Karen J Carlisle

It's Twixtmas - the odd, dream-like time between Christmas and New Year, where time slows, days blur, and the connections between the Otherworlds and ours are their thinnest. Anything is possible. And accidents can happen.Sally's fellow Protectors are nervous. Her Great Aunt Enid has insisted they spend Christmas holidays at her house - surrounded by her army of garden gnomes, the very creatures that still haunt her nightmares.When Alfred goes missing, Sally must travel to an unknown Otherworld with an unwanted companion, unsure if she can access magic.Will Sally learn to control her fears? And will she survive her first Christmas as a Protector?Twixtmas is a portal fantasy with characters from The Aunt Enid Mysteries.

A dark mystery on the high seas. Ever wonder what happened to James Findlay (aka Jack the Ripper) after 'Doctor Jack'?Now on his way to Australia by steamship, and temporarily free from the Men in Grey's control, James is determined to continue his experiments. Until a murder is discovered. He must use his medical training to hide the truth, and discover why passengers begin to fall ill - or the ship will be quarantined, and his work discovered. But time is running out. A mysterious woman threatens to uncover his secrets. Has 'Jack' finally met his match? A James Findlay mini-adventure. 'Blood Ties' follows on from the original 'Doctor Jack' novella in the first book of 'The Adventures of Viola Stewart' series.

Miss Mathilda Meriwether has a secret. Actually, she has several. One of them has shaped her adult life. Another now controls it.Her Majesty Queen Victoria has control of the Empire. She is the Empire, and creator of its secrets. Sir Avery works for The Department of Curiosities - the keepers of secrets - especially if they are useful to the Empire.When Tillie finds herself in the employment of The Department of Curiosities, she realises this is the perfect opportunity to uncover the truth she has been searching for. But the Queen has other plans for her. A steampunk adventure of heroines, mad scientists, traitors, and secrets...All for the good of the Empire.Second Edition.

Five short tales set in a world of steampunk and alternate history, with adventures from England to the Antipodes. Here be villains, gadgets, mechanical creatures, secrets and conspiracies. All in time for tea. Stories from the world of 'The Adventures of Viola Stewart' and 'The Department of Curiosities'. All new characters.

Viola Stewart is detectiving again. The Men in Grey return with plans for her. Will the lure of technology seduce Viola or will Henry lose her forever?With her friend Doctor Henry Collins at Viola's side, she runs foul of mummies, curses, and murder. But this time the threat of Bedlam looms?Three short tales, and a dark Victorian mystery with a steampunk-ish twist.

Introducing Viola Stewart - a widowed optician with a penchant for detectiving - who stumbles upon a secret society of Men in Grey.Three short tales with a steampunk-ish twist...Who is taking the children? And what is the connection between Viola's missing patients, the photographer, and The Society?...and a dark Victorian mysterySomeone is stalking the women of London. An unexpected encounter puts Viola in grave danger. What if Jack the Ripper was being organised by a Secret Society in their nefarious plans to control the Empire?

Daemons, fairies, magic: it's all real The Otherworld is bleeding through cracks into our world. And Adelaide is ground zero. Something is coming. Something dark - trading souls for passage. And only one person stands between The Dark and the fate of the world. Aunt Enid is just your average seventy-something year old. She loves to cook, is a regular at bingo and spends hours in her garden, talking to her army of garden gnomes and fussing over the colour of her hydrangeas... When people start disappearing, her great niece, Sally, is drawn into a secret world and soon discovers her great aunt is a Protector Extraordinaire. Aunt Enid: Protector Extraordinaire is the first book in 'The Aunt Enid Mysteries', the first series in 'The Otherworlds Chronicles'.