Rebecca Buchanan
December 1888. Mary Morstan — governess, fiancee of Dr. John Watson, secret witch — and Sherlock Holmes travel to Edinburgh in response to a frantic letter from the headmistress of the Frazier Academy. There, they find the teachers and students being terrorized by ... something. Can Mary stop the creature before anyone else is hurt? And can she trust Holmes with her most dangerous secret?
This is a 12,000 word historical/gaslamp
"The Bull Is Dead."
Ariemme is a daughter of the Pasithea. But unlike her Mother, who can speak with bees and bulls, call the rains, and hear the cracking of the earth deep down, Ariemme barely understands the speech of birds and serpents. She is the least of her Mother's children.
But then the sacrificial bull is murdered by foul magic on the eve of the equinox. If the murderer is not found, the bull's Caretaker will pay with his own life.
Ermentrude Wainwright is the Geek Witch, owner and proprietor of the best game and comic shop in town. When she's not running Quaesitum campaigns or refereeing Hammer of War tournaments, she's arranging comic conventions or digging through vintage game guides. When a cursed — and very illegal — game guide falls into her hands, Ermentrude finds herself the target of a federal investigation ... and a very determined thief. Can Ermentrude
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