Novels | Collections | Novellas | Novelettes | Short Stories
- Doppelganger
- Warrior — Orbit Books, August 2008; originally issued as Doppelganger, Warner Books, April 2006; reprinted by JABberwocky Literary Agency, September 2018
- Witch — Orbit Books, August 2008; originally issued as Warrior and Witch, Warner Books, October 2006; reprinted by JABberwocky Literary Agency, September 2018
- Onyx Court
- Midnight Never Come — Orbit Books, June 2008; reissued by Book View Cafe, May 2016
- In Ashes Lie — Orbit Books, June 2009; reissued by Book View Cafe, May 2016
- A Star Shall Fall — Tor Books, August 2010
- With Fate Conspire — Tor Books, August 2011
- Wilders
- Lies and Prophecy — Book View Cafe, September 2012
- Chains and Memory — Book View Cafe, January 2016
- The Memoirs of Lady Trent
- A Natural History of Dragons — Tor Books, February 2013
- The Tropic of Serpents — Tor Books, March 2014
- Voyage of the Basilisk — Tor Books, March 2015
- In the Labyrinth of Drakes — Tor Books, April 2016
- Within the Sanctuary of Wings — Tor Books, April 2017
- Turning Darkness into Light (stand-alone sequel) — Tor Books, August 2019
- Born to the Blade, with Michael R. Underwood, Malka Older, and Cassandra Khaw — Serial Box, 2018
- Driftwood — Tachyon Publications, August 2020
- Rook and Rose (with Alyc Helms as M.A. Carrick)
- The Mask of Mirrors — Orbit Books, January 2021
- The Liar’s Knot — Orbit Books, December 2021
- Labyrinth’s Heart — forthcoming from Orbit Books, August 2023
- Legend of the Five Rings
- The Night Parade of 100 Demons — Aconyte Books, February 2021
- The Game of 100 Candles — Aconyte Books, March 2023
- The Market of 100 Fortunes — forthcoming from Aconyte Books, spring 2024
- The Waking of Angantyr — forthcoming from Titan Books, October 2023
- Novel omnibuses
- In London’s Shadow: An Onyx Court Omnibus — Book View Cafe, November 2016
- The Doppelganger Omnibus — JABberwocky Literary Agency, September 2018
- Short story collections
- Maps to Nowhere — Book View Cafe, September 2017
- Ars Historica — Book View Cafe, November 2017
- The Nine Lands — Book View Cafe, November 2019
- Down a Street That Wasn’t There — Book View Cafe, June 2020
- Micro collections
- Monstrous Beauty — Book View Cafe, October 2014
- Never After: Thirteen Twists on Familiar Tales — Book View Cafe, February 2019
- Onyx Court
- Deeds of Men — Book View Cafe, July 2013
- Doppelganger
- Dancing the Warrior — Beneath Ceaseless Skies #66 (Part 1) and #67 (Part 2), April 2011; reprinted by JABberwocky Literary Agency, September 2018
- Varekai
- Cold-Forged Flame — Tor.com, September 2016; reissued by Book View Cafe, January 2020
- Lightning in the Blood — Tor.com, May 2017; reissued by Book View Cafe, January 2020
- Legend of the Five Rings
- The Eternal Knot — Fantasy Flight Games, November 2019
- “And Blow Them at the Moon” — Beneath Ceaseless Skies #50, August 2010; audio reprint in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, September 2010; reprinted in Ars Historica, November 2017
- “False Colours” — Wilful Impropriety: 13 Tales of Society and Scandal, ed. Ekaterina Sedia, April 2012; reprinted in Ars Historica, November 2017
- “Welcome to Welton” — Book View Cafe, December 2012
- “Mad Maudlin” — Tor.com, February 2014; audio reprint from Serial Box, January 2021
- “La Molejera” — Cirsova Magazine, September 2019; reprinted in Down a Street That Wasn’t There, June 2020
- “The God of Driftwood” — in Driftwood, August 2020
- “Pearl’s Price” — When Swords Fall Silent, ed. Bryce O’Connor, March 2023
- 2004
- “White Shadow” — Summoned to Destiny, ed. Julie Czerneda, 2004; reprinted in The Nine Lands, November 2019
- 2005
