Stories by Alethea Lyons
Stories by
Alethea Lyons
Tales of Fantasy, Folklore, & Fae
Greetings
How lovely to meet you. Please feel free to have a look around and a cup of tea.
I'm a writer of mostly long-form fiction with a particular love for folklore, science-fantasy, and dark, dystopian vibes.
My debut novel, The Hiding, will be published by Brigids Gate Press in Spring 2024. See below for more info along with details about some of my worlds and characters.
There are also links to where you can buy my published short stories.
Please feel free to contact me using the form at the bottom of the home page or come hang out on social media.
Twitter: @AletheaRLyons
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The York Supernatural Agency
Book 1 - The Hiding - To be published Spring 2024
Book 1.5 - The Awakening - A series of short stories set between The Hiding and The Somnia
Book 2 - The Somnia - Drafting.
Stories set in a dark, alternate version of York where magic and the secret police are feared in equal measure.
To protect people on both sides of the Veil,
Harper forms an unusual group of crime-solvers:
Harper, a witch and archivist at the Minster;
Grace, her foster-sister, vet, demonhunter and goddaughter to the archbishop
Heresy, a deception demon (sorry, illusion spirit)
Saqib, a forensic supernaturalist
AJ, a techno-witch
and Fionn, who is a cat... mostly.
The Fae Queens' War
Book 1 - Seeking the Light - Editing.
Book 2 - Crossfire - Drafting
Book 3 - TBC
Prequel - Legend of the Bard - Drafting
A science-fantasy series with a twist of cyberpunk and romance.
For hundreds of years, fae and humans shared the world. There was balance between natural and synthetic, between order and chaos, but there was never peace.
The Fae Courts vied for power: one at peace with humans, one determined to rid the world of their blight. The Unseelie Court's triumph was short-lived. Although they imprisoned the Seelie Queen, they were banished from Danu. Few remained, but those few were still determined to undo humanity.
Humans waged wars between nations, racing to build deadlier weapons and more powerful technology. They polluted the air, killed nature, and slaughtered each other.
The realms unravelled.
Eventually, humans reached an uneasy peace, banning the technology that almost destroyed them. Yet war remained. Hidden in the shadows of a rebuilt world, fae and humans continued their bitter struggle.
After centuries of conflict, victory is almost at hand, but the cost will be more destructive than anyone knows.
Seeking the Light and its sequels are set during this time.
Legend of the Bard is set 300 years earlier, just before the world is almost destroyed.
Other Works
Short Stories
In addition to the 2 short stories I've had accepted for publication, I have 4 others currently out on submission. These are all dark fantasy and I hope to be able to share them with you soon!
I've also written a selection of dystopic short stories and some family friendly stories which I wrote for specific people who are close to me.
Lunar Eclipse
Lunar Eclipse is a science-fantasy dystopia set in a world where magic and witches are strictly controlled. Although technologically advanced, the world relies on magic rather than electricity to keep it running. Since the fall of the elves, that magic has become scare and difficult to control. If humans are to keep the decadent lifestyle they enjoy and win their war against the dragons, they will need to find a way to breed the magic they need, regardless of what the witches want.
Considered too weak to be worth the time of a Knight, Luna has spent most of her life locked in the Spire. Most witches dream of being bonded with a Knight to help them control their painful magic and so they can leave the Spire safely. Luna dreams of escaping with her lover and living a quiet life in the forest. When her lover is bonded and sent to war, she must follow to find Ella and to find herself.
Changeling
Humans live in biospheres above the toxic planet that has turned against them. Fae lives in the bowels of the earth, emerging to battle the plants they once nurtured. Both want to find the treasures lost when the world fell apart: technology and magic which could rebuild their planet, or destroy their enemies.
Switched at birth with a changeling, the fae raised Ilaina to go where they could not. She knows how to fight, how to manipulate magic, and how to survive in the irradiated jungles of the surface. Yet even she can't reach the treasure that would buy her freedom. Until she meets a young man, apparently human, who appears to have all the answers...
Contact
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