Perfectly Petite Shorts: Short Stories from the Perfect Pixie Series

by M.J. May

Ever wonder if our favorite ancient vampire, Nirgal, found his happily ever after? What about our morally ambiguous fairy, Hamish McIntyre? How exactly did Warlock Vander Kines meet Georgiana and why did she leave her daughter, Byx, in his questionable care? What Scuttlebutts think and how Trinket views her tribe? What about the perfect gift for a pixie who already believes he has it all? Hopefully the following short stories answer those burning questions.

Lighting the Darkness
Older than memory, vampire Nirgal is often simply referred to as ancient one. Help from his new friends across the pond, along with a desperate home-and-hearth pixie, might finally give Nirgal his own HEA, Lighting the Darkness invading his soul.

Magic’s Sight
Vander is near his breaking point. Thankfully, Magic has a plan and sends aid in the form of a precocious brownie child named Byx and her mother, Georgianna. Will Magic’s Sight be the answer that saves Vander’s life?

Phil’s Gift
Dillon and Ruthie set out on a quest to find the best present ever. Deciding Phil’s friends know him best, the children embark on their mission. Turns out dwarves, pixie best friends, fauns, and fairies have some interesting ideas regarding Phil’s Gift.

A Scuttlebutt’s Loyalty
Trinket will do whatever it takes to keep her tribe safe, even if that means tearing Dusk apart to do so. Too bad it just so happens to be during Wendall and Ray’s bonding celebration. Party be damned, a Scuttlebutt’s Loyalty is too important.

Cherry Blossom’s and Fairy Blushes
Why is Hamish so distracted by the dryad who walked through his office door? Why can’t Hamish seem to dismiss his new client, and why is he so concerned for his safety? More importantly, why is this dryad’s Cherry Blossoms causing his Fairy Blushes?

Perfectly Petite Shorts is a collection of five stories revolving around side characters from the Perfect Pixie Series. For optimum enjoyment, the previous books in the series should be read prior. Perfectly Petite Shorts contains questionable gifting ideas, protective scuttlebutt violence, magenta colored pixie dust, mischievously motivated sprites, trolls with questionable fashion sense, randomly sprouting cherry blossoms, and so much more.

Genres: M M Romance, Paranormal, Fantasy, Vampires, Short Stories, Magic, Found Family

286 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 23, 2025

About the author

I've been a veterinarian for almost twenty years and have recently added published author to my resume. I've been writing for over fifteen years, most of those stories languishing on my computer. A couple of years ago my fear of never trying to publish my stories overcame my fear of failure. The result is my first book, "Sow What You Reap". It is the first in the Reaping Covetous series. The next book, "Dead Women Tell Tales" should be out by the end of October 2021.

I love supernatural, urban fantasy, paranormal, and mystery genres. I write both M/F and M/M oriented stories.

Please don't hesitate to ask me a question or two.

Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy my stories. I know I love telling them.

MJ May

Reviews

[Kimbot the Destroyer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Delightful shorts from an underrated universe.

[Jessica Frances · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this!

[Melanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

totally satisfying and a wonderful reminder why I love and highly recommend this series so much.

Rating: 4.5🌈✨

Stories Include:
Lighting the Darkness
Magic’s Sight
Phil’s Gift
A Scuttlebutt’s Loyalty
Cherry Blossoms & Fairy Blushes

Side characters are often everything. And they, when fantastically crafted as they are in this series, make such an impact that you can’t help but wonder what happens to them afterwards. How did their characters go forward?

Author May supplies us with 5 short stories that focus on some of our favorites from this series and gives them their own HEA or something similar.

Did I have a favorite? No. I just adore each one. So totally satisfying and a wonderful reminder why I love and highly recommend this series so much.


Cover design by cheriefox.