- “The Princess and the . . .” — Flash Me Magazine, PDF issue, April 30th, 2005; audio reprint in PodCastle, November 2008; reprinted in Never After: Thirteen Twists on Familiar Tales, February 2019
- “Silence, Before the Horn” — Jabberwocky 1, July 2005
- “Shadows’ Bride” — Shadow Box, ed. Shayne Jiraiya Cummings and Angela Challis, October 31st, 2005; audio reprint in PseudoPod, October 2010; reprinted in Monstrous Beauty, October 2014
- “The Twa Corbies” — Talebones #31, December 2005; audio reprint in PodCastle, December 2009; reprint in The Best of Talebones, October 2010
- “For the Fairest” — Son and Foe #1, December 11th, 2005
- 2006
- “Sing for Me” — Fictitious Force #2, May 2006; reprinted in The Nine Lands, November 2019
- “The Wood, the Bridge, the House” — Dark Wisdom #9, May 2006; reprinted in Monstrous Beauty, October 2014
- “Such as Dreams Are Made Of” — Aberrant Dreams #8, Summer 2006; reprinted in Down a Street That Wasn’t There, June 2020
- 2007
- “Execution Morning” — Glorifying Terrorism, ed. Farah Mendlesohn, February 2007; reprinted in The Nine Lands, November 2019
- “A Thousand Souls” — Aberrant Dreams, February 2007; reprinted in Maps to Nowhere, September 2017
- “But Who Shall Lead the Dance?” — Talebones #34, February 2007; reprinted in Maps to Nowhere, September 2017
- “Selection” — Electric Velocipede #13, November 2007; reprinted in Down a Street That Wasn’t There, June 2020
- “Nine Sketches, in Charcoal and Blood” — On Spec #70, November 2007; reprinted in Maps to Nowhere, September 2017; audio reprint from Serial Box, January 2021
- 2008
- “Lost Soul” — Intergalactic Medicine Show #7, January 2008; reprinted in The Nine Lands, November 2019
- “Kiss of Life” — Beneath the Surface, ed. Tim Deal, 2008; reprinted in Monstrous Beauty, October 2014
- “The Deaths of Christopher Marlowe” — Paradox #12, April 2008; reprinted in Across the Spectrum, ed. Pati Nagle and Deborah J. Ross, November 2013; reprinted in Ars Historica, November 2017
- “Beggar’s Blessing” — Shroud Magazine #2, 2008; reprinted in Maps to Nowhere, September 2017
- “A Mask of Flesh” — Clockwork Phoenix, ed. Mike Allen, July 2008; reprinted in Maps to Nowhere, September 2017; audio reprint in Serial Box
- “Kingspeaker” — Beneath Ceaseless Skies #3, November 2008; audio reprint in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, December 2008; audio reprint in Podcastle, September 2010; reprinted in The Nine Lands, November 2019
- “A Heretic by Degrees” — Intergalactic Medicine Show #10, November 2008; reprinted in Intergalactic Awards Anthology, Vol. 1, 2012; audio reprint in Podcastle, September 2009; reprinted in Driftwood, August 2020
- 2009
- “Letter Found in a Chest Belonging to the Marquis de Montseraille Following the Death of That Worthy Individual” — Abyss and Apex #29, January 2009; reprinted in The Best of Abyss & Apex, Volume Two, ed. Wendy Dalmater, September 2016; reprinted in Maps to Nowhere, September 2017
- “Driftwood” — Beneath Ceaseless Skies #14, April 2009; audio reprint in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, May 2009; reprint in The Best of Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Year One, 2010; reprinted in Driftwood, August 2020
- “Salt Feels No Pain” — Paradox Magazine #13, May 2009
- “Once a Goddess” — Clockwork Phoenix 2, ed. Mike Allen, July 2009; reprinted in Maps to Nowhere, September 2017; audio reprint in Serial Box, June 2020
- “Tower in Moonlight” — Shroud Magazine #6, 2009; reprinted in Monstrous Beauty, October 2014
- “The Waking of Angantyr” — Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #2, October 2009; reprint in Murmurs in the Dark, ed. Marissa Doyle and Shannon Page, October 2021
- “The Snow-White Heart” — Talebones #39, October 2009; audio reprint in Pseudopod, December 2010; reprinted in Monstrous Beauty, October 2014; reprinted in Flash Fiction Online, October 2019; reprinted in Frozen Wavelets, March 2021
