like his big brother, and do well at Movers, Inc, where they teach people how to use their telekenetic powers. But Jeremy's power is…fading. Jeremy is willing to do anything to strengthen his powers. Even...

  • The Sweet Shop

    Tong Yi waits for something to happen -- for his brother to return from the war zone, for his boss to trust him again, for his magical training to be expanded. Something. Anything. Then powerful wizard Uncle Bei takes him to The Sweet Shop -- a magic...

  • War Among the Crocodiles

    Shadow Wars - 3

    Yvette lives in the French Alps. Celebrating the turn of the century with Mama, Yvette learns her true magic: she can hear the winds. Direct them to do her bidding.It means the winds keep her cold. And she hates being cold.It also means she knows all...

  • Lost Stars

    Wilson's house is infested by pesky stars that dive-bomb him when he's cooking or trying to relax.Okay, maybe that's an exaggeration. Possibly it's only one star. And kinda friendly, at that.But it keeps coming at him. Disrupting his orderly life. Di...

  • Paulaleena

    Pauli, the most recent of the Paulaleena fairies, must creep out of the woods and renew the pact with the human mayor of the nearby city.The pact that keeps the world safe from the Dark Ones.The pact forged by blood.When this human mayor insists on s...

  • Candles and Shadows

    Pearl's greatest magical gift? Knowing exactly what someone needs before they do. Opening up a magic shop seemed like the perfect way to help her use her gift.The problem? The beautiful smartly-dressed woman who just walked in.This woman wants someth...

  • The Princess Troll

    Seattle Trolls - 2

    Most trolls have no natural magical ability. However, Christine does. Enchanted powders swirl up when she walks by. Charms glow.What happens when Christine tries to direct her magical powers?Nothing. Nada. Zip.Something blocks Christine from reaching...

  • Dreams of Saffron and Lace

    Regina Victoria Edmondson rules as Queen over the nursery she shares with her twin brother Tobias.Except when she allows him to direct their play as Raj.However, on the rambling country estate where they live, neither of them control the gardens, whe...

  • A Box of Taels

    Regina Victoria Edmondson rules as Queen over the nursery she shares with her twin brother Tobias.Except when she allows him to direct their play as Raj.However, on the rambling country estate where they live, neither of them control the gardens, whe...

  • The Island Sampler

    Like many writers, Leah Cutter writes all over the map.She has figured out a way to group her stories together, by time (Past/Present/Future) as well as by energy level (Languid/Exciting/Pulse Pounder).Then she mapped out all of her novels, and disco...

  • The Mouse Who Laughed

    As a familiar, Ina expected to bond happily ever after with a single master or mistress.Not two.And certainly not three.But when her current Master turns on her, attacks her, she breaks the bond and flees for her life.What's a poor mouse to do?If you...

  • Spoiled Harvest

    Cassie Stories - 3

    Cassie cannot turn away her most recent client. She needs the money. Though honestly, trying to find the woman's damned cat turns her stomach. But the client also carries a rose with her. It represents...something. Something destructive. Something ap...

  • The Immortals' War

    Tong Yi lives in Taiwan and works as a messenger for Huli Transport -- a company that specializes in delivering messages and packages for non-humans. He values his oath to the company and makes heroic efforts to ensure the messages entrusted to him a...

  • The Dead Sister

    Shawna knows all the trees in her mom and dad's orchard. And she knows every inch of that border between land and swamp -- she can see it better than anyone else. Even her twin sister Rowan.But only Shawna sees the lights that mark the edge.Stepping ...

  • Uncollected Anthology: Year 1

    The Uncollected Anthology series sprang from the minds of six fabulous authors who love fantasy, short stories, and each other’s writing. Every three months, the authors pick a theme and write a short story for that theme. Now, for the first time, ...

  • The Bee-Keeper's Daughter

    A ghostly swarm of bees haunt Elizabeth. They coat strangers in pollen while holding her still, making her watch. Then they come for her. Sting her. Give her magical power, but at such a cost. Why do they attack her? What do they w...

  • Wheelman

    The wheelman always gets his passengers where they need to go. Despite traffic, visits from our alien friends, or even a little necromancy. With the help, of course, of his friendly parking Buddha. ...

  • Steam. And Dragons.

    From an evil genius desperate for his toast; to an ancient dragon enjoying a modern coffee shop; to amusement parks with dragon rides; and heart-lurching flights with steam-powered beasts; these tales will catapult you into an adventurous journey to ...

