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

Fantastic detectives come in many forms, from dogs to elves to eggs. (Yes, eggs.) And fantastic detective stories come in all mystery subgenres, from cozy to hard-boiled. (Remember. Eggs.) All of these forms and subgenres combine to create one of the most delightful additions to the Fiction River anthology series. With stories featuring New York Times bestseller Kevin J. Anderson’s popular zombie detective Dan Shamble and USA Today bestseller Dean Wesley Smith’s most beloved character, Poker Boy, Fantastic Detectives provides Fiction River’s most creative volume yet! Foreword: Just Great Stories by Dean Wesley Smith Introduction: Fantastic Writers by Kristine Kathryn Rusch Case Cracked by Joe Cron Living with the Past by Dayle A. Dermatis All She Can Be by Karen L. Abrahamson Under Oregon by Kara Legend Role Model by Kevin J. Anderson Death in Hathaway Tower by Ryan M. Williams Trouble Aboard the Flying Scotsman by Alistair Kimble Containing Patient Zero by Paul Eckheart Canine Agent Rocky Arnold vs. The Evil Alliance by Juliet Nordeen An Incursion of Mice by Kristine Kathryn Rusch They’re Back! by Dean Wesley Smith