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Diane Morrison is a short and long-form fiction hybrid author and editor. She likes pickles and bluegrass, and hates talking about herself. An avid National Novel Writing Month participant and gaming geek, she is proudly Canadian and proudly LGBTQ. She manages the official SFWA YouTube channel, where she gets to interview some of her favourite authors and other interesting people in the SFF field. She's an Honorable Mention in the Writers of the Future competition and a student and teacher at the Rambo Academy for Wayward Writers. Under her pen name "Sable Aradia" she is a successful Pagan author, a musician, and a professional blogger. She lives with her partners and a three-legged rescue cat in Vernon, BC, where she was born and raised.

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Chasing Fireflies: A Summer Romance Anthology Jul 3, 2017

by C.L. Cannon , Janae Keyes , Rebekah Dodson , Sarah Buhrman , Diane Morrison , Kayla Kirby , Deliaria Davis , A.C Jade , Jay Michael Wright II

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New beginnings, second chances, and forbidden romance await you inside this multi-genre collection.

From Janae Keyes: It was supposed to be an escape, falling in love was never part of the plan.

From Rebekah Dodson: A respectable woman left behind in war finds fulfillment in a forbidden man.

From Sarah Buhrman: Magic, mystery, and deceit surround a medieval woman's search for her lost love.

From Diane Morrison: A deep cover Elven soldier discovers that when you learn to think like your enemy, you might also learn to love them.

From Deliaria Davis: In real life, love is complicated and messy, but sometimes you just know it's meant to be, and this Alaskan teenager intends to prove it, despite the odds.

From A.C Jade: Two strangers discover that a one-night summer affair isn't all they have in common.

From Jay Michael Wright II: Can a cursed doctor find love with a gorgeous Demon before those hunting her find them out?

From Kayla Kirby: Home before he deploys, David runs into an old friend from high school. David quickly learns that Riley is harboring a dark secret and, in order to attempt to help her, he presents to her a challenge.

From C.L. Cannon: It's the eleventh hour, and he has to decide. Remain her friend, or take the chance at something more?

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Gunsmoke & Dragonfire: A Fantasy Western Anthology Mar 15, 2019

by Diane Morrison , Robert E. Howard , Diana L. Paxson , Milo James Fowler , Ron S. Friedman , Brent A. Harris , Ricardo Victoria , Stanley B. Webb , G. Scott Huggins

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From the drought-plagued plains of Mars, to a post-apocalyptic Canada, to the familiar American West and Mexico, to other dimensions and other worlds weird and wonderful, an international cast of bestselling, award-winning, established, and emerging authors brings you 25 strange western tales:

