A new original story from the forthcoming collection Bravado’s House of Blues.

Welcome to the future, where the bonds of family and the rules of courtship are redefined, survival-style, in J.A. Pitts' latest post-apocalyptic romp. When O'Malley's cyborg father is killed and dismembered in the wastes, a three-hundred year old virgin sets out to find a missing skull and returns home with more than he ever imagined finding. Robots, mutants and a new take on happily ever after await in "Bones of My Father."

The curtain’s rustling on the stage in Bravado’s House of Blues. Behind it, fourteen tales from award-winning author J.A. Pitts wait for their time to shine beneath the lights. Here, you’ll find Roman legions battling druids, G.I.s facing down zombies in Vietnam, buskers in love finding magic in their music, and blacksmiths discovering destiny in re-forged blades of old. And mixed in, you’ll find zeppelins doing survey work on colony worlds, Fortean love, post-apocalyptic fairytales along with the robots, AI and true love that lurk deep in our future. And as a fitting encore, fans of Pitts’ Sarah Beauhall books will be pleased to find three stories connected to his award-winning urban fantasy series—two of them published here for the first time. It’s showtime at Bravado’s House of Blues!

Magic has a cost. Sarah Beauhall, blacksmith and dragon slayer, just didn’t realize how high. Her lover, Katie Cornett, has finally been overwhelmed by this spiraling cost and her spirit is blasted from her body and flung into a world of nightmares and monsters.

As Katie’s coma deepens and her chances of survival fade, Sarah’s spirit must make a journey of its own, through a world of crystalline eaters and malevolent spirits who exist only to hunt and consume.

Night after night, Sarah delves beyond the hidden paths, going from crystalline landscapes into the wild lands and lost worlds far beyond the great sea of dreams.

When the spirit of a long dead murderer—known only as the Bowler Hat Man—begins gathering an army in the forgotten lands, Sarah discovers that more than eaters and feeders pursue her.

Keeper of the Winds

by Jenna Solitaire and Russell Davis

Rainbow Brigade

by J. A. Pitts

Severed Wings

by Steven-Elliot Altman