Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Nellie doesn't realize her stormy morning beach walk foreshadows a threat to her life and the life of her beloved small Seavy County town. The outs...

Patricia Taylor’s spinning class instructor hates her. Maybe it’s the extra eighty pounds she carries on her frame. Maybe it’s the way she struggl...

In Seavy Village, she calls herself Linda. She has gone by many names. She travels from nursing home to nursing home, fixing problems, helping othe...

Oscar cleans portable toilets for a living. He loves the job—it takes him to beautiful isolated places, like the Lonely Rocks Wayside on the Oregon...

A justice of the peace, a pregnant bride, reluctant witnesses, no real family. What hope does this couple have? They’re eighteen at the most, marry...

People often misquote Benjamin Franklin on the only certainties in life—death and taxes. But Patrick wonders about the truth in that. Once young an...

The entire neighborhood hates Wicked the dog. He’s extra baggage that arrived with Ike’s daughter and granddaughter after they escaped the bastard ...

Fifty years after a stormy sea swallowed Spencer Chadwick at the treacherous Devil’s Churn, his old sweetheart, Addy, finds herself face-to-face w...

When Rhonda holds a vigil for World Aids Day in the tiny Oregon Coast town of Rickets Rock, she hopes to find someone, anyone, to mourn with her. ...

When Carter finds an injured dog along a treacherous stretch of mountain road, he knows rescuing her puts him in danger. But he can’t leave the dog...

The regulars at Spirit Winds’ Thursday night blackjack tournament never call attention to themselves. Some are retired, some are a little shady, so...

Rena lost everything when her husband and son died in a fiery car accident. Now she has only her daily swim at the rec center, where she hopes no o...

Winston’s familiar Ruby, a small black cat, avoids dogs whenever possible. So when Winston finds her in cahoots with a toy poodle-Chihuahua mix, h...

Ruby has vanished. Gone. Disappeared. And Winston doesn’t know why. But he quickly learns that familiars all over the Northwest have gone missing ...

A beautiful but scared woman tries to hire Winston Karpathian, but for what, he has no idea. Winston has a small magic, nothing spectacular, and c...

Winston: A kind and quiet wizard possessed of small magic.Ruby: A familiar with a big mouth and even bigger heart.Together: Two of masterful author...

Buster’s final wish – a Viking funeral. Although Winston, a small magician with a small talent, wants to give his familiar his ideal funeral, he ca...

Ruby had the idea—help the magic users in New Orleans survive Hurricane Katrina. Pretty charitable for a tiny cat. Winston thought he knew why. Th...

Whale Rock Police Chief Jaclyn Tadero faces the Oregon Coast’s version of the perfect storm: a tsunami warning during a winter squall. And thanks t...

Whale Rock’s sheriff, Dan Retsler, considers himself a practical man. But he has no explanation for the horrible deaths that take place on his beac...

When the storm of the century hits Whale Rock, Sheriff Dan Retsler does everything he can to prevent hundreds of deaths. Everything except the thi...

Dan Retsler left Oregon for a reason. He never planned to return. But something draws him to accept an interview for police chief in a small town n...

Sheriff Dan Retsler finally believes in magic. He has to, after all he’s experienced in Whale Rock. But he can’t take it any longer, so he’s moving...

When Lyssa Buckingham left her hometown of Anchor Bay, Oregon, she never planned to return. She thought she could escape her family’s legacy. She ...