  • Nine Lives: Spells Gone Awry

    Nightmares of drowning crowd Merilee's sleep. Deep, dark, endless water.It must mean something. She is a witch, after all.But when three men break into her house and the spell Merilee casts to escape goes horribly wrong, she has too many other things...

  • Hiding Behind the Cowl

    Why does someone decide to become a superhero? What makes them wake up one morning and put on a mask to fight crime?These five stories explore that theme, from Coming of Age to hiding your identity for the safety of your family.From light and fast to...

  • The Dwarven Wars

    The Clockwork Fairy Trilogy - 3

    The Old One will not rest until he destroys the Greater Oregon Fairy Kingdom. Warrior, servant, and royal alike face death. Old world dwarves threaten as well, plotting a genocidal invasion to steal all the magic in the new land. Nora's revenge again...

  • Rabbit and the Mysteriously Missing Daughter

    Rabbit Stories - 2

    When a master thief hires Rabbit to first write, then illegally file his will, Rabbit believes he understands all the tricky parts of this latest case. Until the thief insists on Rabbit's help to actually find the missing daughter.Besides avoiding al...

  • Rabbit, the Dastardly Thief, and the Disappearing Dragon

    Rabbit Stories - 4

    Rabbit joins with much of his village to witness the disaster thieves wrought on the master statue maker. However, the bumbling thieves missed the most important piece: an elegant golden statue of a dragon. When Rabbit returns to the...

  • The Strange Mystery of Rabbit and the Stolen Song

    Rabbit Stories - 3

    Rabbit tries to catch the eye of the beautiful shopkeeper's daughter by helping her father. His mynah bird has suddenly lost its voice. However, the mystery runs much deeper and involves not only the shopkeeper's daughter but the secret life of one o...

  • The Fairy Boy-Band

    Oswald just wants to enjoy the peace and quiet of his suburban home.But he can't. Not with the stupid fairies playing music in his backyard. Every. Single. Night.But what can a poor human do? He agreed to the arrangement. The home owners association ...

  • The Harps of the Six Kingdoms

    Jacob's wife died in childbirth. She shouldn't have. But magic exists only in the land of the Six Kingdoms. Not on the mainland where Jacobs lives. No healer could save his wife. What can Jacob, a simple boot maker, do to address such inequality? Or ...

  • The Ribbon Tree

    Oneia wakes to the sound of weeping.She discovers that the maple tree in her tiny backyard is responsible for all that racket.But what can she do to ease the tree's sadness?A charming tale of magic realism and chasing dreams.Originally published in: ...

  • Heartspells

    The Uncollected Anthology series sprang from the minds of six fabulous authors who love fantasy, short stories, and each other's writing.Every three months, the authors pick a theme and write a short story for that theme.Now, for the first time, you ...

  • Magical Motorcycles

    The Uncollected Anthology series sprang from the minds of six fabulous authors who love fantasy, short stories, and each other's writing. Every three months, the authors pick a theme and write a short story for that theme. Now, for the first time, yo...

  • Portals & Passageways

    The Uncollected Anthology series sprang from the minds of six fabulous authors who love fantasy, short stories, and each other's writing. Every three months, the authors pick a theme and write a short story for that theme. Now, for the first time, yo...

  • Winter Witches

    The Uncollected Anthology series sprang from the minds of six fabulous authors who love fantasy, short stories, and each other's writing. Every three months, the authors pick a theme and write a short story for that theme. Now, for the first time, yo...

  • The Ice Skating Fairy

    Cindy hates her current situation: stuck on the sidelines with a broken leg instead of figure skating in the mid-winter jubilee. Then a bright light appears beside her. Nope. Not a broken spotlight. A fairy sits there. <...

  • The Palace

    Silvia hates working on Halloween. Particularly at an old-fashioned San Francisco hotel like The Palace.But she forgot to call in sick. And now co-workers have seen her.She must go in. And hope that she survives....

  • Transformations

    Ao Dan works as a wizard for Huli Transport. He primarily opens portals to transport messengers and goods between places. Easy. Non-complicated. Even if Ao Dan has taken off time recently to grieve the loss of his partner and has not done...

  • The Fairy Bridge Troll

    Seattle Trolls - 3

    Christine works hard every night to rebuild the fairy bridge to Trollsville and the other worlds--the one she destroyed in order to claim her magical power. But the rocks fight her. Does the bridge not want to be repaired? Or did Christine take the w...

  • Lots of Babies

    Sarah wants babies.Lots and lots of babies.Freddie, Sarah's sister, sees nothing wrong with this.But Sarah had Down's Syndrome. Along with a controlling mother who stands in the way of her daughter's happiness.What is the right choice? What can Fredd...

