Books published by publisher Linda Garcia

Bathing in the pool cures any ailmentDrinking it means instant death...Except for the one that survived. The Healing Pool follows Gira and her brothers as they leave home in search of magic to save their injured father. They stumble upon Mauth and learn of a magical Healing Pool. Gira knows they must reach the Pool before it is too late, but it is far beyond their reach. The monster Eloa has claimed the Healing Pool as her own, and for a hundred years the creatures of Mauth have waited for the one destined to defeat her. The future of Mauth now rests in Gira’s hands. She must now put aside her childhood and prepare for war. A war to defeat Eloa and determine fate of her world back home.

Wizards live a long time and collect a lot of stuff. They're the hoarders of fantasy literature. However, that doesn't mean that they just collect junk. Due to reasons explained later, they don't always keep their valuable possessions where they actually live. This is the story of Otho who is employed to guard a cave where a wizard's valuable objects are kept. Otho has been guarding the same cave for many years, and has become bored as no one has ever tried to enter. This changes when Prince Landon arrives on a quest to retrieve what is inside the cave. This is also the first of my short stories that feature Prince Landon.

Doctor Vanderburg is a snake oil salesman. He's also dying on the side of the road. As chance would have it, Cyrus runs into him and his wagon of wonders and is presented with a gift. Of course, it's got a bit of a curse on it.Last Halloween, I had a party. One of the things I wanted to do was to have guests tell ghost stories around a fire. This was a great idea in my head, but then I realized I needed a ghost story to tell. I did the usual Google search, but didn't find anything I was happy with. Most of what I found were urban legends and things that I was aware that the people that I would be telling the story to had probably already heard. I realized that I was just going to have to write my own ghost story. I only had a week before Halloween, but I locked the basic story down and gathered up some props for a theatrical telling which culminated in me throwing a ring into the fire...an action that would probably make sense after reading the story.

Inspired by my love for H.P. Lovecraft's writings, this short story is my addition to the mythos. The old ones can live well beyond our lifetimes, but what do their followers have to show for a lifetime of servitude? What about the ancestors of their followers who unwittingly become the keepers of their secrets? Friends revisit a childhood mystery upon the death of Wesley Miller's grandmother. What they find is far more dangerous and terrible than they could have imagined.

Bathing in the pool cures any ailment Drinking it means instant death... Except for the one that survived. The Healing Pool follows Gira and her brothers as they leave home in search of magic to save their injured father. They stumble upon Mauth and learn of a magical Healing Pool. Gira knows they must reach the Pool before it is too late, but it is far beyond their reach. The monster Eloa has claimed the Healing Pool as her own, and for a hundred years the creatures of Mauth have waited for the one destined to defeat her. The future of Mauth now rests in Gira’s hands. She must now put aside her childhood and prepare for war. A war to defeat Eloa and determine fate of her world back home.