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Unknown Realms
Discover new and uncharted worlds as the authors of Unknown Realms weave ten tales of mystic portals, space exploration, time travel, alternate dimensions, and undiscovered landscapes. With contributions from USA Today Bestselling Author C.L. Cannon, K.A. Wiggins, Kate Reedwood, Chris Heinicke, K. Matt, Melissa E. Beckwith, C.A. King, Devorah Fox, Trish Beninato, Erin Casey, and Mackenzie Flohr.
330 pages, Paperback
Published October 28, 2019
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C.L. Cannon
20 books5,807 followers✨ C.L. Cannon is a USA Today Bestselling Author ✒️ publisher 📚 marketer 📢 editor🩸designer 🖥️ & lots of other occupations with the -er sounds at the end!
She's a woman of many talents who never gives up, even when she probably should. She enjoys writing about love and friendship. She loves it even more when she can add Fantasy and Sci-Fi aspects to those themes!
She's an awkward AF, neurospicy spoonie who lives in fandom and band t-shirts, collects too many books and merch, and has a deep obsession with David Tennant, Tolkien, and Kaz Brekker. (I mean, can you blame her?)
She spends her days trying to #bookstagram/#Booktok (and probably failing), helping other authors grow and succeed (I love my job), and loving on her two human children/velociraptors, Seth and Petey, and a hoard of black cats.
Visit her website for more content, including book reviews, new release announcements, and weekly giveaways! https://clcannon.net ✨
✨Her publishing company Fiction-Atlas Press, releases two ⚔️ Fantasy & 🛸 Scifi multi-author anthologies every year. One is always for charity.✨
✨Fiction-Atlas also offers a variety of services & opportunities for ✒️ Authors & 📚 Readers! Visit here: https://fiction-atlas.com ✨
She's a woman of many talents who never gives up, even when she probably should. She enjoys writing about love and friendship. She loves it even more when she can add Fantasy and Sci-Fi aspects to those themes!
She's an awkward AF, neurospicy spoonie who lives in fandom and band t-shirts, collects too many books and merch, and has a deep obsession with David Tennant, Tolkien, and Kaz Brekker. (I mean, can you blame her?)
She spends her days trying to #bookstagram/#Booktok (and probably failing), helping other authors grow and succeed (I love my job), and loving on her two human children/velociraptors, Seth and Petey, and a hoard of black cats.
Visit her website for more content, including book reviews, new release announcements, and weekly giveaways! https://clcannon.net ✨
✨Her publishing company Fiction-Atlas Press, releases two ⚔️ Fantasy & 🛸 Scifi multi-author anthologies every year. One is always for charity.✨
✨Fiction-Atlas also offers a variety of services & opportunities for ✒️ Authors & 📚 Readers! Visit here: https://fiction-atlas.com ✨
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December 6, 2025
“No amount of preparation would ever make the sensation of having his nostrils shoved inside his ass as he was squeezed to the size of tardigrade remotely pleasant.”
Passing “through a micro black hole that connected with the right dimension” is obviously a pretty tricky and physically demanding feat, LOL!!
I suspect it’s a simple truism that it’s impossible to find an anthology in which every story knocks the ball out of the park. So let’s get the bad news out of the way first.
A SONG OF DARK THINGS and MESSING WITH THE MULTIVERSE are, not to put too fine a point on it, simply indecipherable. They’re clearly included based on the stated anthology theme of “mystic portals”, “alternate dimensions” and “undiscovered landscapes” but I don’t think the intention was for their plots to remain undiscovered as well. In this reality, the editors of UNKNOWN REALMS would have done well to omit these two laggards as they are the ONLY weak entrants in a rock-solid anthology of winners!
As to the rest, THE MIDNIGHT CITY, for example, is at once a heartbreaking and heartwarming tale dealing with the emotional fallout of a friend’s suicide when one feels in significant part responsible for that suicide in the first place. THE DEMON OF CORPUS CHRISTI is a sweet little paranormal short in which an author solves the perennially recurring problem of writer’s block. MICROSCOPIC MAYHEM is a sci-fi treasure and, if I may say so, with a slight modification of character names and descriptions and a minor change-up in the terms used for technology, it would serve admirably as a screenplay for a STAR TREK episode in any of its incarnations. Brilliant, thoroughly enjoyable, humorous in good measure, exciting, high-speed space opera on board a starship with time and space travel capability.
I could go on but suffice it to say that every one of the tales in UNKNOWN REALMS save the two noted weak links in the chain are solid four- to five-star champions. I’ll definitely be looking for a couple of the collections referred to in closing marketing blurbs, A TWIST OF FATE: A Twisted Fairy Tale Anthology and COUNTERCLOCKWISE: A Time Travel Anthology. Yessirree, definitely recommended!
