Books

“Romantic and mysterious, a great fantasy / historical read.”
Michael Angelo Thomas has a bad habit of falling in love with every model who poses for him. And though he makes it a rule to never sleep with them, he’s not good at following rules. Five hundred years earlier, young Michelangelo Buonarroti is struggling to complete his first major...

In this international collection of short stories, mysterious danger lurks behind every sentence.

From quiet heartbreak to surreal fantasy and the eerie precision of historical medical horror, writers from Canada, the USA, and Finland explore a chilling variety of deathly consequences.

Time of Death (K. Bradley)
When science meets the supernatural,...

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a tortured soul. Bestowed with a rare musical gift, but burdened by demons of self-doubt and passions forbidden in 19th century Russia, Pyotr struggled to release the music inside his head.

And equally, to find romantic fulfillment that always remained just beyond his reach. He was deeply affected by the women in his...

A gifted musician, a priceless cello, and a love worth risking everything. A time-travel fantasy powered by music.

Even as a rebellious child, Adeena dreamed of becoming a professional cellist. Driven to perform and to compose, she forsakes almost everything else, sabotaging relationships at the altar of her quest for musical perfection.

But after...

Can an old electric guitar help when what Roland Hope really needs is a Christmas miracle?

“You made me cry. Thank you for a true, not cheesy, but great Christmas story!” - Tina Lincoln

It had been one year, and Roland Hope had still not learned a damn thing. Now, the week before Christmas, his world is falling apart.

His wife wants a divorce....

Four Yuletide stories from the Kanata Fiction Circle writer’s group. Christmas might be the most joyous time of year, but that doesn’t mean it’s always a smooth sleigh ride.

Christmas On the Rocks
by Matt C. Sully

When Dan attempts to drown his sorrows at a local dive bar, an unexpected companion brings his life back into perspective. With help...

She will stop at nothing to save her husband, even though he has been dead for 300 years.

Adeena Stuart is a cellist from 2018 who finds herself in 1746 Scotland living and performing as another woman, fighting to save the doomed father of her unborn child. Adeena is driven to compose music, but it’s not until she becomes Katharine Carnegie, an...

Two women connected by the same musical soul.
Two composers transposed across time into each other’s world by the mysterious forces of a priceless 18th Century cello.
In the final instalment of the Song for a Lost Kingdom trilogy, Adeena Stuart and Katharine Carnegie search for the music that neither can complete on their own.

Finding...

“Embedded in my soul forever.” A time-travel adventure powered by mystical forces that connect two gifted composers across time through their cello. Adeena and Katharine are transposed into each other’s worlds and find their lives intertwined. In 2018, an aspiring young cellist dreams of joining the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa. But...

Adeena Stuart and Katharine Carnegie were born nearly three centuries apart. Yet their music and an ancient cello connect them to each other and to a man doomed to die in 1746 after the Battle of Culloden.

Katharine’s passion is her music, but she is lost for words to complete it in 1745 Scotland. Adeena is a rebellious teenage musician in 2003....

Turn the lights down low, make a cup of your favourite brew and get tucked in for seven page-turning short stories from the KFC Scrutineers writing group. The stories include thriller, mystery, science fiction and fantasy tales, all with deadly consequences.

Andy and the Time Slip App (Steve Moretti)
Andy had a very good life until temptation got...

A new collection of short stories with deadly consequences.

From a cozy murder mystery to psychological medical suspense, dark science fiction, persistent ghosts and moral dilemmas, dive into seven stories with endings you won’t soon forget.

Lake Nicaragua (Peter Smith)
When a biologist with an unwavering commitment to ethics is asked to...