December 2006

"Perfection," by Lynn Flewelling
storyauthor www.sff.net/people/Lynn.Flewelling
Revenge and Architecture
Publication: Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology, Edited by Steven Saville and Alethea Kontis, 2006
Genre: fantasy / Category: Short Story

"Super Villains," by April Grey
Are they vigilantes or super villains? Or are they just parents looking to protect their kids?
Publication: Walking Bones Magazine, Edited by William Hamilton, December, 2006
Genre: horror / Category: Short Story

"Betal's Decision," by Sheri Fresonke Harper
Publication site: anotherotherkin.tripod.com/angelicpress/Kinships/index.htm
Reeve meets Betal while awaiting her flight home. But the airline's practices combined with Betal's illness cause a change in plan. Will Reeve survive?
Publication: Kinships, Edited by Katrina Joyne, December, 2006
Genre: Horror / Category: Short Story

"Ghosts of Larymna," by Sheri Fresonke Harper
Publication site: clik.to/whisperingspirits
Kemal, a graduate student in underwater archaeology in Turkey falls in love with Elena Rose, but his boss competes for her love. Cultural misunderstandings aboard the gulette lead to tragedy.
Publication: Whispering Spirits E-Anthology, Edited by Diana Cacy Hawkins, December, 2006
Genre: Horror / Category: Short Story

"Blank Sexzra," by Vylar Kaftan
publication www.trabucoroad.com/
A modern-day superhero seeks patterns in Scrabble tiles and the world around him.
Publication: Trabuco Road, Edited by Brian Dunn, December, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: short story

"Trick or Treat," by Brenna Lyons
publication darkhart.com/books.html
It's Samhain, the night the two planes touch. She is a spirit that died too soon. Can he talk to her and find the answers he's been pining for over the last year?
Publication: NOBODY: An Anthology of Dark Fiction, Edited by Kelly Gunter Atlas, December, 2006
Genre: fantasy / Category: short story

"Anima Ex Machina," by Brenna Lyons
publication darkhart.com/books.html
He's a lone soul, trapped in the network that runs the entire world. He's sentient...and half mad. He's tearing his way out. If she can stop him, she has to do it.
Publication: NOBODY: An Anthology Of Dark Fiction, Edited by Kelly Gunter Atlas, December, 2006
Genre: fantasy / Category: short story

"Phantom Dreams," by Brenna Lyons
publication darkhart.com/books.html
From the nightly visits from her dead husband to the phantom cries from the dark reaches of her father's house, there was no question Ines was going insane. But, which world was real?
Publication: NOBODY: An Anthology Of Dark Fiction, Edited by Kelly Gunter Atlas, December, 2006
Genre: fantasy / Category: short story

"Corporate Oversight," by Katherine Mankiller
Publication site: www.samsdotpublishing.com/fifth/cover.htm
The mission required spending two and a half years in a 750 square foot spacecraft together, with no way to turn around or quit.
Publication: The Fifth Di. . ., Edited by J. Alan Erwine, December, 2006
Genre: Science Fiction / Category: Short Story

"The Token," by Elspeth Potter
Publication Site: www.torquerepress.com/cart/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=807
E-anthology of homoerotic urban fantasy.
Publication: Alleys and Doorways [Torquere Press], Edited by Meredith Schwartz, December, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Short Story

"The Bear," by Cat Rambo
Author's site: www.kittywumpus.net
A young woman runs away to become a gladiator and must face the same creature that killed her best friend.
Publication: Aiofe's Kiss, December, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Short Story

"The Sultan's Revenge," by April Reid
April Reid
Publication www.amberquill.com/AmberHeat/SultansRevenge.html
The princess of a captive nation is determined to destroy the conqueror of her land, but hate turns to love—a love threatened by betrayal and deceit.
Publication: Amber Quill Press, LLC, Edited by E J Gilmer, ?, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Novella

"Incident on a Small Colony," by Kristine Smith
Publication Site: www.baens-universe.com/
A fugitive Jani Kilian finds a job at a colonial shipping company. The story takes place in the time prior to the events in Code of Conduct.
Publication: Jim Baen's Universe, Edited by Eric Flint, December, 2006
Genre: Science Fiction / Category: Novella

"Red Skies at Night," by Diane Whiteside
Author's site: www.dianewhiteside.com
An NYPD cop's hunt for his partner's killer forces him to ally with a lady vampire who loathes cops.
Publication: Unleashed, Edited by Cindy Hwang, December, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Novella

