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Intrepid young necromancer and hunter of undead Lilith Bloodstone teams up with a diviner in order to track down a murderer, but is she up to the task to finding a maniacal serial killer? A murderer dedicated to the blood moon Xarsius. Visit fiction.charlesmoffat.com to learn more about Lilith Bloodstone and the kingdom of Korovia.

The Bogatyr knight, Ilya Bogdanovic, regales the minstrel Valeska with a story of werewolves while waiting for service at the Griffon and Gables. But the story takes a dark turn when he reveals the werewolves are led by a She-Wolf, one of the legendary progenitors of lycanthropy, who have other more devious means for turning men into werewolves... "The Adventures of the Bogatyr" is a series of short stories, novelettes and novellas, telling the tales of a wandering Bogatyr knight who encounters strange magical phenomenon, unusual creatures (both living and undead), and the sometimes mean ...

Young Lilith Bloodstone fancies becoming a necromancer, not for the purpose of creating undead, but to destroy them. But treading the fine line of staying true to her ethics and avoiding the temptations of power - known as the Black Rose - and being able to perform destructive spells is a difficult skill to master. Accompanied by her friend Raelean, an elf boy with impressive magical skills, their skills and their ethics are put to the test. Visit fiction.charlesmoffat.com to learn more about Lilith Bloodstone and the kingdom of Korovia.

Following a hunch, Wulfric the Wanderer has arrived in the port city of Koastmark which is currently plagued by the Xarsian Pox. After determining his hunch was false, he is determined to leave but his plans go awry when a fire scarred wizard, an undead highwayman, and a cursed cutlass decide to get in his way... A Sword & Sorcery short story. Learn more about the author by visiting fiction.charlesmoffat.com.

Wrathgar and Soljargon are venturing south towards the capital city of Oraknev and are hired by a group of four gnomes to help them navigate through a flooded swamp in order to create a new trade route. The gnomes suspect the region is now populated with snake worshipers who follow the snake god Set, but much worse than snakes now populates this forbidding trek of swampy land. When they arrive at a castle sunken into the swamp they decide to make camp for night... And then things go from bad to worse. Part of The Adventures of Wrathgar series of novels and short stories. Visit ...

Tahira, Wulfric's great love, is dead and the barbarian from Korovia decides to strike out on his own. His journey brings him to a Quinian trading post on the coast of Al-Kazar... But what he encounters there however is black magic and 'Black Monoliths of Al-Kazar'. Forced into slavery Wulfric the Wanderer must unlock his own rage within the dark abyss of his soul.

The Bogatyr knight hears the haunting singing of a Rusalka before arriving in the Habbel city of Shorin, where he later learns that there is a wanted poster for the Rusalka. Short on coin, he hatches a scheme for how to defeat her, but killing her and actually getting paid for his hard often requires a little extra effort. "The Adventures of the Bogatyr" is a series of short stories, novelettes and novellas, telling the tales of a wandering Bogatyr knight who encounters strange magical phenomenon, unusual creatures (both living and undead), and the sometimes mean spirited humans, elves and ...

An omnibus anthology collection of 9 short stories of dark fantasy featuring Lilith Bloodstone, an intrepid young wizard who works to rid the world of undead and demons by hunting them down one by one. Included in this volume are: The Black Rose, Rise of the Red Moon, The Baby & the Village, One to be Reckoned With, The Night of the Dead, On Death's Door, The Emissary of Darkness, The Astral Plane, & Out for Blood. Learn more about the Lilith Bloodstone series by visiting fiction.charlesmoffat.com.

Adaoma is working in her crystal ball and magical orb shop in the mystical hidden city of Kaŝe off the coast from Lagos, Nigeria when she receives a strange phone call from her twin sister Adaora. Her twin tells her that terrorists have escaped from Rura Penthe, the extra-dimensional prison for housing criminal wizards and witches. But to escape the clutches of the law the terrorists need a portal to another world and only one such portal exists: The Dragontree of Kaŝe. Join Adaoma and Adaora on their adventures as they travel from Nigeria and Greenland to London and Lagos and back to the...

The Atchafalaya Basin is a home to giants. Alligators, boars and other strange things that an unwary traveler may fall prey to when traversing the swamp alone. Such foul creatures stalk the waterways and pockets of dry land, shrouded by ancient trees that survive amongst the muck, that only a fool would travel through such a place on foot. Let alone late at night. The sucking sound of mud on boots added to the deluge of noises in the twilight of the swamp. A narrow path made its way through the swamp, but the man from Salem, Massachusetts, was unbothered by the noises or the fading light of...