Robert Lee Beers - A hardboiled P.I. and his partner must find their way back to the present from 1906 San Francisco before the Big One hits, dodging gunslingers and the risk of changing history, with only a drunken misanthropic wizard to help them...
James Blakey - A sheriff must question a colourful cast of characters to discover who has stolen a unicorn rancher's herd...
Zach Chapman - A card-cheating Spellslinger must duel a mysterious Green Gunslinger to his damnation or salvation...
Sara Codair - Two Martian sheriffs must stop a gang of outlaws from stealing a settlement's precious water, if they can keep their marriage together long enough to do it...
Eric S. Fomley - A marshal comes to town seeking an outlaw, but neither he nor the outlaw are the ordinary kind...
Milo James Fowler – Heroic Coyote Cal, the witch Donna Jamieson, and his faithful sidekick Big Yap, must stop a monster from ravaging the livestock and people of a town in the western desert...
Ron S. Friedman - A WWI pilot shot down over the Amazon must survive Germans, crazy scientists, the jungle and dinosaurs...
Carrie Gessner - An elven veteran is called back to face her demons when a little girl is snatched to serve the army that destroyed her...
Paul Alex Gray - The heir to the Bourbon Throne must earn coin in America to overthrow the French Republic and reclaim his birthright, so he builds a fantastic contraption to aid him...
Jude-Marie Green - Sorceress Jane Smith knows her partner Donna Quick is quite mad, but she follows her anyway...
Brent A. Harris - Marshal Bass Reeves has been asked for help by a desperate frontier settlement beleaguered by a dragon...
Ethan Hedman - A wandering gunfighter inherits an enchanted weapon, but it's broken...
Joachim Heijndermans - Two outlaws hole up in a quiet town full of terrified townsfolk, but all is not as it seems...
Russell Hemmell - Two investigators must discover why an entire colony in the Kuiper Belt has disappeared, leaving nothing but an anachronistic western frontier town in its place...
Liam Hogan - A young outlaw is hunted by an implacable mechanical foe...
G. Scott Huggins - A blacksmith with ghostly allies receives an unusual, and dangerous, client...
Sean Jones - The last Norse descendant in North America, who swears vengeance on the Comanche for killing his wife and village, is given supernatural aid by the Navajo...
Mackenzie Kincaid - Junior died helping Pa maintain the fence against the Somethings, so now 12-year-old Jane must take his place...
R. Daniel Lester - An old tap-dancing celebrity defaults on the payments for his magical shoes, and a repo agent has come to collect...
Diane Morrison - Two young elven Gunslingers must stop a cannibal spirit before it, or the blizzard it brings, kills everyone they know...
Diana L. Paxson - A painter journeys to the Rockies to paint landscapes, and stumbles upon an ancient mystery...
Claire Ryan - Rollo is going to get her giant slug herd in to market, come hell or high water, monster or no monster...
Ricardo Victoria - An ex-spellslinger has taken up a career as a travelling salesbeing of a newfangled weapon called a "rifle"...
Stanley B. Webb - A U.S. Marshal must stop a notorious outlaw who may or may not be a dragon...

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Terra! Tara! Terror! (Third Flatiron Anthologies Book 24) Sep 30, 2018

by Juliana Rew , Salinda Tyson , Marie Vibbert , Jen Downes , Evelyn Deshane , Liam Hogan , Gustavo Bondoni , K.G. Anderson , John Paul Davies , Robert Silverberg , Steven Mathes , Diane Morrison , E.M. Sheehan , Michele Baron , Stefon Mears , Kelley A. Harmon , Matthew Reardon , Samuel Chapman , Emmett Schlenz , Melanie Rees , Kiki Gonglewski , Caroline Sciriha , Wulf Moon , Dan Micklethwaite , Rhonda Eikamp , Blake Jessop , Elizabeth Twist , Josh Taylor

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Whether the setting is a cabin in the woods, Fae, or a tomb by the sounding sea, Third Flatiron's new anthology, "Terra! Tara! Terror!" takes you on an atmospheric journey through the realms of speculative fiction. We invite you to savor its mixture of dark and playful themes, fantastical elements, and mystery. A flash humor section, "Grins and Gurgles," is also featured.

"Terra! Tara! Terror!" is an original and varied collection of science fiction/fantasy, humor, and horror from an international group of contributors. Writers include Salinda Tyson, Marie Vibbert, Jen Downes, Evelyn Deshane, John Paul Davies, Steven Mathes, Diane Morrison, E.M. Sheehan, Michele Baron, Liam Hogan, Stefon Mears, K. G. Anderson, Kelly A. Harmon, Matthew Reardon, Samuel Chapman, Emmett Schlenz, Gustavo Bondoni, Melanie Rees, Kiki Gonglewski, Caroline Sciriha, Wulf Moon, Dan Micklethwaite, Rhonda Eikamp, Blake Jessop, Elizabeth Twist, and Josh Taylor. Special reprint by Robert Silverberg. Edited by Juliana Rew.

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Once Upon a Time in the Wyrd West (Wyrd West Chronicles) Dec 1, 2018

by Diane Morrison , Jamie Field

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In a post-apocalyptic Saskatchewan, the Gunslingers are a holy order of Law empowered to keep the peace and protect the common people. They have supernatural powers to back it up.

