The Nightmare Novellas

A Piece of the Ruhysvet Saga | Releasing 11/21/24

Six novellas. Two hunters. One realm on the brink of war. 

Ruhysvet is a world built on ruins. Spirits slink through the five kingdoms, pursued by the Order of Nightmares—hunters with a divine mission to purge the realm of malevolent phantoms.

Ren, a roving Nightmare, has no place to call home and has made peace with his loneliness. When he falls for a librarian whose home he was hired to cleanse, Ren sees something other than a solitary future—but as his past haunts him and a danger to the Order looms, Ren must decide if the happiness he’s found is worth what he’ll have to sacrifice to keep it.

Sanne Esclarmonde could have been queen, but surrendered her birthright to become a Nightmare hunter. She envisioned a life dedicated to the gods and the Order—but her hunt took her home, where she’s spent the last three years serving her cousin the king. When she discovers an ancient evil lurking beneath the palace, one that endangers everything Sanne holds dear, she must choose what to save: her family, the Order, her gods, or herself.

The first installment of an upcoming epic fantasy series exploring the complexities of family, loss, and finding joy in times of chaos.

The Nightmare Novellas is a collection of six epic fantasy novellas for fans of The Witcher and Leigh Bardugo. The collection can be read in two ways, in either a character-centric or chronological order. These orders are outlined in the collection’s foreword.

The Nightmare Novellas is intended for adult audiences and contains dark themes, elements of horror, and mature content. This includes strong language, alcohol consumption, traumatic events, violence and death, gore, blood, loss of a parent, and suggestive content. Reader discretion is advised.

Breathing Ice Like Fire

Part of Wings of the Ancient, a dragon anthology from Azala Press

When Sívar, the second-born prince of Ispinne, slays a dragon, he discovers that it’s no ordinary beast—the dragon is a nameless woman cursed to take that form. Word of her rescue spreads and the two are married, but when her secret is discovered, Sívar must choose between his vows and his duty to his kingdom.

Wings of the Ancient is an anthology of 15 dragon stories.

Projects in Progress

  • The Ruhysvet Saga #1

    A royal scholar is commissioned by her king and queen to chronicle the War of the Twin Suns. She and her party, however, soon find that the job is much more dangerous than they knew.

    High/epic fantasy, D&D vibes, surprise pirate ship.

    Status: outlining

  • A young woman moves to a Southern coastal town after suffering a miscarriage.

    Literary/speculative fiction, magical realism, horror elements. Lovecraftian mythos, ocean-worshipping cults, the call of the deep.

    Status: in development

  • A collection featuring unsettling short stories inspired by folklore.

    Magical realism, low fantasy, elements of horror and Gothic literature. And cryptids. There’s going to be a lot of cryptids.

    Status: drafting

  • The Merisi Cycle #1

    The first novel I ever wrote. A young woman learns that her father is not who he says he is, and that the power in her veins is a fraction of what it should be.

    Low fantasy, magical paintings, Baroque art, secret societies.

    Status: needs a re-write