I purchased this gem at a local book fair so, with considerable thanks, I'll pass along extra kudos and two thumbs-up to the proud Canadian authors included.
Paul Weiss
Passing “through a micro black hole that connected with the right dimension” is obviously a pretty tricky and physically demanding feat, LOL!!
I suspect it’s a simple truism that it’s impossible to find an anthology in which every story knocks the ball out of the park. So let’s get the bad news out of the way first.
A SONG OF DARK THINGS and MESSING WITH THE MULTIVERSE are, not to put too fine a point on it, simply indecipherable. They’re clearly included based on the stated anthology theme of “mystic portals”, “alternate dimensions” and “undiscovered landscapes” but I don’t think the intention was for their plots to remain undiscovered as well. In this reality, the editors of UNKNOWN REALMS would have done well to omit these two laggards as they are the ONLY weak entrants in a rock-solid anthology of winners!
As to the rest, THE MIDNIGHT CITY, for example, is at once a heartbreaking and heartwarming tale dealing with the emotional fallout of a friend’s suicide when one feels in significant part responsible for that suicide in the first place. THE DEMON OF CORPUS CHRISTI is a sweet little paranormal short in which an author solves the perennially recurring problem of writer’s block. MICROSCOPIC MAYHEM is a sci-fi treasure and, if I may say so, with a slight modification of character names and descriptions and a minor change-up in the terms used for technology, it would serve admirably as a screenplay for a STAR TREK episode in any of its incarnations. Brilliant, thoroughly enjoyable, humorous in good measure, exciting, high-speed space opera on board a starship with time and space travel capability.
I could go on but suffice it to say that every one of the tales in UNKNOWN REALMS save the two noted weak links in the chain are solid four- to five-star champions. I’ll definitely be looking for a couple of the collections referred to in closing marketing blurbs, A TWIST OF FATE: A Twisted Fairy Tale Anthology and COUNTERCLOCKWISE: A Time Travel Anthology. Yessirree, definitely recommended!
I purchased this gem at a local book fair so, with considerable thanks, I'll pass along extra kudos and two thumbs-up to the proud Canadian authors included.
Paul Weiss
February 25, 2022
I love the cover for Unknown Realms, a collection of twenty short stories and novellas that can be read in small doses while standing in line at the store, etc, and had me traveling through magical realms, alternate dimensions, riding dragons, dodging monsters, holding on for dear life and loving every minute of it.
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November 16, 2019
Wow! I was not expecting that. Actually, not sure what I was expecting but, I really enjoyed reading this short, to the point, dark, twisted anthology. Every author was new to me and has me now searching out their books. I was thoroughly pleased with this book and finished it in one sitting.
November 22, 2019
This is a great book full of a bunch of different stories. Each authors short story pulled you in from start to finish. I loved it.
December 1, 2019
What an amazing book by many authors You have all kinds if fantasy stories. Time travel and more to delight everyone.
November 23, 2019
I love these short stories of alternative universe and mixed genre. Each story in this anthology is absolutely fantastic and I was very impressed with this set of stories. Great characters in each story as well as a captivating storyline
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
November 23, 2019
I enjoyed reading this set that introduced me to several new authors that I will be looking into in the near future.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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November 18, 2019Good set of stories by a bunch of different authors. The stories vary but are all full of magic and magical beings
November 24, 2019
I really enjoyed this collection of story's!! Full of well written story's I will be checking out some more from these authors great job!
February 11, 2022
Loved this dark and quirky set and I think Mack Flohr might be Douglas Adams reincarnated
General feel of the entire set: MCs getting in over their heads in parallel realms or time-hops, but mostly HEAs. Mostly. Recommended for darker & quirkier fantasy readers who love discovering new authors, as well as portal stories and the impossible becoming the very likely AND don’t mind the melancholy edge of some tales.
The first story by Courtney Cannon is tinged with depressive sadness from the get-go and starts with one suicide and continues with another one, BUT BUT it’s a story about what happens AFTER or while people are in a coma as the MCs are transported into a magical realm called the Midnight City - that only exists at midnight; the story does end on a life-affirming note.
My fave was Suponae by Mack Flohr - H.P.Mallory’s NuLife sim reality meets Douglas Adams’ Hitch Hikers Guide but a sequel cliffhanger…? Nooo….now I have to track my new fave author down to see how it ended!
