Cat Rambo Books in Order

Inventor Desiree finds comfort in the mechanical creatures she creates, but Claude distrusts her scientific interests. Their relationship is strained by differing ideas about evolution, propriety, and where clockwork fairies belong in the order of the world.

Impoverished noblewoman Karaluvian Fale tries to maintain her family's standing in unforgiving Allanaki society. Responsibility for a citywide festival offers a chance to answer the powerful families that have long treated the Fales with contempt.

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Artist and single mother Petra Mookjai struggles with a toxic future and fragmented feminism. A kit for breeding miniature mermaids, intended for her teenage daughter, becomes an obsession that draws Petra toward an unsettling form of artistic expression.

Aquila Nenyuk enters a world of scheming nobles and struggles for political influence in Zalanthas. Falling in love with Marius Tor complicates her position, leaving her to navigate powerful interests while wondering whether their relationship can bring happiness.

Djuna reluctantly boards a bus bound for Paradise, Mars, beginning a five-day journey among an unusual collection of fellow travelers. Their tales carry this short story through questions of imagination and the afterlife, with echoes of Chaucer.

David hopes to begin anew on a distant colony, but loses his place when technology makes his skills unnecessary. Traveling instead as his husband's dependent forces him to face longstanding resentment amid an alien landscape that reflects their troubled relationship.

When George dies, he leaves copies of himself to his friends and relatives. One copy must confront what that status means, raising questions about personal identity and the place of a replicated person among those who knew the original.

An exiled soldier tries to endure winter at a remote fort threatened by fox spirits and seasonal demons. Survival requires confronting the hostile forces surrounding the garrison in this short story set in the world of Tabat.

Tikka promotes tourism on a planet whose citizens are made of clay, while guarding herself against emotional and physical ruin. A relationship with a human visitor complicates the careful rules she uses to organize her fragile world.

Retired space pirate Phoenix rules a planet alongside her lover Gareth, but their position attracts enemies. A developing scheme threatens both their relationship and the world they oversee, drawing the former pirate into another struggle for survival.

Pinkerton agents Artemus West and Elspeth Soreh pursue their quarry across the country into the Cascades. Their search reaches a concealed house where an inventor's mother and the building itself stand between the detectives and his capture.

Presented as a historical paper, this Tabat story explores the arrival of dogs on a new continent. Its account reaches into the oppression of intelligent Beasts and the political struggle emerging from the society that exploits them.

Joshua works at a nature sanctuary near Costa Rica's Jaco Beach, guiding visitors and hoping to profit from their credulity. When an encounter unsettles his expectations, the tourist trade exposes something stranger than his usual opportunistic routines.

Kallakak wants to tend his shop and grieve for his mate, but rivals threaten to seize his business. Newly arrived relatives create further chaos on Twicefar Station, leaving him to navigate competing claims and troublesome family obligations.

Appointed spiritual leader while still very young, Mirabai guides her people through decades of challenges in Zalanthas. An unexpected opportunity later in life offers a second chance, forcing her to reconsider the possibilities of her long and eventful existence.

Ms. Liberty joins a group of women superheroes whose members include X, Dr. Arcane, and Zanycat. Their efforts to build a team involve confronting villains while challenging the restrictive expectations surrounding women in superhero stories and popular culture.

Taken from his village, the centaur Fino is enslaved and transported to a foreign land. Facing a trainer determined to break him, he struggles to preserve himself within the brutal social order of the world of Tabat.

His wife's mysterious death returns Glen to memories of four high-school classmates who seemed incapable of failure. One former classmate's seductive interest pulls him toward an old mystery and the tempting promise of a life beyond ordinary limits.

In an alternate America fighting over phlogiston, a Native American nurse cares for soldiers damaged by war. His work brings him into conflict with the doctor controlling the asylum and the mysterious crow that accompanies him.

Laurana runs an island sugar plantation through sorcery and golem labor, while grieving for a dying lover. A pirate's affection draws her toward another possible life, complicating the obligations and attachments that bind her to the plantation.

A lonely man spends his days tending a dataherd in a near-future world. A toy from an office party becomes his source of comfort, exposing the distance between technological consolation and the human connections he needs.

