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This was a surprise! We woke on Halloween to discover a cute gremlin beneath the eaves. We rushed it off to the Amazon, and it’s now waiting for its day in the sun with the many other new booklings. May we introduce, The Holidays in August Grove Holidays is a collection of short stories with […]

FOG3 Investigations

Nowhere is the veil between life and death thinner than at the barrel of a gun. ……………………………………..Frank Oscar Gamble III Detective and Seer of Dead People FOG3 INVESTIGATIONS   This series asks the question: If you didn’t want to pass on, if you really had unfinished business on earth, could you, or at least some […]

The Coffin Chronicles

Sometimes a single card can make or break a hand. But how you ultimately play those cards will decide who wins or loses. Dashira Coffin The Coffin Chronicles The Coffin Chronicles is a paranormal mystery series, part of the August Grove Collection. The opening trilogy introduces Dashira Coffin, her family and friends as Dash returns […]

About Crystal Orb Publishing

Crystal Orb Publishing is a private publishing company established to manage the works of partner self-publishing authors. We’re sorry, but Crystal Orb does not accept submissions, and we are not looking for additional partners at this time. Currently, the site features the work of speculative fiction author, Sybil Ward. If you love paranormal adventures with […]

August Grove Collection

In a world so much like our own that it’s often hard to discern the difference, a not-so-small Georgia town lies comfortably along the Savannah River. The would-be city is not too far from Atlanta and Athens to the east, and fairly close to Savannah to the west. And like every other city or town, […]

The Franklin Mysteries

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander Time; for that’s the Stuff Life is made of.” – Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1746 The Franklin Mysteries With such an inquisitive and genius mind, is there any doubt Benjamin Franklin would have been an amazing detective? When a young man approaches him with a $100 […]

Death’s Emissaries

Men and women who did the wrong thing for the right reason… Death’s Emissaries. And now they serve mankind at Death’s pleasure. A three-book series plus stand-alone novels for each of our favorite Reapers. Death’s Emissaries is a Three-book Series Death’s Last Hand Is love truly stronger than death? When a woman refuses to die […]

The Alice Book

What I tell you three times is true.                                     The Hunting of the Snark                                                         Charles Lutwidge Dodgson You might want to count on that.                                                   Teresa Byrnes It’s just an old book, isn’t it? The Alice Book The Alice Book is a three-book novel, telling a single story from three different points of view […]