The Demon of Corpus Christi by Devorah Fox - I thought it’d be about one of the Oxford colleges, but nope, the story started out as someone writing whatever they saw to fill a page to make a deadline but somewhere between the mundane and the road I got hooked. Probably when the GPS changed the female voice to the seductive male one and then things went to Hell. Literally. Well worth the read as the style reminded me of Camus’ absurd twilighty books.
A Song of Dark Things by K.A.Wiggins - retelling of the Pied Piper with a twist - a siren girl fiddler and then some. Nice twists on the adages of “sing for your supper” and “hunter becoming prey”. Haunting tale of how a singer bargains for her dark talent with the fae. Brilliant!
Messing with the Multiverse by K.Matt - I read about Ivy the mermaid and monkey-man Travis and thought ooh, delish, a follow-up on Travis&Ivy’s story in another C.L.Cannon anthology I read last year! This one was a curious case of multiple abductions in multiple realities in the vein of Douglas Adams meets Dr.Who, but it was a tad too long for my taste.
Fae Protection Services by Erin Casey - fae, changeling and dragon saving an abused little girl - nice!
Microscopic Mayhem by Reedwood & Heinicke - mountain goats with feelings, do-nuts from Med-Evil and sentient yeast is all I’m sayin.
When the Crow Calls by Trish Beninato - Irish Tuatha de Danann lore with heartwrenching orphan side-dish tugs.
Destined by C.A.King - sarky story about things being not what they seem when people let things slide. Loved the HEA and rooted for bullied Tommy from the get-go.
General feel of the entire set: MCs getting in over their heads in parallel realms or time-hops, but mostly HEAs. Mostly. Recommended for darker & quirkier fantasy readers who love discovering new authors, as well as portal stories and the impossible becoming the very likely AND don’t mind the melancholy edge of some tales.
The first story by Courtney Cannon is tinged with depressive sadness from the get-go and starts with one suicide and continues with another one, BUT BUT it’s a story about what happens AFTER or while people are in a coma as the MCs are transported into a magical realm called the Midnight City - that only exists at midnight; the story does end on a life-affirming note.
My fave was Suponae by Mack Flohr - H.P.Mallory’s NuLife sim reality meets Douglas Adams’ Hitch Hikers Guide but a sequel cliffhanger…? Nooo….now I have to track my new fave author down to see how it ended!
The Demon of Corpus Christi by Devorah Fox - I thought it’d be about one of the Oxford colleges, but nope, the story started out as someone writing whatever they saw to fill a page to make a deadline but somewhere between the mundane and the road I got hooked. Probably when the GPS changed the female voice to the seductive male one and then things went to Hell. Literally. Well worth the read as the style reminded me of Camus’ absurd twilighty books.
A Song of Dark Things by K.A.Wiggins - retelling of the Pied Piper with a twist - a siren girl fiddler and then some. Nice twists on the adages of “sing for your supper” and “hunter becoming prey”. Haunting tale of how a singer bargains for her dark talent with the fae. Brilliant!
Messing with the Multiverse by K.Matt - I read about Ivy the mermaid and monkey-man Travis and thought ooh, delish, a follow-up on Travis&Ivy’s story in another C.L.Cannon anthology I read last year! This one was a curious case of multiple abductions in multiple realities in the vein of Douglas Adams meets Dr.Who, but it was a tad too long for my taste.
Fae Protection Services by Erin Casey - fae, changeling and dragon saving an abused little girl - nice!
Microscopic Mayhem by Reedwood & Heinicke - mountain goats with feelings, do-nuts from Med-Evil and sentient yeast is all I’m sayin.
When the Crow Calls by Trish Beninato - Irish Tuatha de Danann lore with heartwrenching orphan side-dish tugs.
Destined by C.A.King - sarky story about things being not what they seem when people let things slide. Loved the HEA and rooted for bullied Tommy from the get-go.
January 7, 2020
Unknown Realms: A Fiction-Atlas Press Anthology by C.L. Cannon is an amazing read that I have had the privilege to read. This amazing box set has ten books in it and I loved all of them, some of the authors I never heard of. I highly recommen this amazing box set to everyone who loves reading about Sci-Fi, space opera and fantasy.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
November 18, 2019
Received as a review copy, this is an honest review. A nice collection of stories featuring slight dark elements that make it a page turning suspenseful journey.
December 10, 2019
Twisted, twilight zone, had more chilling effects, scary, intrude, and whimsical
I received an review copy, voluntar this is my review
I received an review copy, voluntar this is my review
November 26, 2024
A very entertaining and vibrant world of stories. Each one had engaging and interesting characters. The only problem I was that the stories were too short. I needed to learn more. Hope to read more from this publisher.
July 11, 2023
Love this book it is amazing. The author did a great job. The characters and storyline were just incredible. I look forward to reading other books by this author.
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