  • The Spider's Children

    The corn husk doll Lizzie always carries has promised to teach Lizzie about power. Maybe even enough to grant all her wishes. Lizzie just wants Pa to smile again. And maybe for Ma to get well. As for her brother being less mean, well, even...

  • Enchanted Emporiums

    The Uncollected Anthology - quarterly short fiction that redefines the boundaries of urban & contemporary fantasy. Every three months, the authors pick a theme and write a short story for that theme. Then they publish the stories individually. Now, y...

  • Fortune Tales

    The Uncollected Anthology - quarterly short fiction that redefines the boundaries of urban & contemporary fantasy. Every three months, the authors pick a theme and write a short story for that theme. Then they publish the stories individually.Now, yo...

  • Happily Ever Afters

    The Uncollected Anthology - quarterly short fiction that redefines the boundaries of urban & contemporary fantasy. Every three months, the authors pick a theme and write a short story for that theme. Then they publish the stories individually. Now, y...

  • The Perfect Shoes

    It's the week before Valentine's Day, so a young brownie's thoughts turn to love. And shoes. Of course. Everyone knows that brownies make the best shoes. It's their special magical talent. But what happens when Pedro, a young brownie...

  • The Glass Girl

    Sakura considers herself an ordinary girl living an ordinary life in Tokyo, Japan, concerned with boys, school work, and family. Then the extraordinary happens, and her body starts transforming into glass. What does it mean? Why her?...

  • Golden Light

    Ginny, a Japanese-American teenager, moves to the country with her grandparents after her parents die in a mysterious accident. When she explores the forbidden attic, she finds she something she never expected: her destiny.A tale of growing up and th...

  • Pulling Up Stakes

    From a magician trying to prove his worth to rootless space denizen; to women with Grand Purpose; and engineered creatures who just want to live a normal life; these tales will engage your heart as well as your imagination as you consider what may co...

  • Carrion Crow

    Caitlin considers herself a carrion crow-living off the bones of the dead who have been left to drift in space at the end of the ugly war with the Allied Worlds. But many old warriors consider her work sacrilegious: they believe the dead s...

  • The Blood Hound

    Myrizhah carries a babe of power--a boy who will turn into a land magician, able to perform incredible magic once he finds his true home. A blood hound follows Myrizhah everywhere--a magical beast conjured by the emperor who protects her while she ca...

  • The Claim Jumper

    The Labors of Darius Linard - 1

    Since Darius's dad died, he now mines a single arc of the New Athens asteroid belt all by himself. However, suddenly, all the boundary markers that designate his claim go offline. Can Darius defend the arc of the asteroid belt that he calls home? Bef...

  • The Glass Magician

    The Tanesh Empire - 1

    No one trusts a landless magician, but Trulliç cannot find his true home, where his own magical powers work best. He knows it exists somewhere out in the desert. But how can he find it, when the land itself threatens to swallow him whole every times...

  • Fairy Tale Fates

    Beauty has a Fate. A Destiny. To keep dating loser and "beasts" until she manages to find that prince hidden underneath that bad boy exterior.But what if she doesn't want to? What if she wants to take control of her own destiny?Fairy Tale Fates is pa...

  • The Desert Heart

    The Tanesh Empire - 2

    Trulliç finds his home in the desert, amid the great stones he raises from the very sands to build the city and the underground rivers he bends to his will.
    He can’t raise people, though. He’s all alone. Well, except for the dog, Riyune.How c...

  • Circle of Air

    The Witch's Progress - 1

    Tara seems like a perfectly normal person. She works two jobs to cover the rent. Her boss and her co-workers exploit her good nature so she ends up working even more. And of course she constantly studies so she can pass into the next circle of witchc...

  • The Ghost Dog

    The Tanesh Empire - 3

    Riyune the dog dies in the myth worlds, binding the desert heart and protecting the real world from horrific chaos.Yet, he still lives, and returns with Trulliç and Nadeem.The emperor, denied the desert heart, turns his attention to Trulliç, determ...

  • Homecoming

    The Labors of Darius Linard - 4

    Life for Darius changes completely when he meets Lulu, an alien, living spaceship.Now they must run far from her home systems. Dare they return to human-operated space?What sort of homecoming awaits them? Particularly since no one apparently knows ab...

  • Hero

    The Labors of Darius Linard - 5

    The great sentient spaceship Lulu watchs the humans kill her human mate, Darius.Now, she plots her revenge. Meanwhile, Darius races to get back to his ship, before Lulu not only kills herself but their one chance at a new life in human space.Can Dari...

