The second issue of this vanguard edition delves into the apocalypse. With a dozen stories from some of today's best speculative writers, they will thrill and entertain you.“Deathball: Hunt For The Playoffs” by Charles Eugene Anderson.“And Then What?” by Denise E Dora.“More Precious Than Gold” by Wayne Faust.“The Working Class” by Rebecca Hodgkins.“King of Cats” by De Kenyon.“Last Song on the Titanic” by Mario Acevedo.“Flex Time” by Richard...

Fairy Tales are in our DNA. We think we know them. Read along to explore the familiar, the unique, and the undiscovered - reimagination of the Fairy Tale.Eight talented authors explore what these words mean to them in stories ranging from the silly to the sublime.Join us for the first exciting issue in a new quarterly speculative fiction magazine.Be sure to look for Issue 002: Apocalypse Edition, coming soon!

When kingdoms fall, who decides what rises from the ashes?Ten stories. Ten worlds where nothing is as it seems.What happens when the knight in shining armor is the real monster? When the villain's victory saves the kingdom? When the hero's journey leads not to triumph, but to terrible understanding?These authors take the stories you think you know and shatter them like glass. Court assassins question their orders. Street thieves become unlikely saviors. Ancient prop...

The Daughter of Odren is a short fantasy story of betrayal and revenge set in the world of Earthsea, in which Weed, the daughter of Lord Garnet, waits for the day she will have her father back.For fourteen years, Weed, as she is called, the daughter of Lord Garnet, has brought offerings to the standing stone. Alone in a shallow valley, she implores the stone not to forget her. To remember who he is and the life he led. To wait until the day he will be avenged.Now t...

Winner of the ADCI Literary PrizeWinner of the L.A. Times Ray Bradbury PrizeFinalist for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for FictionFinalist for the Nebula Award for Best NovelFinalist for the World Fantasy Award for Best NovelFinalist for the HWA Gold Crown Award for Historical Fiction**"[A] queer Arthurian masterpiece for the modern era."*...

The thrilling, wintry Nordic tale by Neil Gaiman, who weaves a magical story of legend and adventure that will enchant readers from beginning to end.Odd, a young Viking boy, is left fatherless following a raid. In his icy, ancient world there is no mercy for an unlucky soul with a crushed foot and no one to protect him. Fleeing to the woods, Odd stumbles upon and releases a trapped bear…and then Odd's destiny begins to change.The eagle, bear, and fox Odd en...

A bonus short story featuring Silhara and Martise from Master of Crows.In The Light Within, Silhara of Neith, now known as "the god-smiter," travels as the guest of honor to the winter festival of his father's people.The crow mage who destroyed one god must ignite sacred fires in honor of another. Yet the winter festival only reminds Silhara that the brightest light within him isn't the fire of a deity but the devotion of one woman.A tale of hope and celebration.

In March 1987, a young author from Oklahoma published her first novel, Arrows of the Queen. This modest book about a magical land called Valdemar was the beginning of a fantasy masterwork series that would span decades and include more than two dozen titles. Now readers can travel to the world of Valdemar with Tanya Huff, Mickey Zucker Reichert, Fiona Patton, Rosemary Edghill, Judith Tarr, and others in these original stories, including an all-new novella from Mercedes Lackey.

In March 1987, a young author from Oklahoma published her first novel, Arrows of the Queen. This modest book about a magical land called Valdemar was the beginning of a fantasy masterwork series that would span decades and include more than two dozen titles. Now readers can take a journey to the world of Valdemar-including Tanya Huff, Mickey Zucker Reichert, Fiona Patton, and Judith Tarr-each adding their own special touches.

**Sixteen original stories?set in mercedes lackey?s valdemar universeIncludes a new novella by Mercedes Lackey!**Today?s hottest fantasy authors visit Mercedes Lackey?s bestselling world of Valdemar, adding their own special touches to the ancient land where Heralds ?Chosen? from all walks of life by magical horse-like Companions patrol their ancient kingdom, dispensing justice, facing adversaries, and protecting their monarch from whatever threatens. Travel with Tanya Huff...

A Story of the Wolverine's Daughter: the slavers who capture Kelyn's youthful hunting pack also threaten her village, which depends on the meat and trade pelts the pack brings in. But except for Kelyn, the pack is drugged…and Kelyn's nickname is Kelyn the Clumsy.First published in the award-winning Random House anthology YOUNG WARRIORS.**About Kelyn in the novel WOLVERINE'S DAUGHTER:*****"When a sword and sorcery book begins with humor, ...

When Astrid’s father discovers her forbidden romance with Fenrir, he forces her to cast a terrible curse on him – the start of an enchanted army that will make theirs the most powerful Viking clan.Until Fenrir pulls Astrid into his prison, just before they seal it for the winter.Only when they wake to a future neither of them could have imagined, they will have to fight for their survival in a world vastly different from their own.Can two star-crossed lovers find th...