Wrathgar has decided to wait out the harsh Korovian winter in an inn south of Oraknev, home to legendary hot springs said to have healing properties. But not everything at the hot springs are as they seem. First one of the guests is mysteriously murdered and the bite marks suggest they were mauled by some kind of large wolf. Dark forces are at work at the hot springs and the other people staying at the inn to wait out the winter are in for more danger than they bargained for at a place that is supposed to increase your longevity. With bow and arrow, Wrathgar and others set out to kill the ...

1955: The US Embassy in London and the British Embassy in Washington have been attacked using biological warfare. NATO Intelligence suspects that Nazis hiding in Argentina planned the attacks. The newly recruited thief-turned-spy Agent Borealis (Samson) is sent to Buenos Aires in Argentina to investigate who planned the attacks. What he discovers however is that Adolf Hitler is alive and well, and that the burnt bodies found outside Hitler's bunker in Berlin was just a KGB cover up operation to disguise the fact that Hitler managed to escape. But who exactly planned the embassy attacks? Are...

Someone is playing games with the Bogatyr Knight. They sent him a parcel containing a cursed book, forcing him to hunt down the hag that lives in Silkrest Swamp, a task far more dangerous than it first appears. But who sent him the cursed parcel and why? "The Adventures of the Bogatyr" is a series of short stories, novelettes and novellas, telling the tales of a wandering Bogatyr knight who encounters strange magical phenomenon, unusual creatures (both living and undead), and the sometimes mean spirited humans, elves and other humanoids who live in the kingdom of Korovia. Learn more about ...

Yasmeena is an immigrant who works at her father's boxing gym. When the city of Toronto is targeted by a group of white nationalists who take hostages inside the CN Tower and conduct terrorist attacks across the city she ends up being at the right place at the right time. Becoming a vigilante was never her plan, but as the terrorists continue to conduct attacks and assassinations she ends up in a fight for survival and has only her boxing skills to help her and her family survive. A coming of age story of a would-be superhero. Learn more about Charles Moffat and his writing at amazon.com/...

Elderly thief Piotr wants to be able to retire, but the Thieves' Guild of Oraknev has fallen on hard times and are having difficulty making ends meet. When he finds a storm sewer grate that has been mysteriously opened he decides to investigate whether there is anything in the sewers worth stealing. But when Piotr bites off more than he can chew then it is up to the Thieves' Guild to rescue him... Part of the Chronicles of Korovia series. Set in the kingdom of Korovia. Learn more by visiting fiction.charlesmoffat.com.

The Bogatyr knight learns of a giant that is blocking a mountain pass, but when he investigates he learns that Ratatuskrs (giant rats the size of wolves with incisors the size of boar tusks) might actually be the bigger threat... "The Adventures of the Bogatyr" is a series of short stories, novelettes and novellas, telling the tales of a wandering Bogatyr knight who encounters strange magical phenomenon, unusual creatures (both living and undead), and the sometimes mean spirited humans, elves and other humanoids who live in the kingdom of Korovia. Learn more about the kingdom of Korovia by ...

While chopping down dead trees in the forest the farmer Grimrose has run afoul of worgs - wolves bred for warfare - in the woods west of Dangarn Vale, but these worgs seem to have a particular interest in the farmer. Who or what has sent the worgs, he doesn't know, but if he and his family are to survive the winter he will have to learn quickly... With only his arming sword and a stout bow in hand he must find a way to defeat the worgs and find out who sent them. A grimdark Adventure and Wilderness Survival Story featuring Grimrose (see "A Hound Named Hunter"). Part of the Chronicles of ...

Dyfan Wrenfellow was a simple green grocer and herbalist until the day an unknown warrior came to his peaceful Habbel village and killed his dog. On that day, he swore vengeance. Part of the Chronicles of Korovia series. Set in the kingdom of Korovia. For more information visit fiction.charlesmoffat.com

The elderly thief Piotr has been accused of murdering a local exorcist in the mining town of Kazark, but he needs help to prove his innocence. With few options, he tells his apprentice Grigori to contact Wrathgar, a wandering barbarian from the Snowfell Mountains and convince him to help Piotr. Fortunately, the barbarian remembers Piotr from the time they stayed in the same inn during the winter. Together with the young thief Grigori, Wrathgar needs to find the real murderer: A Xarsian priest who is looking for the exorcist's dagger. But Wrathgar isn't the only one looking for the Xarsian ...

During the Dark Ages of Korovia the forces of Xarsius, the dark god of bloodlust, sought to capture an Obliteration Stone from Quinias, a subcontinent far to the south, but the frost giantess Vowyeena found the Quinian artifact first. Worried that it might fall into Xarsian hands, she hid the Obliteration Stone in her tomb and entrusted the knowledge of it to a chosen few who were sworn to keep it safe. But the Xarsians never stopped looking for it... Millennia later Good King Margus has been murdered. Assassinated while many of the palace guards had the night off to watch a boxing match ...