I’ve got a massive backlist out there, but I’m focusing mostly on my indie releases now, which a lot of my readers haven’t heard of yet. So we’re going to be putting up excerpts of the indie work I’ve done—both full length and short collections, each Wednesday, to encourage you to give my new work a try.

 

Today’s excerpt comes from Night Shivers.

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Check nodded. As usual, I was forced to retreat to the top of the cliff, away from the stretch of ice that stretched out to form a natural pier. Posts had been frozen into it, with strong ropes to tie down the ships as they eased into the harbor.

 

 

As I struggled to see what they were doing, the ship kept its heading: straight at the ice.

 

 

My men hesitated at first, then began to back away. Then, as the galleon lurched into port, they turned to run. The ship drove itself against the edge of the floe. As the two forces met, the scream of wood against ice was excruciating. The ship shrieked, the wood splintering like toothpicks, as the ice—hundreds of meters deep—won the battle, driving like a wedge into the hull of the boat. The destruction echoed around us as the ship shuddered to a halt and then the water began to flow in through the holes in the hull.

 

 

My men sprang into action, racing across the ice as the boat began to flounder. Three of them—owl shifters—turned into owls and flew up to the deck, shifting back as they landed. It was easier and safer than scaling the ropes, which were swinging from the sides of the hull.

 

 

I watched, waiting. We had to get the Sidhe who were aboard safely off the ship. Some were Cambyra—the Shifting Fae. Others were the Sidhe of the Old World, but they were all our kinsmen. Fretting, I planned out what we would need. Blankets, food, medical care…but until I knew how many reserves we would need, all I could do is wait and hope that we got everyone off. That nobody would be dragged to the bottom as the ship slowly sank.

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