  • Franklin Versus The Soul Thief

    Franklin helps ghosts pass along from this world to the next. He views it as his duty.But then a ghost returns. Soulless. Howling. Haunting Franklin.What must Franklin do to get back to the natural order of things? Franklin Versus The Soul Thief--the...

  • Franklin Versus The Child Thief

    The Chronicles of Franklin - 3

    Franklin helps ghosts pass along, from this world to the next.His newest visitor? A scared white boy, wearing shorts, his legs scratched up, not proper funeral clothes.Franklin knows that even if the police believed him, a black man talking about dea...

  • The Last Little Dogie

    MELVIN FOUND THE FIRST LITTLE dogie who'd gone missing—the largest runt of his cattle herd—in an old grand fir, about twenty feet up above his head. He figured she got there by trying to jump over the moon (again) and missing something fi...

  • Bloodied Ice

    Cassie Stories - 4

    Cassie knows that Hunter bringing a date to the hockey game doesn't presage the apocalypse. Probably.Until a dead body falls out of a rainbow portal and lands on the ice during the game. Okay, so maybe the end of the world looms. Can Cassie stop it, ...

  • Mirror Myths

    Kim's parents want the very best for their child. They buy the top of the line magical mirror that dictates everything for the child that day, including gender, personality, as well as the day's activities.But what if Kim wants something different? W...

  • Wedding Vows

    Wan Ho waits outside the Courthouse of the Dead for...something. Around him, the parade of the formerly living pass into and out of the courthouse, the judge sending them to either one of the various Hells or to the city of the dead to await rebirth....

  • Beasties

    Enjoy the urban fantasy stories of the Uncollected Anthology: Beasties now collected in this bundle. Discover how to deal with raising chickens and feathered serpents or enjoy some tasty ice cream with a side of monsters. Rid your apartment of someth...

  • The Challenges of Raising Urban Chickens

    Dani loves the four proud and goofy chickens that she raises in the middle of downtown Seattle. However, there are always challenges with chickens in urban areas, like cats and raccoons.And feathered serpents who decide to mate with her chickens.Wait...

  • Cherry Blossom Petals

    Jackie needs to find out if Brandon is The One. But her stupid mother grounded her, and she cannot get to the park, cannot fall asleep with the first of the cherry blossom petals in her hair, cannot dream of her one true love. Two weeks' wait, right?...

  • The Troll-Demon War

    The Troll Wars - 1

    Five years training, learning battle tactics and strategies.

    Or, as Christine's brother reminds her, turning herself into a badass princess warrior.

    When Lars the demon, her greatest foe, escapes from Hell, Christine must stop him, and...

  • The Troll-Human War

    The Troll Wars - 2

    The Great War continues. but hope starts to drain away. Christine's battles cost her too many good beings--orcs, trolls, others.

    She needs to end the war. And soon. Or else the demons will break loose and Hell will come to Earth.

    But h...

  • The Troll-Troll War

    The Troll Wars - 3

    Stalemate in the Great War. Demons versus the troll princess Christine and every friend she can recruit.Now, she faces a two front war, at home against the king of Trollville, as well as all those demons.If she loses either battle, everything will be...

  • An Interpretation of Moles

    Moles.Seriously?Yes. Mostly seriously.Chemists, Zoologists, Dermatologists, Government Agencies, and Mexican Food.Over a dozen modern authors offer their take on an Interpretation of Moles. Every kind, every definition.From silly to sublime, this ant...

  • Invitation to the Ball

    Janice still can't believe it. She has an invitation to the royal fairy ball!Finally. It's her time. She can be...discovered.Janice practices her model strut, perfects her makeup, and has a friend help her with coming up with the perfect outfit.But w...

  • Leah R Cutter's Starter Library

  • Past All Horizons

    Leah R Cutter writes all over the map. This collection contains stories in a variety of of genres: Mystery, superhero, epic fantasy, straight historic, science fiction, steampunk/weird west, horror, and urban fantasy.Many of these stories are previou...

  • Circle of Fire

    The Witch's Progress - 2

    Though Tara escaped the Riprap man, she still feels stuck. The equinox approaches. Nightmares stalk her. Her friend Kyle urges her to create her own coven.But who can she ask? Particularly if anyone she brings in might become a target?"Circle of...

  • The Talent Show

    Edmund Alexander Montgomery, IV, works on the committee for the annual funeral director's convention at the Crossroads Hotel. His job? Handle any emergency the humans at the convention throw at him.Even when Elvis and the Impersonators, the head...