November 2006

"Enthralled," by Laura Louise Baumbach
Publication site: www.changelingpress.com/product.php?&upt=book&ubid=452
A suicidal young man, Colin Dobson, seeks death, but finds an unconventional reason to live in the arms of a seductive, dark stranger. Rowland Campbell is an ancient and powerful vampire on the brink of death after a surprise attack by vampire hunters. Dark desires are awakened, as one strives to survive and the other begs for deliverance from the burden of life.
Publication: Enthralled, Edited by Changeling Press, November, 2006
Genre: Horror / Category: Short Story

"Lydia's Body," by Vylar Kaftan
story www.clarkesworldmagazine.com/kaftan_11_06.html
A young 21st-century woman is trapped in pioneer Wisconsin inside someone else's body.
Publication: Clarkesworld, Edited by Nick Mamatas, November, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: short story

"Mama's Tales," by Brenna Lyons
other http://www.phaze.com/authors.html
How did Georgie Porgy get his name? How bad was the little girl with the curl? Why did Goldilocks never go back to the three bears house? An erotic slip between the pages of some of our favorite fairy tales.
Publication: e-book stand-alone from Phaze, November, 2006
Genre: fantasy / Category: novella

"Phone Call Overhead on the Subway," by Nancy Jane Moore
Publication Site: lcrw.net/issues/lcrw19.htm
Like all phone calls overhead on the subway, it begins with an annoying ring tone.
Publication: Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Edited by Gavin Grant, November, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Short Story

"Magnificent Pigs," by Cat Rambo
Author's site: www.kittywumpus.net
A young artist/pigfarmer tattoos pigs in an attempt to cheer up his younger sister, who is dying.
Publication: Strange Horizons, Edited by Jed Hartwell, November, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Short Story

"The Dragon's Choice," by April Reid
April Reid
Publication www.amberquill.com/AmberHeat/DragonsChoice.html
Tonight Shimmara will be chained as a sacrifice to the King dragon. As Rion fights to protect her, he reveals a stunning secret that may tear them apart.
Publication: Amber Quill Press, LLC, Edited by E J Gilmer, ?, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Novella

"Two Hearts in Zamora"," by Jessica Reisman
other www.fact.org/wfc2006/book/order.htm
Thirteen year old girls adventure into and change the landscape of Conan in this story that's part of the anthology on the ballot for the 2007 World Fantasy award.
Publication: Cross Plains Universe: Texans Celebrate Robert E. Howard, Edited by Scott A. Cupp and Joe R. Landsdale, November, 2006
Genre: fantasy / Category: Short Story

October 2006

"Walk through Fire," by Laura Louise Baumbach
Publication site: www.aspenmountainpress.com/coming-soon/creatures-of-the-night-creatures-of-delight/prod_23.html
Caleb's vampire lover has been cursed by none other than the Duke of Hell. For over one hundred years he's tried to free Drew, and has failed to defeat the demon champions. With Drew starving and going insane, Caleb doesn't have much time left. What would you do for love? Sacrifice yourself, your immortal future, even your lover's life?
Publication: Creatures of the Night, Creatures of Delight, Edited by Sandra Hicks, October, 2006
Genre: Horror / Category: Short Story

"Beauty," by Catherine Lundoff
Read more at: Amazon
A hot vampire, a cute prince and all the erotic romance you've come to love in yaoi.
Publication: Zowie! It's Yaoi!: Western Girls Write Hot Stories of Boys' Love, Edited by Marilyn Jaye Lewis, October, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Novelette

"Black Sail," by Brenna Lyons
other www.phaze.com/authors.html
The myths say that Ariadne was exiled on the isle of Naxos, after she saved Theseus from her father's minotaur. They say that Dionysus found her there. The myths are incomplete.
Publication: e-book stand-alone from Phaze, October, 2006
Genre: fantasy / Category: novellette

"Enslaved," by Brenna Lyons
other www.phaze.com/authors..html
She was his father's prisoner...and is his gods-ordained mate. Can she look past years of hatred for his kind and find the glimmer of truth that they belong together?
Publication: e-book stand-alone from Phaze, Octorber, 2006
Genre: fantasy / Category: novelette

"Heart's Desire," by Janni Lee Simner
Author's site: www.simner.com
Cinderella's family wants her to go to the ball, but she'd rather stay home and read.
Publication: Cricket Magazine, October, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Short Story

