Nathaniel Webb
Cozy Fantasy and Mystery
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"Heart, soul, and a touch of mystery—plus a gelatinous cube that washes dishes. What's not to like?" - S. L. Rowland, author of Cursed Cocktails
Gally Chaparral is a highland girl with a dream: move to Lackmore, join the Bardic Guild, and get a gig at a fancy tavern. She never planned on washing dishes in a dungeon... or falling in love.
Ravvie is an adventurer, searching the snowy north for dragon eggs. After breaking her leg, all she wants is to heal up and head south. But how can she stand the bitter cold when her stolid barbarian healer doesn't even speak her language? Included in Wyngraf's 2024 Cozy Fantasy Romance Special.
Hey there!
I'm Nathaniel Webb, a writer and musician from Maine. I've done a lot over the years, but I've settled comfortably into cozy fantasy, with the occasional foray into the worlds of pulp fiction.
The sword-and-rose icon represents cozy fantasy, the genre where I do most of my work. Cozy fantasy focuses on low-stakes stories of community, relationships, and kindness, usually without much violence and danger.
I love cozy fantasy so much I founded the indie publishing house Wyngraf to promote it.
Many of my novels and stories involve romance—sometimes right up front, sometimes as a subplot. What can I say? I love writing about love.
The magnifying glass, of course, represents mystery. I've written cozy mystery, Sherlock Holmes pastiche, and more. You'll also find a little horror and plenty of pulp fiction. Usually this means sword & sorcery, the fast-paced, action-oriented fantasy that came out of the pulp magazines of the 1930s.
There's a lot more going on here. For instance, my bestselling book (so far) is a biography of the prog rock band Marillion. I also used to write a lot of tabletop RPG content. I'm still making music, too. So poke around, shoot me an email or find me on social media, and come back often for updates on what I'm up to.
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Artist/single mom/amateur sleuth Kit Morrison is earnest, nerdy, and a bit scatterbrained, but when the "weird kids" at her school need her, she's there for them. In this story, Kit confronts major drama and a bizarre theft at her school's D&D club! Starring the heroine of my geeky (though non-fantasy) cozy mystery novel A Conventional Murder.
Winner of a Silver Honorable Mention from Writers of the Future!
Old Humblefoot lived quite an adventuresome life before his retirement. Now, when things go wrong in the quiet halfling community of the Reeve, folk knock on his door. Read Old Humblefoot's three earliest adventures, as recounted by his great-nephew Wilford, a watchmaker and father of seven.