- 2010
- “Comparison of Efficacy Rates for Seven Antipathetics as Employed Against Lycanthropes” — Running with the Pack, ed. Ekaterina Sedia, April 2010; reprinted in Mad Science Café, ed. Deborah J. Ross, October 2013; audio reprint in Pseudopod, May 2015; reprinted in Down a Street That Wasn’t There, June 2020
- “Remembering Light” — Beneath Ceaseless Skies #44, June 2010; audio reprint in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, June 2010; reprinted in The Best of Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Year Two, 2011; reprinted in Driftwood, August 2020
- “The Gospel of Nachash” — Clockwork Phoenix 3, ed. Mike Allen, July 2010
- “The Last Wendy” — On Spec #81, Summer 2010; reprinted in Down a Street That Wasn’t There, June 2020
- “Footprints” — Shroud Magazine #9, Summer 2010; reprinted in Monstrous Beauty, October 2014
- 2011
- “Two Pretenders” — Beneath Ceaseless Skies #60, January 2011; audio reprint in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, January 2011; reprinted in Ars Historica, November 2017
- “Love, Cayce” — Intergalactic Medicine Show #22, April 2011; reprinted in Maps to Nowhere, September 2017; audio reprint in Serial Box, June 2020
- “Coyotaje” — Bewere the Night, ed. Ekaterina Sedia, April 2011; audio reprint in Serial Box, June 2020; reprinted in Down a Street That Wasn’t There, June 2020
- 2012
- “Waiting for Beauty” — Apex Magazine #39, August 2012; reprinted in The Book of Apex: Volume 4, ed. Lynne M. Thomas, November 2013; reprinted in Monstrous Beauty, October 2014; reprinted in Frozen Wavelets, January 2020; reprinted in Flash Fiction Online, October 2020
- “The Ascent of Unreason” — Beneath Ceaseless Skies #104, September 2012; audio reprint in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, September 2012; audio reprint in Podcastle, August 2014; reprinted in Driftwood, August 2020
- 2013
- “What Still Abides” — Clockwork Phoenix 4, ed. Mike Allen, July 2013; reprinted in Zombies: More Recent Dead, ed. Paula Guran, September 2014; audio reprint in Serial Box
- “The Wives of Paris” — Mythic Delirium 0.1, July 2013; reprinted in Mythic Delirium (anthology), ed. Mike and Anita Allen, November 2014
- 2014
- “Centuries of Kings” — Neverland’s Library, ed. Rebecca Lovatt and Roger Bellini, April 2014
- “Daughter of Necessity” — Tor.com, October 2014; reprinted in Some of the Best from Tor.com 2014, January 2015; reprinted in Nevertheless, She Persisted, ed. Mindy Klasky, August 2017; reprinted in Worlds Seen in Passing: Ten Years of Tor.com Short Fiction, September 2018; audio reprint in Serial Box, May 2020
- “The Damnation of St. Teresa of Ávila” — Shared Nightmares, ed. Steven Diamond and Nathan Shumate, November 2014; reprinted in Ars Historica, November 2017
- 2016
- “The Mirror-City” — Clockwork Phoenix 5, ed. Mike Allen, April 2016; reprinted in Maps to Nowhere, September 2017; audio reprint forthcoming from GlitterShip
- “From the Editorial Page of the Falchester Weekly Review” — Tor.com, April 2016; reprinted in Maps to Nowhere, September 2017; audio reprint in Cast of Wonders, March 2020
- “To Rise No More” — Beneath Ceaseless Skies #207, September 2016; audio reprint in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, September 2016; reprinted in Ars Historica, November 2017
- 2017
- “The Şiret Mask” — Beneath Ceaseless Skies #238, November 2017; audio reprint in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, November 2017; reprinted in It Happened at the Ball, ed. Sherwood Smith, September 2018
- “Into the Wind” — Children of a Different Sky, ed. Alma Alexander, November 2017; audio reprint in Podcastle, May 2019
- 2018
