Drew Hayes Books in Order

This nonfiction collection gathers the Starting Notes and Deathreats columns from Poison Elves creator Drew Hayes. It offers a candid, often funny look at comics, fandom, deadlines, and one artist's working life.

Clint Tucker wins a cash prize and a trip tied to a Camelot Burger commercial. On Kenowai, a filmed island tradition turns into a dangerous encounter with a very real imprisoned deity.

Five former Powereds enter Lander University's Hero Certification Program after an experimental procedure grants control over their abilities. To become Heroes, they must hide their past and survive freshman year.

The Melbrook students return to Lander with their secret exposed and teamwork now essential. New majors, harder tests, and clues about last year's kidnapping point to a much larger threat.

When adventurers die in Maplebark, four ordinary townsfolk must impersonate them to save everyone they love. Armed with scavenged gear and half-knowledge, the NPCs discover hero work is brutally real.

Fred was boring in life and remains boring after becoming a vampire. A high school reunion pulls him into the parahuman world, where accountants can meet zombies, dragons, necromancers, and trouble.

Fleeing Solium, the former NPCs cross into Alcatham and hide in Briarwillow. The quiet village has its own buried mystery, and surviving it will test their magic, nerve, and luck.

Junior year begins with Melbrook Hall shaken by loss and investigation. As training intensifies and enemies close in, the former Powereds need new alliances to stay in the Hero Certification Program.

Fred becomes a certified parahuman accountant and expands his business to serve monsters with financial needs. Unfortunately, clients keep dragging him into enchanted weapons, government agents, possessed houses, and dragon trouble.

Fred's parahuman accounting business is thriving when a new vampire clan moves into Winslow. As hunters, mages, spies, and clients pile on, Fred must choose whether to flee or defend his home.

Former Hero Titan returns after a scandal and finds no team willing to take him. His only option is leading corporate-sponsored rescuers, just as a dangerous enemy begins targeting Heroes.

Low on money, the former NPCs reach Camnarael, where quests and rewards should be plentiful. Instead, shadowy bargains and a Grand Quest point them toward an artifact that feels far too familiar.

Tori Rivas is a thief with powers and a dangerous talent for invention. After robbing the wrong vault, she is forced into a villain guild apprenticeship where failure can mean death.

The Bastard Champions take on the ugly problems fairy tales leave behind. Jack, Marie, and Frank chase curses, bargains, and the Blue Fairy through a sharp, action-heavy twist on familiar legends.

Fred's freelance work for the Agency sends him into ghostly castles, dangerous negotiations, and other jobs that should not require an accountant. Meanwhile, an old enemy returns with backup.

Clyde only meant to drag his awkward brother Dougie to a kegger. When high-tech strangers steal both the kegs and Dougie, the rescue mission turns into alien chaos with world-ending potential.

The Blood Council sends an assessor to decide whether Fred is fit to lead a vampire clan. With Krystal away and a new bodyguard nearby, Fred must prove the House of Fred deserves to exist.

Seeking answers about the Bridge, the party heads toward Lumal but finds a hidden hamlet cut off from the world. Trapped among strange locals, they must uncover the force holding everyone inside.

A long-closed amusement park with a bloody past reopens to visitors and profit seekers. Unfortunately, Giggletime Mountain still has a predator in the shadows, and newcomers are not ready.

Senior year brings the final push for the Melbrook students and their classmates. Graduation, internships, and Hero selection loom, while old secrets threaten to shake the entire Hero world.

After a dance club full of bodies leaves Sherman Holmes as the lone survivor, a secret agency sends Watson to move him. The trip becomes a cross-country chase with a barely stable genius.

This Shingles horror-comedy entry from Drew Hayes leans into B-movie chaos, strange threats, and gory jokes. Expect a short, wild ride built for absurd scares and splatter.

Fred is trying to prepare for his wedding to Krystal, which should be stressful enough. Old debts, fresh grudges, and new dangers threaten to turn the walk down the aisle into a fight for survival.

Hayes mixes practical lessons from his writing career with essays, bits, and oddball fiction. It is part craft talk, part publishing survival guide, and part excuse to wander into whatever seems funny.

An unsuspecting stage magician with an action-hero persona lands in a deadly island fighting tournament. Tricks, illusions, and nerves are all he has against armed, augmented, and possibly magical opponents.

Tori Rivas has earned her place in the guild, but unwanted fame and a new team of capes complicate her plans. As Hephaestus grows stronger, an old enemy moves against the guild.

Holly visits Cheermer for its giant holiday festival, eccentric locals, and cheerful history. Then people start disappearing, and the town's Christmas spirit reveals a darker, bloodier side.

Fred hopes married life will bring peace, but an enemy from his past attacks the House of Fred. Now he must protect his clan, keep the business running, and uncover who wants him destroyed.

Sherman Holmes and Watson open their detective agency and take a case at a haunted tourist attraction. Ghostly rumors, traps, old agency ties, and local criminals make the job anything but simple.

Still reeling from a costly loss, the Maplebark adventurers follow divine guidance into a dangerous noble competition. Scheming rivals, old faces, and a stolen soul make victory more than a matter of pride.

Fred is settling into a new home when a fey debt sends him to a supernatural university as an interim professor. The job sounds safe, until campus history starts threatening students and teacher alike.

Sherman and Watson investigate suspicious finances at a Renaissance faire, with their client taking the blame. To clear him, they must brave contests, revelry, a hostile parrot, and deeper faire secrets.

These shorter Villains' Code stories visit strange corners of the world between main adventures. Magic towns, desperate summons, holiday grudges, and smaller disasters all add texture to the larger saga.

This Halloween tale grew from a reader-guided story posted over ten years. Each choice shaped discoveries, dead ends, and a strange seasonal adventure that finally reached its finale.

Tori launches a product line and tests an updated suit just as multiverse-born monsters invade Ridge City. Meanwhile, Rookstone escapees begin new schemes with dangers she cannot ignore.

Aspiring alchemist Wanda bonds with her loyal hound Wumble and begins a dangerous magical path. Wumble carries a hidden power many factions want, which makes protecting him Wanda's first real lesson.

Wanda and Wumble earn a place in an orientation course, where alchemy finally begins in earnest. Potions, willful magic, strange spells, and dangerous ingredient hunts all push the pair forward.

Fred's long conflict with his sire moves toward its final reckoning. Along the way come centaur battles, strange potions, underwater vampires, and revelations about the parahuman world.

Now an Apprentice Alchemist, Wanda needs occorites to help Wumble grow. A temporary team turns a cautious expedition into a fight through underground tunnels and a blocked escape.

Kalamaz celebrates the Founding Festival with contests, food, and a chance for Wanda's team to prove itself. Then a chasm vent erupts, flooding the city with occorites and danger.

This second Villains' Code collection follows side stories involving a fallen superhero, a troubled priestess, and newly turned meta-humans under siege. The smaller tales expand the world between major conflicts.

Wanda and Wumble's progression fantasy journey continues as the aspiring alchemist and her powerful familiar face the next stage of training, teamwork, and magical danger.

The sixth Roverpowered outing continues Wanda and Wumble's magical education, following the alchemist and her extraordinary familiar into another round of growth, trouble, and discovery.