Laura Anne Gilman Books in Order

Sam Beckett leaps into two estranged brothers at once: a brutal truck driver and a gentle environmental activist. With Al and Ziggy unable to locate him, he must navigate a collision involving nuclear waste and corporate corruption.

A supernatural stalker follows Buffy's movements and confronts her with an enemy unlike those she knows. To survive its sinister plans, the Slayer must discover a weakness before the creature draws her into a deadly encounter.

While helping clean an oil spill, Willow rescues a selkie unable to return to the sea until her magical coat is restored. Buffy distrusts the new arrival, and other dangerous sea creatures displaced by the spill soon complicate matters.

This introduction examines the Himalayan legend of the abominable snowman, tracing its origins and reported sightings. Readers encounter the mythology surrounding the Yeti alongside scientific arguments and evidence offered both for and against its existence.

Magically gifted thief Wren Valere retrieves items for people who cannot turn to the police. A job involving a property mogul and a stolen spell draws her and business partner Sergei into trouble greater than their usual assignments.

Wren and Sergei accept a seemingly straightforward job to recover a missing, deadly parchment. Leaving New York's rising magical tensions behind offers little relief when their employer's withheld information turns the retrieval into a dangerous international undertaking.

This introductory nonfiction book explains economics through the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. It presents basic ideas about economies and currencies, helping young readers understand why economic questions affect people around the world.

Wren tries to focus on work and her relationship with Sergei, but a questionable retrieval attracts the Mage Council's attention. As tensions between human magicians and nonhuman residents escalate, protecting her friends demands abandoning her usual neutrality.

Morgain le Fay kidnaps Ailis, hoping to turn the young servant's growing magical abilities against Camelot. Gerard and Newt must rescue their friend before the sorceress can use her to destroy King Arthur's realm.

An enchanted sleep overcomes every adult in Camelot just before the Grail Quest begins. Squire Gerard, stable boy Newt, and maidservant Ailis must confront magical dangers and find a way to awaken the kingdom before its enemies prevail.

Gerard, Ailis, and Newt join Arthur's knights in the search for the Holy Grail. Morgain summons a powerful Shadow Companion to obtain it first, unaware that her new ally has ambitions that threaten more than her rivals.

Attacks on nonhuman residents expand into hate crimes against all magic users, forcing Wren into a public leadership role. Divisions within the Mage Council and troubles with Sergei leave her protecting a fragile alliance while risking her own safety.

With magical Manhattan at war and Sergei pulled away by former loyalties, Wren accepts a retrieval to keep busy. The assignment convinces her that ending the conflict requires taking the fight directly to the enemy on her own terms.

After a deadly confrontation with anti-magic forces, Wren hopes for time to recover and reassess her relationship with Sergei. A job rescuing a kidnapped child instead brings her face to face with secrets from her past and her demon friend's.

Young slave Jerzy possesses an unusual affinity for the wine-based magic practiced by the Vinearts. Master Malech takes him as an apprentice, hoping his untapped abilities can confront the plagues, monsters, and disappearances threatening the Vin Lands.

Unemployed graduate Bonnie Torres joins a new team of magical forensic investigators. Their first assignment is to prove that two Talents were murdered, while powerful opponents try to shut down an organization still learning how to operate.

Vineart apprentice Jerzy travels with three unlikely companions to uncover a corrupting force threatening the Lands Vin. Betrayal, magical sea creatures, and frightened communities confront them as ancient divisions between political power and magic begin to break down.

A genetic mutation transforms newborn children, defying scientists who expect it to disappear. Six connected stories follow humanity confronting an unexplained and untreatable change, tracing the fears, hopes, and social consequences of an evolving world no one understands.

Bonnie Torres and her paranormal investigation team struggle to earn the magical community's trust while refining their forensic techniques. A case that could set humans against nonhuman fatae threatens their progress and tests an already complicated working relationship.

This illustrated nonfiction exploration follows the Yeti's Himalayan history, reported sightings, and attempts to locate it. Modern expeditions and competing interpretations of evidence introduce young readers to the continuing debate over a legendary creature's possible existence.

As unrest and violence spread through the Lands Vin, Jerzy and his three companions know their enemy's identity but lack a way to stop him. The former slave must explore forbidden magic to draw the hidden threat into the open.

Bonnie's team investigates a murder for the police and a wealthy man's break-in, expecting manageable assignments. Strange developments and rumors of a powerful creature targeting them soon stretch their resources, turning routine forensic work into a wider threat.

Ginny Mallard's claim that she can investigate missing business papers becomes a case involving a vanished uncle. With bartender Teddy Tonica and their pets, she forms an unconventional team whose research and social skills uncover unexpected danger.

Bonnie Torres leads investigators who use forensic magic to expose crimes ordinary police cannot see. After two years of threats and hard lessons, new demands on the team test her determination to protect the magical community despite its resistance.

Ginny learns that an animal shelter is losing money to an embezzler and enlists Teddy to investigate. When someone connected to the theft is murdered, their effort to protect rescued animals becomes a search for a killer among deceptive suspects.

