Nikki McCormack

• Sep-2014
• / General Fiction
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Grand Prize Winner, 2015 Dante Rossetti Award for young adult fiction.                   Feisty teenage thief Maeko and her maybe-more-than-friend Chaff have scraped out an existence in Victorian London's gritty st...

• Nov-2014
• / General Fiction
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A short story by Nikki McCormack.The New Gobi desert is a dangerous place. The only way to cross with relative safety is in guided caravans using genetically engineered slaves, the cynta, creatures designed to sense the dangers of t...

• Feb-2015
• / General Fiction
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A short story by Nikki McCormackShai is a girl with nothing in a world run by men. Her parents are gone. She has no future to look forward to. Only her brother keeps her safe, but even he isn’t willing to stand up to Kurth, the leader of their litt...

• Jun-2015
• / Epic Fantasy
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Ascard power can strengthen, heal, and create. It also has great potential to destroy. Indigo’s country restricts the use of ascard, so she must channel her ability into the healing arts or risk severe punishment. An orphan from a disgraced family,...

• Sep-2015
• / Steampunk
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Maeko hasn't been long away from the gritty London streets and she's already learning that her new “civilized” life comes with its own challenges. She has to dress proper, eat proper and be a proper lady. She can’t even talk to a boy without a ...

• Dec-2015
• / Epic Fantasy
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Yiloch stands accused of a terrible crime against Indigo’s country. She wants nothing more than to prove the accusations false, but the evidence puts blood on his hands.While trying to protect the Lyran prince from the swift descent of Caithin just...

• Apr-2016
• / Epic Fantasy
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Marked as a traitor to her own country, Indigo must look elsewhere for help if she is going to save Lyra. While Yiloch rushes back to the capital to prepare his empire for battle, Indigo turns to the least likely place to build an army of her own.The...

• Sep-2016
• / Fantasy
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She is The Keeper.That which is lost, she will find.She resides in the body of an Endless woman, but is not one of them.That which is forsaken, she will cherish.She exists to collect the spirits of gods and the rarest demons upon their death. That is...

• Jun-2017
• / Steampunk
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Maeko only wants to protect the people she cares about. Somehow, that goal has taken her from living a life as a pickpocket on the streets of London trying to pay off her mum’s debt, to becoming deeply enmeshed in rising hostilities between the Pir...

• Nov-2017
• / Fantasy
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Gargoyles don’t interact with people. So, when one visits Mira on the manor tower, she isn’t sure how to respond. There’s something comforting about its presence though, especially when it follows her on her way to meet her future husband.At se...

• Mar-2018
• / General Fiction
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And They All Look Just the Same is a dark fantasy short story that delves into the sinister power of mob mentality.

The magician and his apprentice have to eat, but stopping in small poverty-stricken villages is always a last resort. These a...

• Aug-2018
• / Dark Fantasy
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After over a century imprisoned in stone statues, the dragons have devised a plan to regain their freedom. Unbeknownst to humankind, they placed the power to begin that process in Dephithus, the beloved heir to the throne of Imperious.Followers of th...

• Sep-2019
• / Dark Fantasy
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Book two in the Elysium's Fall dark fantasy duology.Raine is caught between the dark power of the daenox and the balancing power of the dragon web. She inherited her parent’s memories -- both good and bad -- and their enemies: Kyouin with his daemo...

• Jun-2022
• / Fantasy
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Raven was eight when her parents were murdered. Now it's happened again. Her guardian dead. Their home destroyed. She can hunt and fight, but life in isolation hasn't prepared her for survival outside the forest.The magic within her makes her a targe...

• Sep-2022
• / Fantasy
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Raven could almost enjoy this life where her biggest concern is chasing off beasts that stray too close to town, but the silver-eyed shadow haunting her sleep has her on edge.Then a man she never expected to see again warns her that the Silverblood B...

• Feb-2023
• / Fantasy
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The Silverblood Brotherhood wants Raven dead. Even the law of the land allows their doctrine to dictate her fate. It's beginning to look like letting the Brotherhood win may be the only way to protect those she loves.If only she could change the laws...

• Jan-2024
• / Fantasy
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At five years old, Kasiel was found with the pointed ends of his ears cut off. Despite that brutal start, he's lived twelve peaceful years with the man who took him in. Keeping his hair long over his mutilated ears helps him hide the fact that he is ...