Set between Dead Beat and Proven Guilty,[1] Something Borrowed was published in My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding (October 3, 2006, ISBN 0-312-34360-4).

Harry Dresden has been alerted that a young bride has disappeared from the Night of Living Brews just hours after her wedding, along with a cask of mead.

They are joined by Ms. Gard only to find that the young woman has been kidnapped by a descendant of Grendel, who needs mead in order to breed a child of his own.

Set between White Night and Small Favor,[1] "Heorot" was published in My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon (December 26, 2007, ISBN 978-0-312-37504-1).

Dresden is hot on the trail of a kidnapped child, when Thomas Raith is alerted that a member of the Stygian Sisterhood is in town.

A spell is placed on MacAnally's famed beer in order to control the spectators to a sport's game at the United Center in Chicago.

Harry Dresden instructs a class of young Wardens on methods for investigating supernatural phenomena, using one of his own past cases as an example.

Set between the May following Small Favor and the events of Turn Coat,[3] "AAAA Wizardry" was published in Volume Two: Our World of "The Dresden Files Roleplaying Game" (June 15, 2010, ISBN 978-0-9771534-8-0).

On a mission for Lara Raith, Justine visits Johnny Marcone to request shelter for herself and a child under the terms of the Unseelie Accords.

Marcone reluctantly agrees to harbor her for the child's sake, using a formidable range of magical and mundane weaponry to stop the Fomor pursuing them.

While working as a private investigator, Harry Dresden finds a runaway he'd been hired to locate, a young girl named Faith.

When he calls in his success to his partner, he learns that the girl's parents have reported her as being kidnapped to save face, and they plan to accuse him of the crime.

Dresden manages to win the fight, and with officer Murphy's aid, ensures that the girl is returned safely to her family.

Karrin Murphy calls Harry Dresden in on a series of weird double suicides, and they find that all the dead can be linked to a carnival outside Chicago, prompting further investigation.

Set between Small Favor and Turn Coat,[1] Curses was published in Naked City: Tales of Urban Fantasy (July 5, 2011, ISBN 978-0-312-38524-8).

Strength of a River in His Shoulders, a Bigfoot, asks Harry to look in on his half-human son Irwin Pounder, who is attending college and playing football.

When River learns that Irwin is being bullied at school, he worries about the boy's safety and hires Harry Dresden to investigate.

In the months after Harry Dresden's death, Molly Carpenter is on the run, living on the road and keeping under the White Council's radar, all the while being tutored by the Leanansidhe on the arts of survival and magical fighting.

Encounters and skirmishes with the Fomor are increasingly frequent, until the Leanansidhe sends her in a mission to Svartalfheim in order to rescue Thomas Raith from execution.

After receiving a summons to jury duty, Harry must save an innocent defendant from being the victim of a proxy war between Gentleman Johnny Marcone and Lara Raith.

During training for his new role as a Knight of the Cross, Waldo Butters successfully meets his first challenge fighting a rogue baku.

Anastasia Luccio, a Warden for the White Council, is pursuing a few dangerous characters and ends up in Dodge City, home of Wyatt Earp.

On Christmas Eve, Harry Dresden is struggling to assemble a bicycle as a gift for his daughter Maggie, and his dog Mouse tries to help him.

First is Queen Mab, who gives him a ring for Maggie; it will grant her some influence over the forces of Winter for one day and play "Let It Go" from the Disney film Frozen.

Next is Molly, with news that the medical and funeral expenses for all the victims of the previous summer's battle against Ethniu have been paid in full.

Finally, Donar Vadderung (in his mantle of Kringle, the real Santa Claus) brings Harry a coffee mug he had given his father for Christmas, evoking warm holiday memories of his childhood.

Harry Dresden brings his car to Mike Atagi for repairs, and is offered a choice among "cheap", "fast" and "good".

Set between White Night and Small Favor, Mike is a microfiction, and was published on author's website in blog post Welcome to the Year of Dresden!

Toot-Toot discovers an invader unbeknownst to the wizard Harry Dresden and in order to defeat it, he'll have to team up with the dread cat Mister.

It is a collection of novellas, previously published in other anthologies, about Harry working for Bigfoot to help when his half human son gets into trouble.