The Walsh siblings are about to find themselves entangled in the nefarious schemes of a necromancer! But they're not Gunslingers -- not yet. Graeme and Piper will need all of their training and courage, and all the support of their newfound companions, to put a stop to the villain's plans. Fortunately, Graeme has an ace up his sleeve. Nobody but his family and his teacher know that he's a sorcerer.

Welcome to the Wyrd West!

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The Widow's Gambit (Wyrd West Chronicles Book 6) Feb 2, 2018

by Diane Morrison , James Field

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From "The Widow's Gambit":

It was then that his eyes caught on something. It might have just been a moon-shadow, but it seemed to block the glow of the city lights just above the edge of the parapet. It was gone in an instant, and perhaps anyone else might have mistaken it as a dust-mote or a hair in the eye. But Graeme was a trained Gunslinger, and before he was conscious he was doing it, he had dismounted to climb the rampart steps. His hackles rose when Sandy, sniffing the air cautiously, suddenly lowered her ears and let out a threatening snarl. Then she was bounding up the battlements at his side.

“Sound the alarm!” Graeme called out. The watchman clanged the bell and the Outpost sprang to life. The ones on guard duty “stood to” at their posts, looking around in all directions. Clearly they had seen nothing. For a moment, Graeme wondered if he was visually hallucinating, but Sandy was still snarling.

Graeme peered through the battlement. He smelled it before he saw it. There was a dead man making its way up the hill, still in the remnants of the suit he’d been buried in. He was armed with a machine gun. “Sandy, down!” he commanded, and dodged behind the ramparts.

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The Widow Brinks, leaving a trail of death behind her, has fled to the city of Saskatoon to catch a train. The Gunslingers and their posse are hot on her trail. But she has acquired some of Graeme Walsh's blood, and now works dark magic against him. Can the posse find her before she escapes? Can they do it before she drives Graeme mad?

Welcome to the Wyrd West, a post-apocalyptic Canada where Western meets high fantasy and a dash of steampunk.

This novelette and novella serial so far will be available in print format in May 2018. This novella concludes the first year's story arc.

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The Reaping (Wyrd West Chronicles Book 5) Dec 21, 2017

by Diane Morrison , James Field

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From "The Reaping":

The girl was dying; that much was clear. Graeme steeled himself. He was just now a Gunslinger. The Slingers had healing powers; not all the time, and there were limits. He had never tried it; didn’t really have the slightest idea how. But what choice was there? “Stand back,” he said, and he laid his hands on the convulsing child’s sweaty head.

Please, he begged. O Lord and Lady, if you’re listenin’, this little girl don’t deserve this. Take this from her.

Without a conscious effort of will he realized he was suddenly seeing into the Spirit-Realm again. There were dark clouds coursing through the girl’s body and veins. Her bewildered and frightened spirit sat on the edge of the picnic table and looked at him with horror in her young eyes.

Power drew up from the earth and through Graeme’s body. He could feel it like a fountain of cold water, rushing from the soles of his feet and out through his hands. He heard the tinkling of silver bells as silver light poured out and into the girl’s struggling little body. It took something else with it; some essence, some vital spark. He was afraid. But he held nothing back, he wanted so badly for the girl to live.

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The Gunslingers have tracked a necromancer to the Yorktown Country Harvest Fair. But her plans are even worse than they anticipated. The horror that awaits young Gunslinger Graeme Walsh and his posse is beyond anything he could have imagined. What can a Gunslinger do when his guns aren't enough?

Welcome to the Wyrd West, a post-apocalyptic Canada where Western meets high fantasy and a dash of steampunk.

This novelette and novella serial so far will be available in print format in May 2018.

This title and over 1 million more available with Kindle Unlimited.

Way of the Gun (Wyrd West Chronicles Book 4) Oct 26, 2017

by Diane Morrison , James Field

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From "Way of the Gun":

Crouching behind a hay bale that was doing double-duty as a target, Piper cranked her gun’s amperage up as high as she ever had with a shiver. It wasn’t a lethal dose, not usually, but it might cause permanent nerve damage at that setting. But what else was she going to do? She had to make sure they stayed down once she’d shot them.

