From fairy tales fractured into unrecognizability to Russian mobsters hanging out with zombies, from New World slavery to modern Alaskan cruise ships, the stories in Fantasy Adrift sail across the genre. Two writers make their fiction debuts next to bestsellers Steve Perry and Dean Wesley Smith to take readers on a journey of the imagination—as only Fiction River can do. Includes stories by Irette Y. Patterson, Leslie Claire Walker, Eric Stocklassa, Rebecca S.W. Bates, Kara Legend, Steve Perry, Dean Wesley Smith, Steven Mohan, Jr., Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Dayle A. Dermatis and JC Andrijeski. Foreword: Sailing Forward by Dean Wesley Smith Introduction: Stories on Demand by Kristine Kathryn Rusch Legacy by Irette Y. Patterson Shaman by Leslie Claire Walker The Red-Stained Wishing Tree by Eric Stocklassa Shifting Jinn by Rebecca S.W. Bates Still Red by Kara Legend Generations by Steve Perry In the Play of Frigid Women by Dean Wesley Smith Old Magics by Steven Mohan, Jr. My Real Cousin Ruby by Kristine Kathryn Rusch Leave a Candle Burning by Dayle A. Dermatis The Magic Man by JC Andrijeski