Kater Cheek Fiction

Kater Cheek is the author of the Kit Melbourne series, the Alternate Susan (Desert Mages) series and numerous short fiction and other works. If you’d like to join the newsletter, click the sign up form on the right.

Witch’s Jewel

Kit Melbourne Book One

A sorcerous jewel. A mysterious uncle. Can a barista keep her magical heirloom safe from murderous crooks? If you like strong female leads, high-stakes action, and nail-biting plots, you’ll love Kater Cheek’s enthralling tale. Tap the link to buy the book today!

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Dryad’s Blade

Kit Melbourne Book Two

A doomed man. An impossible choice. Will she bring him back with a magical cure or lose her life to a treacherous lie? If you like unstoppable female forces, supernatural quests, and complicated romances, then you’ll love Kater Cheek’s enchanting tale! Tap the link to buy the book today!

Cover of Alternate Susan

Alternate Susan

Alternate Susan Book One

Her siblings are dead. Her mom is missing. And a dangerous djinn wants payback for wishes she never made. Make a third wish and she’s doomed. But how can she go home again if she doesn’t make a wish? If you like off-kilter magic, unique settings, and non-stop tension, you’ll love Kater Cheek’s captivating novel. Buy Alternate Susan to summon a quirky desert legend today!

Book Review: All Systems Red

By Martha Wells I loved Martha Wells’ City of Bones and Death of the Necromancer, which I read decades ago, but I hadn’t seen anything by her in a hot minute, until this series started coming up on my feed. This isn’t a novel-length work; it’s more like a novelette or long short story, which …

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Book Review: The Sentence

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich The logline got me to put this book on my wishlist: bookseller is haunted by a ghost. I expected maybe something cute and a little bit spooky, like a cozy mystery with supernatural elements. But this book is much deeper than that. I hadn’t realized it dealt so much with …

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Book Review: The Fisherman

The Fisherman by John Langan I wanted a book that scratched the same itch as T. Kingfisher’s horror, and this one did the trick. It’s very firmly ensconced in the real world, and yet the supernatural elements seemed plausible. One of the ways in which Langan brings the reader into the supernatural elements is through …

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Book Review: House of Leaves

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski I’d heard about this book for years as being a unique book that was dark and trippy. It’s been compared to Lovecraft, which is the name people always dredge up when they want to say “horror, but literary.” The only thing I knew about the plot was that …

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