Looking for humans? Just look for the garbage. From bones to plastic to dead electronics, people rarely manage to clean up after themselves. Humanity takes a long time to learn how to manage limited resources, too. The rare and precious get lost with the useless and plentiful. Meet Gayle Simmons, pilot of the Treasure Hunt. Rare and precious, in her sights.

The Garbage Belt

When Dreams Find WingsMranes loves life along the Wrynath Sea. Scarlet sand and warm water, hard work surrounded by family. But her heart and imagination yearn for the sky and adventure. And a glorious airhorse to take her there. What will she learn about herself and the life ahead of her, on one special night when magic and desire collide? Also available in the collection Fantastic Side Trips: Side Characters Take Center Stage. An excerpt from Wings of the Heart:The Launch of All of Her Dreams"Will they get upset if I go now, Father? I don't want to make anyone feel bad.""The younger ones won't likely notice. And the older ones will know exactly why you enjoy extra time this evening. Your birthday is tomorrow, remember? Your fourteenth."Mranes expected a fine meal this evening, and gifts. Hopefully books with tales of faraway lands, or maybe one of her father's fine tunics made especially for her. She preferred those to gowns, much to her grandmother's disappointment."I don't think I've ever forgotten my birthday, not since I was old enough to understand what it was.""What you don't yet know is this one is special. Tonight your mother and I will help you recall your sleeping lifetime in a different way than we have before."Mranes shivered as the breeze cooled her legs, startling after so long in the warm water. And not a little bit from the idea of having one of her sleeping lifetimes recalled.

Wings of the Heart - Misfortune and Magic

On Certain Days, the Hurt Feels Brand NewMost people love the music computer in Sara's brain. Earworm lyrics. Trivia and connections. Obscure cover versions. She knows it all. Only one person knows the obsession behind Sara's knowledge. And the heartache she hides. Can a break with the past show Sarah a new future? Originally appeared in Obsessions: An Anthology of Original Fiction, Stark Publishing, 2020 An excerpt from At the Heart of It All:The Day All Her Best Defenses Fail  Sarah may have been born with the computer, but her father had at least installed the software and optimized it for music. The massive database she'd been filling as long as she could remember. Anything that changed after that hadn't been his fault."Not now. Not while you're in this traffic."She took advantage of a dead stop on the highway and called up Jimi Hendrix and Crosstown Traffic to distract herself. Keeping the calendars out of her office helped some with this dreadful, painful month. Same with turning off the displays on her phone and her computers at work. Even if she'd followed her occasional impulse and spent all of October in some sort of technology and communication void, she'd know. Some part of Sara knew exactly what day it was. Every single year.

At the Heart of It All

A Multi-Dimensional CrossoverAndre Telkin loves cat sitting for his best friend Dana. Spoiling them rotten and teaching them his special flair. Enjoying the peace and quiet of the old tree-lined neighborhood. Except when he hears a sound beyond explanation. Too strange and disturbing to ignore. What will Andre discover when he leaves his reality behind?Also available in the collection Facing Down Extraordinary An excerpt from Andre's Extra-Sensational Adventure:Something Truly Strange Lurking in the Night  When he closed the screen door behind him and stepped out into the night, that bizarre churning noise caught Andre's attention once again. It wasn't louder, exactly, and it didn't sound any closer. Partly because he was having trouble pinning down what direction it came from. But it did sound more discordant somehow to his highly sensitive and well-trained ear. Like the noise had turned up the volume, or the speed, only emphasizing whatever was unnatural and out of balance in the first place.

Andre's Extra-Sensational Adventure

An enchanted bookstore in a town full of magic. A story of childhood and best friends revisited. A town forced to face the music. A modern myth from a land before time. A charming collision of numbers and magic. Unwelcome change in a land of dragons. In this second fantasy short story collection from Kari Kilgore, she visits lands familiar and strange, mythological and fantastic. From Allsentia to Appalachia to Atlanta, from modern mythology to dragons to joys of distant childhood. Join this talented storyteller on a journey through magical bookstores and haunted towns, lands lost in time and friendships forged across new dimensions. Includes Odds and Endings, Dawn Visitor, The Earworms, The Spider Who Ate the Elephant, Little Five, and The Last Dragonkeeper. Odds and EndingsVisit an enchanted bookstore in a town full of magic. Chris Ramsey grew up visiting the Odds and Endings Bookstore in Lightning Gap, Virginia. Wandering the shelves. Finding endless adventures in the pages. Wishing he helped create the magic. Years later, Chris gets his chance. What would you do for the opportunity of a lifetime?Dawn VisitorA beloved dog brings a special gift, especially to a young girl's life. One that lasts and endures no matter how many years pass. Toby welcomes Ellie home as only a first best friend can. A touching story of childhood and best friends revisited. The EarwormsWhat if your whole town had to face the music?Estonoa, Virginia. A lovely little town tucked deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Hiking and ATV trails. Kayaking along the scenic Clinch River. A thriving community focused on the future. Erin Evans loves her hometown, except for one thing. The Earworms. Will Erin find the answer before the music drives her and everyone else crazy?The Spider Who Ate the ElephantA Modern Myth. An eerie natural phenomenon. In the distant past, in a distant land... Grandmother Spider faces a sad problem far too big and difficult for her to solve. The end of her family and all the creatures in her land. Find out how her triumph echoes from then to now, and into forever. A tale of compassion, survival, and love. Little FiveBarry Evans: An oddball in the oddest land of all. A gray-suited accountant navigating colorful hair, crazy clothing, and questionable businesses. After three months in Little Five, nothing surprises Barry anymore. Until the day he meets a true stranger in town. What happens when numbers meet magic?The Last DragonkeeperWyja, Senior Dragonkeeper of the Upper Abramshire Academy, tends to young dragons and keepers alike. Each group challenging, and exhausting, in their own way. Unwelcome change sets in when dragon birthrates drop to dangerous levels. No one knows why. Can Wyja solve the problem before it's too late?

