Sherwood Smith

P. Djèlí Clark

Intisar Khanani

Joyce Chng

Rachel Neumeier

Melissa McShane

Andrea K. Höst

Raf Morgan

Casey Blair

Magic--danger--and the thrill of the chase!Experience the rush of racing across rooftops with thieves--or the desperation of fleeing an assassin who knows you a little too well. From the fish market of a tropical island sultanate, to the monster-filled alleys of a steampunk London, to a land where souls take different forms as they rise or fall through the layers of the world, this collection of chase scenes and vignettes set in nine distinctive worlds will leave you spellbound.Find unexpected allies, unshakeable enemies, sudden twists and turns, and always the swiftness of the chase--whether you're on the hunt, or racing for your life.This sampler includes an exclusive bonus scene set during the events of Tea Set and Match by Casey Blair, available for free online, and a scene from an unpublished novel by Rachel Neumeier not available anywhere else. The excerpts by Intisar Khanani, Raf Morgan, P. Djèlí Clark, Sherwood Smith, Joyce Chng, Melissa McShane, and Andrea K. Höst are from longer works that are available for sale at all major retailers.

Scenes from 9 Fantastic Stories

Swift the Chase

In the impregnable red fortress, the mysterious leader of the slavers waits, accumulating power. Slavers have been taking children from across the divided world for longer than Nes can remember. While she’s rescued her sibs with the help of her friends Malenie and Paza, her cousins are still missing and most everyone else has given up hope. But Nes has the shaper’s sense. With it, a lock of hair will lead her to its owner and a pebble can become a truth stone. Friends may not let friends hunt slavers alone, but if Nes doesn’t succeed, she will lose not just her family but Malenie and Paza too.

The Red Fortress

There’s magic in the world, but none for Malenie… It's been 119 days since everything fell apart. Since her friendship with Nes imploded. Since Nes’s siblings were taken by slavers. Since Malenie lost Nes’s protection. And the bullies are closing in. A short prequel to The Desert Wall, Raf Morgan’s “Beneath the Ever Trees” is the story of what really happened between Malenie and Nes before the events that took Malenie out of her small town and into the wider world of secrets, magic and betrayals.

Beneath the Ever Trees

Andrea K Höst

Magic—danger—and the thrill of the chase! Experience the rush of racing across rooftops with thieves—or the desperation of fleeing an assassin who knows you a little too well. From the fish market of a tropical island sultanate, to the monster-filled alleys of a steampunk London, to a land where souls take different forms as they rise or fall through the layers of the world, this collection of chase scenes and vignettes set in nine distinctive worlds will leave you spellbound. Find unexpected allies, unshakeable enemies, sudden twists and turns, and always the swiftness of the chase—whether you’re on the hunt, or racing for your life. This sampler includes an exclusive bonus scene set during the events of Tea Set and Match by Casey Blair, available for free online, and a scene from an unpublished novel by Rachel Neumeier not available anywhere else. The excerpts by Intisar Khanani, Raf Morgan, P. Djèlí Clark, Sherwood Smith, Joyce Chng, Melissa McShane, and Andrea K. Höst are from longer works that are available for sale at all major retailers.

Raf Morgan

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