  • Circle of Water

    The Witch's Progress - 3

    Tara gets messages from the Riprap man, accusing her of being responsible for any drowning deaths. As if the water spirit she freed has turned deadly.Tara needs to figure out the common thread between the supposedly accidental deaths. As well as prot...

  • Alien Dreams

    What is science fiction, if not an exploration of who we’ll find when we get out there? What will they be like?

    Alien life.
    Alien viewpoints.
    Alien Dreams.

    Join us as we explore worlds where humans aren't always the heroes. Mayb...

  • Circle of Earth

    The Witch's Progress - 4

    The messages from the Riprap man change. Instead of warning of deaths, they warn of earthquakes.Nothing holds the Riprap man back from his true element: Earth.Can Portland survive even a little earthquake? How can Tara stop him? Can she bring togethe...

  • Origins

    In the end, physics fails humans. Only through the use of magical portals will they escape Earth and travel the immense distances between the stars.But who discovered the intersection between magic and physics? How and when are the first portals crea...

  • The Strawberry Girl

    Ren works as a messenger for Huli Intergalactic Transport. She ferries humans, immortals, gods, and aliens between the islands and the mainland on a distant planet.Electronics and magic do not go well together, even in the future. Ren's sensitivities...

  • With a Little Help From the Gods

    Ever since Bernadette's younger brother transformed himself into a bird god, she's kept the kitchen window open for him, in case he stops by.But that morning, when he does make his appearance, he needs Bernadette's help.What help could Bernadette, wh...

  • A Wind Blown Torment

    Forgotten Gods - 1

    Ka Lem can take the form of any animal he knows. He chooses the form of a bear for first his soul form, and plans on taking the form of an elk afterward.But the elk have disappeared, from the land and from his soul. No one can find them.Unease fills ...

  • A Stone Strewn Clash

    Forgotten Gods - 2

    Gan Ou does what she can to free the prisoners that the Bone People have taken. But it isn't enough. Too many Bone People scurry across the land, invading villages, towns, and cities.They spread their filth and try to control everyone they meet, part...

  • A Sea Washed Victory

    Forgotten Gods - 3

    Smoke still wreathes the air above the Wind People's capital. Daily, the Wind People battle the Bone People.And lose territory with every skirmish.Other forces converge in the lands of the Bone People, forces that they feared to awaken.The tide turns...

  • The Purloined Letter Opener

    A Lake Hope Mystery - 1

    Lydia runs her own B&B and restaurant in the tourist town of Lake Hope, in Central Washington. Though she works all the time, she enjoys the challenge. Family and good friends keep her spirits up, but no special someone that rocks her world. Just gue...

  • A Stitch In Time

    As a minor goddess of sewing machines, Vivianne's temple, such as it is, exists in one of those between places, not in a fixed location or time. As a result, she never has visitors. Instead, she goes where she is needed. Until the messenger come...

  • Dancer in Darkness

    A Halley Brown Mystery - 1

    No longer a Seattle cop, Halley Brown formed her own private investigator agency. Her latest client, the fabulous gender-bending performance artist Phoenix, wants her to investigate the serial killer Dancer in Darkness.Dancer's latest victim? A drag ...

  • The Chase Begins

    Crime fiction has many different facets, including the chase. Come run with us, either toward danger, away from the bad guys, or maybe toward a better understanding of ourselves.Welcome to MCM Issue #3: The Chase Begins.Be sure to pick up the first ...

  • Trophy Hunters

    A Halley Brown Mystery - 2

    Halley Brown works as a private investigator in Seattle. She likes working for herself, in part, because she gets to pick and choose her clients.Halley is about to turn down Amber Lee's plea for help finding her sister's killer, until Phoenix interfe...

  • The Alvin Goodfellow Case Files

    Alvin GoodfellowPI to the starsThe best you'll findOn the Moon, Venus, or Mars...Or at least that is how the jingle goes for the ads Alvin constantly runs on the radio.In actuality, Alvin's Private Investigation company works out of a single office, ...

  • Houses Divided

    Houses of the Dead - 1

    Four great houses rule the lands, but greed fills each of the LandHolders. For five years, an uneasy peace has held, but more than one LandHolder intends to rule all the land, no matter the cost. Darikuto's Plan threatens everyone, including the...

  • Happy Music and Dancing Feet

    FELICITY KEEPS HER DANCING FEET rolled up in her dancing shoes, like an extra pair of socks. But what happens when your magic leads you astray? Part of the Uncollected Anthology series, for the issue, Supernatural Soirees. This story t...

  • Houses Fallen

    Houses of the Dead - 2

    The House of Cobalt attacks the House of Gold all along it's shimmering border.The land in the House of Crystal remain uneasy as their chosen one refuses the mantel of power.The House of Pearl marches to attack the House of Crystal lands while they a...

