Nathaniel Webb

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The cover of <i>Bard City Blues</i>
Bard City Blues

"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.

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"Frozen Hearts"

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.

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Cozy Fantasy Romance
"Frozen Hearts" (Wyngraf Romance Special 2024)
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February 14, 2024 Wyngraf

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?

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Cozy Fantasy Romance
"The Best Thief in Capital Vale" (Winter Tales from Cozy Vales)
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November 26, 2023 Firefly Tales LLC

The night before the winter holiday season begins, Hunter Myff is working his usual overnight shift at Rustic Reads, Capital City's largest bookstore. But when a mysterious noise turns out to be a thief stuck in the wall, Hunter must overcome his shyness to find out what she wants—and what in the world he can do about it.

Part of the Cozy Vales shared universe of cozy fantasy fiction.

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Mystery Horror
"The Adventure of the Witch's House" (Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of H.P. Lovecraft, Volume One)
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October 9, 2023 Belanger Books

After a series of failures rattles Holmes's confidence, the great detective chases Moriarty to the United States. But the trail leads to the strange town of Arkham, Massachusetts, and the cursed house of Keziah Mason where rats scratch in misshapen walls.

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Mystery
"The Three Keys" (The Consultations of Sherlock Holmes)
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July 13, 2023 Belanger Books

When a newspaper reporter on a deadline shows up at 221B Baker Street, Sherlock Holmes must solve a murder without seeing the crime scene... or even leaving his flat.

Short Story
Sword & Sorcery Horror
"You Stand Before the Black Tower" (Swords & Sorcery Magazine #130)
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November 30, 2022

This dark fantasy tale is an homage to text-based computer games and Choose Your Own Adventure books.

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Horror
"The Duke and the Lord" (Witch House #2)
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August 8, 2022 Spiral Tower Press

Southern Gothic meets cosmic horror in this tale of an academic caught up in a twisted family psychodrama.

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Sword & Sorcery
"The Spine of Virens Imber" (A Book of Blades)
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July 6, 2022 Rogues in the House

Shar the Spearman battles thirst and dark magic in the desert castle of Undarx Quattuor.

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Flintlock Fantasy Sword & Sorcery
"The Smoke Ship" (Whetstone #5)
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June 7, 2022 Spiral Tower Press

Battered after a long battle, privateer captain Farager Drowning Bell finds herself pursued by a ship out of dark legend.

Short Story
Cozy Fantasy
"Vigil" (Wyngraf #1)
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May 1, 2022 Wyngraf

For Cadet Messenger Faining Mores, taking a job at the end of the world requires leaving home and friendship behind—but refusing means abandoning the career she loves.

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Flintlock Fantasy Sword & Sorcery
"A Boarding Action" (Whetstone #4)
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December 3, 2021 Spiral Tower Press

Privateer captain Farager Drowning Bell takes an enemy ship—but it isn't just loot she's after.

Novella
LitRPG
Deadwater (The Wayfarers 2)
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September 21, 2018 Young Needles Publishing

Alex McLeod is broke again. A teenager from Earth, Alex discovered a mysterious old game called Wayfarer that transported him to the fantasy world of Borealis. There, he and the beautiful elven thief Cerissa embarked on a career of crime, stealing the gold that they need to buy new powers and skills under the rules of Wayfarer. But the money's run out, their exploits have caught up with them, and their friend Bell is in mortal danger.

Now Alex and Cerissa must slip Bell out of the city, up the river, and out to freedom on the open sea. But their enemy's power reaches further than they thought, and hanging over everything is the threat of the terrible prison known as Deadwater...

Novella
LitRPG
Roguelock (The Wayfarers 1)
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September 4, 2018 Young Needles Publishing

The year is 1984, and Alex McLeod's dad has been missing for more than half his life. When Alex inherits a mysterious game called Wayfarer—a game that should not exist—he is drawn into a fantasy world of criminal intrigue. Accompanied by a disembodied daemon and an elf who's not all she seems, Alex must chase his father's legacy while finding a way to earn gold and experience points without getting himself killed in the process.

Roguelock is inspired by old-school tabletop roleplaying games and heist movies.

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Steampunk
"Alexander Hamilton Sees the Future" (MYTHIC #2)
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March 24, 2017 Founders House Publishing

A pair of time travellers from a steampunk version of Victorian England change history when their inaugural jaunt brings them back to the Battle of Yorktown.

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"Roll the Bones"

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.

The cover of <i>Three from the Reeve</i>
Three from the Reeve

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.