September 2006

"Still Life With Boobs," by Anne Harris
Author's site: anneharris.typepad.com
Originally appeared in Talebones Magazine. Nebula Finalist in 2005
Publication: Year's Best Fantasy 6, Edited by David Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, September, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Short Story

"Nine Thousand Four Hundred Ninety-Four Days," by Vylar Kaftan
An alien who believes in perfect karmic justice comes to term with his wrongful imprisonment.
Publication: Abyss & Apex, Edited by Wendy Delmater, September, 2006
Genre: Science Fiction / Category: Short Story

"Jump," by Sue Lange
Publication site: www.pigasuspress.co.uk
A mysterious force in New York City is causing the inhabitants to commit suicide.
Publication: Premonitions, Edited by Tony Lee, September, 2006
Genre: Science Fiction / Category: Short Story

"Help Desk," by Phoebe Wray
Publication site: www.farthingmagazine.com/
In the not-so-distant future, what a young woman says transforms her life.
Publication: Farthing, Edited by Wendy Sheffield, September 2006
Genre: Fantasy/Category: Short Story

August 2006

"The Town on Blighted Sea," by A. M. Dellamonica
Read this story at: http://www.strangehorizons.com/2006/20060821/blighted-f.shtml
On a world far from earth, a woman struggles to keep the past--and earth's war with the Kabuva--buried.
Publication: Strange Horizons, Edited by Susan-Marie Groppi, August, 2006
Genre: Science Fiction / Category: Short Story

"Apartment Tour," by Lindsey Duncan
With nothing more than the clothes on her back, a young woman seeks shelter at Celestine Apartments - a place that promises unique amenities.
Publication: Jupiter World Press, Edited by Mary Wilson, August, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Short Story

"Honey Mouth," by Samantha Henderson
story http://www.heliotropemag.com/Issue01/pdf/Heliotrope_pg06-12_HoneyMouth.pdf
The ghost of a murdered girl makes her presence known through the taste of honey.
Publication: Heliotrope, Edited by Jay Tomio, August, 2006
Genre: horror / Category: Short Story

"Tall Enough for Navy," by Kay Kenyon
Author's site: www.kaykenyon.com
On a generations-long voyage, the starship Centauri gets a dose of religion. What will recruits to the space academy do when they have to bow to a dead admiral? YA story. Available at LA Con IV.
Publication: Space Cadets anthology, Edited by Mike Resnick, August, 2006
Genre: Science Fiction / Category: Short Story

"A Key Decides Its Destiny," by Cat Rambo
Author's site: www.kittywumpus.net
A woman apprenticed to a sorcerer fears that she will meet the same fate as all his other apprentices: death before she can leave.
Publication: Say...What's the Combination?, Edited by Christopher Rowe and Gwenda Bond, August, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Short Story

"Requiem for a Cowgirl," by Cat Rambo
Author's site: www.kittywumpus.net
A rodeo rider mourns the passing of a fellow rider, married to a clown.
Publication: Staccato Magazine, Edited by Matthew Boyd, August, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Short Story

"Rest," by Cat Rambo
Author's site: www.kittywumpus.net
A waitress at the Kurt Vonnegut rest stop wonders about the four men she has waited on earlier that day.
Publication: 21 Stars, August, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Short Story

"The Tower," by JoSelle Vanderhooft
Publication site: www.cabinet-des-fees.com
In the tall white tower, the Princess' stomach rumbles, and she dreams of prey.
Publication: Cabinet des Fees, Edited by Erzebet YellowBoy, August, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Short Story

"The World is One," by Calie Voorhis
Publication Site: www.theswordreview.com/
Dan encounters, literally, a figure from his past while circling a mysterious planet.
Publication: The Sword Review, August, 2006
Genre: Science Fiction / Category: Short Story

July 2006

"Such as Dreams Are Made Of," by Marie Brennan
Author's site: www.swantower.com/marie/stories/other/sadamo.html
Holt closed his cell phone, the soft click swallowed up by the cool grey carpet, and smiled to himself.
Publication: Aberrant Dreams, July, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Short Story

"Soul Siblings," by Lindsey Duncan
publication http://www.afterburnsf.com/
When timid rebel Evyelara and devout assassin Tarivan are forced to work together, their situation is complicated by the fact that to see the other's face is death.
Publication: Afterburn SF, Edited by Wade Kimberlin, July, 2006
Genre: fantasy / Category: Novelette