  • Houses Reborn

    Houses of the Dead - 3

    The armies facing the House of Gold have tripled overnight. Help races toward them, but will it arrive in time? Desperate times call for desperate measures, and everyone must do their part: LandHolder, warrior, and ghost. Whatever it t...

  • Pinned

    Jason stands by his friend Andy, through thick and thin.  Follows him out into the storm after the streets of their town have flooded. Particularly when Andy decides to get himself some revenge, and arms himself with a gun... Orig...

  • Going Deeper

    As a forensic accountant, Heather spends her life crawling through complicated financial records, finding errors that most corporate people can't even see. Then again, she marches to her own drum. The shrinks call her neurodivergent. Heather pre...

  • Tiny Dreams

    Jacob has done it all. Been so many people he loses track of who he used to be. Now, he works as a quiet craftsman, building custom tiny homes. Until thieves steal the latest project he just finished. Jacob thinks back to some of those not-...

  • Magicks & Enchantments

    Set your cauldron to bubbling, and read these fifteen tales of magic, sorcery, and enchantment!What if you could smell magic—or go to a bar and get a shot of magic to go with your cocktail? Will an aging sorcerer's last pupil ever learn anythi...

  • Red Rages

    Ginger has reason to rage. Reason to get revenge as well. Then COVID-19 hits. And the timing seems perfect. Even if she has come down with the stupid plague herself. Nothing is going to stop her this time. Not even death itself.&n...

  • Dragons

    Dragons. Who doesn't love them?But this collection isn't just about the brutes or beasts. No, there are philosophical dragons. Technological dragons. Even sexy dragons.Not just fantasy dragons. But science fantasy. Or straight science fiction. Histor...

  • The Puzzling Case of the Exam Imposter

    Rabbit Stories - 5

    Finally, Rabbit finds the confidence to sit the civil exams for Lui land law. There he discovers that not everyone takes their own exam. One of the students hires a stranger to take the exam for him. Rabbit must take it upon himself to not ...

  • The Tell Tale Heart Pin

    A Lake Hope Mystery - 2

    Despite the troubles of the previous year, Lydia still enjoys owning her own B&B and restaurant in the tourist town of Lake Hope, in Central Washington. Especially building those stronger relationships with the community as a result of her struggles....

  • Nana and her Soap

    Stacy loves her grandmother, who she always calls Nana. Even if it means she has to watch her language, which tends to be more...spicy, than Nana approves of. Hence, Nana's soap, always ready to show Stacy or others the error of their ways....

  • Bribing Ghosts

    Life sucks for Fu Ran right now. Her father, dead of cancer, her brother, killed in a car accident. Her mother, sick. Without the Communist Party affiliations from her father's friends, she cannot pursue the advanced degree in chemistry that she's wo...

  • Prohibition at the Book Club

    Book clubs are not just for talking about books. But for getting together with friends. Gossiping. Imbibing. Until one of the women insists that there should no longer be alcohol at the book club. How do irrepressible older women get a...

  • Not What You'd Expect

    I met a spy once.She wasn't what you'd expect. Blonde, buxom, and brilliant. Anything more, well, you'll have to read the story to find out what she was after. And how I got drawn in. Yet another short mystery as part of Leah R Cutter'...

  • Sanitizing the Safe House

    Frankie works as a fixer, of sorts. You have a problem, Frankie takes care of it. Usually in an unusual, only vaguely legal, manner. However, the one thing Frankie can't fix is his past. Angela. His angel. Until she shows up out o...

  • Borrowed Time

    Nightmares of drowning crowd Merilee's sleep. Deep, dark, endless water. They must mean something. She is a witch, after all. When three men break into her house, Merilee casts a transformation spell to escape. However, after turning h...

  • Favors For Old Friends

    Angela still can't believe that she gets a second chance with Frankie. That maybe, perhaps, they've both grown up enough, and gotten over themselves enough, to finally have a chance for happiness. But Frankie knows everyone. From the passport ag...

  • Mosaic Magic

    Suzi works as a tiler, bringing beauty to new homes. For the first time, Suzi chooses a job with a non-Human general contractor, a Pixie named Morning Blossom. Probably the last time, as far as Suzi is concerned. Yet, Morning Blossom invite...

  • The Case of the Locked Room

    Alvin GoodfellowPI to the starsThe best you'll findOn the Moon, Venus, or Mars... Or at least that is how the jingle goes for the ads Alvin constantly runs on the radio. Alvin faces his most convoluted case, a murder that takes place in a l...

