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Songs of a Befuddled Muse contains thirteen surprising short stories that draw you into the lives of people facing life-changing inflection points in their realities. These stories reflect the quirky nooks and crannies of the author’s mind. They include: a historian who becomes increasingly obsessed with saving a doomed Tudor queen; a dolphin who sees herself in an old prophecy; a future where humans live on separatist worlds—some with excellent pizza.

Carousel is the story of a spoiled boy from an Indian family residing in the UK. Rajesh has had a privileged and pampered life and is resentful of being in his father's shadow. Desperate to make his mark in the world and by a twist of fate, Rajesh enters the grimy world of London's organized crime scene and becomes embroiled in a complex form of tax fraud called carousel fraud. Seduced by money, power, and a array of flamboyant cars and women, Rajesh is quickly losing control of his company, his marriage, and his freedom.

Daemiana shifts rampantly each night in proportion to the phase of the moon. And during the day, she is on a frantic quest for a cure. Out of nowhere, a brooding and self-loathing loser, Caelin, stumbles into and narrowly survives her situation. Oblivious to what is happening and what he's getting into, a fiery passion for Daemiana and her quest ignites in Caelin. Knowing that she will only devour him, Daemiana refuses to get too attached since Caelin's days are certainly numbered if he remains with her due to her accurst fix.

A galactic war rages between the Nexus—an artificial intelligence that got its beginning as a virtual reality video game—and the scattered resistance fighting to reclaim freedom. At the helm of the Nexus’s assault on humanity and freedom is the Tyrant, a personality core of the Nexus. From the mythic world of Luminaria, Aetherveil emerges as the galaxy’s only hope for triumph, and she and her assistant Lilyon lead elite Sentinels to halt the Tyrant’s advance.

FBI Agent Erica Blaine has suffered more than most. After narrowly escaping being at the center of a cult sacrifice she’d been tasked with infiltrating, Erica has spent the last few months hitting the bottle, trying to avoid dealing with the trauma of what she experienced and those she couldn’t save. Her ruined hands, always gloved, are an unavoidable reminder of her pain and anguish. As is the voice that won’t allow her a moment of peace.

Six hundred years after the War: A group of elderly hermits live in an ancient, crumbling fortress, high up a mountainside. A local Lord, armed with a powerful relic, wants to take it from them. A young Shepherd is determined to save them.

She thought losing her home was the worst thing that could happen… Sixteen-year-old Jeanette Dubois has lost everything—twice. First, the British conquest forces her family to flee their beloved Montreal, beginning a harrowing journey through 18th-century North America as Acadian refugees. From the sugar plantations of the Caribbean to the bayous of Louisiana, Jeanette watches her world crumble one tragedy at a time. Then her body begins to change. Dark hair sprouts across her skin. Her senses sharpen beyond human limits. The sun becomes her enemy, and an insatiable hunger grows within her.

In the final installment of the Raven Astray trilogy, the fragile balance of interstellar power collapses as the Horub Empire consolidates control through propaganda, military force, and the strategic manipulation of emerging technologies. Admiral Jen Walker and her fractured fleet struggle to preserve the possibility of democratic reform while navigating a rapidly hardening authoritarian regime.

A journey through the Tyrants male and female that imposed their power and will.

Jade Wang, a mysterious heiress turned shadow operator, has spent years crafting an identity that makes her invisible in the circles she seeks to dismantle. She finds her plans entangled with Michelle Yamato, a model fleeing a scandalous past, and Seina Terada, a playboy heir hiding dark family secrets. Behind Jade’s sweet polished exterior lies a woman driven by vengeance, whose schemes pull many into her orbit. As Michelle navigates her new life in Japan, she is drawn to Seina’s undeniable charm in this perilous world, where their connection could either save or destroy them.

A farm cat and a barn owl wager on which of them will catch a sneaky, high-and-mighty field mouse first. What follows changes their lives forever.

You always met me in the gardens when you came back from a long trip. Over the years, you had learned that while psychological games did nothing to stoke fire in you, they wrought my ardor like no other little intentions could. I loved hide-and-seek. I loved to wait. I loved to angst and fret, and it whet my appetite for you to such shameful heights that I would nearly lose my voice and barely be able to squeak like a mouse, so thick was my heart with passion and want and thrill and love of you. I tore open every letter you sent, eager to read which day you were due to arrive home.

Becky Bexley the child genius goes to university at a much younger age than most people do. She copes with the coursework, but has a few unexpected difficulties. Things begin well, as she makes friends she has fun with, and finds herself giving one of her psychology tutors some psychological help. She has a laugh working on a local community radio station with other students, and interviews the brother of a founder member of the pop group Fleetwood Mac.

Seven years after Kongdra, the survivors live scattered between worlds. Yoon Ji has grown into the pilot her mother once was—sharp, steady, and haunted. The galaxy she inherits is breaking apart: the Horub Empire is rotting from within, war with the Faction refuses to die, and something far older is stirring beneath the ruins.

Far into humanity's distant future, Naga, a whimsical superintelligent being, finds herself reborn. Her trusty companion Apollo – a quantum quintessence with an uncanny ability to predict the future - helps her throw a birthday party of cosmic proportions. Naga's children – Tartarus, Gaia, Iapetus and Mnemosyne – have mixed feelings about their newly reborn mother and about each other. Remembering their own trials and tribunals, they rediscover themselves and take a stab at understanding consciousnesses, complexity and what it means to be alive.

She smiled in public. She wept in secret. She stayed… until she barely existed. For years, Taryn lived in the shadows of her husband’s narcissistic control—trapped in a cycle of manipulation, emotional abuse, and spiritual gaslighting that slowly stripped her of her identity. On the outside, her life looked picture-perfect. Inside, she was quietly falling apart. Until She Barely Existed is a raw, gripping novel that shines a light on the hidden world of narcissistic abuse and the quiet strength it takes to survive.

Sixteen-year-old Renna Covert toils away in the shadows of a Yorkshire workhouse, her days filled with the mundane task of shelling cotton and the dangerous duty of scouting for punters. One fateful night, she crosses paths with two sailors and finds herself thrust into the heart of a chilling encounter at the local asylum. These harrowing experiences catalyze Renna's journey, promising newfound opportunities and revealing long-buried family secrets.

Child genius Becky Bexley helps to organise a lot of fun at the university she studies at, including a humorous game in front of an audience for charity. She also turns out to have a talent for stand-up comedy, surprising perhaps, since she's only about eleven. Alcohol comes up for discussion one day as students talk about embarrassing things they did while drunk and the harmful effects of alcohol on the body, while Becky mostly listens in.

Mischievous and precocious, Becky Bexley causes havoc and hilarity. This child genius talks from birth, starts school at just one, embarrasses herteachers, plays tricks, writes naughty poems and even disrupts church services. You'll love Becky ... sometimes, laugh at her antics, and sympathise with her poor mum.