There is a shelf hidden in the corner of memory, wedged between what we believe and what we forget. Its books are strange—unlabeled, dust-covered, whispering. Some contain dreams. Others, nightmares. All of them ask: What if? The Forbidden Shelf: Fantasies, Fractures, and Fears is a collection of i

A world where the gods are real, and grant gifts to the penitent. A killer gifted by a Greedy God, receiving every gift from this life through the power of his god, save legacy. A civilization whose politics formed from the reality of a god not only real, but no further away than a prayer.

Even in the most advanced human civilizations, true warriors must be able to separate themselves from the status of prey. For an aspiring Azaarian herald, that crucible begins as a naked warrior cast into the wilderness with nothing more than their own extremities and intellect to survive. While pri

Renald, Ironvine, Whisperclaw, and Glimmer have joined the Black Raven Guild and travel together with a single goal. To climb all 100 floors of the Tower of Abell, a magical tower constructed by the supreme God Abell hundreds of years ago. To whomever could reach the top, Abell promised to grant the