New here? Good. So was Scott, once.
The Free Mage stories follow Scott Freeman is a magician in Tokyo. Friend and apprentice: a ghost. Girlfriend: a kitsune who goes by Kitty‑Sue. Enemies: a list too long to mention, starting with her mother. Magic was the easy part. The stories are urban fantasy with a dry streak: real magic, real consequences, and a narrator who notices when things are getting ridiculous.
Step one
Read The Ghost in Roppongi Station. It’s free.
It’s the short story where everything starts: a ghost girl bound to a subway station, and a magician who could set her free if he were willing to pay the price. Join the newsletter and it’s yours in whatever format your reader wants.
Step two: the reading order
The Ghost in Roppongi Station
A ghost girl, a subway station, and a magician who should know better.
A Kitsune’s Tale
Scott meets Kitty-Sue. It goes about as well as you’d expect.
Mages in Manhattan
New York, a Witches Council, and a trip Scott keeps insisting is not a honeymoon.
The Haunted Onsen
A haunted hot spring, a samurai ghost, and a deal too good to be true.
There is also A Kitsune Christmas, a standalone story set after The Haunted Onsen. Read it whenever you like.
Step three
Tell Scott what you thought, or tell me. The contact page reaches me; Scott is harder to get hold of. And the newsletter is where news about the next book lands first, along with behind-the-scenes notes and the occasional bad decision.