Fantastic Shorts: Volume 2

Facing fear of your own dreams coming true. Longing to hold on to a beloved best friend. Wishing to repair a life gone off the tracks. A lifelong feeling that you never belong. The secret life of a gorgeous black cat. Functioning as signposts along the rich and often twisted road of Kari Kilgore's imagination, each story in this collection explores a different area of fantasy fiction. Ranging from Appalachia to Atlanta, from love to loss, they all touch on emotions or experiences readers recognize. The (mostly) women in Fantastic Shorts: Volume 1 may start out in familiar territory. But in the hands of this talented storyteller, readers quickly learn to always expect the strange. Included in this collection:IntentionsAngela Garcia builds websites to help make other people's dreams come true. Now one of her childhood dreams waits, ready to come to life. Sometimes your intentions make all the difference. ReflectionsA beloved family home, abandoned and broken. A so-called adult life, not much better off. Jessica's hopes of finding her joy fade as soon as she steps through the door. Can facing her fears, and her memories, make Jessica's life right at last?The Seeds of LoveVirginia Evans and her best friend Maggie grew up together. From shy girl and wriggly puppy to confident woman and gentle old soul. A touching tale of woman's best friend. TerminaliaWhen you live a double life, you never take anything for granted. Kelly Webb finally feels safe. Until nighttime, when all but Kelly's name changes. An enchanting tale of the crossroads between science and magic. Wicked BonePashmina knows which humans to trust. She shows her trust like all cats. With offerings from her hunts. And like all cats, Pashmina keeps her secrets to herself. Find out what happens when Katie learns Pashmina's favorite secret.

Fantastic Shorts: Volume 1: A Fantasy Short Story Collection

The unseen world beneath our ordinary lives. An doctor facing a cry far beyond medicine. A young nurse in World War II Hungary. A writer fighting a dilemma as old as time. A modern life on hold, chasing shadowy reality. Kari Kilgore's third short fantasy collection explores women facing change. Long-sought dreams coming true. Long-held secrets coming to light. Surprises welcome and frightening. Ranging from near-future Chicago to war-torn Budapest, from high tech Atlanta to a snowy Maine beach, join this trip through the strange lands of Kari's imagination. Includes The Tech Empath, Sensing the Storm, Kati and the Witches in the Hill, An Adventure Well Begun, and A Linchpin Life.

Fantastic Shorts: Volume 3

Timing Is EverythingLucy Mitchell dreamed of celebrating New Year's Eve in Times Square her whole life. Now she awaits the turn of the millennium there, after years of hard work heading off the dreaded Y2K bug. But the bug shows signs of wriggling past her efforts, with its devastating sting intact. Can Lucy head off digital disaster before the clock strikes midnight? An excerpt from Y2K:Countdown to the Worst Case Scenario "Not seeing any errors, no, " Chuck said. "But several are offline. A couple of databases, and.huh. HR servers. Email is working, same with the rest of the servers." "I'm going to have to take a look at this myself, " Lucy said, "and I can't exactly get to Rio right now. We won't be back in Atlanta until the second.""I hate to say this, but we can't wait that long. We've got less than an hour until we find out if this bug is going to be widespread in our systems.""When it hits Buenos Aires, " Lucy said, closing her eyes. "No signs of it in Paris or London?""Nope, not a trace. If it does hit the Argentina offices, we'll be in for a much bigger shitstorm not long after.""Yeah. Two hours after that, we're looking at the whole East Coast."

Even Superheroes Hate RenovationsJenna accepts a job that takes confidentiality to the extreme: a major remodel on a minor superhero's lair. The only real secret? How Earth Worm can afford to buy everyone's silence, plus labor, materials, and lodging. Trouble builds on the horizon before the job gets started. Will a minor villain trying to break into the big time undermine them all? An excerpt from Jenna and the Lightning Beast:Staying Grounded in a Strange Situation  Kevin laughed. "Nothing usual about being whisked away to a secret location on a secret project, is there? Everyone in the city knows more about what's going on than we do."The others gathered and introduced themselves, adding a Georgia highway department engineer, a plumber, and a home security expert to go with the inspector and insurance agent. And between the eight of them, still no real idea what they were there for."I know we're not supposed to know, " Kim said, "but I'm pretty sure this particular homeowner has to get the whole thing started. I don't see a doorbell we can ring."Jenna leaned forward, trying to peek inside the tinted passenger window of the van that hadn't moved since the motor stopped."Unless she drove us up here."Everyone jumped at a rich, sultry voice from behind them."She didn't drive you. Nobody did."

The Garbage Belt

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