Marion Deeds

Marion Deeds's Comeuppance Served Cold is a hard-boiled historical fantasy of criminality and magic, couched in the glamour of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries. A] beautifully constructed magical heist in turn-of-the-century Seattle.--Mary Robinette Kowal Seattle, 1929--a bitterly divided city overflowing with wealth, violence, and magic. A respected magus and city leader intent on criminalizing Seattle's most vulnerable magickers hires a young woman as a lady's companion to curb his rebellious daughter's outrageous behavior. The widowed owner of a speakeasy encounters an opportunity to make her husband's murderer pay while she tries to keep her shapeshifter brother safe. A notorious thief slips into the city to complete a delicate and dangerous job that will leave chaos in its wake. One thing is for certain--comeuppance, eventually, waits for everyone.

Warm, heartbreaking, tender, poignant-eight fantasy stories of the family. Family is filled with magic. It can be the warm magic of love, with bonds that can never be broken; it can be the bitter magic of old resentments and keen disappointments. It can be achingly beautiful or terrifyingly cruel. Explore the hidden depths of family in this anthology of stories from celebrated and award-winning authors. Transport yourself to dazzling settings like an isolated lake cottage watched over by a mysterious protector, a reality-TV show about a family of witches, a world besieged by dragon-wielding terrorists, an oddly relaxing coffee shop, and New Orleans after the rise of the unquiet dead. Experience the wonder and magic of family. The Wand that Rocks the Cradle features the following stories: "Bellwethers Know Best," by Marion Deeds"Legacy," by Joanna Michal Hoyt"Coffee Break," by W. O. Hemsath"She That Was So Proud and Wild," by Misha Burnett"Dead in First Grade," by P. L. Sundeson"The Dragon Detector," by Elana Gomel"The Lake Cottage, by Michelle F Goddard"To Find a Peach," by Frank SaverioWith an introduction by editor Oren Litwin