Leah R. Cutter

When Francine's a little girl, she'll do just about anything for her papa. But as Francine grows older, she and Papa start fighting about everything - school, fiddling, and boys....

Adele - the beautiful fairy queen with wings of clockwork - despairs when her husband, the master tinker, dies....

Working at a sex & toy shop like Chinaman Joe's Good Luck Parlor keeps Cassie in smokes and off the streets. It isn't glamorous. But it's a life. Then again, Cassie is just normal - not one of the blessed....

Peter is interested in just three things: Dancing, finding a girlfriend, and hiding his raven soul....

Five years have passed. The worlds above and below have recovered and changed. The fairies from the Clockwork Kingdom return every year, asking for Dale's help in vain....

Here are 13 tales of fantasy and wonder, sweet and savory, to fill you up just right....

Lukas first dreams about the end of the world when he's five. As a prince of the hound clan, he is steadfast and loyal, able to take the form of any hound....

Kai never met Mama. But based on her own abilities, and those who call her kin, she knows Mama wasn't human. Kai finds things....

Franklin learns he must use an ancient, powerful blade to force the ghosts back Beyond....

Ghosts get stuck sometimes. Franklin helps them move from this world to the next. Sometimes that means giving a ghost a ride so they can confront their killer.