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Nicole Kurtz

Biography

Nicole Givens Kurtz's short stories have appeared in over 40 anthologies of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Her novels have been finalists for the EPPIEs, Dream Realm, and Fresh Voices in science fiction awards. Her work has appeared in Stoker Finalist, Sycorax's Daughters, and in such professional anthologies as Baen's Straight Outta Tombstone and Onyx Path's The Endless Ages Anthology. Visit Nicole's other worlds online at Other Worlds Pulp, www.nicolegivenskurtz.com.

Where to find Nicole Kurtz online

Website: http://www.nicolegivenskurtz.com

Series

Death Violations Trilogy by
Glitches & Stitches
Price: $3.99 USD.
The Immortal Protocol
Price: $3.99 USD.
Death Violations: Stories from The District
Price: $6.99 USD.
A Butterfly Nexus
Price: $3.99 USD.
The Realm Trilogy by
The Realm
Price: $4.99 USD.
Cacophony
Price: $4.99 USD.
Accursed
Price: $4.99 USD.
Apollo Grant by
Taken for Granted
Price: $3.99 USD.
Apollo Grant
Price: $3.99 USD.
Grant No Quarter
Price: $2.99 USD.
Cybil Lewis SF Mystery by
Silenced: A Cybil Lewis SF Mystery
Price: $3.99 USD.
Collected: A Cybil Lewis SF Mystery Collection
Price: $5.99 USD.
Cozened: A Cybil Lewis SF Mystery
Price: $4.99 USD.
Replicated: A Cybil Lewis SF Mystery
Price: $2.99 USD.
A Kingdom of Aves Mystery by
Kill Three Birds
Price: $3.99 USD.
A Theft Most Fowl
Price: $3.99 USD.
A Minister Knights of Souls by
The Soul Cages: A Minister Knight of Souls Novel
Price: $3.99 USD.
Devourer: A Minister Knight Novel
Price: $4.99 USD.

