Mike Morgan

Eve Morton

Danielle Davis

Matias Travieso-Diaz

Laura Engelhardt

Richard Zwicker

Marisca Pichette

Manny Frishberg

Lena Ng

Bruno Lombardi

Jason Sharp

Spencer Nitkey

S. D. Gibson

Roman Durkan

Matthew F. Amati

Melody Alice

Pete Barnstrom

Mia Dalia

Rebecca A. Demarest

M. M. De Voe

Mel Grebing

The Best of 2023 Stories that Upend Genre ConventionsThis anthology showcases 21 genre-busting stories to surprise even the most avid reader. Discover what talented authors can do with urban fantasy, westerns, romance, horror, sci-fi, mysteries, thrillers, and dystopian fiction. This collection proves that genre fiction doesn't need to stay in one lane.* The repentant villain from a high fantasy tale goes on a blind date with a disillusioned heroine from a rom-com romance.* A wise-cracking detective seeks the missing Goddess of Spring.* In the height of the 80's tech boom, a teen boy finds his missing brother at the heart of an apocalypse.* An interview with a werewolf, a vampire, and Frankenstein's monster goes horribly wrong.* From inside a psychiatric ward, a girl named Goldie tells her side of an encounter with the three bears.* A cowboy and a talking raven take a wild and wacky ride on the back of a velociraptor.And Many More!Each entertaining tale offers you a chance to discover a new author of unconventional fiction that twists the tropes and crosses genre boundaries.

An Anthology of Unconventional Stories

Tumbled Tales

Debut book by Danielle Davis. In this book of poems, you will read of love, despair, life, and death. The definition of sovereign as used in the title means "possessing supreme or ultimate power." With that being said, our souls are absolute, they deal with all tribulations we are faced with and never speak of... until now.

Secrets of the Sovereign Soul

A colony of honeybees mistakes seventh-grader Zinnia's hair for a hive -- and that's the least of her problems. While Zinnia's classmates are celebrating the last day of seventh grade, she's in the vice principal's office, serving detention. Her offense? Harmlessly yarn-bombing a statue of the school mascot. When Zinnia rushes home to commiserate with her older brother and best friend, Adam, she's devastated to discover that he's gone -- with no explanation. Zinnia's day surely can't get any worse . . . until a colony of honeybees inhabits her hive-like hair! Infused with magical realism, Danielle Davis delivers a quirky, heartfelt debut, exploring both the complex life of a young loner and a comical hive of honeybees. Together, these alternating and unexpected perspectives will touch anyone who has ever felt alone, betrayed, or misunderstood.

Zinnia and the Bees

Eating healthier foods doesn’t always mean you have to toss aside your favorite dishes completely—sometimes all it takes is a tweak here and an ingredient swap there to give your go-to meals a healthier spin. And Danielle Davis is here to teach you exactly how to do that! Danielle’s library of swaps cover everything from leaner protein options (give her Thai Turkey Meatballs a try!) to more nutrient-rich alternatives to mayo, butter and oils (Avocado Chocolate Cupcakes do the trick) to healthier flours to try (Almond Flour–Crusted Chicken Tenders are a crowd favorite). So whether you’re trying to cut back on refined sugars, find low carb options, limit your dairy or just fill your diet with more nutrients, her recipes have you covered. These approachable, easy-to-make recipes prove that upping the nutritional value of your meals and eating more wholesome dishes can be quick, simple and satisfying.

Easy Substitutions to Boost the Nutritional Value of Your Favorite Recipes

The Healthy Swaps Cookbook

Gemma Files

Gabino Iglesias

Hailey Piper

Laurel Hightower

Erin Keating

Wendy N. Wagner

Angela Sylvaine

Eric Raglin

K. A. Wiggins

Taylor Rae

Edward Lodi

Erin Brown

Die Booth

Patrick Barb

Alex Woodroe

Nikki R. Leigh

Cormack Baldwin

Madison McSweeney

L. C. von Hessen

Lyndon Nicholas

Tom Coombe

J. V. Gachs

Helena O'Connor

Belicia Rhea

Drew E. Huff

Tried and true, or done to death? There are plenty of tropes we'd like to see rot in their graves, but they keep coming back from the dead. In this book, horror's most devious minds subvert, reclaim, and double down on what you know too well, giving even the most done-to-death tropes new life. From alien abductions and werewolves to creepy dolls and Lover's Lane killers, these tropes claw their way back from the grave to take their rightful place in your nightmares.Featuring stories from:Erin Keating, Cormack Baldwin, Eric Raglin, Die Booth, Laurel Hightower, LC von Hessen, Taylor Rae, Lyndon Nicholas, Alex Woodroe, Tom Coombe, Patrick Barb, Nikki R. Leigh, J.V. Gachs, K.A. Wiggins, Madison McSweeney, Helena O'Connor, Belicia Rhea, Angela Sylvaine, Gabino Iglesias, Gemma Files, Erin Brown, Edward Lodi, Drew E. Huff, Danielle Davis, Wendy N. Wagner, Hailey PiperWith a Foreword by Laird Barron

An Anthology of Bad Horror Tropes Done Right

It Was All A Dream

To Make

Neomi Jean Hattisburg is a young Negro woman who comes of age during the 1930s. Her father, a railroad porter, and her mother, a domestic worker, instill in her a strong sense of faith and respect, however, she finds herself confused because of her appearance, (she looks White), and the way she is treated by Whites and Negroes as a result. When she falls in love with Moses Jackson, a young man she never noticed when they attended kindergarten through high school together, his focused plans to attend college and become an attorney to work for civil rights helps her gain clarity of her own. They make plans together to further their education and eventually marry. Their plans are interrupted by the outbreak of WWII and the bombing of Pearl Harbor, when Moses feels compelled to enlist in the Army Air Corps. As he goes through training with the 332nd Airborne unit, Neomi continues to save toward their dreams, working as a domestic worker in the home of a wealthy White family. One evening, while working late, Neomi is raped by the son of her employers. Overwhelmed by shame and unwarranted guilt, the discovery several weeks later that she is pregnant makes her decide that, in order to avoid bringing shame on Moses and her family, she must leave, and start a new life elsewhere. Knowing that it will be difficult to provide for herself and her child with employment available to Negroes, she decides to pass for White, and makes her way to Chicago, Illinois to start her new life. There, she obtains a job on the sales floor in a major department store and sets about living a White life, telling everyone her husband was lost in the war to explain her pregnancy. Over the next few years she works her way up to department head, and works hard to forget Moses. It is there that the son & heir to the department store chain discovers and takes an interest in her. They begin dating and eventually marry. The marriage is successful in that they truly love each other. Neomi finds herself living a lifestyle she could only have imagined, even though she must come to terms with her guilt over living a privileged life while her own people struggle for equality. The first child they have together looks just like her husband, and it only solidifies their marriage. However, when their second child is born, he is obviously a Negro, and Neomis false world falls to pieces. It is the journey Neomi must travel, the trials and tribulations her choices bring her to, and the faith that gets her through it all, that combine to make Ordinary Times: Extraordinary Measures a must read.

Ordinary Times; Extraordinary Measures

Danielle Davis

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