This eclectic volume of six stories has been in the works for months, and I'm pleased to share at last that I'll be in the esteemed company of Anne Charnock, J.D. Horn, Kate Maruyama, Jodi McIsaas, and Roberta Trahan as a contributor to this intrepid collection.

Roberta Trahan's "Undercurrents" features a young woman who discovers that her migraines are a symptom of something more sinister than what a good lie-down in a dark room can cure.

Jodi McIsaac's "Pro Patria Mori" asks whether, when an Irish soldier encounters fairies who offer magical aid, that magic will help save those he holds dearest?

In Kate Maruyama's "Akiko," a curse laid in Japan finds its mark in the City of Angels.

Anne Charnock's "The Adoption" explores a new age of sexual equality and reproductive freedom, when bio-engineered foetuses are gestated in artificial wombs. What becomes of tomorrow’s orphans?

Set in rural Georgia in the 1950s, J.D. Horn's "Pitch" tells the tale of a goat-faced boy who sets out with a rifle to kill his father, the Devil.

My own contribution is a story in verse, "The Guardian of the Sea," starring a wheelchair-bound mermaid who lives in Southern California and works at an adult-video store.

I could hardly be more excited to join these five authors, as welcoming a set of speculative storytellers as one could hope to share pages with.

The book releases on September 22, but you can pre-order now.

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