“But what do you—” the first one said, but that’s when Piper fired.

An electric bolt zapped out and coiled around his body. He bucked and kicked as it arced around him. She saw the whites of his eyes before he fell forward on his face.

The horse-handler brought his own rifle up to bear, but Piper was already in motion. Knowing it was the last thing he would expect, she charged him. Her gun butt hit him in the face as he was about halfway turned around. He spun like a weather-vane. Blood splattered Piper’s face as he rolled into the dirt. Before he had a chance to get up she fired again. He convulsed, gurgled, and lay still.

Adrenaline surged through her veins. She thought about taking their weapons and ammo, but the ranch house door was banging open. The horses were whinnying and nickering. She’d been noticed, and there was no time. As quick as she could she ran back up the yard and threw the bar on the closest side of the stable.

The mares were ready. They came bursting out just as a couple of bandits did. Piper seized Duchess’ mane and, with Duchess bending a knee to give her a hand, clambered up onto the Gunslinger mare’s back. “Heeyaw!” she cried. The mares fled the stableyard as electric fire surged after them.

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While the Walsh Gunslingers hunt down a necromancer, Piper Walsh and her mother, along with Courtesan Emma Winters, are left alone at the ranch. But trouble comes knocking when members of the Pale Riders gang decide to take the ladies hostage in an attempt to bargain for their freedom. None of the Gunslingers are present to save the day.
Can Piper prove her right to be an Apprentice Slinger by acting in their place?

Welcome to the Wyrd West, a post-apocalyptic Canada where Western meets high fantasy and a dash of steampunk.

A print collection of this novelette and novella serial so far will be available in May 2018.

This title and over 1 million more available with Kindle Unlimited.

The Vigil (Wyrd West Chronicles Book 3) Jul 20, 2017

by Diane Morrison , James Field

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From "The Vigil":

Lightning stopped to lower his nose into the water and drink. Graeme gave his neck a pat and tried to pretend that the roof of his mouth wasn’t sticking to his tongue. “I can’t say I’m too sure about goin’ without water in this heat,” he confided in the stallion, thumping his dusty neck. “Do you think it’d be all right to take a dip in the river, though?”

The horse snorted. But he gazed at the sparkling water longingly.

Graeme pursed his lips and fished his crank-winding Geiger counter out of a saddlebag. He cranked it hard for a minute or so, then aimed it at the riverbank as he made his approach. It ticked, but only at sparse and random intervals. He expected that – the Qu’Appelle was known to be safe, and didn’t drain from any Badlands – but you could never be too careful.
It wasn’t long before Graeme was stripping off everything but his jeans and splashing in the inviting green river. The shock of the cold was startling and refreshing all at once. He laughed aloud.

A green canopy of willows and poplars crested above him, while golden sunlight filtered through the spaces to cast sparkling golden diamonds on the green and white water. He didn’t deliberately drink any, and he was careful not to get his forehead wet (though he had to admit this was probably a pointless exercise by now,) but he scrubbed the sweat off his body, leaned back, and carefully dipped the back of his head beneath the surface. He felt the cool moisture leeching the extra heat from his body and he sighed with contentment.

Something grabbed him by the ankle and pulled him under.

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It's a dangerous time for the Apprentice Gunslinger Graeme Walsh. Before he is initiated into the Gunslinger Order, he must undergo the ordeal of a Spirit Quest. Will he succeed in meeting the spiritual challenges he must now face? Or will the forces of darkness be able to turn Graeme from his chosen path? And what implications will his visions have for the future of the Wyrd West?

Welcome to the Wyrd West, a post-apocalyptic Canada where Western meets high fantasy and a dash of steampunk.

This is a serial of novelettes and novellas. A print collection of all six stories published so far will be available in May 2018.

This title and over 1 million more available with Kindle Unlimited.

