Sigyn:We survived Ragnarok and tried to usher in a new era.Now the realms consist of two minuscule factions encamped in the remnants of Asgard and Vanaheim. But the gods are greedy. Anyone not under Asgard's control must fall.When they come, they're going to win.The realms are empty.There's no one left to help us.No one except the dead in Helheim._________Loki:When I died, I took everyone with me.Almost everyone.I've waited for Sigyn every day, but she never comes.Never dies.Everyone down here knows what I did. Who I am. And I must live-exist-with the weight of that guilt, those scars.She's going to come back someday, and I'm going to be alright.Be better.I'd do anything for her. I'd do anything to be with her.If only she'd...

Sometimes the horrors live close to home. In a small corner of Atlantic Canada, Laurel is doing her best to live a decent life in what's left of a former coal mining village. Deep down, she wants more, but it's hard to reach for anything with her husband's boot on her neck. Change is hard, but after two decades of surviving, she's running out of reasons to stay. Just up the hill, right under Laurel's nose, lives a vampire who is mourning the great loves of his life. Penny Harbour is the perfect little purgatory for Spencer. It's remote, quiet, and everyone's blood tastes wrong. What better way to punish himself than with a town full of people he can't eat? Change is hard, but after years of isolation, he's almost ready to start living again. But sometimes trauma stays in the blood. Sometimes it flows in the water and contaminates the earth. Passing from one heart to the next, slowly blackening everything it touches. In...

Arden has lived in the woods near the deeply religious town of Arrothburg all her life, practising magic and keeping balance with nature. She heals the sick, as her mother did before her. No matter how deeply the people of the village hate witches, they still arrive at Arden's cabin in the dead of night, looking for help that their pastor, mayor, and doctor would never provide. Verity is trapped in a life she doesn't want. Her mother was burned as a witch six years ago, forcing Verity into the role of caretaker for her father and her younger siblings. The Good Book asks her to serve, and so she does. But it also asks her to endure the ungodly, debilitating agony of her monthly bleeding. No medicine, no comfort, no protests. If God is kind, why is she so cursed? When a chance encounter between them leaves both their skin charred at a single touch, Arden and Verity are left with questions that may get them killed. Does...

This collection of short stories is for readers of Cat Rector's The Goddess of Nothing At All and Epilogues for Lost Gods. Each story delves a little deeper into the lives of Sigyn, Loki, and the people closest to them. In Winter Comes for All Hearts, Idunn retreats into her own mind to keep from living the horrors of being held prisoner in Thjazi's keep. In Oh Goddess, Loki realizes he can't lie about his affections for Sigyn much longer. In Sacrifices, Sigyn and Alruna find themselves enamoured with one another, but as per usual, Odin has other plans. With nine distinct stories, this book explores the heights and depths of pain, love, desire, and family. A full list of trigger warnings can be found on the website CatRector.com, as well as inside the book before each story.