Books

A Butterfly Nexus by
Series: Death Violations Trilogy. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 36,480. Language: English. Originally Published: May 2, 2024 by Mocha Memoirs Press. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » African American fiction » Mystery & detective
Lucky Strange had been anything but lucky. Inspectors Fawn and Briscoe knew that being shot, stabbed, beaten, and discarded like trash in The District was no way to die. Nothing was certain until they unearthed the truth lurking beneath the surface. Fawn and Briscoe know there would be no hiding from the grim reality of who was responsible for Lucky's death violation.
Death Violations: Stories from The District by
Series: Death Violations Trilogy. Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 103,920. Language: English. Originally Published: March 8, 2024 by Mocha Memoirs Press. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Mystery, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » African American fiction » General, Fiction » African American fiction » Mystery & detective, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General
Follow Regulator Inspectors, Fawn Granger and Briscoe Baker, as they traverse the District. Experience a future that's both familiar and strange, vibrant and yet harsh, in this thrilling collection of cyberpunk noir stories.
The Immortal Protocol by
Series: Death Violations Trilogy. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 35,550. Language: English. Originally Published: February 22, 2023 by Mocha Memoirs Press. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » African American fiction » Mystery & detective, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
From the mean-streets of The District to the darkest depths of cyberspace, Inspector Fawn Granger is on a mission. She has one goal: to end The Fish's reign of terror. But when she finally gets her chance to capture the elusive violator, disaster strikes and Fawn finds herself in an impossible case.
Glitches & Stitches by
Series: Death Violations Trilogy. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 34,980. Language: English. Published: January 23, 2023 by Mocha Memoirs Press. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » African American fiction » Mystery & detective, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General
"Nicole Kurtz has created a gritty, noir science fiction world with characters you want to spend time with, but you also don't want to piss them off. If I end up with a laser-blast in my chest, I want Fawn Granger investigating the murder." –John Hartness, Author of the Quincy Harker series Suffering PTSD from her past cases, Inspector Regulator Fawn Granger is exhausted with her job and she...
Silenced: A Cybil Lewis SF Mystery by
Series: Cybil Lewis SF Mystery. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 80,100. Language: English. Originally Published: July 19, 2018 by Mocha Memoirs Press. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias
In the year 2146, private inspector, Cybil Lewis and her inspector-in-training, Jane, fill a need in post-apocalyptic D.C. Cybil accepts a case that catapults her into a world of lies and deceit. As they investigate, they move far into the reaches of the divided states and deep into the upper crest of political turmoil. As they move closer to the truth, they discover that the people, who are...
A Theft Most Fowl by
Series: A Kingdom of Aves Mystery. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 38,190. Language: English. Originally Published: January 21, 2021 by Mocha Memoirs Press. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » African American fiction » Contemporary woman, Fiction » African American fiction » Mystery & detective
Sent to investigate the theft of a sacred artifact, can Hawk Tasifa unravel the threads of the conspiracy before it destroys the Order? Following her success in Gould, Hawk Prentice Tasifa returns to her university to unravel a mystery. Someone has broken into the Museum of the Goddess and stolen its most sacred artifact, attacked two of the guards, and is trying to frame her mentor. Under...
Sisters of the Wild Sage: A Weird Western Collection by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 57,460. Language: English. Originally Published: April 16, 2019 by Mocha Memoirs Press. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Western, Fiction » Horror, Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories, Fiction » Mashups
When someone with a pistol meets someone with a magic wand, the pistol loses. From Nicole Givens Kurtz comes a collection of weird western short stories nestled in the often horrific American past and tucked into the parched future. Here are tales of talisman, magic, and the power of ancients wielded by those strong enough to endure the harsh new frontier. These rugged individuals brought not...
Devourer: A Minister Knight Novel by
Series: A Minister Knights of Souls, Book 2. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 54,550. Language: English. Originally Published: July 19, 2018 by Mocha Memoirs Press. Categories: Fiction » Fairy tales, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Fantasy » Dark
Reputed murderer and magick weaver, Akub, known as The Devourer, arrives on the ice planet, with one goal--steal the queen's soul. Armed with the magick soul stealing orb, she's ready to fulfill her destiny. There's only one person standing in her way. Minister Knight of Souls, Zykeiah, will do anything to stop Akub. She knows the savagery of The Devourer first hand. Yet when an even greater...
Cozened: A Cybil Lewis SF Mystery by
Series: Cybil Lewis SF Mystery, Book 2. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 87,000. Language: English. Originally Published: July 19, 2018 by Mocha Memoirs Press. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Urban, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Science fiction » General
"Magnificent mansions with dysfunctional diplomats, ruined rock stars and failing families hid their shortcomings behind these structures of supposed strength. Such is life in the District." –Cybil Lewis Cybil Lewis and her inspector-in-training, Jane, are back on the case. Hired to find the missing son of a prominent woman, Cybil is pulled into the District's sordid political arena of a...
Kill Three Birds by
Series: A Kingdom of Aves Mystery. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 33,270. Language: English. Originally Published: January 13, 2021 by Mocha Memoirs Press. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » African American fiction » Mystery & detective
Sent to investigate a strange murder in a quiet remote egg, can Hawk Tasifa find the killer before she becomes the next target? Prentice Tasifa is an investigative hawk whose been deployed from The Order to the small egg of Gould, a mountain village. A missing girl had been found dead. Hawks investigate strange and difficult situations throughout the kingdom of Aves. They can "see the unseen...
Replicated: A Cybil Lewis SF Mystery by
Series: Cybil Lewis SF Mystery, Book 3. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 26,390. Language: English. Originally Published: June 7, 2017 by Mocha Memoirs Press. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » African American fiction » Mystery & detective, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
Life's never simple for private inspector, Cybil Lewis. Her investigation for her latest client runs into a snag: dead bodies all over The District with his DNA. Is it a malfunction in the system or something far more sinister?
SLAY: Stories of the Vampire Noire by , , , , , , , &
Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 117,720. Language: English. Originally Published: October 13, 2020 by Mocha Memoirs Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Lesbian, Fiction » Horror » Ghost, Fiction » African American fiction » General, Fiction » Horror » Occult
Mocha Memoirs Press is proud to present SLAY: Stories of the Vampire Noire — a revolutionary anthology celebrating vampires of the African Diaspora. SLAY is a groundbreaking unique collection and will be a must-have for vampire lovers all over the world. SLAY aims to be the first anthology of its kind. Few creatures in contemporary horror are as compelling as the vampire, who manages to...
Collected: A Cybil Lewis SF Mystery Collection by
Series: Cybil Lewis SF Mystery, Book 1. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 45,760. Language: English. Originally Published: November 16, 2019 by Mocha Memoirs Press. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Anthologies » Mystery, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » African American fiction » Mystery & detective
Before the Change, before Jane, and before she became a PI badass, Cybil Lewis cut her teeth in the District as a solo, brand new private inspector. At last, those stories of her early years are collected into this volume of short stories and novellas. Offering beautiful illustrations by comic book and brilliant artist, Julia Lacquement (DC Comics), Collected: A Cybil Lewis SF Mystery...
The Soul Cages: A Minister Knight of Souls Novel by
Series: A Minister Knights of Souls, Book 1. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 78,180. Language: English. Originally Published: June 9, 2017 by Mocha Memoirs Press. Categories: Fiction » Fairy tales, Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Fantasy » Dark
For Sarah, imprisonment in Solis's soul cages meant an absence of senses. Unable to feel, to taste, to smell, or to love, Sarah's driven by her desire to escape and to become flesh once more. When she's rescued by the legendary ministers of souls, Sarah's elation is short lived. The legendary knights, led by prince Marion of Veloris, are splintered and prone to in-fighting and jealousy. With...
Black Magic Women: Terrifying Tales by Scary Sisters by , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , &
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 85,970. Language: English. Originally Published: February 12, 2018 by Mocha Memoirs Press. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author, Fiction » Horror, Fiction » Horror » Occult, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Supernatural
Imagine horror where black characters aren't all tropes and the first to die; imagine a world written by black sisters where black women and femmes are in the starring roles. From flesh-eating plants to flesh-eating bees; zombies to vampires to vampire-eating vampire hunters; ghosts, revenants, witches and werewolves, this book has it all. Cursed drums, cursed dolls, cursed palms, ancient...

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