So I’ve gotten a couple of questions about the reading order for my Elemental Assassin urban fantasy series.

Of course, I would suggest reading the books in order, starting with Spider’s Bite, the first book in the series. But, as you finish each book, I would check my Excerpts page and read the free short story (or stories) that go along with each book. For example, Spider’s Bargain goes along with Spider’s Bite, while Web of Death and Web of Deceit go along with Web of Lies. And so on and so forth.

You’re not necessarily missing anything if you don’t read the free short stories, but I thought those would be fun extras for readers.

I also have an e-novella — Thread of Death — and a couple of short stories that I’ve done for anthologies — Haints and Hobwebs and Parlor Tricks. So I’ve listed the reading order of those below with the books:

• Spider’s Bite — book #1
• Web of Lies — book #2
• Venom — book #3
• Tangled Threads — book #4
• Haints and Hobwebs story in The Mammoth Book of Ghost Romance — takes place after the events of Tangled Threads
• Spider’s Revenge — book #5
• Thread of Death e-novella — takes place after the events of Spider’s Revenge
• By a Thread — book #6
• Widow’s Web — book #7
• Deadly Sting — book #8
• Parlor Tricks story in Carniepunk anthology — takes place after the events of Deadly Sting
• Heart of Venom — book #9

Does that make sense? Anyway, hope this answers some questions about the reading order of the series. Happy reading!

Tags: About Books, Elemental Assassin series, Novellas, On Writing, Short stories