Perfect Pixie Series
Perfectly Imperfect Pixie
Perfectly Perfect Pixie: Peaches’s Story
Perfectly Charmed Pixie: Parsnip’s Story
Perfectly Perplexing Zombie: Wendall’s Story
Purrfectly Peculiar Pixie: Phlox’s Story—finale
Perfectly Petite Shorts: Short Stories from the Perfect Pixie Series M/M

Necromancer Tales Series: Spin-Off from the Perfect Pixie Series
Deadly Lineage: Book I
Deadly Deception: Book II
Deadly Avarice: Book III
Necromancer Tales Book IV–Coming Fall/Winter 2025

[Hani · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing book for people who have read every single book in the Perfect Pixie Series and enjoyed their side characters. There are five different stories and you'll find at least one of them to be your cup of tea.

My least favourite story was A Scuttlebutt's Loyalty, which is stars Trinket and is from her POV. I didn't enjoy her frustration with trying to be understood by her tribe members who did not speak her language. It was nevertheless an exciting action adventure for people who like hunts and battles.

My favourite is tied between the first story, Lighting the Darkness, and the final story, Cherry Blossoms & Fairy Blushes. Both introduce a new character that becomes a romantic interest for a side character we already know from the Perfect Pixie Series. Despite being romances, the two romances are very different romances. Lighting the Darkness is a little gothic, a little hurt/comfort. Cherry Blossoms & Fairy Blushes is a little legal battle, a little damsel in need of rescue, and a little redemption/comeuppance.

[Krys (spicy.spine.breaker) · Rating 4 out of 5]

POVs from side characters throughout the series including:

Trinket : THE SKUTTLEBUTT! I have always loved that protective fur ball, but getting its POV was *amazing. It simply *adores* Ray & Wendell, Ruthie, Dillon - the whole cast of characters it considers to be in its tribe.

Georgina: omg 😭😭😭 Georgina’s POV from before… how her daughter Byx came to be in Vanders care. Got me right in the feels.

Dillon & Ruthie: Ruthie is such a love & her being the huge and powerful wolf while Dillon is the alpha in training always bragging about how strong his little sister is will always be my favorite thing probably.

This was the perfect cherry on top of this series.

[Sarah A · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short stories about our favorite characters and their friends
Adorable, sweet, true love, vengeance and death. The description I want to write makes it sound like the Princess Bride!
It’s a positive uplifting set of tales of people showing true courage, finding their loved ones, celebrating their loved ones, experiencing challenges and loss and overcoming with friends, found family, bio family and more.

[juli✨ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nirgal found it difficult to contain the joy simmering within. A pixie and sprites. Nirgal could hardly remember a time he looked so forward to waking up. It was such a novel feeling he hardly knew what to do with the emotion.

Loved getting Hamish and Nirgal's stories. Perfectly Petite Shorts served as a great bookend to a wonderfully sweet series.

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Adorable, amazing, perfect! I both wish each story was longer and wish for another volume of short stories🥹
I loved seeing a bit more of Wendall and Ray's happily ever after especially! The story from Trinket's POV was great!!!

[Brianna · Rating 5 out of 5]

So sweet

Everyone of these shorts just made me fall in love with this world and characters even more. It felt like a beautiful walk on a sunny day, and I can't wait to see more stories in the future.

[Lenore Darcy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super cute little shorts. I liked the story from Trinket's perspective, and it is nice to see Hamish getting a little attention.

[Stacie Streck · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this universe so much. 🥰

[Anna Sophia · Rating 5 out of 5]

So Sweet!!!

I absolutely love everything about this series!!! The stories warmed my heart. ❤️ Thank you MJ May!!! Your books are always a beacon of light in my world.

[Liz Shorter · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm so glad I found this author. Sometimes you just need something wholesome.

[YinYangReader · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 Stars

[Becca · Rating 5 out of 5]

So cute and sweet! I loved the original series and these additional stories exploring more side characters were deeply satisfying

[... · Rating 4 out of 5]

These stories were all so lovely! Most were slice of life, two were romances, all warmed my heart. The last one - Hamish's love story - was a 5-star short for me. Love this world! 🥰

[J · Rating 5 out of 5]

good read!

I loved having this follow up to the pixie stories. If you are willing to go with the flow, it might even be fun for someone who has not read the pixie stories.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Angelena · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this so much, but my favorite two were "Lighting the Darkness" and
"Cherry Blossom’s and Fairy Blushes" as I would have HAPPILY read a full length novel of each