Five authors. Twelve months. Five thrilling novels.
This is the second installment of the Penny & Plot Collective, Volume 1.
The Penny & Plot Collective is a group of up-and-coming authors inspired by the penny dreadfuls of old, working together to bring serialized fiction back into popularity.
Each month for a year, readers will be drawn into five fantastical worlds, ending with a special collection of five novels ranging in genre from high-fantasy adventure to dark psychological thriller. Need more convincing? Check out these quotes from the second
Witcher, Warrior, Scholar, Spy by Allora Lee
Sierre D’Argent had been many things to Arkim, and his personal Hero had always been one of them.
Hearing her call him soft had been the nail in the coffin of his gentle exterior. No. Arkim was the Scholar, but he was a Scholar of cool indifference. Of casual relations. Of apathy. Until he wasn’t.
Until his insides tore from how the pain of his friend hurt him as well.
Mr. Elsher by J.H. Sims
“Some things, even people, are better left forgotten.”
Court of Fiends by Tamsin Hawthorn
He looked her over, tilting his head left and right. “This will not do,” he murmured.
The feeling of a thousand moth wings brushed over her as leaves, twigs, and particles of dirt began to rise all around her, carried from her clothing into the air.
“S-sorcery,” she breathed as the gentle wind stirred her curls.
Fractured Alliances by Twyla Menezes
“You’re not worth killing.” Sorin’s voice was calm, too calm—as if he were measuring my reaction.
“Not worth killing?” I smirked, tilting my head. "That's a shame," I whispered, stepping in close. The dagger in my hand twirled lazily before pressing—just barely—against the exposed skin at his collar. "You should be more careful with words like that, your majesty. Someone might think you aren’t taking me seriously."
The Corpse Collectors by Caitlin Regencia
Whether fortunate or unfortunate, the world does not stop turning because one is grieving the loss of the life they knew.