The Dire Deeds (The Guild of Ornamental Hermits)

Twelve aging, arty misfits living in Hermitville, an intentional community on the lush Eastern coast of Hawai'i Island, are plunged into paranormal pandemonium when they're accosted by a group of equally misfit Elves who insist on teaching them the ancient magic of The Guild of Ornamental Hermits, as if their lives depended on it. The Elves and their human students are soon besieged by greedy real estate speculators and a cluster of paranormal bad guys all eager to get their mitts on Hermitville. Meanwhile the cosmic powers that govern the islands are royally ticked off and demand the Elves put an end to the turmoil, or else! And the sleepy town of Pahoa doesn't know what to make of the Elves, surely some of the strangest tourists the town has ever seen!

Quirky, funny, exciting, and full of queer and otherwise diverse characters, The Dire Deeds is a tale of "mid-life magic" and the first book in The Guild of Ornamental Hermits fantasy series.

A.R. Marsh is an author, freelance writer, sexologist, and hypnotist originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, and also a former resident of Pahoa, HI. Ze now lives in Portland, OR with three cats. Marsh is the author of the four-volume Guild of Ornamental Hermits fantasy series and several books on sexology and hypnosis, as well as numerous articles.