Wishing WellWe've all heard the warning: Be careful what you wish for... you just might get it.If you had a wish, how careful would you be?Would you regret it?Or would your wildest dreams come true?Whatever you do, make sure you wish well...19 tales of wishes that came true...just maybe not in the way expected.Featuring stories by: Emily Martha Sorensen, Kay Hanifen, Sylvia Son, Kara Race-Moore, Laura G. Kaschak, Remy Allen, A...

Terrified shrieks reached Word Warrior's ears as he floundered up the embankment. In the gully below he saw the blood stained snow and the dead corpse of the screaming kitten's mother. A stinky shaggy two-leg was trying to capture the youngster and he knew it couldn't be allowed to. With a battle cry born of his ancestors he charged down the hill - unaware of the high hunter lurking in the pines.In the storm filled mountains, Anumati heard scratching at the entrance of her den. Her...

Whitstead, December 1844There has always been something a little otherworldly about the village of Whitstead; there are thin places, where the ordinary world touches on the realms of fairies, ghosts, and darkness. And this year, during the holy season of Christmas, various forces—dragons, demons, fae, dreams, and snow—act on the denizens of the town.A dryad is on a mission to free something trapped in a mirror. A little girl prays for a Christmas pudding. A blind peddler sing...

Education Tax Credit Essentials provides details for preparing tax returns with education tax credits such as the American Opportunity Tax Credit. This systematic analysis guides preparers in the steps required to process education credit claims, from researching scholarships and calculating the maximum credit to coordinating with educational savings accounts and Pell grants.Beginning with an overview of education credits it then discusses treasury regulations, types of scholarships...

Education Tax Credits provides details for preparing tax returns with education tax credits such as the American Opportunity Tax Credit. Expanding on the Essentials edition, this book adds useful information on Section 529 College Savings Plans, Coverdell ESAs, IRAs used for education, savings bonds, and strategies for coordinating benefits. More Internal Revenue Code references and a brief index have been added to the text.This systematic analysis guides preparers in the steps requ...

Cherrie Metcalf was descended from the "royal" families of New England, but she wasn't an Adams, and she aways thought that had cost her a spot on the first crewed mission to Mars, but when a letter arrives asking for her help on the project, she has no choice but to head to Maine and to deal face to face with Samuel John Adams, but nothing can prepare her for what the mission might uncover, and for what she might learn while she's in Maine.A part of The Divided States of America s...

Magic PortalsMost people will never see one.Most will never even hear of one.Those few who dousually only getone chance to go through.Dare you step through?We've all dreamed of going someplace far, far away.Someplace magical. Here are seventeen tales of magical adventures to take you to those far away places.Featuring stories by Aaron Haden, Brenda Carre, Carol Hightshoe, Carolyn Kay, Claire Davon, Dana Bell, David Boop, Di...

Kat has lived in the mountain her entire life. Going outside is allowed only to a select few, many of which never return, including her brother Ned. She doesn't want to believe he might be dead and tries every night to contact him via the coms. Silence is the only response.Desperate to find an answer to his disappearance, Kat steals a snow cat and searches for her brother, putting the safety of everyone in jeopardy. She's joined by a cat who, for some reason, wants to come with her...

Charged with finding the best place for a new Homefall, Jehna Talon searched on Saris, a world located in the Tashiti Nebula. Along with her Arial shapeshifter companions, she goes into the Ghost Mountains to find a specific valley, only to become trapped during a storm and encounters a native dragon.With local rancher Harrison Talbot she negotiates the price for the land. Brides, for him and his hands. As her uncle taught her, there's always a need to be filled. Traveling to Aris ...

Long ago in the land of the flooding Nile and sweeping sands, Bast created warriors called the Chosen Ones. They are her warriors. To them has been given the responsibility of protecting cats, whether on Earth or other worlds. Not always an easy task since often an ancient evil lurks, ready to pounce.Not all felines walk in the goddess's domain. Some live in the far reaches of space, battling beside their humans or walk in lands long thought legend. Others tell their own version of...

"God told us you were coming, tell us about His son."Major Larry Henry had never expected to hear those words spoken by an alien race. Let alone one with sharp claws and fangs they used for hunting and could easily shred him, his youngest sister and her boyfriend to shreds! But when his other sister Susanna and their good friend Kal Devon disappeared from their colony, Larry and the rescue party made the astonishing discovery they weren't alone on Galilahi.Yet Kal had hinte...

What if the key you're searching for isn't what you expect?Or was never meant to be found?Inspired by the familiar command to "press any key," this anthology gathers stories of quests where the treasure is uncertain, the rules are unclear, and the outcome is never guaranteed.Across genres and worlds, writers explore searches for power, truth, survival, compassion, and meaning. Sometimes on Earth, sometimes far beyond it.In Se...