
A collection of award-winning speculative short fiction! QuaranCon's top entries from both the 2020 and 2021 short fiction contests, these six stories all deal with themes of isolation and innovation, and are sure to keep you entertained in bite sized moments of adventure.
Authors

Alex has been a fanatic reader and writer for decades. He now has three series on the go - thrillers, fantasy, and steampunk. Sign up for my monthly newsletter featuring stories, reviews, tips and more. http://eepurl.com/bEh69f Newest Release: The World Widens and The Fury Unleashed, the final two books of the Belandria Tarot will be available in August. Tranquille Dark Space Pug Available now. http://alexmcgilvery.com www.celticfrogpublishing.com http://celticfrogediting.com

I’m a Brooklyn-based author, lover of science and wit, sporadic scuba diver, and once and future tango dancer. My characters live only in my head, but they’re real, and I put them through hell. Winner, First Place, Science Fiction/Fantasy, 2016 Writers Digest Popular Fiction Awards Finalist, Science Fiction, 2017 Next Generation Indie Book Awards & 2021 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Honorable Mention, 2017 Reader's Favorite Book Awards

A child of two cultures, this kānaka maoli girl is currently living among the tulips and windmills of the Netherlands. She now fills her days with family and fiction under rainy Dutch skies. With a house full of lovable kids, a three-legged cat, and one handsome Dutchman, she prowls the keyboard late at night while the minions sleep. Coffee? Nah, she prefers tea with a generous spoonful of sarcasm. To hear about the latest releases, giveaways, and other fun Sci-Fi/Fantasy stuff, sign up for her newsletter: http://eepurl.com/cNQ3iH

J E Hannaford is powered by coffee, dragons and whisky. She teaches Biology in the real world and invents fantasy beasts to populate her own. She lives in Suffolk, UK, and pines for the coast and mountains of Wales. A love of nature and the ocean washes through the pages of J E Hannaford's stories and pours out of the characters who live in it. Her debut adult series is The Black Hind's Wake Duology, a futuristic folklore fantasy. Her epic fantasy trilogy Aulirean Gates starts in 2023 with Gates of Hope.