  • The Year of Mystery

    What types of mysteries do you prefer? Cozies? Hard-Boiled? With romantic suspense elements? Historic? Or perhaps a little harder to describe? This collection of mysteries from Leah R. Cutter has it all! They all share that same love of Voi...

  • Always With Us

    THIS JUST IN: The story The Blood-Red Leaves of Autumn by Annie Reed has been selected to be included in the 2022 edition of the Best American Mystery Stories!Crime has been with us forever. Chances are, that even as we approach the age of rocket shi...

  • Abracadabra Pirates

    Lizzie's cute magic shop—Abracadabra—mostly sells to tourists and those who don't have magic. Or a clue. Unlike Lizzie, who has strong divination skills. Which are ringing hard right now, as someone approaches her front door.&nb...

  • Black Widows

    The Dame. The Femme Fatal. The Gold Digger.Did she do it? Or is she as innocent as she seems?Come explore what might be considered the darker side of the fairer sex.If you dare...Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem, Issue 10. So Criminal, It's Good!...

  • Past All Horizons #2

    Uncollected Anthology (UA) publishes new themes and new stories three times a year, from some of the best authors writing fantasy today, pushing the boundaries of urban & contemporary fantasy.  This collection brings together twelve st...

  • Angry Earth

    Annabella Lee grew up in a small village, and now, Mistress had brought her to the wild city of San Franscisco for the first time. But something is wrong. Something in the air. Hungry. And angry. Can Annabella Lee escape from the rogues who...

  • Runaways

    The Labors of Darius Linard - 3

    Darius bides his time, filling out his slave contract. Until a strange chance throws him far away. Clear across the galaxy. To parts that the Allied Worlds deny even exist. Alien parts. Be sure to read all the labors of Dariu...

  • The Wild One

    The Labors of Darius Linard - 2

    Kiki, the alien commander of the alien ship Lulu, must coax the ship into working with her and the crew.  The growing pains are nothing like she's seen before. For example, why is the ship forming bubbles around the windows? Is Lulu di...

  • The Labors of Darius Linard

    Darius loses everything. His father, his spaceship, even the portion of the astroid belt he'd claimed. Now, as an indentured slave, he must work his way out of servitude. Luck has the most awesome way of intervening, though.  This...

  • Project Nemesis

    The Long Run - 1

    The Universal Trading Cartel has Judit trapped. Her choices stink: prison down on a planet, or serving the Cartel as another peon in their soul-crushing machine. Her savior? An alien trying to break the stranglehold the Cartel has over all ...

  • Project Nyx

    The Long Run - 2

    Judit had thought her choices were lousy before. Now, she has forbidden aliens in control of the engines, a ship designed to break down regularly, and the Cartel hunting them through every system in known space. What's worse? She canno...

  • Cold Cases

    THIS JUST IN:The Promise by Annie Reed AND Cold Hands, Warm Heart by Joslyn Chase have BOTH been chosen for inclusion in the 2022 Year's Best Mystery Stories!AND The Missing by Leah R Cutter was listed on the honor roll in the 2022 Year's Best Myster...

  • Witches

    Witches. Who doesn't need more witches in their life?These pages contain stories of witches, big and small.There to save a baby's life. Or perhaps a town. Or searching for a helping hand, a friend, or even a very special book.If you're looking for up...

  • Project Tisiphone

    The Long Run - 3

    A new hunter has joined the Cartel, stalking Judit, her crew, and her ship. This time, they cannot just disappear into the back reaches of space. They must confront this predator head on. Step out of the shadows and onto the stage. No matte...

  • Project Persephone

    The Long Run - 4

    The crew decides to head home. Not to their homes. That would be too easy. No, the home planet of the aliens who make up the engines. Will the crew survive the encounter? Or will they become one massive glob of a hive mind? More importantly...

  • Ruins of the Gods

    The Fallen Elves - 1

    Tanelith only knows the ruins of one of the crashed cities. Myths say that the gods used to live there, floating in palaces far above the ground. The other races—like the Dwarves and the Humans—blame Tanelith people, the Elves, for t...

  • Stairs of the Gods

    The Fallen Elves - 2

    Everyone knows that the cities of the gods had fallen. Tanelith has grown up among the ruins of one such city and visited to another. However, after escaping from the slavers, visiting the Tree People as well as other cities of her own people, t...

  • Glitter Makes the Galaxy Go 'Round

    The future looks nothing like what those old-time science fiction writers thought. The Fairies, Brownies, and Pixies (FBP) create spaceflight. Not Humans. Those who want a job in the Space Corps end up as ticket takers. Maybe in hospit...

