Mydala, a painting magician with a tarnished reputation and little income, once lived a life of prestige in Riala City. But a failed spell changed all that. So, when a rich nobleman seeks out Mydala to...

As a valkyrie, Tyra escorts the souls of Swedish soldiers who died in combat to Valhalla. In this twenty-first century, she barely works because Sweden has not been at war for a long, long time.When taking...

A cold and wet autumn makes a visit to the graveyard uncomfortable for twenty-something years old Silas Stone.Nothing he notices. Not when more important matters are at hand.His brother had died with...

When Christmas comes to the City of Shadows, fun and love won't be at the top of the agenda for everyone. Two stories show two different but similar faces of this city.In Santa Delivery, Courier Kora...

The vampires needs humans for only one thing: blood. Any human they capture either becomes their cattle or vampires themselves. Food or killer. The vampires, stronger and faster than humans, decided to...

Two countries at war. Only a magical barrier between them keeps the fighting to one day a year.Maora and her husband fights on that one day, fighting for the country that creates the barrier every year.Bloodied...

Sleeping on duty always ends in tragedy. On a nice spring day, bridge guardian Mikolas and his young daughter Marii relaxes by the bridge he guards. No one ever crosses the dangerous magical bridge. No...

The traffic light flashes yellow in an otherwise perfect neighborhood. Model houses, white picket fences, green lawns.Everything completely normal except for the broken light.A woman waiting for the car...

Who'd imagine caring for pets is dangerous?Sierra lives on the planet Raun where she takes care of a family's pets. As an Earth human on Raun, she wears googles every day to protect her eyes from the...

The Book of Time records the God and Goddess' moves on the eternal Game of Time, deciding the fate of humans and their world.Every day, the God and Goddess play and the Book of Time records. It is only...

Tamari Shadow-Wing, guardian angel, watches over and guides Nick Corn. His life took a turn for the worse and he leaned into it.She tries desperately to convince him to stop his downward spiral, but he...

Magic only brings trouble. Marii, a girl learning the trade of a natural healer, loves spending time with her father who guards a dangerous magical bridge. He loves his family and only wants them to stay...

A Short Story.In a kingdom where knights woo pretty ladies, and fantastical creatures tell riddles and demand tolls, the princess of the royal family disappears!The king fears the worst and sends his...

Kora Leon, young flying courier for the City of Shadow's poorest sector, craves freedom enough that she often bends the rules to get it. Her shift has almost ended, when she gets assigned a last minute...

The aftermath can be as dangerous as the attack. Marii, a girl learning the trade of the natural healer, spends time with her father, when he is on duty guarding a dangerous magical bridge. Trouble has...

Editing an anthology can prove tricky business. Wonderful stories sometimes find themselves on the rejection pile simply because they do not fit in the editor's vision of that anthology. So, editor Mark...

Humans prove great fodder for fiction. But what about the universe of possibilities offered by the nonhuman protagonist? The eighteen daring humans of Fiction River’s latest volume explore just that....