Best Indie Speculative Fiction: November 2018

by Vonnie Winslow Crist, Theresa Braun, C.L. Raven

This unique annual publication features some of the best speculative fiction produced by small presses and independent authors. Many of these stories have previously only been available in digital format. Explore this collection of talented writers from the independent publishing community. Volume One features stories by Vonnie Winslow Crist, Theresa Braun, Joseph Aitken, Eric Lewis, Jason Constantine Ford, Lillian Csernica, Dennis Mombauer, Gustavo Bondoni, J.M. Williams, Melvin Litton, Robert Allen Lupton, Russell Hemmell, Alex Shvartsman, Kelly A. Harmon, Rhoads Brazos, Jonathan Shipley, and C.L. Raven.

174 pages, Paperback

First published November 10, 2018

About the author

Born in the Year of the Dragon, Vonnie Winslow Crist has had a life-long interest in reading, writing, art, myth, fairytales, folklore, and legends. Having been a night person since infancy, she is also quite fond of stars, moonlight, forests, owls, and other creatures of the darkness.

After attending Perry Hall Elementary, Parkville Junior High, and Perry Hall High, she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Art Education from Towson University. She married, then raised three children, did freelance illustrating and writing, and taught poetry for the Maryland State Arts Council’s Artists in Education Program. Thirty years after graduating from Towson, she returned to her alma mater and earned a Masters in Professional Writing.

A firm believer that the world around us is filled with miracles, mystery, and magic, Vonnie still sees fairies amidst the trees, mermaids on jetties, and ghosts and goblins of all sorts in the shadows. Her garden overflows with herbs and statues of animals. Toadstool rings sprout regularly on her lawn. And she's found so many four-leafed clovers that she keeps them in a jar.

Vonnie invites bookstores, book groups, science fiction and fantasy cons, book festivals, teachers, home schoolers, writing groups, faerie festivals, and interested readers to contact her via her website: http://vonniewinslowcrist.com or blog: http://vonniewinslowcrist.wordpress.com or Facebook Author's Page: http://tinyurl.com/Fb-Vonnie-Winslow-... for appearances, signings, school visits, interviews, and workshops.

Reviews

[Vonnie Crist · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't review my own books, but I will sometimes comment on anthologies which include my stories. (My YA-friendly "Beneath the Summer Moon" is in this antho). Editor Julie Ann Dawson has done a nice job of gathering a mix of speculative tales from solid writers. The stories were all previously published by other magazines or anthologies, so they've been chosen by editors twice! "Best Indie Speculative Fiction 2018" is a nice introduction to the work of 17 writers. (BTW, my name is misspelled on the cover. Sigh. I remain Vonnie Winslow Crist, no matter what you read on a cover, in a table of contents, author bio, etc.) ;-)