Vineart Bradhai wants only to cultivate his vines and practice his craft in peace. Desperate sailors facing unstoppable monsters draw him onto dangerous seas, where his reluctant involvement will make him part of the Vin Lands' history.

Jan learns that her missing boyfriend has been abducted by the fairy court rather than abandoned her. Rescued from a supernatural attack by secretive nonhuman allies, she must enter an unfamiliar magical world to bring him home.

Jan's truce with the elves is nearing its end, leaving humanity exposed to invasion. With the kelpie Martin, she must find the queen and combine technical knowledge with magic to close the portals before their deadline expires.

This volume collects Miles to Go and Promises to Keep, following half-faun former cop Danny Hendrickson's private investigations. Straddling human and supernatural New York, he confronts dangerous cases where magical complications can overwhelm even loyal friendships.

Ginny Mallard and Teddy Tonica's latest investigation entangles them with an underground dogfighting operation. With help from Ginny's shar-pei and Teddy's cat, the amateur investigators must uncover what is happening before further harm reaches animals or people.

A promising event-planning job lures Ginny to Portland under false pretenses, where she finds a body in her client's house. Despite police warnings, she investigates identity theft, forgery, and murder with support from Teddy and their pets.

On her sixteenth birthday, Isobel chooses service to the powerful figure called the Devil. Trained as his Left Hand, she travels the Territory to assist its people, discovering how human desires, bargains, and dangerous magic shape the western lands.

A New York blackout cuts magic users off from the current that sustains their abilities. Storm-seer Ellen discovers that Danny, her partner and mentor, has vanished after a violent encounter, forcing her to investigate while the city remains vulnerable.

Eighteen stories use horror, science fiction, and fantasy to explore the impulses that shape human life. From alien terrain to ordinary kitchens and haunted memorials, Gilman examines love, fear, and hope through encounters with the unsettling and unfamiliar.

Ellen's latest vision awakens a disturbing memory in her half-faun investigator partner Danny. As the connection becomes deadly, they race to prevent another killing while pursuing justice for victims whose deaths have remained unresolved.

This collection pairs The Work of Hunters with An Interrupted Cry, following Danny and Ellen through supernatural investigations. A vision linked to old deaths and a citywide blackout that leaves Danny missing test their partnership and ability to protect others.

Isobel and Gabriel travel the Territory enforcing the Devil's agreement to protect its inhabitants. When an apparent natural disaster reveals an unfamiliar magical force, isolation and attack compel Isobel to confront the full meaning of her bargain.

Isobel and Gabriel arrive at Red Stick, where expanding settlement and suspicions of an American fort heighten tensions. A spreading sickness undermines Isobel's authority, forcing the Devil's Left Hand to defend her role amid betrayal and unrest.

Stories set in a magical American West follow people and creatures searching for destiny, refuge, and transformation. Within the Territory, uncertain boundaries between the familiar and supernatural challenge their hopes and force them to shape lives in an unpredictable landscape.

After a year guiding Isobel, Gabriel Kasun is free to travel alone again and hopes to leave the Territory's magic behind. His apparent release from obligation proves uncertain when the land and his own destiny make further demands.

This collection returns to the Cosa Nostradamus, where modern city life conceals human magicians and nonhuman neighbors. Stories explore the power and danger beneath familiar surroundings, revealing how ordinary encounters can open onto a hidden magical world.

Cat detective Duchess solves problems in the dangerous Alley for clients unable to approach the police. Five cases draw her into trouble with suspects and unreliable allies, including an aspiring police dog and a would-be thief whose help can create fresh complications.

This nonfiction account traces Yeti lore through Himalayan exploration, disputed artifacts, and DNA investigations. It considers scientific explanations alongside eyewitness traditions, showing how a creature associated with remote mountains has acquired a far-reaching presence in popular culture.

Forbidden to use her inherited magic, Davida leaves Boston for a wilderness farm where finding lost things earns her respect. The Civil War brings losses beyond the reach of her gift, challenging both her refuge and her guarded heart.

Gilman gathers twenty-five outspoken essays about frustrations in everyday twenty-first-century life. Subjects range from social media and fireworks to sex education and snow tires, combining personal irritation with direct commentary on habits, expectations, and contemporary culture.

Exhausted by work and family demands, Mara receives a nutcracker on Christmas Eve and enters an intoxicating magical world. A devoted soldier offers the affection she longs for, but the apparent fulfillment of her dreams raises unsettling questions about reality.

Jenny and Nic want a third partner but fear another painful loss. Despite knowing he should not use his scrying talent for personal benefit, Nic seeks their perfect match, only to discover that meeting Amy does not make love certain.

In 1913, siblings Rosemary and Aaron Harker investigate a distant relative's suspicious death in upstate New York. Their work as Huntsmen brings them against inhuman threats, and the case challenges assumptions underlying the dangerous calling they have inherited.

Huntsmen Rosemary and Aaron Harker investigate supernatural attacks near Boston, suspecting the assignment is a test of their loyalty. As victims fall into unnatural sleep, an older, dangerous presence complicates their efforts to protect themselves and their hound.