- “At the Sign of the Crow and Quill” — Lace and Blade 4, ed. Deborah J. Ross, February 2018; audio reprint from Serial Box, January 2021
- “The Genius Prize” — Kaiju Rising II: Reign of Monsters, ed. N.X. Sharps and Alana Joli Abbott, November 2018; reprinted in Down a Street That Wasn’t There, June 2020; audio reprint in Serial Box, September 2020; reprinted in Spawn of Rocket Boy and the Geek Girls, ed. Phyllis Irene Radford and Shannon Page
- “Serpent, Wolf, and Half-Dead Thing” — Bubble Off Plumb, ed. K.G. Finfrock, Sarah Kalin, and Dan Kalin, December 2018
- 2019
- “Vīs Dēlendī” — Uncanny Magazine #27, March/April 2019; audio reprint in Uncanny Mazazine, March/April 2019; reprint in The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2020 Edition, ed. Rich Horton
- “On the Impurity of Dragon-kind” — Uncanny Magazine #29, July/August 2019
- “This Is How” — Strange Horizons, September 2019; audio reprint in Strange Horizons, September 2019
- “Sankalpa” — Beneath Ceaseless Skies #287, September 2019; audio reprint in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, September 2019
- “Calling into Silence” — in The Nine Lands, November 2019
- “The Legend of Anahata” — in The Nine Lands, November 2019
- 2020
- “Cruel Sisters” — Daily Science Fiction, March 2020
- “The City of the Tree” — Uncanny Magazine #36, September/October 2020
- 2021
- “As Tight as Any Knot” (as M.A. Carrick) — Beneath Ceaseless Skies #320, January 2021
- “The Bottle Tree” — Departure Mirror Quarterly #2, January 2021
- “Speak to the Moon” — The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March/April 2021
- “Oak Apple Night” — Beneath Ceaseless Skies #329, May 2021
- “The Old Woman and the Tea” — Daily Science Fiction, July 2021
- “Ghost and Fox” — Shapers of Worlds II, ed. Edward Willett, November 2021
- 2022
- “Chrysalis” — Beneath Ceaseless Skies #347, January 2022
- “This Living Hand” — Sunday Morning Transport, February 2022
- “Never to Behold Again” — Daily Science Fiction, March 2022
- “The Me of Perfect Sight” — NewMyths, March 2022
- “And Ask No Leave of Thee” — Neither Beginnings Nor Endings, ed. Richard Fife, April 2022
- “Fate, Hope, Friendship, Foe” — Uncanny Magazine #47, July/August 2022
- “Then Bide You There” — Dream of Shadows #4, July 2022
- “Two for the Path” — Shattering the Glass Slipper, ed. Rhondi Salsitz & Crystal Sarakas, August 2022
- “The Faces and the Masks” — Daily Science Fiction, August 2022
- “Crafting Chimera” — ZNB Presents, December 2022
- 2023
- “Silver Necklace, Golden Ring” — Uncanny Magazine #50, January 2023
- “Constant Ivan and Clever Natalya” — Beneath Ceaseless Skies #373, January 2023
- “Guidelines for Using the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library” — Lightspeed Magazine #153, February 2023
- forthcoming
- “Oh, My Cursed Daughter” — forthcoming from Dream of Shadows
- “At the Heart of Each Pearl Lies a Grain of Sand” — forthcoming from Sunday Morning Transport
- “The Memories Rise to Hunt” — forthcoming from Fable: An Anthology of Sci-Fi, Horror, and the Supernatural, ed. Z. Knight
- “A Tale of Two Tarōs” — forthcoming from DreamForge Anvil
- “A Mighty Huntress” — forthcoming from Frivolous Comma
- “The Merchant With No Coin” — forthcoming from Flash Point SF
- “Your Body, My Prison, My Forge” — forthcoming from On Spec
- BOOKS
- Writing Fight Scenes, Book View Cafe, September 2013
- Dice Tales: Essays on Roleplaying Games and Storytelling, Book View Cafe, July 2017
- New Worlds, Year One: A Writer’s Guide to the Art of Worldbuilding, Book View Cafe, April 2018
- New Worlds, Year Two: More Essays on the Art of Worldbuilding, Book View Cafe, April 2019
- New Worlds, Year Three: More Essays on the Art of Worldbuilding, Book View Cafe, April 2020
