Soaring ocean temperatures are destroying the oceans, the scorching heat and putrid waste slaughtering its denizens. A desperate Wetworld sends one of its own to Dryworld to assess and mitigate the threat. But as their emissary struggles to understand and confront their foe, she realizes that if Wetworld wins its battle for survival, something more vital will vanish forever.

Pieces of Eight is a perfect story for our times! It focuses on the natural connections, dependencies, and conflicts between humans and sea creatures as our underwater world is threatened by climate change. Michele Emmy is a RMFW Colorado Gold award winner for fantasy, and she writes science fiction as well. Her works have been published in many magazines and journals.

Magical creatures don’t break rules. If they do, their magic drains away like water from a cracked cup. Thalia Gold learned that lesson the hard way. Orphaned at twelve by her own inability to resist temptation, she lost her family, her community, and her budding magical powers.

Five years later, when Great Aunt-Sally offers Thalia a job clerking in her shabby magic shop, Hex-A-Gone, Thalia is determined to turn her life around. Too bad she starts her tenure by impulsively signing a cursed contract, landing Aunt Sally in prison and putting the Charmed Community at risk.

Frantic to set things right, Thalia scrambles to terminate the contract. But someone—or something—cunning, powerful, and unscrupulous is determined to terminate her.

As Thalia races for answers, each new revelation increases her danger. And time is running out.

Hex-A-Gone is the first in this magical series and was a finalist in the RMFW Colorado Gold contest. In addition to fantasy, Michele Emmy writes science fiction and has been published in many magazines and journals.

Tina’s life was already chaotic, but adding a colicky new baby to the mix kicked postpartum blues into high gear. When her best friend introduced her to a new kind of parenting class--Family Magic--desperation drove Tina to check it out. The kind and practical teacher offering simple spells for stressed out moms seemed legit. But something is luring students to the squat, scary building across the alley…and Tina is determined to find out why.

Michele Emmy won the RMFW Colorado Gold contest for fantasy, and she writes science fiction as well. Her other books include a chilling shape-shifter novella, Pieces of Eight, and her YA urban fantasy series, Hex-A-Gone! Before her foray into fiction, she wrote scores of articles and essays on parenting and education. Her works have been published in many magazines and newspapers.