Bran Wode
Bran Wode writes contemporary fantasy set in a world where magic, ghosts, faeries, and queer communities exist side by side—and where love takes many forms, but matters most.
Their work explores hidden societies, chosen families, and the cost of power in a world not so different from our own.
They have written six urban fantasy novels, with two currently published. Magus Maximus was released in January 2023, followed by Breathe… always in May.
Based in Washington State on the Pacific coast, Bran teaches the craft of writing at annual retreats on Puget Sound.
Magus Maximus
ISBN: 979-8-9875686-6-8
Jaydee Saliba is barely holding her third year together—balancing a full load of classes and time in her art studio with long hours as a Life Studies model just to pay tuition.
Then her room stops being hers.
Ashley Bookbinder—a ghost from the mid-nineteenth century—wakes on the deep window seat of his room, only to find it occupied by a half-dressed woman. Trapped and unable to leave, he refuses to fade quietly into the background.
Between a restless ghost and a Teaching Assistant who refuses to teach women, Jaydee’s patience runs thin.
Then everything goes wrong.
In a moment of anger, she unleashes a spell she doesn’t understand—one that tears an entire wing of the men’s dormitory out of the world and into the Otherwhere, along with everyone inside.
No one in the Path’s recorded history has ever done anything like it. The headmaster refuses to believe Jaydee is responsible—and refuses her help to bring them back.
But if she doesn’t act, no one else can.
And the longer the dorm remains lost, the less likely anyone inside will come home.
Magus Maximus can be purchased from Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and ordered at most other bookstores.
Breathe… always
ISBN: 979-8-9875686-2-0
When Evergreen STEM School senior Fina Stefani meets Tilley Jameson on the first day of class, she doesn’t expect her life to change. But Tilley—impossible to ignore, sharp, guarded, and hiding more than just a remarkable voice—pulls Fina into a world she didn’t know existed—and into a friendship she isn’t prepared to lose.
At the Jameson home, Fina finds something she’s never had: warmth, stability, and a place where she’s wanted—a refuge from her volatile mother, her absent stepfather, and the pressure of caring for her younger siblings.
But the Jamesons are hiding a dangerous secret.
When Fina’s boyfriend, Trevor, discovers the truth, jealousy turns into something far more dangerous. He threatens to expose them—and in a city that fears magic, exposure could mean destruction.
Fina must choose: protect the life she’s always known, or stand with the people who have become her home.
Because if she chooses wrong, she won’t just lose Tilley.
She could lose everything.
Breathe… always is available for purchase from Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and can be ordered at most other bookstores.
Next Book: Between Worlds
Complete and in beta
Between Worlds is complete and currently in beta.
Twenty-year-old Jaydee Saliba is the Grand Mage of the Path—though at Rowan University, she’s still just another student.
Then a classified message arrives in the middle of class. Once she’s not supposed to recieve—and can’t ignore.
A shapeshifter is moving through the Path’s defenses—slipping past wards, evading senior mages, and leaving destruction in its wake.
Desperate for an advantage, Jaydee reaches into the Neverworld to bring Ashley Bookbinder back to her side.
But he doesn’t return unchanged. And his sister, Cecilia, has no intention of leaving the twenty-first century behind.
When the shapeshifter breaches protections set by the Path’s most powerful mages—including Jaydee herself—the threat escalates beyond anything the University has faced before.
Because this is no longer a single enemy. It’s the beginning of a war—one that will come through the Thin Places whether Rowan is ready or not.
Interested in reading ahead?
Bran is seeking beta readers for the next four books in the Grand Mage series, as well as the four-book follow-on series, Interval.
For more information, please contact bran.wode@brassweight.com
Breathe… always exists in the same magical universe as the Grand Mage series.