The Last Changeling (The Seelie Wars Book 2)
Aspen and Snail are back and on the run from both courts. Buy The Last Changeling from an independent bookstore.
Writing
The Hostage Prince (The Seelie Wars Book 1)
with Jane Yolen Viking 2013 The first in a middle grade trilogy in which a young elven prince is traded as a hostage to keep the two opposing fey kingdoms from war, and a midwife’s apprentice helps him escape. Buy The Hostage Prince from an independent bookstore. “An entertaining, thrilling fantasy with a host of […]
Mesopotamian Fire
Eclipse 3Edited by Jonathan StrahanNight Shade Books 2009 A quick, funny story featuring a student with a dragon complaining about his grade.
Little Red
with Jane YolenFirebird 2009Edited by Sharyn November The single creepiest story I have ever written—and I like to think that’s a pretty high bar. An edgy YA story that touches on abuse, insanity, and the thin line between the dream state and the waking world. I imagined the ending while in that strange place we […]
Steward of Song (Sequel to SINGER OF SOULS)
Tor 2008 The sequel to Singer of Souls follows Douglas’s siblings as they deal with the fallout from magic, murder, and Faery prophecy. BUy Steward of Song from your local indie bookstore. “Stemple riffs off Native American and Celtic myths with ease while skillfully depicting a world where any move can have dire consequences.” —Publishers […]
Kitsune
Paradox Magazine 2006 Kitsune was the second story I wrote in the series about Master Shichiro and his servant Ken’ichi. I started this one with no idea of a plot, I just wanted to keep writing about Master Shichiro and Ken’ichi, two characters I had a great deal of fun with. So I put Keni’chi […]
Troll Bridge (Rock ‘n Roll Fairy Tales Book 2)
Starscape 2006 with Jane Yolen In the second Rock ‘n Roll Fairy Tale, young musicians and Dairy Princesses are dragged into Trollholm and trust the help of a mysterious fox-spirit to help them escape. Buy Troll Bridge from your local indie bookstore. “Drawing elements from ‘The Twelve Dancing Princesses’ and ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff,’ […]
Singer of Souls
Tor 2005 A street musician with a drug problem tries to escape to Edinburgh and get clean, but runs into trouble with the Faery court. Buy Singer of Souls from your local indie bookstore. *STARRED REVIEW* “A dour, nihilistic, absolutely marvelous grunge fantasy.” Ray Olsen, Booklist “He writes with an assurance that belies the fact […]
Pay the Piper (Rock ‘n Roll Fairy Tales Book 1)
Tor Books 2005 A Rock-n-Roll Fairy Tale that re-envisions the tale of the pied piper in modern times. Winner of the 2006 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book. Buy Pay the Piper from your local indie bookstore. “Yolen and her son, a professional musician, have produced a rollicking good riff on the Pied Piper.” […]
Burning Down the House
DAW 2004Edited by Martin H. Greenberg A group of house rehabbers break throw a wall and find a portal into Hell. Research involved Dantes Inferno and a great non-fiction book about the devil his history called The Old Enemy.