"Midnight Song" (my short story) is the story of Leathan and Adaria - two lovers separated for centuries by an ancient curse.
If you've ever yearned to meet such legendary creatures as dragons, unicorns, the phoenix -- or even cats and dogs gifted with talents of mythological proportions -- here is your chance to befriend them all.
In this all-original collection, some of fantasy's finest tale-spinners have woven their own unique legends, breathing new life into those most ancient of mythological beasts.
From a wizard who uses art to save dragons to other creatures endangered by our modern world...to a unicorn store at the mall whose stock in trade is more that it seems...to a phoenix who is tired of the cycle of death and renewal...to a half-breed dog whose part magical pedigree could endanger his new human, here are enchanting tales that will have you ready to adopt these spellbinding creatures for your very own.
Professional Reviews
Romantic Times
In a complilation of tales focusing on creatures of myth and legend, Denise Little has gathered 15 original stories to enchant the reader. My personal favorites in CREATURE FANTASTIC (4) include Jody Lynn Nye's mystical "Father Noe's Beastiary", where an unlikely artist sets up shop in an inner city slum and two would-be thieves "disturb" one of his paintings of griffons, dragons and other legendary beasts. In "Midnight Song" by Carol Hightshoe, every night a lonely werewolf returns to his wife's grave, until a little help from a priest changes his world. Von Jocks brings an ancient definition of "Virgin" to light in her feminist "Yes, Virginia, There is A Unicorn." Ms. Little's choices are insightful and compelling with most, but not all, following a common subplot of good vs. evil, freedom over oppression.
- Kelly Rae Cooper
- September 2001 Issue
ROMANTIC TIMES Magazine
The hoar witch and her forest full of malformed creatures await Vanx and his curious group of companions as they try to save the fairy folk and their magical Heart Tree from the powerful old crone and her evil.
Epic YA fantasy by bestselling author, Frank P. Ryan. Eefa and her twin brother Magio are on the run, hunted by a ruthless predator with a pack of wolf hounds. What fate awaits them in the magical Valley of the Raptors? Is it freedom or a trap?
Cetronia Strikes Back is the fifth book in the fifteen book series, The Adventures of Lord Belmundus, a remarkable tale of others worlds, strange customs, beauty and warfare; and, in its grips, lands a young celebrity, who has the chaps to play the m