Vice & Virtue (Wyrd West Chronicles Book 2) May 20, 2017

by Diane Morrison , James Field

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From "Vice & Virtue":

The men at the saloon door raised their weapons. Woodhouse braced his gun on his other arm. Before he could fire, a deafening crash thundered out – ka BAM! – and to his amazement, the rifles flew from both their hands. One shorted out. Visible bolts of electricity crackled over its surface as it jerked and buzzed on the ground.

The Apprentice Slinger stared them down with gunmetal eyes. There was a revolver in each hand, barrels smoking in the still air.

“The Good Book says killin’ is a sin,” he growled, “and the Lady don’t have any likin’ for it. So this is your one chance to stand aside, and maybe live. I ain’t goin’ to offer twice.” He cocked the hammers back. “Kill the one on the right if they don’t,” he said to Woodhouse.

Woodhouse shifted the double-barrels to the gunman to the right.

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Pete Woodhouse doesn't like to get involved. Too many complications, too dangerous to his person. But when the young half-elven Gunslinger who just saved his town finds himself standing alone against a gang of killers and slavers, the goads of Pete's conscience might just be too much to ignore. Will he finally find himself putting his skills as an alchemist and inventor -- and his prosthetic pneumatic shotgun -- to work for the cause of Light?

Welcome to the Wyrd West, a post-apocalyptic Canada where Western meets high fantasy and a dash of steampunk.

This is a serial of novelettes and novellas. A print collection of all six stories published so far will be available in May 2018.

This title and over 1 million more available with Kindle Unlimited.

Food on Their Table May 18, 2017

by Diane Morrison

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The Habitat is the last bastion of humanity in a world destroyed by war and climate change. All aspects of life are tightly stratified and controlled, from what people read to what they eat. Every human being is also a resource, assigned to tasks that best suit their capabilities in the eyes of the Hegemony. It has to be this way, to manage desperately limited resources.

Paul Rand's parents once dreamed of a better world, but he has been alone for a long time now, and he has never known any other life. Now he is about to turn sixteen, and he is due for his Assessment, which will determine the course of his future. He is about to come face-to-face with some of the Habitat's deepest secrets, and its darkest horrors. They are worse than he can possibly imagine.

Entry for the Kindle Storyteller UK competition 2017.

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Showdown (Wyrd West Chronicles Book 1) Mar 20, 2017

by Diane Morrison , James Field

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~ Nominee for the Virtual Fantasy Con 2017 Awards for Best Fantasy Steampunk Novel and Best Fantasy Dystopian Novel. ~

From "Showdown":

The Desperado spat. “You ain’t goin’ to start something you can’t finish, are you, boy?” he sneered in a cold rasping baritone. His eyes were darker than coal-black. No apprentice then; this man had sold his soul to Hell and leased it back at compound interest. “You’re so wet behind the ears I don’t reckon you can sprout a beard yet.”

Graeme turned his head just slightly so that the Desperado could get a glimpse of the pointed ear sticking out of his hair under his hat brim.

The Desperado’s eyes narrowed. “Fuckin’ faeries,” he growled, almost under his breath. “Well, guess I got no real idea how old you are. But you smell like children to me. Why don’t you go back to your farm and leave the grown-ups to do their business?”

Graeme thought about the Gunslinger this man had cut down. He could still hear the gurgle and wheeze of her struggle to breathe. He could smell the iron of her blood seeping into the dust.

“I don’t think so.”

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In Queenstown, an untried youth is the only one who can face down a notorious Desperado. But Graeme Walsh is not a Gunslinger: not yet. Will his training and his secret sorcerer's powers be enough to get the drop on the Outlaw, before the Outlaw gets the drop on him?

Welcome to the Wyrd West, a post-apocalyptic Canada where Western meets high fantasy and a dash of steampunk.

This is a serial of novelettes and novellas. A print collection of all six stories published so far will be available in May 2018.

This title and over 1 million more available with Kindle Unlimited.

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