"Five Ways Jane Austen Never Died," by Samantha Henderson
publication http://www.primebooks.net/
The title says it all.
Publication: Fantasy: The Best of the Year, Edited by Rich Horton, July, 2006
Genre: fantasy / Category: Short Story

"Keybones," by Vylar Kaftan
Publication site: http://www.chizine.com/
The skeletal ghost of a pregnant woman returns to haunt her husband.
Publication: ChiZine, Edited by Brett Savory, July, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Short Story

"Witherspin," by Alexis Glynn Latner
Publication site: www.analogsf.com
A romantic adventure cascades across an exotic amusement park in a far-future space habitat where the word "witherspin" means "everything going wrong."
Publication: Analog Science Fiction & Fact Magazine, Edited by Stanley Schmidt, July, 2006
Genre: Science Fiction / Category: Novelette

"Poppet," by Elspeth Potter
Publication site:
Scientists find a new use for their mind-controlled poppets.
Publication: Sex in the System: Stories of Erotic Futures, Edited by Cecilia Tan, July, 2006
Genre: Science Fiction / Category: Short Story

"The Dragon's Choice," by April Reid
Read this story at: amberquill.com/AmberHeat/DragonsChoice.html
Tonight, Shimmara d' Assana will be chained as a sacrifice to the King Dragon. In battling to protect her, Rion will reveal a stunning secret that will tear them apart.
Publication: Amber Quill Press, LLC, Edited by E J Gilmer, July, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Novelette

June 2006

"Wild Copper," by Samantha Henderson
story http://literary.erictmarin.com/archives/Issue%2015/wild.htm
A human girl is pledged to serve Titania and Oberon in their exile in Puget Sound, until Coyote offers to help her escape.
Publication: Lone Star Stories, Edited by Eric Marin, June, 2006
Genre: fantasy / Category: Short Story

"Daughter of Chaos," by Carol Hightshoe
Author's site: www.klyssia.com/DaughterChaos.html
Arielle is a young elf ranger and a follower of Frayrith, the Lady of the Forests. When she decides to try and discover her past, against the advice of Frayrith, she ends up as a slave in the temple of Thynitic, The Lady of Chaos. She will eventually come to serve Thynitic as her Daughter of Chaos.
Publication: The Stygian Soul, Edited by Sheri McGathy, June, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Novelette

"Descent Into Chaos," by Carol Hightshoe
Author's site: www.klyssia.com/DescentChaos.html
Torliana is an elf who seeks the ways of order. She enters the temple of Hellavar - Lord of Order and Fire to train as a monk in his service. Despite four years of training, she still finds herself desperate for acceptance in the temple and when she fails in her testing to become a Flame Dancer she is seduced by Thynitic, The Lady of Chaos.
Publication: The Stygian Soul, Edited by Sheri McGathy, June, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Novelette

"Twilight," by Catherine Lundoff
Learn more at: www.circlet.com
Fangs fly when an intrepid vampire hunter falls for a day-walking vampire beauty.
Publication: Best Fantastic Erotica 2005, Circlet Press, Edited by Cecilia Tan, June, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Short Story

"The Fabricant of Marvels," by Sarah Micklem
Publication site: www.lcrw.net
An exceedingly short and rather pointless folk tale from the nonexistent Isle of Abigomas, about a maker of marvelous mechanical birds.
Publication: Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet (LCRW) 18, Edited by Gavin Grant, June, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Short Story

May 2006

"Sing for Me," by Marie Brennan
Author's site: www.swantower.com/marie/stories/ninelands/sfm.html
Mud and flies were two things Caríchio was not accustomed to. The village, as much of it as he could see from out his carriage door, had an abundance of both. He surveyed the scene with distaste and wondered if this trip was truly necessary.
Publication: Fictitious Force, May, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Short Story

"The Wood, the Bridge, the House," by Marie Brennan
Author's site: www.swantower.com/marie/stories/retellings/twtbth.html
The shadows writhe and twist as she skips down the path, singing to herself. If she turns her head, there will be nothing there, and so she does not . . . .
Publication: Dark Wisdom, May, 2006
Genre: Horror / Category: Short Story

"Cinderella Suicide," by Samantha Henderson
story http://strangehorizons.com/2006/20060515/suicide-f.shtml/
In an Australia that never was, three ex-convicts search for a legendary power source.
Publication: Strange Horizons, Edited by Susan Marie Groppi, May, 2006
Genre: science fiction / Category: Short Story

