COMING SOON - 2027
In a total departure from cozy fantasy, Four Bastards and a Baby is a magic-filled litRPG adventure novel in a dangerous new world, where four misfits must work together to escape an ever-changing dungeon.
Welcome to the Deepdown. An impossible subterranean labyrinth, where everything is deadly and the world is ever-changing. The only thing that stays the same is that no one ever escapes.
Until now.
The sly half-devil Brindle has received a cryptic message from the Deepdown itself: deliver a mysterious egg to the top floor, and your escape is assured.
To carry the strange egg safely through the infinite floors of monsters and murderers, Brindle must recruit the worst companions possible—a pacifist blacksmith, a genius tinker with a deadly secret, and two enigmatic sisters, one of whom hates his guts, the other trapped inside a sword
That would all be trouble enough, but everything gets infinitely worse when the egg unexpectedly hatches, revealing the most horrifying creature imaginable—a human baby.
She might just be the answer to all their prayers—or the most deadly threat the Deepdown has ever seen.
Either way, she’s cute as all hell.
The Legends and Lattes Graphic Novel.
This full-color graphic novel adaptation brings the high fantasy and low stakes of this beloved story to vibrant life as it's never been seen before, and the signed deluxe edition features gorgeous foil on an exclusive cover and vibrantly colored page edges.
“The modern classic about starting over truly comes to life in this warm adaptation of Baldree’s cozy masterpiece. I wish I could live in every panel.”—Matt Dinniman, New York Times bestselling author of Dungeon Crawler Carl and Operation Bounce House
After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword. The battle-weary orc aims to start afresh, opening the city of Thune's first-ever coffee shop. But old and new rivals stand in the way of success, not to mention the fact that no one has the faintest idea what coffee actually is.
If Viv wants to put the blade behind her and make her dreams a reality, she won't be able to go it alone. After all, the true rewards of an uncharted path are the travelers you meet along the way. And whether they are drawn together by ancient magic, flaky pastry, or a freshly brewed cup―Viv may find something deeper here than she ever imagined. . . .
A collection of short stories from the world of Legends and Lattes.
“Goblins & Greatcoats” is a tale of murder and intrigue that features four adventurers, a pair of corpses, a junk-drawer knife, some unfortunate taxidermy, and a beleaguered Gatewarden on a rain-soaked night . Zyll, a goblin with too many pockets and a disturbing affinity for cutlery, is an essential character in Brigands & Breadknives.
In Legends & Lattes, retired-soldier Viv dreamed of opening a cafe and ended up with a found family and perhaps the love of her life. “Just a Thimbleful” tells us how one of the most beloved of those family members, Thimble, found his way from a frustrating and unhappy house to creating sweet treats that brought Legends & Lattes to life.
Tandri is a succubus and being a succubus comes with...well...certain expectations and pressures. In “Mirograph” we meet Tandri as an art student at Ackers University trying to find a way to be seen as something else, something more.
And in the longest story, “Cavaliers & Coffees,” we get a glimpse of trouble for our Legends & Lattes cafe crew when a new and unscrupulous business comes into town, stealing all of Viv and Tandri's ideas, undercutting them for price and putting everything they've worked for in peril.
From Subterranean Press in October 2026.
When the path the foul-mouthed bookseller thinks is right turns out to be unexpectedly uncomfortable, will she be able to forge a new one and find bravery on her journey?
Fern has weathered the stillness and storms of a bookseller’s life for decades, but now, in the face of crippling ennui, transplants herself to the city of Thune to hang out her shingle beside a long-absent friend’s coffee shop. What could be a better pairing? Surely a charming renovation montage will cure what ails her!
If only things were so simple…
It turns out that fixing your life isn’t a one-time prospect, nor as easy as a change of scenery and a lick of paint.
A drunken and desperate night sees the rattkin waking far from home in the company of a legendary warrior, an imprisoned chaos-goblin with a fondness for silverware, and an absolutely thumping hangover.
As together they fend off a rogue’s gallery of ne’er-do-wells trying to claim the bounty the goblin represents, Fern may finally reconnect with the person she actually is when nothing seems inevitable.
Brigands & Breadknives is the third story written in the Legends & Lattes series. It follows Fern and takes place after the events of Legends & Lattes. All three are standalone novels but may be best enjoyed in the order they were written.
When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may find that what we need isn't always what we seek.
Viv's career with the notorious mercenary company Rackam's Ravens isn't going as planned.
Wounded during the hunt for a powerful necromancer, she's packed off against her will to recuperate in the sleepy beach town of Murk—so far from the action that she worries she'll never be able to return to it.
What's a thwarted soldier of fortune to do?
Spending her hours at a beleaguered bookshop in the company of its foul-mouthed proprietor is the last thing Viv would have predicted, but it may be both exactly what she needs and the seed of changes she couldn't possibly imagine.
Still, adventure isn't all that far away. A suspicious traveler in gray, a gnome with a chip on her shoulder, a summer fling, and an improbable number of skeletons prove Murk to be more eventful than Viv could have ever expected.
Bookshops & Bonedust is the second story written in the Legends & Lattes series. It follows a young Viv, introduces Fern, and takes place before the events of Legends & Lattes. All three are standalone novels but may be best enjoyed in the order they were written.
High Fantasy with a double-shot of self-reinvention
Worn out after decades of packing steel and raising hell, Viv the orc barbarian cashes out of the warrior’s life with one final score. A forgotten legend, a fabled artifact, and an unreasonable amount of hope lead her to the streets of Thune, where she plans to open the first coffee shop the city has ever seen.
However, her dreams of a fresh start pulling shots instead of swinging swords are hardly a sure bet. Old frenemies and Thune’s shady underbelly may just upset her plans. To finally build something that will last, Viv will need some new partners and a different kind of resolve.
A hot cup of fantasy slice-of-life with a dollop of romantic froth.
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Legends & Lattes is the first story written in the three-book Legends & Lattes series. All three are standalone novels but may be best enjoyed in the order they were written.
Legends & Lattes started out as an unassuming project for National Novel Writing Month 2021, and turned into something else entirely. A cozy, low-stakes novel of found family and reinventing oneself, it became an instant Amazon bestseller and word-of-mouth success. The story of my self-publishing journey is available here.
Now republished by Tor Macmillan and Pan Macmillan UK, it was an instant NYT, Publisher’s Weekly, USA Today & Indie Bestseller, and has been translated into 26+ additional languages.