- New Worlds, Year Four: More Essays on the Art of Worldbuilding, Book View Cafe, April 2021
- New Worlds, Year Five: More Essays on the Art of Worldbuilding, Book View Cafe, April 2022
- New Worlds, Year Six: More Essays on the Art of Worldbuilding, Book View Cafe, April 2023
- ARTICLES
- “Mesoamerican Calendars” — Strange Horizons, Aug. 30th, 2004
- “The Logic of Sacrifice” — Strange Horizons, Dec. 6th, 2004
- “Bull-Leaping in Bronze Age Crete” — Strange Horizons, Jan. 24th, 2005
- “Ireland’s Ancient Code” — Strange Horizons, Apr. 25th, 2005
- “That Fairy-Tale Feel: A Folkloric Approach to Meredith Ann Pierce’s The Darkangel“ — Strange Horizons, Jul. 31st, 2006
- “A Breathtaking Duel in Dorothy Dunnett’s A Game of Kings“ — Tor.com, February 2014
- “The Women of Dragon Age” — The Cascadia Subduction Zone 4.4, October 2014
- “Five Things Epic Fantasy Writers Could Learn from Dorothy Dunnett” — Tor.com, June 2015
- “Learning to See Through Photography” — Tor.com, April 2016
- “How to Do Karate in a Victorian Dress” — Tor.com, May 2017
- “Forget the Horoscope; Try These 5 Methods of Divination” — Tor.com, June 2017
- “How Your RPG Campaign Can Inspire Your Novel” — Tor.com, June 2017
- “Realistic Translation in Fiction” in Putting the Fact in Fantasy, ed. Dan Koboldt, May 2022
- “Reimagining Conflict” — SFWA.org, May 2022
- “The Togashi Dynasty” — Imperial Histories 2 (Legend of the Five Rings), from Alderac Entertainment Group
- “The Natural World of Fire” — The Book of Fire (Legend of the Five Rings), from Alderac Entertainment Group
- “The Brotherhood of Shinsei” (selections) — Secrets of the Empire (Legend of the Five Rings), from Alderac Entertainment Group
- “Water Within” — The Book of Water (Legend of the Five Rings), from Alderac Entertainment Group
- selections in Sword and Fan (Legend of the Five Rings), from Alderac Entertainment Group
- “The Void Within” — Imperial Archives (Legend of the Five Rings), from Alderac Entertainment Group
- “The Shinomen Mori” — Atlas of Rokugan (Legend of the Five Rings), from Alderac Entertainment Group
- “The Light” — in Tiny Frontiers, from Gallant Knight Games
- “The Grand Prize” — in Tiny Frontiers: Mecha and Monsters, from Gallant Knight Games
- “The Rising Wave” — Legend of the Five Rings fiction, from Fantasy Flight Games, June 2017
- “In the Garden of Lies,” Part One and Part Two — Legend of the Five Rings fiction, from Fantasy Flight Games, September 2017
- “To the South,” Part One and Part Two — Legend of the Five Rings fiction, from Fantasy Flight Games, December 2017
- “Snow and Sun” — Legend of the Five Rings Dynasty Pack fiction, from Fantasy Flight Games, August 2018
- “Between the Lines” — Legend of the Five Rings fiction, from Fantasy Flight Games, August 2018
- “The Ravenous Green” — in Tiny Wastelands, from Gallant Knight Games
- “Home Sweet Dungeon” — in Tiny Dungeon 2E, from Gallant Knight Games
- “Like Seeds on the Wind” — Legend of the Five Rings fiction, from Fantasy Flight Games, March 2019
- “Two Swords Fall from Heaven” — Legend of the Five Rings fiction, from Fantasy Flight Games, August 2019
- The Eternal Knot — Fantasy Flight Games, November 2019
- “Pine and Cherry Blossom” — Legend of the Five Rings fiction, from Fantasy Flight Games, December 2019
- “What the Eye Cannot See” — Legend of the Five Rings fiction, from Fantasy Flight Games, January 2020
- “Questionable Shelter” — Legend of the Five Rings fiction, from Fantasy Flight Games, September 2020
- Sea of Legends (adventures and character strings) from Guildhall Studios
- “Heroes of Legend: Chapter Five (For the Empire)” — Legend of the Five Rings fiction, from Fantasy Flight Games, April 2021
- Imperfect Land — Legend of the Five Rings adventure, Edge Studios, December 2022
