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The Horned Women & Other Stories

Last updated on May 7, 2026

Being a single mother is hard enough without murderous Fae in your living room.

The only things that American folklorist, Maura Robinson, wanted from her contentious divorce was custody of her two young children—and an Irish castle. She ends up with her ex’s teenage kids, plumbing problems… and an unexpected doorway from the Fae world.

First there are horned women spinning and carding in Maura’s living room, demanding the blood of her children. Then she gets an extra child to raise, along with a deer who spirits Maura back to the third century (accidentally). A patchwork man plucks her kindergartener out of her tree fort—into a world that definitely didn’t exist yesterday—and the teens run off to save her.

With nothing but pure mom grit, Maura is determined to outsmart the dark side of folklore, and bring everyone home safely to the ancient castle she is filling with love.

Read now to join us in the Castle in Kilkenny, where the veil between ourselves and the Fae is thin and shimmering.

This is the first three novellas in the Castle in Kilkenny: Fairy Tales, including:
The Horned Women
The White Deer of Kildare
The Knight of the Terrible Valley and Aiden of Florida

Chanticleer International Book Awards: Semi-Finalist, Collections & Anthologies

Feathered Quill Book Awards: Finalist, Short Stories & Anthologies

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Coziness & content warnings:

These are found family stories of coming together and learning to love again, so the stories deal with prior emotional pain and betrayal. All the violence is stylized and off-page. No romance.

All human generated content

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