  • Cities of the Gods

    The Fallen Elves - 3

    Tanelith lives her greatest dream: to rise up to one of the cities of the gods, to walk the streets of her ancestors, to see her people rightfully proud and living in beauty. But the beautiful murals hide terrible secrets. As do the elders who r...

  • Tramp Freighter Captains

  • Graves of the Gods

    The Fallen Elves - 4

    The last flying city totters on the edge of death, of falling gracelessly to the earth and becoming its own ruin. The dwarves use one of the lost, god-killing weapons from the War of Betrayal, devastating the elves who have come to help Tanelith...

  • Knight Dragons

    It's been fifteen months since the Cataclysm, when that gang of idiots broke the bonds between the planes and magic flooded the world. I've read the reports. Saw snatches of the documentary. They thought they were doing everyone a favor. They we...

  • Library Cases

    Stories can take place not only between the covers of books, but also in the places where books are kept.Like in libraries.The fifteenth issue of MCM is a collection of cozy stories by the syndicate, stories that will make you giggle, shake your head...

  • Science Fiction Holidays

    What will the winter holidays be like in the future? Not just Christmas, but all the ones that revolve around the winter equinox? How will people celebrate?Come explore the holidays with over a dozen different takes on a Science Fiction place there t...

  • A Dragon's Guide to Killing Gods (And Other Lies)

    The perfect cozy mix of dragons, myths, gods, magic, and found family. An evil wizard tries to transform the great champion Killian into a common garter snake. The spell misfires (or the fates intervene) and Killian instead becomes a dragon...

  • Winter Mysteries

    Winter time reminds readers of the holidays, getting together with family, and frequently, cold snowy weather.All that cheer can drive people to murder, though.What other mysteries occur in the winter? The wonderful syndicate of MCM answers that ques...

  • The Witch is Inn

    A Water Witch Mystery - 1

    A vision comes to AJ just before she leaves her old life, showing her an unknown dead man. Great. On top of breaking up with her ex, leaving her job, starting perimenopause, and going to spend the summer with her bratty younger sister, AJ worrie...

  • Betrayal

    Things are never as straight forward as they seem. Friends can turn to enemies in the blink of an eye.Or perhaps they've always been out to get you, playing along the whole time, getting you to trust them.Just so that the betrayal can be absolute.Com...

  • To Scratch a Witch

    The next vision of a dead person comes to AJ while she's researching the death of the ghost who haunts the inn. Now, she has not one, but two mysteries to solve. And they appear to be intertwined. While starting up her own psychic business. Plus...

  • Stolen Cars

    LARGE PRINT EDITIONTake a joy ride with a woman desperate to escape her past. Or maybe deal with car thieves who keep stealing your car for an ever increasing ransom. Maybe delve into the mystery of a car that isn't really stolen--it just disappears ...

  • Witches and Waterways

    Valentine's Day draws near, and someone continues to send anonymous cards to AJ. Daily. And her latest vision contains just an image—an old-fashioned radio that gets struck by lightning and drowns in the ocean. Where do the cards...

  • Grilled Sand and Witches

    Let the water—and the magic—flow.The Milltown Chamber of Commerce throws their first annual barbeque competition. One of AJ's old friends even believes she has a chance of winning. Until one of the competition organizers drops dead.&...

  • Ice & Berries

    A cozy fantasy tale of friendship, work, and going out into the world. Oh, and snow cones! When the Ice Elf Elbriarien Itamar—or just El, for short—fails to get her Mage Mark after her apprenticeship, she decides to leave the frozen ...

  • Witch Mirror?

    AJ's latest vision starts with a dozen people being yanked out of sight by a noose around their neck. It ends with just a single body, hanging from a beam in an open loft.What the heck? Did she just witness the work of a serial killer? Or a cult?The ...

  • Cooking Up Crime

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    Want a slice of pie with your crime? Or perhaps some cookies. Maybe even some BBQ...Welcome to the annual cozy edition of MCM!Be sure to bring a snack, as these stories are sure to leave you hungry for more.The annual cozy issue of MCM.So Criminal, I...

  • Extreme Weather

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    Weather can bring out the best in us. Neighbors shoveling sidewalks. Friends helping when there's been a flood. Strangers opening up their houses when someone's house has been struck by lightning.However, bad weather can also bring out the worst in u...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Leah Cutter has published 226 books.

The next book by Leah Cutter, Witch Mirror?, will be published in March 2025.

The first book by Leah Cutter, Paper Mage, was published in March 2003.

Yes. Leah Cutter has 18 series.
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