After Mindy's death in a boating accident, Antony struggles through grief and discovers a kit for cloning his mother's lost cat. The possibility of cloning Mindy offers hope, but raises difficult questions about what can truly be restored.

In a future filled with advertising airships, baking robots, and machine-written fiction, a writer attracts the attention of heiress Mimsy and her ambitious servant. Their pursuit turns technological eccentricity and romantic complications into a science-fiction screwball comedy.

An alien in exile receives messages accusing it of betrayal while mourning a people that no longer accepts it. Against a far-future backdrop, estrangement and the lingering language of conflict complicate its effort to live with rejection.

Country boy Teo arrives in Tabat hiding his Shifter heritage, a dangerous secret in a city hostile to his kind. His connection with gladiator Bella Kanto entangles him in political unrest and the demands of exploited magical creatures.

A teenage girl in a small town stands at the threshold of adulthood, uncertain about what growing up will demand. This short story introduces magic into her struggle between youthful innocence and the experiences waiting ahead.

A small Idaho town struggles to welcome a family whose genetic modifications have made them partly equine. A teenage boy's friendship with one of the newcomers places personal connection against the community's unease and hostility toward difference.

Bo's life on turbulent TwiceFar station follows a lonely, repetitive pattern until he encounters a mysterious woman. Her claim to originate in another universe unsettles him, as he struggles to understand his unexpected attraction to her.

General Aife Crofadottir helped sorcerer Balthus conquer vast territories, but death has not ended her service. Resurrected by her powerful master, she confronts the terrible costs of devotion and an existence imposed on her after her mortal life.

Arturo keeps his visits to a local gay bar secret in small-town Indiana during the 1980s. Introducing his best friend Anna to that hidden world draws them both into a disturbing entanglement of magic, obsession, and servitude.

Television executives develop a reality program featuring supernatural creatures and find it drawing an unnaturally devoted audience. Their pursuit of a successful show opens the door to disturbing consequences as entertainment and monstrous forces become intertwined.

Belinda and Bingo marry in a world where customized clones can fulfill intimate and domestic needs. Their relationship falters when Belinda refuses to abandon a perception-altering chip, turning technological control of experience into a source of conflict.

Removed from the nineteenth century, Victoria negotiates with distant civilizations over the technology that brought her into the future. An assignment to an oppressive society challenges her professional mission and her willingness to accept the values of potential customers.

Political upheaval grips Tabat while historian Adelina Nettlepurse becomes involved with a dangerous text and an unsuitable romance. Merchant mage Sebastiano faces failing magical resources, and the city's exploited Beasts begin questioning the social order that confines them.

Cat Rambo examines ways to develop a story concept into a complete draft. The guide considers starting points including character, plot, theme, setting, literary devices, collaboration, and historical moments, showing how different kinds of inspiration can shape fiction.

Persephone Aim sorts through the possessions of her late grandmother, a stage magician and hoarder, discovering a wartime magical artifact. Her mother’s determination to claim it forces Persephone to choose how much of her family’s past to preserve.

The third Unfettered anthology collects original stories from many fantasy authors, including a return to Osten Ard from Tad Williams, new tales by Mark Lawrence, Brian Herbert, Anna Smith Spark, and others, all in support of a fund that helps writers facing medical debt.

Exiled gladiator Bella Kanto travels aboard a hostile ship toward a frontier settlement as turmoil and demands for freedom reshape Tabat. An encounter with a former lover offers escape, but forces her to consider whether she wants it.

Retired admiral Niko Larson and her former soldiers run a restaurant on TwiceFar station, hoping to leave conquest behind. Forced aboard a suspicious sentient ship, they confront a ruthless pirate king while trying to preserve their chosen future.

A broken intergalactic Gate strands Niko's crew while a vengeful pirate king pursues them. An archaeologist offers a route to an ancient weapon, drawing them toward a dangerous site where unresolved personal histories complicate their search.

The crew of You Sexy Thing reaches Coralind Station hoping to recover from losses and locate pirate king Tubal Last. Niko’s search for insurance money and an old ally uncovers unreliable friends, enemies, and tensions within her own crew.

Bella Kanto returns from exile to a Tabat divided by elections and a revolt among exploited magical Beasts. As rival factions compete for power, a transformed enemy threatens the city, forcing Bella to seek the strength to defend it.