"The Snake Woman's Lover," by Catherine Lundoff
A medieval lord runs afoul of the wrong Fay.
Publication: Garden of the Perverse: Twisted Fairy Tales for Adults (Thunders Mouth Press), Edited by Sage Vivant and M. Christian, May, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Short Story

"Ammonite Baby," by C.S. MacCath
storyauthor: http://www.csmaccath.com/content/ammonite-baby
A man dreams of the child he knows he will someday have while he comes to terms with a woman he thinks he doesn't love.
Publication: newWitch, Edited by Anne Niven, May, 2006
Genre: fantasy / Category: Short Story

"Lonesome Trail," by Cat Rambo
Author's site: www.kittywumpus.net
Poets set out on a desert journey while a cook berates them.
Publication: Sybil's Garage, Edited by Matthew Kressel, May, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Short Story

"Mother's World," by Cat Rambo
Author's site: www.kittywumpus.net
A young woman is absorbed by a cult, despite the protests of her mother, who exists only within the confines of a virtual world.
Publication: Aberrant Dreams, Edited by Ian Douglas, May, 2006
Genre: Science Fiction / Category: Short Story

"The River in Winter," by JoSelle Vanderhooft
Publication site: www.cabinet-des-fees.com
Under a layer of ice, a girl transformed into a river dreams of her past lover, and a regret she cannot escape.
Publication: Cabinet des Fees, Edited by Erzebet YellowBoy, May, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Short Story

"The Potter's Daughter," by Martha Wells
Learn more at: aletheakontis.com/elemental/
A prequel to the Ile-Rien series, featuring Kade Carrion from The Element of Fire.
Publication: ELEMENTAL: THE TSUNAMI RELIEF SF/F ANTHOLOGY, Edited by Steven Savile, Alethea Kontis, May, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Short Story

April 2006

"Pale Horse," by F.J. Bergmann
publication : http://rsbd.net/
An unusual racehorse won't stop running. Winner of the 2006 Mary Shelley Imaginative Fiction Award.
Publication: Rosebud, Edited by Roderick Clark, April, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Short story

"The Dreamweaver's Dispute," by Lindsey Duncan
Publication http://www.leadingedgemagazine.com
A recently-widowed Dreamweaver in a backwater town receives an unusual ultimatum from the gnome underground.
Publication: Leading Edge, April, 2006
Genre: fantasy / Category: Novelette

"Kindled Morphogenesis," by Alexa Grave
Publication site: www.fantasistent.com/books/anthologies/MM.php
Lost memories surface in Fiona's mind when her lover is murdered, but with the memories come flames that consume her heart and soul.
Publication: Modern Magic: Tales of Fantasy and Horror, Edited by W. H. Horner, April, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Short Story

"Problems of Communication," by April Grey
A scientist suspects the end of the world is coming--her test subject, a dolphin, told her so!
Publication: Amalgamae Magazine, Edited by Jenn Engle, April, 2006
Genre: fantasy / Category: Short Story

"Girl with the Lute," by Samantha Henderson
story http://www.chizine.com/
A man from the near future searches the past for the one person who seems able to see him.
Publication: Chizine, Edited by Brett Alexander Savory, April, 2006
Genre: horror / Category: Short Story

"Through the Cooking Glass," by Vylar Kaftan
Read this story at: www.ravenelectrick.com/ssraven/cookingglass.html
Gingerbread people come to life in Mrs. Wallace's oven.
Publication: Raven Electrick, Edited by Karen Romanko, April, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Short Story

"BehaviorNorm," by Sue Lange
Publication site: www.challengingdestiny.com
Psychological tests perfomed on a young girl haunt her throughout her life, preventing her from finding her place in the Universe.
Publication: Challenging Destiny, Edited by Dave Switzer, April, 2006
Genre: Science Fiction / Category: Short story

"The Hands of a Princess," by Catherine Lundoff
An Amazon warrior meets the woman of her dreams.
Publication: Amazons: Sexy Tales of Strong Women (Thunder's Mouth Press), Edited by Sage Vivant and M. Christian, April, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Short Story

"From Nancy Jane Moore to Lula Mae Cravens," by Nancy Jane Moore
Learn more at: www.aqueductpress.com
A letter from a modern spinster to an earlier role model.
Publication: Talking Back: Epistolary Fantasies, Edited by L. Timmel Duchamp, April, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Short Story

"Clone Barbecue," by Jennifer Pelland
The limits of "therapeutic cloning" are tested by the idle rich.
Publication: Apex Online, Edited by Jason Sizemore, April, 2006
Genre: Science Fiction / Category: Short Story

