Francesca Forrest

Em, a child from a floating village off the US Gulf Coast, throws a message in a bottle into the sea. The message ends up in the hands of Kaya, a Southeast Asian activist in a volcanic prison. Their subsequent correspondence has profound consequences for themselves and their communities.

Pen Pal

The past can be a difficult thing to escape... Decommissioner Thirty-Seven is not the most conventional decommissioner at the Ministry of Divinities, but she takes her role of helping fading gods to retire seriously-and feels bad when things go wrong. Take the decommissioning of Laloran-morna, former god of warm ocean waves: she botched that, somehow, and now he spurts saltwater when upset. When seawater invades a development project in Laloran-morna's old haunts, suspicion naturally falls on him. But is the retired god the source of the problem? Or is it the work of a mortal saboteur? Searching for the answer to these questions brings Thirty-Seven face-to-face with a past she'd rather forget.

Lagoonfire

What happens if you try to retire a god who is not ready to leave?An official from the Ministry of Divinity arrives at a university to decommission a local god. She is expecting an easy decommissioning of a waning god of mischief but finds instead an active god not interested in retiring and university administrators who have not told her the full story about the god. Can the Decommisioner discover the true story of this god in time to prevent his most destructive round of mischief yet?

The Inconvenient God

Corrie Garrett

Jim Johnson

Sherwood Smith

JA Andrews

Gustavo Bondoni

Christopher Bunn

Yvonne Eliot

Joanna Hoyt

Cate Isert

Glenne James

Ville Meriläinen

A. K. R. Scott

John Taloni

M.C. Dwyer

Chloe Garner

Noblebright fantasy is fantasy with a thread of hope even in the darkest hour, with characters who strive to do the right thing, even when it costs them everything. In this exciting collection of noblebright fantasy, fresh new fantasy voices and award-winning authors explore grief and hope, sacrifice and heroism. Rediscover the best aspect of classic fantasy - the noblebright ideals that made heroes heroic, even when the world grew dark around them. Wizards, princesses, peasants, schoolchildren, griffins, and the song of the stars shine brightly in these wide-ranging tales of possibility, courage, and hope. This anthology features stories from: JA Andrews, Gustavo Bondoni, Christopher Bunn, M.C. Dwyer, Yvonne Eliot, Francesca Forrest, Chloe Garner, Corrie Garrett, Joanna Hoyt, Cate Isert, Glenn James, Jim Johnson, Ville Meriläinen, A. K. R. Scott, Sherwood Smith, and John Taloni.

A Noblebright Fantasy Anthology

Still Waters

Aimee Ogden

Tom Howard

April Steenburgh

W.R. Gingell

Terri Bruce

Lora Gray

Kelly A. Harmon

Tom Jolly

Leslie J. Anderson

C.A. Barrett

Aaron DaMommio

Anthony Eichenlaub

Alena Sullivan

Charles D. Shell

Amanda Nargi

Beth Powers

Rollin Jewett

Samuel Marzioli

Darrell J. Pursiful

Troy Tang

In this exciting collection of noblebright fantasy, fresh new fantasy voices and award-winning authors explore grief and hope, sacrifice and heroism. Rediscover the best aspect of classic fantasy - the noblebright ideals that made heroes heroic, even when the world grew dark around them. Thieves, dragons, nightmares, fairy warriors, pookas, enchanted bear-men, and other magical creatures will delight you in these unique tales of possibility, courage, and hope. This anthology features stories from: Leslie J. Anderson, C.A. Barrett, Terri Bruce, Aaron DaMommio, M.C. Dwyer, Anthony Eichenlaub, Francesca Forrest, Chloe Garner, W.R. Gingell, Lora Gray, Kelly A. Harmon, Tom Howard, Rollin Jewett, Tom Jolly, Samuel Marzioli, Amanda Nargi, Aimee Ogden, Beth Powers, Darrell J. Pursiful, Charles D. Shell, April Steenburgh, Alena Sullivan, and Troy Tang. Edited by Robert McCowen and C. J. Brightley.

Fell Beasts and Fair

Francesca Forrest

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