Alexandria Blaelock

One plus one equals four. Laura the goddess. Working from a wine bar. Granting wishes. Dreams of an ordinary human life of her own. Getting away from her sisters. Maybe a little romance. Gods need not apply. Is the grass always greener on the other side of the fence?

Life as a valuable asset isn't all it's cracked to be. Deirdre paced around the edges of the randomly coloured and patterned carpet that sat in the centre of the wooden floor of her room as she contemplated the nature of fate. Her parents found an advantageous match for her. One untroubled by introducing himself. Her future looks bleak. Can she change her fate or is it unavoidable?

Fate leads those who follow In a dilapidated bookshop. In the red desert. 1,000 km from anywhere. Erik meets three mysterious women. Who might just change his life. If he's willing to pay their price. A mythical tale of fate, fortune, and changing your destiny.

Life might be cheap, but death sure isn't.It's 1912. A long hard winter. Especially on the picket line.People are starving. People are dying.Even without the strike action.Pearl is doing the best she can. Not sure how much longer she can keep it up.A short story commemorating a far reaching victory in the history of organised labour.

Beware the Emptiness GremlinsYou know it's a Day of Emptiness when you get out of bed to find there's no coffee. And the toaster's on the fritz. And the dog really did eat your homework.Melissa owns a Mr Fix-it franchise. Knows it's going to be a busy day of Emptiness Emergencies.None more urgent than a missing memory.A fun short story explaining what happens to your missing belongings.

What can't you achieve with the wind at your back?A rural village. One day is the same as the next.Souta longs to move away.To live in a different village. Meet different people. See different things.When her foster mother dies, she's free to follow the wind to the ends of the earth.A heart warming story about finding your place in the world.

The Robin Hood of Private Investigators is back Georgia Garside. Foul-mouthed. Ex-contortionist. Bomb surivor.Rebuilding her life. And her agency.Looking for a lost girl. Nothing but a long and tangled paper trail to say she ever existed. And maybe the spy cameras in her new apartment.Just when Georgia thinks her life is sorted, is someone else's on the line?

The Robin Hood of Private Investigators is back Georgia Garside. Foul-mouthed. Ex-contortionist. Bomb surivor.Rebuilding her life. And her agency.Looking for a lost girl. Nothing but a long and tangled paper trail to say she ever existed. And maybe the spy cameras in her new apartment.Just when Georgia thinks her life is sorted, is someone else's on the line?

For better or for worse...As the sun set, a line of orange and yellow highlighted the darkness of the landscape. The clouds overhead partially concealed the summer blue sky with grey and charcoal cotton candy.Junie's just become Mrs Franco Visille Jnr. It's the first blissful day of the rest of her life.At least until the bullets start flying.

A love for all the universesZelda Smith. Ordinary girl. Falls asleep in a quiet room. Warm and dark. On a soft, plush, overstuffed chaise lounge. Smelling of roses and beeswax furniture polish.Woken by Scott Fitzerald with a kiss. A wealthy business man. May or may not have a heart of gold.Scott Fitzerald. Sees her barefoot in a hotel lobby. Probably doesn't have a heart of gold.Scott Fitzgerald. Most likely has a heart of gold. If he stuck around long enough for her to find out.Zelda feels compelled to seek them out. Torn between the men whose name and personality echoes across the universes.All hoping for the one and only Zelda.

In an apartment fit for a fairy tale princess who knows what magic might happen?In the bustling heart of the city, Helene King is looking for a sanctuary.Her lease has expired. She's tired of sharing. She needs to economise.One fateful day, she finds a hidden gem. A small apartment in a deligtful Edwardian building. Fit for a fairy tale princess.Handy for the train and the supermarket. Ridiculously cheap rent.Does it come with fairy tale monsters too?

In State City, visiting the Cookie Shop is an enigmatic rite of passage.No one knows how or where it came from. No one sees or experiences the same thing. All anyone knows is you must visit at least once every five years to see if the door opens for you.Yohanna Lalami is not one to follow the herd. Has tried her whole life to avoid it.Until she can't.Will it be as terrifying as she expects?

The Security Directorate takes care of its own.Hard-arsed detective Captain Maeryn Prothero is on the case. In a junkyard. With a red phone box.It makes her feel light and bouncy. Disturbing and uncomfortable. Setting her nerves on fire.Battling the fragmented memories of her past, can she save herself?Before the Security Directorate does.