"The Woman Who Married a Wolf," by Cynthia Ward
Publication site: www.amazon.com/gp/product/1560257547/qid=1149273844/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-3272030-1520040?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful young woman who won the heart of a prince. But the prince was not what he seemed.... (This twisted fairy tale is for adults only.)
Publication: GARDEN OF THE PERVERSE: FAIRY TALES FOR TWISTED ADULTS, Edited by Sage Vivant & M. Christian, April, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Novelette

March 2006

"How I Got Fired from the Best Damn Job in the Whole Wide World," by Samantha Henderson
publication http://www.sensesfive.com/
The ups and downs of playing Goofy.
Publication: Sybil's Garage, Edited by Matthew Kressel, March, 2006
Genre: fantasy / Category: Short Story

"Emily Says," by Catherine Lundoff
Erotic horror - the down side of having a succubus of your very own.
Publication: Lust for Life: Tales of Sex and Love (Vehicule Press), Edited by Claude Lalumiere and Elise Moser, March, 2006
Genre: Horror / Category: Short Story

"The Harpy," by Lynda Williams
Publication site: www.czerneda.com/mythspring.htm
MYTHSPRING is a collection of stories inspired by Canadian legends and lyrics created for use in Canadian schools.
Publication: MYTHSPRING, Edited by Julie E. Czerneda and Genevieve Kierans, March, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Short Story

February 2006

"The Stains of the Past," by J. Kathleen Cheney
story http://www.theswordreview.com/item.php?sub_id=385
A romance between two people with difficult gifts.
Publication: The Sword Review, Edited by Bill Snodgrass, February, 2006
Genre: fantasy / Category: Short Story

"The Birth of Spring," by Sheri L McGathy
publication www.double-dragon-ebooks.com/single.php?ISBN=DDP1MCGTHY
2006 Young Adult Dream Realm Award Finalist ... When the Winter King stays the wheel, refusing to allow the season to turn, the Summer Queen has no choice but to declare war.
Publication: Double Dragon Publishing, February, 2006
Genre: fantasy / Category: Short Story

"Raven," by Cat Rambo
Author's site: www.kittywumpus.net
A cat learns to speak but can only say its name to its owner, a middle-aged woman about to divorce her husband.
Publication: Twisted Cat Tales, Edited by Esther Schrader, February, 2006
Genre: Horror / Category: Short Story

"The English Major's Revenge," by Nancy Jane Moore
Site: wsfa.org
A short-short homage to "The Day the Earth Stood Still," published in the monthly newsletter of the Washington Science Fiction Association.
Publication: WSFA Journal, Edited by Ernest Lilley, February, 2006
Genre: Science Fiction / Category: Short Story

"Afternoon Download," by Calie Voorhis
A spy in the future fulfills her mission. If only she could remember what it was...
Publication: Deep Magic, February, 2006
Genre: Science Fiction / Category: Short Story

January 2006

"Best Protection," by Melanie Ann Fletcher
Publication site: www.yarddogpress.com
A veteran of the Queen's Own Sabres must go undercover (reluctantly) as a bellydancer to rescue the Queen's kidnapped niece -- but was she really kidnapped?
Publication: Double Dog #3, Edited by Selina Rosen, January, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Novella

"In The Season of Blue Storms," by Jude-Marie Green
www.abyssandapex.com
Publication: Abyss and Apex, Edited by Wendy Delmater, January, 2006
Genre: / Category: Short Story

"Route Nine," by Samantha Henderson
publication http://www.shimmerzine.com/
A trucker tells a friend about some very odd things he saw out on Route Nine.
Publication: Shimmer, Edited by Beth Wodzinski, January, 2006
Genre: horror / Category: Short Story

"The Captive Chronologist," by Sarah Micklem
Author's site: www.firethorn.info
A folk tale from the nonexistent Isle of Abigomas, in which the invention of minutes is attributed--with complete disregard for historical fact--to a clockmaker held captive by the Great Khan.
Publication: TriQuarterly 122, Edited by Guest Editor: Kimiko Hahn, January, 2006
Genre: Fantasy / Category: Short Story

"Flood," by Jennifer Pelland
Read this story at: www.abyssandapex.com/200601-Flood.html
On a waterless future Earth, a woman sings for the lost seas.
Publication: Abyss and Apex, Edited by Wendy S. Delmater, January, 2006
Genre: Science Fiction / Category: Short Story