Dragonesque (An Anthology)
This unique anthology turns the tables on the perspective we’re used to and features 16 short stories told from the dragon’s point of view. From sci-fi to fantasy, comedy to tragedy, this anthology has it all.
What if the princess wants to be kidnapped, or the dragon is tired of being made fun of week after week at the Renaissance Faire? Or maybe a dragonet just really, really wants to be a unicorn? Perhaps they’re happiest collecting art, or enjoy being tattooed? Or maybe some dragons like putting out fires more than starting them…unless they absolutely have to?
See the world as the dragons see it, from the delightfully delicious to the tastefully transactional.
Contains Em’s short story, Gods in Chains.
Merciless Mermaids: Tails from the Deep (An Anthology)
Think deep.
The deep of the sea, the deep of space, the deep of our souls, our fears … ourselves.
Fear not the monsters under your bed—but the mermaids under your boat.
Merciless Mermaids: Tails from the Deep features thirty original stories and poems by Mercedes Lackey, Rick Wilber, D.J. Butler, Gama Ray Martinez, Julia Vee, Ken Bebelle, and many others. From Japanese legends to mafia mermen, from carnival freaks to flying aces, from bayou legends to kraken-like behemoths, these tales explore the darker side of merfolk: desire, envy, love unfulfilled, grace ungranted, loneliness turned to rage….
Compiled by New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson and award-winning editor Allyson Longueira and their Publishing graduate students at Western Colorado University.
Deep down you know that the darkness has a tail.
This anthology contains Em’s short story, The Woman Who Held the Sea in Her Hair, a fantasy tale based on Inuit mythology.
The Winter Stags
Selma can’t wait to see her father and brothers. Journeying through the deep Woods with her mother to the cottage where her family gathers twice a year is a joy.
Until Selma’s mother gets sick on the way, and a freak snowstorm traps them alone in a secluded cottage. Eleven-year-old Selma is her mother’s only hope for survival. So Selma sets out after a rumor that once upon a time there was enough magic in this cursed forest to save a life.
Even if it’s true, the unfriendly Woods won’t offer up its treasures without cost. And the clock is ticking.
The Winter Stags is a standalone short story in Em’s Cursed Woods series of twisted fairy tales.