Short Story: The Elven Ambassador

It’s party time, Champions! I’ve been saving this donut image just for this post because I have a special treat for you!

The King’s Queen is now available which means the whole trilogy for The Gate of Myth and Power series is released! I know you really want to read the short story (the link is down below) but I first want to thank you Champions–for the reviews, yes, but also for your support and for whole heartedly embracing this trilogy. Just being blunt, it’s a weird premise. (I mean, really: elf king forcefully adopts a cat he doesn’t know is actually a human??) I actually assumed this would be my least popular Magiford trilogy, but instead you Champions took the questionable premise in stride, and last night The King’s Queen hit # 5…in the entire amazon store! That’s the highest rank any of my books have ever had!! I am still wandering around my house in shock!

So thank you for rallying around this odd little trilogy, thank you for all of your support through probably the worst year in my entire life, and thank you for being a part of our uplifting, bookish community.

I’d keep going, except, THE SHORT STORY! To celebrate this amazing launch–and, yes, as my thank you for The King’s Queen getting over 100 reviews across the various Amazon stores and Goodreads–I’m releasing the free short story: The Elven Ambassador. (Click here for the short story!) This short story is best read after King’s Queen as it does have some mild spoilers, but–as you can probably guess from the title–it also has a lot of cameos! I hope it makes you laugh!

In conclusion….Champions, thank you so much for your kindness and patience with all of through all of this. This year didn’t start the way I wanted it to, but I’m so thankful for your support and patience since there was a bigger gap between King’s Shadow and King’s Queen than I normally have for the Magiford books.

Also, many thanks to everyone who sent me ideas for salty treats since my tooth surgery means I can’t eat chips right now. It’s given me plenty of ideas for me and future Magiford books! And it warms the cockles of my heart that so many of you have been craving donuts after reading Chloe’s books. I was actually intending to go out and get donuts and maybe a milk steamer this morning to celebrate Chloe’s trilogy, but we’re getting slammed by a snow storm right now, so I’ll just drink some tea and close my eyes and pretend  my bagel is a donut.

Thanks again, Champions! Happy reading!

Magiford Quiz Update!

We are a little less than two weeks away from the launch of King’s Queen, the last book in the Gate of Myth and Power trilogy, and I am so excited! I suspect it might still be a little early for the Champions who prefer to read all three books of the trilogy in a row to begin their reading journey, so that means all of us are just…waiting for now. But, hey, I updated the quiz!

Are you a fae, a vampire, a wizard, or a werewolf? Take the quiz and find out! I love quizzes and I love that I get an excuse to expand the Magiford Supernatural quiz with every new series I write in this universe! This year’s update is probably not so surprising considering who the trilogy is about, but I hope you all enjoy it anyway!

This brings our total of possible endings up to seven, so I’m interested to know if your final ending has changed since the first time you took it! When I first released this quiz I got the Fae answer but if I took it now and there was an answer for “a slumbering Vampire Elder” (which there isn’t but maybe I should change that) I would make sure I got that answer because I could nap for a decade now that I FINALLY finished King’s Queen. 😴 (Well…mostly finished. It’s still going through some typo hunts!)

Click here to take the quiz and see the new result.

Many thanks to Champion RayJay for drawing all the beautiful artwork for this quiz. When I first published the quiz I was using cheesy stock photos and having RayJay’s custom illustrations instead is so awesome. 😍

If you are in the mood for more quizzes check out my dedicated quiz page. If you had fun meeting Queen Leila in the Gate of Myth and Power series I recommend you try out the quiz to see which Fae Court you would be part of and see if you’d be a match with her Night Court.

That’s all for today! Thanks for reading, and remember: less than two weeks left, Champions!

Short Story: Regional Committee of Magic Re: Photo Op

Hello Champions! Thank you so much for your patience while you continue to wait for the final book in the Gate of Myth and Power series. When I picked the release date for book 3 I thought I was being generous, but I’m still working furiously on everything and it’s going to be down to the absolute wire to get it ready for you!

While you wait I thought this was a great time to give you a gift! Technically this is a re-gift because I gave this short story away as a thank you to each Champion who filled out my Reader Survey in 2022, but I decided now is a good time to re-share it with everyone!

Click here to read the short story: Regional Committee of Magic Re: Photo Op

This short story utilizes the “letters” format which I’ve done this before with a few others like Between a Queen and Her Colonel and Notes on Elves. Those were a little different since they were actual “letters” and this short story is “emails”. Another big difference is this Magiford short story has more participants so it is much more chaotic then any of the other short stories I’ve written in this style.

What was your favorite part of this short story? Have you ever had an email exchange similar to this chaotic mess with your friends or co-workers?