By Virtue Fall: The Salt City Genre Writers 2020 Chapter Anthology

by Bryan Young, Margot Monroe, Cassidy Ward

"Well, heaven forgive him! and forgive us all! Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall!" --Shakespeare, Measure for Measure

A woman learns the terrible lengths her mother went through to keep her safe. An entity from an alternate dimension does whatever it takes to maximize profit. An astronaut grapples with the terror his orders unwittingly unleash. A Van Helsing confronts a vampire with a conscience. This anthology is full of uncomfortable dilemmas that plague humanity on a daily basis.

Each story is written by an active member of the Salt City Genre Writers, and each explores the question in a unique and interesting way. Dive in, and you'll get 16 different windows into the souls of people making the most difficult decisions of their lives.

126 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 12, 2020

About the author

Bryan Young (he/they) works across many different media. His work as a writer and producer has been called "filmmaking gold" by The New York Times. He's also published comic books with Slave Labor Graphics and Image Comics. He's been a regular contributor for the Huffington Post, StarWars.com, Star Wars Insider magazine, SYFY, /Film, and was the founder and editor in chief of the geek news and review site Big Shiny Robot! In 2014, he wrote the critically acclaimed history book, A Children’s Illustrated History of Presidential Assassination. He co-authored Robotech: The Macross Saga RPG and has written five books in the BattleTech Universe: Honor's Gauntlet, A Question of Survival, Fox Tales, Without Question, and the forthcoming VoidBreaker. His latest non-fiction tie-in book, The Big Bang Theory Book of Lists is a #1 Bestseller on Amazon. His work has won two Diamond Quill awards and in 2023 he was named Writer of the Year by the League of Utah Writers. He teaches writing for Writer’s Digest, Script Magazine, and at the University of Utah. Follow him across social media @swankmotron or visit swankmotron.com.

Support Bryan on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/swankmotron

Reviews

[Terra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Disclaimer: I have a story in this collection. I found the rest of the collection very well done. If you’re looking for stories full of humanity and dilemma, look no further. This was so entertaining, I read it over a weekend.