Lita Burke

Praised by Readers’ Favorite with a 5 Star Review: Lita Burke’s Forever Boy

Readers’ Favorite recently read Lita’s fantasy short story, Forever Boy, and awarded it with a lovely 5 star review. In Forever Boy, a dog flees his cruel master, befriends a wizard, and discovers his shapeshifting magic. It is the first story in Lita’s Clockpunk Wizard series, where wizards with ~twisty~ magic live on a plate-shaped ocean world. The wizards fly…

Come See These Wonders at the Bazaar

Lita takes Gentle Reader to the bazaar today. Ah, look at all the lovely stories scattered about at Demelza’s bookseller’s stall. Her tales tell Gentle Reader why Hell is really the corporate world. Find all kinds of genres at Demelza’s–romance, YA, science fiction, and Lita’s favorite–fantasy. Browse the box sets, novels, and exciting short stories that…

Bestiarum Vocabulum: Hydra

The Bestiarum Vocabulum is the wizard’s encyclopedia of faerie beasties and mundane crossovers living in the lake and forest near Lita’s castle. hydra [hahy druh] noun, c.1350; L < Gr hýdrā < ME ydre < MFr; also sea snake, water serpent. Denizen of the Clockpunk Wizard world. A magical sentient creature that lives in freshwater…

News Release: Clockpunk Explained

More chit-chat around the web about Lita’s goings-on. Check out this news release: Clockpunk Explained: Fantasy Author Releases New Tell-All Video at 1888 Press Release. Here is what they had to say: “Award-winning author Lita Burke describes the unusual blend of traditional fantasy with the gritty Steampunk genre.” Author Lita Burke has released a new video that…

Dramatis Personæ: Lanith

The Dramatis Personæ is the roster of conjurers and sentient magical creatures staying in the many rooms, grottos, and byways of Lita’s castle. Here is the guest book for the Enchanters of Sye Tower. Lanith [lān ləth] proper noun, c.1614; Sumerian lilla, a demon < Akkadian lilītu < H lîlît; also A’edredohr Profession: Vendbebelot (“Curios…

Valentine’s Day is Dangerous for Wizards

Valentine’s Day is the time to indulge your sweetheart with love’s magic…unless you’re a wizard. Lita is busy transcribing Wizard Kadmeion’s travel journal for the next adventure he calls Glitter Ponies. In this Clockpunk Wizard story, Lady Luck’s young daughter helps Kadmeion and Bright discover the cause of a mysterious unicorn illness on Wuddlekins Island. There is more. Be still…

Stop Your Blather

Lita takes Gentle Reader to the Enchanters of Sye world today, with an excerpt from her award-winning short story, Wrath, Prequel to Tredan’s Bane. Retired Enchanter Tredan is alone in his magical curio shop, unpacking a box of charms. A routine shipment holds an unpleasant surprise–a rival magician called a Church Enforcer has planted a…

Review: My Déjà vu Lover

My Déjà vu Lover by Phoebe Matthews is a contemporary romance about April, a twenty-something woman who relives flashbacks about an alluring boyfriend in a past life. April is an out-of-work store clerk with three inseparable best friends named Cyd, Mac, and Tom. Her life is going along just fine until a terrifying vision of…

Bestiarum Vocabulum: Glitter Pony

The Bestiarum Vocabulum is the wizard’s encyclopedia of faerie beasties and mundane crossovers living in the lake and forest near Lita’s castle. glitter pony [ɡlidər pōnē] noun, c.1350; ME < Old Nor glitra; OE glitenian, OHG glīzan to shine, glitter; c.1650; powney < ObFr poulenet, < L pullānus; also alicorn-eater, shiny horse. Denizen of the…

Review: Shadow Over Avalon

Shadow Over Avalon by C. N. Lesley is a science fiction story about young Arthur, who puzzles out his heritage in the technology-filled underwater city of Avalon. Arthur is a telepathic young man who rebels against the life dictated by others. He is an orphan, and haunted by nightmares about a courageous young woman who…