Story spotlight: “Flower Faeries” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

  Funeral directors deal with everything at a funeral, but only a few must handle an influx of flower fairies. Or worse: the arrival of a flower fairy child, alone and unsupervised. Flower fairies are unpredictable…except when they get angry. And then they become terrifying. So, what will they do if they think one of…

Story spotlight: “The Queen of May” by Linda Jordan

Sivli, a dryad, senses a deep imbalance in Faerie. Earth energy wanes and the world of Faerie drifts dangerously off-kilter. With a plan in mind, Silvi decides she must be May Queen. To beat the sylphs in finding the first hawthorn blossoms of summer. She feels driven to save the day. This world bursts with…

Story spotlight: “Unicorn Magic” by Roz Marshall

IN FEYLAND, NOT EVERYTHING IS AS IT SEEMS… Feyland: a new computer game that allows Scottish teenager Corinne MacArthur to escape the sadness haunting her everyday life. It’s a game where legends come to life, the lines between reality and fantasy become blurred, and the impossible becomes—probable? A stand-alone story with a full plot arc,…

Story spotlight: “Ondine” by Brenda Carre

Bernadine’s mother, Mama Ondine, is a diva—the premier diva of New York, and possibly the whole of the world. Her huge voice always seemed to reach to infinity, mesmerizing the entire audience, but especially rising up to Bernardine to rip out her heart. Bernadine was just the opposite. Unattractive, awkward, and sickly – and she…

Story spotlight: “Stormrider and the Lady of Soul” by Karen L. Abrahamson

  The glamour of living on his boat wears off for Earl James soon after he gets tossed off the police force. With winter storms brewing, the engine having fits, and a broken heater, he figures not much else can go wrong. Then otherworldly Sylvana Stormrider steps aboard and offers him the one thing he…

Story spotlight: “The Wishing Ring of Old Queen Maab” by Steve Vernon

A tale about a very young farmer named Ramsey who, although his heart was as good as one million pieces of gold, had not a single ounce of good luck to his name except his beloved wife Glorinda.   One day an old woman appeared, her face as wrinkled as a field filled with dried-up…

Story spotlight: “Snap A Trap, Inc.” by Louisa Swann

  What do trolleys, bananas, and impudent fairies have in common? A fairy hunter named Zola and her newest blind date: Milton B. Flannigan, III. Unfortunately, dear old Miltie isn’t everything he’s been made out to be. He’s more. Then again, so is Zola. A laugh-out-loud tale from the streets of San Francisco.    …