Anthologies
My work has appeared in several anthologies.
Hiding Behind The Cowl: A Superhero Anthology
Why does someone decide to become a superhero? What makes them wake up one morning and put on a mask to fight crime?
These five stories explore that theme, from Coming of Age to hiding your identity for the safety of your family.
From light and fast to dark and deadly, come with us on an emotional journey into superheroic worlds.
Featuring stories by Annie Reed, Leah Cutter, Blaze Ward, J.D. Brink, and Michael Kingswood.
Available everywhere fine books are sold.
Fiction River Special Edition: Spies
In this third Fiction River Special Edition, award-winning editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch proves a master of intrigue with a wide variety of spy stories. Ranging in tone from satire to serious, from touching to brutal, from light to oh-so-very-dark, these fifteen stories illuminate the secret world of espionage. Despite their different tones, different cultures, even different time periods, these diverse stories form a powerful anthology that reveals the world in all its messiness.
“…high quality throughout.” —Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine on Fiction River Special Edition: Crime
Table of Contents
“Spy in the Sky” by Tonya D. Price
“Meeting at the Rise and Shine” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
“Highpoint” by Michael Kingswood
“Through the Eyes of a Dog” by Angela Penrose
“Cat and Mice” by Jamie McNabb
“Our Man in Basingstoke” by Sabrina Chase
“Night Flight” by Jonathan Kort
“End of the Line” by David H. Hendrickson
“The Florentine Exchange” by Dayle A. Dermatis
“The Message” by C.A. Rowland
“Not What You’d Expect” by Leah Cutter
“Turkish Coffee” by Johanna Rothman
“The Path” by David Stier
“Trafficking Stops” by Lisa Silverthorne
“The Spy Who Walked into the Cold” by Ron Collins
Available everywhere great books are sold.
Obsessions
Webster defines “obsession” as an “a persistent disturbing abnormal preoccupation with an often unreasonable idea or feeling.”
Obsessions sometimes include a hobby or collection that has gotten out of hand. Other times an obsession can drive a person to invent something new, cure a disease or attempt to right a great wrong. And at other times, obsessing can send a person down a dark and disturbing path.
Obsessions can be healthy; can be born out of love and the desire to protect. They can stem from a need to fix something that is broken or replace something that is missing. But they can also be pervasive and disgusting, unhealthy and bizarre. They can be mild or quaint and eclectic, or they can be all-consuming and life altering.
These authors tackle the subject with all original genre-bending fiction:
- Ezekiel James Boston
- Stephen Couch
- Joe Cron
- Leah Cutter
- Dayle Dermatis
- Robert Jeschonek
- Kari Kilgore
- Michael Kingswood
- Kate Pavelle
- Annie Reed
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- Leigh Saunders
- Rebecca M. Senese
- Dean Wesley Smith
- David Stier
- Julie Strauss
Stories curated by Mark Leslie, editor of Campus Chills, North of Infinity II, Tesseracts Sixteen: Parnassus Unbound and multiple volumes in the Fiction River anthology series. Foreword by New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Kristine Kathryn Rusch.